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  • It wasn't just the goblins — is J.K. Rowling doing Holocaust denial now?

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  • That's kind of an individual thing. Like, I get it, I get what you're saying, but, when I think about the books (which I used to love), I just didn't think of them fondly anymore; I can't think of any of those characters without that irritation and disappointment coming up.

    I was super excited about having my kids read those books -- and my oldest started the series, but then needed a break to mature a little before hitting book..3 I think? Idr. And now I just don't really care whether they read them. (If they do choose to read them on their own, I won't tell them about JKR until after they've finished them.)

    However I have no problem setting aside the shittiness of Knut Hamsun or Henry Miller; I still really enjoy their books. Heidegger? Too shitty for me. Picasso: meh, he's fine.

    That's My Hot Take: if it bothers you, acknowledge that, and don't force yourself to be uncomfortable. But also don't shame people for whom her toxicity is something they can set aside.

    (As long as they are setting it aside and not enjoying the work because of her toxicity.)

    That said: pirate her shit, you don't need to give her money.

  • Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative

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  • Yeah I was thinking more of a paid service, I guess more like Nebula then Netflix, since Netflix just shows TV shows and movies made by big companies. I don't mind paying for things if they're good things, and I know the right people are getting the money for it.

  • Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative

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  • So you're saying you want a federated wiki that uses a blockchain??? Genius.

    Kidding aside, you're absolutely right. Wikipedia is one of the very few if not ONLY examples of centralized tech that ISN'T absolute toxic garbage. Is it perfect? No. From what I understand, humans are involved in it, so, no, it's not perfect.

    If you want to federate some big ol toxic shit hole, Amazon, Netflix, any of Google's many spywares -- there's loads of way more shitty things we would benefit from ditching.

    Edit: the "federated Netflix" -- I know it sounds weird, but I actually think it would be really cool. Think of it more like Nebula+YouTube: "anyone" (anyone federated with other instances) can "upload" videos, and subcription fees go mostly to the creator with a little going to The Federation. Idk the payment details, that would be hard, but no one said beating Netflix would be easy.

    And federated Amazon -- that seems like fish in a barrel, or low hanging fruit, whichever you prefer. Complicated and probably a lot more overhead, but not conceptually challenging.

  • the sensory biology of plants

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  • I hadn't heard it either until FD Signifier used it in a video. I guess it originally referred to the "in universe" fiction of professional wrestling, but FD took it out of that context and now I use it all the time -- well, it doesn't come up that often, but it's a concept that's needed a word for a while now... Especially now that "alternative facts" are becoming so prevalent.

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    Old xkcd, I can't see it ever not being relevant

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  • Vim wasn't invented, it spawned fully written and tested at the moment creation came into existence

    That's why vi is already installed on every Linux system

  • Puter.com An Open source cloud OS using Jquery

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  • I started using VPNs and Tor a lot more over the last couple of years, and I had no idea how many websites are just like, "Oh, we can't collect data on you? Then you can't use our website."

  • Puter.com An Open source cloud OS using Jquery

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  • Jquery is just shorthand, really -- unless things have changed in the last decade (which doesn't seem likely in the world of technology! /s), jquery is basically a way to stop writing document. GetElementById() and element.classList.add() over and over.

    Don't get me wrong, that shorthand was a valuable and unique addition to a tool set -- jQuery code was much easier to read and maintain than vanilla js, for sure. But I feel like now that websites usually have build steps, using jQuery involves a lot more effort than just not using it, that, with its kind of naive approach to DOM manipulation, is where the hate comes from, imo. It's probably still a great choice in a traditional LAMP stack build.

  • the sensory biology of plants

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  • Y'all mf'ers need to read The Secret Life of Plants. It's fascinating.

    It's from the 1970s or 80s, and it talks about this stuff in extreme depth - plant communication, plants understanding their environment... Long range communication & telepathic plants...

    You gotta understand, there's absolutely zero science to it -- TSLoP is richly detailed with unconfirmed anecdotal evidence, some lady said this, a man from Tucson said this other thing, etc. If it was real, it would be world changing, but, at this point, it's a pretty crazy claim that would need some pretty crazy evidence.

    But it's still fascinating -- both from it's own kayfabe, like, imagine a world in which this was real -- and in terms of "conspiracy theories" -- is not a conspiracy but it's clear bullshit so the who and why of it's believers is interesting. Because it's not like most conspiracies, which usually eventually lead back to antisemitic and Christian supremacist stuff. TSLoP is a legit leftist conspiracy, all its own thing.

    So, if you see The Secret Life of Plants at a used bookstore for a couple dollars, pick it up, it's really neat.

  • US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

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  • I mean, it's not one or the other. No interference from Congress means we get surveilled by China and the US. Congress can cut that number in half.

  • Uvalde schoolchildren were massacred under a sheriff’s watch. He was still undefeated on Super Tuesday

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  • Interestingly, basically no one has any checks on sheriffs. We can "vote them out" but that's extremely difficult, and sheriffs can interfere with they're competitors with no consequences.

  • Who in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?

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  • I intended to write that just as an intro paragraph to a critique of enlightenment philosophy, since I feel like, while the goal of objectifying the human experience was the natural predecessor to the eventual subjectification of the exterior universe, their confidence in their interpretations of their experience -- or maybe just in the universality of their interpretations -- makes their entire project a bit sus

    But then life happened and I just said the thing about coffee.

  • Who in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?

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  • Did you know that Kant used to criticize people who drank more than one cup of coffee per day. Also, he would refill his own coffee cup before it was empty, so he never had more than one cup.

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    Old xkcd, I can't see it ever not being relevant

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  • Wtf is this bullshit. When tf did vim start allowing you to do the same thing in more than one way

  • What is a story were the main villain actually turned out to be the good guy?

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  • You're right, I'll concede that -- but only because BSG is an amazing show and very few characters can be reduced to "good" and "bad" -- even the "antagonists" (in the traditional sense of those characters working against the stories' progression) have pretty valid reasons for doing what they do.

    Gaius (sp?) is one of the closest characters to "bad" -- but not because of the bad things he does, but because of the bad things he is -- ie, vain, selfish, etc -- and the fact that he lets those negative characteristics drive his actions.

    All the characters have flaws, but the "good" characters do their best to mitigate their flaws, and let their positive traits motivate them. For example, Adama often acts before he thinks, a trait that is awesome in combat, but can be less positive other times -- and he (as best he can) seeks advice and counsel from the people he trusts (eg Saul Tigh) -- he knows he can be impulsive and he knows his "instant judgement" decision making isn't perfect.

    Cavil (that's his name I think) is close to "evil" but he does have reasons for his actions -- preservation of his "species" (though really it's just himself) -- but he's evil because of the fact that he doesn't listen and acts with disloyalty and dishonor.

    (There's an amazing comeuppance for the titular character of the show Nathan Barley that epitomizes this idea: Barley doesn't actually do anything wrong, but his motivations are repugnant, and his motivations are what's revealed... Shit I should write a whole essay on that....)

    Are there contemporary shows that are as good as BSG? I kind of gave up on TV after Firefly.

  • Self hosted security cameras?

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  • How long does it take to fill that storage?

  • RuPaul’s new online bookstore under fire for selling right-wing extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ titles

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  • (transcribed from a series of tweets) - @iamragesparkle

    I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out."

    And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer." and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed

    Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them."

    And i was like, ohok and he continues.

    "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too.

    And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down.

    And i was like, 'oh damn.' and he said "yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people."

    And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven't forgotten that at all.

  • What is a story were the main villain actually turned out to be the good guy?

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  • Cylons being manipulated by other cylons doesn't absolve them of guilt.

    BSG did have a few instances of the reverse of OP's question tho -- where the "good guys" turned out to be bad" -- trying to say this without spoilers; it's a 20 year old show but ffs of you haven't seen it, go see it now.

    • the (temporary) new admiral
    • several main characters during the part where they live on the dirty planet
    • a very specific set of seven main characters (wink wink) ... .and more,..

    And there's one specific example of the full 360 -- a character that starts good, turns bad, but turns out they were actually good all along. I won't give the name, but they were passing messages to the resistance.

    That show was awesome.

    One note tho, on the topic generally: flipping character alignments is a frequent pre-shark-jump thing, and is often bad writing. In BSG, tho, all of the "flips" are pre-planned, or at least 100% true to their character (eg the 360 example above).

  • The MacBook Air gets an M3 upgrade

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  • Yeah, they're probably using the increased power -- they weren't running 3 instances of stable diffusion on the m1

  • Roku’s Ultimatum: Surrender Jury Trial Rights or Lose Access to Your TVs

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  • I don't think anyone is allowed to take away your right to being a part of a class action lawsuit as a requirement to use a TV. Recent SCOTUS shenanigans aside, I can't imagine a judge would let that fly.