Flatworm7591

Flatworm7591 OP , 3 days ago to Lefty Memes in Protestation

I thought that wanker looked familiar :p

Flatworm7591 OP , 3 days ago to Lefty Memes in Trickle down rule

Weird take.

Flatworm7591 , 6 days ago to 196 in rule

Those eyes are definitely saying, "How could you do this to me?"

Flatworm7591 , 12 days ago to Technology in US bans Kaspersky antivirus software due to 'national security risk'

From the article:

Mr. Wardle’s curiosity was piqued by recent news that Russian spies had used Kaspersky antivirus products to siphon classified documents off the home computer of an N.S.A. developer, and may have played a critical role in broader Russian intelligence gathering.

From the "recent news" article mentioned above:

Government officials, who would speak of the classified details of the case only on condition of anonymity, said that Mr. Pho took the classified documents home to help him rewrite his resume. But he had installed on his home computer antivirus software made by Kaspersky Lab, a top Russian software company, and Russian hackers are believed to have exploited the software to steal the documents, the officials said.

Honestly, I agree, it's a serious accusation against Kaspersky with very scant details and allegations made by off-the-record "officials". Having said that, just because they didn't present any compelling evidence doesn't mean it didn't happen. In the words of Carl Sagan, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." I'm not sure where that leaves us though lol. Honestly, I don't trust Kaspersky with my data any less that with any of the other big antivirus companies. I guess it makes sense they would want antivirus software with CIA/NSA backdoors over alternatives though :p

Flatworm7591 , 12 days ago to Technology in US bans Kaspersky antivirus software due to 'national security risk'

Not everyone has a NYT subscription: https://web.archive.org/web/20180102011635/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/technology/kaspersky-lab-antivirus.html

Flatworm7591 , 15 days ago to Lefty Memes in ACAB.

The mod log reason for removing this comment thread is "Toxic and pointless off-topic comment thread about grammar in a meme." That's not mod abuse, it's just moderation. Mod abuse would be telling you to fuck off.

Flatworm7591 , 15 days ago to Lefty Memes in ACAB.

I completely agree with you on ACAB in capitalist countries, for the same reasons you mentioned, but cops in "actually existing socialist" countries like Russian and China are no better. They still use authoritarian violence to oppress anyone who steps out of line with the will of the State. There are many, many historic and more contemporary examples of socialist countries using the [secret] police and/or troops to quell dissent from unions, anarchists, and other leftist groups, because anyone who protests the actions of the State, no matter how legitimately, is considered to be an enemy of the State, whether that State is capitalist or not.

Flatworm7591 , 26 days ago to 196 in BRULE

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/d5e22fc5-9032-46d2-b3cc-6f679ca116e0.webp

Bearskin bug? Happy pride month!

Flatworm7591 , 1 month ago to Memes in Inappropriate for some users

Nice false dichotomy.

Flatworm7591 OP , 1 month ago to Lefty Memes in Dots connected

It also doesn't help that a lot of the white supremacists are also cops.

Flatworm7591 , 2 months ago to Lefty Memes in American Democrats try not to support a fascist agenda challenge (impossible)

FYI I'm not American so I won't be voting for either. But I think you are contradicting your own argument when you say:

tl;dr: the distinction between dems and reps is not one of “left/right” but rather one of “right/further right”.

What I was arguing was that the Democrats (aka liberals) are further left than the Republicans (at least in some key social areas). So, while you have defined the difference here as right/further right, that is still an acknowledgment that they are to the left of the Republicans, even if they are "not-quite-left-enough" to qualify as leftist from your ideological perspective. So, it still makes no sense to treat them as equally bad options - there are still degrees of 'bad' we should be concerned about to minimise harms.

It seems to me that many people on the left are currently earnestly trying to destabilise the US by pushing it even further towards right wing fascism, in the hope that it'll eventually provoke some sort of domestic revolution or an international backlash to US influence. This seems to me like a high-stakes strategy that could horribly backfire in so many ways, and I just can't get on board with it.

Flatworm7591 , 2 months ago to Lefty Memes in American Democrats try not to support a fascist agenda challenge (impossible)

I rather imagine socdems consider themselves socialists, probably not liberals though. But we weren't having that discussion, so I guess you were just bringing attention to your community rules in a passive aggressive sort of way? Fair enough I guess.

I've just noticed things getting way too tribal lately and the communist/socialist left seems hell bent on fighting with the liberals instead of the conservatives. Personally, I think it's counterproductive to dunk on the liberals when there's so many actual fascists around, and it's getting a bit tiring. Have they as a party moved too far to the right? Definitely. Would it be a step in the right direction if people like Bernie Sanders got a chance to make a difference? Definitely. Would it be far enough? Almost certainly not, but you know, this is the US we're talking about, they're never going to go fully socialist. You've got to have some level of pragmatism if you want to get any movement back to the left.

If someone is socially progressive and anti-authoritarian, then I don't need to know much else about their politics, I'll make the assumption they are probably a decent person. I really don't care if someone labels themselves a socialist, a liberal or an anarchist, or any of the dozens of atomistic political groupings on the left, or if they don't give a shit about politics. If they are trying to improve the current state of society in whatever way they are able, then they really don't deserve to get dunked on. It's mean spirited and counterproductive and there's too much hate going around.

I mean, what's your end goal with this strategy of hating on the not-quite-left-enough? I genuinely don't understand it.

Flatworm7591 , 2 months ago to Lefty Memes in American Democrats try not to support a fascist agenda challenge (impossible)

American liberals are fascists. We get it. Hilarious. If this is your version of left unity, you might consider a rethink.

Flatworm7591 , 2 months ago to Lefty Memes in You know I'm right 😏

I've cleaned up this toxic comment thread and littleblue has got a temp community ban. I had originally left the parent comment for context, but have removed it at OPs request.

Flatworm7591 , 2 months ago to Technology in Best printer 2024: a humorous critique of the Google search engine, LLMs and printer enshittification

I think they do (or at least did) put some form of DRM on their toner cartridges, but it is fairly easy to bypass as you mentioned. There was an article about the fact they had to instruct customers how to bypass it due to COVID related chip shortages a while back. https://www.techspot.com/news/92915-canon-printer-owners-get-official-guidance-bypass-printer.html

I did like the quality and longevity of my (very) old Canon MF8350cdn from 2011 - it was a workhorse! But my new(ish) Brother MFCL2710DW has been great so far too. Only time will tell if it lasts as long as the old Canon though.