runsmooth

@ runsmooth @kopitalk.net

Posts

40
Comments

91
Joined

4 mo. ago

Thinker, Hoarder. I gather news and current events to outline and identify issues with a Canadian point of view.

1d ago

Iran to Allow Only Chinese & Russian Vessels Through Strait of Hormuz, Citing Beijing & Moscow's 'Support' in Ongoing Conflict
Jump
3

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 1d ago
I'll walk that comment back. I've only heard of suspicions or allegations of the use of hypersonic missiles. But so far I haven't come across anything more concrete.

1d ago

Iran to Allow Only Chinese & Russian Vessels Through Strait of Hormuz, Citing Beijing & Moscow's 'Support' in Ongoing Conflict

Also another point to make, in cynical fashion, Trump remains in power as because he brings profit to all of the correct gate keepers in American politics. If enough disruption to that petro-state to US loop occurs to shake the rattle the US economy, will the US voter finally awaken to its own self-interest and engage the system of checks and balances that the Americans are so fond of mentioning? Even outside readers can see that the US Justice system is corrupted, the use of dark money and the rise of the US billionaires are uncontrollable, and the power within that country is out of balance.

I'll point out the obvious that the "average" American voter is actually poor, lower class, and on the verge of financial ruin on a day-to-day basis. Will a multipolar world order, a group of states, have the audacity to re-ignite this mentally beat down US public. I think the world, and even Iran, can benefit from that scenario.

Can they succeed?

If the status quo continues, US dysfunction with its out of control billionaire classes will continue to lash at the world itself with their excesses.

1d ago

Iran to Allow Only Chinese & Russian Vessels Through Strait of Hormuz, Citing Beijing & Moscow's 'Support' in Ongoing Conflict

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 1d ago

From a logical view, the US has every reason to stop the conflict and declare an end to the war. As others pointed out the war math doesn't add up because modern 21st Century drone warfare can produce effective drones at 5 figures a unit and US interceptor technology produces missiles at 7 figures a unit. A child can already decide who will run out first. Readers will also know there are hypersonic missiles, and a combination of technologies that have already defeated the so called Iron Dome.

Iran on the other hand has operated with mostly a "tit-for-tat" approach, responding in kind to aggression and then de-escalating. And this pattern is simple enough for the world public to make out and appreciate. With the US potentially disrupting the economy and daily life of Iran and Iranians in general, I think the logic follows that Iran will simply do the very same thing to the US.

Trump has shifted a great deal of US wealth into the petro-states as a deposit box of sorts, and in turn, the petro-states have turned a lot of that money back into the US by way of investment. Iran is clearly aware of this - as would be casual readers - and they're just disrupting that loop with devastating awareness.

1d ago

Iran to Allow Only Chinese & Russian Vessels Through Strait of Hormuz, Citing Beijing & Moscow's 'Support' in Ongoing Conflict

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 1d ago

I suspect that the US and others may have operated on the assumption that Iran was weak or on the verge of collapse. But, I also believe that the truth is coming out that Iran is actually much more prepared and robust than the US wishes to admit.

At this rate, the petro-states may end up suffering massive losses, creating knock-on impacts on the US economy. Everyone should be moving with urgency. This is actually a consequential war not in the bogus religious sense with references to "Armageddon", but rather a power shifting moment from the age of superpowers to multipolarity. Only trouble is...no one advertised how destructive and violent that age shift would be.

2d ago

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 2d ago

Wow...what a way to divorce the US military from reality and play into a fantasy conspiracy that Israel is somehow central to some scheme by the Illuminati, the Jesuits, the Freemasons, and the Zionists.

Western leaders folks...these champions are losing their marbles all over the floor.

2d ago

The Supreme Court May Legalize Donald Trump’s War on Iran

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 2d ago

Jon Stewart did an excellent interview with Maria Ressa of the Philippines, and they outlined how her country modelled itself with the US system of government. Unfortunately, the Philippines was used as a testing ground for American social media platforms, proving that the collapse of one branch of government did not engage any checks to balance the loss.

In her opinion, the collapse of one branch essentially meant the full collapse of government.

3d ago

What should be done and over with by now?

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 3d ago

China alone is pushing the world into the renewables age. For the rest of us, we just follow the wave.

Nuclear does not have similar issues. Nuclear is a super long game that basically leaves a few states left to explore and invest in this area. Nuclear power is basically a bespoke option that needs to be developed like an art piece and an investment. Any nuclear power installation requires massive budgets, massive budget overruns, and over 10 years of development and installation which will overrun as well. By the time a nuclear project breaks ground, only the next generation will possibly enjoy whatever power is generated.

Nuclear also requires massive investments of teams of specialists. They basically need teams to operate over huge periods of time to retain the institutional knowledge of building, maintaining, and improving upon these installations. In that sense nuclear is similar to rail companies in that we want teams with over 100 years of experience in this business to maintain a certain level of competence.

Nuclear is fun to drop like in SimCity or Civilzation, but it is completely, seriously inaccessible for many.

7d ago

Food producers in the U.S right now.

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 7d ago

What’s the show called?

7d ago

Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 7d ago

So police did not have to flag the file as AI generated, and don’t prioritize the review of these allegations by an actual human?

Did anyone tell that man he was unlawfully detained and has a civil claim against the government who knowingly and recklessly detained an innocent person?

1w ago

Panasonic, the former plasma king, will no longer make its own TVs

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 1w ago

I thought Panasonic makes those infrared ovens still. They’re still around!

1w ago

I think Lemmy in general is very against AI. I'm rather new here, is it like a fediverse group thing or is this even based on reality?

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 1w ago

Productivity gains are not across the board, and is a subject of scrutiny and debate.

But what AI really has done is basically redistributed American wealth to a smaller group of people, and therefore a smaller pool for the US politicians to focus on satisfying. If there is an AI bubble pop, what market watchers suspect is there's actually no other American sector to mitigate what is otherwise a recession.

2w ago

Conservative MP says Canada is harming its relationship with the US by throwing an "anti-American hissy fit".

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 2w ago

Canada is harming its relationship with the US?

Are we talking about the Americans electing a criminal felon as President, who appears to be facing allegations of decades long pedophilia, and seems to be part of a global scale honey pot and blackmail operation that targeted people around the world? Did that damage trust and credibility? And did we mention the Americans who seem involved in the debauchery, death, trauma, and abuse from trafficking vulnerable underaged girls around the world for this operation for decades are also not facing any justice? Instead, they all appear to be closing ranks and maintaining an iron curtain of silence?

Oh, and world leaders and dignitaries have to grapple with the knowledge that these same Americans remain in positions of power and gatekeeping positions throughout the US government system?

Plus this same US President is extracting wealth for his billionaire friends? Wealth that the Western powers created a rules based order together to generate?

By the time the Americans manage to uncollapse their justice system, and maybe codify some laws to avoid the total collapse of their society in their legislative branch, it will be decades.

Canada is not throwing a hissy fit, we're literally working around a gasping goon where an ally should be, and we're trying to keep the lights and the heat on for the rest of us until this blows over.

2w ago

All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 2w ago

A cynic in me suggests that this may be a move to push people off the system and disenfranchise them entirely, or the new rationale to create a second class of people who are forced to live with increased digital vulnerability while a new class of numbers can be generated with different privileges.

3w ago

OpenAI has deleted the word ‘safely’ from its mission – and its new structure is a test for whether AI serves society or shareholders

Jump

runsmooth @kopitalk.net 3w ago

OpenAI is the same as any other publicly traded corporation: it serves society, but this service primarily focuses on the shareholders. We're looking at a vehicle designed to take money, and give it to shareholders. (private in this case or otherwise)

Focus on growth of data centres at public expense, AI slop, the circular nature of some of the investments going into AI, and the productivity (or lack of), are part of it. We are not looking at any exceptionalism. AI isn't unique in its capability for catastrophic harm. What we eat and drink can easily be on that list.