steltek

joined 1 year ago
[–] steltek@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At some point, people need to take responsibility for their government. DeSantis won by 19 points with >50% turnout. That's pretty convincing to me. Florida is no longer a swing state. GOPers moved their in droves because of DeSantis' politics.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Beehaw is a locked down walled garden instance

That's maybe a little unkind. If you had been working to nurture a small community (vernacular definition), you too would be super concerned about a sudden influx from Reddit. Assimilation would be impossible.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

This is what I do. My full mental list:

  • -11C -> 11F ^^(really 12 but close enough)^^
  • 0C -> 32F
  • 4C -> 40F
  • 16C -> 61F
  • 28C -> 82F
  • 40C -> 104F

It provides enough buckets to be conversational.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

None of this makes any sense. How are invisible gestures more intuitive than a button? And aren't gestures literally "hand gymnastics"? Gestures and any "hidden" input are decidedly user unfriendly precisely because they're invisible. I don't recall specifics but there have definitely been apps where a user gets stuck on a screen because the developer unexpectedly opted for a gesture instead of a visible widget.

Gestures are good for the screen real estate part but that's kinda it, IMO. I stopped fighting the current and (mostly) adapted.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

My Pass setup uses an NFC Yubikey, which works on my PC and Android. On Android, Open Keychain can use the key for the ssh connection as well.

The git server for syncing is just ssh with a forced command.

The gpg key itself is backed up on a thumb drive, in case I need to recreate the yubikey.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That's an ignorant view of China's success. Anyway, the extraordinary regulations that were used are far more interesting than any lacking or deregulation:

  • Forbid foreign controlling ownership of domestic corporations, cultivating a solid and independent domestic leadership
  • Blocked many foreign services from operating, allowing domestic replacements to copy and grow to be quite capable competition
  • Prevented (slowed) capital from leaving the country
  • Very different cultural approach to intellectual property
    • Some call this theft but we could have the exact same discussion about Bit Torrent/piracy
    • Modern IP laws in the West also used to be controversial (Can you patent an algorithm? Copyright a number?)
  • The most extensive propaganda and censorship apparatus in the world
    • A patriotic citizenry is a highly motivated citizenry (eg. US in WW2)
    • The court of public opinion/shame is leveraged by the state (versus cultural personalities in the US)
[–] steltek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this the same UN that recognized Palestinian territory as Israeli?

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Other link

The Columbia Police Department said a 38-year-old man and a 17-year-old male were arrested around 4:30 p.m. Thursday and charged with Civil Rights intimidation. The charges were placed in coordination with the District Attorney's Office, and the official statute is TCA 39-17-309.

I was trying to figure out how you get arrested for fliers, with free speech and what not. But these idiots stuck these plainly obvious threats ("dark history", "be warned") on Black churches. It's nice when the criminals are this stupid.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

You forgot the book burning and legalized murder of people on your front steps!

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Economic systems exist beyond socialism and capitalism. The GQP want a dictatorship. Bend the knee or we'll use state power to punish you. If it was as simple as capitalism, Disney would still have their weird pseudo-government thing.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Lol, imagine being this unhinged from reality. If your baseless dreams do come to pass and the system does fall apart, it will mean billions dead from famine, disease, and war. Your vision is death and destruction, not salvation.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

pro-Chinese propaganda

That's really what it is. There's no balanced discussion. Just rabid nationalism and xenophobia that clearly breaks the rules. But because it's directed at the West, it gets a pass, I guess?

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