Posts by b6hydra@qoto.org
(DIR) Post #ADw1bECOGkPY2vEZlo by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-11-30T18:31:11Z
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@freemo sorry man that sucks, glad it's only 3 weeks but still
(DIR) Post #AE2AVHmnk9F3Ao4JBA by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-03T17:39:14Z
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@urusan Until I get tired of gruvbox, or if I switch to Wayland. Or if I get bored and redo the whole thing. Whichever comes first. š
(DIR) Post #AE2ELu68qT32usteFM by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-03T18:22:20Z
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@freemo At least you know where the white supremacists stand, even if they're irreconcilably stupid. I've always been a little baffled by the American left's brand of tolerance. Criticism of religious beliefs, for example, is impossible under the guise of tolerance, regardless of how intolerant or harmful the belief itself is. Sorry but a shitty idea is still shitty regardless of it's packaging.
(DIR) Post #AE2HLKmqQnvdGNI4qu by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-03T18:55:34Z
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@freemo Sure, I agree with that. I'm referring to the more general notion that religion is above repudiation in the name of tolerance. I'll give a more concrete example. I am against both male and female circumcision. To me, they're both genital mutilation (although one is obviously worse than the other). Yet, there are religions that promote both these acts. It's not a topic that comes up often of course but I've had people ask, what about Judaism or Islam? Isn't male circumcision part of their religion? The implication being that the practice is beyond reproach because it is religious in nature. It's those kinds of mental gymnastics that don't compute for me, whereby 'the left' approves of actions they would otherwise find objectionable, just because it's part of someone's religious beliefs.
(DIR) Post #AE8g2sAt5hPCl0NglE by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-06T20:03:29Z
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Always strange to me when I see people bitching about twitter (while on twitter), yet they donāt care to hear about alternatives like mastodon. Itās like they keep expecting twitter to be something itās not, but the idea of leaving or even simply trying something else just doesnāt compute.
(DIR) Post #AE8hxv1BI8Io2Jbes4 by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-06T21:22:29Z
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@Mogami Itās just so strange to me that someone can be so dissatisfied with a product but keep coming back to it. I hesitate to call it gaslighting, but have to admit itās a pretty nice setup twitter and FB have contrived for themselves where theyāre considered the only viable social platforms.
(DIR) Post #AE8kbMAQU9Y5RKrcau by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-06T21:52:02Z
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@Mogami Yea thatās probably the more accurate statement. And ācreatorsā are even more obtuse about trying something new because they might lose followers. Which I guess I understand if youāve put a lot of work into an account so idk š¤·āāļø Itās not like I have a good solution eitherā¦
(DIR) Post #AE8khGeBvApS3dbYno by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-06T21:53:06Z
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@Mogami Yea thatās probably the more accurate statement. And ācreatorsā are even more obtuse about trying something new because they might lose followers. Which I guess I understand if youāve put a lot of work into an account so idk š¤·āāļø Itās not like I have a good solution eitherā¦
(DIR) Post #AEC0JAtuNWBo4EM9PU by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-08T11:32:09Z
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@worldsendless The article linked at the beginning is maddening. It's not even that it didn't age well, it was just as absurd 6 years ago.> Services like Adblock Plus, which recently launched its own Android browser, are no different from a lock-picking kit for burglars or a lead-lined bag for shoplifters. Even worse, every time you use one of these services, you're enabling an extortion racket where ad-blocking companies charge content providers money to let their ads through the filter.
(DIR) Post #AEGtMWeMr2JFzkSwpU by b6hydra@qoto.org
2021-12-10T20:07:45Z
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@TheFuzzStone Hoping? Sure. Expecting? Nah.
(DIR) Post #AFgXgci82E52YP7TA8 by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-01-22T02:59:32Z
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@freemo Reminds me of what de Tocqueville said about prisons. Same idea, just with unwanted people instead of unwanted animals. At least I think it was de Tocqueville...
(DIR) Post #AFify81g2wMMY62bei by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-01-23T03:41:48Z
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@doliu666 Fedora is going to start including them https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-36-NVIDIA-WaylandThat said, I sincerely hope it doesn't catch on with other distros.
(DIR) Post #AG2bjTILONOwBBmSoa by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-02-01T17:50:19Z
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Iām continually amazed by where people choose to plant their flag on environmental issues. It seems like most go after the low hanging fruit and completely ignore more foundational issues in our culture or economic system that give rise to those problems.Yesterday I saw someone raging about how smoking is on the rise with Gen Z. Itās so bad for the environment, itās icky, itās smelly, and so onā¦Letās ignore the thoughtlessness of someone who thinks addicts consciously feed their addiction for a minute.What about the device you used to tweet that? Were the rare earth elements needed to manufacture it mined in an eco-friendly way? When the materials for the battery in your electric/hybrid car were mined in South America, shipped to China for processing, shipped to Japan to manufacture the actual battery, then shipped to the factory in North America for assembly, was that a zero net carbon process? Or, did it produce more waste than a smoker could ever possibly create in her entire life?At this point I feel like Iāve ironically fallen into the trap of blaming other individuals for relatively small problems while larger issues threaten all of us, but I hope my point wasnāt lost in the process. Attacking your neighbors instead of going after the source of the problem is exactly what polluters want. Itās a smokescreen theyāve contrived to keep us busy while they continue doing business as usual.#pollution #climate #climatechange #smoking #cigarettes
(DIR) Post #AG2bjUhCBSsGWYPpBo by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-02-01T18:18:18Z
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Unironically, if you think this post made me seem like a proselytizing jackass then Iāve either convinced you, or you already agreed. ;)
(DIR) Post #AG2d3V68UveFW9BWts by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-02-01T18:43:24Z
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@freemo I can see that. Do you happen to have a link? Iād be curious to know where they mark the start of the production process. Is it at the Apple plant, or does it include the harvesting of raw materials and manufacturing required to produce the component parts?That specific statement was referring to the previous one on car manufacturing, but itās worth noting. Thanks for keeping me honest.
(DIR) Post #AG4hljFqguNCqqnbBA by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-02-02T18:45:38Z
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@freemo Something Iāve wondered about going on dives, especially when you get into the hundreds of feetā¦ Do you ever experience claustrophobia or agoraphobia?Hope itās not a dumb question haha, I understand you donāt go 60m on the first try. It just seems like between the constraints of the gear and the openness of the water thereās a greater opportunity for a panic response to take over.
(DIR) Post #AGRRci77eKKQrHK72O by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-02-13T18:03:04Z
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@freemo
(DIR) Post #AHary7EY6AGWQPB8C0 by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-03-20T05:02:45Z
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@urusan I see the two as having a lot in common, even if Gen Z canāt detect a dialup failure by sound lol.Multiple once in a lifetime financial meltdowns, 2 twenty year wars, seems like California has been on fire since the 90s and itās only getting worseā¦From my perspective the difference is that millennials are jaded. We were there when optimism died, now weāre pushing 40 and still paying for college. Gen Z still has some fight in them.
(DIR) Post #AMPcNajNOATE8nu9Mu by b6hydra@qoto.org
2022-08-11T08:06:47Z
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@NunyaBidness@freemo I had never even heard of it until today
(DIR) Post #ARJlCfoCNykDnid6Tw by b6hydra@qoto.org
2023-01-05T01:37:56Z
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@zleapI mean, all litter is gross and bad for the environment. I wish they hadnāt just gone for the low hanging fruit while ignoring every other company that creates our trash.Itās a step I suppose. When governments choose to fine an already unpopular group or industry rather than attempt widespread change it just suggests to me that theyāre more interested in revenue than āthe good.ā@TheGuardian_uk