shitty_orangutan
shitty_orangutan wrote
Reply to comment by ziq in Have you ever radicalised a liberal? How? Was it worth the effort? by Defasher
What is the proposal/arguments for anarchy? Do you have a link where I could learn what specifically it accomplishes?
My gut reaction is assuming anarchy implies chaos and survival of the fittest, but I'm assuming there are either more compelling arguments, my understanding is incomplete, or my understanding incorrect.
Is anarchy in this context referring to dissolving government?
shitty_orangutan OP wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted1759 in Why doesn't anyone comment here? by shitty_orangutan
That makes sense. I guess I just found it odd that so many were comment-less.
shitty_orangutan wrote
What does radicalized mean in this context? I feel out of the loop...
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Reply to comment by jaidedctrl in How do you deal with educated conservatives in your family? by surreal
"Relative: We're not talking about that."
God damn, I'm right there with you on this one.
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Reply to comment by An_Old_Big_Tree in How do you deal with educated conservatives in your family? by surreal
"As many of you know, there's something about becoming a parent that concentrates the mind on long-term problems like climate change. It was the birth of my daughter that inspired me to launch this climate organization, in order to counteract the excessive polarization of this issue in the United States, and to find a conservative pathway forward. Yes, folks, a Republican climate solution is possible, and you know what? It may even be better." interesting ted talk on climate change
I think a bridge can be forged on many issues, but each group has too many stupid, pre-conceived notions about the other.
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Reply to comment by BabyCroc in How do you deal with educated conservatives in your family? by surreal
What a productive attitude :)
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Reply to comment by AudibleAnarchist in How do you deal with educated conservatives in your family? by surreal
I disagree having lived and worked in UT. So many mormons, many of them well educated (I know several fairly conservative PhD's). Granted these are not the gun waiving uber trump supporters you probably imagine, but they are republican conservatives nonetheless. To some extent I also agree with some of the conservative principles (mostly economic in nature) though I consider myself a liberal (pro choice, voted for hilary etc).
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Reply to comment by ziq_themes1 in Why doesn't anyone comment here? by shitty_orangutan
Sounds good! I've just found out about the site and it just didn't seem very lively. This thread has shown me otherwise :)
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Reply to comment by GNU_PONUT in How much do you think (reddit) anarchists care about libre software, and assuming they don't, what would be meaningful ways to share its virtues with them? by An_Old_Big_Tree
"Lucky for me, we live in an age where people install npm packages like they’re popping pain killers."
Loved that.
"On any page that collects any data that you don’t want me (or my fellow attackers) to have, don’t use npm modules. Or Google Tag Manager, or ad networks, or analytics, or any code that isn’t yours."
This is all I was getting at. Not trying to troll, sorry if I came across that way. Thank you for the article!
shitty_orangutan OP wrote
Reply to comment by Ant in Why doesn't anyone comment here? by shitty_orangutan
Thank you!
shitty_orangutan OP wrote
Reply to comment by ziq_themes1 in Why doesn't anyone comment here? by shitty_orangutan
I can appreciate the saying, but what if the thing being said is unclear? Or perhaps it is incomplete or incorrect? I think what makes sites like this interesting is the difference in opinion and experience across the user base.
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Reply to comment by GNU_PONUT in How much do you think (reddit) anarchists care about libre software, and assuming they don't, what would be meaningful ways to share its virtues with them? by An_Old_Big_Tree
every piece of proprietary software has the potential to be spyware/malware
While I agree that there is greater potential for proprietary software to be spyware/malware, there is nothing stopping open source software from being the same. I'd argue that the code base for most meaningful software is so large that few people could actually point to a piece of it and say, "that is spyware/malware". If the lead developer(s) wanted to make the open source software malicious, it may eventually get caught, and I think it has a higher likelihood of getting caught, but open sourced software is not a guarantee that it isn't malicious.
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Reply to Women would lose $4.6 billion in earned tips if the administration’s ‘tip stealing’ rule is finalized: Overall, workers would lose $5.8 billion by __deleted_____
I'm assuming most people who work for tips would, if they aren't adequately compensated, quit. Personally, I think serving at fancy restaurants is actually one of the last skills that will be usurped by machines. On the whole, I think this type of legislation would help us as a country get away from the tipping nonsense.
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Reply to comment by GNU_PONUT in How much do you think (reddit) anarchists care about libre software, and assuming they don't, what would be meaningful ways to share its virtues with them? by An_Old_Big_Tree
this has kind of devolved into rambling but ok lol