HobbitFoot

@HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there an optimal home/apartment size that most people would be happy with?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  How much shit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assuming humanity last another few hundred years; How many human languages do you think are gonna be left in 100 years? In 200 years?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  100 years: The EU has made English the default language across most of the union. Small nations went first as inter Union migration obliterated the ability for these countries to teach their local languages fast enough. Far right groups tried to preserve their languages, but they’ve largely been demoted to secondary status in their own communities to English, like Irish Gaelic. The last internal holdout is French, Spanish, and Portuguese as there is enough external demand of the language. French language law mirrors Quebec law, Spain and Portugal aren’t harsh about it.

  I don’t see that much shift in the Americas except the possible loss of French. Mexico may become more English speaking as more Americans move to Mexico for lower cost of living, especially with retired populations that won’t learn Spanish. Spanish in the Americas may standardize as cross-border media becomes bigger.

  I expect Africa to be in a three way struggle between English, French, and Arabic as the lingua franca.

  I expect languages to standardize in Asia, but I expect that India and Pakistan will choose non-English languages.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are tons of technology historically that were implemented with gigantic fundamental flaws which were properly identified and later solved or mitigated. These flaws were openly published and there was a discourse in society about them.

  So, unless you can use that knowledge to immediately brick all use of that technology, that flaw is likely less severe than you think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy dying?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. Lemmy’s former growth came from external events which brought users to Lemmy. Without more of these shocks, I don’t see Lemmy growing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a few skyscraper server farms, but they are usually in major metropolitan areas like Manhattan. But, as you touched on, it is usually cheaper to build out instead of up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religous but was not Jesus pissed for people making money in churches? Didn't he flip tables and everything? Then how do churches nowadays explain the collection plate?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Jesus didn’t have a problem with raising funds for the church, he had an issue with the church being used as a forum for private financial business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why civilians don't crowdfund bribe money for politicians?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a lot of large PAC’s that effectively do this, pulling together a sizeable voting block and donation base. AARP, an organization for retired people, is one of the larger ones. It just happens that it is hard to a large group of people to agree on policy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you feel like your profile is an identity of you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It is a reflection of my identity, but not something which fully defines it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you respond to unwanted advice?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would need to evaluate it based on its merits. I’m in an industry where people are supposed to speak up if they see work being performed incorrectly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Native Americans?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think there is some big extermination plan for America and Australia.

  There wasn’t, but that doesn’t mean that an extermination policy didn’t exist.

  The original American colonies were generally kept in a state of benign neglect with management of the colonies generally being a local affair. This generally meant that the colonists were the ones to make decisions on how to interact with the native population. Generally, this meant war between the natives and colonizers as a way to free up land for the next wave of colonizers to immigrate.

  After a while, the British government tried to enact greater control over its colonies, including the Proclamation Line of 1763 which banned colonization beyond the Appalachian Mountains. This ban was routinely ignored be American colonists and was a reason cited for American independence.

  As for why extermination over domination, there are two main reasons. For the northern colonies, the land did well in acting as a sink for European overpopulation. A lot of economic and political migration started at the time of American colonization and it was considered easier to move than try to create more liberal conditions at home. For the southern colonies, it was generally not seen as worth it to enslave the local population over importing slaves from Africa. It was easier to keep people in bondage in an unfamiliar land than it was to enslave the local populace.

  By the time that the UK was starting to consider colonizing Australia, there were some laws on the books to protect indigenous populations. However, to expedite colonization, the colonizing government in Australia had the local aboriginals declared as non-civilized, which left the continent as terra nullus, or unclaimed territory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Native Americans?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is important to note that Spanish colonization and English colonization had very different strategies. Spanish colonization tended to replace the existing power structures with their own, which typically preserved the native population even if they were demoted to being second class citizens. In contrast, English colonization was a more a form of genocide combined with a settler colonization of free and enslaved persons. There are few tribes east of the Mississippi that are federally recognized and many tribes were forcibly relocated by English and later American government forces.

  And I don’t know how it was in South America, but North America saw a collapse of civilization near first contact which shaped English colonization. There were several Native American civilizations with complex urban forms which collapsed by the time there was contact with English/American settlers. A few remained like the Iroquois and Cherokee, but there was seen to be an overall regression which settlers took as a sign from God that they should settle those lands instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Native Americans?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Native American is seen as different from first people equivalent from Mexico who moved to the USA. Also, the native peoples in the USA on formerly Mexican territory generally have some of the strongest native rights out of the various tribes in the USA along with some of the best sourced hereditary records.

  And there is a recognition of movement across the border. Guadalupe, Arizona was founded because a people from a Yaqui tribe from the Sonoran state in Mexico fled the Diaz led Mexican government to Arizona.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the US we have Breast Cancer Awarnes month and a bunch of others. All we do is throw money at a problem and hope it goes away How come the Gov don't take care of people from starving?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people want to talk about the rich, but it is also important to talk about the rest of the people voting for it.

  There is a deep cultural mindset in a lot of conservative parts of the country where you’re only really supposed to take care of your own people. In countries with established ethnic groups, it is easy for the state to assume that the default person is within the dominant ethnic group’s kith, or very extended family. That assumption isn’t the case in the USA.

  So, there may be an expectation that you support your kith or extended family, but it doesn’t map to a state because there are several ethnic groups, especially when you take into account that the acceptance of white as one group only came about recently. Therefore, the competing kiths don’t want an equalizimg economic playing field that a welfare state can provide. So, those systems don’t get built.

  Also, somewhat tied into it, there is a lot of shame if a person has to go out of their kith for aid, like welfare or Medicaid. So, people will act as if they are not on those programs because of the shame. Worse, government agencies will make sure that using government welfare is known. For instance, a lot of school districts will have different ways of processing students on subsidized lunch programs over those that pay full price and parents won’t sign up for the subsidized system because of the shame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How hard would it be to trap gated communities by crashing dozens of cars into the front of their gates blocking them from leaving ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The first crash is going to get the cops called, so I doubt you are going to be able to crash dozens of cars unless you’re doing it all at once.

  Better to get your CDL and park a tractor-trailer and kill the air brakes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Typical First-Time Homebuyer Is Now 40 Years Old, a Record High⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A few people are, but the market has dropped like a rock over the past year. Several housing markets are seeing massive drops as post-COVID demand dried up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come NK doesn't just come out and say we are in trouble and need help? Like their lack of food and stuff? I really don't see a downside for a country admit they were wrong and need help⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a large amount of state propaganda using the conflict as justification for the state’s existence. I would imagine whether people believe to be true or not to be on a spectrum line other countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come NK doesn't just come out and say we are in trouble and need help? Like their lack of food and stuff? I really don't see a downside for a country admit they were wrong and need help⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe, but the DPRK government is on its third generation hereditary leader with a senior leadership consisting of children of previous senior leadership. It is functionally an absolute monarchy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  CB Radio was big in the 70’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hear he's homeless too. ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The issue with kicking someone out of the royal house completely is that they are highly incentivized to trade their fame for money. This can include sponsorships and tell all books.

  By providing some economic support, it keeps a leash on Andrew formerly known as Prince.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it just me or the food shows like Man v Food or Everything on The Menu or hot dog eating contests annoy anyone else knowing the fact people are starving in the states and world wide?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see the shows contributing to world hunger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird to simultaneously feel love and hatred towards parents?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What will the next age of innovative art culture create?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing I’ve seen as a new hotness in high art is that the themed experience is crossing the threshold from low art to high art. What would have been considered a theme park ride is now bring presented as an interactive experience worthy of being in a museum. Of course, you will have to exit through the gift shop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What will the next age of innovative art culture create?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think, as a general direction of art, we are in the middle of a synthesism of ideas instead of the deconstructionism of the early and mid 20th century.

  I don’t know what we’re building, but we are building something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you can’t afford a vacation, an AI app will sell you pictures of one⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people want the cultural value of being seen to go on vacations as the main reason to travel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m aware that the Selective Service exists in case a draft is needed, but the US military has changed itself to make sure that a draft has a very low chance of occurring.

  The USA fought two occupations at the same time and didn’t use a draft to fill personnel needs. A major reason why the USA didn’t was because it would make the occupations far more unpopular than they were. There were political decisions all the way up the chain of command to prevent a draft, even when Afghanistan was portrayed in the media as a defensive war.

  Sure, no drafts in the future isn’t guaranteed, but it is a solution that the DOW will only pursue if there are no other options available.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The military also doesn’t want to go back to a draft army. Discipline and morale suck with a draft army and there is severe political blowback to casualties from drafted personnel.

  A lot of reforms post Vietnam were made to make sure that the US military didn’t need to draft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It isn’t just a failure in education or misunderstanding.

  For the most part, “OK Boomer” gets used when someone is expressing something as fact which may have used to be true, but no longer is. Maybe the use of the term has shifted over time, but that was the crux of that use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can a US state block porn?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It isn’t a ban so much as being able to legally go after people who evade the ban.

  If you are a reputable company in the right jurisdiction, you can be sued by the state for operating illegally. That is likely enough to get companies to block the state’s IP addresses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. I look at it as a lot of people on Lemmy complain about how “normal” people force them to act in a certain way and, just in the choice of using a depreciated letter of the alphabet, they are getting hated on for not acting in the conformist manner on Lemmy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh. I remember a time on the Internet where L33T SP34k was a thing. I look at the thorn as something similar.

  It is a stylistic choice that, even if it doesn’t poison AI inputs, is acceptable in Internet forums like Lemmy.