Jimmyeatsausage

“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.” John Stuart Mill

Not voting is still a choice, and a choice too many make. The argument makes sense in a contest where the winner of the popular vote loses the election, but in this case, the majority of people who could be bothered to vote chose Trump. I find myself much less angry with this outcome than last time he won. It's more disappointment this time, at least for me.

Generally, it's a good idea for protests to target those in power as those in power are more likely to be able enact the desired change. Overwhelming the power grid would disproportionately impact the poor. They are more likely to be on medications that require refrigeration, more likely to live in densely populated heat islands (the 1st places to lose power), more likely to be reliant on public services that might shut down during such an event (like public transportation), and are less likely to have access to alternative power sources like generators or residential renewable generation (like geothermal or solar). This reasoning applies to any attempt to make society collapse under its own weight. The people a strike/protest is supposed to hurt are (some would argue, by design) also the most insulated from society. If they relied on the same systems the rest ofbus do, they wouldn't be so willing to destroy those systems.

I think they're suggesting that, if you think what you're seeing now is "unlimited support," you'll have a pretty shocking 2025. There can't be a repeat in '26 and '28 if there are no Palestinians left.

We had a shitty choice to make, and we chose to accelerate this genocide so we can get on to all the others, but hey...if it teaches a liberal a lesson that's a chance we're willing to take. At least it'll be over for them faster this way.

I was doing full stack dev for 20 years until very recently. Never needed anything beyond basic algebra EXCEPT for while I was getting my CS degree...had 2 classes, i think, where we were doing matrix math/Fourier transforms, but iirc they were electives...one was writing a very basic 3d graphics driver and the other was working with very simple computer vision...things like recognizing handwritten letters.

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Just like everyone else.

Hell, include the hype, and it looks stupid

Now they just have a huge boss...

Yes, I'm very sorry to have misspoke...they only own the livestock farms, distribution centers, the land the restaurants are on, and they have exclusive partnerships with the potato growers and ranchers. They DO outsource the pickles from another supplier (who only supply McDonalds), onions (at least the whole ones, couldn't confirm a source for the dehydrated), and other produce like tomatoes.

Especially in cases like McDonalds. They've owned their entire supply chain since at least the late 90s.