Timon3

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by Timon3 2mo ago
How much more "moderate/centrist" could the Democratic candidates be? Id'd strongly argue the issue is exactly that the US only gets to choose between a center-right and a far-right candidate.
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Again, I'm not proposing a necessary condition. But leaving aside that Russia isn't a democracy (meaning it's not relevant when discussing elections): are you referencing a study that, among the countries you mentioned, compa
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Then I must admit I'm unsure how to interpret your objections, since I understand you to be arguing against the position "The group spending the most money must always win elections". If you're not assuming that I'm
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Most big projects aren't written by a single human, yet are perfectly maintainable by humans.
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by Timon3 2mo ago
You can do that without misrepresenting the issues that got him banned. This happens almost every time there's a discussion on Xorg-related stuff, and I'm tired of seeing the maintainers getting slandered over and over. So, here a
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by Timon3 2mo ago
I didn't say that money wins elections, but nice try. Though I wouldn't be surprised if conservatives could affect more voters with the same amount of money, since spreading bullshit is much cheaper than proving it wrong. The righ
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by Timon3 2mo ago
> Ah yes, [...] some nothing burger about Metux pushing code that could break things. Not could break, did break. Multiple times. When a contributor repeatedly submits broken and untested PRs, the correct solution isn't to let h
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by Timon3 2mo ago
IIRC they blamed Metux for unnecessarily breaking BC, e.g. renaming & moving around symbols when it wasn't necessary and didn't improve features or fix bugs. When you're working on something this foundational, BC breaks
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by Timon3 2mo ago
And the primary reason for people voting like this is the ungodly sums of money spent on elections, combined with the media apparatus built up by the right. I don't think any democracy could survive Fox News. Unfortunately the global r
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by Timon3 2mo ago
That's how I know that all the people who like RTO are just lying to force everyone back to office. Since the lack of loud noises, interruptions, distractions etc. make me much more productive in HO, the same must be true for everyone
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Of course, how could I forget that people's motivations are solely filtered through their reasoning. Obviously no smart person has ever desired anything that brings negative consequences for the people around them, while increasing the
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Maybe you've seen something I haven't, but why do you think that regarding e.g. Russell Vought? His primary goal has long been to swing the US towards Christian nationalism, and he has made enormous strides towards that. People
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Collectors usually do the opposite of destroying the thing they are collecting.
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Of course they can, but as I already said, you don't stumble into causing this much damage. Damage caused by genuine stupidity would be distributed more randomly.
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by Timon3 2mo ago
I don't know what you're trying to say. Evil people can run for elections and receive votes.
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by Timon3 2mo ago
I have very little knowledge regarding biology, but your suggestion seems less specific to me (I could imagine there are ways to research ovarian cancer that include male animals). Specific titles are important so research can be easily sea
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by Timon3 2mo ago
They've successfully planned and executed a takeover of the US government that will take decades to undo, if it's even possible at all. Of course they are bright, you don't stumble into causing this much damage. They are simp
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by Timon3 2mo ago
It also works in German, Dutch, and presumably lots of other languages. In which ones does it not work?
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by Timon3 2mo ago
IMO this also clearly shows that the housing shortages happening in so many countries could have been fixed all along if those hording most resources wanted to, but why would they? The shortages are heavily tipping the scales in their favor
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Considering how current world powers are heavily increasing military spending as well as the heavy rightward shift in many governments, I'm no longer convinced we'll do the right thing. It feels more and more like poor countries w
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by Timon3 2mo ago
I believe to understand where this issue started: > I’ve learned over the years not to casually claim something is simple[...] You're interpreting textrunmax's use of "simple" as a technical judgement of difficulty&#x
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Thanks, I was already well aware when I wrote my response. But I'm afraid one of us is either misunderstanding textrunmax or Mencken, because (at least to me) the OP wasn't implying that this proposed law would be a holistic solut
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by Timon3 2mo ago
And for every idea shared on this site, there is an answer that dismisses it without bringing actual arguments.
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by Timon3 2mo ago
This is an incredibly privileged perspective. > My phone provider doesn't have an emotional breakdown when I fire them, why should I? You really can't think of a single reason why an employee would have an emotional breakdown w
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Then you've probably experienced times when your body physically can't cool down enough through sweating, right? Because at 40°C and 85% relative humidity, various calculators agree that the wet bulb temperature is ~37.5°C. It&#x2
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by Timon3 2mo ago
I strongly disagree that getting diagnosed causes worse outcomes in such cases. I'm not sure what the link is between your brother getting diagnosed, and him having the option to skip out on socializing. Undiagnosed people frequently m
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by Timon3 2mo ago
I'm sorry, but unless you put a number to "pretty humid", you seem like you're just trolling.
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by Timon3 2mo ago
Are you aware how different 40° weather can feel based on humidity? Because it doesn't take much humidity to make a walk at 40° deadly. You might be used to very dry heat.
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by Timon3 2mo ago
24/7 365 - unless it gets warm, of course. Luckily that's not going to be- oh no
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by Timon3 2mo ago
So your solution is to ban the sale of any kind of knife. Sucks that people can't really cook at home anymore, but do we have to make it trivially easy for murderers?

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