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Comment on European Parliament approves new rules for gene-edited plants in ~enviro
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Comment on European Parliament approves new rules for gene-edited plants in ~enviro
Grzmot Link ParentI'm not a lawyer, but the way I'd go about it is to use a pre-existing similar change to a plant that occurred through selective breeding. But it would be a difficult argument either way.Also, "edits that could have occurred through conventional breeding"? That feels like a difficult argument to make. How would that even be proven?
I'm not a lawyer, but the way I'd go about it is to use a pre-existing similar change to a plant that occurred through selective breeding. But it would be a difficult argument either way.
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Comment on What did banning Airbnbs in NYC accomplish? in ~finance
Grzmot Link ParentAnd yet the educated rational(ish) voter inhabiting the same reality is the basis of democracy. A basis that has never really existed after WW2 saw the rise of secular democracies throughout the...And yet the educated rational(ish) voter inhabiting the same reality is the basis of democracy. A basis that has never really existed after WW2 saw the rise of secular democracies throughout the west.
Before it was education, now it's been joined by the disaster that is the recommendation algorithm and the fake alternate realities that it traps its consumers in.
I do agree that despite the justified flak that politicians get about lying all the time, a lot of that is just compromises watering down the vision, but those compromises are necessary to democracy.
It's a circle I was never able to square.
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Comment on What did banning Airbnbs in NYC accomplish? in ~finance
Grzmot Link ParentPopulism is necessary in any system where the popular vote rules. Educated rational types love to think that people are dispassionate robots that dissect the position of every party on every issue...Populism is necessary in any system where the popular vote rules.
Educated rational types love to think that people are dispassionate robots that dissect the position of every party on every issue but it's just not how it works. Most folks that even show up to the urn decide on vibes and promises alone.
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Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society
Grzmot Link ParentThe last 167 times the EU tried to get this through it got to varying stages of completion before one measure or another stopped it. The ultimate boss so far has been the EU supreme court which so...The last 167 times the EU tried to get this through it got to varying stages of completion before one measure or another stopped it. The ultimate boss so far has been the EU supreme court which so far has shot this shit down, at which point the EU watered down the law and the thing started all over again.
This has been going on for close to a decade now, someone in there really fucking wants this to happen.
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Comment on Zig creator weighs in on the Bun Rust rewrite in ~comp
Grzmot Link ParentVenture capital is tightly tied to the enshittification pattern that swallowed the entire industry because of the amount of money sloshing around. Everyone just wants growth at all costs in hopes...Venture capital is tightly tied to the enshittification pattern that swallowed the entire industry because of the amount of money sloshing around. Everyone just wants growth at all costs in hopes of getting bought out and the race to profitability that comes afterwards makes everything worse for users.
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Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society
Grzmot LinkThis entire affair has been an utter disgraceThis entire affair has been an utter disgrace
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Comment on Modern, abstract art makes me angry in ~arts
Grzmot LinkFeeling some level of disdain towards abstract art is pretty standard for a normie but then why engage with it? You can just not walk into those exhibitions if they make you angry. Or is your...Feeling some level of disdain towards abstract art is pretty standard for a normie but then why engage with it?
You can just not walk into those exhibitions if they make you angry.
Or is your point a much more severe one, that abstract art should not exist, hence your anger? That would be unreasonable.
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Comment on “There will be no mercy” in ~society
Grzmot Link ParentEspecially since taking the country over would require military action and make hated among the population. The sort of action that solves this is a long occupation that no military is equipped to...Especially since taking the country over would require military action and make hated among the population. The sort of action that solves this is a long occupation that no military is equipped to deal with, because it's not their primary job. It failed in Afghanistan and it would fail here.
It seems like for some fucked up reason, a lot of the Ethiopian population outside of Tigray wants to kill them all. That's years long deprogramming you'd have to do right there.
That being said the fact that western politicians aren't even paying lip service and condemning the actions verbally is a fucking joke.
I just don't know what to even do here other than basic political sanctioning which would scarcely stop the murdering going on in the moment. It's a horrifying read start to finish.
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Comment on What's an itch you were finally able to scratch? in ~talk
Grzmot Link ParentGood on you! I started biking to work in the warmer months a couple years back. It's great because we have a shower at work so you don't even feel disgusting the rest of the day.Good on you!
I started biking to work in the warmer months a couple years back. It's great because we have a shower at work so you don't even feel disgusting the rest of the day.
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Comment on Despite important changes to Norway's consent law last year, there is a severe lack of understanding of the issue across society, experts say, from children to teenagers to prosecutors in ~society
Grzmot Link ParentYeah! You wouldn't need to keep it softcore, you could totally show kink or something harder and passionate, but in respectful ways that shows the steps leading up to it. Remove the taboo and...Yeah! You wouldn't need to keep it softcore, you could totally show kink or something harder and passionate, but in respectful ways that shows the steps leading up to it. Remove the taboo and educate at the same time.
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Comment on Despite important changes to Norway's consent law last year, there is a severe lack of understanding of the issue across society, experts say, from children to teenagers to prosecutors in ~society
Grzmot LinkSince "banning porn" is obviously futile in ways I don't need to elaborate here (I think), I wonder if any government is ever going to start producing it. The majority of the population is tech...Ingvild Hestad Torkelsen, the organisation’s leader, said: “Porn is getting into bedrooms very early … We have a lot of girls that come to our centres that say the first time they had sex the boys wanted to strangle them because they’ve seen that done in porn … It’s more brutal or aggressive very early.”
Since "banning porn" is obviously futile in ways I don't need to elaborate here (I think), I wonder if any government is ever going to start producing it.
The majority of the population is tech illiterate to a degree that is unfathomable to the average Tildes user, so if you offered them a honeypot of porn they'd take it. You could then hire sex therapists, psychologists and so forth to try to produce pornography that is less hateful, less mysogonistic and less violent. You could even sneak in some sex ed.
No matter how many times people claim that porn isn't real and you shouldn't use it as a guide, kids consume it and it's exceedingly difficult to stop them from consuming it. They are going to use it as a guide, especially if they have nothing else. The choking problem illustrates this.
I doubt it's ever going to happen, but sometimes I like playing out hypothetical solutions to problems if I were in charge.
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Comment on Brave Origin, a paid, premium version of Brave is now available in ~tech
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Comment on Brave Origin, a paid, premium version of Brave is now available in ~tech
Grzmot Link ParentI haven't found answer for this, but since it's a Firefox fork, does it support sync? If I used it on my PC but kept using FF on Android, would everything stay synced?I haven't found answer for this, but since it's a Firefox fork, does it support sync? If I used it on my PC but kept using FF on Android, would everything stay synced?
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Comment on Casual viewing - Why Netflix looks like that ~30+ min read in ~movies
Grzmot Link ParentI guess I do, I meant I just they're stuck in the same capitalism treadmill as everyone else and are also making it worse. But yeah I do fault them. If no one cared they could also be funding...I guess I do, I meant I just they're stuck in the same capitalism treadmill as everyone else and are also making it worse.
But yeah I do fault them. If no one cared they could also be funding excellent programming.
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Comment on Fight against escalating gang crime sees Sweden vote on plans to hold thirteen-year-olds criminally responsible – other European nations are also lowering age limits in ~society
Grzmot Link ParentResponding to this only since the rest got answered fairly well. The 2015 refugee crisis really fucked over a number of countries in the EU, a top contender of them Sweden. The influx of...if the children are being recruited by criminal gangs, then what are you doing to ensure that they’re less likely to take the gangs up on their offers, or protect them from gang influence? What holes are there in your system that are making gangs flourish?
Responding to this only since the rest got answered fairly well.
The 2015 refugee crisis really fucked over a number of countries in the EU, a top contender of them Sweden. The influx of traumatized people without a social net was not one that their socialized safety net could tackle, or any system, to be frank. There were not enough social workers, not enough teachers, not enough places to sleep, not enough anything.
Long-term it's extremely difficult for a developed country like Sweden which has a very limited labor market for unskilled labor to deal with a bunch of traumatized teenagers and adults who at best have a primary education and usually nothing else.
That being said, the prison systems of Scandinavian countries are galaxies ahead of whatever the hell is going in the US, even in California, the state that is closest to European conditions. They have a much bigger focus on resocializing. It's not a meatgrinder industry like it is in the US. It's just difficult to deal with such an influx of people and expand your social state accordingly when your fiscal budget to do stuff hasn't changed overall.
That being said, 2015 is now more than a decade in the past, and countries have still not adapted. We're still letting people drown in the mediterrenian sea on crossings. It's a disgrace overall.
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Comment on Casual viewing - Why Netflix looks like that ~30+ min read in ~movies
Grzmot Link ParentThank you so much for posting this essay! It took a feeling that I think is fairly widespread around attentive movie watchers, that Netflix looks cheap and is bland, and explained why that is in a...Thank you so much for posting this essay! It took a feeling that I think is fairly widespread around attentive movie watchers, that Netflix looks cheap and is bland, and explained why that is in a beautiful way.
It neatly fits into Cory Doctorow's Enshittification pattern. Netflix began because the founders saw a legitimate hole in the market and exploited it like good capitalists, and they truly founded a new market of paid on-demand streaming of shows, it all got worse from there.
I can't fault the company for yielding to the addictive properties of mobile phones and social video like TikTok installed on them. They don't have the luxury of delivering their movies and shows in cinemas where attention is high and distractions barely existent. I am surprised though how much money it makes them. It casts fellow humans in a different light when they watch some mediocre slop production created to be watched in the background and the only opinion they have is "It was ok I guess". I'm happy that they found enjoyment in it, but it really surprises me how anyone would still pay money for Netflix.
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Comment on Kings of the losers in ~life
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Comment on Kings of the losers in ~life
Grzmot Link ParentI agree! A core part of what incels believe is that women as a monolith hate them due to bodily aspects they cannot really change. The simple stapler experiment works very well to put the incel in...I agree!
A core part of what incels believe is that women as a monolith hate them due to bodily aspects they cannot really change. The simple stapler experiment works very well to put the incel in therapy into the chair of the woman on a dating app. You have no choice but to begin filtering because you simply do not have the time for 120 guys. It's a way to do human interaction that is alien to reality. If you can call swiping left or right on pictures human interaction.
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Comment on Kings of the losers in ~life
Grzmot Link ParentI mean, that was necessary since I translated it from German into English. :D Thank you for enjoying!I mean, that was necessary since I translated it from German into English. :D
Thank you for enjoying!
I'm not too sure to be honest. As a certified EU stan this is one of the biggest flaws of the EU. The need to overregulate has choked a lot of stuff out. Sometimes it's good, but sometimes it's also bad.
That being said, GMO is very unpopular in the population. I doubt this will change much.