Currently, our collective behavior is parasitic and destructive to the environment, yes. But it’s important to draw a distinction here - a virus or bacterial infection or a parasite are locked into their respective strategies. They cannot help being what they are.

We don’t get that excuse. Humans are the ultimate generalists; we specialized into learning and communicating new behaviors between ourselves. Unlike the flu or a ringworm, we have the capacity to change how we interact with the environment.

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The French city of Lyon has taken a major step toward digital sovereignty by officially starting a move away from Microsoft software. . The city is gradually set to replace Microsoft Office with open source alternatives like ONLYOFFICE and switch from Windows to Linux-based operating systems to reduce dependency on proprietary offerings.

never heard of ONLYOFFICE, any good?

The Trump administration should absolutely face consequences for what they’ve done. But they wont. Both wings of the american political establishment are very keen on the idea that people in power shouldn’t face legal consequences for their actions. I’d be shocked if Democrats even consider so much as clearing out ICE.

I’m saying it would be stupid to include voters in those (purely hypothetical) consequences. If we start blaming voters for what those in power do, none of us are innocent. Obama has just as much on his head as Bush – it would be absurd to transfer that down onto the overall electorate.

Yes yes, so cathartic to imagine. But that’s all it is.

Momentary catharsis. You can’t build anything out of it, cus if you did, it’s ultimately just, “round up all the bad people who disagree with me, let them die, and then everything will be better!” and oops, that’s just what Trump is doing

A person’s actions make them what they are. If this neighbor is calling ICE on people, sure yeah they’re a fascist.

But if all this lady did was vote for Trump, that’s not really enough. That’s barley one action, from over half a year ago. Less than that, if its not even in a swing state. If people are showing regret after seeing whats been happening, fuck I don’t know maybe you grow a bigger coalition with honey than with vinegar.

you and the (probably fake) twitter post demonstrate the most important part of US politics:

It’s about making sure the right people suffer. Chuds vote for Trump not because they like him particularly, but because it upsets the liberal in their life. When there are consequences, it’s not the role of liberals to meet that suffering with a mutually positive vision for the future, but instead to point and go ner ner you deserve it! And the next time Democrats are in control, it’s the liberals duty to ignore all the longstanding problems and suffering that has continued through every administration, and instead point to the stock market and say But the economy is actually good dummy!

And the most important thing is that we never expect our government to do anything but dole out suffering to this or that group of people.

It’s when you start including structures within cells that the complexity moves beyond anything we’re currently capable of computing.

Self Driving is only safer than people in absolutely pristine road conditions with no inclement weather and no construction. As soon as anything disrupts “normal” road conditions, self driving becomes significantly more dangerous than a human driving.

speaking of an unrelated chip on one’s shoulder…

what if the mobsters unionized

you’re life decisions aren’t gonna change anything, sometimes you just grow up to be a moth

Terrorism is internationally recognized as when a group or organization unaffiliated with a recognized government uses violence to achieve a political goal. “Terrorist state” is a contradiction in terms.

Netanyahu is leading a genocide and starting wars, all to avoid the regular democratic and legal process of Israel. Why are you carrying water for him?

I don’t wanna jinx it, but

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis

technically, you’re slightly more the egg, since we get no mitochondria from the sperm cell.

OK, but there are barriers of entry to piracy. You have to be tech literate enough to know what to do, and you have to be on top of the latest developments to know where to even go to get the files… and you must have heard about the book from somewhere, presumably some people had to buy and read it first.

There will never be a text published with 100% piracy rate. It’s a fantastical scenario.

uh, I’m a total quantum layman, but I’m pretty sure its the detector.

#4 is on the bleeding edge of fashion, while #6 doesn’t give a damn.

My example is more in regards to wave/particle duality as it shows up in variations of the double slit experiment. Putting a detector at one of the slits is an active interaction, giving you the particle-like behavior rather than the interference pattern.

wooo! comp-sci dropout! I heard way too many of you describe the kind of code that gets written under deadlines and client demands. Programming is fun, why would I want to ruin it by turning it into work?