cybersandwich

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[–] cybersandwich -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For what it's worth I'm not judging them for their decision to not have kids. I don't care if they have kids or not. That's their choice. I'm just commenting on their incredibly fatalistic world view. When in reality, in the west at least, we have so many positive things going for us like tech advancements, healthcare/medical advancements, and the education opportunities.

It's the safest it's been in a while and even with what's happening in the middle east and Ukraine, it's one of the most peaceful times in history.

[–] cybersandwich 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure Clinton helps at this point.

[–] cybersandwich 25 points 2 months ago

Windows will mostly just be a kiosk for Edge.

I think for the vast majority of average users this has been true for a long time.

[–] cybersandwich 5 points 2 months ago

Meh, that's too much bloat.

[–] cybersandwich 207 points 2 months ago (39 children)

Another way to encourage interoperability is to use the government to hold out a carrot in addition to the stick. Through government procurement laws, governments could require any company providing a product or service to the government to not interfere with interoperability. President Lincoln required standard tooling for bullets and rifles during the Civil War, so there’s a long history of requiring this already. If companies don’t want to play nice, they’ll lose out on some lucrative contracts, “but no one forces a tech company to do business with the federal government.”

That's actually a very interesting idea. This benefits the govt as much as anyone else too. It reduces switching costs for govt tech.

[–] cybersandwich 13 points 2 months ago

The speaker killed his own career by not reaching across the aisle. The only reason gaetz and the magats had any say at that point was because the speaker refused to work with anyone but Republicans.

That wing of the party gets neutered with a handful of Dem votes. You get those by working with the other party.

So gaetz didn't ruin anyone's career. The former speaker ruined it himself. Gaetz ain't that "powerful".

[–] cybersandwich 20 points 2 months ago

I've heard it described as "a drunk British sailor trying to speak German".

[–] cybersandwich 7 points 2 months ago

Lol that what my first reaction too. They summed him up perfectly.

[–] cybersandwich 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kaola family by Blippi.

It was demanded of me.

[–] cybersandwich 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'd never really thought about this, but I know felons can't vote, but what about if you are in jail awaiting charges? How does that work?

Just getting access to a ballot seems like a challenge. Don't you have to request an absentee ballot in advance? If you are in jail, you don't go to the polls obviously.

Did this guy just screw himself out of a vote?

[–] cybersandwich 110 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I've heard someone call it billionaire brain rot. I think at some point you end up with so much money and not enough people telling you no, that it literally changes your brain.

Seems likely.

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