Dalewyn

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by Dalewyn 2y ago
If you read the links I cited, you would have known that SCOTUS ruled that the full authority of the Constitution only applies as far as incorporated US territories and only to US nationals and citizens (colloquially "Americans").
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You and I both know this was a party for the powerful and the rich, if it wasn't Trump and Musk it was going to be Harris and Lady Gaga or something. The point I'm trying to make is that nothing is stopping you or anyone from visi
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Dunbar's Number[1] could potentially be playing a role. When you're already so preoccupied caring about people on the other side of the planet, you literally have no cares left to give around you. [1]: https://en.wikipe
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>No relation with France or Notre Dame, supposed to be kind of an agnostic and not a "fervent catholic". True liberalism is a church opening its doors to anyone desiring to come in, and someone able to appreciate and pray as he
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
One of the best things someone can do to improve their mental health is to ignore and refuse media, particularly news/"journalism" and "influencers". Life is short, are you really going to spend it worrying about so
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>how do we face the reality of the world The same way humanity has always done it: Get out of your house/apartment and go for a walk. Talk with people actually in and around your life. Touch grass, as the youngsters these days like
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
I take some photos if it's truly something memorable and doing so won't disturb people around me. I never record video, though. Files several GBs big are simply too cumbersome to manage (and fill up my phone), and there's som
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>the people who voted in both cases had no clue Please speak for yourself. I voted for Trump and I knew exactly for whom/what I was voting for.
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You're disappointed because that's not what the Electoral College is for at all. No, the purpose of the Electoral College is actually very simple: Guarantee States' sovereign rights for Presidential elections in a way that ev
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>Democracy only functions if the outcomes cannot be bought. Then by definition absolutely every democratic country/society does not function, because guess what: It takes truly stupid amounts of money to win an election. Ergo, you n
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>Do you have prior experience reporting to them, No, though I'm a frequent flyer and have a fairly lukewarm view of them compared to other airlines. >why do you believe this to be the case? Generally speaking, people will take th
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>I'll refrain from posting it here so it's not as easy to exploit. I commend your ethics, but I'm going to be straight with you: Alaska isn't going to do anything until tangible harm and damage occurs. The cost to add
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
If foreign interference in domestic politics is a concern, you absolutely do not want foreign-owned communication channels operating within you. They have every reason to manipulate discourse within them towards specific foreign ends in def
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Obligatory IANAL. The Constitution derives power from and applies them to the "People of the United States"[1], excluding everyone including even Americans who do not physically exist within US sovereign jurisdiction.[2] That is t
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I think there is an aspect of foreign interference that Americans might be particularly blind to. Namely, we are engaging in foreign interference towards any country that uses our social media (Mysterious Twitter X, Facebook, Youtube, et al
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2016 called, they want their "Side of Beef" jokes back.
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Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, as the saying goes.
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They're all just different heads of the same hydra. "Uniparty" might be a term you're familiar with. All the political catfighting is just kabuki theatre to give the notion power is changing hands.
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Over in Japan, the newly re-elected Hyogo Prefecture Governor is being sued for violating electoral laws concerning his use of social media, with the penalties including voiding of the election and the stripping of his electoral rights. Inc
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
I have long since come to the conclusion that democracy as a power system is merely an excuse for the Powers That Be to obtain and maintain power, it just has better plausible deniability than other means like monarchies, dictatorships, etc
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
An inefficient computer you can use is more productive than an efficient computer you can't use. Most people can't use mice or keyboards with speed, touchscreens are marginally better except all the "gestures" are unnatu
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>a company like Intel can't be spun up/replaced on anything less than even more subsidies and probably 10 years of nondelivery/noncompetitiveness. As a taxpayer I sincerely couldn't care less, I'm fucking tired o
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>AI is a fabulous tool that is way more flexible than previous attempts because I can just talk to it in English In an era when UIs become ever more Hieroglyphic(tm), Aesthetical(tm), and Nouveau(tm), "AI" revolutionizing and r
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>They just wanted their stuff to work. That's the normal attitude people have to almost everything. I'm sure you can name something you only care to see work and not know how it works; electronics is that to that other person.
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>the hardware power button has become the tool to invoke an assistant. I motherfucking hate this with extreme and excessive prejudice. The fucking power button ends up having nothing to do with fucking power, what level of "War Is
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I actually think the murderer would have been found and either arrested or killed for resisting arrest by now, were that the case. That the murderer, who killed someone in literal broad daylight on the sidewalk of one of the biggest cities
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"One death is a tragedy, a million deaths a statistic." -Joseph Stalin https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/978019...
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>What I do find disappointing is the lack of concern This is (was) the CEO of the largest health insurer in the country which has shown a lack of concern for paying out insurance or securing data both private and medical. Their data leak
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It strikes me as hilarious that we want a space station flying around the Moon when we can't even contrive excuses to keep one flying here around Earth. All that money can be spent on much better things.
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Most people probably know the Surgeon General as that guy who always slaps his warning message that nobody reads on beer bottles, cigarette packs, etc.

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