@xenon heard that podcast too. 👍

Yes the November elections proved this is not a popular concept for voters.

TG - that interpretation is exactly right. THere's actually a twitter handle called "Bad 230 Takes" that makes fun of the popular misconceptions on this topic.

@loki That's my take also. There's something about him that is just very appealing.

The reason I asked, I wanted to share his intention to run for NYC mayor in case you hadn't seen it.

@jolly said in More Trump deplatforming:

@aqua-letifer said in More Trump deplatforming:

@jolly said in More Trump deplatforming:

No, you need to be silenced. Your ideas are racist and dangerous.
It's for the good of the country.

In the absolute shitload of stuff I read and see from liberals every day, I literally don't know anyone who's saying that.

You're grouping everyone not on your side together and speaking for them so you can demonize them. That's exactly how all this will escalate.

Excuse me, but how many voices are now banned from Twitter? Parler is now off of the internet, or soon will be. The POTUS, duly elected, cannot post on Twitter, but the Communist Chinese can. Many people's voices besides Trump are now silenced or will be.

I don't have to group everyone together, there are plenty of people on the Left who are doing that as fast as they can...

I think @Axtremus brought it up earlier about the US government having an official channel of communication.

There may be some things that are in the "public good" so that they need to be "owned" by the government. Post office is one example. Not sure if that is still needed now, but back when, it was necessary. Maybe there should be a government communication channel like Twitter.

If you do rely on a third party and have no real "contract" with them, then you cannot expect to keep control over that third party

@doctor-phibes said in I’m thinking of starting a conspiracy theory - who’s in?:

This is a clandestine plot by radicalized moderates who are secretly attempting to undermine both left and right in a bid to violently seize power by a group known as THE SILENT MAJORITY!
I can't say too much more.

Works for me. 😬

I have read @Klaus mentioning Haskell a few times in the past, and has been meaning to check it out. This puzzle is just the thing that finally got me to do. These days my primary computer programming language seems to be “go” (or “golang”), mostly because I found it quite convenient for dealing with web APIs.

This is what happens when you don't have a girlfriend for an extended period of time.

Are trolls a race?

(Just kidding, Horace)

@mik said in Brees is right spritely for a 42 year old:

How about those Dawgs?

After the first quarter, it was over. The Steelers peaked too early this year.

@mik said in Coin collecting is a bad investment.:

I use it all the time. Chicken, beef, even mushroom.

Ayup!
I use another kind of bullion for curtain and footstool trims.
So much good bullion!

@jolly said in Threw away the dream..:

And you don't care.

Have a nice evening.

No actually I'm serious. If we can agree that generalizing is causing serious problems, then okay, we disagree about a lot of other stuff but that would be a starting point.

But if you want to defend only your side with a heterogeneous defense and believe all leftist protesters are the same, then we can't even agree on basic facts.

@axtremus said in Have Nursing License, Will Travel:

An already vaccinated nurse would do great with (presumably) minimal risk.

Except for, you know, the impossibly high emotional, physical and mental stress. Which would be constant.

@jolly said in "Whiteness", did she really say that?:

@loki said in "Whiteness", did she really say that?:

In times like this you really want to incite people?

It demonstrates such little reflection and the need to be vindictive.

At one point republicans were circumspect and ready to dispense with Trump in every way but democrats seem determined to undo that. It’s as if they don’t want a chance for peace, healing and a natural end to Trump.

Grandstanding.

Again...

Yep. Goofy on her part. 🙄

@george-k said in Dropped:

They should build their own app.

A smartphone app is unnecessary. NodeBB/TNCR does just fine without one.

They should build their own app store.

An app store is also not necessary when the smartphone app is unnecessary.

They should build their own web-hosting platform.

Yes, they are not entitled to use someone else’s web hosting platform, no one owes them a web hosting platform.

They should build their own internet.

No, that’s why I defend “net neutrality”, so everyone get to use the Internet equitably.

They should build their own country.

Interesting thought. If you don’t mind the time and effort, kindly elaborate why you think they should build their own country.

Samizdat is difficult when you can't even buy the paper, let alone the printing press.

Yes, good thing nobody refused to sell them paper or printing press (or physical server hardware). Actually it might be interesting to think through whether “equitable access to blank paper” should be guaranteed as a corollary to the First Amendment; maybe that is analogous to “net neutrality.”

@horace Nashville?

@axtremus I'm aware that hardware makers customize Android, but AFAIK they customize the version with all the Google stuff on it. That is, they add extra stuff to the Google stuff. But they don't usually remove things. Are Google apps and services merely blocked on Chinese phones or are they not even installed on the devices?

A clue? Definitely need a full investigation.

Read the “to be clear” part from the DC mayor. Why this hasn’t really made the news of late is a good question.

One interesting thing is that, in our condo, we have individual A/C compressors on the roof for each unit (22 in the building). If I set the thermostat to keep the temp at 68 at night, and it gets warmer because of whatever, the last thing I need is for the A/C to kick in in the middle of January.

I reached out to tech support this Sunday afternoon, and they were very helpful with an obscure setting that disables the A/C if the outside temperature is less than a minimum you set.

So far, pleased.

Of course, our condo, with neighbors on two sides, and heated spaces above and below, tends to stay warm during the winter, and we have a fireplace as well for heat/ambiance. Summer will be the time when it'll be cooling.