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Journal Journal: Project Hail Mary 2026 is the dumbest things I have watched in a while 1

The story is really really really really really stupid. Every minute there was another thing, dumber than the one before it. Sure, it is funny sometimes and it is a tragic story but all the elements of it taken separately are idiotic, dumb, moronic. Water based dots that contain more energy than nuclear bombs of their size would while not being so dense, as to weigh hundreds of tons under Earth's gravity. These dots eating our Sun and at the SAME TIME being detected around all stars (but one

Comment Re: Win the battle, lose the war (Score 1) 79

As you can imagine I am 100% against communism and any form of socialism. Bezos and everyone else must have property rights not hindered by government, it is his business to run (or his board) and government must not be in position to dictate how any company hires and fires people, who they hire and fire, why, etc.

Comment Re: Cool story bro (Score 0) 126

The guy who wrote The Americans was supposedly asked specifically when he joined the CIA after college if he was in it just for getting ideas for a writing career. He lied. Obviously.

End result? Nice yarn. Total science fiction with regards to the omnidisciplinary genius spy stuff, but a good way to scratch an itch for 80s nostalgia.

Comment Re:Win the battle, lose the war (Score 1) 79

I fully expect Amazon to close this warehouse, maybe it will be contaminated with something radioactive for example, to make things easier and then it will shut down. Personally I root for the anarcho capitalist solution and wish Amazon to win this battle for its private property rights.

Comment Re: Behind schedule, over budget (Score 0) 73

Officers in charge of these kinds of programs rotate on to a new assignment after 3 to 5 years. Contractors keep personnel on staff whose whimsical title is "project manager" but whose real job is to work the rotating cast of government program managers into keeping the program going.

In such an environment it is almost structurally impossible to contract smart for any program that takes more than a few years from start to finish.

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