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Futility is resistant
- Comment on If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle? 2 weeks ago:
It’s not capitalism that makes us compete for resources, it’s the natural consequence of not having infinite resources. Plants and animals compete for resources at every level, blaming capitalism is a leap of logic that could reach the moon.
But anyway, it seems like you want people to be anarchical by nature, and are willing to fall into wishful thinking if needed. All I can add is that we grow hierarchical, little children understand the pecking order easily, and they know they’re at the bottom of the ladder, and the parents at the top. The favorite is between, but the grandparents are even higher than the parents. Anarchy is against our nature, and the nature of most social animals. If it is to be abolished, it better be very thoroughly, encause we’ll have to work against our tendencies.
- Comment on If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle? 2 weeks ago:
I can only agree with your last statement, encause IMO, people have three natural postures regarding hierarchy in their group:
- To compete for leadership/status.
- To follow the leader.
- Apathy.
I agree that apathy can dominate if life has become very comfortable, but a group struggling to survive will naturally form a hierarchy. Practically all human groups throughout history have formed some kind of hierarchy, no need to analyze mandrills.
- Comment on If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle? 2 weeks ago:
If you’re going to argue, please don’t make people look up basic stuff, it’s a waste of everyone’s time.
- Comment on YSK that one New York best museum desperately needs help 2 weeks ago:
I salute them for helping improve the Fediverse’s resilience.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 2 weeks ago:
The ice mines of Quebec need more fresh meat.
- Comment on If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle? 2 weeks ago:
You think too high of Eminem fans, or fans in general. A system that ignores the instinct of humans to follow or lead is doomed to fail without permanent, pervasive, and relentless (re)education. Call it aculturization if you want:
- Comment on Sabotaging Bitcoin 2 weeks ago:
“We are under attack, faithful Monerites! Shove more coal into the energy plants! Carbon will set us free!”
- Comment on Nvidia insists it isn’t Enron, but its AI deals are testing investor faith 2 weeks ago:
“We didn’t want to inflate our valuation with circular investings, the market made us do it! We are the victims here!!”
*Deploys golden parachute*
- Comment on We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human 2 weeks ago:
That’s donations, and I’ve donated to less projects that I’d like, because it would become costly very fast. Mainly things like Wikipedia or Jellyfin.
- Comment on We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human 2 weeks ago:
Ive contributed to several projects, code and translation, but you can really expect every user to be a programmer, or every programmer to contribute to every piece of software they use.
Besides, contribution is not a protection from capture, just look at MySQL.
- Comment on We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human 2 weeks ago:
Self hosting doesn’t make you immune, though. See how Plex evolved, for example. Self hosting plus free software that isn’t abandoned or compromised is the way, but idealistic developers need to take bread to the table too.
So the way maybe is self-hosted + libre software + a non-profit supporting the project. And that can too be corrupted, for example, the Mozilla Foundation and Google’s influence.
Always be ready to migrate.
- Comment on How much money should one person realistically make or have? 2 weeks ago:
Oh, Ok. I was worried.
- Comment on Seven Diabetes Patients Die Due to Undisclosed Bug in Abbott's Continuous Glucose Monitors 3 weeks ago:
I’ve used Libre 2 for years, they work reliably. They will usually fail in the first hours of use, but otherwise work well for the 14 days.
Always keep a standard glucometer at hand, because these monitors can be affected by temperature and humidity.
- Comment on The Mysterious Forces Steering Views on Hacker News 4 weeks ago:
Heck no. Last time I tried to make an account, someone had to invite you, or you had to prove yourself to them by showing your GitHub as if it was your CV.
Lurking is free, so I went to check what these pro hackers were posting and commenting: many links were already in HN, and the quality of comments was similar. No loss there.
- Comment on The Mysterious Forces Steering Views on Hacker News 4 weeks ago:
Any alternative you could suggest? I migrated to HN from SlashDot many years ago, because the discussion was mature, and shitposting/jokes were frowned upon.
To this day I haven’t found something similar.
- Comment on Why do pro athelets get paid millions upon millions of dollars but will be taken off field for something minor? My coach always said walk it off or tough it out. How come its not the same in leagues? 4 weeks ago:
Basically, pro athletes cost the team dearly, but you didn’t cost your coach a cent.
- Comment on Why do pro athelets get paid millions upon millions of dollars but will be taken off field for something minor? My coach always said walk it off or tough it out. How come its not the same in leagues? 4 weeks ago:
Then poor Timmy finds out someone spray painted his beloved cybertruck, what a world.
- Comment on You could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time. 4 weeks ago:
All of them? Because it was an artery, those fuckers have no restraint.
- Comment on If your federal government cut internet access to your whole town then where in your town would you think that "the people" would get together to protest ? 5 weeks ago:
- But Diddlydee, I need to pay my mortgage tomorrow!
- You can go in person. stands and looks across the street The bank there seems to be still in the same place.
- Comment on What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say? 1 month ago:
MY GRATITUDE, FELLOW HUMAN.``` - Comment on Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead 1 month ago:
Holy cow that’s a very real danger I hadn’t thought! The industry needs a new trend to reuse all this capacity they built, because AI will likely scale back as many startups fail to reach profit.
Renting your home computer might be the next trend, and it could be gratis at first so people get used to it. Why spy on users when you can actually own their computers?
- Comment on Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification" 1 month ago:
So the companies should not be trying to hide their use of AI, right? It’s a disclosure, not a penalty.
- Comment on It's been a while, which Lemmy instances should I be on? 1 month ago:
I’d guess the one which seems that it will last more, since you can subscribe to communities of any other instance. You’ll only see a difference if you browse only local posts.
In my case I chose infosec.pub because I want to browse it locally if I want, but my subscribed communities include memes and webcomics for some light time wasters.
- Comment on Insulin 1 month ago:
I thought “crash your glucose instantly” would be understood as hypoglycemia, but English is not my native language.
- Comment on Insulin 1 month ago:
I’m sure an experienced medic in an emergency could work with it somehow, but for the rest of us living in civilization, insulin that has been outside their recommended temperature range is very dangerous.
Long-acting insulin has crystals that dissolve at body temperature over time, hence it can gradually release insulin over hours. If you break or dissolve those crystals by freezing/thawing/overwarming, the best scenario would be that it became fast-acting insulin, and it would crash your glucose instantly on injection of your usual dose. The worst scenario is that it no longer acts like insulin.
- Comment on How do you objectively tell if a parents "I love you" is actually sincere, if they actually care about you? Or if the words are lies and they don't actually care? 1 month ago:
May be both, but universally, actions speak louder than words.
- Comment on Is there a formalized ban appeal process for the fediverse? Do I just direct message a mod? 2 months ago:
Let’s say it’s a double-edged sword. It brings freedom, but encourages insulation and intolerance.
- Comment on Is there a formalized ban appeal process for the fediverse? Do I just direct message a mod? 2 months ago:
This is a disadvantage of the Fediverse: the owner of the instance dictates the rules, and the moderators are as prone to power trips as they are on Reddit.
Be glad you were banned from blahaj, it’s in the top instances of intolerance to group think defiance. If you manage to get unbanned, you’ll be always at risk of another impulsive ban.
Real life is hard enough to add gratuitous drama to it.
- 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 months ago:
I think you’d just make Uber Helicopter start sooner.
- Comment on Are platforms like reddit just "internet noise" and bots or just genuinely the darkest parts of humanity? 2 months ago:
Reddit has become a profit-driven cesspool, even more that it was before their IPO and the LLM craze.
It is still home to great communities, so don’t drink from the firehouse, google Reddit+interest and only visit those communities. Subscribe if they match what you need. Ignore the main feed, it’s a perennial garbage dump.