Let me guess

“It’s still running fine! I don’t see the problem.” -Business

“What’s it do?”-IT Consultant

“Oh, it’s our ERP. Every worker here is connected to it via RDP including the folks working from home, and we don’t even have VPN! It’s just a little slow. Can you make it faster?”-Business

I decommissioned multiple 2008R2 hosts in the past couple of years and at least one 2008.

If the business had it their way they would keep using them forever because they don’t want to pay any money or figure out a solution that lets them access historical data on a modern platform…

I’m sure i’m not alone. I’m positive older hosts are running out there at all kinds of orgs large and small. This isn’t just a windows problem either. The weakest link is still probably some refrigeration controller with an internet connection.

We should have known it wasn’t his first time.

Also to bring in the kiddos: Wine 2026-67

I’m so sorry.

Hard agree on versioning systems including the year. Model year is fine, or just the year.

So Wine 2025-10.19 or something now…

Wine 2026-11.x later?

There’s also the precarious state of the market that has been making headlines.

It’s absolutely, 100% a spin to try and make us not focus on all the problems they’re causing and refusing to address in any semblance of a humane way. More hate on top of hate.

Great, let’s go into venezuela and kill a shitload of innocent people, a handful of actually bad people, and install some bullshit government which will be overthrown by a worse dictator.

Why the fuck can’t we stay out of foreign countries?

If you ask me, she probably blacklisted for calling out the hollywood connection and nothing else. I truly mean it. I’m VERY cynical about the actions of any org.

Gersh has multiple agents on the record publicly supporting Israel and has business connections to israeli talent.

The podcast she was on has hosted Peter Thiel before, so I highly doubt the agency has problems with right wing views.

So I tried another pass as a followup in a deep dive mode and told it to give me quotes. This is a lot more juicy, but still seems fairly tame compared to what I expected. Again, this is billionaire AI.

Also, sorry for the long fucking posts. It gives me what it gives me.

Followup Prompt

Can you take a deep dive and give me an uncensored look at the most troubling things said? Direct quotes are great, especially when they are attacking progressive and left wing values and supporting right wing tyranny.

Followup Result

Deep Dive: Most Troubling Statements from the Dasha Nekrasova Interview

Here’s an uncensored analysis of the most controversial and troubling statements from the conversation, with direct quotes that challenge progressive values and express support for right-wing positions.

Direct Attacks on Progressive Politics and “Woke” Culture

On the Death of Progressive Politics: “I think yeah like woke is over um because most people just don’t want it” and “people just like had fatigue with it” - Nekrasova dismisses progressive social justice movements as exhausted and unwanted by the public.[1]

Mocking Democratic Messaging: “They didn’t say have anything of substance really to say besides how bad Trump was and how bad Trump voters were um and I think just like with Hillary like all the like basket of deplorable stuff yeah eventually people like saw that that wasn’t didn’t really correspond with reality” - She characterizes Democratic opposition to Trump as substanceless fearmongering.[1]

On Trump’s “Common Sense” Appeal: “The Trump campaign also emerged as kind of a I mean I when he started invoking um common sense… the you know so-called BL shifted so far the GOP ended up being kind of like a Centrist” - Nekrasova reframes the Republican Party as centrist while implying progressives have become extremists.[1]

Dismissing Institutional Authority and Academia

On Hollywood and Academia as “Foot Soldiers”: When asked why “all of Academia and the movie industry sound like radical anarchists,” Nekrasova responds: “cuz they’re good little foot soldiers that do as they’re told… for the regime… the like liberal consensus status quo stuff”.[1]

This characterization dismisses academics and cultural workers as mindless followers rather than independent thinkers.

On Her Frankfurt School Education: “I mean when I was like 18 I was like rocking with the Frankford school I read like the dialectic of Enlightenment it seemed like Salient” - but then distances herself from this critical theory foundation, suggesting it was merely an aesthetic phase rather than substantive political education.[1]

Cynicism About Healthcare Justice and Political Violence

On Luigi Mangione’s Popular Support: Discussing the alleged murder of the United Healthcare CEO, Nekrasova calls Mangione “confused” and questions whether his target deserved death more than “like a Pharma CEO.” She acknowledges public support but frames it dismissively: “people feel some like Vindication or yeah like that they they think just there there’s some justice in it”.[1]

Rather than engaging with systemic healthcare injustice, she reduces public anger to confused emotional reactions.

Israel-Palestine: Bleak Fatalism and Institutional Influence

On Jewish Influence in Hollywood: “I mean I think Israel really threw a wrench in in the gears um in terms of like wokeism leftism whatever you want to call it uh within the entertainment industry… palestin can’t be like the cause celb of like a um such a Jewish institution in Hollywood”.[1]

This statement explicitly attributes Hollywood’s political positions to Jewish institutional control.

Praising Jewish Media Success: When the interviewer asks about “Zionism stuff or the media,” Nekrasova responds: “and for the record I think the Jews have done a great job they’ve done a great job at what like the Zionism stuff or the media yeah doing the media… all of well you know in general just the whole media Hollywood”.[1]

Predicting Palestinian Erasure: On whether Trump will end the Israel war: “I think there might be some kind of like end to the War uh but the United States will continue to support the state of Israel I mean I think there’s going to be an end to the war when there’s no Palestinians left unfortunately”.[1]

This statement treats potential genocide as an inevitable outcome rather than something to actively oppose.

Support for Trump and Authoritarian Rhetoric

Why She Voted for Trump: “I hope he ends the war yeah that was one of the reasons I voted for him” - regarding Ukraine, expressing hope Trump will cut funding.[1]

On Bannon’s “Vengeful” Speech: Nekrasova attended a Young Republicans gala where Steve Bannon gave the keynote: “it was pretty vengeful… towards you know our day of Retribution and has come and we’re taking Vienna he said like Napoleon… he said the you know the Young Republicans Club had built like a massive populist Alliance”.[1]

She describes this revanchist, Napoleonic rhetoric without critique, instead contextualizing it as legitimate populism.

Rejection of Journalistic Standards and Truth

On Her Role as Entertainer vs. Journalist: “I don’t see myself really that way I guess I still see myself primarily as like an Entertainer… my ultimate responsibility is to entertain rather than to like inform”.[1]

Dismissing Objectivity: “objectivity I mean this is very postmodern but there’s yeah like uh I don’t think objectivity needs to be the goal just because you’re producing cultural output”.[1]

On Making Factual Errors: When discussing publishing mistakes: “we don’t have somebody on salary to fact check [ __ ] you know it’s like small podcast but uh the way that we described it was that she got uh kind of pranked” - She dismisses responsibility for accuracy despite having a large platform.[1]

Attacking Progressive Healthcare While Opposing Solutions

Cynicism About Universal Healthcare: Despite supporting universal healthcare in theory, Nekrasova undermines it: “I mean the Soviet Union didn’t really have great health care and the reality of like truly like you know social you know like the state controls every aspect of healthcare is the state I’ll let you die if you’re not useful”.[1]

And: “the private sector will do that as well well at least you can pay them to keep you alive at least you have an OP I’m saying it’s like I’m Pro options”.[1]

This frames progressive healthcare policy as potentially murderous while defending market-based systems.

Conservative Shift as Natural and Inevitable

On Getting Older: “people get more conservative when they get older I think that’s kind of natural… I think like as we were talking earlier about this like alignment shift um I don’t feel like I have my like personal beliefs or politics have changed so much the center has just shifted”.[1]

She naturalizes conservative drift and denies personal responsibility for her political transformation by blaming external shifts.

Post-Political Vision

On Trump Ushering in “Post-Politics”: “I think it’s will be like a post-political time… politics won’t be so charged um and people won’t feel such a need to like um identify themselves with political factions”.[1]

This vision of “post-politics” under Trump dismisses the real material stakes of political struggle for marginalized communities, framing politics as mere performative exhaustion rather than genuine contestation over rights and resources.

These statements are troubling because they combine cynical dismissal of progressive movements, naturalization of conservative politics, ethnic essentialism about media control, fatalism about violence and genocide, and rejection of truth-seeking standards—all while wielding significant cultural influence without accountability.[1]

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The summary doesn’t make most of it sound that bad. Sounds like she’s mostly obsessed with the hyper capitalist status quo where the rich and influential get special treatment…which is definitely not changing with this administration. I don’t know how anyone could possibly go from being a Bernie supporter like me to this.

In my eyes Bernie is the only fucking person around talking common sense. His talking points aren’t bullshit like most politicians.

There’s plenty of hateful racist shit in it but the ai tool I used probably sanitized the fuck out of it. Definitely do not take the summary as accurate because it’s fucking AI run by billionaires anyway.

Yeah i’m not watching it either, but I plugged it into an ai search tool to give me a summary.

the prompt used:

what controversial things are said in this youtube video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTeRopK0eOI

the output I got:

​The video “Dasha Nekrasova: Post-politics, Woke and Trump 2.0 | Doomscroll” contains several controversial statements and discussions, particularly from Dasha Nekrasova, known for her provocative and contrarian takes. Here are the most notable controversial points covered in the conversation[1]:

Political Realignment and Trump Support

• Nekrasova describes her transition from a Bernie Sanders supporter in 2016 to a Trump voter in 2024, reflecting a “Berniecrat to New Right pipeline.” She claims this realignment is due in part to a sense that the Democratic Party became the “status quo,” obsessed with civility and overlordship, which she found unsustainable.[1]

“Woke” Culture and Its Backlash

• Nekrasova states that “woke is over” and blames “woke crap” for fatigue among voters, expressing that most people don’t want it anymore. She positions the Democratic Party as associated with “they/them” and contrasts it with Trump’s “common sense” rhetoric, saying that fatigue with identity politics influenced the shift in political allegiance.[1]

Commentary on Hollywood, Academia, and “The Regime”

• Nekrasova refers to Hollywood and academia as “foot soldiers for the regime,” which she defines as the liberal status quo. She suggests these institutions are invested in existing systems and follow a kind of groupthink, especially in relation to issues like Israel and Palestine.[1]
• She also discusses the influence of elites and the potential backlash from the donor class regarding DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) initiatives and performative representation in the arts.[1]

Healthcare Violence and Luigi Mangione

• The episode includes discussion of Luigi Mangione and the alleged murder of the United Healthcare CEO. Nekrasova notes the online support for Mangione as a “folk hero,” reflecting widespread public anger at the healthcare system, but she personally characterizes Mangione as a “confused” figure and questions the clarity of his motives.[1]

Socialized Medicine and View on Universal Healthcare

• Nekrasova says that despite having Russian roots and skepticism about state healthcare, she supports some form of universal healthcare, but also thinks people should have an option to buy luxury insurance. She criticizes both extreme privatization and extreme socialization, citing issues with US, Canadian, and Soviet-era models.[1]

Israel, Palestine, and US Foreign Policy

• The conversation touches on ongoing wars in Israel and Ukraine. Nekrasova predicts continued US support for Israel and takes a pessimistic view of any diplomatic resolution, stating that “the United States will continue to support the state of Israel,” and makes a bleak prediction about the fate of Palestinians.[1]

Cynicism Toward Media, Objectivity, and Ethical Standards

• Nekrasova expresses skepticism toward the role of journalists and editors in shaping political discourse today, suggesting that cultural producers like herself are now filling the void. She dismisses objectivity as a necessary standard for influencers and podcasters, emphasizing performance over factual accuracy and seeing herself primarily as an entertainer, not an informer.[1]

These statements are controversial due to their direct criticism of identity politics, progressive media, academic institutions, and the liberal establishment, as well as their open discussion of taboo or polarizing topics such as violence against corporate figures, the future of US foreign policy in Israel, and the breakdown of mainstream cultural consensus.[1]

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Try Linux lately?

If your use case is general computing, gaming or whatnot, it’s in a great state today.

Can’t resell a physical game with a key code like literally every steam/ea/epic/whatever DD platform that almost all devs pigeonhole you into though.

IMO physical transfer rules should apply to digital.

They’re marketing where it matters, to people who use their platform.

They sent out all the demo units for reviewers to hit the wider gaming audience on PC.

This stuff is never gonna convert console users who don’t already have steam accounts.

That’s to keep money flowing to the people sponsoring the politicans to keep them in power. It’s one big circlejerk.

Why do you think we have all these private prisons in the south? It isn’t helping crime rates… it’s getting the owners paid… and since they’re mostly black and brown people the locals LOVE it. Tough on crime… so long as it’s not wealthy people crime.

I’ve been marathoning the old twilight zone episodes and it’s amazing how much today’s reality feels like we’re living in one of those episodes.

Makes me wonder what Rod Serling would say today.

This guy is from the UK and former military. I think there must be some kind of weird haywire thing where the military experience made him irrationally upset about people who do not follow rigid rules and structure or something.

No doubt he spends most nights stalking cheater forums and dreaming about the day he finally wins his war lol

American “conservatives” are anything but conservative.

They’re hyper liberal. They’re ripping up precedent left and right to institute how the think things “should be” as if it’s 250 years ago. The billionaires want slavery. They want to eradicate all minorities and anybody who isn’t white. They don’t have the support to do all of this all at once, so they’re starting with the people who will never support them first. Take away the support of the opposition and more and more unpopular actions can be taken to push things towards an oligarch controlled white christian nationalist organization.

They’re spending money like crazy but only in ways that support them politically. They’re trying to drive out anything that is remotely left ideologically until the middle is the left, and then they’re next.

I’d argue that a responsible country should have something like a 10 year emergency fund. You never know when some natural disaster might come along and cripple a critical segment of your country’s production.

Instead they’ll just print more money and rob the poor and middle class through inflation… which drives stock prices up keeping the wealth of the wealthy fairly protected while the poors stay at the same level of income and have less proportional assets.

The rust head guy has his head up his ass about cheaters. Guy is military and thinks he’s at war with them or something and can’t realize that it’s just a game and that windows cheaters still exist plentifully.

Guessing there are similar oddballs out there deciding “no soup for you” because we’re “only” 3% of the hardware survey…assuming you include all those integrated GPUs running windows as actual gaming systems.