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indie OS

it's the OS that virtually every server uses. even Microsoft servers slowly switched away from Windows roughly a decade ago. Today majority of their servers run Linux

it's not indie- it's big and corporate. the difference is there's a weird serendipitous intersection of OSS and corporate interest that has arisen in a way that allows regular joe schmoe to run software you can actually control. so that your computer actually belongs to you

imagine with your car. would you be OK with ads in your rear view mirror? with your car constantly sending data about how you drive to some nameless corporation? your car randomly turning on and updating itself while you sleep? taking away features you may want or adding features you don't?

that's the path we're going down with cars right now. and it's partly because people are content to sit on their laurels and cede all of their collective power to companies like Microsoft

i think breaking the barrier of sex in terms of male/female president is a powerful thing. there's been so many women throughout history that could have been judith pulgars, politically speaking, and ended up getting pushed into more subservient positions

that's the main reason. i dont think that's an awful reason

as for the russian war thing, i rather like living in a pre-nuclear-war society.

this should have been done a long time ago. there's gonna be a referendum on nov 5 2024 along with the general election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum

PR (pop: 3.2M) has more population than Wyoming (pop: 586K), Vermont (pop: 648K), Alaska (pop: 734K), and North Dakota (pop: 789K) combined (2.8M)

Puerto Ricans (at least outside of PR) tend to be less inclined to vote right wing unless another famous little Caribbean island

this is really just Trump searching for controversial takes to show up on headlines

realistically any real attempt to mass deport illegals would require

a) the involvement of the military

b) a dramatic increase in the size of ICE

police participating or not isn't going to be a significant player in this

at that point it's not really about the money

everyone needs a purpose. if you take away that purpose, people will start deteriorating.

"journey not the destination". once you've reached something like $50M any more money doesn't make any real difference in your daily life.

with the current stranglehold the pro-Israeli lobby has on American politics (includes both GOP and DNC) even 0.1% is a stretch

AIPAC even brags about it: https://aipacorg.app.box.com/s/t8vvqt7evxvgkzn5jktpwejate6oxo0y

98% of AIPAC endorsed candidates won their election in 2022. if you are a politician and you say something mildly critical of Israel they will go to war with you and do everything so that your opponent wins

Israel has figured out how to hack American democracy. There is no going back at this point. We are a pro-Israel country for the foreseeable future, regardless of which candidate wins this election or the next one or the next one

i guess it's just puppeteer + ai prompting

unless AI gets significantly better in the next year or so I doubt it's gonna be any better than someone spending an hour writing a puppeteer scraping script

which of these candidates is more likely to respond to any kind of public pressure about this?

neither. 0.0% chance for either candidate.

i only voted for kamala because she's a woman and even though she's an awful candidate at least we can get it out of our collective system, show little girls they can be president, and the neoliberal status quo is probably still better than Trump

i'm not entirely sure on that because I think Kamala is more likely to lead us into a war with Russia.. but Trump is more volatile in general I think

Kids are disadvantaged in a number of ways compared to adults

• the obvious factor is that the prefrontal cortex is not developed. they simply do not have the capacity to make fully informed decisions.
• another factor is the simple lack of experience. when you compare an 8 year old to an adult, that adult has been through a lot of shit in their life. they learned a thing or two and that gives him the ability to sniff out bullshit much more easily than a child. think of it as the bullshit immune system
• kids don't have the resources that adults do. they typically don't have access to credit cards so the free things on the internet attract them more easily. websites (really apps these days) prey on this fact.

it's an interesting moral question

if i give someone money and that alleviates their poverty, is that an ethical action? i think so. you are eliminating harm by reducing hunger, providing shelter, etc.

if i give someone money and that alleviates their poverty, but i do it for my own personal gain, is that an ethical action? you are still eliminating harm but you are doing it for an amoral reason.

ethical action, amoral motivation

then there's the perspective of by taking advantage of this individual, you are doing your part in perpetuating an unjust system. you are playing the role of the opiate of the masses. distracting and comforting those who are at the bottom of the pyramid.

having said all that, i think it's still more ethical than bumfights. although i couldn't tell you if it was ethical or not by its own

at 76 with a reasonable amount of wealth under his belt, I'm surprised he was even mowing his own lawn

What do you mean "install as app"?

Around 2009~2011 if I remember correctly. Back then it was either IE or FF. Then Chrome came on the scene with their fancy marketing ads and blew up very quickly to overtake FF.

At the time FF felt bloated compared to Chrome, so Chrome was like the fresh new and faster alternative.

I can't think of a single example where a web page doesn't work on FF.

if FF want wider scale take-up outside of geeky niche groups

Lol. I remember when FF was the most popular browser.

Fair enough. I've only ever had experience with construction in the SE region (FL, GA, MO, etc). I've honestly never even met a farmer. Perhaps it's different. Or we can't generalize everyone by absolute statements.

In Florida DeSantis passed a bill this year or last year that made it a crime to drive an illegal to and from work. What happened is a mini-exodus of illegal laborers as they were scared of FL.

Immediately after stage legislature reps basically openly said "don't worry this law is symbolic please don't leave"

The anti-immigrant this is mostly a way to rile up their base. Ultimately the GOP (and DNC) have to respect the monied interests. Very large companies who indirectly benefit from illegal labor stand to lose a lot from deporting illegals. Ie AT&T doesn't hire illegals. But they have a contractor to build a fiber network in a city. That contractor doesn't hire illegals. But they have a subcontractor who does. When you ripple your way down eventually you have illegals.

Prices for many things will go up for every Americans as well, which is dangerous for politicians.

If price of labor goes up, everything goes up with it. And while a small portion of workers will see increased wages (low skill, low wage laborers), the net effect would inevitably be higher prices for majority of Americans.

GOP understands this. That's why I think their strategy of using this as a rallying cry to drum up the xenophobia is such stupid short-term thinking.

It will eventually get to the point you'll be forced to shoot yourself in the foot. It's madness.

Right now majority of the people in this country support the mass deportation of all illegals. Not just GOP, majority of everyone.

That would inevitably mean detention centers (aka concentration camps) in all major urban centers where tens of thousands of illegals would be held until they could be deported.

Even if you used 10% of all airplanes in this country, it could take over a year to get rid of them all.

Realistically, we're talking about putting millions of people into camps for years.

It's madness we've all gone mad

In my experience Republicans with skin in the game who understand how the bread gets buttered aren't as xenophobic as the poor ones.

For example I work in construction and many projects would grind to a halt without illegal labor. Everyone implicitly understands this so we all agree to look the other way.

Illegals are willing to work harder jobs, work with more enthusiasm, and with lower pay. Costs of construction would skyrocket without them.

The most xenophobic ones are the ones that feel threatened by the presence of illegals. Ie low skill and low wage.

Human genetic engineering. I'm sure governments are already doing this, because the technology is already here.

You could create super soldiers or very intelligent people. You could then copy them in cloning vats and have an army of people you could shape and mold to your will.

Could experiment with all sorts of stuff. For example they've put biiluminescent genes from certain fish into frogs to make glowing frogs. Now imagine giving humans the raw power of chimps. Or the ability to see UV light like birds. Or venomous spit. Or the power to smell like dogs.

Realistically would just end up a developmentally stunted invalid. There was an example from some book, I don't remember which, where there was a SE Asian woman who lived with her family and had a baby.

The family was ashamed, so they forced the girl to keep the baby by itself in the attic. She would go to work most of the day, and come back to take care of it when home. That was the total extent of interaction and stimulation the baby got. It ended up being severely stunted and never learned to talk.

Essentially young children need human interaction which includes warmth and constant validation, caring for, etc

If you interrupt that in any way, you end up with a feral child who is permanently stunted.

I came to count how many times Trump says "millions and millions"

Did everyone just collectively agree to forget 2016? The polls were all favoring Clinton by a dramatic margin. CNN famously had a headline where they predicted Clinton had a 99% chance to win off of the polls.

And what ended up happening? 538 (before bought and neutered by ABC) gave the odds 65-35 or so, in Clinton's favor. Trump ended up winning that 35%. This year, according to polls, Trump's odds are better than in 2016. Kamala has the upper hand, but

A) lots of things can change suddenly before the election (like the Hilary emails thing)

B) polls are not the ultimate arbiter of who will win an election- actual real votes are

C) Trump more than likely has some "extracurricular plans" in store, much like Jan 6th, that has a chance of working.

Tldr: don't get drunk on positive news. Keep a level head and you'll see this election is still very close to a coin flip