Posts by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
 (DIR) Post #AmnxoVlnX8A3eo3xLs by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
       2024-10-08T18:34:21Z
       
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       @futurebird@sauropods.win Maybe it's quibbling about definitions, but the "wants to be loved" is exactly where I would draw the line between authoritarian and totalitarian.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aq134efOpf16LlLlVQ by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
       2025-01-12T19:40:02Z
       
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       @interfluidity@zirk.us No, but if you threw in Bezos and Zuckerberg too...
       
 (DIR) Post #AqElNvl4QsVJtlU1ZY by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
       2025-01-19T10:27:38Z
       
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       @interfluidity@zirk.us Gosh that's scary. If I DM you my password and 2FA codes, could you help me fix this? thx
       
 (DIR) Post #Arc5MiKnmx35NbWmw4 by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
       2025-03-01T14:10:24Z
       
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       My favourite solution for the Fermi paradox is that we're a remote and purposefully uncontacted civilisation, monitored from a distance by the intergalactic equivalent of FUNAI.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtvYw2cb2npp6XNDCC by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
       2025-05-09T19:37:53Z
       
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       @interfluidity@zirk.us My most charitable explanation is that it's a version of the "hard work always pays off" misconception. As in, something you take every day must be more effective than something you get once or twice in your life.Less charitable: they're cry babies who are afraid of needles.
       
 (DIR) Post #B22LceD6fTmjgEVbQu by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
       2026-01-07T09:07:50Z
       
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       @aral@mastodon.ar.al It might take some centuries to work out, but what happens eventually is the Fall of Nineveh.
       
 (DIR) Post #B22QCzR9corhkrfFLc by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
       2026-01-07T09:59:28Z
       
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       @aral@mastodon.ar.al True...