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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
Everybody would be under a lot less stress if [a basic level] of their needs were met [to avoid at the very least bankruptcy and preventable life-long injury or even death] for the entirety of their lives with no expectation to ever contrib
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
With the insane proliferation of streaming services... lots and lots of Linux distro installation ISOs.
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
If you're running NixOS there's an impermanence plugin that allows you to specify specific directories and files you need to persist outside of what NixOs/HM builds for you and then use a tmpfs in-memory partition for root an
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
I just wish Barrier worked with Wayland. First Synergy claimed they were "working on it" years ago, now Barrier's movement seems stalled as many of the developers have moved to yet another fork, Input Leap.
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
From the report you gave, the first paragraph under the heading "Primary Cause of Homelessness": Widespread homelessness is the result of a severe shortage in affordable housing, a widening gap between rising housing costs and sta
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
The climate aspect is most definitely covered in the article. As for the bus issue, most sources I found (eg, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/... ) show that the flow is _out_
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
From the article: > Homelessness is best understood as a “flow” problem, not a “stock” problem. Not that many Americans are _chronically_ homeless—the problem, rather, is the millions of people who are precariously situated on the cliff
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
The relationship is FAR more symbiotic, bordering on parasitic, than what you've described and I'm sure you know it. The job of the company is to fulfill a need (what you've described) OR, failing that, to CREATE a need and
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
I should have just left out the "Silicon Valley" part of that, true. Unionization of developers and technology workers is starting, but remains slow because unions are usually formed when the cost of speaking out becomes worth mo
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
Unions are democratic, employee-run institutions which promote higher involvement of employees in the operations and logistical planning of companies. I'm not referring to Twitter becoming a Co-op, that would indeed be nearly unpreced
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
Musk may end up being the most influential person to: 1. Electrify our vehicular infrastructure 2. Get humans to the Moon, if not to Mars 3. Accelerate the unionization of Silicon Valley tech workers His approach to remote-vs-in-office work
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by nocoolnametom 4y ago
In order to talk to my friends, family, and coworkers I need to have the following apps installed and running: Slack, Teams, Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Google Chat/Hangouts/Allo/Whatever, FB Messenger, Discord, Twitter, etc.
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by nocoolnametom 6y ago
RCV is a fantastic idea, but it is very difficult to get it installed on a large scale. Only one state has tried (Maine) but their state Constitution as currently worded seems to disallow it (as their Supreme Court has warned them). So fo
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by nocoolnametom 7y ago
Sure, and those few days before you become symptomatic but you're already beginning to be contagious to others you're also staying home?
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by nocoolnametom 10y ago
What about those who provide social services to city-dwellers? Teachers, firefighters? It can be problematic to have the police tasked with protecting a city they don't even live in. Next time you see an SFPD officer with a free moment