lolcatnip

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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

Or, ownership itself is a service. Rights mean nothing if nobody enforces them, and that includes property rights.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

Into Russia's business? Because assisting Ukraine is not "sticking our nose in" their business any more than the fire department is sticking their nose in your business when you call to report a fire.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seeing how popular the name is, I suspect it's just a very generic newspaper name, like how a lot of English-language newspapers have Times in their names. For example, India has The Times of India and The Hindustan Times, despite the name coming from a former colonizer.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

I want lots of things that aren't gonna happen.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you believe Ukrainians have no agency? Nobody but Russia is forcing them to fight.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Do you want to fight the Secret Service?

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 4 months ago

And denial of due process.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People who think they have a right to deface other people's property say the weirdest shit.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 19 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I was at the one in Seattle. The turnout estimate from the organizers was 25,000 people.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 0 points 4 months ago

There could be. How would you know?

Anyway, I don't think the world needs 20 different alternatives to Twitter, just like we don't need 20 alternatives to Linux, Python, the W3C, or Rust.

What seems ideal is a single dominant system run by people whose authority comes from a broad consensus of the stakeholders, plus a limited number of competitors that could conceivably take over, but only if the dominant system is badly mismanaged. Having alternatives keeps the market leaders honest and provides space to try out new ideas that can either serve a different niche or be incorporated into the dominant system, but in a space where compatibility and network effects are so important, I want there to be a clear leader that most users can rally around, and that most developers can target to benefit the greatest number of users.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"The economy is bad, actually" is a wild take.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 4 months ago

"Liberation Day" (🤮) was the "Mission Accomplished" moment for the shit whistle's second term.

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