Urist
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- Comment on Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist? 2 days ago:
I am using socialist interchangeably with communist here.
- Comment on Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist? 4 days ago:
That is understandable if you think only within the paradigm of some select countries dominating the rest, but that is perhaps the biggest obstacle to our gay space communist Star Trek future.
- Comment on Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist? 1 week ago:
Caveat that I have not played the games, but taking the series at face value they are highly US-centric like most Hollywood productions. It makes no sense arguing on the basis of the series alone what they are going with in this regard, since all the action takes place in the US it is pretty much the scope of the universe, just like in many Americans minds. I tried to make a disjoint point, that was based on how I would interpret it with complete disregard to whatever is canon to the story as a whole, taking what is presented in the first season of the series at face value.
To put this into context with Star Trek, I also find it really boring and non-immersive whenever they hold 21st century America in special consideration. It is just such an obvious way to make a comparison to current state of affairs in one particular country, placating preferences of current pop culture, which is redundant anyway since all science fiction is a universal critique of the current state of affairs anywhere simply by showing a future alternative. A hypothetical sudden end to US hegemony is actually a valid way to make the current US affairs leading up to it special with respect to the future development of mankind.
- Comment on Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist? 1 week ago:
Saw this episode for the first time two days ago and loved everything about it. Especially the inqusition of anti-union Ferengi, that is the FCA, captured the violence of capitalist oppression , both direct and threat thereof, beautifully.
I also liked the subtle points being made, like Odo being against the strike on basis of upholding law and order, even though this should contradict his moral compass in my opinion.
- Comment on Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist? 1 week ago:
More like the dissolvement of US hegemony.
- Comment on Is Lemmy growing or shrinking? 1 month ago:
18 days for this comeback was worse.
- Comment on Is Lemmy growing or shrinking? 2 months ago:
Yeah, we are really, _really_bad. You should leave before you start transmuting yourself into a tank and begin involuntarily rolling over capitalists.
- Comment on We are beings made of atoms in the universe, who are studying atoms in the universe 2 months ago:
This has the same vibe as saying everything in math is set theory, which IMO is more reductive than older than 14 and deep ^TM^.
- Comment on What are y'all buying on the steam sale? 3 months ago:
I have played it for a while, albeit shorter than some true veterans, and I am a little bit torn in my opinion about it. The customizations options are great and the story is cool and engaging. However, the game feels very much grindy overall and you have to win the game to unlock higher difficulty settings, which is a bit boring in my opinion. Also, the loot from some early bosses are better than what comes later for certain builds, meaning you have to return back to areas you have passed through and grind the same bosses again for better versions of the same loot that you already have, which is also a tad boring. I’ve also had some weird stuttering issues on Linux. Otherwise, great game and I recommend trying it!
- Comment on Looking to build my first PC in almost 30 years; What should I be on the look out for? 4 months ago:
That GPU is Image
- Comment on Why is living with your parents considered a bad thing? 4 months ago:
You are right that you did not mention being a home owner anywhere, but the inability for people to be so is a very fair reason to want to be living at home. That young people cannot be financially independent is a problem made by the older generations. The same young people may be working and contributing at home, without having said economic freedom.
- Comment on Why is living with your parents considered a bad thing? 4 months ago:
Art has value and needs to be produced. What is the conclusion you want to make about it with regards to ownership of property?
- Comment on Why is living with your parents considered a bad thing? 4 months ago:
Producing value is expected in most societies.
How did you not connect producing value with ownership of property?
- Comment on Why is living with your parents considered a bad thing? 4 months ago:
Why is being economically disenfranchised corrolated to not producing value? I could understand an inverse corrolation however.
- Comment on are people still all riled up about beehaw? 4 months ago:
DPKR isn’t a dictatorship though. Kim alone holds less power in his country than Biden for instance. Also he was elected. DPKR have some sort of direct democracy that most western world doesn’t even dream about.
So I want to start off with recognizing that western media love to blow up American propaganda about how “batshit crazy” Kim Jong-un is. In reality I think development of nukes is to some degree quite sensible as a defensive measurement fof DPRK, especially given their stated goal to develop socialism without external involvement.
Formally DPRK looks quite democratic with power derived from the working people’s assembly. However, I do not see how formalism really matters if it does not conform with praxis. Having officials elected for life from the same bloodline is to me a big red flag in this regard. The same with things like the assembly only being actually assembled for a few days of the year and statisics regarding voter participation and such.
- Comment on 5/5 stars 4 months ago:
Free and open source software are good examples of an alternative to the way we manage labor today. Wanting gay space communism is as much a part of my personality as me liking Star Trek and Linux. Moreso theyvare part of the same coherent picture.
- Comment on How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT 4 months ago:
Personal recommendations are not really advertisements.
- Comment on After 1.5 years of learning selfhosting, this is where I'm at 4 months ago:
Torrents are assumed illegal and discussion of it likewise by confused parent comment.
- Comment on I love my Gitea. Any tips and tricks? 5 months ago:
I made the switch a couple of days ago. Just downloaded the forgejo binary, renamed it to gitea and dropped it in as a replacement. Now I am running foegejo successfully.
- Comment on Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism 5 months ago:
Socialized people work with them on instinct, others can’t do that.
This is a valid point. Some on the autism spectrum, for example, have difficulties due to lack of this instinct.
And my point was that boundaries are never that clearly defined.
This is also true, but not so much a problem. Everyone is bound to overstep at some point. However, that is most likely going to yield a negative response from the other person, and it is actually somewhat their responsibility to express this plainly. Where jerks and unaware people diverge in action is how they respond to being made aware. Say sorry and not push further and you are in the clear.
I will admit there is a little bit of a problem with a supreme narrative based on personal experience if applied indiscriminately in every context. However, as long as it is confined to one’s own body, it is perfectly fine since everyone should have their bodily autonomy respected and thus their experience is the supreme narrative in this instance always.
There are training one can do if one lacks social intuitition and basic rules like do not touch at spots other than briefly on shoulders etc. without consent. I have lots of sympathy for all those who struggle socially, but do not see laxing on demanding respect for others as being helpful in any way. I would also speak up if someone ridiculed a nice person for being just awkward, but that is not the issue discussed here.
- Comment on Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism 5 months ago:
Incel is an abbreviation of involuntaruy celibate. It is 100 % a self proclaimed title. I am merely categorizing those that label themselves as such to be often having a distorted view on sex and women. None of this was a philosophical debate on the existence of evil and my point was clearly defined: Timid, kind people should be a little bolder. Everyone should be mindful of other people’s boundaries.
- Comment on Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism 5 months ago:
In my experience the technology related fields are greater perpetrators than the base sciences. Though there is still an image problem for things like math (the not tech, engingeering, finance version) and a problem with people outside the field having sxcist expectations about those in it, I genuinely think the environment itself to be very inclusive.
- Comment on Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism 5 months ago:
Just like there ate lots of jerks and incels, there sre lots of really nice shy guys that would make the world bettet by spreading their wings to the world a little more. Being brave at making contact is totally acceptable, and probably good for you, if you do it in a respectful manner. Actual nice guys should drown out the jerks that are self proclaimed nice guys by treating women, men and themselves with respect.
- Comment on Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism 5 months ago:
Medicine is more aligned with the cultural idea of “what a woman should be/do”. Taking care of others, showing compassion and so on is regarded as more “feminine qualities” than masculine. Note this is not something I agree with, but I think it probably is part of the picture.
- Comment on Anyone else notice the fediverse is quite close knit? 5 months ago:
Or you know… It could be that your impression is colored by ignorance on some of these issues, leading to false assumptions about what other people think.
- Comment on How does a SO feel different from a very good friend? 5 months ago:
Many romantic relationships evolve more or less into this over time also.
- Comment on Now that it is getting legalized everywhere, Cannabis should fall under the jurisdiction of the ATF rather than the DEA. 5 months ago:
I am not hating on Americans here. You did say I could not Google though, which is just plain wrong.
- Comment on Now that it is getting legalized everywhere, Cannabis should fall under the jurisdiction of the ATF rather than the DEA. 5 months ago:
They make a North American event and call it the World Series. Hence North America is the whole world. QED.
- Comment on Now that it is getting legalized everywhere, Cannabis should fall under the jurisdiction of the ATF rather than the DEA. 5 months ago:
As if I did not use a search engine to find the result about automatic transmission fluid just to make a point. Funny you try to belittle me for not being able to understand what the post wrote when what actually happened here was that my point went straight over your head. To put it in plain words for you: I understand the post is about the US. You and OP talk and think like the US is everything, which for your information it is not.
- Comment on Now that it is getting legalized everywhere, Cannabis should fall under the jurisdiction of the ATF rather than the DEA. 5 months ago:
You mean ATF as in the automatic transmission fluid? No it was not explicitly US centric. You thinkong a three letter acronym has to be about the US is just further evidence of the same assumption.