@devtrospective If this isn't the best year of your life, go out and make the changes you need to ensure next year is. If you don't think life will ever be as good as high school was, kill yourself.
@AnimeTradCath @guttersessions They call people they don't agree with nazi as well.
"Ok, then I'm a nazi. nice to meet you."
"Ok, then I'm a nazi. nice to meet you."
https://nitter.poast.org/JuliaHB1/status/1418676898243170304
Sort of reminds me of a thought I was having regarding debt. The banks go out of their way to destroy and debase the currency, make sure that savings are always losing money, then guilt people for not having savings.
Like... you created this world. This situation is your fault. Look at all the good men not engaging in toxic masculinity. Take a bow, they're so placid.
Sort of reminds me of a thought I was having regarding debt. The banks go out of their way to destroy and debase the currency, make sure that savings are always losing money, then guilt people for not having savings.
Like... you created this world. This situation is your fault. Look at all the good men not engaging in toxic masculinity. Take a bow, they're so placid.
@MrMaxPowers247 Freedom of speech is the freedom to be *wrong*.
Because sometimes that which is thought to be wrong isn't actually wrong. We know that the common belief has turned out to be wrong for most of human history. The only way to find the truth is to test both truths and falsehoods.
Christopher Columbus thought if he travelled west he'd hit India. He was wrong, and hit a completely different continent. Regardless, he called the people he found "indians", a name that exists in some form today, 600 years later. Should we have suppressed anyone who claimed they weren't Indians and that the continent he landed on wasn't India? If you ask the covid Karens, the answer would be "Yes".
Because sometimes that which is thought to be wrong isn't actually wrong. We know that the common belief has turned out to be wrong for most of human history. The only way to find the truth is to test both truths and falsehoods.
Christopher Columbus thought if he travelled west he'd hit India. He was wrong, and hit a completely different continent. Regardless, he called the people he found "indians", a name that exists in some form today, 600 years later. Should we have suppressed anyone who claimed they weren't Indians and that the continent he landed on wasn't India? If you ask the covid Karens, the answer would be "Yes".
@MrMaxPowers247 @DoctorBoom
>At PHO, we have developed a PCR test in our lab, with positive and negative cutoff points. The cutoff point for a positive result for PHO’s developed lab test is 38 cycles. This means that if the virus is found at or before 38 cycles are completed, then the test is considered positive. The cutoff point for a negative result is 40 cycles. If the virus is detected between 38 and 40 cycles, we call this an indeterminate or inconclusive result. All inconclusive results are considered probable (likely) cases for public health reporting.
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/about/blog/2021/explained-covid19-pcr-testing-and-cycle-thresholds
>At PHO, we have developed a PCR test in our lab, with positive and negative cutoff points. The cutoff point for a positive result for PHO’s developed lab test is 38 cycles. This means that if the virus is found at or before 38 cycles are completed, then the test is considered positive. The cutoff point for a negative result is 40 cycles. If the virus is detected between 38 and 40 cycles, we call this an indeterminate or inconclusive result. All inconclusive results are considered probable (likely) cases for public health reporting.
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/about/blog/2021/explained-covid19-pcr-testing-and-cycle-thresholds
There have been no sociological consequences to covid. These extra mass shootings were going to happen anyway. Right?
Had an interesting conversation last night with someone on Economics.
They were claiming capitalism was bad and was proposing central planning of the economy in one manner. Their propose reason that capitalism is so bad is because monopolies form. I pointed out that monopolies are almost always a result of the government interfering with the market, so you're replacing one form of central planning with another form of central planning.
They talked about railways....that were granted a monopoly by special government action... Or telephones... That were granted a monopoly by special government action. Really, even much of the current tech boom is caused by government distortion in the market including messing with debt markets so there's an extreme excess of capital searching for somewhere to grow. There's a lot of zombie businesses that aren't competitive but for their massive size and access to near free capital for massive businesses caused by the government alone.
Apparently I'm ANCAP for pointing this out.
Frankly, pointing out the dangers of thinking every problem requires the government to solve and ignoring that the problems we're trying to solve were caused by previous central planners not being as smart as they thought they were and haviglng more central planning in response means no rules just capitalism and anarchism is nonsense. Its a death spiral at that point.
They were claiming capitalism was bad and was proposing central planning of the economy in one manner. Their propose reason that capitalism is so bad is because monopolies form. I pointed out that monopolies are almost always a result of the government interfering with the market, so you're replacing one form of central planning with another form of central planning.
They talked about railways....that were granted a monopoly by special government action... Or telephones... That were granted a monopoly by special government action. Really, even much of the current tech boom is caused by government distortion in the market including messing with debt markets so there's an extreme excess of capital searching for somewhere to grow. There's a lot of zombie businesses that aren't competitive but for their massive size and access to near free capital for massive businesses caused by the government alone.
Apparently I'm ANCAP for pointing this out.
Frankly, pointing out the dangers of thinking every problem requires the government to solve and ignoring that the problems we're trying to solve were caused by previous central planners not being as smart as they thought they were and haviglng more central planning in response means no rules just capitalism and anarchism is nonsense. Its a death spiral at that point.
@alex I had a big thing written up to debat you on this but brave had an oom error and forgot it.
Someone posted an image including the following shots from Horizon 1 and 2, I extrapolated to Horizon 3
@YoungBlood I think Americans need to spend a bit more time looking at the rights they're losing right now.
@lain @Stellar @racuna During the obamacare debate I realized that the US spends as much public money per capita as most countries with universal healthcare.
If American leftists actually cared about healthcare, they wouldn't be asking for more spending, they'd be pounding down the gates demanding their money be spent competently on a universal healthcare system they're already paying for.
If American leftists actually cared about healthcare, they wouldn't be asking for more spending, they'd be pounding down the gates demanding their money be spent competently on a universal healthcare system they're already paying for.
Apparently half the internet went down just now.
Didn't notice. Fediverse Uber Alles.
Didn't notice. Fediverse Uber Alles.
@lain I was worried about it before, but now that I've been reassured it's normal I'm ok.