mushroomman_toad
@mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas 2 days ago:
There are a lot of different kinds of production, so that older definition isn’t really that relevant in the globalized world.
There isn’t really any single definition of capitalism, I dont think even Marx defined it in a single sentence himself. But I think an important aspect of modern capitalism is capital owning far more than just the means of production, going to the point where capital determines social and political power. An economy where capital has dictatorial control over people’s lives and even over entire governments.
By my definition, a private share company is capitalist, while a family business or a coop is not capitalist, even though they are all private businesses with economic protection from the government. The question is whether political power comes from your money, or from social activity and democracy.
Its also important to note that an economy can be dominated by capitalist activity, but can still have government protections keeping capitalist activity out of certain sectors, such as public healthcare or welfare.
- Comment on We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas 2 days ago:
depends on your definition of capitalism
- Comment on Won't you come? 1 week ago:
Why wouldn’t I cum?
- Comment on The Anbernic RG DS Plus Is The Best DS Handheld Yet 1 week ago:
those rubber tip styluses usually have a lot of friction
- Comment on last time I order 1,264,155 barrels of crude oil via USPS 3 weeks ago:
Bold of you to think that they care what you think.
Ratings can only be given over the phone. The phone line is open on Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:00. Expect to wait on hold for 45 minutes, and then we’ll repeat to you exactly what our website already says before hanging up.
- Comment on /fit/ finds what works 3 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t you want the beta in your hand so that your body mass proximity is lower? (and avoiding proximity to your “T storage”)
- Comment on /fit/ finds what works 3 weeks ago:
I think it is true that gamma rays can go right through you without hitting you. Not sure what the absorption rate is, but considering 5cm of concrete only absorbs half of a given gamma radiation source, it’s likely pretty low.
This paper seems to imply that the half-value of human flesh is around 10cm under 10MeV, but up to 40cm at 100MeV:
researchgate.net/…/345815027_Investigation_of_Gam…
So I guess the gamma radiation from a gamma emitter in your stomach would be around 25-75% absorbed, depending on your diameter. Not great, but still not 100% absorbed like the other sources, at least.
- Comment on What caused this? 5 weeks ago:
Don’t forget corruption
- Comment on someone call 911 5 weeks ago:
They do it for any sort of roleplay, there was one going around about “I’m a fish and I see a hook in front of me”.
- Comment on someone call 911 5 weeks ago:
I wonder if Google does this on purpose to get clicks on social media.
- Comment on Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon" 1 month ago:
Eat a dick, Tim Sweeney.
- Comment on Are you too young to remember these? 1 month ago:
I think some old double insulated devices have power supply issues that meant that the ground/plug-shell would be energized at half mains voltage. You wouldn’t notice since the rest of the TV was wood/plastic, not metal, but if you touched the metal on the back you would get shocked.
- Comment on If you want Jesus to help, you have to work with him 2 months ago:
SLOP
- Comment on so much winning 2 months ago:
X axis conveniently cut off.
I think this time scale is on a 10 year timescale? looking at the graphs on XE.
The value of the Argentine peso has fallen less quickly since Milei took office in December 2023, but it still has fallen 50% since then.
- Comment on Suggestions for Multiplayer Browser Games 2 months ago:
openfront.io
- Comment on French retailer mocks €1039 Steam Machine with “Stim Machine” RX 9060 XT PC for €999 2 months ago:
I think the pre-built is aiming to exceed the performance of the SM, albeit with much more power draw, size, and noise.
- Comment on Muslims in Denmark when a non-Muslim cartoonist doesn't follow their religious laws and the Government just tells them to take it up with the publisher instead of banning blasphemy: 2 months ago:
Charlie Hebdo happened in France, not Denmark.
In Denmark, they have fringe, immigrant-hate groups that are rightfully being fined for hate speech.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 3 months ago:
Does that include the co2 generated by the incineration of each straw at the end of their life? Assuming you’re in a region that can incinerate trash instead of landfilling it.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 3 months ago:
There are no ethical billionaires
- Comment on I'm doing my part 3 months ago:
Yeah, I want to be able shove my McDonald’s cups up my ass without ending up like the jar guy
- Comment on Shit solutions for shitty problems 3 months ago:
6 < 7
- Comment on Never forget. Never again. 3 months ago:
That kills people!
- Comment on Can you see it? 3 months ago:
This measurement is a factor of pixel size. As resolution increases and pixel width approaches 0, the shoreline length approaches infinity.
Though I guess you’d eventually run into the problem of clearly defining the shoreline once you’re distinguishing between water molecules and grains of sand. is the water between the sand molecules part of the ocean? How concave is the boundary on the stretches between sand grains?
- Comment on Working on my politics-free lemmy experience, what words should I add next? 4 months ago:
It is for someone. For example, someone who dislikes the Americanization of Italian cuisine, or dislikes the spread of Italian-American culture in their country. Maybe someone from Sicily who feels like Sicilian culture is underrepresented when talking about Italian culture.
But yeah, my point is that just because it’s not political for you doesn’t mean it’s never political. But if you want an online space where you only see ideas and culture you agree with, then you can absolutely do that.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
😛
- Comment on Meanwhile in California 5 months ago:
60% of 70% is only 42%. So the other 58% spoiled their vote or outright support Trump.
- Comment on Strange are afoot at the Walter Reed 5 months ago:
Criminals are very confident until they end up in a (Dutch) courtroom.
- Comment on Meanwhile in California 5 months ago:
Oh, you’re right, it was actually 57% of registered voters in California that refused to vote against him and vote for Kamala.
Just because you live in a system doesn’t mean that voting absolves you of all blame for the current crisis. You’re still an American and you still indirectly support American foreign policy.
Americans having to pay a fraction of what Europeans or the global south has to pay for gas is completely fair. The US started this war. At the very least, the 57% of you who encouraged this behavior might change their mind after this pain.
There is too much apathy in the US. You can’t just live in a bubble and pretend everything will be OK while World War 3 is starting.
- Comment on Meanwhile in California 5 months ago:
Most didn’t vote for Kamala either
- Comment on Meanwhile in California 5 months ago:
6M Californians voted for him.