LesserAbe @ LesserAbe @lemmy.world

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Google translates this as "no mail for you" is that correct? Does mail here mean any kind of communication?

I do like learning "doofmann" since where I'm from you might call someone a doof if they're stupid.

I'll quote my reply to the other person:

OP said "maybe something good will come out of this" and you said look at history, the best that will happen is some minor temporary improvement. I pointed out several significant long lasting advances. I don't see where anything you said here disproves that.

As I said, yes, there are significant problems we need to address. But being negative to the point of denying reality isn't some act of resistance, it's capitulation. Telling people there's no hope helps the enemy.

OP said "maybe something good will come out of this" and you said look at history, the best that will happen is some minor temporary improvement. I pointed out several significant long lasting advances. I don't see where anything you said here disproves that.

As I said, yes, there are significant problems we need to address. But being negative to the point of denying reality isn't some act of resistance, it's capitulation. Telling people there's no hope helps the enemy.

Have you read U.S. history?

Despite the land of freedom hype, we started as a country where only land owning white men could vote, and slavery was law. As flawed as things are now (and there will always be a need to improve and fight injustice) slavery has been abolished, all men and women can vote, child labor abolished, 40 hour work week, gay marriage legal.

We should be realistic and honest about the bad things happening right now. But if we don't believe it's possible for things to get better (doomerism) then it's much less likely they will, and believing that ignores the actual historical evidence.

Lol at first I thought they were talking about population shrinking.

Not my problem. I also like how the chart has a legend showing what colors they would use if the city was rising. "Albuquerque is getting taller!"

I've seen more informative reporting from 404 media and others, Signal had more or less said they can't guarantee security for third party apps. Which makes sense, I can't guarantee a house I didn't build is safe. The OP link also talks about how the hacked company is Oregon based, which is technically true that they're registered there. But the reporting I had read indicated the company was founded and is run by a former Israeli security officer, and has offices in Israel.

Wikipedia link

Wasn't there some question if Shatner was actually running his account?

Interesting. What time period would you say this was? I grew up in the 90s and don't recall seeing that.

Let's skip the "I have no basic survival skills" part (also skipping disease) and assume we find a nearby group of humans. If you approach first contact carefully they'd probably let you live with them in exchange for labor, giving you time to learn the language.

I think I have enough ambient exposure to modern technology that I could contribute at least 3-4 major innovations to my group over a couple decades. The challenge would be conveying and implementing ideas more than remembering them. You're not going to get back to modern standards of living in your remaining time traveled years no matter how much you remember, but what little you can impart to others would earn your keep.

I don't know what all the innovations would be, but germ theory and pasteurization come to mind.

Holy shit I had to tap out. The casual, informed way they talk about fucking dolphins conveys how much time they must have actually spent fucking dolphins.

Yes, that's kind of what I was getting at - having this cloud browser thing would be significantly worse for privacy than even a smart phone.

Setting aside the financial management of the church, it's one of the largest organizations in the world which tells people what the purpose of life is. Its members believe the person they're selecting has authority from God to say what actions are right and wrong.

While I don't personally believe that, hard not to see it's a position of significant power and people have an interest in knowing or influencing the outcome.

Can you share what your reasons are for considering a dumb phone?

For me I'm probably not actually going to get one, but have idly thought about it. If I were to get one it would be to free me from the attention sink of web browsing and apps. So I don't find it appealing to consider a dumb phone that still has web browsing but using some sort of work around.

No. Stop being a dick

Yeah, it says they're charging him with something that has a max sentence of five years, seems like it would be a lot heavier if they could show he was planning to take action.

Funny, but obviously just a story. It was pushing boundaries for our youth pastor to serve pizza for communion. No church secretary is baking a bread Jesus penis.

Man those things used to be everywhere at events

Because he recognizes the dangerous situation we're in and articulates a positive vision for the future, and the changes needed to get there.

Obligatory fuck musk.

Reading the article, sounds like the government was like "hey this rebate program is about to run out of money" so Tesla is saying they rushed to submit various sales they had already made, but hadn't submitted yet.

I bet regulators would like to take a closer look at the itemized list for funny business.

Even if what Tesla says is true, that's a pretty sloppy way to run a business.

Tangentially, I'm curious why the government would structure a rebate program this way. Technically the rebate is for customers, not the dealer. But the way it works is the dealer gives a lower price to the customer, then collects the rebate to make up for the discount. If it's possible for the money in the rebate program to run out, then doesn't it seem obvious that some percentage of dealers will be left on the hook for rebates they extended on behalf of the government but won't be reimbursed?