greencactus
@greencactus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary 1 day ago:
You’re amazing! Thanks for sharing!
- Comment on Websites: Then vs Now 2 days ago:
I think they forgot to mention ads
- Comment on Premium Ads 5 days ago:
Thank you for the correction! I meant origin and forgot to write it :)
- Comment on Premium Ads 1 week ago:
Or imagine installing uBlock and not seeing ads at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
YouTube really promoted uBlock more than uBlock could even promote itself
- Comment on US Democracy 1 week ago:
Congrats for getting the most downvotes on Lemmy I’ve ever seen. Which you absolutely deserve by the way, in my opinion.
- Comment on The most powerful brain on Twitter 1 week ago:
That is actually impressively dumb
Like seriously, I think he really really put effort into being dumb here. You can’t be just randomly that ignorant here, I think
- Comment on The most powerful brain on Twitter 2 weeks ago:
Isn’t that kinda satire?
- Comment on What bug is this? 5 weeks ago:
Okay, this thread escalated quickly
- Comment on Beams made of beans. Beanms? 2 months ago:
That’s enough internet for today
- Comment on Make this thread look like it's your first day on the internet 2 months ago:
Me too!
- Comment on Delicious 2 months ago:
- Comment on george skibidi 3 months ago:
That is true only to some extent. Frances Wright, who admittedly lived later than Washington (1795-1852), was one of the most vocal public abolitionists in the USA to the extent of my knowledge. Specifically, she was a feminist and abolitionist. Both she and Jefferson were Epicureans and knew the sources well, but she drew other, more ethical, conclusions, and supported the fight for abolition.
It is important to keep in mind that she was living later than Jefferson, and thus had access to different sources than he did. However, her example demonstrates that it was not impossible, even back then, to recognize that owning slaves was wrong and unethical. While I agree that it was typical for the elites to do it regardless, I want to emphasize that the sources to recognize that slavery was wrong were already there. Many people simply chose to ignore it.
Thus my stance is that it definitely was a sign of the times that it was widespread, I think the defining feature of the time was that people chose to ignore ethical conclusions. It isn’t just a sign of the time that people kept slaves - it was sign of the time that people chose to keep slaves even though they could’ve recognized that it was wrong and unethical.
I hope my point is understandeable. Just adding my two cents :)
- Comment on I still crie evrytiem 3 months ago:
My eyes…
- Comment on Weather app asking for permission to manage calls 10 months ago:
Seriously, is that how far we came?
laughs in LineageOS
But seriously folks, you can survive without Google Play Store. While it definitely is sometimes not easy and there are obstacles put in your way, after a certain time you learn to accommodate. And I have a peace of mind knowing that no one is selling my pictures to data foraging companies God knows where.
- Comment on 8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates 10 months ago:
Uhhh, that sounds really nice! I think that also explain why I personally dont have the feeling that it is completely derailing, like a lot other companies. In the end, while I’m not the biggest fan of Valve, I’m more than willing to recognise the impact they made, especially for Linux gaming. Without them, we would be in a completely different spot now. I’m sure that these kind of decisions, which oftentimes turn out to be industry-changing, are facilitates by this organisational structure.
So yeah, thank you Gabe for not making the company accountable to shareholders and actually not completely driving your user base against the wall. It is highly appreciated.
