adespoton
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- Comment on Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be? 6 days ago:
The guards and administration want him alive.
People like Epstein die in prison because showing up in court runs the risk of taking down powerful people. People like Luigi always have their day to be dragged through the mud in court before they rot away forever in jail, with random reminders that they’re still alive and suffering.
- Comment on Versant is New Name for Comcast Spin-Off 6 days ago:
What exactly does “spun off” mean here? Doesn’t Comcast still have a stake in the new org? Isn’t this just changing the lipstick color on the pig?
- Comment on Why I Believe Printers Were Sent From Hell To Make Us Miserable - The Oatmeal 6 days ago:
I’ve got an ancient laser printer. Toner is cheap and it just works. Anything more complex? I send it to a print shop and let THEM deal with the suffering. I just get the results I’m expecting when I expect them, without wasting time and money on printers and ink and all the things that can go wrong with them. Works for me….
- Comment on Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be? 6 days ago:
Why are people generally in prison? Usually because they’re violent, drug addicted or at odds with the status quo.
Luigi is in prison accused of killing a man responsible for getting people hooked on drugs, marginalizing the already marginalized and poor, and ruining the lives of millions.
I think the inmates would be more likely to treat him like a hero.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Disqualifying? No. However, he’d run up against similar prejudices that make it difficult for a woman to win the presidency.
Remember that Pete Buttigieg was in the running at one point.
- Comment on Why is my community modding everyone who comments? 2 weeks ago:
Just so you know, I’m a fellow Voyager user on lemmy.ca and I don’t see that anywhere I’m not a mod.
- Comment on How would you run a society? 2 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t. I’d set up at least four groups and let them run autonomously from each other. I might not even let them know that there’s other groups on the planet.
More chance of survival if there’s different groups trying different things. Strength in diversity.
- Comment on Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"? 2 weeks ago:
You missed “make my computer work” and “get me movies for free”.
- Comment on Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"? 2 weeks ago:
Knowing stuff can be a curse, especially when you’re 10 steps ahead of everyone else in the room and you know they’re just going to need the time to figure it out on their own.
But being smart means you know how and when to apply your knowledge. So you can provide the information when it’s actually useful and not when it just gets blank stares.
And knowing stuff but NOT talking about it all the time, and not using “told you so” means that when you DO speak, anyone who matters will listen and take you seriously.
I find that slipping useful knowledge into self-deprecating jokes is a useful way to get people to listen to it.
- Comment on Why does it seem like everyone is so good looking and beautiful nowadays? 2 weeks ago:
Of course not. That would be wasteful.
- Comment on Why does it seem like everyone is so good looking and beautiful nowadays? 2 weeks ago:
Germans don’t smile with their mouths; they generally do smile with their eyes. People who only look at mouths generally miss that.
- Comment on Why does it seem like everyone is so good looking and beautiful nowadays? 2 weeks ago:
Part of what it points to is what you’re currently paying attention to. You don’t notice all the people who aren’t what you consider “good looking”.
Later in life, you’ll notice how many people have children in strollers, or drive fancy cars, or can afford houses. You may start noticing how many people own dogs, run regularly outside, or never look up from their phones.
It’s a form of selection bias; you tend to see the people that are most likely to catch your attention, and ignore the rest.
Try an exercise: start checking to see how many people you see in public smile with their eyes.
- Comment on how do I avoid becoming conformist, lazy and completely incapable of learning something new? 3 weeks ago:
This is important. Learning involves change based on a balance of positive and negative feedback. Be comfortable making mistakes and learning not to repeat them in other contexts. Also learn how to use mistakes to improve on methods that didn’t seem like mistakes at the time.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
“Oh yes, officer! This is my washer and dryer from home… I just felt like they needed a bit of fresh air!”
- Comment on What would the world look like if every worker got together and Unionized for a universale wage that helps everyone? Instead of one country trying to screw over another? 3 weeks ago:
Well, you could argue that China already has the structure being described here. How does it work out there?
I was assuming a union system similar to what is currently used in the US. If it’s not democratic, you’re going to have other issues.
Of course, ranked choice could mitigate some of the issues, but you can’t get away from the power imbalance problem.
- Comment on What would the world look like if every worker got together and Unionized for a universale wage that helps everyone? Instead of one country trying to screw over another? 3 weeks ago:
Yup.
- Comment on What would the world look like if every worker got together and Unionized for a universale wage that helps everyone? Instead of one country trying to screw over another? 3 weeks ago:
Those unions would have elected union reps. They’d gain an immense amount of power, and anyone on the edge of society not in a union would lose their voice — stay at home parents, small business owners, etc.
Eventually the unions would gravitate to a party system, those parties would become bipolar, and world governments would become figureheads. Unions would begin to clash, eventually forming new political bodies along union lines. Union members would question why non-union members don’t have to pay dues, and a requirement would come about that when old enough to work, it would be mandatory for everyone to pick a union.
You can see where this is going.
The only reason unions work is that they pit the power of production against the power of military strength and control. Give the unions too much power, and their leadership becomes the thing they’ve fought to resist.
- Comment on Are foxes more prone to rabies than other animals? 3 weeks ago:
Foxes in places where they’re the alpha scavenger; raccoons where they are. What other top scavengers are there globally?
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 4 weeks ago:
In India, they’re still useful; just make sure you use the horn too.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve only been driving for 33 years, but I try to signal every turn.
Because the signals are for those situations where you don’t see something you should have AND those situations where someone else didn’t see something they should have.
Takes a flick of the pinky to do something that could save you thousands of dollars and wasted time, or even save someone’s life. So why not do it?
- Comment on What are the odds of a person getting poisoned by food delivery driver? How would the odds change if the person is a public figure (such as Twitch Streamers)? 4 weeks ago:
Except delivery people are registered and tracked. Someone would notice the first time someone died… or possibly even the first time someone got sick.
Unless it was a toxic buildup over time.
More likely to be the person bagging the delivery, because anyone on shift could do it there.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 4 weeks ago:
Just to note, it could also be other people’s lives.
- Comment on Straight people, do you know what the Grindr notification sound is? 4 weeks ago:
Video memes. Another place I keep the sound at 0.
- Comment on Is there a way to get a massive dump of memory stuff off my laptop by uploading it to a torrent? If so how and can I make it private just for my access? 4 weeks ago:
Keep it private by encrypting it.
But torrenting isn’t an appropriate tool, as it’s designed for one -> many distribution.
Are you wanting go transfer gigabytes of photos and documents from one computer to another, or back the stuff up to offsite storage?
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 4 weeks ago:
…but some things don’t. “Locate Servia on a map?”
They can’t even blame that on autocorrect; obviously the text was originally written on a qwerty keyboard though.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 4 weeks ago:
This gets you “oh, I never got that email. It probably got blocked by the spam filter.”
- Comment on From a purely political perspective, if you oppose the US tariffs as a US resident, should you buy or avoid buying products subject to tariffs? 5 weeks ago:
If you buy products subject to tariffs, on the one hand that puts money into the hands of the federal government to mismanage. On the other hand, it helps out Americans and foreigners who are being negatively affected by the government’s antics.
Personally, I’d recommend just ignoring them where possible and avoiding them where necessary.
For people outside the US: find alternatives, especially to products produced in Republican states.
- Comment on What vacuum should I buy for 66% carpets in 140sqft condo? Sub $500 5 weeks ago:
I had a c3 and it was great on hardwood but bad for carpets. Eventually switched to a stick vacuum with beater bar attachment and it works great.
- Comment on gross either way, but do friends actually talk like this or would this be from people who are dating or something? 5 weeks ago:
Not always true; sometimes teens do it to get a rise out of some third party or because they want to but aren’t.
- Comment on What are people from Moscow and Versailles called? 5 weeks ago:
Something in Russian and French :)
(Actual answers already in another comment)
Foreign language names for where people are from are usually limited to region and country.