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franklin, 8 months ago

Yeah the only people whose minds this will change are agnostic techies

franklin, 8 months ago

This is just the “both sides of the same” argument with different dressing.

It’s as false here as it is there. So you’re going to tell me a company like fairphone is as unethical as Apple or Samsung?

Yes of course they work with two completely different yields but that’s really the point The only way you can get to that yield is to be unethical so choose smaller brands choose ones that make decisions you agree with and help them grow.

There is no completely ethical capitalism but there definitely are choices that get us somewhere better.

franklin, 8 months ago

This is just false. Fairphone had audits that prove it’s an improvement in both sustainability and worker conditions.

Of course consumerism always negatively impacts the environment but to make it all equivalent is to forsake all nuance. It’s not at all to the same magnitude.

I don’t believe capitalism is the answer to the world’s problems but to not celebrate a positive initiative is throwing the baby out with bath water.

franklin, 8 months ago

That’s just it though. One does more damage than the other unless you alone are single-handedly going to overthrow capitalism within the next week (which you know more power to you) this is still harm reduction and I’m happy for it.

Otherwise you just bitching about best case scenarios and living in a world that exists only in your head

franklin, 8 months ago

I don’t know if your purposely misunderstanding me or if I’m not explaining myself well but give it one last time and then just agreed to disagree.

Fairphone a company I don’t even particularly like uses less rare metals, in factories that ensure better standards of living for the people who work there.

Is it everything I want? No. Does it make a measurable impact? Yes.

Therefore it is not the same. they may be a capitalist company and they could change their motto tomorrow of course any company can choose to do terrible things and may throughout the course of their company’s lifetime.

As of right now with the options we have they physically do less harm.

franklin, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

Touch screens in cars.

When I’m driving I need a tactile immediate response that is easy to understand without looking at it.

Touch screens are for controls that change so you can take advantage of the dynamic nature of a screen for the static needs of a car and the immediate feedback you need, make them the worst possible solution.

franklin, 8 months ago

Only if I have my pumped up kicks

franklin, 8 months ago

How does the fediverse feel about flatpak?

franklin, 8 months ago

It’s just a more complicated example of the ship of Theseus, and honestly it comes down to if you believe in the concept of a soul.

To illustrate mechanically is a computer with the same model of hard drive with a copy of the data the same?

franklin, 8 months ago

I mean freshly baked bread that you put in a bag last week a week or so I know dough conditioners do extend the life but when I throw my bread out it’s usually not because it’s stale because it’s moldy which conditioners don’t really help

franklin, 8 months ago

Adapting a system to suit more people when it exclusively suits you will always feel like oppression. In reality it is letting others enjoy the privilege that you already enjoy

franklin, 8 months ago

Night shifts are the only night owl specific concession and society as a whole of very much does not run like that. Flexible work schedules are the outlier by a wide margin.

Still glad to see it improving

franklin, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

I mean I’m somebody who used to ad block for a long time and then subscribed to premium for the music.

I get their point of view given the costs but it still really sucks. As someone who definitely couldn’t have justified the cost of a different point in life this would have drastically reduced the quality on YouTube.

That’s their right but I don’t have to be happy about it

franklin, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

Guys I know we all hate it when people don’t read the article but did they really deserve the condescension and the down votes? They’re dumb not evil.

franklin, 9 months ago

Fair enough, I was more making a point to the people down voting you

franklin, 9 months ago

They’re just sharing their opinion on a public forum, keep it civil.

No need to be confrontational.

franklin, 9 months ago

Might I recommend pixel experience roms?

Edit: I use it for my 4a and thought the 3a would be much the same but it looks like it’s deprecated, my apologies for getting your hopes up.

get.pixelexperience.org/sargo

franklin, 9 months ago

Wow it just got deprecated, well that sucks. Might have to look into a new phone soon. I just really don’t want a new one lol

franklin, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

Our problems are entirely policy and zoning based. Having swoths of low density single-family homes with poor access to public transit is the problem.

Sure having less people does make it less of a problem but it’s never going to fix it and it’s an insane take to suggest otherwise

franklin, 9 months ago

Agreed. Immigration is a must

franklin, 9 months ago

Why stop there? Why don’t we just get rid of everyone Canadian residents included if you’re so eager to find a non-solution.

Withiout a skilled younger generation to support our aging population our economy will collapse, we need more people and we need better planned housing.

Careful, you almost went mask off there

franklin, 9 months ago

I’m struggling to find relevence in the non-sequitor here but obviously the current government favors it more than the conservatives.

That is not the issue at hand.

franklin, 9 months ago

At this point I think I’m with Singapore on land and housing being a publicly controlled good

As it stands now our housing market is just an inflation resistant bank for the wealthy

They just named the price they’re willing to rent it at its entirely secondary to their goals and so it doesn’t serve the housing market

franklin, 9 months ago

None of this was a personal attack and to take it as such might mean you need to reevaluate your feelings on the matter.

Pointing back to my original argument I stated that it was often a inflation resistant investment I’m not speaking of single family homes renting out their bottom half or whatever the case may be.

I’m speaking of those you buy up commercial property with no intent to ever do anything with it because the value of the land will vastly outpace the value of inflation.

I’m also speaking about landlords that own hundreds of properties. While someone in your position is becoming increasingly common it is not the majority in housing scarce areas. There are still a few individuals that own large swaths of land.

There are a lot of policy decisions that got us here. But more mixed zoning, more housing, less landlords has been proven time and time again to fix it and while I’m not sold entirely on the Singapore idea I will say that everyone in my generation is fucking sick and tired of people making excuses about what can’t work while people are on the street dying

franklin, 10 months ago

Man if you don’t see why making someone come so hard they piss is fun, I don’t know how we could ever come to common ground

franklin, 10 months ago

Windows 11 N might be up your alley or one of the enterprise editins using group policy to disable at the unneeded shit but that’s way to much work for most

franklin, 10 months ago

Exactly, what are they doing to ensure the are no future stories like Madison’s?

That’s how we know you’re talking responsibility.

franklin, 10 months ago

We shouldn’t witch hunt but this should be taken very seriously.

As for history of the victim lying… Never fall into this toxic mindset, even if it does happen you should never rush to this conclusion either. It’s disgusting

franklin, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

No implying that people in this position have a history of lying is disgusting.

It discounts and underlays the seriousness of the situations and discredits them without due process

Edit: removed personal attack, my apologies I should take issue with the content not the user

franklin, 10 months ago

Like I said don’t witch hunt but don’t dismiss her either, which you have tripled down on at this point.

I’m not outraged I expect due process, what grosses me out is your attitude

franklin, 10 months ago

No stop moving the goal posts, you said they often lie whether true or not is Irrelevant.

Given the power imbalance tactics like this have been used in the past silence people that were otherwise completely within their rights.

I’m not saying that Linus did all these things and I agree with you that there needs to be a due process what I’m taking issue with is your language.

franklin, 10 months ago

Then you clearly do not understand the subtext that saying something like “people lie in these situations” implies.

franklin, 10 months ago

Removed mine, you’re right I should take issue with the content not the user. Thank you

franklin, 10 months ago

I know it’s hard to acknowledge someone who taught us so much might be party to something so negative.

However we owe it to ourselves and society to hold everyone accountable with due process. You and I want the same thing.

It seems you just don’t understand the toxic shadow that subtext can cast.

We all have our own ways we need to grow.

Sorry I resorted to personal attacks.

franklin, 10 months ago

Yeah unfortunately it looks like they are here too, oh well at least it’s money out of spez’s hands

franklin, 10 months ago

Copied from Reddit user Right-Fisherman-1234 detailing the accounts of the Republican parties documented history of sexual misconduct.

Ummmm ok?

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women

Donald Trump walked into Miss Teen USA change rooms with girls as young as 14 changing. He has been accused of raping a 13 -year-old with an independent witness.

baptistaccountability.org

goodpeoplefund.org/…/a-14-year-old-bride-wed-to-h…

pbs.org/…/married-young-the-fight-over-child-marr…

crossroadjunction.com/…/predatory-grooming-in-our…

chicagotribune.com/…/ct-perspec-evangelical-roy-m…

reuters.com/…/mexico-based-church-leader-pleads-g…

thedailybeast.com/pastor-john-lowes-adultery-conf…

houstonchronicle.com/…/Bombshell-400-page-report-…

franklin, 10 months ago

Being overly defensive after being purposely deceptive you may not support them but you’d fit right in

That being said I’m not American and I don’t support either party either but you certainly gave the impression you did. Because the only place that uses the right and the left like that is generally the United States everywhere else I’ve been to use the actual party names

franklin, 10 months ago

I wouldn’t sweat it too much, The fact that someone could make money on this gets in the way of their narrative.

I don’t really mind that sync is closed source you should be able to have the freedom to use whatever you want and all it is is more choice but I’ll be damned if I’m going to use it.

franklin, 10 months ago

If you do your authentication with online servers properly it is virtually impossible to get the full experience by pirating anyway so the only thing you’re doing by including DRM is taking performance and convenience from paying customers

franklin, 10 months ago

Satire through text is a dangerous Gambit I’m afraid

franklin, 10 months ago

I can’t speak for them but Ubisoft doesn’t have a great modern track record.

franklin, 11 months ago

The problem with using the term “the left” (much like any board term) is that is definition is nebulous. Political leaning is relative to the reference ideals.

The point I’m getting at is that it’s imaterial to your issue, with this one person and while you have your right to be upset with them it’s a bad basis for an argument against a group especially one so ill defined.