barkingspiders

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[–] barkingspiders 5 points 2 years ago

Vibing on this today

[–] barkingspiders 9 points 2 years ago
[–] barkingspiders 15 points 2 years ago

No man can walk out of his own story.

[–] barkingspiders 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not gonna dispute that QoL seems to be dropping in the US but statements like this one in the article:

Personal safety has become an increasing concern for many Americans, with rising crime rates and social unrest contributing to a sense of insecurity.

Really highlights how this is a propaganda puff piece in itself. Whatever it's selling, this bit is silly fearmongering. Actual crime did seem to spike during the height of the covid response but has since continued it's drop to historic lows. America was significantly worse off crimewise in the 80s. We are living in some of the most crime-free years this country has seen since we started tracking the numbers. And now, unlike this article, I will post some fucking sources.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-data-says-about-crime-in-the-us/sr_24-04-23_crime_3/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Age-Adjusted_Homicide_Rates_in_the_USA,_1900-2022,_with_Major_Theorized_Contributors.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Property_Crime_Rates_in_the_United_States.svg

https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend

[–] barkingspiders 1 points 2 years ago

That's really pretty

[–] barkingspiders 118 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wish that this somehow translated to the people in charge of the shitshow being replaced, but I'm pretty sure it's the workers who will suffer instead. This failure is 1000% on an executive culture of "cut corners so line goes up", not the thousands of people who actually build the darn things.

[–] barkingspiders 2 points 2 years ago

Do you want ants? Cause this is how we get ants.

[–] barkingspiders 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is there a movie coming? They seemed pretty wrapped to me.

[–] barkingspiders 12 points 2 years ago

I don't know how many times it needs to be said but felonies don't fix problems. Deterrence keeps honest people honest. IMHO we should almost certainly read news stories like this as reminders that American needs better mental health policy and infrastructure. People who are experiencing mental illness do not magically go away when we ignore them. Slapping felonies on people makes it harder for them to improve their lives, not easier.

Sorry for the rant, just needed to say it today.

[–] barkingspiders 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jellyfin is such a great piece of software and I'm so glad the main project has the funds they need. I follow one of the lead android tv app developers and I'll absolutely plug him as a great place to send some donations. These people do enterprise grade work as a hobby and absolutely deserve a few of our dollars.

@hetisniels@mastodon.social

https://github.com/nielsvanvelzen

[–] barkingspiders 5 points 2 years ago

I really like Manjaro. I've been running it on my personal computer for many years now, however, I would not recommend it for grandma's computer. Their "delayed and curated" release strategy mostly just works but when it doesn't it doesn't. As someone mentioned elsewhere in the comments I would lean towards Red Hat or Debian for more mindless distros. I've administered thousands of Debian package updates and distro upgrades and it's so stable. We don't deserve Debian.

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