The octopi that take over after us will love to hear from our tasty new neighbors.

10 fascist post!
Well, that sounded more real. Truly angry. Less posing. Amazing work.

This question is a trap, and its easy to dodge.

An actually honest answer would be something like “I try to be honest.”
I would probably float something just like that. Add a bit of fake humility. Not too much.
If people are really looking for the truth, that will look like truth to them. It will also happen to be the truth, as vague as it is, so if they want to dig it won’t be hard to carry on. Keep it reassuring. Don’t actually say anything definite. Act pious. :]

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox

I’m good w all that. But your post sounded extreme to the point of silly. Perhaps a 3 fascist post would achieve better balance? I’m unsure, as I try to limit my own work to just 2 fascists, and have little experience with managing more.

This is a 4 fascist post.
I counted!

Oh. Ya, srry I’m old. Thx.

Oh. Ya, srry I’m old. Thx.

This is sublime. I made a dupe comment about being old. Lovely. :)

Now, I know a very nice couple that own a Camino. She’s awesome, and he’s her gearhead rockstar.

But its a fukin weird lookin car, that’s fer sure.

Looks like there’s some fair degree of distaste for Pinker here. The man is a revolutionary figure in science, and has an extremely long and fruitful career. I am a fan of Steven Pinker, and have been for many years. He’s like Chomsky in some respects, in that he will talk to anyone if he finds the discussion fruitful. It seems that for people like this, truly deep and boundless thinkers, it’s not scary to talk to people with bad ideas. It’s not even scary to explore some bad ideas. That’s how you sort them all out, ya know.

I get that some folks may not like the ideas that Pinker and Chomsky express. Hell, neither do I. But they deserve your respect. They are on the front lines of thought, and have been all of their long and productive lives.

I guess this is marketing. But … Why would you use anything besides GIMP?

After a Decade of Waiting, GIMP 3.0.0 is Finally Here!
https://news.itsfoss.com/gimp-3-release/

I read long sections and scanned the whole article. He makes his point right away and then just layers it on. It’s well written, logical, and sad. Ya, he’s mad, but he’s got no answers.

While I very much appreciate the author’s perspective and work, I see some branding going on here. This reminds me of Doctrow’s “enshitification” thing. He coined the word and has done his damnedest to drive it into the culture.

Not wanting to dilute his brand, Zitron did not use the word enshitification, although he certainly discussed the subject. I’m willing to bet that Doctrow won’t use “Rot Economy” or “Business Idiot” on his own site either.

This is your call, Cory. You gonna step back from your quest to enshitify the english language and support someone else that’s trying to do so?

They do different things for different purposes.

Whoogle masks google, that’s it. And it does so with minimal config or resources. Its faster.

Searxing has many search sources and options. It allows you to shape your results. Config can be challenging.

I find both of them to be fit for purpose. They work.

EFF gives out tiny stickers at conventions for that purpose. I’ve been staring at an EFF sticker for years.

I appreciate knowing this. If I’m dying from consuming high velocity plastic shrapnel, I won’t expect xrays to help.

There’s a much better version of this.

The law that entropy always increases holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell’s equations - then so much the worse for Maxwell’s equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation - well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the Second Law of Thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it to collapse in deepest humiliation.

Arthur Eddington, New Pathways in Science

Um, watch it. I might have peed in there.

:)
I love lemmy. Imagine this conversation on reddit. I’m not envisioning any smiles.

Agreed… But the way it was introduced…
One day AI will get that good at annoying people. Not yet tho.

Willpower is not some magical force that you can limitlessly tap

I’m sorry. This is not true. Now, I’ll admit, I’m not all that well balanced. That sorta comes with having limitless willpower. And it doesn’t solve most things, really it’s just a different set of problems. But this perspective you share, its the perspective of a NORP. Outside that sandbox, there are crazies that have all the juice it takes for anything at all. Nice to meet ya.

you’re already doing what you can and want to

Well put. This is the true path.

Do I get to use my manic superpower?
If I have to slow down to sleep and eat and stuff like normal people, well then I guess 3 hours of max focus.
If I’m manic … I AM focus.