gandalf_der_12te @ gandalf_der_12te @discuss.tchncs.de

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I used to like and look up to SpaceX for the interesting stuff that they build,

but nowadays i don't care anymore. The company can fail for all i care. Musk spoiled it.

The tipping point, for me personally, was when Musk seriously threatened to slash public spending in February this year. It shows a clear disrespect to the people, and frankly, a sociopathic attitude.

Musk had everything, lots of money, lots of fame, lots of influence, but he threw it all away when he decided to threaten the wellbeing and lifelyhood of a lot of people just so that rich assholes can make an extra buck through tax cuts.

"socialism" in the sense of the french revolution, where they executed lots of people with the guillotine, must never happen again.

The problem with killing people is that it's a lot like eating potato chips: Once you start, it's impossible to stop.

Look at the Reign of Terror that immediately followed the French Revolution. They basically continued to kill people after all of the nobles were gone. These actions discouraged a lot of people and were one big factor that scared potential revolutionaries in other countries away from trying a revolution in their home country as well.

Take the rich's resources, but don't kill them.
"Tax the rich", not "eat the rich".
That is socialism for the 21st century.

it also matters because the complexity of websites is a burden to end-user devices. especially on weak smartphones, as i'm using rn, the power usage of heavy websites sucks a lot, as it considerably slows down the device overall.

in my next life, i'm gonna be an insect critter hopping in the grassy meadows i guess

i guess Commonmark is the same thing as Markdown?

in that case, this is why i love the fediverse (especially lemmy) so much: comments and posts are simple markdown.

it comes quite close to the principle of distributing content in the way of markdown articles.

I'd be willing to work 14 hours a week voluntarily if i didn't have other responsibilities.

as another user in the comments here put it quite well:

we shouldn't be laughing at the people in the US just because we're fucked in the ass with slightly more lube.

think of the economy! /s

Laughing at your misfortune because I’m getting fucked with slightly more lube

i should not have laughed so hard at that.

So you're saying that UBI would lead to higher costs of living, because companies can charge more because people can spend more.

Then, explain to me, how did it come that in the 1960s, Americans were wealthy? How could they afford so much stuff back then? Corporate greed already existed back then; why didn't it just eat up the wealth of the citizens?

I was so surprised when California Protester Shootings happened and everybody acted surprised.

I had always just assumed that the US is a terrorist state and these things happen regularly. It surprised me a lot when people acted all shocked about it.

Why are there pyramids in egypt?

Because they were too big for the british museum.

Rail Gauge Map

could be

they just want to test how much public outcry there would be

I like saying that society is a hot gas.

It is a mass of small particles that barely interact with one another, heated up by the heat of anger and hate, floating in a large space aimlessly.

My type of society would be a liquid, where particles are free to move but close to other particles.

"In the face of the disruption of order and acts of systematic violence, the state will enforce its constitutional mandate to guarantee peace," said Juan Carlos Orillac, minister of the presidency.

It is telling that the only direct quote in the article comes from the side of the state, not from the side of the workers.

Journalists, do a better job. Report on people's view, not company's point of view of things.

There's a nice story i heard a while ago about why russian street infrastructure sucks so much.

Russia was worried about getting invaded by the US. Invasions (permanent ones especially) happen over the land, more than over the air. So they have to move a lot of land troops (soldiers, vehicles, tanks) over a significant distance. By keeping the russian infrastructure weak, any invader would face significant logistical difficulties, where they couldn't move troops through the country quickly.

By the winter, the troops would get stuck, food re-supplies would be difficult, and they would starve.

Or so i was told. Maybe it's a myth, but i like the idea: Invaders (especially if they have more soldiers, more weapons, more power) are best fought by disabling their biggest advantage: their flexibility and speed. Disable the street infrastructure. Make it difficult for cars to pass in and out of the area.

A nice analogy for today might be to not take on ICE agents directly (i.e. one-on-one fist fight or sth), but instead disable their mobility. Slash their car's tires. Put obstacles in their paths. Park other cars in front of theirs while they are operating. They might be surprise-predators, but their biggest advantage is that they appear out of nowhere, abduct someone, and leave. If you can slow them down, make them stuck for an hour, bystanders / community has a chance to organize and fight back.

Here's what i meant by "russian street infrastructure", in case anybody finds it interesting :) (i do)

I was in school when i realized that doing homework faster doesn't mean you get to go home earlier. You just get assigned more homework.

For the past two months, Iran had been in diplomatic negotiations with the Trump administration, and both sides appeared to be getting closer to a deal that would drastically curtail Tehran’s enrichment of uranium and prevent any path to the bomb.

Then Israel attacked. It acted less to pre-empt an Iranian bomb than to preempt American diplomacy.