Machinist3359

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[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I find it funny that Lenin, love him or hate him, had the definitive take on The Economist 100 years ago.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I'm somewhat tempted by B2 but $5/TB/mo feels a bit steep for a NAS.

For me that would be about $100/mo, and for OP that's $25/mo. It would only take a few months before buying a drive for off site cold backup would be more cost effective.

Considering their personal plan is $7/mo for unlimited TBs, it really invites hobbiests to find workarounds after their first TB. Unless I'm missing something.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Great advice, but you lost me at going to the bank weekly :)

My flavor of crazy is I visit family across the country twice/year and drop off a full backup. A bit hard to recover but, nuke-proof.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

They also have lesson plans if you wanted to teach others: https://sec.eff.org

Though I haven't seen a cryptoparty near me in ages :(

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

However, existing contacts like debts or rent cannot raise as rapidly. Also some goods, namely those appealing to folks earning more than this new minimum, are less likely to change.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Instead of "people are too lazy", can we acknowledge how unnecessarily difficult it is to vote?

You dismiss gerrymandering, but we can't exactly vote in a district we're not a part of, or rely on convincing the biggest supporters to flip their politics.

Meanwhile, mostly targeting minorities, voting is made overly complex with people waiting for hours after work to be told they need a document or didn't register correctly.

No wonder only retirees in affluent areas vote, they're the only ones not jumping through hoops to do it. We need voting to be handled federally, with universal registration and mail in voting. Election day should be a holiday, and the polls should be open for a week.

THEN we can complain about people being too lazy.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To flip it, this means that only AI which responsibly manages it's initial data set will be successful. Can't simply scrape and pray, need to have some level of vetting with input.

More labor intensive? Sure, but AI companies aren't entitled to quick and easy solutions they started with...

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It helps to reminder that at every turn fascism faces opposition. It's an unnatural and despicable trend seeding its own destruction.

People fought this, people will fight to reverse it, folks will make sure books get to kids. If you're in the area, it could be you.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

Dangerous to think you're more media literate than you are.

  1. Not linking a source

Very common for reports or scientific articles, where a sharable link is not readily available. Take it up with the city council who received the report being slow. The claims are sourced, and that source is credible, that's what matters.

  1. "News website"

Aka, a website you don't know. Nola.com is a reputable local site, but that hardly matters here because the link is backing up a matter of public record— the previous FR ban was reversed.

  1. Link to Twitter

It's funny, what representatives say publicly is indeed newsworthy. When such statements happen on Twitter, you link to Twitter. Shocking, I know.

  1. Opinions

Maybe you haven't read a news article before, but providing the opinions of both sides of an issue is common practice, so that the reader has context and can consider their own position

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

removing 1000 of the 2640 billionaires in a single project would be the most blessed timeline

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

To be more precise it is anti-US-imperialism and hegemony, which itself is a fine sentiment but when you're willing to let any right wing dictator lead that fight you've really lost any credibility as a leftist.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

If the majority opinion meant anything here we'd be out of this mess. The USA is fundamentally undemocratic, barring the flavor of enemy we get to vote for.

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