Based on your comment and username, you might like or even already have read this: https://www.lovelybooks.de/autor/Z%C3%A9-do-Rock/Fom-Winde-f... I found it quite enjoyable.
This sounds like an interesting argument, but it's damn hard to parse. I think you're saying that real democracy needs political (in the widest sense) engagement, which can't be got from the majority of people, so…
I found a source from 2024 that seems trustworthy. It comes to the conclusion that about 2.5 million were "released into the US", while an estimated 1.6 million snuck in. That's Feb 2021 to Oct 2023. The details are…
Well, I think that pointing to the direction of travel is necessary, because that's where these folks want to go - and if we don't end up there, it's not because they had a change of heart, but because not enough people…
> things could get a lot worse! And they just might! Looks like they will. Do you care to bet what sort of party will make them so? You can see them in action across the world and in our past. > They just aren’t that…
My point is that the term "fascist" here gets used to draw attention to parallels in core ideology, and that this is unsurprising and indeed appropriate. There will always be differences, and a narrower definition can…
It's not the "calls for fusion of corporations and state" you mentioned above that these people are the most famous for, but their ideology and the associated actions. It's no wonder modern forms of a similar ideology…
I think that's named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton
Ok, understood. It seemed like you were proposing an alternative to permanent-DST that should be worse by your own logic (unnatural standard), but if it's tongue in cheek, then I'm much less confused.
I thought we wanted to prevent imposing unnatural time standards? "China manages somehow" seems nowhere close to that. The point of the article is that timezones solve practical problems that will keep existing if you…
Not entirely, if the country covers enough time zones, like China suggested above. 4 hours of difference is already half the working day, and a sizable chunk of daylight.
Seems relevant: https://qntm.org/abolish
I can only repeat what I wrote before: There are no hard red lines, only mostly hard, mostly red, and mostly straight lines, not in law, and not even when looking at literal lines that somebody drew or printed. Trying…
So what? > Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech Note that it does not define what that means. At the same time, it is well established that some forms of speech do come with consequences. I'm…
Did you try your question on the website?
That button only works if I enter my email address in the text box next to it. :/
Oh, I don't mind the disagreement, I'm curious to understand why your position is so different from mine, after getting closer to understanding what your position actually is. (I had to do that because there are some…
Here's how I understand your position so far: You think it's okay when actual harm and suffering results from a "battle of the brains" via computers, because one party "outsmarted" the other. Sure, it would "suck", but…
You're presenting a false dilemma, there are more options than "all hacking is completely illegal" and "all hacking is a free-for-all". We're in a thread that starts from the notion that it should not be illegal to…
> I really don’t understand the urge or need to compare software security with physical security. Both are about preventing harm in many different forms. Software famously has effects in the physical world, that's the…
Since you mentioned it below several responses to this comment: Why do you think this is okay for software, but not okay in the "physical world"? Is it about a perceived lack of consequences of the one vs the other?…
I thought we were talking about how things look, not the skill that goes into making them look like it. These are different things. Fashion. Taste. Informed by functional and economical requirements, materials,…
Yes, I would like to understand why this is their preference. Aren't you curious? I don't think it's enough to say: these people are experts, so in this issue of style and taste their answer is automatically correct, no…
Why, indeed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes
Based on your comment and username, you might like or even already have read this: https://www.lovelybooks.de/autor/Z%C3%A9-do-Rock/Fom-Winde-f... I found it quite enjoyable.
This sounds like an interesting argument, but it's damn hard to parse. I think you're saying that real democracy needs political (in the widest sense) engagement, which can't be got from the majority of people, so…
I found a source from 2024 that seems trustworthy. It comes to the conclusion that about 2.5 million were "released into the US", while an estimated 1.6 million snuck in. That's Feb 2021 to Oct 2023. The details are…
Well, I think that pointing to the direction of travel is necessary, because that's where these folks want to go - and if we don't end up there, it's not because they had a change of heart, but because not enough people…
> things could get a lot worse! And they just might! Looks like they will. Do you care to bet what sort of party will make them so? You can see them in action across the world and in our past. > They just aren’t that…
My point is that the term "fascist" here gets used to draw attention to parallels in core ideology, and that this is unsurprising and indeed appropriate. There will always be differences, and a narrower definition can…
It's not the "calls for fusion of corporations and state" you mentioned above that these people are the most famous for, but their ideology and the associated actions. It's no wonder modern forms of a similar ideology…
I think that's named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton
Ok, understood. It seemed like you were proposing an alternative to permanent-DST that should be worse by your own logic (unnatural standard), but if it's tongue in cheek, then I'm much less confused.
I thought we wanted to prevent imposing unnatural time standards? "China manages somehow" seems nowhere close to that. The point of the article is that timezones solve practical problems that will keep existing if you…
Not entirely, if the country covers enough time zones, like China suggested above. 4 hours of difference is already half the working day, and a sizable chunk of daylight.
Seems relevant: https://qntm.org/abolish
I can only repeat what I wrote before: There are no hard red lines, only mostly hard, mostly red, and mostly straight lines, not in law, and not even when looking at literal lines that somebody drew or printed. Trying…
So what? > Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech Note that it does not define what that means. At the same time, it is well established that some forms of speech do come with consequences. I'm…
Did you try your question on the website?
That button only works if I enter my email address in the text box next to it. :/
Oh, I don't mind the disagreement, I'm curious to understand why your position is so different from mine, after getting closer to understanding what your position actually is. (I had to do that because there are some…
Here's how I understand your position so far: You think it's okay when actual harm and suffering results from a "battle of the brains" via computers, because one party "outsmarted" the other. Sure, it would "suck", but…
You're presenting a false dilemma, there are more options than "all hacking is completely illegal" and "all hacking is a free-for-all". We're in a thread that starts from the notion that it should not be illegal to…
> I really don’t understand the urge or need to compare software security with physical security. Both are about preventing harm in many different forms. Software famously has effects in the physical world, that's the…
Since you mentioned it below several responses to this comment: Why do you think this is okay for software, but not okay in the "physical world"? Is it about a perceived lack of consequences of the one vs the other?…
I thought we were talking about how things look, not the skill that goes into making them look like it. These are different things. Fashion. Taste. Informed by functional and economical requirements, materials,…
Yes, I would like to understand why this is their preference. Aren't you curious? I don't think it's enough to say: these people are experts, so in this issue of style and taste their answer is automatically correct, no…
Why, indeed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes