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Carrolade

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  • Would you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?

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  • Yeah, I won't say it's impossible or anything. I just think there's other reasonable explanations too.

    Personally I just avoid mentioning China when I'm over there. lol It's easier to keep everything civil if you avoid naming names, and China is a particularly sore spot for them. You also can't forget that free speech is not a foundational part of their ideology like it is ours. They're more about seizing the means of production than the free contesting of ideas.

    It does feel a little like walking on eggshells.

  • Would you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?

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  • I kinda doubt it. Let's not forget this is a global community, and Marxism-Leninism has different levels of support in different parts of the world.

    If this was a state-funded project, I think the development would have gone a lot more swiftly, and the leads would be even more puritanical in pushing their beliefs. As it is, I've argued pretty extensively from a liberal perspective on .ml before, even personally with dessalines, and while they don't exactly love me over there, I'm careful to respect their rules and they haven't banned me.

    I think they really are just idealistic supporters of communism, mostly from places where that's a little more common.

  • Modi says Russia and India stand together even in difficult times

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  • India and Russia also go way back, Russia was their main military supplier for decades. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if I recall it was due to the US supporting Pakistan back in the day.

    Even First Post, which leans liberal, tends to report from a more Russian perspective on the Russo-Ukrainian War.

  • Russia & China are destroying us, openly, and we haven't done anything about it

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  • I don't post for other people, I post for my own enjoyment. I'm also very stubborn. If it was for other people, I wouldn't bother with threads once they become old, but I actually very frequently do.

    What liberal argument, that an autocrat has less to fear from his people than someone who was voted in? How did you manage to dismiss that one, or was it something else?

    Actually, I'm here more generally to enjoy myself. You are correct that I do not come to social media to learn, though it is a good place to find niche articles sometimes.

    Oh well.

  • Russia & China are destroying us, openly, and we haven't done anything about it

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  • Alright, let's try this again, then.

    Democracies have a mechanism by which the leaders are accountable to their voters. If your voters are upset with you, you will not win reelection. Autocracies do not have this mechanism, and have less to fear from the concerns of their populace.

    You can mock me if you like, but this does not contradict my idea. I suppose I have less faith in a global leader, perhaps?

    I was not talking about the south, nor was I talking about who on Earth would suffer the most. I was comparing how it would effect two specific groups: Russians and westerners.

    More mockery, which apparently is "nicer" than my reply, though I'm not sure how. Does not actually contradict my point, though.

    Russia has made no significant efforts to combat climate change. China and western countries have, making significant investments into green energy production.

    Less obsessed, and more disappointed, as a former Green voter. And not just because she sat at a table, but because she started regularly featuring Russian state media talking points in her positions. I expect my environmentalist leaders to fight for environmental causes against polluters, of which Russia is a significant one. Supporting Russian "needs" in Ukraine is not that. It's not about an election, it's about a betrayal of core values.

  • Russia & China are destroying us, openly, and we haven't done anything about it

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  • Russia & China are destroying us, openly, and we haven't done anything about it

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  • Yeah, I've never been able to figure out how we're supposed to effectively combat climate change when it ultimately serves to improve the Russian position compared to us. Everybody will suffer enormously, but they get more useable coastline, shipping routes and potentially useful land, as their north thaws. They also don't fear the suffering of their people.

    If I was Putin, I'd be making huge carbon dioxide factories for no other purpose than to speed the process up. It's their only realistic shot at balancing their relationship with China and the West, who will all suffer far more than them.

    Basically take everyone else down by five pegs, but Russia only drops three. That's a win. Though I do have a small bit of hope that shifting weather patterns will turn Russia into a gigantic desert or something crazy like that.

    Russia's blatantly pro-pollution behavior is one of the reasons I lost all faith in Jill Stein and our Green Party though. Where's she going next, Saudi Arabia? Did they pay her off or something?

  • To explore AI bias, researchers pose a question: How do you imagine a tree?

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  • When the Generative Agents system was evaluated for how “believably human” the agents acted, researchers found the AI versions scored higher than actual human actors.

    That's a neat finding. I feel like there's a lot to unpack there around how our expectations are formed.

  • You get an unlimited supply of a single item to survive post-apocalypse. What are you choosing, and why?

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  • Vampires...? Uh, garlic. lol

  • You get an unlimited supply of a single item to survive post-apocalypse. What are you choosing, and why?

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  • What flavor of apocalypse matters a lot. If it's zombies, ammo becomes critical. If it's nuclear, ammo is less important and water filtration probably becomes critical. If it's a gigantic asteroid that blots out the sun, water is easy to find but food is critical.

    For an unknown apocalypse, I think I'll go with gasoline. Not critical in and of itself, but helps a lot more generally with a lot of stuff, being able to power a generator and move camp more easily.

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    What are some Movies that School (including summer school or after school programs) showed you that you probably would've never watched otherwise? Did you enjoy them?

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  • It actually has a hopeful ending, fyi, despite being about such difficult subject material. It's not all gloom, though, it is a very well-made movie, overall. Liam Neeson is fantastic in it too.

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    What are some Movies that School (including summer school or after school programs) showed you that you probably would've never watched otherwise? Did you enjoy them?

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  • Schindler's List was shown in one of our history classes, I probably never would have watched it otherwise due to being black and white and me thinking I wouldn't like that.

    I can't say that I enjoyed it, it's not a particularly "enjoyable" film. It was moving though, and talking in class about what humans are capable of was interesting.

    I cannot specifically remember any of the others we watched, but I remember that I liked movie days because you tended not to get homework. They certainly weren't nearly as memorable though.

  • People would rather be electrically shocked than left alone with their thoughts

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  • Should be a simple enough thing to determine, in multiple different ways. How many people only shocked themselves once, vs how many did it more than once, would be one. Would need to look at the details of the experiment and what data was gathered, which sadly seems to be behind a paywall.

  • People would rather be electrically shocked than left alone with their thoughts

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  • I wonder how age factors in. Being alone with your thoughts is something that probably becomes more comfortable the more you practice it. In the modern age, though, nobody actually has to practice it when they can just pull out their phone. Anyone who grew up in pre-smartphone times has encountered countless times where they had no choice, though, usually you're waiting for something or another, so you just sit there and wait. And think. Gets you rather used to it.

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    Why do american white evangelicals love Donald Trump?

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  • The line I've seen the most is that god uses even sinful unbelievers to accomplish his goals.

  • Anti-vaccine myths surged on social media ahead of the CDC shooting

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  • An NBC News Stay Tuned Poll from April found that nearly a third of U.S. adults under 30 are feeling lonelier and more anxious about the future than their elders.

    This is interesting. Loneliness and anxiety are two different things, but I strongly suspect that anxiety can cause additional loneliness, due to how it discourages risk-taking behavior. Let's make no mistake, going out and connecting with people can come across as a risky behavior.

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    Billionaire Jack Ma tried to behave like Elon Musk. He lost his fortune after publically mocking Chinese regulators. Now he is just a small millionaire and was spotted riding a bike.

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  • Bingo. And there's why the idolizing of the guillotine irritates me so much. The actual practical solution is found in changing laws, law enforcement and taxation policy, not mass murder.

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    Billionaire Jack Ma tried to behave like Elon Musk. He lost his fortune after publically mocking Chinese regulators. Now he is just a small millionaire and was spotted riding a bike.

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  • You guillotine billionaire A. Billionaire B inherits the money, and flies his private jet to random destination you cannot reach. And he's probably upset you killed his father.

    Repeat for every billionaire in the country. Have we actually solved anything?

    People idolizing the symbol of the French Revolution of all things is mind boggling to me. Despite guillotining almost their entire aristocracy alongside thousands of other randos, France today remains a hairsbreadth away from control by the crazy right wingers.

  • You can literally just see where any ship in the world is

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  • Yeah, learned about this from the WhatsGoingOnInShipping youtube channel, which is useful if you're ever curious about something going on in international shipping.