nihildev.bsky.social
Banking bro turned developer (Next.js/SQL/TailwindCSS). Humanist, more or less.
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Also cracks me up how American leftists will go “but so many older soviets say they miss it, that it was better!” And it’s like, yeah, and how many of our own people from the same age say the same thing about the 50s and 60s in America?
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
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In the 90s in school I remember seeing a graphic on how many hours an American had to work for basic goods vs someone in the USSR.
I always suspected it was propaganda until I studied the history. The USSR was objectively a bad place.
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You draw troops back from the war to control the domestic space and you lose the war. Send troops to the front and you lose the population (in an unpopular war).
They’re trying to do everything all at once and it’s going to cause a crash.
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No one cares what you think on this matter.
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Oh fuck off
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Please, go fuck yourself.
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My guess is Newsome’s team ran the numbers, saw being a contrarian would boost him more, and that’s the path he’s taken.
Cynical, but sometimes the most cynical people can bring about positive change. Still…I’ll wait and see on this.
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The media is a part of the administration.
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Grok is probably the best at chat and offering a contradiction or nuance.
And holy hell it pains me to write that. But Grok stands to either be abandoned by users or possibly subvert their beliefs.
I just…don’t know how to process that.
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If you wanna make a good LLM (good in the sense it works as an LLM compared to its competitors), you’re gonna have to let it be “woke.”
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“This violence against the State is unacceptable!
Anyway, what are you doing on July 4?”
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*when
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We landed in this sport because we refused to dole out consequences to people for anti-social behavior. We CANNOT repeat that mistake if we get through this.
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A strongly worded letter from Congress is empty. They gave no consequences for it (yet). These experts could lose their jobs and income for it.
Context always matter.
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It’s possible to be pro-gun control and pro-gun all at the same time! In fact, most responsible gun owners are.
But in reality, yes, guns (or any weapon of self-defense) is a necessity for some people.
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But it’s no longer a de facto stance. At some point we’ll have to question if non-violence is really the best approach, or if it’s time to break windows.
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The examples of non-violence working against a regime are SPARSE. Chile against Pinochet, Serbia in 2000, and a few others. And they’re unique with circumstances that don’t match our own.
I still think non-violence is the approach here. We still have mechanisms that will reward it.
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So rank him #1, rank the ones you like, and don’t rank Cuomo.
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An idiot who ignores the context of history is still an idiot.
You’re being an idiot on this.
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(One of the reasons, Syrill is another huge reason - the whole “the tighter you close your fists the most slip away” thing)
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Deedra being the ultimate Imperial is what doomed the Empire.
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Wonder if there are any artists who could take modern scenes and draw them in the 1860s style
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It’s only a terrible visual if you’re an ignorant bigot.
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Didn’t know that was an option. Gonna fix that.
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You have to fight. You have to push back. You have to resist. And you have to hope that sympathy eventually tilts in your direction.
It's one of the shittiest things about humanity, that we don't just immediately cut-through the obvious bullshit because doing so requires us to act.
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Hot take - when a regime commits to this, the people have no choice but to respond. History has shown that if you rise up, you become the enemy and deserve what happens. If you don't, then you become a silent martyr and nothing more than another list of sins committed by the regime.
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Tbh, if enough criminals start doing this, it'd be enough to undo the whole ICE project. If there's no social trust around ICE and you don't know if you're being robbed or it's a legit government raid, it's going to lead to confrontations with people who are also MAGA.
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Like, it's America. If you're white but from a non-traditional "white" class up until the 50s, there's a high chance that you lean into that identity. Irish, Italian, anything Eastern Europe. White people with European flags creatively displayed in tattoos is a common thing in America.
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The arrogance shown toward the oppressed by those who aren't facing oppression is stifling.
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I have never, at any point in my ideological journey from Conservative to Leftist to whatever the fuck I am now, have ever understood the hatred for people displaying the Mexican flag. I see flags of EVERY nationality, especially Irish and Italian, all the time. I don't see the difference.
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It feels like a minor change, but it's not. It forces a refocus of your time and energy, and it's major. Definitely needed this today after crashing out at work yesterday.
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It's not some vague goal that I'm after, some "Get a job." It's more, "I want this type of job, I need these types of skills and experience to get it, so I'll work on those skills and experience within the limits that I've set for myself. I'll get a job within the limits I set for myself."
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And so as I gear up for the job search, the "goal" now no longer exists. It's not "get a job as a developer or in tech," but rather what kind of job will I not want to work for? What companies should I avoid? What work should I avoid? What work will be fulfilling even sans rewards?
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I have personal goals set to get me out of this hellhole existence, but it's taking time. But the goal-setting has burned me out here as well.
This article offers a really good alternative, which is basically set the constraints so that you can function in any situation and keep yourself intact.