Posts by jmcclure@sciences.social
(DIR) Post #Ay61AQpRMA2rMeANCC by jmcclure@sciences.social
2025-09-11T12:10:05Z
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@futurebird Even those who know who he is can wonder why his death is so newsworthy.People are shot and killed every day in this country, hundreds actually, hundreds every day. It's the leading cause of death among children!All of these are tragic and avoidable. But only the smallest fraction of a percent of them get as much attention as Kirk's.What makes him special? Why are we talking more about him than the dozens of children who are shot and killed every single day?
(DIR) Post #B0bfAJb5TSJ88PzM6C by jmcclure@sciences.social
2025-08-26T11:52:15Z
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@Gargron I agree: if someone buys a "computer" or a general purpose device, your point certainly holds.But on the other side of a fine line I imagine (perhaps older) game consoles: when the original Nintendo came out, that company was not expected to help you run Atari software on their hardware.They'd not prevent it - if you could figure out it, good on you. But Nintendo shouldn't be expected to make that work.Not-supporting versus actively-preventing is the key difference for me.
(DIR) Post #B292kadFJmblsNWp5E by jmcclure@sciences.social
2026-01-10T14:40:21Z
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@futurebird I spend way to much energy and frustration trying to figure out alternatives to an android device for running my consulting business (mobile payment processing is the big issue). So I'm stuck with an android device which means I'm stuck with a google account.
(DIR) Post #B2ekXFgPkiIG4nJZ20 by jmcclure@sciences.social
2026-01-25T21:47:02Z
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@Nonilex So when armed government officials execute minorities in the streets as they have been doing for generations, it's not fascism, but when they start killing white people, it suddenly is.I suppose you can build a majority coalition in this country without including the racists ... there are just too damn many ofthem.