Skates

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[–] Skates@feddit.nl 33 points 3 weeks ago

~~despite~~

thanks to

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Oh no, the treaty-breaking, nuke-threatening, war-crime-committing invading force is being discriminated against!

Holy shit, gtfo. Maybe don't be an actual cunt if you don't want people to "discriminate" against you? The guy didn't even fire all Russians, only those tied to sanctioned companies. He did less than should've been done. But that's only because what should be done to Russia at this point is assassinating their leader, disarming the country, executing the army, installing a puppet government that ensures economic and military inferiority, and selling tickets to piss on Putins grave for the rest of the world to blow off some steam.

Edit: here's a view from a Russian, maybe that helps:

https://social.kernel.org/notice/AnIv3IogdUsebImO6i

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

I know this is the case today, but we are still in the early days of massive surveillance and everyone being globally interconnected. I have to trust legislation will follow to regulate this, just like any potentially dangerous invention is now regulated in most countries, from pharmaceuticals to firearms, to lead based paints, to news outlets.

The fact of the matter is, regular people cannot keep up with all inventions ever. It's up to governments to protect their citizens from threats, and a failure to do so should be punished. If instead the government chooses to be that threat, the solution isn't easy, but it is simple.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

This is correct. But if you don't work in the field, it's fine.

You don't have to know how to bottle wine if you're not a wine maker. You don't need to know how to build a dam if you're not an engineer. You don't have to learn everything about the architecture of an OS if you're a user and not a programmer. Let the kids use their devices without knowing obscure shit, just like people let us wear clothes without knowing how to sew. There are things we should all know how to do - changing a light bulb is cheaper if you don't call an electrician every time it needs to be done. But there are things that are so opaque at first sight that they need to be performed by people with specialized knowledge. And it's okay to not have that knowledge if you're not in that field.

Yes, there are 1-2 generations where everyone was learning how computers work. But there were also quite a few generations where everyone was learning how agriculture and farming works - you know, to survive. And I'll be damned if I wanna have my kids birth a cow or install Linux on their PC. Unless for some godforsaken reason they decide that's their job.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I mean at this point might as well go ahead and do it, "I was scared for my life, they were many and threatening" still works as an argument right? And what the fuck is the Klan gonna do about it? Retaliate by wearing white in other locations?

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 48 points 3 weeks ago

Babe wake up, new prime number just dropped.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

Is it necessary to pay more, or is it enough to just pay for more time? If the product is good, it will be used.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

This is 90% what I expected a kiwi to sound like.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl -1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure. I can't remember right now why I blocked dbzer0 completely, but my filters are blocking this instance. Which I guess is another side of the same coin: defederation (and allowing entire instances to be blocked) also contributes to fragmentation of communities. I had no idea the largest piracy community is on dbzer0, so I would subscribe to another piracy community on another instance, and thus split the memberships even more.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 11 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

9 plus anything is just a 1 in front of the other digit minus 1

This is also how it works in my head, but isn't it the same as the other guy was saying, 10+6?

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Jeezie. Like Swiftie, but for fan fiction on the Hebrew Bible.

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