[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 0 points 19 hours ago

Fam, keep an eye out for offices with signs that say "Remesas" or "Envios" in the window. Those are places that help you send money back home to Latin America. Then look for a taqueria nearby. Guaranteed to be the best in town. They tend to be nearby so people can send money on their lunch breaks.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 hours ago

Unless you’re eating at a local taqueria that makes their own

Luckily there are local taquerias all over the US, even in rural areas. Better go patronize them quick before their customer base is deported.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

I thought this just meant I was an NPC and there wasn't anything I needed to be doing that would eventually impact the Main Character. er... which one of us is the Main Character, btw?

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 day ago

Now that you say it, I can see it. at 0:12, Leo locks eyes with Rookie. Rookie's challenging, so at 0:15 Leo shifts his paws over. That was a clear message that Rookie's being rude and should look away, but he doesn't, so Leo corrects him -- not even too harshly. The funniest part is Leo's old lady going: "leave him alone, he's just a dumbass and he won't understand."

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

IIRC (if I recall Clausewitz), the context of war is important: what political/diplomatic goals are at stake? What is the terrain? What specific forces are available, what is the quality of their leadership, and how is their overall morale? etc. In the abstract, only questions like "what happens when a dragon uses a breath attack against a tank?" can be asked, and since this is imaginary, the answer is: whatever you want.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 days ago

This is on !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world so I'm not sure how to interpret it... but guaranteed I'm gonna be on Lemmy this Christmas Day, you're welcome to join me, I'm sure there'll be others.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

their last one was a weird Plant and Jones project

In Through the Out Door is killer! Sure, "All My Love" and "Fool in the Rain" are not as hard as some earlier stuff, but they're excellent songs. "I'm Gonna Crawl" and "In the Evening" are "pretty good" by Zeppelin standards, which translates to "outstanding" by normal band standards. Then you got "Carouselambra", a tour-de-force to show you that they've still got surprises -- there are people out there whose lives were changed by that song. Admittedly, "South Bound Saurez" and "Hot Dog" are mid, but those add up to like 7 minutes on a 42-minute album.

Anyway, that was why Led Zeppelin was so amazing. They had so much talent that even when half the band was out of commission on drugs, they still put out a first-rate album.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 days ago

Does your university have a career center? Check them out because a lot of times they have good relationships with large companies and smaller local companies and know what the job market is like. Usually this just involves making an appointment with a career counselor and telling them exactly what kinds of things you like doing (math-related) and don't like doing (programming, bureaucracy.) There are jobs that have titles with words like "Analyst" and "Design" that might be right for you; the career center will be able to point you in the right direction.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 days ago

The commercial is from a time before protein bars.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

I think getting a lot of downvotes for this post is actually a win!

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 25 points 5 days ago

If Lemmy had weekly awards, you would win one for this post. The bland, LLM-inspired structure creates a feeling of rising dread until the very end when one is left with the horror of realizing this human (if they can still be called human?) has spent way too long talking only to AIs.

What's more, the text is not a story or essay submitted as a post; the text only really works AS a post, with its references to Lemmy, Aspect, and SocialAI and contextualized among a stream of posts. The fact that it's in !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world provides ironic distance, but not so much to prevent it from being read unironically for at least the first couple paragraphs. I don't know what Aspect and SocialAI are like, but the differences between them and Lemmy that are pointed out in the text creates a picture of a platform that problematizes modern identity and the individual's role in a society mediated by social media (ha) and AI bots. I bet someone could write a half-decent critical theory research paper expounding on your post. Well done.

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