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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link ParentYea, you're right thats probably an incorrect usage of socialism and me shoehorning the term in there. Let me try another angle. In your hypothetical, does your consumption of those ethically...Yea, you're right thats probably an incorrect usage of socialism and me shoehorning the term in there.
Let me try another angle. In your hypothetical, does your consumption of those ethically produced goods negate the existence of the other 99% of unethically produced goods? If one person consumes ethically, what does that show?
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Comment on Looking for tips/advice for a hardware firewall/VPN for a small to medium size nonprofit in ~tech
arrza LinkHave a look at Mikrotik. Their router software doesn't have any ridiculous perpetual licensing subscriptions and comes fully featured with everything unlocked. I have one and have been very happy...Have a look at Mikrotik. Their router software doesn't have any ridiculous perpetual licensing subscriptions and comes fully featured with everything unlocked. I have one and have been very happy with it.
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link ParentIf the farmer was self directed, did this on their own land, with their own machinery, that'd constitute them owning their means of production which would be socialism. Again, this represents a...If the farmer was self directed, did this on their own land, with their own machinery, that'd constitute them owning their means of production which would be socialism.
Again, this represents a tiny amount of our food production compared to the rest of it. It's an edge case, a tiny exception to the maxim.
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link ParentSure, explain to me the ethical parts of our food production. They're insignificant. The vast majority of pur food is made by huge conglomerates, exploiting both nature and their workers to the...Sure, explain to me the ethical parts of our food production. They're insignificant.
The vast majority of pur food is made by huge conglomerates, exploiting both nature and their workers to the absolute extreme. And that's just production. Distribution is also exploitative, and grossly uneven. In the US, large amounts of food are just thrown away or left to spoil yet people die of starvation. Not to mention the rest of the world.
The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country. Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
If you see it another way, please share.
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Comment on My favorite mouse costs less than USD 10 in ~tech
arrza Link ParentIts less about the specific shape, more about the build quality and value. These mice last me 7+ years of almost daily use. And I've never paid more than 20 bucks for one. It was a long time ago...Its less about the specific shape, more about the build quality and value. These mice last me 7+ years of almost daily use. And I've never paid more than 20 bucks for one. It was a long time ago but the lot off ebay was around 60 bucks I think.
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Comment on My favorite mouse costs less than USD 10 in ~tech
arrza Link ParentThis is me. Microsoft wheel mouse optical 1.1a, been using it since it came out. By the time the first one died, they were out of production so i went on eBay and found someone selling a lot of a...This is me. Microsoft wheel mouse optical 1.1a, been using it since it came out. By the time the first one died, they were out of production so i went on eBay and found someone selling a lot of a half dozen of them. Been working my way through them. I should buy more, though the mouse in this post seems appealing.
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link Parent...and there it is. The real conclusion of all of this: there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. But of course, in our current reality this conclusion would be rejected by the mainstream.......and there it is. The real conclusion of all of this: there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
But of course, in our current reality this conclusion would be rejected by the mainstream. Therefore the authors need to be circumspect and narrow in what they say, whether or not they actually recognize the broader truth.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
arrza Link ParentI remember Axl's! Was that the server that had a map to choose the next map? Back when I ran the FITH highlander team, we would scrim against Axl's quite a bit. Still have Axl on my steam friends...I remember Axl's! Was that the server that had a map to choose the next map?
Back when I ran the FITH highlander team, we would scrim against Axl's quite a bit.
Still have Axl on my steam friends though we never really talk.
If you still need to scratch your itch for TF2 debauchery, we're keeping the flame alive at FITH. Hop on some time- server.fith.co:27015
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Comment on Béla Fleck - Big Country (1998) in ~music
arrza Link ParentIf you liked this, check out Bela's album Tales From the Acoustic Planet. There are 2 volumes, both are great!If you liked this, check out Bela's album Tales From the Acoustic Planet. There are 2 volumes, both are great!
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~society
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~society
arrza Link ParentWest Wing, and Sorkin by extension, represents a species of debate brained liberal which believes if you "own" the other side hard enough, they'll see things your way and that's how you win...West Wing, and Sorkin by extension, represents a species of debate brained liberal which believes if you "own" the other side hard enough, they'll see things your way and that's how you win politics. This, of course, is not at all how things work in the real world.
See Luke Savage's article on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2017/04/how-liberals-fell-in-love-with-the-west-wing
Despite its relatively thin ideological commitments, there is a general tenor to the West Wing universe that cannot be called anything other than smug.
It’s a smugness born of the view that politics is less a terrain of clashing values and interests than a perpetual pitting of the clever against the ignorant and obtuse. The clever wield facts and reason, while the foolish cling to effortlessly-exposed fictions and the braying prejudices of provincial rubes. In emphasizing intelligence over ideology, what follows is a fetishization of “elevated discourse” regardless of its actual outcomes or conclusions. The greatest political victories involve semantically dismantling an opponent’s argument or exposing its hypocrisy, usually by way of some grand rhetorical gesture. Categories like left and right become less significant, provided that the competing interlocutors are deemed respectably smart and practice the designated etiquette. The Discourse becomes a category of its own, to be protected and nourished by Serious People conversing respectfully while shutting down the stupid with heavy-handed moral sanctimony.
Or, if you prefer some spicy humor with your commentary, the Chapo review: https://youtu.be/TPxxp03a13w?si=7huoMmthLQVABsBW
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~society
arrza LinkThe Epstein debacle is only useful insofar as its providing subterfuge to prevent Trump from enacting his agenda. Beyond that, its pretty clear to me that nobody implicated will face any...The Epstein debacle is only useful insofar as its providing subterfuge to prevent Trump from enacting his agenda. Beyond that, its pretty clear to me that nobody implicated will face any meaningful consequences.
The West Wing(Sorkin fuck off) brained libs think this is the ultimate gotcha but like always, its Lucy and the football, Charlie Brown.
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Comment on Working on a ~2008 dream gaming computer running Vista (in an old server) in ~comp
arrza Link ParentLook up slipstream drivers. Its possible to load updated drivers into your install media.Look up slipstream drivers. Its possible to load updated drivers into your install media.
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Comment on Walmart faces calls for a MAGA boycott after heiress funds 'No Kings' ad in the US in ~society
arrza LinkI predict nothing will come of this. The strongest evidence of a call for boycott is Kari Lake quote tweeting the ad and asking people if they shop at walmart? Not even an explicit call to...I predict nothing will come of this. The strongest evidence of a call for boycott is Kari Lake quote tweeting the ad and asking people if they shop at walmart? Not even an explicit call to boycott? This is a weak and hollow pushback, just like maga itself.
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Comment on What self-hosts PHP-type based projects do you love or at least find useful? in ~tech
arrza LinkSourcebans++! I run a few TF2 servers so sourcebans is a big part of how we keep things civil. https://github.com/sbpp/sourcebans-ppSourcebans++! I run a few TF2 servers so sourcebans is a big part of how we keep things civil.
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Comment on US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said to have shared attack details in second Signal chat with his wife and brother in ~society
arrza Link ParentThe "bastion of democracy" is just propaganda. America doesn't have, and has never had, a fully inclusive democracy. From women's suffrage to the voting rights act, Evil People have always been...The "bastion of democracy" is just propaganda. America doesn't have, and has never had, a fully inclusive democracy. From women's suffrage to the voting rights act, Evil People have always been trying to keep people from voting so that they can enact their twisted and inhumane agendas. It continues to this day. Many other countries have freer and fairer elections.
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Comment on El Salvador won’t return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the wrongly deported Maryland resident; Department of Justice will leave it up to El Salvador in ~society
arrza Link ParentIf I may flip their own script onto them, these are the subhuman, degenerate monsters. There is absolutely no redeeming qualities in the people Trump has staffed his administration with.Unspeakably evil.
If I may flip their own script onto them, these are the subhuman, degenerate monsters. There is absolutely no redeeming qualities in the people Trump has staffed his administration with.
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
arrza LinkRedoing my NAS. I need to copy all the data off, install new disks and ram, and then set it all up again. Once that's done, I want to setup up the *arr suite and jellyfin, but I need to do the...Redoing my NAS. I need to copy all the data off, install new disks and ram, and then set it all up again. Once that's done, I want to setup up the *arr suite and jellyfin, but I need to do the first part first.
The setup is all working now so inertia is working against me. That and I want to be sure I know where the configuration for rutorrent is within its docker container and I'm having trouble with that.
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Comment on Pressuring migrants to ‘self-deport,’ White House moves to cancel social security numbers in ~society
arrza LinkWhat a disgusting and hateful agenda this administration, this government is enacting. These people(trump, miller, et al) are grotesque and inhuman.What a disgusting and hateful agenda this administration, this government is enacting. These people(trump, miller, et al) are grotesque and inhuman.
If you look hard enough at anything, you'll find exceptions. I stand by what I said.