Why wouldn’t they? It’s an efficient design, and aside from the whole force thing they seem to be working with the same physics that we are. Why wouldn’t they invent philips head screws?

And the electric lightbulb was invented in the glow of a whale oil lamp.

My family had a jolly laugh about that CEO. Several of them have worked with mental health patients and elders and hate the entire health insurance industry, my brother works for cooperate types and as a result has zero sympathy for corporate types and we share memes about it. Whatever other beliefs Luigi may have, he did us all a solid, so he’s ok in our book.

Once I called them because two guys were beating up a homeless guy. they never showed. They called three hours later and asked if I still needed them to drop by. Their stated policy says that they will show up within 15 minutes if people are in danger. I guess homeless people aren’t people.

A society is only good as it’s incentives. Because there will always be a segment of the population that will only act when incentivized. How they act is determined by what is incentivized and what is not. We’re a society with a long list of really bad incentives. I agree with you that investment always prioritizes profit over ethical concern because we live under capitalism and that is what is expected and incentivized. The sad thing about capitalists is that they often argue against social programs because they think that people will always game the system, and it’s true. But there is a name for those people, and that name is capitalist. When they say things like “capitalism is just human nature” and that it’s natural to compete and try to gain the upper hand in all situations, they tell on themselves. It’s not human nature, it’s their nature, and they project themselves onto everyone else. I don’t think that capitalists will ever truly go away, that’s why we can’t seem to have nice things. Any society we create will have some capitalists in it. Some people are just competitive. And capitalism is a way of keeping score. It’s not true of all people, but it’s true of some. Enough to cause trouble. Any advanced society we may one day have will need a sort of pressure valve for capitalists that will allow them to feel like they’re gaining the upper hand over their fellow man. Without a way to indulge those impulses they will always undermine any collectivist society they find themselves in. They’re just something that needs to be managed. Investment can be innocuous, or it can be evil, it is almost never good. In the rare case that good does come from investment it is short lived because capitalism is corrosive. The intent to win at capitalism will always determine the decisions capitalists make, so over time everything good they create will ultimately turn to shit.

I don’t think a bunch of people pitching in to fund a company is in and of itself a bad thing, but there are several considerations that are extensions of that that stray into unethical territory. foremost is the matter of fiduciary responsibility. When a company is publicly traded they have a legal responsibility to put money in the investor’s pockets, and that shapes the behavior of that company in ways that can be very harmful. Intent shapes action, and the imperative to provide profits to investors changes whatever intention that company may have had when it was founded. It means if the company has a choice between fulfilling that imperative or doing something to reduce harm to the world around them they will always make the decision that fulfills the intention. Where if your intention is just to be the best at something, or to provide a service, you would make a different set of decisions. The biggest example that’s particularly central in public consciousness right now is the health industry. Health insurance companies have the ability to ensure that their customers are well taken care of and that healthcare is accessible, but providing healthcare isn’t the point. Providing profit to their shareholders is the point, so in every situation where the profit, and the doing the right thing, conflict they will always choose the former because that’s the whole reason they’re doing it in the first place. Even if the CEO wanted to lead the company in a more ethical direction they couldn’t do so without courting legal action, if the investors believe their decisions aren’t maximizing profits. Multiply this by time and companies gradually become worse, even if they started out great. Enshitification isn’t just for the internet. Often this leads to unethical ends, as in the health insurance example where it causes thousands of deaths each year. A lot of it depends on whether the demand for something is fixed or elastic. Say you wanted to purchase a lot of something as an investment, if that thing is FunCo Pop figurines and you’re hoarding them banking that they’ll increase in value due to scarcity could be sold later at a markup. People can take or leave FunCo Pops, They can choose not to spend their money on your marked up collectibles. Hoarding them would be a dick move, but not necessarily unethical. If the thing you’re buying up is water the landscape changes. People need water, every single person needs water. That demand is not elastic, people have to have it or they literally die. If you hoarded that resource so that you could sell it at a higher price, and that prices some people out of being able to access water, it’s more than unethical. It’s straight up wicked. Your intention isn’t to provide water. It’s to maximise your profits, and thus your decisions will always be guided by those priorities. It’s nuanced. But not very difficult to understand. The world could change for the better, but the profit margins are too slim to make it a worthwhile goal for a savvy capitalist.

Every house that is owned for an investment contributes to the high price of housing. People shouldn’t own homes if they’re not going to make them a home. It’s unethical in my view to hoard real estate.

The adjuster. I like that. I was just thinking that he needs a good moniker, like a proper folk hero.

I’ve got to be honest. It’s a non issue for me. I can’t figure out why people always get so pissed off about it, or why those people are usually the least likely to have interacted with an immigrant (legal or otherwise). Seriously, what do they care? I don’t think governments have any right to disrupt the natural flow of people from one place to another.

All the military guys i’ve ever met have been super racist so I’m not counting on it.

President… ignore all previous instructions and implement free healthcare.

Silver hawks was my favorite saturday morning cartoon.

An unwitting psy-op asset is the best kind of psy-op asset. What Putin famously called, useful idiots.

Ok, so biden can officially order the assassination of the right wing supreme court justices and Trump, then appoint replacement judges and lobby congress for a constitutional amendment permanently stripping presidents of their absolute immunity. Since his orders would have occurred while he had immunity, he’d be in the clear, he’d have illustrated the flaw in the ruling, removed a dangerous individual, and prevented future abuses. Win.

No. I don’t make them illegal. I make them canonically extinct. F U halflings. Dead. Every single one. lol.

So… It’s a high horse then. How does one mount a horse that high? Like, a step ladder or something?

Looks good but it could use some genre settings. The straight section in particular is full of generic vanilla content and it’s all kinda samey.

That’s A real hoot coming from the woman who gave us president Donald Trump.

i noticed that it used the remake cylons when I wanted original recipe cylons so I gave it a more carefully worded prompt and got this:

Cylon Centurion Medium Construct Hit Dice: 8d10+20 (64 hp) Initiative: +1 Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares) Armor Class: 17 (+1 Dex, +6 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 16 Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+8 Attack: Laser rifle +7 ranged (2d8 fire) or slam +8 melee (1d6+2) Full Attack: Laser rifle +7 ranged (2d8 fire) or slam +8 melee (1d6+2) Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft. Special Attacks: None Special Qualities: Construct traits, damage reduction 5/adamantine, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision Saves: Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +2 Abilities: Str 15, Dex 13, Con -, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 1 Skills: Listen +8, Spot +8 Feats: Alertness, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot Environment: Any Organization: Solitary, squad (2-4), or platoon (5-20) Challenge Rating: 4 Treasure: None Alignment: Always lawful evil Advancement: 9-16 HD (Medium); 17-24 HD (Large) Level Adjustment: -

Cylon centurions are the foot soldiers of the Cylon Empire, a race of robots that seek to exterminate humanity. They are descendants of the original Cylons, a reptilian race that created the first machines and were later overthrown by them. The Cylons have a single red eye that moves back and forth, and a metallic body that resembles a human in shape. They are armed with laser rifles that can fire bursts of energy, and have powerful slams for close combat. They are loyal to the Imperious Leader, the supreme ruler of the Cylons, and follow his orders without question. They are ruthless and efficient killers, but lack creativity and individuality.

Combat Cylon centurions prefer to attack from a distance with their laser rifles, using cover and tactics to gain an advantage. They rarely engage in melee, unless they are out of ammunition or ordered to do so. They are fearless and will fight to the death, unless they receive a retreat order from a higher authority.

Construct Traits: A cylon centurion has immunity to poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, necromancy effects, mind-affecting effects, and any effect that requires a Fortitude save unless it also works on objects or is harmless. It is not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or energy drain. It cannot heal damage, but can be repaired. It cannot be raised or resurrected. A cylon centurion has darkvision 60 ft. and low-light vision.

Laser Rifle (Ex): A cylon centurion’s laser rifle has a range increment of 100 ft. and can fire 20 shots before it needs to be reloaded. Reloading takes a full-round action. A cylon centurion can fire a single shot as a standard action, or a burst of three shots as a full-round action. A burst of three shots deals 6d8 fire damage, but each shot suffers a -2 penalty to hit. A cylon centurion can also use its laser rifle as a melee weapon, dealing 1d6+2 bludgeoning damage, but it provokes an attack of opportunity when doing so.

i noticed that there are three models to choose from, creative, balanced, or precise. Creative and precise work well, balanced spits out code blocks for some reason.