Samskara
@Samskara@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on The scientific method or something idk 5 hours ago:
Link to video?
- Comment on At 1% 5 days ago:
VGA was still very common around 20 years ago.
- Comment on Charlie Kirk in his own words. 2 weeks ago:
Yes, I didn’t phrase that well. DEI is more than its three components. You can have diversity without equity and inclusion. You can have equity and inclusion without affirmative action and quotas. Diversity, equity, inclusion is a desired outcome with typically quotas being the main tool. So DEI as a term is mostly interchangeable with affirmative action and quotas. People opposed to quotas aren’t necessarily opposed to diversity.
- Comment on Charlie Kirk in his own words. 2 weeks ago:
Diversity in a team has lots of advantages, but that’s not directly related to DEI, affirmative action, and quotas.
- Comment on Charlie Kirk in his own words. 2 weeks ago:
DEI, affirmative action, and quotas are well intentioned to offset systemic disadvantages. How this is implemented and executed on in practice varies a lot. The results of these measures to enable societal change are mixed.
Instead of using race as a proxy for disadvantaged groups, using quotas for people from poor districts, people with non academic parents, etc. directly might be more beneficial and more broadly accepted in society. The problems in the US, and elsewhere, start with access to and quality of education from childhood on. Trying to fix that with racial quotas for universities seems to be the wrong end.
Have 60 years of affirmative action fundamentally changed the success of African Americans? How much longer should these programs be used?
What about the poor whites who now vote for Trump? They are not part of the good old boys white elite club either. The US is obsessed with race and should move beyond it.
There’s research on affirmative action and it’s effectiveness and overall the results are a bit meh. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/…/ejsp.2991
- Comment on Charlie Kirk in his own words. 2 weeks ago:
He is being turned into a martyr for the cause. Schools and streets will be named after him soon.
- Comment on Charlie Kirk in his own words. 2 weeks ago:
Yes, it is. He always used to harp on affirmative action DEI leading to less qualified and able people getting jobs. So this results in the perception that any minority working in a qualified profession like pilot is only there because of DEI, not because of their skills and qualifications.
Watch this video for context. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjN6A8ruo4 Parts of it are used in the submitted edit.
Charlie Kirk has said plenty of crap. There’s no need to misrepresent his views by selective editing.
- Comment on How do you get over a really good manga or webcomic you've read that you want to read more of but you've caught up with all the current updates? 2 weeks ago:
Touch grass
- Comment on Social media ads passing as posts: How advertising slips into Instagram 1 month ago:
Instagram is a full on ad platform and has been for a long time.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The Ten Commandments are in the Quran as well I would guess.
- Comment on Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now 2 months ago:
Lemmy doesn’t even have a fraction of the useful information you could find on Reddit across lots of topics.
- Comment on Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now 2 months ago:
You‘re harming people looking for help and support more than you harm Reddit.
- Comment on Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now 2 months ago:
Lemmy deletes the posts if a user is banned from their own instance or you delete the account.
- Comment on The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made 2 months ago:
Disco Elysium is not a fantasy themed monster slaying adventure game. It’s a detective game of narrative psychological exploration that uses RPG mechanics.
- Comment on The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made 2 months ago:
Yes, I successfully fought him as well. It held to think about fascism, be strong, and drunk.
- Comment on The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made 2 months ago:
It’s about the exploring the story, the mind of your character, and lots of political and philosophical themes. The deep psychological exploration of the human condition is absolutely unique and fascinating.
Maybe you’re too young or otherwise not ready to engage with these themes.
- Comment on True Motivation 2 months ago:
It’s a common term for all stimulant users.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Half of Jews live in Israel. 80% of Jews worldwide are Zionists, if not more.
Among the anti-Zionists the words settlers, occupation, Zionist have different definitions. The most extreme use these words to appeal to moderates, who then think they are in agreement.
When Hamas speaks about settlers and occupation they mean all of Israel and all Jews living there. The naive western activist doesn’t understand that though and erroneously thinks it’s about the West Bank only. The idea of killing or pushing out the Jews/settlers/Zionists, which are used interchangeably in Arabic, and taking back their ancestors houses they still have the key to, is mainstream among Palestinians.
A similar thing happens when Jew is replaced with Zionist by extremists. Suddenly it become far more palatable even though most Jews are Zionists, as in believe Israel should exist. Antisemites love this little trick. The use of the word Zionist has moved the meaning a lot. It’s now closer to just mean evil Jew. Which is exactly how far right antisemites have used this word for decades in terms like ZOG.
Hamas also routinely uses the following argument: there are no Israeli civilians because they all serve in the IDF.
I agree that soldiers who have committed war crimes and politicians who ordered crimes against humanity should be brought to justice.
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Drops Official First Look Teaser Trailer 2 months ago:
Looks decent enough. It will be attacked and this might also affect its success is the lack of a white blonde blue eyed European character.
Perceived ethnic/race breakdown:
- Caleb Mir: Human, light brown could pass for Arab, Pakistani, or mulatto
- Jay-Den Krag: Klingon, cliché dreadlocks wearing black with a very human first name
- Sam: Kasquian but looks human, black or mixed, big eyebrows
- Darem Reymi: Khionian but looks human, looks Arab or Mediterranean
- Genesis Lythe: Dar-Sha, looks human with wrinkly eyebrows, looks east Asian or mixed
All of them have dark black hair and dark brown eyes.
Granted the captain chancellor of the school is a white and blond lady.
This casting makes it easy to attack as woke and might limit its audience. Discovery always had Stamets and even redhair representation with Tilly.
A show about a military-esque academy with the values duty, honor, service should naturally appeal to conservatives. If that audience can get over the casting.
Three men, two women is a good balance. They refrained from having a token trans, genderqueer, or non-binary character, which is a good idea. Discovery didn’t handle theirs very well I think.
A character I would have loved here is an alien character that looks androgynous or female with pale skin, blue eyes, white or red hair. A platinum blonde blue eyed Vulcan ice queen would be cool to see as well.
It’s a school drama show. So there will be rival groups and cliques, which could have different ethnic compositions, ideological outlook, or style. Lots of potential there.
Overall the positive optimistic outlook of building a better future together is sorely needed at the moment. I deeply hope it can appeal across the political spectrum.
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 2 months ago:
The late 90s first VR wave was something to behold.
- Comment on Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter 2 months ago:
Yes, I loved it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
80 % of Jews are Zionists.
Most anti-Zionists consider all Jews in Israel to be settlers. So you end up with half the Jews in camps.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
You are advocating for putting more than 80% of Jews in camps.
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- Comment on ‘Not for everybody’: MDMA production for PTSD begins in Australia 2 months ago:
The high levels of security seem a little silly for a drug that’s easily available on the black market.
It’s great to hear the medical applications are making progress.
- Comment on Anon breaks up 2 months ago:
Accidental deaths from firearms can be reduced by making people get obligatory training and requiring storage in a gun safe, when not carried.
- Comment on According to one source Linux hits over 6% desktop user share 2 months ago:
How much of that is Chromebooks?
- Comment on Nintendo touts high employee retention rate after loss of Microsoft jobs rocks Xbox Game Studios 2 months ago:
Software for desktops sometimes have credits of the people who made it.
- Comment on Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy? 2 months ago:
SPRICH
- Comment on British Slander. :) 2 months ago:
Yes, times were so much better when the Ottoman Empire ruled and oppressed the Middle East and beyond. Truly an empire of peace.
The Mughals were also welcomed in India as friendly visitors, as we all know.