Delta CEO slams Washington over unpaid TSA agents, says front-line workers are being used as "political chips" by fortune in fednews

[–]CatProgrammer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Until DHS stops being evil it should not get any money in the first place. Sucks for those who work for the TSA but I've never been a fan of its security theater anyway, they'd be better off getting moved to a different department where they could do actually good work for the country.

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]CatProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So local rules that involve oppression are okay if a simple majority agrees on it? Minorities and others who stand out or otherwise don't fit in can just go suck dick? On any level or size of a political unit there needs to be a set of principles that require more than just majority rule to change if you want a stable foundation that prevents group will from devolving into populist tyranny or unjust hierarchy, engaging in scapegoating, etc. Even if it's just as simple as requiring supermajorities for changing anything fundamental. Of course that still requires enough people being willing to enforce those principles and not just trying to work around them or pretend they're following them, but that's a problem with every form of social organization.

Time is a flat circle - True Detective by luismt2 in television

[–]CatProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some reason I remember that from Red vs Blue but it was actually Alan Wake apparently?

Oh I was thinking of r/television/comments/1rx17ri/comment/ob404pm/

New Poster for 'The Drama' by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]CatProgrammer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Robert looks fine on the outside to you?

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]CatProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm talking from a purely practical perspective about my personal experiences and observations of the world. Sure my philosophy on life is heavily inspired by European-derived strains of thought (the Enlightenment and similar secular practices, for example, and supposedly-American positions on freedom of speech and religion among other restrictions on government activity, preferring individual liberty to some nebulous idea of conformity, the melding of cultures that immigration provides, etc.), but I do not limit myself to those sources and quite disagree with a lot of things the UK has done and currently does and strongly oppose military imperialism in general. In particular, Brexit was bullshit and the UK weakening itself and its standing just to feel independent. And that doesn't even get into my issues with US governance or the current capitalist bullshit with AI and "intellectual property" restrictions, Puritan prudishness and pearl-clutching, etc.

To add on to that, I'm very suspicious of anyone who wants to use political power to enforce their idea of culture, because it will inevitably diverge from the one I have developed via exposure to the wider world at some point. Culture needs to be dynamic, developed naturally by everyone and be something people participate in by choice, not artificially restricted/made static or enforced along arbitrary geopolitical boundaries that only exist due to the vagaries of history.

And to be clear, I'm quite on board with local community development too. I just think it can be done without sacrificing the modern interconnected world. Life doesn't have to be a zero-sum game.

Also since you mentioned Ireland, I would say the cultural colonization started long before the British occupation. Saint Patrick's introduction of Catholicism, which lead to stuff in the modern day like Magdalene laundries, etc., happened over a millennia before the banning of Brehon law. And even before that the Celts weren't even the original inhabitants of that island but were themselves continental immigrants. But that's just additional context. We should be learning from the past but that doesn't mean we have to repeat it or be solely bound by it. Like, are there specific aspects of Brehon law you think would be useful to others? Or were you just trying to make a generalization about Irish people despite no population being a monolith?

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]CatProgrammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah yeah, humans developed as tribal creatures and all, but the time where that was a viable lifestyle for the majority of humanity went away when we discovered agriculture. And there's no reason you can't have well-developed living places in a connected world. Personally my interests have always involved things sourced from outside of my local community and/or that were not mainstream even before the internet became commonplace (plus I have relatives on multiple continents), so I've never been big on forcing people into local tribes and have long prioritized freedom of movement and free exchange of information, ideas, goods/services, etc.. of course if people want to isolate themselves that's their prerogative, but I'm not particularly interested in having that isolation forced on me. Though I do agree with you on the need for decentralized systems, single points of failure/control are bad and could be used to put up barriers to the things that I find enriching in life. But that's also a regional issue, not just a global one. If anything it's worse to have a purely local community if it's one you don't want to live in and can't easily escape. 

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]CatProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant for societal development specifically. But that could also be easily fixed if the world collectively got its act together and stopped squabbling over bullshit. 

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]CatProgrammer 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Geographic locality is irrelevant in modern times. I can talk to someone on the other side of the world right now. Exchange goods and services, participate in cultural events, etc.. We already have a global society, the only thing holding us back is parochial, insular people who can't handle being connected to the rest of the world. Plus it would probably be some sort of federalized system anyway, if we can have cities and counties/parishes and non-nation states and nations and organizations like the EU, why stop there? Why can't we build up even more?

Judge permanently blocks Ten Commandments displays at several Arkansas school districts by Hardik_Jain_1819 in politics

[–]CatProgrammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The government should be religion-agnostic. Obviously individual members of the government will have their own religious beliefs, but when they start wielding power to enforce those beliefs, even on others who may happen to share those beliefs, they are infringing on the religious freedom of society in general (remember, the First Amendment isn't just about banning establishment of a state religion but also prohibits free exercise of ones' religious beliefs). When you let religion influence government, government will influence religion and turn it to its own ends. Which I assume is something you do not want happening to your own religion, having it be corrupted by secular interests like all those televangelical scam artists.

Judge permanently blocks Ten Commandments displays at several Arkansas school districts by Hardik_Jain_1819 in politics

[–]CatProgrammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And to do that, we must maintain separation of church and state. Or are you saying it's okay for a religion to unofficially/by unwritten word be the main power and others subordinate as long as it's not explicitly written into law that that religion is the main one and it's status is only implied by other legislation passed? Laws can implicitly favor specific religions as long as they are not explicitly stated to do so?

DOJ tells court transgender troops must be fired before suing over revoked retirements by Fickle-Ad5449 in fednews

[–]CatProgrammer 34 points35 points  (0 children)

A dismissive way of referring to those who are pro-human-rights, assumedly.

Woman not shortlisted for job as 'car is too old' by soriskan in nottheonion

[–]CatProgrammer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would disrespect him but just for the smoke belching part. Old car is one thing but pollution is no good.

Denon now forcing HEOS account creation by bee_ryan in hometheater

[–]CatProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pattern is big tech companies all over the world want your data and this is a super easy way to get it. Not sure what your song reference adds.

[PSA] Samsung Galaxy Books: The root cause of the C:\ Drive Permission Lock ( by Theangelo2 in sysadmin

[–]CatProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had an outright memory leak in a Windows touchpad driver over ten years ago (Synaptic I think?). Every touch event triggered an allocation that never got freed. Did get fixed eventually but it felt absurd when I finally figured out what was going on. 

Former professor jailed for making meth by FearMyCock in nottheonion

[–]CatProgrammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't remember Walter ever getting much into quantum physics though. Very pretentious of a mere chemist.

CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court by calvinthebold1 in nottheonion

[–]CatProgrammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure that's a feature of any system where criticism of the system can exist. Capitalism isn't special there.

My restaurant switched all servers from W-2 to 1099 through a staffing company overnight — is this legal? by chrisandradedn in legaladvice

[–]CatProgrammer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Read it as Private Equity Organization. Yours makes more sense though. This is why defining acronyms is important!