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by davidw 2y ago
Yeah, the other stuff seems sensible or at least "Ok, I can see that", but I definitely disagree with this one. You should spend time thinking about stuff beforehand, sure, but getting your hands dirty is also going to reveal thin
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by davidw 2y ago
It's run by a white supremacist who throws Sieg Heil salutes. It's extremely right wing.
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by davidw 2y ago
Have you ever heard of X dot com?
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by davidw 2y ago
You get less jail time for an insurrection aimed at overthrowing a free and fair election and beating the shit out of cops while doing so.
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by davidw 2y ago
Helping people out before things get really bad and there are more wars abroad is a good investment. That's why the military has generally been supportive of USAID. In general, it's also better to have friends in the world rather
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by davidw 2y ago
I so very badly want to find a way to "chart my own course" these days. This corporate stuff is just awful. It's all so transactional and soulless and generally unpleasant. I'm fine with transactional if I'm shoppin
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by davidw 2y ago
I am really disappointed in PG. He seemed a bit detached from the worst of the 'tech bro' scene. And then, recently, he goes and posts that essay about how 'woke' is this huge problem just as a bunch of flagrant racists
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by davidw 2y ago
Even stuff like https://www.census.gov/ is down.
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by davidw 2y ago
Basically, their idea is that only white men can do these kinds of jobs. It's just racism.
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by davidw 2y ago
And there it is. He's out there saying it right now.
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by davidw 2y ago
The intelligent response would be "probably not, but we'll see what the investigation says". But imagine if the tables were turned politically. Fox News would be going off 24/7 about "DEI" or some such for week
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by davidw 2y ago
Going to use this as a comeback next time my wife makes a comment: "I'm just well-adapted to certain climates, so there!"
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by davidw 2y ago
It's a business that controls how millions of people get their information.
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by davidw 2y ago
I saw this comment this morning and it feels pretty accurate: "It’s never a good sign when CEOs think they must literally live in DC to successfully run their businesses." https://bsky.app/profile/prchovanec.b
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by davidw 2y ago
Powell's in Portland, Oregon is pretty amazing for precisely this reason, if you ever get a chance to go.
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by davidw 2y ago
Local YIMBY groups are a great way to actually do something and see the results. Both of these groups have chapters or local affiliates across the country: https://yimbyaction.org/ https://welcomingneighbors.us
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by davidw 2y ago
I'm not into gold or crypto but gold jewelry has a tiny bit more of a track record than nfts
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by davidw 2y ago
Leaving aside Tesla, banning direct sales is a boon to local car dealerships, who often fund some very reactionary local politics.
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by davidw 2y ago
For capitalism to work well, you need a strong state to create free and fair markets and punish bad actors.
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by davidw 2y ago
This reminds me a bit of 'visitor logs' from the 1990ies.
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by davidw 2y ago
Mapbox also provides an isochrone API: https://docs.mapbox.com/playground/isochrone/
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by davidw 2y ago
Connecting the world sounds pretty utopian when the broader interconnectivity, like trade, that we do have is fraying at the edges and starting to crumble.
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by davidw 2y ago
I have friends on Blue Sky that I first met online on IRC in the 1990ies. You just keep migrating and finding your people over time, I guess.
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by davidw 2y ago
The DaisyUI description of the Tailwind button made me laugh: "bg-indigo-600 px-4 py-3 text-center text-sm font-semibold inline-block text-white cursor-pointer uppercase transition duration-200 ease-in-out rounded-md hover:bg-indigo-70
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by davidw 2y ago
Question for people who are good at CSS stuff. I am not. I'm upgrading a personal Phoenix project to 1.7, and Phoenix now uses Tailwind by default. So I thought I'd try and update my one page thing to use it instead of Bootstrap.
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by davidw 2y ago
I don't know if it's the same between other countries, but we've sent money back and forth between Italy and the US with "Wise" (Transferwise) and it was quick, cheap and easy and didn't feel shady.
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by davidw 2y ago
"Three cords and the truth"
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by davidw 2y ago
Nah, most of my neighbors are nice people who I talk with in person. So what happens on Nextdoor is that there's sort of a vicious cycle where normal people show up, get grossed out by the toxic ones and leave.
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by davidw 2y ago
I wonder if a subreddit would work? Nextdoor dot com is actually even more toxic than a lot of Facebook is and I would avoid at all costs.
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by davidw 2y ago
'Network effects' make this kind of move quite difficult unless there's a really compelling reason. You'd want to aim to maybe start from scratch with a dedicated group.

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