davidw

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by davidw 2y ago
For now. But once you show you're willing, there's often a next ask and then one after that.
782.
by davidw 2y ago
The actual Nazis were celebrating it. Look it up. Being 'weird' isn't an excuse for doing Nazi stuff.
783.
by davidw 2y ago
It'll end up owned by someone adjacent to those in power.
784.
by davidw 2y ago
Nah, I saw what I saw. So did a lot of other people. That was a Nazi salute.
785.
by davidw 2y ago
It's super clear what he did from watching the video. Those are clearly Nazi salutes.
786.
by davidw 2y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the US government coming after people because of who they are is a lot more worrying than some knitters in terms of "people getting access to power".
787.
by davidw 2y ago
Adjudicated rapist: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-car...
788.
by davidw 2y ago
There are a lot of ways of being supportive without being like a full blown activist. I get that there are some 'purity test' type people out there, and they're annoying, but they're a small minority in most things.
789.
by davidw 2y ago
Let's see: SC decision that presidents are above the law. Violent assault on the Capitol. Journalism imploding.
790.
by davidw 2y ago
I'm old enough to remember how things used to be and it sure wasn't perfect, but JFC is it bad now.
791.
by davidw 2y ago
I think what I worry about is large-scale migrations of people to 'better' areas and the problems that's going to cause.
792.
by davidw 2y ago
I said nothing about it being 'new' though, did I?
793.
by davidw 2y ago
Is the source code hosted somewhere in something like GitHub?
794.
by davidw 2y ago
For the curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Fabulosos_Cadillacs The song is Manuel Santillan, El Leon. The earlier salsa version ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTJVMKSOBqs ) and the reggae ve
795.
by davidw 2y ago
> In May 2022, Hindenburg took a short position in Twitter, Inc. following the announcement of its acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk. After Musk's attempted termination of the deal, Hindenburg took a significant long position on T
796.
by davidw 2y ago
Much later, but this English guy went to Italy as a mercenary and spent much of his life there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hawkwood As someone who lived in Italy myself, although didn't do any stabbing or
797.
by davidw 2y ago
[ Runs off screaming into the woods ]
798.
by davidw 2y ago
That doesn't sound quite like what I'm talking about. That sounds 'cushy', which isn't bad, but doesn't necessarily make for a very interesting job.
799.
by davidw 2y ago
> unnervingly Pun intended?
800.
by davidw 2y ago
Where do you find these places though? That's tricky. They're the real 'unicorns' from my point of view as an employee. I don't care if I earn quite as much if I enjoy my job.
801.
by davidw 2y ago
Housing is something you can do something about at a local level: https://yimbyaction.org/ or https://welcomingneighbors.us/ It's fulfilling to see stuff built that you advocated for! Or policies enact
802.
by davidw 2y ago
That's pretty cool - what do you do, if I may ask?
803.
by davidw 2y ago
I suspect things are going to get worse before they get better as the oligarchs really start to ramp up their policies.
804.
by davidw 2y ago
The best place I ever worked was a small company, but not so tiny that there was no specialization of roles. We were making a complex hardware/software product that was selling pretty well. There were investors, but it was a long-term
805.
by davidw 2y ago
I'm actually fine with trying to be virtuous rather than promoting rapists, corruption, racists and so on. The important thing is that actions match words. Words alone aren't enough.
806.
by davidw 2y ago
Realistically, there isn't a war on anything because there are collective action problems and we have decided we just don't care. "Do whatever you want, I guess" is how it works.
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by davidw 2y ago
They also got rid of some messenger themes: https://www.404media.co/meta-deletes-trans-and-nonbinary-mes... You can argue about the proper way to do DEI or not and its effectiveness, but this is all blatantly political. I m
808.
by davidw 2y ago
Immigrants are also disproportionately involved in the construction of desperately needed new housing.
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by davidw 2y ago
Housing is one of the most highly regulated markets there are. There are all kinds of rules and regulations - primarily zoning codes - that have the effect of limiting the amount of housing in a given area.
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by davidw 2y ago
Also the same rich people fight tooth and nail when someone wants to build housing near them - and especially if the homes being built are something besides a single detached unit.

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