So you don’t want our opinions, do you? You just want people to agree with you.
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His thoughts seem to be that they share almost no characteristics, no philosophical underpinnings, and that there seems to be no direct path from the one to the other.
What do you think a discussing of “proto-X” is going to look like, if not comparing it to other things looking for similarities and possible links?
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Dad Jokes@lemmy.world•I feel so sorry for children with gay dads.English7·8 days agoAnd if they are the children of lesbians, then it’s an eternity of “go ask your mom.”
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Technology@beehaw.org•Open source AI models favor men for hiring, study findsEnglish14·9 days agopeople don’t need a guide when using a chat bot that tells them how they should treat and interact with it.
Then why are people always surprised to find out that chat bots will make shit up to answer their questions?
People absolutely need a guide for using a chat bot, because people are idiots.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR and PBSEnglish9·9 days agoWe hope. Whoever actually pushes the buttons might not understand the proper order of things.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What would you be willing to sacrifice for a better world?English2·9 days agoOn this, I think we can agree.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What would you be willing to sacrifice for a better world?English1·9 days agoThe one does not flow directly from the other. A better world requires some protecting from each other, which means giving up some freedoms. A system of complete and total freedom would not be good for most people.
However, as Franken said, it is important not to give up essential freedoms. What freedoms, exactly, count as “essential” ones? Hard to say. We should have a thread to discuss it.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What would you be willing to sacrifice for a better world?English1·10 days agoNo, it isn’t.
What does that have to do with my claim?
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What would you be willing to sacrifice for a better world?English1·10 days agoI don’t know if you’ve noticed, but a lot of the trouble in the US was caused by people using their freedom to do terrible things to people, and to set the stage for more of the same.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What would you be willing to sacrifice for a better world?English3·10 days agoProvided they don’t touch freedom to not breed, and we don’t put racist ducks in charge, I think that works be the easiest for me to bear.
But I don’t want kids, so it’s not much of a sacrifice.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Canada@lemmy.ca•Why do voters elect governments with only short-term interests in mind?English23·11 days agoBecause we built a system where only 34 people in the entire nation get paid too look as far as six years into the the future. The president, and 1/3 of the Senate cap out at 4 years. The House of Representatives and 1/3 of the Senate can see 2 years ahead. Most CEOs and industry leaders are limited to 3 months.
I have specific interests.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Firefox@lemmy.ml•You asked, we built it: Firefox tab groups are here | The Mozilla BlogEnglish3·11 days agoNot on my browser they aren’t. They just started offering to make groups one day, and while I want to tear out someone’s tongue for it, it would require far too much effort, and might just be a bit of an overreaction.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto Firefox@lemmy.ml•You asked, we built it: Firefox tab groups are here | The Mozilla BlogEnglish77·11 days agoThank you for this. Now I know hire to turn them off.
I’m just there for the porn, these days. Any sort of meaningful interaction with people happens elsewhere.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Trump Demands Amazon Deny the Reality of What His Tariffs Are Doing to PricesEnglish251·11 days agoContrary to the narrative, you don’t become a billionaire by taking risks.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ for reportedly planning to list tariff costsEnglish3·12 days agoThey will balk at the cost of owning/operating even a single Arleigh-Burke destroyer.
They don’t need one. They need a sniper.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ for reportedly planning to list tariff costsEnglish18·12 days agothey have been too cheap thus far.
I’m pretty sure that Bezos had enough money to bribe moderate chunks of the army.
SaltSong@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•“A Betrayal in Slow Motion”: Maryland Democrats Forgo Banning ICE ContractsEnglish514·12 days agoPrimary them. Vote them out. Better a known evil turn an ally that betrays you.
That only works if the guard accepts his orders. Legally, they have no choice. But in practical terms, large groups of heavy armed men get to make their own decisions.