mycodesucks @lemmy.world When I get bored with the conversation/tired of arguing I will simply tersely agree with you and then stop responding. I'm too old for this stuff.
Nothing is wrong with computers. Something is wrong with developers.
"You WILL accept our defined use cases for you. We aren't interested in writing robust software. We're interested in writing it badly in 2 days so we can spend the rest of the money on marketing."
Always someone taking their fandom too seriously I guess.
Also Trump is still an actual candidate and people are rightfully terrified. That does things to people's sarcasm detectors.
Then there are the people who recognize it's a joke/sarcasm and just think it's too serious to joke about, and they're entitled to their opinion. It IS serious, but I will never allow that to get in the way of a joke.
Is it too late to elect Trump and end democracy?
The best people. With the best words.
Who has ever said Star Trek isn't horny?
It’s why you’ll sooner donate to support the hospital stay of a person in your hometown than you would to a earthquake in zimbabwe.
This, right here? Is making an assumption that doesn't necessarily hold true. I've made donations to DOZENS of world-wide charities and never once even thought of donating to a person in my hometown. It's not because I'm callous... it's because my hometown has a system in place to help people with medical needs.
It's not about helping who you know or have a personal connection to... it's about helping people who NEED the help. It's one of the reasons I find this "pay it forward" crap at restaurants so egregious. You know who doesn't need their coffee paid for? The person who's already in line to buy a coffee at Starbucks. If they couldn't afford that coffee they wouldn't be there. If you're itching to spend money on someone else, put it in the tip jar.
So yes, it's completely fair to judge people for this. If you are completely unable to conceptualize people's needs or suffering until it's shoved in your face in a way you can't avoid, that's not human nature - that's a character flaw.
This change of heart is laudable, but do they still carry the other abhorrent views of the GOP in their hearts? Do they want the wall and deadly force on immigrants until one of their grandchildren marries an immigrant? How many personal connections does it take to finally become a good person?
Why do people need that so desperately? Is it really so much of a burden to wait a few minutes for the platforms those journalists work for to vet and publish the news on their own platforms? Is your personal and immediate input and reaction so important? It's important to be fast rather than correct!
If these "trustworthy journalists" are posting information so quickly and spur of the moment that they aren't checking things and ensuring their accuracy, they're not as "trustworthy" as you think anyway.
This might be one case where I'd be okay with keeping the methods these tools use as a trade secret for at least a little while so as to slow the arms race. The longer we're able to detect fake images the the better.
It didn't used to be this way... I still remember when John McCain shut down a woman spouting lies about Obama, and defended him as a good man. This obstructionism and negativity originated in Congress. It's easy to point fingers at presidential negativity, because Trump is leading the charge now, but it was Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell and Co that opened the door for him.
Words can mean more than one thing, and people assume you're intelligent enough to be able to put them in context and figure out which one you mean. If I say "The general gave an order", you assume I don't mean at Burger King. If you want hard definitions with one meaning only, perhaps I can recommend this?
One of these two will have power in November. That is reality. The democrats are the lesser of two evils. People living in reality don't have the luxury of choosing non-existent options, and have to pick from what is possible.
That's not what I said, and don't put words in my mouth.
It's not what he says he'll do, it's what he says he is. He is a petty dictator who can't stomach dissent or disagreement who will happily use anyone to further his own ends, and will happily take whatever interpretation of reality puts him on top, even if it means intentionally misreading and misinterpreting things.
But I don't have to tell you that. You seem to be quite well-versed in that technique yourself.
Democrats didn't paint that image. Trump did.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Next year? I expect an announcement before the end of summer.
20534 memes are taking up space
I'll post a complaint about this in 5 minutes when my phone's UI is responsive again.
"I don't get it... why isn't our Dyson Sphere producing any energy?"
It's a much better idea to build it around the moon, which is light all night, rather than the sun, which only shines in the day.
PSA: Release Notes for the upcoming "It's Chewsday, innit?" meme release
As of the July release, future memes will use "It's Chewsday, systemd?"