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- Submitted 1 day ago to nba@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- Submitted 1 day ago to nba@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on NBA star Stephen Curry faces backlash over investments in ‘Israeli’ firms 3 days ago:
“investment for retirement is way different than owning a VC firm”
I’d challenge that idea if you’re trying to pass a moral judgement. It’s no less wrong or immoral to uncaringly invest in companies that do horrible things for ones retirement in a 401k than it is in invest uncaringly in companies that do horrible things for VC, starting a new business or any other investment decision. We all bear responsibility for the effects of our own decisions, whether small in scale or large. Whether small or large investments, if we all took care and interest and time to receive and made changes where we see immorality, the world would be better for it.
Who gets to draw the line between those who are just “retiring” and bear no responsibility for the effects of their investments and those who are so wealthy they should? Who gets to decide what that amount threshold is? You? Why wouldn’t everyone be held to the principle if you’re making a judgement based on morality? Gets to be a very slippery and subjective slope otherwise.
- Comment on NBA star Stephen Curry faces backlash over investments in ‘Israeli’ firms 4 days ago:
I would say generally the problem is the structure of capitalism is a moral; if you looked at the investments of anyone who has a 401k, there is awful shit companies doing horrific things that go against the need and interests of the person who owns the 401k that they are likely unaware of or at best hold their nose at because it’s part of a bundle of investments or an index fund like the s&p500.
None of that excuses the effects of providing funding, but it’s systematic; rich people just have more money to invest in largely the same system The rich might potentially have better access to those who could help then understand their options but many likely outsource their investment choices to someone with the mandate simply to “responsibly manage” their funds, which for most people unfortunately means to maximize the return. Someone like Steph ostensibly doesn’t want to be funding genocide but unless you are hands on reviewing every opportunity, screening every company, etc. it’s little surprise that Joe schmoe int heir 401k or Shaq in his burger franchises supports horrible outcomes for employees, consumers, or those in other countries.
No excuses for the responsibility any of us bear, and perhaps it’s fair to hold the very wealthy that much more accountable with the opportunities and resources they have to make more informed or deliberate decisions but at the end of the day they are part of an amoral, supremely corrupted system that has been twisted horrifically to be even worse than it need be with no sign of slowing.
The rich don’t deserve any sympathy but they’re not really much different(other than scale) than anyone else in supporting an inhuman system.
- Comment on Giannis ready to get traded before trade deadline 6 days ago:
Steph twilight years with Giannis would be ridiculous. Shame to see Jimmy end in a dead MN
- Comment on Giannis ready to get traded before trade deadline 1 week ago:
It’s clearly over. Where does he go and not ruin the receiving teams roster and/or draft capital to “compete now”? San antonio?
- Comment on Giannis Out 4-6 Weeks With Calf Injury 1 week ago:
He gone.
- Comment on Grizzlies Entertaining Offers for Ja Morant 3 weeks ago:
Man, I hope he gets somewhere that gets him help to fix his life. So much talent sidelined. He can still be more that a whatif but this is a big moment for him. He should play with Giannis wherever he goes, he needs. Bigger alpha to help him get things in perspective and learn self respect.
- Comment on Giannis Discussing Future with Bucks 2 months ago:
He gone.
Anyone would take him of course. It he’s not going somewhere who can’t still compete with him after he goes there ala NY and Carmelo Anthony (not that NY is in the same spot now). Who is interesting as competitive while having draft Assets they could move? OKC? Spurs?
- Comment on Clippers Send Chris Paul Home 2 months ago:
Lol couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. That is pretty brutal though at the very end of a career.
“You thought they love you like Kobe?”
- Comment on NBA veteran Gallinari retires from basketball 2 months ago:
Probably about time for Tristan Thompson or the ghost of Kendrick Perkins to shuffle on a 10-day contract
- Comment on Bye, Copilot: Microsoft is making Copilot a hands-free experience on Windows 2 months ago:
Some Southwest pilot is going to enter the cockpit on an upcoming flight and fucking Clippy will be in the 2nd chair.
“Hi, change of plans from our new VC owners. What can I help with? Want to hear the newest kPop Demon Hunters song?”
- Comment on White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite that Collects Climate Data 5 months ago:
Who do you think will employ them?
Normally I’d say Spectre, Gru, M.A.D, etc. but I think they’ve all disbanded as they now have US cabinet posts. I guess they should emigrate to Canada or Mexico and help prepare to defend themselves from the inevitable “security visit” that will start to happen.
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 6 months ago:
Such a great game. God the 90s were amazing for games.
- Comment on Todd Howard Reaffirms Bethesda Is Currently Developing The Elder Scrolls 6 9 months ago:
On the back of a wagon? More like back of a 🐉 we are dragonborn not some Falkreath yokel. Into 6 we go riding in style!
- Comment on ISPs and robocallers love the FCC plan to “delete” as many rules as possible 9 months ago:
Who doesn’t want 800 versions of “it’s fucking connected” for home Internet like we have for cell phones? Innovation! Think of the unnecessary choices, gotchas, customer service queues, class action lawsuits that are much more difficult thanks to the supreme Court a few years back… what’s not to love?
- Comment on Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok 1 year ago:
🤮
- Comment on Reddit bans posting UnitedHealthcare shooter’s manifesto 1 year ago:
Thanks; a few dbzero recommendations in addition to your own so maybe I’ll give that a go. I was aware of the structure of Lemmy and it’s options of server choice but like many, I started on .world as I assumed being the biggest fish in a small pond would at least yield the most content and users (which was the beauty of reddit) we can all agree content and participation is still a struggle even on .world so I haven’t tried other instances. I’ll at least try that before moving on.
- Comment on Reddit bans posting UnitedHealthcare shooter’s manifesto 1 year ago:
They locked the news post entirely because some comments weren’t bootlicking. My comment was removed for saying “can’t imagine why that happened” which neither “calls for nor celebrates violence” as the mod stated, the latter “celebrating” being his or her invention to broaden the scope of the censoring of comments outside the stated server and community rules.
I’m current researching alternatives and have no idea where to go. I’m pretty drained after a year on Lemmy trying to make this work. I’d look at mastodon but seems like it’s more Twitter than longer form discussion and boards.
- Comment on The Pentagon wants AI to enhance the capabilities of US nuclear weapons systems 1 year ago:
Realistically? Probably influenza or a pox after vaccines are outlawed or priced out of reach for enough of the species.
- Comment on CNN will start locking some articles behind a paywall 1 year ago:
Hopefully the whole site!
- Comment on Blizzard Co-Founder Reveals True Reason For Departure 1 year ago:
Healthcare, education, transportation…it’s like the opposite of the Life of Brian scene about the Romans talking about what they brought areas they took control of.
- Comment on Calif. Governor vetoes bill requiring opt-out signals for sale of user data 1 year ago:
When he got caught breaking his state’s own Covid restrictions at French Laundry, the fanciest of wait list fancies in Napa wine country, it’s all you needed to know.
- Comment on Verizon looks to expand Fios with $20 billion purchase of Frontier 1 year ago:
The companies announce it, then the FTC can challenge it/sue to block for anticompetitive reasons.
- Comment on X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun 1 year ago:
This is definitely a superhero button meme decision anxiety situation.
- Comment on Illinois changes biometric privacy law to help corporations avoid big payouts 1 year ago:
Good legislation makes violators feel the hurt if they break a law. Reducing it changes the equation so changing isn’t as necessary and it’ll just be another cost of bit businesses. Small businesses, likely not flaunting laws deliberately could be hurt by fines so large in the original, which is why fines should ALWAYS be based on relative earnings/revenue/profit/etc.
- Comment on FCC blasts T-Mobile’s 365-day phone locking, proposes 60-day unlock rule 1 year ago:
💯 Except, Chevron much? Limited and toothless regulatory operations are going to be fully corrupted follow SCROTUM ruling.
- Comment on CenturyLink left users with no service for two months, then billed them $239 1 year ago:
It’s just a relief that competition is so healthy I’m the market, anti-consumer practices like denying a paid service and not fixing it because you know you don’t have a regulator, are just forced out of businesses.
Lost internet from a different ISP for a week in Jan, escalated through every channel possible including local, state, fcc, Cfpb, DOJ consumer division, PUC…in the end the company fixed it exactly when they wanted, which took 5 minutes. Internet is more important than water in 2024, it can’t be optional to provide.
Net neutrality is nice, but we also need service regulation with minimum standards. Presidential election this year will be huge to determine if FCC immediately defended by Trump or allowed to continue pushing back against telecom lobby
- Comment on UK's antitrust enforcer sounds the alarm over Big Tech's grip on GenAI 1 year ago:
Sure, Goldman Sachs just announced they’re reducing new grad hires by 75%
- Comment on UK's antitrust enforcer sounds the alarm over Big Tech's grip on GenAI 1 year ago:
Lol, do they have any thoughts on their finance industry? Almost like a cutthroat, zero-sum, profit ahead of everything isn’t a healthy basis? Pretending it’s new is disingenuous, but maybe they feel they at least have a chance to affect this having given up on other more developed industries?