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- Comment on Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 week ago:
I don’t like chargebacks being impossible. I think countries being able to manipulate their currency to balance inflation and unemployment has advantages too; if we’re going to keep doing this capitalism thing at least.
- Comment on Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 week ago:
I think Krugman is a legit intellectual and doesn’t intentionally cherry pick numbers. I followed his blog and such starting when I was a teenager (during the 2008 crisis), and I think he helped me understand what was going on, using fairly rigorous math and data (for a “science” communicator). Few other economic communicators made sense to me at the time. The Austrian school was being pushed heavily by the right and tech-bros, and didn’t seem based on anything but vibes.
- Comment on Just seen the latest American Opinion polls. 1 week ago:
I think the laws are just meant as a soft-ban. There may be legal complications with outright banning strip clubs. The no physical contact takes away what I think make up stripper’s largest income source, and no nipples and alcohol makes it a less attractive place to go. I had a few hours to waste in a city once, waiting on a flight, and walked into one of these strip clubs. There was only one stripper there, one bartender, and I was the only customer; so I’m guessing it really did hurt the market.
- Comment on Just seen the latest American Opinion polls. 1 week ago:
I think that’s changed a bit. Hooters went bankrupt, and many local governments have heavy restrictions on strip clubs, such as no nipples can be shown, no physical contact, no license to serve liquor, etc.
- Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much? 2 weeks ago:
The Alt-Right Playboook: Always A Bigger Fish explains that conservatives have a strong preference of hierarchy and order. They have this preference even if they are low on the hierarchy. They reason that maybe they themselves didn’t work hard enough, weren’t smart enough, or whatever, so don’t deserve to be higher up. They gain a sort of comfort from “knowing their place.” Those lower than them on the hierarchy deserve even less.
I think this explanation is spot-on, and is more or less true for every “conservative” I’ve known. I suppose fascism also has this love of hierarchy, which is what the Republican party really is now (or, at least, very similar to it).
- Comment on Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while? 3 weeks ago:
I think to reduce friction for gaining new users.
- Comment on My collection is growing 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on PC Master Race 4 weeks ago:
You can plug a PC into a TV and even use Xbox and PS controllers if you like. Can have the PC auto start Steam in Big Screen mode so you’d seldom need to use a mouse+KB (trackballs or keyboards with trackpads are best in this scenario). Nothing wrong with console gaming though (well, besides supporting all the non-free software, locked-down systems, and shit companies; but most games you likely play are these as well).
- Comment on From the outside looking in 4 weeks ago:
As an American, since I was a teenager, I always thought Canada or the Scandinavian countries would be better places to live (mostly due to cannabis laws and healthcare). I grew up in rural US, so was aware of high levels of bigotry and poverty, but yeah, it seems to be getting worse. Rights have been getting eroded since W (except LGBT rights, until MAGA). The economy, for the working class, has been in decline since I’ve been alive. We seem to be going through a corpo-fascist self-coup now, so it’s definitely worse. In terms of foreign meddling, I don’t think much has changed since I’ve been alive until this Trump term. Disregarding LBGT acceptance, I think the late 90s were peak. Regarding WASP men, I think the 50s may have been the peak. The country was built on genocide and slavery in many uniquely brutal ways, so don’t think it was really “great” until the mid 1900s, but not even sure it was comparatively great to other peer countries back then, in anything other than having a large economy and plentiful resources to be exploited.
- Comment on Jesus hates American "Christians" 1 month ago:
They often operate on the “just-world fallacy” too. I.e. if people are poor, starving, arrested, deported, raped, it’s because they deserve it.
- Comment on ‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app 1 month ago:
I’ve been downloading FLAC (lossless), and when I transfer to my phone, I encode to Opus, which is supposed to have better sound quality than MP3 at comparable file sizes.
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- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 1 month ago:
She made something like this: allrecipes.com/…/fried-dandelions-appalachian-sty…
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 1 month ago:
Tbf, many are kinda disgusting to modern palettes. Lamb’s quarter sucks compared to stuff like spinach, kale, or collards. Pokeweed needs extensive preparation to make it safe. Wood sorrel, horseherb, and prickly pear grows where I currently live, but I haven’t tried them yet. My dog likes horseherb despite the little spines for some reason. My grandmother used to fry dandelions and plaintain which was pretty good.
- Comment on wax on 1 month ago:
TIL beeswax is pretty cheap. I typically use shellac on stuff that is indoor and low wear, Looks like beeswax is cheaper and about as easy to apply.
- Comment on Anon is exploited 2 months ago:
Capitalism is trying as hard as possible to replace people with machines, but there are a lot of jobs that machines simply can’t do.
This is not absolutely true. I’ve seen and worked manual jobs that could absolutely be automated by a fairly simple machine. There isn’t much reason to automate low-paying jobs away.
There are also a lot of pointless “bullshit jobs.” ~20% of people think their own jobs are pointless.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
At the grocery store I go to, most of the organic produce is in some kind of plastic packaging.
- Comment on McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase 2 months ago:
Just capping CEO pay as some percentage as the lowest paid employee at the company would solve some of this; which I think Sanders suggested before. I suppose it would have to extend to every “contractor,” and “gig worker” they use too. The “ranked” income suggestion could cause problems because it ignores supply/demand. I find “ranking” kind of dubious too, because some “unskilled” labor is much harder and undesirable for the worker to do than other work that requires degrees; so these workers should be paid more, IMO. I’m also fine with somewhat predictable inflation; prevents people from hoarding wealth.
- Comment on Bring out the trumpets and pour out the beer 2 months ago:
- Comment on Bring out the trumpets and pour out the beer 2 months ago:
Depends on specifics. I haven’t been able to use the free tier for years. These companies collect all kinds of data from its users too.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The obvious body work and Bentley are both status symbols. The body work needs to be comically obvious to be an effective symbol.
- Comment on do what you love 3 months ago:
Yeah, the CS head at the small college I went to was also the Philosophy head (he got his doctorate in philosophy). The same formal logic class was a requirement for the CS, philosophy, and law degrees.
- Comment on Which way? 3 months ago:
I had it done once when I was still a child, and the issue reoccurred. No issues for more than a decade from the ones I had as an adult though.
- Comment on 🐀🔥🔥🔥 3 months ago:
Chamoy on fruit or candy is awesome.
- Comment on get sum 3 months ago:
I think the far-right “manosphere” influencers are a good indication at what it does to mental health. Fascism, and extremist groups in general, seem to thrive on men not getting laid. IDK what the cause of this is though; I suppose more digital, less IRL social entertainment. They drink and do less drugs, which could be a reason too (especially drinking).
- Comment on SNAIL PRO TIPS 3 months ago:
If your beans aren’t native to your area, I guess they’re bringing balance to your ecosystem.
- Comment on Stanford Professor: The idea that Stanford University owes its graduate students a "living wage" is preposterous 4 months ago:
He’s arguing that the tuition waiver is their income and they’re choosing to spend it in tuition. It’s an idiotic argument.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 4 months ago:
As I understand it, pedophilia is just attraction; not taking action. And many people who were abused as children themselves end up developing the condition. I think it is treatable, but probably not “curable” (maybe, IDK).
- Comment on Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule 4 months ago:
Yeah, I’ve worked temp factory jobs that were 12 hour shifts, 3 days on, 4 off, 4 on, 3 off, … Not 6 days/week though. It also seems stupid for software engineers, at least. Personally, my output craters when I work long hours. I’d probably get less work done on 996 than a regular 40 hour week. In the past, I’ve been in the fortunate position where I could just make my own hours, and I’m pretty sure I got about the same amount of work done doing 6 hour days as 8 hour days.
- Submitted 4 months ago to workreform@lemmy.world | 25 comments
