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limer

@ limer @lemmy.ml

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Long term computer programmer, making my own library. American based. Far left politically. Promotes use of paper ballots. Follows news about environmental collapse, political corruption in my country, human rights, science and tech.

  • What do you think is an overrated food?

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  • Land cockroaches are taboo now..,

  • Firefox Will Ship with an “AI Kill Switch” to Completely Disable all AI Features

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  • If they are going to make AI the beating heart of the browser, like ceo said, then this will be as helpful as the JavaScript option to turn that off

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  • I’m still learning 😊

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  • I think there are many ways to mess up a communist movement after winning and I hope some pitfalls are avoided

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  • I think if communism prevails one need only look to other large regions of the world to see how difficult that was to do it there

  • Why Democratic Approval Has Fallen to 18%

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  • I had a think about that.

    I think the Democratic Party became more progressive and “enlightened” at the same rate local politics lost its ability to do significant changes.

    As activism across the political spectrum diminished in the 1990s, and as local grassroots movements dried up due to population movements. People turned to a higher yet inefficient source of power; state and federal democrats . It was about that time the party started to rebrand itself to seem more useful to these people

    Most people who have grandchildren will remember that mainstream democrats were a bit scary back in the day. Certainly not any sort of pressure value ( in Texas even in the 90s they used to hold political meetings during hog hunts)

    In many states, particularly the south, the older Democratic Party was completely replaced by others who had none of the connections, wealth or power.

    I think to a while, after that, the democrats were a pressure valve, like you described.

    But now we are in a time of political stasis. And nothing would change tomorrow if the whole party went away. At this time the only thing keeping us in check is us, the population, who is challenged to do anything

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  • Elections will never fix this mess. New political parties cannot install reform.

    Later, when local politics do become possible, in my hypothetical above, socialists must come out on top. If not, things will never change.

    Communism in the USA is the only thing that can prevent a lot of suffering lasting decades or more.

    As for something worse: there is a lot bad going on, families going hungry, people dying of preventable disease. The list of that continues for several pages.

    This country, as it is, cannot help them, their communities cannot make things better for most. That is scary.

    Most of the crimes Trump is doing is backed and empowered by other crimes and injustices, In the grand scheme of things, who is in power there is not so important as the system itself. Trump is like a bruise showing up on the skin resulting from cancer. The bruise is unsightly but ultimately insignificant.

  • Why Democratic Approval Has Fallen to 18%

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  • It has a very small effect in a handful of states with some local policy changes. I think it has no effect federally

  • Why Democratic Approval Has Fallen to 18%

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  • Ultimately the approval numbers for democrats only matter in states that do not hide the counting of votes and allow recounts

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  • I feel like the elections are manipulated to extract wealth from the population. This means democrats will probably control congress next election, and most probably next a democratic president. Followed by another gop series of victories.

    Trump is there because of an unmonitored and corrupt system. Most likely he did not win the primaries in 2016.

    I also feel that Trump is more a symptom of something worse than him

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  • I feel comfort by looking at my country’s (usa) history over the last two generations.

    What is there to feel comfort about? There are only losses to see, there is no progress on most things important in socialism. Society is on autopilot. In many respects, the billionaires and corrupt mess seems to have won. It’s definitely depressing.

    But… there is hope. And for that we need history. The USA has experienced social disintegration and population movement over the last two generations. And this is much more than the original Industrial Revolution. All countries have experienced this, but in the USA, the population movements and stretching of social bonds are an order of magnitude more than most because there is simply so much space for people to relocate.

    This relocation has stalled political change, and eliminated politics on the local scale. At the same time, the types of ways people communicate and organize is exponentially evolving, even now.

    I feel like what this means is that there is huge potential for change. I’m not sure how and why or when change will occur, but when it does happen this will occur quickly. Much like a rubber band being stretched too far and popping back.

    And everyone will be caught by surprise at the speed of political change. I’m not saying that it will be change welcomed by socialists. It may be something else, or chaos.

    But I think the best way I can contribute is to be in my own small community, helping to prepare for a change that may happen next year, or ten years later

  • Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024

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  • Elections and democracy do not mean much when precious few people have no any idea how the ballots are handled.

    Even when all the votes are accurately recorded in every precinct in the nation; new political parties are stillborn and votes cannot reverse corruption and mismanagement .

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  • TIL Benedict Cumberbatch is the third cousin, 16 times removed from King Richard III who he played in a British miniseries.

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  • I once heard that everyone on earth is 42nd cousin or closer

  • What is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?

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  • Any technology after coming down from the trees is bad and should be avoided. However, survival depends on increasing usage of tech stacks.

    It was out of control 3 million years ago and is certainly disaster now. Exponentially growing worse.

  • "Flushable wipes"; "dishwasher-safe"; "odourless" - What are some other blatant lies that companies get away with?

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  • I honestly do not trust those labels without proof

  • "Flushable wipes"; "dishwasher-safe"; "odourless" - What are some other blatant lies that companies get away with?

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  • Yes! Yes! At most this means a minor modification of what exists.

    If the innovations are truly enough to make it so different, its always marketed as a different product

  • The White House promises to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research | Rep. Joe Neguse suggested the move was in retaliation for Colorado’s refusal to release Tina Peters

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  • Stating the obvious here: the admin and congress cannot be negotiated with or trusted

  • You could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time.

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  • I described pinball arcades once. Never again

  • Huge tunnels discovered that were not made by humans or geology

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  • “Non human tunnel diggers killed by our ancestors”

    By the way, did I ever mention that sloth stew is delicious?