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Iceblade02

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Iceblade02 , to solarpunk memes in "Contrary to a 'horseshoe' theory, the evidence reveals increasing antisemitism moving from left to right."

I do, and where I live being the first to throw a punch towards anyone for almost any reason is generally frowned upon.

The reason that violence is dangerous in this context is that it can allow a violent minority to oppress and subjugate a majority. By removing it from society in general and de-legitimizing its use the influence of these sorts of people can be effectively minimized.

Iceblade02 , to solarpunk memes in "Contrary to a 'horseshoe' theory, the evidence reveals increasing antisemitism moving from left to right."

That's a terrible comparison. The same can be applied to any state with an aggressive foreign policy - or violent group intent on assailing a legitimate, elected government.

Political violence instead tends to fuel and enlarge these sorts of radical, violent movements, ultimately worsening the situation even further. The antidote is de-legitimizing their entire strategy by enforcing non-violence on an institutional level, a peaceful transfer of power. This shows the general populace that the most dangerous thing in the room is in fact the violent extremist, who needs to be locked up the moment they break the social contract of non-violence.

Iceblade02 , to solarpunk memes in "Contrary to a 'horseshoe' theory, the evidence reveals increasing antisemitism moving from left to right."

The fact that there is a "Yes" in the violence box (regardless of target) makes them violent extremists. Besides, from what I've seen, plenty of antifa folk will use violence and vandalism against people unrelated to the supposed target group.

Iceblade02 , to Technology in Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360.

A good/skilled driver is not necessarily a safe driver & vice versa.

For the pinnacle of that statement, look up the "suicide evo" on YT.

Iceblade02 , to Technology in Microsoft to test “new features and more” for aging, stubbornly popular Windows 10

You have any tips? My power consumption on battery is ~30% higher on linux than they were on windows

Iceblade02 , to Comic Strips in One more day

This immediately reminded me of Adventures with Anxiety, a browser game about living with Anxiety.

It's very well done, and simultaneously funny & serious.

Iceblade02 , to Fuck Cars in The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century

Bikes can be lethal. See my other comment here.

Iceblade02 , to Fuck Cars in The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century

An old lady at the hospital I used to work at was killed by a bike rider crashing into her at a high rate of speed. She hit her head on the pavement & fell unconscious - person on the bike bailed, when she was found after a few minutes it was too late.

It is far easier to protect pedestrians from 4-wheeled vehicles with simple measures such as concrete bollards and fences, but a 2-wheeled vehicle can go basically anywhere a pedestrian can, and now with EVs they can do it way faster without much effort.

Iceblade02 , to Technology in Microsoft word update messes up exams in Denmark

In the Scandinavian countries this sort of software is usually provided by the school/university, so the students don't have to buy it. You may however be (essentially) forced to use that software, since other options aren't supported. The exam software my uni uses for instance only runs on Windows & MacOS.

Iceblade02 , to Lefty Memes in Skill

Yeah, the way we do this in Sweden is pretty decent. There's no minimum wage, but if you are unemployed you (A) have access to unemployment for a few months via your unions income insurance, and (B) if unemployed for a long time & do not have the means to otherwise support yourself will qualify for a basic subsistence support from your municipality along with housing benefits - on the condition that you keep looking for a job (if you aren't disabled).

Iceblade02 , to Lefty Memes in Skill

First off, I'd argue that there are vanishingly few truly unskilled jobs - merely that the entry barrier to them are so low that most fully able adults can pick them up in a short amount of time.

I ran into this exact topic roughly half a year ago - so here's a somewhat rewritten version of what I wrote up, specifically about the skills of company executives - a group which CEOs are a part of.

So, executives. There is no ‘exact’ skill set specific to executives, as there are many types. There are however skills and traits that many have in common that are useful.

I’ll split them into three vague groups.- “politicians”, managers and industry experts.

The first category are social power players more than anything getting into their position due to connections and charisma. Their importance is playing the loyalties of other people - widely considered the most useless execs, even in business circles. If they’d be categorized by “skillset”, it’d be people skills (leadership) and connections to important people.

Managerial executives are usually focused on economy (i.e resource management) and the running of an organization. They’ll often have both experience and academic knowledge of organizational structures, asset management and economics, helping their organization (at least on paper) make the most of their resources. They can be good at their job, but if they get too focused on the “on paper” economics they fall into the category of “greedy, money grabbing fucks who ruin everything they touch”.

The last and (in my mind) best category are the industry experts. Often they’ll have come from within a company or organization and have in-depth knowledge of how things work and what is “important” in a business. These sorts are the “boring” ones we don’t hear much about, often having started their a business and grown it, or climbed the ranks from within and sat in leadership for decades. On the flip side they’ll have opinions without any obvious basis, “This is just how it is done”, which is in many cases important, but in others pure BS.

In all three categories you’ll find execs who are good and bad in different ways and also offend your sensibilities in different ways.

Iceblade02 , to Lefty Memes in Skill

If certain jobs aren't valuable enough to pay a living wage, then maybe they should be done by robots instead of humans.

Iceblade02 , to Privacy in What is the cost of privacy?

Honestly, it sucks. I've been increasingly falling back on regular SMS, because a lot of people seem to prefer cutting me off to the slight effort of a different communication medium. I was thinking that everyone has a phone, but there's a lot of resistance to using it in my age group.

Iceblade02 , to Technology in How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas

Our government will forcibly insure you if you don't have one, so technically you don't have to buy anything. It's just more expensive than anything on the market.

Iceblade02 , to Mildly Infuriating in The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane.

/u/SpontaneousH

Archived that shit - read it when I was a teen and it convinced me to stay far away from drugs and addiction.

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