[-] maniii@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

Nobody is going to actually care about this except as a gossip item.

Did he use Campaign finances to pay for things ? Did he break the law by misusing and mis-appropriating funds ? Has he done money laundering ?

And most important of all, IS HE GOING TO SPEND TIME IN JAIL FOR ALL HIS CRIMES ?

If its "Rules for thee and not for me" most people are not going to care. They will want to set the world on fire and watch it all burn to the ground.

I hope no one wants to know the private going on of these kinds of deranged people. If they do the crime, they must do the time. Sadly it is rich-get-out-of-jail-free card at play.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

I think we have to have some context here.

Japan has I believe something called "tenured work position".

It is literally a guaranteed job for life. The company can't fire you and usually you will get paid till your retirement whether you work the job decently in your life.

I believe the term is Seisha-In ( https://japan-dev.com/blog/seishain )

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

You'll find that "student accomodations" are probably the biggest scams in the UK. A lot of Indian-origin residents/citizens esp. the first-generation, they have the same "Indian" mentality. You'll find that the 2nd-gen children of these people are more "British" and less "Indian" mindset.

Case in point, the elderly property owner does less than the "minimum" maintenance, charges crazy rent-prices, re-arranges rooms to fit the maximum occupants, almost regular issues like heating, plumbing, mold, etc completely ignored. While suddenly announcing that rent is increasing by 20% "due to inflation, or needed for maintenance" ... don't pay? get out and your deposit is forfeit. Ever showered in cold water during the entire February in the UK ?

You will find that the 2nd-gen children if they find out the elder is doing this, will immediately rectify the situation and probably takeover if they can. Else you are outta luck and on your bum in the middle of winter which no one will want to be.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

Several factors.

  1. Genetic trait that attracts mosquitoes and biting insects.

  2. Dietary sugars including no-sugar supplements.

  3. BO and FO as well as high metabolism that produces significantly higher body temps and CO2 volume in breath.

BO = Body odour. FO = Foot odour.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

AI seems to be just more and more statistical probabilities hashed-out at record-breaking speeds and power-consumption of computing. Its like that adage, "sufficiently advanced that it is magic" we are doing that for AI. We are building more and more complex statistical analysis engines that spew out near-perfect answers from garbage inputs at the expense of actual analysis ,research and development.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

Highly likely that there was some connections to grease a bit of the wheels of commerce.

All these "i worked as an intern" usually have some connections that "picked" them from that intern pool. The other interns usually tend to be the fall guys. "So sorry all of you missed out but this person is the bestest!". While being the son/daughter/friend/family of someone in that company.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

Drumpf is a living survivor martyr. Nothing is now gonna hold anything back. Every thing is now going to hit the fan.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

Matyrdom is real real strong. Just ask the Germans and Austrians and former Yugoslavians.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 89 points 4 months ago

You see it. I see it. Jon Stewart sees it since forever.

The shills on Lemmy and other places like gaslighting. A lot.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

Just because an Author has some bad takes doesn't have to sour the franchise for you. On principle, you can move on and still carry the enjoyment of your experience. Chalk the author up as "gone cuckoo" or something and don't spoil your initial reactions and interpretations.

Life is all about what you feel, experience and reminisce over. And no one can take that from you. While facts cannot change, your feelings do evolve over time and something you can and should look forward to.

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Actual Indian here, please DO NOT live the way Indians live in India. The worst unplanned urban sprawl and urban density and squatting and squalor and slums :-(

If you are referring to the Ancient Civilization of local produce and local distribution and local Kingdom Tithes to the Empire while living in villages and the concentrating political, commercial and military power in the major cities. Education "institutes" in deep forest with no "fees" but labor for classes. Since that type of Civilization did once exist and thrived before being wiped out by repeated invasions and conquerors. Most definitely there were social and technology issues, but the slow pace of development did not destroy the landscape.

Medicine, Technology, Transportation, Global Trade need tempering with ecological ethical and sustainable standards of implementation, research and development.

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Has anyone read thoroughly DragonSteel and WayOfKings both as Prime-versions as well as the normal canonical versions?

spoiler

Spoiler WayOfKings Prime seems to be better than DragonSteel Prime.

     I found DragonSteel Prime kind of not a very good or even cohesive storyline compared to the WayOfKings Prime. 

      WayOfKings-Prime reads almost like if someone tried to "Hollywood"-ify BrandoSando's WoK without really reading anything about Cosmere.

      But DragonSteel-Prime reads like some crazy drunk person tried to combine Pug/Magician and BelGarion/Belgariad(David Eddings )  and some more fantasy settings. 

      I want more of these stories, the first drafts and the final editions !  It is very very fascinating how each story got revised, cut, re-written, re-arranged, etc. 

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Is that the same chick from Fargate? She always funny.

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