Well, ideally the companies would crash before the chips are actually used, but I’d rather have cheap, used chips than my also used, but older and worse chips or new ones I can’t afford.

Maybe if the companies that secured dibs on the chips crash and have to fold, those chips will end up on the consumer market after all

A law that’s not enforced is a suggestion

Agreed. Abstaining from democratic participation doesn’t absolve from democratic responsibility. If both parties on offer are shit, at least make a point of showing that on the ballot rather than just silently accepting whatever comes your way.

But does he know they’re French too?

Sorry, I just heard lawnmower, what do I do with all this blood now?

That shit has to be intentional.

I’m pretty sure it is, but not strictly by Wikipedia. It credits some 2001 column for coming up with it.

Are you in pain?

That’s fine, it’s still fowl language

A real cunt move

When the error bars are larger than your dataset

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Ah, I did misunderstand you. I thought you meant compromise with the bastards.

Lemmy (and the internet in general) has a tendency for replies to be diametrically opposed, so I don’t blame you for mistaking my comment as contrarian. It’s an unfortunate extension of the hostile discussion culture.

If anything, I’d disagree on details, but not on the general sentiment: Being scared to make a move is human. Refusing to make a move because you value principle over intention is hypocrisy. Convincing others not to make a move is sabotage.

And saboteurs are at least as bad as open enemies, if not worse for their insidious pretense. In short: They’re bastards.

I don’t want to see firefights in the streets

I question the sanity of anyone who does. Fighting is a destructive activity. The best war is one that is never fought.

But as the saying goes: If you fight, you might lose…

but as ICE ratchets up the violence against regular folks I just can’t see us not having to fight them.

…but if you don’t fight (back), you’ve already lost. And this is a fight we really don’t want to lose.

As long as they don’t procreate ;-)

For one, it shouldn’t matter whether the other person who’s bad at the game is a kid, a senior, impaired, a noob, a busy adult or just someone who enjoys that game without putting in the effort to become really good at it: If you’re insulting someone over a game, you should sort out your priorities. I used to do that, because I was a miserable knobhead, but it really doesn’t make the game more enjoyable and made me even more miserable.

But secondly, it’s particularly bad with kids. Yes, life can be unpleasant, and learning to deal with other people’s disapproval is important, but there has to be a better way to ease them into that.

(Beating down on the impaired is also fucked up, obviously. Life has dealt them a shit hand already, so how about making an effort to include them instead? I promise, it’s more mutually enjoyable. Few good things are as infectious as the joy of someone used to being shut out with superficial pity. That’s not relevant to the topic, but I felt it’s worth mentioning.)

Without having looked at your link, because I’m on the train without headphones and don’t want to be that guy:

You can compensate for a lot by paying people a good, stable salary. Light knows I’m tolerating some bullshit just because a permanent full-time job in a stable industry with alright pay and a strong union and workers’ council is a welcome reprieve in an unstable time. Sure, I can’t be as flexible with HO as I’d like, but at least I can make a living and support my wife without stressing out about suddenly getting a lot of time at home without office.

But even money can only do so much. Working conditions, realistic expectations, getting and heeding feedback from the people doing the actual work also matter. It’s perpetually confusing to see top management be so neglectful in their treatment of “human resources”, because even that dehumanising phrasing implies they’re resources that ought to be maintained.

Allegedly, they also said it was worth it.

Mold is still a culture

You got me wrong: Better to compromise on pacifism than steadfastly refuse to defend ourselves

Naive pacifism is. I’m a pacifist too, but it doesn’t take much reading to understand the reasoning behind “If you want peace, prepare for war” and acknowledge that, regrettably, violence sometimes is the only option not amounting to reckless neglect.

Better to compromise and achieve something than to smugly die an idealist and achieve nothing.