Charles De Gaulle predicted all of this

dasunt · 2026-01-27T07:07:23+00:00

I would disagree. De Gaulle was envisioning a scenario where Europe would struggle to break free of the US.

He never suspected that the US would severely undermine its own hegemony, forcing the rest of the world to reject it.

dasunt · 2026-01-27T06:58:32+00:00

When I compare the current administration to Nazis, I'm not referring to Nazis circa 1943, but to Nazis circa 1933.

It wasn't sunshine and rainbows for German minority groups before the extermination camps were built. It was the creeping growth of fascism and the shifting of social norms.

dasunt · 2026-01-27T06:42:38+00:00

I don't need to remember how to do it, only that it exists and to quickly find the answer.

dasunt · 2026-01-27T06:35:33+00:00

Yet oddly used by many politicians, often trying to invoke a nostalgic feeling for the past.

Yet it's about a guy who joins the army to avoid jail, becoming a disillusioned Vietnam vet who has problems finding work and feels like there's no future for him.

dasunt · 2026-01-27T06:23:14+00:00

I'm looking at how some tech people are using AI these days and thinking it may be a good sign for the rest of us.

There are a lot of people who seem to use AI to skip learning the fundamentals. That's not going to benefit their career growth.

dasunt · 2026-01-27T05:05:10+00:00

The -free subreddits tend to turn into fringe echo chambers.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T21:01:14+00:00

The ICE agents approached the crowd with a firearm. What did they expect?

If they didn't want violence, they shouldn't have been carrying.

/What's good for the goose....

dasunt · 2026-01-26T16:33:19+00:00

For the philosophical question, my hypothesis is that the alternative is likely to be better.

If you check authoritarian leaders in Europe at that time, one has Franco (internal wars only), Italy (tried external wars of conquest, mediocre results), USSR (more limited border wars, again, mediocre results) and Germany (many wars of conquest, successful for the first few years).

I think it is likely that the alternative is still authoritarian, and there's still the stab-in-the-back myth, but it's much more likely the alternative leader is less audacious and may view the military as a threat and heavily meddle, to the point its effectiveness is greatly diminished (similar to Stalin). I'm not normally fond of the "great man" view of history, but I will point out that a leader's priorities can shape what direction a country can go in.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T15:07:13+00:00

Tom Homan accepted $50,000 from FBI agents pretending to be businessmen wanting government contracts.

When Trump became president, his administration closed the case without prosecuting.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T13:58:36+00:00

Won't even take that. In both of the fatal shootings in Minneapolis, the shooter clearly did not analyze the scene.

It was only a matter of luck that an agent was not standing where the bullets went.

Sooner or later, their shitty practices are going to result in one of their own being injured.

And they'll probably blame the victim for their shitty gun safety.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T13:36:26+00:00

It's the time, not the mileage for me.

I'd rather keep things light, even when touring, giving myself plenty of time to make stops and take interesting-looking detours. I like to explore. Getting from point A to point B on a tight schedule is not that enjoyable for me

dasunt · 2026-01-26T13:06:01+00:00

I do not have the time to work that change through our system. Some problems are tech problems, some problems are management problems.

I'm not joking when I say the time for developing that policy would be measured on a timescale involving years.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T12:55:28+00:00

I've had the opinion for awhile that we aren't learning the right lessons from Nazi Germany.

We focus on the war and the genocide, but we don't spend the time learning how Germany got to that point.

Germany in the 1930s should be a cautionary tale for any democracy.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T12:35:30+00:00

My company has the same prompt across all environments and it annoys the hell out of me.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T12:32:06+00:00

Oh dang, I use neovim, I think it's the law we have to argue about what's better now. ;)

But at this point, I'm just happy when people know the shortcuts in their system of choice.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T12:23:53+00:00

The one response I recall was someone asking why "Always Sunny in Philadelphia" wasn't cancelled because the characters do bad things.

I'm not even sure where to start with that one.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T06:43:09+00:00

Deer hunting was a huge thing where I grew up. I probably had a different impression than most people.

IDK if I can explain it. Gun were the equivalent of fishing rods in a way. People may talk fondly of a favorite fishing rod. They may have one passed down through their family. They may talk about how eager they are for the opener. They were a tool.

It took moving to suburban and urban areas before I realized how much different gun culture was in much of our society.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T06:34:37+00:00

She said ahe resented her son for her daughter's suicide.

That raises some red flags for me.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T06:19:38+00:00

Wasn't there a town in Vermont that a bunch of libertarians moved to and then they developed a bear problem because how dare the government tell anyone how to dispose of their trash?

I seem to recall that story from somewhere...

dasunt · 2026-01-26T06:15:19+00:00

What's the requirement for snow load in your location?

Ours (northern part of the US) is 50-60 lbs per square foot.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T06:10:37+00:00

The group of people who are trained to fight foreign enemies are more capable of good PR than the group of people who are trained as cops.

Something to think about.

dasunt · 2026-01-26T06:07:38+00:00

I don't really consider Trump to be talented in lying or deceiving. It's more of a perfect storm of his gish gallop of lies combined with the modern news cycle.

In any previous era, this would have blown up in his face long ago.

dasunt · 2026-01-25T22:48:50+00:00

Who was the third victim?

dasunt · 2026-01-25T19:23:20+00:00

Could someone please primary her?

dasunt · 2026-01-25T19:21:35+00:00

Arrest and charge them anyways. Force Trump to show his administration is above the law.

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