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sub_ubi ,

Problem: the repo is only 1MB, while USA's is 100GB

sub_ubi ,

"Whataboutism" is what Americans say to profess blind faith in their exceptionalism.

sub_ubi ,

So you have even less reason to use the racist-in-origin and logically fallacious term.

sub_ubi ,

  1. it's a euphemism for "And You Are Lynching Negroes" - that's literally what people used to say instead of whataboutism.

  2. It's not the name of any logical fallacy. You're thinking of Tu Quoque.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/03/is-whataboutism-always-a-bad-thing

sub_ubi ,

Your rebuttal was nothing more than a word choice. And you're still using it.

The reason you're doing this is because if you use the actual fallacy's name, rather than the US empire's "and you are lynching negros", you're more likely to see your error.

sub_ubi ,

Free Palestine

sub_ubi ,

America dropped "you are lynching negros" in favor of "whataboutism" because it made people think for a moment, hey, why are we lynching negros after all? Aren't we kinda hypocrites?

sub_ubi ,

The other guy was saying I put in too much effort. Can't please you libs

sub_ubi ,

Same applies to Zionists

sub_ubi ,

Thank you for the og

sub_ubi ,

If Israel allowed everyone they govern to vote, it wouldn't exist.

sub_ubi ,

Good to hear ts3 is still rockin.

If you use discord, access with a web browser. No need to ever download discord the app

sub_ubi ,

If we keep burning oil then our civilization won't have to worry about it at all, whatever's left will be for Immortan Joe

sub_ubi ,

This is only a concern for EV companies. The environmental impact of these subsidies and regulations is nill

sub_ubi , (edited )

Biden's environmental policies are still leading civilization to the same place as Trump's.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-020-00921-7

sub_ubi ,

It's an article about the study. Figured it's clearer to link the study.

The point remains, Biden's environmental policies will doom civilization.

sub_ubi ,

Yes Biden needs to do more. The type of changes needed to avert catastrophe aren't anywhere in his plans.

sub_ubi ,

I've resisted them so far 😇

sub_ubi , (edited )

My eyes auto-correct "crony capitalism" to "capitalism"

Capitalism and the state have been intertwined since the birth of capitalism, overtly and forcefully.

sub_ubi ,

As a bad Python scripter, I'm stuck using Microsoft's AI because there isn't a privacy-focused alternative anywhere near as good.

sub_ubi ,

Wake me when it's federated

sub_ubi ,

Yes, they have the most users and the most cultural significance.

sub_ubi ,

What

sub_ubi ,

I see your point. However I think enshitification is more due to the latter issue than the former. People in general are good at shutting down hate speech if given the tools.

maegul , to Fediverse
@maegul@hachyderm.io avatar

Is decentralised federated social media over engineered?

Can't get this brain fart out of my head.

What would the simplest, FOSS, alternative look like and would it be worth it?

Quick thoughts:

  • FOSS platforms intended to be big single servers, but dedicated to ...
  • Shared/Single Sign On
  • Easy cross posting
  • Enabling and building universal Multi-platform clients.
  • Unlike email, supporting small servers

No duplication/federation/protocol required, just software.


@fediverse

sub_ubi ,

Yeah, RIP Reader

sub_ubi ,

I don't think there's a good reason to avoid threads so long as it contains good and interesting users, and isn't making huge demands from your users.

sub_ubi ,

If you think everyone who uses facebok is garbage then the problem is you, you're a misanthrope.

sub_ubi ,

I wonder if you can whitelist certain users, rather than the entire server

sub_ubi ,

When you own the means of production it's literally yours. I don't understand the issue.

sub_ubi ,

Capital successfully fought to put lead into American's blood and lungs for a century after it was known to be poison. To this day they're still fighting to keep it there.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/04/why-it-took-decades-of-blaming-parents-before-we-banned-lead-paint/275169/

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/14/report-lead-paint-makers-helped-gov-walker/90349256/

sub_ubi ,

My point is that capital has successfully fought to put lead into American's blood and lungs for over 100 years.

sub_ubi ,

Did chatgpt not include this or...?

https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.gatech.edu/dist/a/1473/files/2020/09/sovenv.pdf

Nevertheless, the Soviet Union took
effective action to protect the population from lead exposure; it
banned lead-based (white lead) paint and it banned the sale of
leaded gasoline in some cities and regions.
While leaded gasoline was introduced in the 1920s in the
United States, it was not until the 1940s that leaded gasoline was
introduced in the Soviet Union (5). In the 1950s, the Soviet Un-
ion became the first country to restrict the sale of leaded gaso-
line; in 1956, its sale was banned in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev,
Baku, Odessa, and tourist areas in the Caucasus and Crimea, as
well as in at least one of the “closed cities” of the nuclear weap-
ons complex (6, 7). The motivation for the bans on leaded gaso-
line is not entirely clear, but factors may have included Soviet
research on the effects of low-level lead exposure (8), or sup-
port from Stalin himself (5). In any event, the bans on leaded
gasoline in some areas prevented what could have been signifi-
cant population lead exposure. In the United States and other
OECD countries, leaded gasoline has been identified as one of
the largest sources of lead exposure (9, 10).
Lead-based paint is another potentially significant source of
population lead exposure.

Bonus: a great example of capital at work,

Along with a number of other coun-
tries, in the 1920s the Soviet Union adopted the White Lead
Convention, banning the manufacture and sale of lead-based (white
lead) paint (11). In the United States, however, the National
Paint, Oil and Varnish Association successfully opposed the ban,
and lead-based paint was not banned in the United States until
1971 (12).

Two generations of Americans.

sub_ubi ,

You have one question in your previous comment on the very first line, and it was answered.

Your statement on the 2nd line doesn't really make sense, as I don't think anyone blames people for unforseen negative health effects.

What people are upset about are the forseen, proven, endemic negative health effects being purposefully spread for over a century.

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