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by mpalmer 2y ago
"Jailbreak" is a silly word for this, but not as silly as "vulnerability".
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Problem is the ridiculous line items wouldn't make a shadow of a dent in the federal budget. Certainly won't lower your tax bill.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Bad metaphor. What's the best way to lose weight? Elon thinks it's cutting your arm off.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
I don't see how an informed person who cares about the rule of law feels cathartic about what is happening.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Cutting matters not one bit if Congress doesn't pass tax cuts. Voters don't care about the national debt if they don't see more money coming to them.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
"Also" being a dictator? You're the first to use that word.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
I said that people seem not to understand OR care about the separation of powers. So sure, you might understand it, but you didn't include the legality of what DOGE is doing in your analysis of whether it's a good idea. It doesn&#
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by mpalmer 2y ago
It matters, regardless of how bad things get. That's how to think about it.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
You do not know what you're talking about. - This ruling doesn't say the government isn't breaking the law, it says the people suing didn't go through the right channels. - This ruling is not the government winning the c
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by mpalmer 2y ago
It's illegal, it doesn't matter if you think it's a good idea. The executive branch cannot "kill NEPA". It's a law. Congress has to repeal it. Vote for congressional candidates who support your position. Laws e
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Counterpoint - how can you have a functional democracy when citizens(?) have such a poor understanding of our system of government? And by "the judicial branch has OK'd it", are you referring to the President's immunity
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Your experience is irrelevant if you make nonsensical points. No one has been working on the USDS for a long time. It was created in 2014 to _improve archaic systems_. That was its mandate, and it came from the top. Elon's not doing an
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by mpalmer 2y ago
No one's buying into that, it's too risky - supposedly. And it's not my field, but I have to think that writers coming up in this media environment have the formulas beaten into them from the start. I'm struggling to thi
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by mpalmer 2y ago
It's certainly a matter of opinion, but the character's flaws and conflicts are very much tied up in his masculinity. Making the character a woman changes things so much it's essentially a different property with the same nam
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Did you fail to notice the diversity of the cast in the last 20 years of Bond films? And if you mean the title character, you are presupposing that: A. the quota existing means Bond won't be a white man (he absolutely will be in the fi
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by mpalmer 2y ago
The Daniel Craig era was a modern update, though, so those defenders won't really be taking history into account. Not that the Broccolis never missed, but they were capable of moving with the times, and they did not blindly follow th
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by mpalmer 2y ago
> Finally, it impedes the flow of commerce into New York by increasing costs for trucks, which in turn could make goods more expensive for consumers This is plainly absurd. Non-articulated trucks pay a toll of $14, larger trucks $21.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
I'm out, that's it for using devenv in my stuff. I was already put off by the way devenv uses direnv to pull down its nix logic. The latest version I'm willing to use (1.3?) at least hardcodes a permalink to a file in GitHub.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
In skipping straight to "oh so Fox News viewers are stupid?", you simultaneously make this about emotion and avoid discussing what the Murdochs actually do. That could be interesting, but you're choosing to be a weird mix of
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Is that the most likely outcome, do you think?
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by mpalmer 2y ago
jj is nicer to learn first, but also, knowing both git and jj I do pick jj. Significantly nicer UI, very simple but powerfully expressive DSLs for formatting logs and selecting revisions to log, respectively. For me it clicked when I really
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by mpalmer 2y ago
...I feel slapped by progress. Rarely does such an impressive demo leave me feeling less inspired and hopeful about the future.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
So instead of paying Bluesky nothing to commiserate with millions of Americans who hate Trump and the tariffs too, you intend to isolate?
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Is this what you think debating is? It's pretty pathetic. I'll make you a deal, I'll substantiate a claim or two if you stop consistently ignoring which specific costs the administration is "cutting", and why. Read
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by mpalmer 2y ago
I'm well aware of the words you've written. Are you waiting for me to say you're right, or that you make a good point? Do you think people think of the Nazis' economic programs before anything else? You dodge the questio
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Sorry, no. I don't have time for dictionary-waving pedantry like this. Political speech is perfectly understandable as such. It's the opposite of worthless, if you are trying to make a political point, as I was. I was very clear a
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by mpalmer 2y ago
No one needs to do that. No one is obliged to you to find the exact policy parallels between Republicans in the White House and the Nazis. It tends to be enough for most people to notice the fact that both are interested in removing undesir
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by mpalmer 2y ago
> calling half the country Nazis for not conforming to their suburban aesthetic > attacking Trump for censorship that hasn't happened Federal funds are being withheld - illegally, in most cases - from any entity that supports or
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by mpalmer 2y ago
This didn't age well.
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by mpalmer 2y ago
Putting "Mr." or "Ms." in front of your name is including your pronouns, and to suggest otherwise is ridiculous.

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