not fav, but deserving a mention is Sabine Hossenfelder she's certainly weighed in on topics she probably should've stayed out of. But her ability to cut through science/physics bs is pretty high. As with everyone, you have to take and leave certain perspectives they offer.
ganymede
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as someone who was among those early to point out the incoming dangers of bots manipulating discussion,
i've recently begun to think i've massively underestimated the extent and breadth of bot manipulation of public perception
but the dome is round, yeah? :>
noscript is like a screwdriver. umatrix is the whole toolbox.
both have their place
not sure if you're being sarcastic, but if anything this news paints linux deployment in an even better light.
Going cashless is a bad idea. But not because of this.
It's pretty clear this incident has highlighted a myriad of very important issues.
It's likely more productive to discuss the other issues in their own threads - this thread is clearly focused on the cashless problem.
not if they're only covering the cost of parts
and probably have some of the most depraved porn habits imaginable
true kindness would be to not demonise and ban entheogentic medicines with thousands of years of contemporary peer review in the sickening pursuit of corporate greed
i agree with everything you've said including your links between causation etc
except the final link you make that its the consumer, i note you said 'partly' a consumer issue, so its not a full attribution - perhaps i'm misinterpreting what % you're attributing.
tbh my take is alot of people would like an option between paying $2 for a garment they know involved exploitation/slavery vs an accessible^1^ independent option that doesn't cost $500/garment.
i don't think people are still choosing the $2 option because they're ok with slavery. but (tragically?) they're more ok with someone else being the slave vs them being the slave - which is what they'd basically be if every piece of clothing cost them $500.
and i think we know the reason there's very little accessible options in between is because the game is rigged, you (HelixDab2) can't realistically enter the game without serious capital behind you (ie. wealth/connections) to reach the volume prices which might give us an option in between - the market isn't fair, its been stitched up long ago, by the same people who don't produce anything and greedily skim off the top.
the venn diagram of independent designers fairly charging $500 for their labor and the greedy skimmers getting fat without producing anything themselves is two separate circles - they're worlds apart
^1^ Quick note on accessibility, there are ofc some scant options between $2-500, but what isn't clear (ie. readily accessible) to the consumer is which of those options isn't just some greedy bastard buying a $2 option and selling it on for $15.
I love the way you think.
yet to use any OS where the default firefox install was good for too much, other than using it to install a clean firefox directly from mozilla