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NostraDavid

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  • VS Code version 1.111 released

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  • As the office "fixer", I don't want to have to drop everything and go around to everyone's computer to change a vscode setting on any random week

    Why not find a way to automate this, if it's such a bother? Or why not let users do whatever?

  • The View From RSS

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  • Get RSS Guard if you are still looking for an RSS reader. The RSS feeds will need to be exported to an OPML (XML) file, if you want a backup. That bugs me a little, but from a whole pile of RSS reades, this one and Akregator were the better ones. The rest just tried to adopt a "modern" UI, which means no shortcuts work, and the UI looks shiny, but is barely functional.

  • GitHub - aardappel/lobster: The Lobster Programming Language

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  • Cute! Very Python-like, but I'm not sure about the lack of types. I need my types.

  • Gas imports or solar panels?

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  • Both? Both.

    Unless you don't mind having no power in the evening/night.

  • What is a belief you’ve done a total 180 on?

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  • ew, neoliberals

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  • It depends on the lens you're using to look at the situation:

    Would you argue that the Dems are not Progressive Liberals?

    They are leftist depending on the definition. Classic left-wing was simply anti-monarch, pro-republic. In that regard the Dems are left wing. Are they Communists/Socialist though? lmao, absolutely not. They are WAY too focussed on social issues, in general.

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  • I used to believe in a woman’s right to choose.

    So eh, what did that entail? You have the right to choose, therefore you must choose?

    I have the right to vote, while still having the option to not vote at all, if I so want. Forcing people to vote would just be tyranny.

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  • Has there ever been a country without a government that did well in the long run?

    I'm pretty sure that's an awful idea.

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  • In Communism "property" gets split by function:

    There is "personal property" - your clothes, toothbrush, phone, bike, house, car, etc.

    "Private property" means any asset that produces something that can be used to extract profit. Think of factories, warehouses, rentals, mines, ships, servers, patents, etc.

    "Common property" are things like community gardens, a public fishery (like a lake).

    "Public/Social property" are usually state-owned, like public roads, the railway, the power grid (usually), etc.

    "State property" also state-owned, but not publicly accessible, like the office buildings where government officials work.

    “If you own a chair and sit on it, that is personal property. If you own a factory and other people work in it while you collect the profit, that is private property.”

    My problem with these definitions is that my personal computer is also my private computer. I can use it to make money, but it's also deeply personal. Then again, Marx could not have anticipated this issue.

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  • so I pivoted into druidism

    I think we need a secular form of spirituality (be it heathenism, druidism, paganism, etc), so people can still be spiritually fulfilled, while not following some large-ass church that gets corrupted over time, every damn time.

    It helps that most people in "the west" are becoming more and more secular (as far as I can tell).

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  • I quit smoking because I actually want to live beyond 55 - I still remember my neighbour-woman smoking a ciggy, while standing outside with her chemo-drip... Absolutely haunting.

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  • I'm not eating the bugs.

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  • Oh, also, the left-right-wing binary (or even spectrum) is poisoning the well. Everyone in the UK is right-wing because they have a literal king. Everyone in the USA is left-wing because they don't have a king. Simple as is.

    Now, lets talk about how authoritarian a party is, how good they are at improving society's health, etc. Calling a party left or right-wing MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

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  • I think the 2-party system is worse than Capitalism, but by now your Capitalism supports the 2-party system.

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  • You just listed several things related to Authoritarianism, and called them communist

    Spoiler: they are the same thing. OK, fine. Not everything Authoritarian is Communist, but everything Communist will end up Authoritarian. Ask East-Europe.

    Not everything Social is bad, mind you, but holy shit can it go sideways.

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  • Not all Republicans are bad.

    Was Mitt Romney not the brainchild behind the ACA/Obamacare?

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  • why do we classify our natural world with them?

    Because USA politics have been broken since day 1, and having 2 parties is the end-game.

    In the meantime I am stuck with the other extreme: 16-18 different parties, and I don't feel represented by any of them! :D

    We also have access to the entire world, while the people in those villages only have access to that one village. We simply live in a different scale than them. Not superior - just different... Potentially we have it worse, in certain cases.

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  • they just happen to be vegan

    Yeah, that's not butter and cheese what you're eating... No need to lie to us.

    That shit never tastes like the actual product. And it's completely fine if you don't want to eat it for whatever reason, but don't lie.