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  • Haven't been to a McDonald's since luigis capture. Never will forget. Never will forgive.

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  • If you don’t and just enjoy the thought of killing people you disagree with then you should be out celebrating alongside MAGA over the murder of Renee Good.

    This is a bizarre comparison.

    UnitedHealth, and therefore its leadership, are collectively responsible for the systemic social murder of many thousands. They (like the rest of the industry) are so ingrained into bipartisan government though lobbying and other forms of soft power that we have consistently seen no legal justice, and have no reason to expect it.

    Renee Good, on the other hand, was not responsible for mass death and not an ongoing threat to millions of innocent citizens.

  • Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • I don't think other countries care whether Congress calls something a war or not. They didn't even declare the Vietnam War.

  • Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • Yep. I can't see a reformist answer to the core problems of the US. A US president is still beholden to haute capital who own the mass media, the tech industries, the supermarkets, etc.. A hypothetical socialist president would turn out worse than Allende. In order to solve the core issues of the USA, it would need to cease being the USA and become some other country.

  • Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • but you’re saying this as an American citizen

    What makes you assume we're American citizens?

  • Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • freedom of speech reddit

    hahaha

    Pretty funny thing to say on a site filled with people banned from reddit for saying things, including but not limited to the word "Luigi".

  • Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • It doesn’t work like that

    Looks like it does work like that. Moderators moderate the discussion. lemmy.ml has no obligation to platform imperialists, nor is there any value in doing so.

    And it works well, this community is a lot more pleasant and educational without having to deal with antisocial war-hawks and trolls constantly starting arguments instead of discussions. It's certainly solves that issue.

  • Have you been able to reconcile being very private and investing in fintech or buying online?

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  • private as possible

    What are you trying to hide, and who are you hiding it from?

    I dislike that some privacy forums, like reddit and therefore here by proxy, have a cultural habit of talking about privacy or security as an abstract value in itself. But when we start getting into more detailed questions, it's all vague and vibes until we make it clear who we're trying to hide from and what we're hiding.

    For example, most of the time I'm not hiding from my own government. Sure, I incidentally do make it a bit harder for them to track me, but I'm more focused on hiding from Meta/Alphabet/Amazon/etc. (plus from a small group of deranged online stalkers obsessed with some of my friends) so there are plenty of online services and stores I can buy from without taking inconvenient measures. It's fine for me if some services can guess my name and know where I live and one of my phone numbers. It's not fine if they learn some other details.

    It's important to get out of the habit of saying "more private", "less private", "most secure", and talk about what your specifically concerned with and how tactics and tools specifically address that. What information will Google gain from knowing your investments? Is that a threat to you? Are there acceptable ways to mitigate that threat?

    Using google to create an account would mean giving them my real data

    I've been surprised how easy it was for me to make a fake Google account with no links to my real identity. I only use it for age-restricted YouTube videos, I wouldn't trust it with money like investments, because the way I set it up is inherently suspicious and I wouldn't be able to verify identity if challenged.

  • (cant find the aita community) am i a bad person for saying "women" instead of "people who can get pregnant"?

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  • Yes. Although I also believe there are also good reasons to continue to change norms. Plenty of normal things of the past are now understood as offensive or insensitive today, language included. So I understand why people try and 'correct' language, but when it's done tactlessly or unnecessarily, it's just annoying and rude.

  • I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.

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  • If it was true, it would be horrendous security practices. Learn how to actually be anonymous if you ever need to be, or know someone who can help. Stop snitching on yourself.

  • The Fediverse Only Makes Time for Real Artists

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  • Without the ears and with broad paws, it nicely doubles as a sea lion.

  • The Fediverse Only Makes Time for Real Artists

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  • One quickly learns that drawings don't have to be detailed or experienced to be appreciated. Sure, it absolutely helps, learn what techniques make art more beautiful so you can punch above your weight, but I've received compliments from quick minimal doodles just by having fun with it.

  • When you get tired of Distrohopping

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  • In the past 5 years I've only ever had minor issues*, like a power button light not being on. But as a developer, I'm aware my hardware choices are more likely to be popular with other developers who would have already noticed and fixed issues.

    * excluding on niche distros, like Puppy ones.

  • When you get tired of Distrohopping

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  • What are some things you preferred in KDE over Cinnamon? I haven't explored KDE much.

  • China Launches Major Military Drills Encircling Taiwan in Response to US Arms Sales

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  • He also can’t just tear down a third of the White House on a whim, but here we are.

    Tearing down the White House doesn't hurt capital. When we say that Trump can't just do anything they want, we're not talking about legality. You're right, it's very clear that Trump's regime disregards legal issues. They have strong institutional power over the writing, judgement and enforcement of law.

    We're talking about pleasing those who give Trump power - the upper echelon of the rich, the owning class. Trump's regime needs mass media for messaging (think of social media and news owners like Zuck, Musk, Bezos, Murdoch, ... ), it needs technology (add Thiel, Ellison, ... ), and obviously it needs money.

    If Trump and friends turn those supporters against him, that's a very real issue that would lose them material power. They're pressured into compromising or conforming to the wants of those supporters, so that they continue giving power to the regime. This is what people mean by a "dictatorship of capital" - those with huge amounts of capital dictate the country.

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    Ireland: ‘We’re going to have an Irish Trump,’ claims former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon

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  • Billionaire-owned mass media is a hell of a drug. It's easy to forget just how much selective news reporting can distort a person's worldview.

  • China stages record drills designed to encircle Taiwan

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  • That's not whataboutism at all, that's extrapolating the logic of a claim to another case in order to test it.

  • Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’

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  • Why isn't this website more popular?

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  • Watermarking is great when there is a strong enough community to make original content. I'm sure there are communities like that, but I'm not in many of the hobby communities here.