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  1. Comment on Medieval historian and game developer, Jason Kingsley CBE, reacts to Manor Lords in ~humanities.history

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    There are various difficulties, with different levels of combat required.

    There are various difficulties, with different levels of combat required.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Tiny electric trucks are coming to a bike lane near you in ~transport

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    Fair enough. Here's hoping for the best.

    Fair enough. Here's hoping for the best.

  3. Comment on Tiny electric trucks are coming to a bike lane near you in ~transport

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    Yeah, I figure that, in a situation where there's enough small vehicles to fill the existing bike infrastructure to capacity, there will also be enough political will to push for an even bigger...

    Yeah, I figure that, in a situation where there's enough small vehicles to fill the existing bike infrastructure to capacity, there will also be enough political will to push for an even bigger share of the infrastructure pie. Adding in that what's proposed here is a greater share of smaller transportation loads done with electricity rather than ICE engines, and it seems overall positive to me.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ in ~tech

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    But why do people need $900+ of laptop? It seems like at that point a workstation is more useful most of the time, and a lighter weight and cheaper portable option for the times when you're...

    But why do people need $900+ of laptop? It seems like at that point a workstation is more useful most of the time, and a lighter weight and cheaper portable option for the times when you're travelling. Not to say that there aren't people who need a heavyweight laptop, but is it really that many?

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Tiny electric trucks are coming to a bike lane near you in ~transport

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    And then we get yet more bike lanes. A broader demand for bike lanes will only fuel the development of more bike and small electric vehicle infrastructure. This seems good, even if there may be...

    And then we get yet more bike lanes. A broader demand for bike lanes will only fuel the development of more bike and small electric vehicle infrastructure. This seems good, even if there may be some bumpy patches along the way?

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Tiny electric trucks are coming to a bike lane near you in ~transport

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    Maybe I'm an optimist, but as bike lanes get closer to max capacity/traffic jam status it'll be all the more reason to take away more car lanes. Especially if these smaller "trucks" get...

    Maybe I'm an optimist, but as bike lanes get closer to max capacity/traffic jam status it'll be all the more reason to take away more car lanes. Especially if these smaller "trucks" get normalized, it'll be more feasible and acceptable to entirely convert some roads away from cars.

    11 votes

  7. Comment on Chinese police officers will soon be on patrol in Hungary in ~news

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    Comparative power and Hungary's involvement in the EU. China is much more powerful than Hungary, and has resources to throw around. That makes who has the power in the partnership clear. Hungary,...

    Comparative power and Hungary's involvement in the EU. China is much more powerful than Hungary, and has resources to throw around. That makes who has the power in the partnership clear. Hungary, while still being in the EU has been on the outs for the last decade or so over a number of issues regarding rule of law, treatment of minorities, proper use of funds from the EU, etc. They've also been a thorn in the side of some votes that required full consensus, making it clear that a Chinese-aligned Hungary could block any anti- Chinese actions by the EU.

    19 votes

  8. Comment on Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ in ~tech

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    Can someone with more tech background than I explain what an "an inadvertent misconfiguration during provisioning of UniSuper’s Private Cloud services" actually IS?

    Can someone with more tech background than I explain what an "an inadvertent misconfiguration during provisioning of UniSuper’s Private Cloud services" actually IS?

    5 votes

  9. Comment on Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ in ~tech

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    One of my clients has a Synology home server that comes with a tool for automatic backup from Google Drive. It didn't require any significant tech skills to set up, though it's totally possible...

    One of my clients has a Synology home server that comes with a tool for automatic backup from Google Drive. It didn't require any significant tech skills to set up, though it's totally possible that my sense of what is a significant level of tech skill is broken.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false in ~science

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    Someone who's JAQing off generally has very limited or no data to back up their spurious questions. They bake the flawed assumption into their questions, and can't back up the basis for their...

    Someone who's JAQing off generally has very limited or no data to back up their spurious questions. They bake the flawed assumption into their questions, and can't back up the basis for their worldview. Comparatively, someone who's engaging in the Socratic method can better support the basis for their questions, and will engage with the person who's answering their questions if they go in a variety of directions.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on Duck Game rights are returned to developer in ~games

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    Delisting them means that WBD would need to pay absolutely no attention to them going forward. No one on staff would need to remember they exist. It's possible they've already lost the internal...

    Delisting them means that WBD would need to pay absolutely no attention to them going forward. No one on staff would need to remember they exist. It's possible they've already lost the internal staff who knew how to handle the system and they don't want to hire someone to handle a task they don't care about. There's plenty of options that boil down to corrosive neglect rather than malice.

    10 votes

  12. Comment on How the US is destroying young people’s future | Scott Galloway in ~life

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    Yeah. Voting is literally the least you can do to be engaged in politics, both in the sense that it's generally easy and that there are many more impactful things you can do. It's a rare and...

    Yeah. Voting is literally the least you can do to be engaged in politics, both in the sense that it's generally easy and that there are many more impactful things you can do. It's a rare and unclear signal regarding your actual desires as a constituent. Talking to your representatives, engaging in community organizing so as to have a bigger group of constituents behind you when you talk to your representatives, community organizing to support a candidate for local elections who you feel will better represent you... all of these are far more impactful than your vote alone.

    16 votes

  13. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    There's been a lot of work within the state department pushing for a ceasefire or a more moderate response. Even the military advisors they sent were people who had been at Fallujah and knew...

    There's been a lot of work within the state department pushing for a ceasefire or a more moderate response. Even the military advisors they sent were people who had been at Fallujah and knew exactly how awful what the Israelis were planning was going to be, and were trying to convince Israel to be more considered in what they were doing. It's basically all come to nothing. The work to build a pier to start bringing in aid to try to mitigate the outright famine that's already present is the only thing I know of that's directly taking place within Israel, but I'm not clear what sanctions are going to do within the next week while people are outright starving to death each day.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    Yeah, absolutely. From my perspective this is absolutely below the bare minimum I'd like to see out of the situation. I brought it up because it was specifically the line that the person I was...

    Yeah, absolutely. From my perspective this is absolutely below the bare minimum I'd like to see out of the situation. I brought it up because it was specifically the line that the person I was responding to cited as their line in the sand, and it just so happened that the US had walked to the right side of it. It's a nice first gesture, but there's so much more that needs to be done. But the fact that there's any motion at all after decades of unquestioning support of Israel is in itself basically miraculous. It's worth saying that this is a good move in the right direction, even as it's clear that it's not enough.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    If you stretch it to 40 years ago, Clinton really throttled any support for the poor and unfortunate in the name of cost savings, but that's a lifetime ago at this point.

    If you stretch it to 40 years ago, Clinton really throttled any support for the poor and unfortunate in the name of cost savings, but that's a lifetime ago at this point.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    You just said that continuing to do so was the degree that was too much, and now that they're not continuing to do so, you're moving the goalposts? It's not really interesting to discuss things if...

    Continuing to directly supply the bombs that are dropped on tens of thousands of innocent children, families, journalists, NGO workers, etc. is the degree of supporting genocide that is too much.

    You just said that continuing to do so was the degree that was too much, and now that they're not continuing to do so, you're moving the goalposts? It's not really interesting to discuss things if you're just going to move the goalposts to be unhappy regardless of the positive changes that are occurring.

    7 votes

  17. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    Ok, so the US has stepped back from that line. Within the last 48 hours Biden has specifically said that if Israel attacks Rafa it's not going to be with US weapons, and has delayed further...

    Ok, so the US has stepped back from that line. Within the last 48 hours Biden has specifically said that if Israel attacks Rafa it's not going to be with US weapons, and has delayed further transfers. And it's entirely due to people like you saying through words and protests that it's not acceptable. Does that change your opinion on Biden?

    7 votes

  18. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    What degree of supporting genocide is too much? If Bernie Sanders was elected President, he's now at the helm of the genocide machine. Would he be immediately supporting genocide? How about in a...

    What degree of supporting genocide is too much? If Bernie Sanders was elected President, he's now at the helm of the genocide machine. Would he be immediately supporting genocide? How about in a month? If he hasn't changed the entire administration of the United States to avoid anything that supports genocide anywhere in the world to any degree, is he supporting genocide because it's been a month? If someone is running for president and they were the governor of a state and in that role they didn't ban any economic interactions with any region where there was a genocide happening, are they supporting genocide because there were economic benefits to their state? Are you supporting genocide by ever purchasing something manufactured in China, where there is an active genocide occuring? Can you ever vote for anyone?

    10 votes

  19. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    You're remarkably slippery when it comes to answering a simple question, aren't you? My goal here isn't to convince people to vote for Biden. I'm trying to talk practically about how to get the...

    You're remarkably slippery when it comes to answering a simple question, aren't you? My goal here isn't to convince people to vote for Biden. I'm trying to talk practically about how to get the most of of your vote when it comes to this particular election. In the longer term, the way to get what you want is to spend the next couple of decades building a groundswell of support at the local/state levels to be able to bring people into the national electoral scene in a way that provides them the necessary support to significantly push the national narrative. Trying to change things from the top first is like trying to push over a redwood by pushing at the tip of the tree. You've got to start at the roots if you want to tip it.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    Right, most people are in favor of a ceasefire or a permanent peace. There's a reason why the Biden administration has been trying to talk Israel down for months, and has advanced to other actions...

    Right, most people are in favor of a ceasefire or a permanent peace. There's a reason why the Biden administration has been trying to talk Israel down for months, and has advanced to other actions to limit Israel's atrocities as things have gotten so much worse. But that people are broadly in favor of peace doesn't change how close to the top of the pile the issue is. From looking at that data, do you really think that a losing Democratic party's takeaway would be that they needed to break with Israel faster than they're already doing?

    6 votes