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Comment on Madison Reeve explains why she quit Linus Tech Tips (CW: self harm, slurs, sexual harassment) in ~tech
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
pyr02k1 Link ParentAbbott is a great example of someone pushing closer to the sun than the other 2. Placing a saw bladed floating wall is just dumbfounding in a country that used to welcome immigrants. But the other...Abbott is a great example of someone pushing closer to the sun than the other 2. Placing a saw bladed floating wall is just dumbfounding in a country that used to welcome immigrants. But the other 2 are actively encouraging the behavior of their right wing base and by that, what they stand for. The same right wing base that aims to bring harm to minorities and wishes for the same things as, you guessed it, Nazi Germany.
No one should ignore that the issue at hand isn't Republicans as they once were, but Republicans as to what they've become and allowed to happen, and even encouraged. History shows this to be an issue in the past, not speaking up and standing up when others are placed at risk just because you're not one of that group. Just because they don't come out and say "kill that person because of these specific reasons" doesn't mean they're not trying to get there. Showing up to a BLM rally or a trans book reading with masks and guns is not trying to avoid a conflict, it's attempting to force a conflict. Driving around in a convoy shooting pepper balls at people from the back of trucks, that's trying to force a conflict. They're hoping for that retaliation. We saw it in Kenosha, when armed people showed up on both sides, and we saw the results of that.
I'm just saying that ignoring the obvious enablement of these people is not the right choice. Their hands aren't clean in this, not by any means. Not speaking out or standing up, letting them continue this rise to power, this push to maintain power at any cost is not a good thing for anyone that doesn't fit their mold of a perfect person. We may not get to Nazi Germany levels of genocide, but it'd be ignorant to not see how they're trying to diminish the value of people that don't fit that mold.
The part that always got me though, "keep the government out of my stuff" is what they say, right up until someone's stuff isn't just like they want it to be.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
pyr02k1 LinkAt work I've been doing a ton of cloud formation template work. Transferring a gigantic, near max size template, to a new account. Lots of moving parts and outside dependencies on other teams made...At work I've been doing a ton of cloud formation template work. Transferring a gigantic, near max size template, to a new account. Lots of moving parts and outside dependencies on other teams made it frustrating. Next up is removing Citrix from another template stack, and finally getting both of those converted to CDK.
Personal project, I've been building out an auto install bash script for a hetzner bare metal server, namely to do ZFS on boot and root. There's a few others out there but most are only half updated right now and don't do what I want them to do. Really, I should just install it manually and be done with it, but it's something to do I guess. It will probably be my first open source project if I actually get to finishing it. Given my track history with personal projects (and that the cost of hetzner storage is a ton cheaper than the dedicated box), I may never actually finish it.
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Comment on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S02E10 - "Hegemony" Episode Discussion in ~tv
pyr02k1 Link ParentThat's what got me as well. One convenient survivor, one convenient chance sighting on a tiny window across a giant saucer, and then somehow finding where that other person went and getting there...That's what got me as well. One convenient survivor, one convenient chance sighting on a tiny window across a giant saucer, and then somehow finding where that other person went and getting there at just that moment of need. And then the saucer starts moving way off its original trajectory, they expect us to believe the Gorn, a space faring race, just wouldn't recognize that?
All told though, I do enjoy SNW overall. Even the musical episode wasn't the worst thing ever.
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
pyr02k1 Link ParentBut is it that absurd? Standing by and letting something terrible happen, knowing it is going to happen and the results that will come of it, does that not make the non lynching right wing...But is it that absurd? Standing by and letting something terrible happen, knowing it is going to happen and the results that will come of it, does that not make the non lynching right wing individual an accomplice at that point? We don't look back at Nazi Germany and say "yeah, the majority that voted for the genocidal maniac was not responsible for the genocidal maniac."
The age old quote from Martin Niemoller, First they came for, stands out in what you describe. The problem doesn't seem apparent until you look at it in that light. They've made clear their dislike for all of the groups you've mentioned, but they're targeting them in a sequence they feel can get the most acceptance. First they'll aim for Trans people, then LGBT entirely, eventually they'll target minorities, and within all of those you'll find them targeting non Christian beliefs over time in an ever expanding fashion. The last one they'll perform under the guise of religious freedom and use that to target more of the original groups mentioned while also slowly pushing out and putting down other religions.
And plugging a sponsor in a half hearted way at the end. I was hopeful they'd actually be sincere, but I hope the new CEO realizes they took what was likely his honest attempt at some damage control and finding a positive resolution to this and then promptly crapped on it.
Steve said it best, that any attempt at an apology probably wouldn't feel sincere, and in the end it didn't.