K4rlos
@k4rlos.bsky.social
Galway based meta-Eastern post-European expert
I love sailboats, cycling and beer
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I love sailboats, cycling and beer
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In other words, capitalism demands that profit-seeking is moral and restraining it—even for reasons of morality—is immoral.
🗣️Capitalism is a system making moral claims.🗣️
🗣️Capitalism is a system making moral claims.🗣️
The disconnect of the market in capitalism from morality—or better said the unregulated market as morality—has been there from Smith (see: The Moral Economy of the English Crowd in the 19th Century by EP Thompson), but it has certainly escalated and likely at an increasing rate since deregulation.
www.ias.edu
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In other words, capitalism demands that profit-seeking is moral and restraining it—even for reasons of morality—is immoral.
🗣️Capitalism is a system making moral claims.🗣️
🗣️Capitalism is a system making moral claims.🗣️
Huh, so it looks like #Eurovision is dead.
Well, I mean Germany and Israel would participate, and Israel would win. But even the countries that started it all are boycotting this time
Well, I mean Germany and Israel would participate, and Israel would win. But even the countries that started it all are boycotting this time
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Huh, so it looks like #Eurovision is dead.
Well, I mean Germany and Israel would participate, and Israel would win. But even the countries that started it all are boycotting this time
Well, I mean Germany and Israel would participate, and Israel would win. But even the countries that started it all are boycotting this time
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Everyone Is Twelve theory stays vindicated.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Everyone Is Twelve theory stays vindicated.
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This may very well be an accurate representation of the "modern software stack".
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This may very well be an accurate representation of the "modern software stack".
The Game Awards this year would be a bloodbath. Too many great games came out, so every win would be considered a robbery against an equally deserving candidate.
Expedition 33, Silksong, KCD2, kojimas walking simulator 2.0, etc.
Expedition 33, Silksong, KCD2, kojimas walking simulator 2.0, etc.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Game Awards this year would be a bloodbath. Too many great games came out, so every win would be considered a robbery against an equally deserving candidate.
Expedition 33, Silksong, KCD2, kojimas walking simulator 2.0, etc.
Expedition 33, Silksong, KCD2, kojimas walking simulator 2.0, etc.
So, movies like Saw or Rambo 5 are completely ok, where we have people being torn to shreds on screen, but having slightly non-vanilla porn is worse than Hitler
The Island Next Door is unserious country
The Island Next Door is unserious country
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So, movies like Saw or Rambo 5 are completely ok, where we have people being torn to shreds on screen, but having slightly non-vanilla porn is worse than Hitler
The Island Next Door is unserious country
The Island Next Door is unserious country
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Arc Raiders plays like "Ukrainian War The Sim"
Quad copter drones are deadly and constantly buzz overhead, with player having to break line of sight, scrapping for resources.
Quad copter drones are deadly and constantly buzz overhead, with player having to break line of sight, scrapping for resources.
November 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Arc Raiders plays like "Ukrainian War The Sim"
Quad copter drones are deadly and constantly buzz overhead, with player having to break line of sight, scrapping for resources.
Quad copter drones are deadly and constantly buzz overhead, with player having to break line of sight, scrapping for resources.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLn... Holy shit new Lankum single is absolute banger(and crazy good video as well)
Lankum - Ghost Town (Official Video)
YouTube video by LankumDublin
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLn... Holy shit new Lankum single is absolute banger(and crazy good video as well)
So i just realised that we drink A LOT of tea at home. More than 200 grams of whole leaf per month, and that's for 2 persons. Around a 1.5-2 kilos per person per year!
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So i just realised that we drink A LOT of tea at home. More than 200 grams of whole leaf per month, and that's for 2 persons. Around a 1.5-2 kilos per person per year!
Мы коллективно отправили на мороз Израиль из велоспорта
Теперь настала пора выгнать туда же ОАЭ, фото из Судана просто пиздец.
Теперь настала пора выгнать туда же ОАЭ, фото из Судана просто пиздец.
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Мы коллективно отправили на мороз Израиль из велоспорта
Теперь настала пора выгнать туда же ОАЭ, фото из Судана просто пиздец.
Теперь настала пора выгнать туда же ОАЭ, фото из Судана просто пиздец.
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In a weird way, you've got to take your hat off to Jeffrey Epstein for successfully running a sex trafficking ring without a single one of his rich friends finding out about it.
October 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In a weird way, you've got to take your hat off to Jeffrey Epstein for successfully running a sex trafficking ring without a single one of his rich friends finding out about it.
На фестивале оперном выступил как тот мужик у которого в анекдоте предназначение в жизни было соль передать
Паб, в котором проходит афтерпати после представления, имеет лицензию до 23 часов, поэтому после этого времени они закрывают двери и делают вид что никого нет внутри.
Паб, в котором проходит афтерпати после представления, имеет лицензию до 23 часов, поэтому после этого времени они закрывают двери и делают вид что никого нет внутри.
October 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
На фестивале оперном выступил как тот мужик у которого в анекдоте предназначение в жизни было соль передать
Паб, в котором проходит афтерпати после представления, имеет лицензию до 23 часов, поэтому после этого времени они закрывают двери и делают вид что никого нет внутри.
Паб, в котором проходит афтерпати после представления, имеет лицензию до 23 часов, поэтому после этого времени они закрывают двери и делают вид что никого нет внутри.
So, "No Politics In Cycling" UCI president Lappartient is apparently not only supporting usual bunch of dictators like Turkmen's Berdimuhamedow and Rwanda's Kagame, but also disgraced Sarkozy.
Yet protesting for Palestine is no bueno.
Yet protesting for Palestine is no bueno.
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
So, "No Politics In Cycling" UCI president Lappartient is apparently not only supporting usual bunch of dictators like Turkmen's Berdimuhamedow and Rwanda's Kagame, but also disgraced Sarkozy.
Yet protesting for Palestine is no bueno.
Yet protesting for Palestine is no bueno.
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The best time to apply the Morgenthau Plan was 1945. The second best time is now
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The best time to apply the Morgenthau Plan was 1945. The second best time is now
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If you see an otter steal a surfboard, no you didn’t.
Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If you see an otter steal a surfboard, no you didn’t.
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It’s not about the AWS outage; it’s about the contracts we made along the way.
October 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It’s not about the AWS outage; it’s about the contracts we made along the way.
New UI for videos in Youtube sucks ass
October 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New UI for videos in Youtube sucks ass
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after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
So it looks like a general audience finally realised that Taylor Swift songs are shit and never looked into the mirror to all themselves why.
She has had one good album, Folklore, which showed actual talent and maturity, then she immediately diverted make to slop pop again because it fucking sells
She has had one good album, Folklore, which showed actual talent and maturity, then she immediately diverted make to slop pop again because it fucking sells
October 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
So it looks like a general audience finally realised that Taylor Swift songs are shit and never looked into the mirror to all themselves why.
She has had one good album, Folklore, which showed actual talent and maturity, then she immediately diverted make to slop pop again because it fucking sells
She has had one good album, Folklore, which showed actual talent and maturity, then she immediately diverted make to slop pop again because it fucking sells
I'm sounding like a crank old guy, but today's youth fashion for pedo mustaches is horrible
October 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm sounding like a crank old guy, but today's youth fashion for pedo mustaches is horrible
I have trouble when Irish people ask me, "Where are you from?". I've lived in about eight different cities/towns in total, three of which I've lived in for more than eight years.
I genuinely can't answer because I haven't yet figured it out.
I genuinely can't answer because I haven't yet figured it out.
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I have trouble when Irish people ask me, "Where are you from?". I've lived in about eight different cities/towns in total, three of which I've lived in for more than eight years.
I genuinely can't answer because I haven't yet figured it out.
I genuinely can't answer because I haven't yet figured it out.
WHAT A BANGER
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
WHAT A BANGER
So I assume that muskrat's "answer to Wikipedia" is just something like
for article in wikipedia: grok.is_this_true(article)
for article in wikipedia: grok.is_this_true(article)
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
So I assume that muskrat's "answer to Wikipedia" is just something like
for article in wikipedia: grok.is_this_true(article)
for article in wikipedia: grok.is_this_true(article)