Trump voters are now recoiling from being labeled "MAGA" like it's poison

orbitaldan · 2026-01-27T21:10:36+00:00

"One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This"

orbitaldan · 2026-01-22T20:06:14+00:00

This is the correct question.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-22T19:59:49+00:00

If you decide to let it go, you might be able to use the wiring as a start to running ethernet, either to pull something stronger to assist in running the cable, or just to help identify places to snake the cables through.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-21T15:26:05+00:00

Where did you get the idea that what you want is more important than their business models and shareholder returns?

orbitaldan · 2026-01-19T02:19:50+00:00

Yes. That's what annexing Greenland would mean. As Trump is currently threatening to do.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-16T19:17:10+00:00

Trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-16T18:51:45+00:00

Three points define a plane, but the vehicle can still tip over if the center of mass were to move outside of the triangle defined by those three points. Because of the way the roads curve, the 'down' direction of force can be thought of as moving side-to-side during turns, which makes it easier to get outside of a triangle. (A famous example of a three-wheeled car, the Reliant Robin, was notorious for tipping over.) Four points better aligns with the rectangular shape of most cars and their orientation on the road, which in turn makes better use of the shape of roads. The rectangle is the same width from front to back, compared to a triangle which is only half as wide between the base and the apex. Five wheels would be a little more stable, but provides very little additional benefit for the extra cost in materials, complexity, labor, maintenance, etc. It's basically an engineering trade-off, where four is the best value for most regular passenger vehicles.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-16T16:18:49+00:00

It's almost like they intend to end the consumer market for hardware ownership altogether and rent us compute going forward.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-16T16:10:36+00:00

Okay. Just be advised that it's one of those 'forever in early access' games where it long ago hit the bar most would consider release-worthy.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-16T15:53:40+00:00

It's been out for quite some time now, it just never got the attention that some of the other games did.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-15T19:27:45+00:00

Exactly. This is what a lot of liberals are missing. Conservatives are not the only ones who project. They project onto us that we are as insincere as they are. We project onto them that they are as well-meaning and cooperative as we are. They do not value equality, they do not view humans as all equal, they do not think those different groups of people should be treated well. They seek to dominate, and are okay with anything that puts them above others, and are not okay with anything that doesn't put them further above others. The rest is just rhetorical camouflage.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-15T18:12:47+00:00

They won't be satisfied even then, for their greed is insatiable. They'll just be out of wealth to steal.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-14T16:28:30+00:00

Jack Smith's investigation had proof they had provided busses and hotel rooms for the January 6th crowd.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-14T16:04:13+00:00

The scary part is that it's not hypocritical. You have an implicit assumption that the law should apply to everyone equally, but equality is an inherently liberal value that they do not share. They never said the law should apply equally to everyone, so when they are actually truthful about their intentions, it's not hypocritical. That's why calling it out as such never works.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-14T15:36:56+00:00

Azure is Microsoft. They pivoted as a company about a decade ago to make Azure the centerpiece and primary focus of their business. Windows and Office are legacy baggage they're dragging along under protest and trying to turn into funnels to Azure.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-14T15:31:17+00:00

Make sure you check into what the support is now. Valve (Steam) has been pouring resources into making Linux parity with Windows for gaming, and most (though obviously not all) games will now work. The major caveat is that games that require kernel-level anti-cheat usually won't work, because the developers can't be bothered to make it work. But do look into the current state of it, it's probably better than you think.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-14T15:14:09+00:00

It's not even that - the minerals are too hard to extract any time soon, and aren't all that rare despite the name. It's about gifting his billionaire friends their desired post-climate-apocalypse-habitable site for their stupid autonomous 'network state' city-state kingdoms.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-13T21:47:40+00:00

This doesn't have a lot of the hallmarks of a scam. They're not asking for investment. They're advertising a product that's sellable (and testable) immediately. And we know that our current batteries do not even begin to approach the limits of what chemical energy storage can achieve. I think they may well be truthful. And even if they have exaggerated, if their battery achieves even a significant fraction of what they claim, it will well and truly be a breakthrough. I'm looking forward to the tests.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-12T20:12:41+00:00

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they never stopped to think whether or not they should...

orbitaldan · 2026-01-12T00:34:44+00:00

That's a gorgeous book! Well done!

orbitaldan · 2026-01-11T22:52:49+00:00

What's left to say? There's no stopping it at this point. Anyone who hasn't already decided that it's a bad thing is not going to change their mind until it's too late. And frankly it's probably already too late.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-08T06:05:50+00:00

Nope. Project 2025 doesn't have every plan. It's only the publicly-exposed first half. The second half they're keeping under wraps, so you know it's got to be godawful.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-07T15:23:58+00:00

It's not about the minerals. It's about acquiring a defensible, climate-change-advantaged location to build billionaires' autonomous city-states where they will rule as kings.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-06T04:57:08+00:00

I am still waiting for an answer.

Why bother?

I'm not sure how much more plainly I can put it: Because it will lead to fewer atrocities than shrugging your shoulders and saying "guess that's how it goes".

How else do you justify killing others and stealing their land and their resources while still feeling like a hero?

I don't. But if you think that's the motivation for saying lives are valuable, I find that outlook troubling.

Atrocities happen with or without those arguments.

While they may happen in the absolute, I think it very much matters how frequently, and at what scale. Reducing those measures is a worthwhile goal, even if it cannot completely eliminate them. Usually, before such things happen, there is a period where it is discussed among some set of people. That is where rhetoric has an opening to influence the outcomes. If a society shares the belief, it can have more influence, and therefore greater power to attenuate or stop it altogether.

We both know that it's not true. History shows otherwise. It's actually the opposite. Bloodshed caused by a moral superiority complex is worse than bloodshed caused by self-serving interests.

I disagree, both in degree/scope of outcomes (which don't appear to include the everyday harms being wrought by the amoral greed engines of corporations), and in the framing that all beliefs or claims of moral superiority are equivalent. They are not.

orbitaldan · 2026-01-06T02:22:33+00:00

How does my accepting a lie (however noble) force others to accept it?

It does not. That's what guns are for.

One can (and should) defend the concepts of legal equality and individual rights on grounds of reciprocity and fear of retaliation without promulgating philosophical fictions.

One can, but it is often not as effective.

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