it_depends_man
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- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 2 weeks ago:
Alright. I hope that I’m wrong too, after all.
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 2 weeks ago:
The problem is that of those 20/30% only 10% will actually get out on the streets so you are left with around 2% of the general population. And that ain’t much
So you do agree?
Getting mass protests organized is a tremendous effort. If you have 80-90% support for something, getting 30-40% on the street is a huge accomplishment. If only 30% support the idea in the first place, there is no chance.
The “mass protest” has to be at a scale, where it’s basically a general strike where society shuts down because people are protesting.
That doesn’t mean stop trying, but also
but a very loud and significant minority
This is meaningless in a country that chooses to ignore public voices. Authoritarian regimes can stay stable with 10-15% support of the population, ignoring protests and complaints.
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 2 weeks ago:
There are protests, they are just way too small.
Trump hast at least 40% of the population behind him, and a good 20-30% don’t care. Still.
You can’t organize “mass protests” with 20-30% of the population.
I mean, you can, but they are literally a loud minority.
- Comment on PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years of armed struggle 5 weeks ago:
Could be huge, let’s hope it works out.
- Comment on Where can I find information on disinformation? 1 month ago:
I recommend these two books:
[www.amazon.com/dp/0465061796/](PR! - A Social History of Spin) [www.amazon.com/dp/0375714499/](manufacturing consent)
They’re older, but I don’t think you need “modern examples”, once you understand how it works, the techniques immediately and obviously apply to social media.
- Comment on Does "ackshually" not mean "I know I'm being picky/pedantic/needy/wooooshed here, but technically it's..."? 1 month ago:
I would say, the “real” “actually” is more of that.
The “ackshually” is more knowning that people can be like that and being a bit sarcastic about it.
As in “actually, X, but only someone really sweaty and pedantic would make that point earnestly, which I’m not”.
- Comment on Can you see yourself cutting off by a generation of gaming? 2 months ago:
Not really, I wouldn’t watch big names though, they’re going to pump out the same stuff as always.
I would expect new and good games to continue to come out and I’m looking forward to them.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The same way you take an interest in any other person.
Ask them what they like and why they like it. Make it clear that you would like to understand.
And absolutely do NOT react in any way negatively. No “that’s it”, no nothing, no “ew”, no disappointment, nothing. If he tells you he watches paint dry in his free time, ask him what color and if you can join him some time.
If your son already has a hobby it’s kind of easier because you can ask him about things he did and things he finds inspiring. If he’s doing performance or sports, you can watch and support him doing that? Shop for equipment together, etc… If he has a competitive, creative problem don’t pressure him and reassure him.
If he likes media, try to lend some of his and try to enjoy it. Usually, even with hobbies you dislike, there is a point where it’s somewhat interesting if you are motivated to learn about it. That does take some time though and you will need to invest that time. You can just weave in a quick “… and how is your [x] going”. That’s reserved for more distant relatives.
But also he’s 15 so none of that may work for biological reasons.
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 5 months ago:
and it seems like the only people that use Linux are HEAVILY experienced with those things I just listed… HOWEVER… I’m not.
Nah. Or at least, it should just work if you boot from your USB.
Just try it.
- Comment on Must EU banks provide basic service via internet? 6 months ago:
I don’t think that there is an obligation with that kind of standard, no.
Banking and security, accessibility yes.
Specific choice of “user side software”, probably not. And it’s somewhat unlikely to happen too, because if you think about apps on phones, if suddenly a completely new phone OS were to show up and had 30% market share, it wouldn’t make sense to have a law that would legally require them to offer an app on that platform
And Chrome isn’t “officially bad” in a legal sense.
The internet standards themselves are a bit… imprecise too. Implementing them in browser is ultimately up to the companies, there is no legal body requiring a browser to have or not have features. They just usually sort of do the same things because going different paths would be stupid. Mostly. Sometimes they totally do that, though, e.g. calendars and contact info have a standard, but all implementations are a mess and transfer is a pain.
- Comment on Why is space 2 dimensional? 6 months ago:
When things collide, they transfer their movement energy. If things collide like this >- They will continue in roughly the same direction. If they collide like this -> <- their movement will cancel out and they will fall into the sun.
Satistically, at the “beginning of time”, in a random sphere around the sun, things will not be completely the same. So everything will either collide and fall. Or it will collide and continue in roughly the same direction. What we have now are the leftovers that were moving in roughly the same direction and colliding so little that they didn’t fall into the sun because of that.
The same is true for the “disk”: If you start with a roughly evenly distributed sphere of gases or something, there is a middle somewhere where there is a little bit more mass than anywhere else. That’s where things will go.