Posts by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
(DIR) Post #AQ83f0OkqabcspvcJc by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-11-30T12:16:04Z
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@m0urs @BrentToderian it is inconvenient for me to use a toilet. that might be good for YOU, but it should be OK for ME to shit on your doorstep
(DIR) Post #AQ8FIhwC0B36hwhd68 by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-11-30T14:26:29Z
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@m0urs @BrentToderian your eyes are not seeing very well I'm afraid
(DIR) Post #AQDevwWr9e0BtsSP0y by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-12-02T16:06:02Z
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Railroads were willing to give workers 24% raises and $1,000 cash bonuses yearly, but were not willing to give them a single paid sick day off. Why?Because in the past 10 or so years, freight rail has switched to a "just in time" model and reduced staffing by 30%. They can't handle unplanned staff shortages anymore because of this change to their operating model. They're even fine giving relatively generous vacation time (by US standards), because that time is planned in advance. It's the unpredictable nature of sick time that they object to.In general, such changes seem to always funnel lots of money to the wealthy people who own and control the business, while requiring inhumane conditions for the people who work there (and actually produce the value).I wish all the hand-wringing and blame-gaming going on about the railroad strike shitshow would include this context. No amount of shouting at Biden or The Democrats or the GOP or the moon is going to change the business model, unless that shouting includes putting real force behind making that model illegal or regulated. As long as that way of operating a business continues to exist and spread, workers will be fucked over by it.
(DIR) Post #AQDevyDQspeZ8DNv16 by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-12-02T16:08:49Z
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I mean, you know, fuck capitalism and neoliberalism forever. Still, if you want to reduce harm in the near time and your strategy is to agitate for change at the margins, at least try to make it informed and effective?
(DIR) Post #AQEUHIhN1F1YOxJfwu by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-12-03T14:25:44Z
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1980s soft rock songs on YouTube have comment sections like "I was 12 when this song came out. my mom used to sing it to me in the car, till she was dismembered before my eyes. miss you so much mom"
(DIR) Post #AQEWamT6l7Sm8r3tnE by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-12-03T15:08:30Z
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@sullybiker I saw two of these yesterday alone. so weird. it's like a mad libMy _close family member___ used to sing this to me when I was _age between 8 and 13, till __overshare a tragic death story_____. Miss you so much _close family member____.
(DIR) Post #AQFMFhXB6Z4eNDEeae by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-12-04T00:47:08Z
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straws suck
(DIR) Post #AQP1Lqs39JdRbxglPs by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-12-08T13:19:31Z
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@Raspberry_Pi @TobyRobertsPi why are you being such assholes about this? read the fucking room. tons of people have legitimate reasons to dislike police and tons more have legitimate reasons to be suspicious of people who've worked in surveillance. police in the US kill people of color with impunity and brazenly spy on and infiltrate any group organizing for political change.your reactions to people's concerns have completely tanked any goodwill I had towards your projects. seriously. obviously you don't care, but damn, you want to run full tilt into pariahdom?
(DIR) Post #AR4KqnnWUNN9fSOsEa by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-12-28T14:36:49Z
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can anyone recommend an e-reader that does not spy on your every flippin move?
(DIR) Post #ASUPJGf1nKLbMqFycK by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-02-09T01:26:16Z
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stop adding telemetry to shit lol what is the matter with you
(DIR) Post #AUDzcdc9BnDr8fFQum by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-04-02T00:27:16Z
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@crawshaw @tailscale @catzkorn you love working for a company with people who don't respect work/life balance and implicitly encourage working on weekends? (because sharing the output of your mind with your company is work, make no mistake) speaking as an old techie who used to feel that way too: I hope you grow out of that fast
(DIR) Post #AUFRRjo6ocV92EOSzg by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-04-02T17:13:50Z
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@tante "automatable by AI" is code for "targets (of the class war)".pay close attention to how quickly software developers became targets.
(DIR) Post #AUZj1y77XnXBIvGFZw by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-04-12T01:17:09Z
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@markiwang The constitutional framers may have viewed Indigenous people of the Iroquois Confederacy as inferior, but that didn't stop them from stealing and taking credit for admiring their federalist principles.
(DIR) Post #AUaHrHnbVlt5ZDm35E by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-04-12T18:15:24Z
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it would mean a lot to me if someone said "heaps"
(DIR) Post #AUaHy0ygS1WZQLAHkO by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-04-12T18:36:39Z
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@sullybiker thank you, "heaps" means a lot to me
(DIR) Post #AUaWF9nsI01H4rB3Vw by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-04-12T19:37:38Z
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@wyri @Mabande @mac people who don't want to return to office: working in an office is destroying my life!you: Zoom makes me tired
(DIR) Post #AUaWFAroKqlKNM1iHw by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-04-12T19:46:32Z
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@wyri @Mabande @mac already did. I don't usually dive in and make a smartass comment without context. What I see is that you're attempting to "both sides" an issues that is absolutely not a "both sides" issue. Besides the fact that this behavior is annoying as hell, it's a bizarre position to take.
(DIR) Post #AUmSGtOlJlXxo90daS by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-04-12T00:11:31Z
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@thetechtutor never, ever, ever voluntarily give a third party your biometric data for any reason.
(DIR) Post #AVz33tfBSRdTgE7q08 by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2023-05-21T15:48:29Z
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people: we are really struggling to find places to live where we don't have to pay 3 job's worth of income just to be theretech companies: we hear you. how about we invent software that takes something a lot of people love, namely writing, and sucks all the joy out of it forever? will that help?
(DIR) Post #AVz37GyvDWbmrxy3Hc by walruslifestyle@octodon.social
2022-05-09T17:38:54Z
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alien 1: in summary, the humans have nearly rendered the blue planet uninhabitable. The only plan they appear to have is to migrate to the red planet.alien 2: can they breathe the atmosphere of the red planet?alien 1: no.alien 2: is there material there they can eat?alien 1: no.alien 2: can the plants and animals of their planet live there?alien 1: no.alien 2: is there liquid water there?alien 1: no.alien 2: lol wtf?alien 1: lol idk