MrMobius

Oh boy I’m no social democrat. A radical socialist if you prefer. You can have radical ideas like ending capitalism or taxing inheritance to 100% while still being for democracy and not being a revolutionary.

I consider myself a socialist/leftist and my primary concern right now is not to dominate the bourgeoisie. It’s mainly to get them to stop tax evasion so we can fund our public schools and hospitals. And if they could stop voting for candidates who are in coalition with the far right that’d be nice too!

Well I’d say communism is a type of socialism, where the latter is the ideal to strive for a better society for everyone, to intervene to help those who cannot help themselves. Communism tries to achieve this goal by making the means of production into communal ownership. With the State enforcing strict wealth equality. But it’s still socialism with economic inequality at the beginning but fair and strong wealth redistribution in the end: equity.

I’d even replace communism with socialism. Since it’s also vilified in the US, but it’s a broader term which is, to me, more relevant nowadays.

Respecte mon genre !

Yeah I know, like sbin isn’t used in most modern distros, right?

It might be extra funny because I saw this at the bar.

Thank you for that, I always wondered about the meaning behind a few of these directories.

They use every loophole legally available to them (you know what I mean, the button “I agree to sell my soul” being a hundred times bigger than the link to “I’d like to review your data collection and say which analytics service I adhere to”). But I haven’t seen a website where they threaten compulsory personalized ads if you don’t pay. It’s generally “pay or you get cookies”. But I tought those weren’t third party cookies, just in-site ones.

Good thing this was forbidden in the EU a few years back. As a user, you can’t refuse “necessary cookies” but those from third parties you can (e.g. Google analytics). Imposing personalized ads if you don’t pay is definitely forbidden in the EU I’d say

I’ve experienced that nagging feeling of needing to fix that issue and endlessly searching for an answer. And you’ve answered your own question: taking a break might be the best solution. But obviously it is frustrating to stop yourself once you’re “down the rabbit hole”. I’ve never worked in dev team but this might be your answer when you start working professionally. Asking help from your colleagues might be less frustrating than pacing yourself on your own.

Don’t worry, Google is actually getting sued for its various malpractices (paying browsers millions to be their default search engine, Google adsense putting the best bidder at the top of the search results, etc). It might even come to the US justice system ordering the breakup of various Google products into smaller independent companies.

Force yourself to sneeze and cough inside your elbow all the time. Even when you’re alone. Then it becomes a reflex and you’ll protect those around you from infection a lot better.

Yeah we heard a lot of “decent people from sides” after the Charlottesville attack, namely. Talk about relativism!

Welcome to the club! I think in most democratic nations nowadays the right is buddying up with fascists. At first it was scary, but now it’s mostly depressing to see it’s become the new norm.

Makes me remember this one time in English class in France where one student called him Jean-François Kennedy. The whole class had a good laugh, including the teacher 😅

Moderation is a problem here? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen someone misbehaving. Generally it was being offensive to individuals or groups of people in a post. But the last one I saw was months ago.

Why are we still here? Just to suffer? And to pee again and again ?

It’s also the name in French for end caps of bicycle break cables. #themoreyouknow

I your referring to the two-party monopoly I feel you. I’m from a place where it’s been the case until recently. It’s always “winner takes all”, but losers are still there after the elections. And they are you neighbors, your family, your colleagues. A bit more plurality and “coming together” wouldn’t hurt us to face the troubles ahead.