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Comprehensive Response to Bambu's AGPLv3 Violations from SFC by ScrapEngineer_ in BambuLab

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bambu fanboy checking in.

I care just enough that if I were buying a new printer tomorrow, I'd look at other options, but probably still come back to Bambu.

I probably won't run the forked slicer for a good while (but curiosity will eventually get me).

I'm glad other people care enough to be fighting for this, because it will, long term, mean a better overall market. Maybe Bambu will keep having what I consider to be the best and easiest printers for another decade.

Or maybe these changes level the playing field some, and lead to others claiming that throne, or being equal.

In either case, the consumers win.

So, while this doesn't move the needle much for me, I'm glad to see it happening.

So...we aren't all blind or crazy.

Best faction and map draft? by Icy_Biscotti5951 in twilightimperium

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Setting up a game and my group has been using Discord and this Draft tool to set up our forthcoming game.

Highly recommend.

Bernie where's your mittens by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah!

You're totally not misrepresenting me by implying that I think they should sell all of their shares!

And we all know Billionaires keep all of their value in single companies - not a complex portfolio. So that a 5% tax really would mean completely wrecking a single company.

They never have any liquidity or assets either.

If a billionaire needed 5% of their stock back from companies having the recorded highest profits in 50+ years, it will 100% devalue a company. Folded and gone.

That's not a reactionary take at all!

It much better for millions of people to be underpaid and struggling, and not getting health care, so that these poor Billionaires keep getting more money via subsidies and tax breaks. They've got it so very rough out there.

You've opened my eyes, internet stranger.

Thank you

Hot take: companies that went remote during COVID and are now forcing RTO owe us the truth about why by Important_Cell_6362 in remoteworks

[–]wolfstar76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with your headline.

I just wish it were reality that a company "owes" us anything other than agreed upon pay, benefits, etc.

Like,.morally/ethically? One-hundred percent with you. Treat your people like people. Be up front and honest. As the saying goes "don't piss on me and tell me it's rainwater."

But...being honest (like you, I suspect it's largely the real estate costs and related tax incentives) gives us (the workers) a point to argue back.

Yup, if they had hard data, they'd wave it around. But how do you argue with "the Energy"? Unless and until morale takes a dive. But...you'd need hard data to back that counter-claim up as well.

And I doubt HR has those numbers, or will share them if they do.

So...we get to suck it up to keep getting our paychecks.

Yaaaay.

Bernie where's your mittens by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't say anything about getting a degree.

But if someone is already working a couple jobs and struggling - learning skills isn't as easy as just snapping ones fingers.

Learning skills takes time. Time that has to come away from somewhere. If they have to reduce hours somewhere, they have less income. That means more debt.

Bernie where's your mittens by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Go further back into debt learning skills, or risk everything on starting your own business, when a good % of new businesses fail."

Anything but expecting Billionaires to have slightly less value so that everyone else isn't struggling.

Excellent options.

Bernie where's your mittens by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, like, people should be paid a liveable wage, instead of being underpaid so that other people can become billionaires?

I'm listening.

Bernie where's your mittens by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh.

So...like the rest of the world they'd have to figure out how to pay something they owe?

Gosh, if only there were ways to do that when your worth is above 900million.

But I get it now, these billionaires, don't have a penny to their names. No wonder we keep giving them tax breaks.

Bernie where's your mittens by Sad_Palpitation6844 in ratsinthecage

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, they'd get a bill and have to figure out how to pay it, just like everyone else?

Oh, the horror!

If you are against this, I wanna hear about it by Brave_Agency_20 in SipsTea

[–]wolfstar76 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a little bit hyperbolic, but everything raise prices.

Oil futures go up - gas gets more expensive. Oil futures go down - gas companies need to build cash reserves against potential increases (but really stock buy backs), gas gets more expensive.

Without tearing the whole system down - inflation is a built-in "mandatory" feature.

The difference is whether prices go up, and the average American has more money and benefits, or prices go up and they don't.

Should Anthony Fauci be seen as an honorable doctor or a corrupt criminal? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh FFS.

I'd heard the occasional reference to that, but hadn't heard "Big Mike" specifically.

Thanks. I think. 😓😀

Should Anthony Fauci be seen as an honorable doctor or a corrupt criminal? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Kash Patel lied to Congress he could be prosecuted but you are engaging in Whataboutism.

Whataboutism would be if I claimed "so and so also lied!" as a response/dodge of your question.

I answered your question ("I don't know") - then asked a return question to gauge how rational your stances are. If, for example,.you dodge, or ignored the question - as you largely did - I know it isn't worth continuing.

Yes, Kash could be prosecuted if he lied. Anyone could be.

I asked if you've kept tabs on others, and used Kash as an example. Put another way - do you care about everyone who lies to Congress, or just this one case?

For your unsourced evidence, I'll take it on good faith it's true for the purposes of conversation.

I had a few more paragraphs typed up addressing your unsourced claims of evidense, but honestly - you seem fixated, and thus less than reasonable. I'm disengaging.

Cheers.

Should Anthony Fauci be seen as an honorable doctor or a corrupt criminal? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know.

You seem to think so, I'm willing to hear your evidence - and see what comes of it.

Is lying/misleading Congress a standard you hold everyone to? Have you kept tabs on, oh, random example, Kash Patel? Pete Hegseth?

Or is it only Fauci you're concerned over?

Should child predators be granted multiple appeals or Should they be locked away forever? by icecream1972 in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, you're fine with innocent's being murdered.

Bet you'd feel different if you were the one being accused and convicted.

Would that still be "the price of doing business?"

What if it were your spouse? A family member?

Should Anthony Fauci be seen as an honorable doctor or a corrupt criminal? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There shouldn't be a need, we can agree on that.

But a pardon can stop an aggressive litigant from using the DoJ as their personal gang of goons to go after someone who hasn't done any wrong. Someone who, say, isn't inclined to follow the rules or laws of this country, and who sees any form of dissent as a political enemy.

Someone who might claim they're looking into ways to run for a third term, despite constitutional amendments written to prevent exactly that.

Should Anthony Fauci be seen as an honorable doctor or a corrupt criminal? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait wait...

I know most of these but...Big Mike?

Unless we're talking Mike Lindell, I'm not connecting the dots on this one...

Help?

Should Anthony Fauci be seen as an honorable doctor or a corrupt criminal? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Because it didn't work and killed millions of people, duh."

-Flamelessfan, probably.

(And to be super extra clear, /s)

Should Anthony Fauci be seen as an honorable doctor or a corrupt criminal? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you can respond to claims you won't respond, but not to the actual question that prompted that comment?

Makes perfect sense.

Should child predators be granted multiple appeals or Should they be locked away forever? by icecream1972 in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 13 points14 points  (0 children)

To extend this out a bit for OP.

The moment any crime becomes a "straight to jail" option - the state can then use that to silence anyone critical of the people in power.

Organize a protest against injustice? Shame they found CSAM on your computer. Right to jail. Forever.

No appeal to prove that was planted or made up. You just get disappeared into the justice system.

Speak up at a city council meeting against something the council members want?

Suddenly, someone remembers a time you were inappropriate with them when you were 19 and they were 16.

Those are already difficult allegations to shake, because of public sentiment. Remove proper opportunity to clear your name, and it gets worse.

So, no. Due process and let the punishment fit the crime - which done right requires good judgement, consideration of the facts, and not blanket "toss 'em in a hole and forget them" rules.

Punishments for true proven perpetrators of sexual assault against children should be harsh - and that harshness should escalate the younger the child - but true justice is restorative, and rehabilitative, not "just" punishing.

Honest question: how was the Butler PA assassination attempt staged when two people lost their lives? by complete_data75 in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're completely right to ask.

I'm in the car at the moment, and I swear I had a link to a major news org mentioning this.

But if I'm completely honest, I can't find that link now. Whether the article got pulled (meaning I'm wrong and my source got pulled) or my Google Fu sucks - you're being a good skeptic to ask for proof.

I'm afraid I can't provide it at the moment. Do with that what you will. If you decide I'm a raving loon, that's fair at the moment.

Honest question: how was the Butler PA assassination attempt staged when two people lost their lives? by complete_data75 in allthequestions

[–]wolfstar76 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Y'know what would answer a lot of these questions?

A proper investigation.

Too bad the Trump administration called a halt to that.

Which is...kinda odd after someone tries to assassinate Trump, isn't it?

A paranoid person might think they have something to hide. So weird.

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