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  1. Comment on Windows gets Linux's sudo superpower: Here's how to turn it on in ~tech

  2. Comment on Has sexual content invaded too much of the internet? in ~tech

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    Enterprising young lads (and lasses, but they were exceedingly rare) could gain access to unsecured, unencrypted phone network transmission of credit card transactions.

    Enterprising young lads (and lasses, but they were exceedingly rare) could gain access to unsecured, unencrypted phone network transmission of credit card transactions.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Has sexual content invaded too much of the internet? in ~tech

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    Oh rest assured, computers have been used for porn since even before gui’s existed, with countless mainframe cycles and 100 baud bits devoted.

    Oh rest assured, computers have been used for porn since even before gui’s existed, with countless mainframe cycles and 100 baud bits devoted.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Kamala Harris lacks charisma and time in ~misc

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    Just My Opinion As far as I can tell, many of Ms Harris’ public values align with mine, maybe more than any candidate in recent history except maybe Cornel West. Being elected senator is of course...

    Just My Opinion

    As far as I can tell, many of Ms Harris’ public values align with mine, maybe more than any candidate in recent history except maybe Cornel West.

    Being elected senator is of course no small political feat.

    That said, I’m doubtful she can be elected in this environment. I’m also doubtful Biden could be elected. This is largely based on instinct, but also on reason. While not a majority in terms of gross populution, a conservative impulse remains ascendant across a majority of swing states. And they are not susceptible to claims of hypocrisy it seems, and will vote for whatever it seems will advance a well-ordered and “god-fearing” society. I use quotes because their god is not mine, but is an 18th century presbyterian one probably. And Trump is the best candidate for that.

    9 votes

  5. Comment on Struggling with nihilism and the inability to enjoy things in ~health.mental

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    I endured a childhood filled with abuse. I have not been diagnosed with cptsd, but there’s no need, noone could have lived through my childhood without developing sever trauma symptoms. These...

    I endured a childhood filled with abuse. I have not been diagnosed with cptsd, but there’s no need, noone could have lived through my childhood without developing sever trauma symptoms.

    These symptoms show up as “maladaptive” personality traits, and they have ruined most of my relationships and careers. There are times i have been unable to move, draped in spiritual and emotional void. I am not sure why I have not killed myself, but two reasons are that it takes too much energy, and I know I might be wrong about everything.

    The reason I don’t feel so bad today is community, and genuine connections. I cannot speak to your experience, but when i was dating/partying/enjoying/doing a family/getting some career success, ai was only pursuing outside representations of connection, and it failed miserably.

    I have since managed to connect deeply with some people, and now i can directly experience being a part of something that is more than an absurdity or miasma.

    I feel a lot now. I feel the things Inwas meant to feel as a child but suppressed. My relationships are simpler but more robust, satisfying, and interesting. My path here was adult children of dysfunctional families, but there are other ways. But as far as I know only one solution: feel and grieve the injustice done to me, and end my isolation.

  6. Comment on "Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla disappoints us yet again in ~tech

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    While I share your disdain for how advertising has driven enshittification, I want to push back on a couple of things. Publicly traded companies are not the worst kind of company. They have fairly...

    While I share your disdain for how advertising has driven enshittification, I want to push back on a couple of things.

    Publicly traded companies are not the worst kind of company. They have fairly rigorous disclosure requirements that can provide some accountability. Private equity owned firms are much more insidious. See, e.g. academi, or the troubled teen industry.

    Also, the fiduciary duty to make money is not so clear cut. These corps are profit driven, sure, but they aren’t legally reuired to profit uber alles. More info https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2019/08/24/stakeholder-governance-and-the-fiduciary-duties-of-directors/

    17 votes

  7. Comment on It seems to me that movie studios, production and distribution companies are to blame for the decrease in attendance in movie theatres in ~movies

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    So i just finished despicable me 4 (ugh) with my son (still delightfully silly). Movie exceeded my very low expectations, but I ‘m here to talk about the cinema where I saw it, Asheville Brewing....

    So i just finished despicable me 4 (ugh) with my son (still delightfully silly). Movie exceeded my very low expectations, but I ‘m here to talk about the cinema where I saw it, Asheville Brewing.

    It’s a killer concept that began life as a family friendly second run movie place with some later night groovy showings, passable food and great beer.

    The cinema was sold out tonight. Tickets were $8!! Audience was engaged and friendly, lots of kids. Staff were adults, friendly, reasonably compensated. Seats were decent.

    They have just the one screen. It’s a walkable location but also drivable. There’s a dining area and a gameroom. While Avl’s culture is unique, but I don’t see why the concept wouldn’t fly elsewhere. Alamo is a thing, their food is not better, but prices are way higher, and it’s not family friendly. Seems like a solid way forward.

    Edit to add: i would not have enjoyed myself nearly as much at the suburban cinemas where I live or at home.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Hurricane Beryl setting alarming records in ~enviro

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    Beryl has intensified into a cat 5 faster than any hurricane has intensified into a cat 4, and way early into the season. I’m disappointed this fact and its implications are not getting more news...

    Beryl has intensified into a cat 5 faster than any hurricane has intensified into a cat 4, and way early into the season.

    I’m disappointed this fact and its implications are not getting more news coverage. Perhaps the Mayan calendar was off by 12 years.

    13 votes

  10. Comment on What can be done about the Supreme Court of the United States? in ~misc

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    To get all hippie: become a better person. There is a tradition in confucism that the people create the leaders, not just by democratic process, but by how they live day to day. Similarly,...

    To get all hippie: become a better person. There is a tradition in confucism that the people create the leaders, not just by democratic process, but by how they live day to day. Similarly, buddhists reckon that a noble heart enlightens everyone it touches.

    A return to a mor humble and spiritual path among the regular people might cause leaders to pay attention, as we begin to have joy without their involvement.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on The New York Times is failing its readers badly on COVID in ~health

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    Just a bit of clarification and challenge if I may. Your comment seems to encompass all, or at least many, cdc claims and comms, i was speaking only to a single quote. Beyond that, I do not...

    Just a bit of clarification and challenge if I may. Your comment seems to encompass all, or at least many, cdc claims and comms, i was speaking only to a single quote.

    Beyond that, I do not believe the ethics of public health emergency response align with those of medical research. Each serves a different purpose, and operate in a very different context.

    Informed consent/agency in particular plays a much lower role, and should, when an individual’s exercise of agency can have dire and wide reaching consequences.

    Again, i say the problem is an understandable but sad mutual mistrust between the population and leadership. And the solution to that is the restoration of ngo institutions (think:kiwanis), where neighbors build trust sufficient to create collective action and hold leadership accountable.

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  12. Comment on The New York Times is failing its readers badly on COVID in ~health

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    What i see, based solely on this quote and reactions to it, is the general public’s inability to appreciate nuance coupled with an official who didn’t know how to communicate with regular folks....

    What i see, based solely on this quote and reactions to it, is the general public’s inability to appreciate nuance coupled with an official who didn’t know how to communicate with regular folks.

    He did say wearing Masks increase risk, that’s true, but he explained it is the improper use of the masj, and a misunderstanding by users of how masks protect them, that led to the increase risk.

    He was too quick in his explanation of the cost/protection analysis for mask use among the general public. As @PigeonDubois pointed out above, mask usage during the early phase was not doing much, at the piblic level, to limit spread.

    I’m not sure what effective messaging would have looked like early on. But I do know if we had more robust non-governmental institutions that did better jobs promoting unity and the best of western virtue, things might have gone more smoothly.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on Any good auto or renters insurance companies? in ~finance

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    Insurance is always a gamble, you never know how good or bad they are until you need it. That said, farm bureau took very good care of me in an at fault accident.

    Insurance is always a gamble, you never know how good or bad they are until you need it.

    That said, farm bureau took very good care of me in an at fault accident.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Did you know the LDS (aka Mormons) used to have Socialists among their leaders? in ~humanities

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    This above link is but one of a few where the editor of this magazine, "The Contributor" espoused the virtues of socialism without directly naming them. Here is an excerpt from the above link:...

    This above link is but one of a few where the editor of this magazine, "The Contributor" espoused the virtues of socialism without directly naming them.

    Here is an excerpt from the above link:

    [Capitalists cause in some places] the entire transference of the ownership of land from the peasant farmer to a wealthier class. [In other places, the peasant farmer’s] land is still his own, though he gains nothing by it, because he is impoverished by the capitalist traders, upon whom he depends for every single article which he needs…

    Here is another article about wealth and morals: https://archive.org/details/contributor1111eng/page/422/mode/2up?q=wealth

    In yet another article, which I read in an actual bound copy and cannot find at the moment, the Editor, one Junius Wells, talks about how much more spiritual and life affirming agriculture is to laboring men than mining and finance because of how humble and stable the former, and how speculative the latter. He then goes on to lament, much like Gandhi in reference to the British, that financiers removed Utah's material wealth and sold it back in manufactured goods at an unfair profit. He also implied that the laborers should be the ones owning the factories, not the capitalists.

    When I think of the ideal LDS of today I think of Mitt Romney, not a bad guy, not a bad leader, but definitely a neoliberal capitalist. But the truth is more complex.

    Charles Dickens once said of Mormons something like, "What they do is admirable, what they say is nonsense."

    If you're wondering why the sudden post on the LDS, I visited the conference center in SLC this weekend. AMA.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on The Ten Commandments must be displayed in all public Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law in ~humanities

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    Well, current psychological approaches, and me, would tend to differ. Cbt and dbt both rely on thinking about things and changing your reactions accordingly. Also, I was raised ina fundamentalist...

    Beliefs which have been reached without reason cannot be changed by reason.

    Well, current psychological approaches, and me, would tend to differ. Cbt and dbt both rely on thinking about things and changing your reactions accordingly. Also, I was raised ina fundamentalist setting, and a combination of experience and ideas led me out of it.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Recommendations for less mass-produced and more artistic tv in ~tv

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    How far put do you want to go? Herzog, Jodorowsky, Bergman, Lynch are all very creative, imaginative, and largely unbound. Red Dwarf for scifi comedy. The Prisoner for some 60s spy gnosticism....

    How far put do you want to go? Herzog, Jodorowsky, Bergman, Lynch are all very creative, imaginative, and largely unbound.

    Red Dwarf for scifi comedy.

    The Prisoner for some 60s spy gnosticism.

    Videodrome for weird horror.

    Max headroom for proto-cyberpunk.

    God on Trial for something somehow both exceedingly bleak and optimistic at the same time.

    Neil Breen for narcissistic weirdness.

    The Electric Company for experimental kids educational goodness.

    King of the Castle for an exploration of the transition from
    Childhood to adolescence.

    Look around you for offbeat comedy.

    Angie Tribeca for a contemporary take on zaz humor.

    Carl Sagan’s cosmos for science documentary.

    Hee Haw from the 70s.

  18. Comment on What have you done to conquer your fear? in ~health.mental

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    Sounds like you’re doing some ifs work! I work on this stuff both in therapy but also in a fellowship called adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families. If your trauma stems from a...

    Sounds like you’re doing some ifs work!

    I work on this stuff both in therapy but also in a fellowship called adult children of alcoholic and dysfunctional families. If your trauma stems from a such a family (usually cptsd does I’m told) you might explore what it has to offer.

    I get: daily exposure to ideas and positive energy, a large community of people who really get it, a safe place to grieve, and a framework for daily living with all the characteristics that make cptsd an insidious condition.

    Good luck to us both.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on DeGoogling 2024: Replacing Photos, Gmail, and Search in ~tech

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    Why did you rule out protonmail?

    Why did you rule out protonmail?

    7 votes

  20. Comment on ‘Furiosa’ fires up Cannes with six-minute standing ovation for Anya Taylor-Joy and teary Chris Hemsworth in ~movies

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    That’s so interesting. I wonder if this is a generational thing? Although i got no nostalgia tingles and i thought the scene with mad max felt shoehorned and was glad it was so brief. I liked fury...

    That’s so interesting. I wonder if this is a generational thing? Although i got no nostalgia tingles and i thought the scene with mad max felt shoehorned and was glad it was so brief. I liked fury road a lot (it was the first film i watched on my 4k tv). But vastly preferred furiosa. Loved all the first three.