Khue's recent activity
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Comment on United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly in ~tech
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Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society
Khue Link ParentOkay... well just continue with harm reduction policies and parading out the likes of Liz Cheney and relying on the mythical "On-The-Fence" Trump supporter. You're angry at the result and you...Okay... well just continue with harm reduction policies and parading out the likes of Liz Cheney and relying on the mythical "On-The-Fence" Trump supporter. You're angry at the result and you should be angry at a Democratic party that refuses to look at the writing on the wall. Tacking to the right was not the play. The play was to go left. Declare a firm stance on Gaza. Offer POPULAR leftist policy reform. Fuck... I am not even saying do full blown universal health care, just lower Medicare to 55... Give people SOMETHING to vote for instead of constantly harping on something to vote AGAINST. That's all the democrats ever do.
Vote for us because the other side is worse
Such misplaced "anger" and all you do is excuse the behavior of a failing party.
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Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society
Khue Link ParentAmericans don't care about foreign policy until it's the ONLY thing they care about. Also, I disagree with your stance that actioning/signaling strong stances against Israel wouldn't have helped...Americans don't care about foreign policy until it's the ONLY thing they care about. Also, I disagree with your stance that actioning/signaling strong stances against Israel wouldn't have helped her campaign.
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Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society
Khue Link ParentOffering leftists/anti-zionists nothing and then blaming them when they didn't show up for the Democrats is certainly a take...Offering leftists/anti-zionists nothing and then blaming them when they didn't show up for the Democrats is certainly a take...
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Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society
Khue Link ParentIt's weird that I see people blaming these Democrats who did not vote due to the stance on Palestine and not blame the Democratic party for not asserting policy accordingly. Very wild situation....It's weird that I see people blaming these Democrats who did not vote due to the stance on Palestine and not blame the Democratic party for not asserting policy accordingly. Very wild situation. Offering leftists/anti-zionists nothing and then questioning why they didn't vote is certainly a stance you can take.
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Comment on Winamp deletes GitHub repository after a rocky few weeks in ~tech
Khue Link ParentIt's not really management that is the impedance or rather at least it's not development management. Code "has" to be considered an asset or at least an object that can be associated with capex...It's not really management that is the impedance or rather at least it's not development management. Code "has" to be considered an asset or at least an object that can be associated with capex instead of opex because then it can be financialized and the effort (labor hours) can be sheltered from impacting revenue and increasing profit.
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Comment on Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year in ~enviro
Khue Link ParentI worry about conservatism and it's impact on our technical prowess. Putting the eggs in the "we'll figure it out later" basket also seems short sighted.One positive thing I'll say is this - our rate of technological progress gives me hope. While a lot of people trash tech for being energy intensive and wasteful of our (relatively) rare materials, it'll be tech that saves us from this if anything.
I worry about conservatism and it's impact on our technical prowess. Putting the eggs in the "we'll figure it out later" basket also seems short sighted.
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Comment on USA: "The undecided voters are not who you think they are" in ~society
Khue Link ParentProgressive policies are popular. That's just a 2019 article but there are tons of data points that speak to that and they have spoken to that for years. Obama's years in office proved that but he...Progressive policies are popular. That's just a 2019 article but there are tons of data points that speak to that and they have spoken to that for years. Obama's years in office proved that but he was awful for progressive policy and history will highlight it.
The problem... The real problem is people with your specific attitude that comes and instantly try to shit sling by asking for unreasonable amounts of evidence and if I were to legitimately provide it, you'd just pivot or hand wave it away even though what I am arguing for would absolutely benefit you as well. My politics aren't exclusive. I don't give a shit if I give that NAZI trump voter free healthcare or better material conditions. I don't give a shit if that racist's kid gets free breakfast and lunch on my tax dollar. My politics are based on material analysis. Your bad faith questioning doesn't phase that. I don't care that you come at me to sling shit and throw my views into a negative light. I want you to have a home, better pay... a good fucking life. This is what all people inherently want and I truly believe that. I believe that if we address and tackle material conditions, all this shit gets instantly better. I don't think bombing brown kids, marginalizing Haitians, dunking on like three trans kids in Ohio is really what people want.
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Comment on USA: "The undecided voters are not who you think they are" in ~society
Khue LinkSo I brought this up on a different thread and people didn't like it but this mythical undecided centrist voter is a fruitless endeavor to pursue. If they are undecided then they just don't feel...So I brought this up on a different thread and people didn't like it but this mythical undecided centrist voter is a fruitless endeavor to pursue. If they are undecided then they just don't feel compelled/motivated to show up and realistically it's like... A small percentage of the voting populace. If you're just going to stick to largely party oriented planks for your platform then sure... I guess you can expend billions trying to capture that three or four percent that will swing the vote... OR you could read the fucking room and start moving farther left.
If you are Harris and the Democrats right now you're expending untold resources trying to capture center right people who want to vote for trump but find it unpalatable. That's like the few thousand mccain/Romney Republicans at this point and guess what? They are gonna die in like 5 years. Fuck those people who also enabled the MAGA crowd because they didn't understand the movement or were too naive to recognize the fascist overtones. Meanwhile, you have this solid leftist movement that actually exists and is actually looking for something to vote for. It's the same group that came out for BLM and voted for Biden... And what did Biden do? Told them to pound sand and did nothing, literally nothing that his campaign was about. Remember the 2020 immigration policy of the Democrats? Now what's the policy? Oh they adopted the same xenophobic trumpian policy in an effort to capitulate to the right? What about codifying roe? Didn't do that either? Oh you did some bullshit related to NATO? Literally the only person that would give a shit about that is some psycho that just tried to unalive Trump a week ago. How's that electorally working out? Struggling to get the +4% of electoral votes required to beat the Republicans? Great politics... Morons.
If the Dems would just tack left... Weapons sanctions on Israel, deescalation in Ukraine, student loan forgiveness, reducing housing costs, universal healthcare... They would literally dominate electorally. But no... Here we are with a democratic party that just keeps being dragged farther and farther right because they can't fucking figure out that as long as they offer nothing, they are going to have to constantly rely on harm reduction based rhetoric as we keep continuing this slow methodical march right... It's absolutely pathetic.
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Comment on Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? in ~society
Khue Link ParentBarak Obama in 2008. Activated cubans in Florida (younger/youth vote) and won a historically Republican slanted demographic. Did not happen in 2012 because of the lack of sufficient progressive...There is no statistical or historic evidence that there is any mass constituency that is waiting for a candidate who is left enough to awaken to politics. It’s just not a real thing.
Barak Obama in 2008. Activated cubans in Florida (younger/youth vote) and won a historically Republican slanted demographic. Did not happen in 2012 because of the lack of sufficient progressive policy during his first term and he actively avoided progressive policy in his 2012 run.
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Comment on Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? in ~society
Khue Link ParentProgressive policies win. Perfect example of this is that Barak Obama won the Floridian Cuban vote in 2008 (not in 2012) running on progressive policies and was primarily carried by young cuban...Progressive policies win. Perfect example of this is that Barak Obama won the Floridian Cuban vote in 2008 (not in 2012) running on progressive policies and was primarily carried by young cuban voters.
Activation of a largely disincentivized progressive, young base of support garners far more traction then trying to capture a mythical "uncommitted" center/center right. The numbers just aren't there. The cuban Florida demographic does NOT vote Democrat. There are 2 narratives at play for that.
- Latino voters resonate with religious rhetoric
- Cuban voters in Florida will always mobilize against any sort of mention of socialism or communism. It's important to understand that they are against those two concept for reasons different than you would assume.
Going back to Barak, he then did substantially worse in 2012 on that same voter base because in his first term in office he really did nothing for the progressives and then in 2012, he backed away from the progressive platform.
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Comment on Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? in ~society
Khue Link ParentIs there a particular policy you view as progressive that you do not like (as an example)?Is there a particular policy you view as progressive that you do not like (as an example)?
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Comment on Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? in ~society
Khue (edited )Link ParentThank you for bringing a bit of objectivity/neutral positioning on this. What most liberals fail to see, is that Kamala is actioning EXACTLY how Hil-dawg did in 2016. Disallowing Palestinian...- Exemplary
Thank you for bringing a bit of objectivity/neutral positioning on this.
What most liberals fail to see, is that Kamala is actioning EXACTLY how Hil-dawg did in 2016. Disallowing Palestinian speakers at the DNC, actively working to break up anti-genocide demonstrations, and bringing up former Trump admins as speakers is an attempt to signal towards such a specific group. They are targeting Republican voters that don't necessarily like Trump AND are an active voter base. This is basically the same strategy Clinton ran on by ignoring a more left/progressive wing of the Democratic part in order to capture right leaning centrists. She totally shit on/took for granted the union voters and alienated the youth vote that Sanders managed to interest. Then when she lost, like a petulant group of children, the Democrats blamed the "left" for not voting for Hilary when they offered NOTHING to that base. They spit on the left either taking them for granted with the line of thinking of "Who the fuck else are you gonna vote for?" or by blaming them for the loss to Trump.
Here we are in 2024 and apparently the dems have learned NOTHING. Progressive policies are popular. Not leaning into them is a mistake. Leaning into dumb centrist/right leaning policies to simply try to capture this weird fucking middle right group of people is a miscalculation in my opinion. Claiming that you're going to make the American military stronger? Making dumb promises like "my cabinet will be a bi-partisan composition and I intend to include republicans" is dumb. What are you gonna do next? Start talking about making NATO stronger? Literally no one gives a fuck about NATO. Not drawing a line in the sand and breaking from policy from the Biden admin is folly. At this point the only real thing differentiating Kamala from Biden are vibes and that is going to gas out real quick unless there is a substantial policy break and I think she needs to break to the left hard. If Trump wins again, dems will FOR SURE blame the left for not activating for Kamala... but what do you want them to activate for? You're giving them nothing. Dems cannot perpetually run on defensive/preventative messaging. You have to give people SOMETHING. I mean the Harris administration STILL HASN'T TALKED TO THE TEAMSTERS YET. Sean O'Brien is a big dumb piece of shit, but he still leads one of the biggest unions in the US. The fact that Harris hasn't talked to him yet is MASSIVELY problematic.
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Comment on Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? in ~society
Khue Link ParentThe group that supports going full left is an unactivated voting base that feels no compelling reason to vote. The demographic I am referring to is the youth vote, which is the same base that...The group that supports going full left is an unactivated voting base that feels no compelling reason to vote. The demographic I am referring to is the youth vote, which is the same base that Sanders captured. Right now we are talking about "margin of error" difference between Trump and Harris and her campaign strategy is based largely on the Obama playbook relating to vibes. Do you think that there is some voter base she will alienate by actually campaigning on arms embargos and financially hamstringing Israel that arent strongly in the Trump camp already? Are you saying that she will lose significant numbers of voters if she doesn't continue to signal that she will support Israel's genocidal campaign? What a wild take. If she full sends left she loses a small percent of moderates that were already on the fence and activates an obvious group that's right within reach. She will also prevent the potential of the "October Surprise" that will most likely come when Bibi does something insane and colleges erupt.
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Comment on Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? in ~society
Khue Link ParentShe would be better off if she'd stop fucking trying to capture this mythical centerist that aligns with trump but can be reasoned with... Even if that is a real group it's fucking tiny and just...She would be better off if she'd stop fucking trying to capture this mythical centerist that aligns with trump but can be reasoned with... Even if that is a real group it's fucking tiny and just continues to drag the Overton window right. She needs to just go full send left and try and capture what sanders originally ignited before the Dems and the DNC conspired against him.
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Comment on Columbus Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau killed in NJ crash involving suspected drunk driver in ~sports.hockey
Khue Link ParentBetter planned cities and more public transportation wouldn't hurt to reduce fatalities either.Better planned cities and more public transportation wouldn't hurt to reduce fatalities either.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 19 in ~news
Khue Link ParentThe fact that the US state department paints China as an opponent and not a partner is super problematic. This is not the way you maintain hegemony and is just a signifier of a dying empire.The fact that the US state department paints China as an opponent and not a partner is super problematic. This is not the way you maintain hegemony and is just a signifier of a dying empire.
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Comment on “Disenshittify or die” a rant about the history of tech, how it is bad and how it might get better in ~tech
Khue Link ParentThey are all vehicles of extracting wealth that cosplayed as a niche services serving a purpose. Welcome to late stage capitalism.They are all vehicles of extracting wealth that cosplayed as a niche services serving a purpose. Welcome to late stage capitalism.
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Comment on Saluting the Chromecast, one of the great HDMI dongles in ~tech
Khue Link ParentThe biggest issue with tvs with apps and their own stores is that manufacturers abandoned these services or deprecate the support for older tvs. I have a pioneer viera, one of the last plasma TVs...The biggest issue with tvs with apps and their own stores is that manufacturers abandoned these services or deprecate the support for older tvs. I have a pioneer viera, one of the last plasma TVs made. The picture is fantastic despite being a standard 1080p TV. There is a YouTube, Hulu, and Amazon app on it but none of them work any longer due to lack of support. Fortunately all those apps still have Chromecast capabilities.
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Comment on Saluting the Chromecast, one of the great HDMI dongles in ~tech
Khue Link ParentEven monitors have started coming with operating systems and suites of apps. I have a Samsung g9 and it's basically a smart TV. It's annoying.Even monitors have started coming with operating systems and suites of apps. I have a Samsung g9 and it's basically a smart TV. It's annoying.
I switched over to Firefox a few years ago and there was a noticeable difference with processing video at one point. Sometimes I would have to pause the video for a few moments before playing because the video would fail to render leaving only audio and a frozen first image. Still happens from time to time but chrome works flawlessly every time.