Andrew Sayman @gnu_lorien@ourislandgeorgia.net
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I heard Adam Savage say this today, "I am a recovering mansplainer." I feel that.
"To put it more plainly, for the past 10 years venture capitalists have had near-perfect laboratory conditions to create a lot of money and make the world a much better place. And yet, some of their proudest accomplishments that have attracted some of the most eye-watering sums have been: 1) chasing the dream of zeroing out labor costs while monopolizing a sector to charge the highest price possible (A.I. and the gig economy); 2) creating infrastructure for speculating on digital assets that will be used to commodify more and more of our daily lives (cryptocurrency and the metaverse); and 3) militarizing public space, or helping bolster police and military operations."
"You would be hard-pressed to find another parasite that has so thoroughly wrecked the body and environment of its host, all while trying to convince the host that it is deserving of praise and further accommodation."
It almost slipped passed me... Here's Georgia's anti-trans legislation. As is usually the case, the excuse is that kids need to be protected. Funny how parental rights are so important when it comes to denying our participation in slavery, but parental rights are bollocks when it comes to deciding medical treatment.
It's almost like all of these decisions are in support of the same fundamental bigotry. Hm...
So apparently Republicans decided last night that "for some reason" they need to be able to remove "rogue prosecutors." It makes a sort of sense. We know that Republicans know what Trump did was criminal and that every time they continue to assist in the disillusionment of democracy that they're culpable for it. It makes sense to take a stab at plainly removing the ability for laws to apply to you when you're a criminal.
As the Republicans are fond of saying, if they aren't criminals, then why are they worried about prosecutors?
Andrew Sayman
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On the subject...
"That is hypocrisy on the highest order."
"Won't you please excuse my bigotry by THINKING OF THE CHILDREN."
Let your kids know I think you're a piece of shit too.
"Waaaah waaah I'm so mad that you stopped watching a comedian I like that I'm going to legally ban an entire genre of show!"
Pieces of shit the lot of you.
Today when I say, "Fuck Republicans," I don't mean it just as cohort. I mean you individually. If you self identify. If you vote Republican. Fuck you specifically. You're a piece of shit bigot.
Yes you. Whatever you're thinking right now about how you're not it's just you lying to yourself if you continue to identify and vote this way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1hWlIud8RE
Holy shit the latest from Violet Orlandi is strange and amazing.
"CAP_TRUST is being introduced to enable Linux security architects to ontologically differentiate processes that are allowed to modify security guarantees based on deontological (rule-based) predicates from processes allowed to modify security guarantees that are based on narratival (event-based) predicates.
More generally, but less accurately, it allows security architectures to be shaped by both Kantian and Hegelian logic perspectives. "
I definitely think a lot about how it went with doing my keto diet. There was a rise in the number of targeted keto products that weren't crap, but a lot of general foods that had been keto became not during my time.
My Pixel 6a feels crappier than my Pixel 2 did despite definitely being faster.
Always had to wonder am I just becoming a curmudgeonly old man, or are these things actually crappier and getting crappier?
If you're on any sort of specialty diet you should double-check your food ingredients list. In 2023 I've now had to drop three products because they quietly added Dextrose or sugar to the ingredients list.
"The Netheads were right: Technological self-determination is at odds with the natural imperatives of tech businesses. They make more money when they take away our freedom—our freedom to speak, to leave, to connect."
Listen, if you watched "The Patriot" and didn't complain about how fictionalized it was I don't want to hear from you about "Hamilton."
"Notably, however, none of the Big Tech company CEOs now overseeing layoffs appear to have been hit with any change to their compensation or title."
Probably the most important line in the article.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/tech/big-tech-pandemic-hiring-layoffs/index.html
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