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nymnympseudonym

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"If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner."-R B Fuiler

  • It would be so funny if China colonizes Mars, then the Martian Colonists declare independence, and Mars become a new bastion of Freedom and Prosperity.

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  • Halloween is a more giving and fun holiday than Christmas

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  • He was by all accounts an insufferable asshole, petty, vindictive, and completely aware how fucking stupid most people are esp compared to him. And also a Biblical conspiracy theorist who was much more interested in the exact dimensions of the Old Temple than in developing Calculus.

    Also he arguably created the miraculous technological world in which we live better lives than he could have dreamed. Our debt to him can never be fully paid. His name will rightly outlive us.

  • Halloween is a more giving and fun holiday than Christmas

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  • Screw Christmas.

    Instead, on that date, celebrate someone real and much more worthy of consideration

  • I'm new to lemmy, came from reddit. What's the lemmy etiquette like? How different is it from reddiqutte?

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  • I'm new to lemmy, came from reddit. What's the lemmy etiquette like? How different is it from reddiqutte?

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  • corporate propaganda

    We all swim in the sea of ideas that is our culture. Many people for many reasons seek to make certain ideas the dominant ones.

  • I'm new to lemmy, came from reddit. What's the lemmy etiquette like? How different is it from reddiqutte?

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  • most communities are much quieter than reddit.

    We can change that right now!

    I'm doing my part!

    Not Necessarily all that well!

  • I'm new to lemmy, came from reddit. What's the lemmy etiquette like? How different is it from reddiqutte?

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  • the “ml” stands for marxist-leninist.

    I absolutely naively originally signed up there (under a different nym) thinking it was Machine Learning related. What I get for not doing any research.

    Meh. Didn't take long to get banned for my radical opinion that all forms of Us-vs-Them tribalism are dehumanizing. (Even when we think the Other Guys are really really All Bad.)

  • What Did Y'all Buy on Black Friday?

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  • STEM toys for my neices and nephews. Especially the ones with religious parents.

    I am their sciencefather

  • Why do some people try to humanize the wealthy and people in positions of power?

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  • Millionaires and billionaires are utterly different cats. Wage earners become millionaires all the time -- save, invest wisely, yadda. I know many people in that category.

  • Why do some people try to humanize the wealthy and people in positions of power?

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  • vast majority of wealthy people

    Honest question: how many Billionaires have you had personal interactions with?

    I work for a huge corporation and once in a blue moon I'm on an email thread or God help me an actual meeting with the CxOs. Doesn't mean I know them in any real sense. But I mean... as well as you know bosses 3 levels up if you have to report on projects once in a while.

    I am very politically active in my swing state. Some Billionares have been happy to spend a little face time with me. Doesn't mean I know them at all -- plus, these ones are either directly politicians, or supporters of specific politicians. But I know them as well as you might know the guy at the mall kiosk where you had to get your phone fixed like 4 times in 6 months.

    In none of these interactions do I feel like I'm dealing with a different species.

    I can't think of any I'd want to take care of my children. About the only common thread is the type-A high-acheiver type. Which is very common in US corporate management culture across the board.

  • Why do some people try to humanize the wealthy and people in positions of power?

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  • Indeed, the dehumanizing is always associated with collectivism vs individualism, and thence to collective guilt, and collective punishment.

    All done with moral self-justification.

  • Why do some people try to humanize the wealthy and people in positions of power?

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  • Why do some people think dehumanizing anyone is fundamentally OK?

    There are actual psychopaths and sociopaths. They are humans. They got that way not from Stan Lee's pen, but by real experiences in our actual world.

    Making them a caricature will in no way help with the problem.

  • Linux license terms

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  • They probably have a Tshirt

  • Linux license terms

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  • TBF I flubbed the joke it was supposed to be "vegan"

    (I'm vegetarian fwiw)

  • Linux license terms

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  • Oh there's a long list

  • Linux license terms

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  • Q: A crossfit trainer, a vegetarian, and a Baptist Christian walk into a bar. How do we know?

    A: They told every god damn person in the bar within the first 5 fucking minutes

  • How did bittorrent fail to become essential technology?

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  • (shudder)

  • How did bittorrent fail to become essential technology?

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  • How did bittorrent fail to become essential technology?

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  • Plus, Average Joe doesn't have port forwarding set up to punch a P2P hole thru his IPv4 NAT router

  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
    nymnympseudonym @piefed.social

    Pull "Request"