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chetradley@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New AnalysisEnglish81·3 months agoThe fact that the other self driving brands logged zero motorcyclist fatalities means the technology exists to prevent more deaths. Tesla has chosen to allow more people to die in order to reduce cost. The families of those five dead motorcyclists certainly care.
chetradley@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Who is your oldest "hear me out" that you can remember from childhood?6·3 months agoYou are now banned from reddit lol
Are you accusing me of being alarmist after I provided sources for the things that are actually going on?
Lots of people in the comments are failing to see the issue with this, so allow me to illustrate. Fair warning, this will not be an easy read.
So let’s imagine you really hate trans people, gay people, and liberals. Unfortunately for you, none of these are crimes (yet), so you can’t just go around assaulting and killing these people indiscriminately, as much as you’d like to. So what are you going to do?
Well, the best hate campaigns start with a shared enemy, and nobody is more hated than a child predator. Best of all, you can do pretty much whatever you want to them with no recourse. What are they going to do, call the police? Nobody is going to speak out against what you’re doing, because if they do, you can just say that if they don’t support you, then they must be defending child predators!
Now that we have a precedent for violence, it’s time to expand our scope a bit. Since hunting pedophiles is a-ok, now you just need to label anyone you don’t like a pedophile. You could say gay and trans people are pedophiles and groomers. And again, if anyone opposes you, just call them a groomer too!
But maybe that’s not enough for you. No, you want to make sure that you can target anyone who disagrees with you. Well good news, because you can just join a group of people who believe that anyone who dislikes Donald Trump is a deep state pedophile. You don’t even need evidence anymore, and there’s a good chance the cops will be on your side! Happy hunting!
Seriously though, this vigilante “justice” should not be celebrated. Yes, we need to take child predators off the streets, but there is a process for that. Denying anyone due process opens the door to denying it to everyone.
chetradley@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Lemmy, what is your "I'm calling it now" prediction for the next 10 years?3·4 months agoFDR was probably the greatest president we’ve ever had.
chetradley@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If scientists could make you immortal but could only do it by transferring your consciousness into a single video game for ever, which game would you choose?10·5 months agoProbably something like RuneScape, not because I particularly like playing it, but more so because that game is one of the least likely to ever be shut down. The idea of living out my afterlife all alone in an abandoned or offline game is terrifying.
chetradley@lemm.eeto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Hulu quizzing about the ads playedEnglish491·6 months ago
chetradley@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which fictional character's death affected you most?1·6 months ago!Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace.!<
chetradley@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Last day of the year... How are you going though this night?1·6 months agoThanks I’m doing fine so far but I feel like it’s a matter of time.
chetradley@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Last day of the year... How are you going though this night?8·6 months agoMy wife texted our friends at 4 am to let everyone know we’re cancelling our new year’s party because she’s sick as shit. So my plan is to take care of her, watch the kids, and wait for the rest of us to inevitably start puking our guts out.
TBF I misread the storage originally and went with all SSD, so the price should be about a thousand less. Here’s the part list for anyone who wants to check my work: https://newegg.io/6d2b327
chetradley@lemm.eeOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone else feel like tech peaked around 10+ years ago?1·8 months agoSame tbh
chetradley@lemm.eeOPto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone else feel like tech peaked around 10+ years ago?1·8 months agoI suppose my intent for this question was a little more nuanced than what I posted, so my bad. Generative AI wowed me initially, but it very quickly lost its appeal to me the more it became anti-consumer. As I learned more about the models and saw how it just aggregates and plagiarizes human created content it all really soured on me. I suppose it’s still technically impressive, but I really struggle to see how the benefits outweigh the cost.
No, he clearly wanted a Nintendo Switch.
chetradley@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you could broadcast one song into everyone's mind, with them feeling the same emotions as you, what would it be?2·8 months agoThe first time it was a tragedy,
The second time it’s a farce.
Outside it’s 1933,
So I am hitting the bars.And I don’t know what’s going on anymore.
The world outside is burning with a brand new light,
But it isn’t one that makes me feel warm.
Don’t go mistaking your house burning down for the dawn.
chetradley@lemm.eeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What song did you love until you found out what it was about?3·8 months agoSort of, Dan Wilson said he had the idea while writing the song because his wife was pregnant so he slipped it in as a double entendre. It’s like 90% bar closing with a couple lines alluding to being born: “Closing time, this room won’t be open till your brothers or your sisters come”.
https://youtu.be/JARfNkd7eoI
This Jungle Hijinx cover is incredible.