Person doesn't want to date person with OF
Person with OF doesn't want to date person
It seems the universe is in harmony.
jeremyparker
joined 1 year ago
There are a couple tiny issues I have with it that drive me nuts (namely: 1 how they implement the CSS blur filter sucks and 2 the fact that they haven't implemented page transitions even though I think it was their idea to start with (?))
But other than those things, I certainly don't feel like I'm missing anything by ditching Google.
None of the rules and restrictions that they impose on us will ever impact them or anyone in their families, political power is just about maintaining and increasing political power. If we ever get any protections or services it's just because doing so will enable them to get reelected.
I don't think most people understand how politicians live - every room they go into, everyone in the room is suddenly their servant; they live every moment surrounded by sycophants who are making a career out of preventing access to you. There are a handful of people that have more power than you, but you hardly ever encounter them. A few months of that would change anyone - imagine living years like that?
One day, someone taps you on the shoulder; it's some dirty 20 something who doesn't even know what wagu steak is, much less why you shouldn't be interrupted while it's still hot.
What the fuck do you want, kid?
I'm up to my ears in medical bills, is there anything you can do about socializing our healthcare?
You look around the table apologetically at the people you're eating with, three of whom work for health care companies. They don't say, "that would destroy our line-goes-up" or "any normal job will get this kid health insurance, he just doesn't want to work." They don't say anything. They just roll their eyes and flash a sheepish, such an embarrassment kind of look.
Now's not a great time, ok? But call my office and we'll set something up.
But there never really is a good time, is there? You turn back to your plate, your beef is still mostly hot, and don't bother giving the kid your number. You forget the kid a moment later and don't think of him again until years later. What ever happened to that kid? I hope he figured out his debt problem.
Donkey Kong wishes! No, Dead Kennedys
This thread is filled with people who don't make a connection between shitty government websites and the roads that are filled with pot holes, several train derailments every day, a tax collection agency that doesn't have enough staff to do audits on wealthy people, and schools that ban books that have rainbows in them but teach books by Prager U.
We could have better government websites - but not if we elect "starve the beast" politicians.
Ok I should preface by saying I think ancap is dumb and having a slight disagreement with what you've said does not mean I'm not defending them. They're asshats.
But: imo, anarchist thought escapes definition. There's no such thing as anarchism (in the sense of an agreed-upon political philosophy), only anarchists.
Readers of Rene Girard might describe coersion (insofar as it's a natural result of hegemony), as a sort of force of nature, like violence, that, if society doesn't find a healthy way to express, will come out sideways, in ways that are anti-social.
Hmmm. What about anarchocapitalists that leave capitalist out of their descriptors and larp like they're contemporary versions of the DK-listening, doc martens wearing, spiky hair having kids from the 1980s. And ancaps might be slightly better than the rich people at the top that use every advantage they've been given as a lever to suppress the success of everyone else. At least ancaps still have the potential to change.
As a librarian irl, if I could make a horribly reductive characterization of the difference:
Librarians' top priority is providing access Archivists' top priority is preservation
Do you seed? You're a librarian Leech and no seed? Archivist
be a librarian, we're better
I was under the impression Chrome doesn't let you use ad blockers anymore? idk I use ~~arch~~ firefox btw
which is why everyone I like to watch content of posts their stuff on YouTube
I'm not sure this is exactly true - like, first off, I am not a YouTuber and I only watch a very specific kind of content there (breadtube), so idk if my opinion is valid, but
From what I've heard creators say, it's not that YouTube is great, in fact it kind of sucks in a lot of ways, it's just that the alternatives don't do it better, and obviously don't have the size & reach. All the things that YouTube does badly or not at all, the competition doesn't do well either, so why bother.
You're 100% right tho that Google's success at this point hinges almost entirely on their convenience. Google drive/docs/sheets/etc are kinda garbage, but they'te fast, simple to use, and the integration is incredibly smooth. If there was any alternative that was as simple to transition into from email or whatever, I'd jump ship in a second.
I'm no bearings expert but my gut tells me that if I were to start making cheap toys for kids that centered around bearings that had no significant durability or precision requirements, I would probably not opt for a bearing design that was rare or expensive or unique.
In fact, I'd probably go knocking on doors of those companies that do have strict requirements and be like, gimme all the ones that failed inspection.
In fact #2, if i wanted to retire and make everyone in Lemmy threads like this one jealous, I'd start thinking about what other high precision parts probably get thrown out if they fail inspection, that I could buy for next to nothing, and how I could make that into a toy.
Parts of machines are cool. Parts of machines that are crafted to high standards of precision are cool. The toy probably invents itself. Going viral and getting as popular as fidget spinners tho... That seems harder.
We can beat them! The US Army, Navy, Air Force, and that other one that no one cares about, they don't stand a chance!
Like, we can all joke about civil war and splitting up the red and blue, but, like, when it comes down to deciding who gets the nukes in the divorce, it becomes pretty obvious that it's just super dumb to think about realistically.