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Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp
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Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp
R3qn65 Link ParentJust so you're aware, if you're on wifi4 you're probably not going to be able to actually use all the bandwidth your fiber connection has available.Just so you're aware, if you're on wifi4 you're probably not going to be able to actually use all the bandwidth your fiber connection has available.
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Comment on More US employers fire workers over Charlie Kirk posts as pressure from right mounts in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentThat's really not many at all in a country the size of the US. I don't bring that up for any particular reason, I guess I'm just surprised.Roughly three dozen workers are reported to have been suspended or fired over their responses to Kirk’s killing,
That's really not many at all in a country the size of the US. I don't bring that up for any particular reason, I guess I'm just surprised.
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Comment on The woman who wrote "Eat, Pray, Love" tried to kill her girlfriend and wrote a book about it in ~books
R3qn65 Link Parenthttps://xkcd.com/2501/I sometimes forget how much of this stuff normal people know.
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Comment on Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens? in ~finance
R3qn65 Link ParentDefinitely a risk and you may well be right that it's best to start over entirely, but there is some precedent for succeeding at rebranding. There are a handful of higher-end American convenience...I think there's a risk that not cutting the stuff that people associate as low quality can cause that association to infect the new products even if the new products are better.
Definitely a risk and you may well be right that it's best to start over entirely, but there is some precedent for succeeding at rebranding. There are a handful of higher-end American convenience stores (Wawa, bucees, others) which successfully sell nicer versions of hotdogs, chicken sandwiches, and so on.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentMy guess would be because it's so deeply unfair. That's the best way to put it - it's incredibly unfair that shitheads get to act like shitheads and decent people get constantly exhorted to be the...Those things all feel very intertwined in politeness and propriety and who gets told to "behave" better vs who gets a shrug because we know they'll be inappropriate anyway. It feels like I'm dancing at the edge of being able to articulate how all of this is connected and why it's so frustrating.
My guess would be because it's so deeply unfair. That's the best way to put it - it's incredibly unfair that shitheads get to act like shitheads and decent people get constantly exhorted to be the better person, turn the other cheek.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentWell, that wasn't my intent, so if that's what I did, I am sorry.I may just be tired of feeling like I'm told that I'm a threat to society, and then told to be nicer to the people saying it, even after death. Tired of being told that if I would only be nicer to the people who voted for my rights to be revoked, to those who now advocate to "repeal the 19th" they wouldn't want to revoke my rights so much.
Well, that wasn't my intent, so if that's what I did, I am sorry.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentI feel the exact same way about the assassination attempt against President Trump, who, by any measure, has done vastly more than Charlie Kirk to produce harmful outcomes for far more people. I...I feel the exact same way about the assassination attempt against President Trump, who, by any measure, has done vastly more than Charlie Kirk to produce harmful outcomes for far more people.
I don't fully understand what is behind your argument. Obviously you're not claiming that he's more accurately described as a republican fundraiser and therefore it's okay that he was killed, right? If you take what I said and replace it with "assassinated because he built his entire career around promoting and propagating a bad opinion", does anything fundamentally change? Like, yeah, I would still very much oppose that.
So... Are you calling me disingenuous because you feel like I haven't fairly represented your points? As some sort of gotcha for not directly quoting people? Other?
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentVery fair points. For what it's worth, I'm not taking this stance because of propriety or etiquette, and certainly not out of some sort of respect for Charlie Kirk. For me, it's a spiritual...Very fair points. For what it's worth, I'm not taking this stance because of propriety or etiquette, and certainly not out of some sort of respect for Charlie Kirk. For me, it's a spiritual question. Not religious, but spiritual -- both for our individual psyches as well as the national soul of America.
Politics is corrosive. It makes us think in terms of teams, and in many ways we humans are at our absolute worst when we think in terms of teams, of us versus them.
My overarching goal here- and clearly I have desperately failed in this- is to remind people that when we are indifferent to the assassination of someone because of the opinions that they held, we all have lost something -- but no one has lost more than the person who is indifferent.
It's in the same spirit of forgiving someone for you, not for them.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentI don't blame people for feeling unable to express sympathy. I simply think the appropriate reaction to that realization is horror - as you very articulately put it - and not schadenfreude.I don't blame people for feeling unable to express sympathy. I simply think the appropriate reaction to that realization is horror - as you very articulately put it - and not schadenfreude.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentDo you really draw a distinction between "facing the consequences of his own actions" (your words) and "had it coming" (my words)? Is your position seriously that the former is a reasonable...Do you really draw a distinction between "facing the consequences of his own actions" (your words) and "had it coming" (my words)? Is your position seriously that the former is a reasonable paraphrase and the latter an indefensible falsehood? Obviously we've completely lost the plot here but that's such a surprising stance that I can't help but get pulled into this.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentWe're clearly not going to have a productive conversation, so never mind.We're clearly not going to have a productive conversation, so never mind.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentA man gets shot and the reaction is "well, he had it coming." It's not okay if the man was a teenager with a criminal history and it's not okay if the man was a pro-gun republican podcaster. I...There's a lack of sympathy for someone facing consequences of his own actions, sure
A man gets shot and the reaction is "well, he had it coming." It's not okay if the man was a teenager with a criminal history and it's not okay if the man was a pro-gun republican podcaster.
I understand that with how polarized America is right now it's very difficult to have empathy for the other side. But that fact should be recognized with sorrow, not worn like a badge of honor.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
R3qn65 LinkI am aghast at some of these comments. Political violence is still bad, even if it happens to the other side.I am aghast at some of these comments. Political violence is still bad, even if it happens to the other side.
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Comment on Is the concept of debate completely useless? in ~talk
R3qn65 LinkDepends. Debate can be really useful to sharpen your own thinking, and between very specific people - usually people who already know each other and are open to having their mind changed, it can...Depends. Debate can be really useful to sharpen your own thinking, and between very specific people - usually people who already know each other and are open to having their mind changed, it can do that. But you're right that in most contexts, debate is counterproductive.
Is there a better way to steer "debates" into something more productive that can actually change peoples minds?
Yep! You may enjoy the linked book / podcast, but fundamentally it comes down to effective storytelling, nonjudgmental listening, and demonstrating that the "other side" is more similar to you than different. What most people think of as 'debating' has nothing at all to do with it.
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Comment on Israel targets Hamas leadership in military strikes on Qatar, officials say in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentNew reporting claims that the US didn't know until after Israel had launched the strike....New reporting claims that the US didn't know until after Israel had launched the strike.
Quoting several US officials, the report says that the US, which has a large military base in Qatar, identified Israeli jets heading toward the east and demanded an explanation from Israel.
Israel informed the US that it was carrying out an attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar.
The information was sent to US President Donald Trump, who gave an order to inform Qatar.
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Comment on Waymo approved to operate at San Jose airport in ~transport
R3qn65 Link Parent...lol. It seems like a little disrespect is meant.I'm sorry those two things coexisting seem inconceivable to you.
No disrespect meant.
...lol. It seems like a little disrespect is meant.
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Comment on Full text of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's speech on reported Donald Trump military plan for Chicago in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentHistorically, that is generally accurate. The global war on terror changed things however. Because of the impossible operational tempo being pushed onto the active duty components, the national...Historically, that is generally accurate. The global war on terror changed things however. Because of the impossible operational tempo being pushed onto the active duty components, the national guard stepped up and helped to fill the gap. During the peak years it was not uncommon for guardsmen to have two plus deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. In part, this is because the army reserve does not have combat arms jobs while the national guard does.
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Comment on Why do so many people think US President Donald Trump is good? in ~society
R3qn65 (edited )Link ParentI don't think you're being arrogant, but I do think your premise rests on a fundamental flaw, which is the assumption that when you write "what ICE is doing right now," we all are thinking of the...I don't think you're being arrogant, but I do think your premise rests on a fundamental flaw, which is the assumption that when you write "what ICE is doing right now," we all are thinking of the same thing.
You're thinking of
a party that tears the rule of law to shreds while kidnapping people in the street...
Here is a Fox News headline and subheadline from today:
South Korean, Vietnamese nationals among ICE's latest 'worst of the worst' roundup in Los Angeles: DHS; Detained illegal immigrants include gang members, murderers and child predators, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
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But I don’t see how we can be expected to accept that outright reality denial on major issues, incredibly heavily skewed to one side of the political spectrum, can just be bridged with a smile and an understanding that we’re all alike in our failings really.
That's fair. When I write that we're all human and it's an information problem, not a moral problem, I don't mean that we should just shake our heads and laugh about "gee, what a difference!" or passively accept that some people support Trump. I write it because approaching things from this lens is the only way to change minds.
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Comment on Why do so many people think US President Donald Trump is good? in ~society
R3qn65 Link ParentI lean liberal, so take the rest of what I’m about to say with a grain of salt. And a lot of this may not even apply to you specifically, so if it doesn’t, feel free to ignore it. I think it’s a...It seems that most of them are in the conservative disinformation bubble because it appeals to them. They like being upset about "the war on Christmas" or "illegal immigrants are out of control" or "reverse racism" or "Christians are the most persecuted group" or "empathy is a sin".
What kind of person is drawn to that kind of topic and then gets sucked in? I think it's mostly frightened hateful people who want to punish anyone different from them and blame others for their own problems.I lean liberal, so take the rest of what I’m about to say with a grain of salt. And a lot of this may not even apply to you specifically, so if it doesn’t, feel free to ignore it. I think it’s a huge mistake to impute different motivations to conservatives/Trump supporters than we would impute to anybody else. What I mean is that conservatives live in a conservative media bubble because it is comfortable for them, just like liberals live in a liberal media bubble because it is comfortable for them. (Just as a random example to substantiate that a liberal media bubble exists, a huge number of liberals believed that the “Hunter Biden’s laptop” story was Russian disinformation until it was borne out to be true.)
And your political beliefs are very heritable.
So I think a better model is to recognize that the vast majority of us - not “of Trump supporters,” but of us, of humans, mostly inherited our political beliefs based on a combination of genetics and upbringing and then either sought out or gradually fell into media environments that conformed with our beliefs. We did this because we would all go insane if we consumed media every day that produced cognitive dissonance.
This matters because, as @psi put it, we all pretty much agree that murder, theft, corruption are wrong. We all want a better future for our children. Viewing supporters of the other political party as humans flawed in the exact same ways that we are is better - and more productive - than assuming that they live in a biased media environment because of some sort of moral deficit but we live in a biased media environment for noble reasons. (It’s a classic example of the fundamental attribution error.)
If you don't need it, you don't need it! No worries either way. I only mention it since you said you recently upgraded to fiber and liked the speed.