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PakG1
·há 8 dias·discuss
Not a miracle if the math works out such that their margins cover the infrastructural fixed costs. Just simple economics.
PakG1
·há 11 dias·discuss
I understand that I give them permission. That's partly why I'm not a producer of content on those platforms, though I'll consume now and then. But I'll rarely produce text (other than usually a happy birthday now and then), and I'll never produce photos.

But what about the people in my photographs, whether on purpose or not? Did they give permission? That's the part that Meta doesn't really want to address.
PakG1
·há 27 dias·discuss
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/725/
PakG1
·há 2 meses·discuss
Memes help things to become popular. I guess the question would be how popular would it have been without the meme name? We'll never know.
PakG1
·há 4 meses·discuss
Because the US government has such a great track record on ensuring that this kind of stuff is only done legally with the utmost integrity. /s
PakG1
·há 5 meses·discuss
Reminds me of people talking about Angry Birds and the Box2d physics engine. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2273694
PakG1
·há 7 meses·discuss
It's too bad that there are probably meant to be so many example comics in that article, judging from how it's written, and what's really there is just ads where the comics are probably supposed to be. Wonder what happened.
PakG1
·há 9 meses·discuss
I suppose this means that Montessori is not a single movement, but multiple movements all claiming to be the proper one.
PakG1
·há 9 meses·discuss
I'm not sure what to say to you. If left wing people comprised 90% of the earth's population, we wouldn't see right wing governments anywhere. It just wouldn't happen. Republicans are certainly not hiding their views in shame, especially right now. In fact, they're winning. They have no reason to hide in shame.

Here's a good example of what I mean by them mimicking each other. This issue of gun shootings in the US is really fascinating if you look at it from far far away with no emotional tie to the subject (which is hard to do for many people, including me).

When Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were assassinated by gunshots in their home a few months ago, many right wingers seemed indifferent and some right wingers were even condescending and insulting. Meanwhile, left wingers were correctly very upset. They accused the right wing of condoning and applauding gun violence and assassination instead of peaceful dialogue. At least, that's what I saw on social media.

Now we have the other side when social activist Charlie Kirk got assassinated by gunshot. It's a mirror image. Many left wingers seem indifferent and some left wingers are even condescending and insulting. Meanwhile, right wingers are correctly very upset. They accuse the left wing of condoning and applauding gun violence and assassination instead of peaceful dialogue. At least, that's what I saw on social media.

I see the right wing accusing Antifa and other groups of being domestic terrorists without acknowledging their own side's problems. I see the left wing accusing Proud Boys and other groups of being domestic terrorists without acknowledging their own side's problems. The two sides just like to point fingers at the other side over and over again. Just a ton of whataboutisms. This is probably the biggest symptom that makes overt their polarization. They don't share the same perceived reality.

If you can't agree with that, then we're just another example that don't share a perceived reality. People need to be able to ask themselves, "What if I'm wrong?" People don't do that anymore. I'm trying to though. I hope you do too.
PakG1
·há 9 meses·discuss
If you can't acknowledge that the two sides both accuse each other of the exact same behaviour, you're in an echo chamber.
PakG1
·há 9 meses·discuss
I can't tell if this is sarcasm/satire to make the point about the problem of today's information environment or not.
PakG1
·há 9 meses·discuss
What you just said is completely compatible with what the parent comment said. I would say you're saying a 95% match to the parent while subtracting only the political undertones.
PakG1
·há 5 anos·discuss
This messes with your AP placements though. Depending on your AP placements, you may or may end up with deadspots. You need to be sure that your AP placement is sufficient when taking this strategy. And yes, I take this strategy too.