I spend far too much time thinking about power relationships in the abstract, overthinking the forest and missing the trees completely. I really struggle to connect with people, I don't know why. Chronic depression and mild autism probably don't help. Avatar is me, with goggles and bandana, hanging upside down in a park. Here to learn more about different life experiences, improve my behavior and keep my opinions in check.
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Last Notes npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) I've been doing JavaScript for too long. I want to write a Rust program that: * plays an audio file * does something when the user presses a key * does something when the audio file is done In C/C++ I would use POSIX `select()`. I Rust, using rodio, I can only do polling or multi-threading? Is there a more resource-efficient way to do this? #rust #rustlang npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd And these is the same crowd that chimes about "facts don't care about your feelings". Because that's yet another way to assert their power over you. You are bound by rules, like decency, logic, consistency. They are not. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd Thanks, glad to get that little bit of validation. But where do we go from here? Do we need more marketing-trained anarchists? How is propaganda actually countered? npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd Agreed, but let me put it a different way: what struck me when I tried to join some local anarchist groups, is that building up numbers, or at least doing some outreach, was very much NOT a priority. I legit joined a syndacalist union and they told me they didn't have enough people there interested in doing outreach, which to me was... The fuck do you even "general strike" with 10 people? npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd : how do you organize a general strike without seize the means of information? Or: why aren't anarchists trying as hard as they can to to reach as many people as possible? To me, the reason we're not having revolutions all over, is that 1) too many people don't know what to do and giving up is easier and 2) we're isolated and individualized instead than organized. We don't know our neighbors and we hate our co-workers. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…xkhf I don't think it's worth taking these people seriously. Answering "just fuck off already" should be plenty. I for one look forward seeing Elliot Page all muscled up murdering Trojans. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) Qualcuno mi sa dire come faccio a vedere [Hey Duggee](https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/heyduggee/il-distintivo-del-traffico_F308476601003702) in Italiano dalla Svezia? Ho provato con VPN ma niente, e il paio di siti di torrent che conosco non sembrano averlo in Italiano. Grazie. <3 #italiano #italia #torrent npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd Not entirely convinced. In my mind, these people are egomaniacs looking for self-aggrandizement and power trips. But yeah, perhaps they do hope to move away from the spotlight and keep getting their power trips if their betters are pleased enough. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd Is bribe money enough to commit political suicide? To weaponize and (further) discredit a justice system? And I can't find much deeper explanations that the same you just gave me, and yet I see the utterly disproportionate reaction to grannies holding signs and the sham process of the activists and I still wonder: what's in it for the establishment? npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd I still can't wrap my head around the lengths that the UK govt and justice system are going in order to prosecute Palestine Action. Does Israel really have so much sway? Or is it just weapons manufacturers? npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) I am based in Sweden and have a week without the kids in July. Where should I go for an holiday? #Travel #scandinavia #sweden #backpacking #bicycle npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd @nprofile…38y0 Ok. I must ask. Would Nina actually *vote* if AOC was the candidate? Come on, maybe won't save the world from the Nazis but giving a heart attack to Schumer must be still worth something? npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…kr8y Il 30% rimanente sono fascisti, Trump potrebbe uccidergli la madre davanti agli occhi e quelli sarebbero contenti lo stesso. Mi pare che Adorno avesse calcolato che nella societá "occidentale" ci fosse appunto circa un 30% di persone con personalitá autoritaria. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…d0yj It's just good ol' authoritarianism. You can't verify your age without verifying your identity, which means that you will lose the ability to use a computer without the government knowing that it was you who used it, and for what. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…gfcd You'd think that at this point people would have a bit wiser and would stop taking whatever fascists say at face value but noooooooooo. The only time when you should believe a fascist is when they say they are going to hurt someone. And what these people do is "naaaah, he didn't really mean it..." Fucking delusional. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) > It should not be too difficult to see that the “founding fathers” of America were men of property driven by the contradictions of European culture, a culture based on agriculture, with feudal hierarchies of the nobility (lords), vassals and peasants, which evolved from the slave societies of Greece and Rome. > History is clear: erected upon the European conquest of North America, upon the genocide of the Indians and the racist brutality of slavery, Europeans stratified a civilization based on private property. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/toward-rethinking-self-defense-in-a-racist-culture/ npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) A newcomer joined my dance classes. Multiple people told me that he's just a bit creepy. He didn't do anything terrible, mostly staring and being a bit too close. But he also tried to flirt with a student of mine in a way that made her uncomfortable. As the teacher, this is my problem, but I have zero experience dealing with it. The obvious option is to tell him he's not welcome in the classes without giving him any specific reason. But this only makes him someone else's problem. The other option is to try and explain to him what he did wrong, since he obviously isn't getting whatever it is he's after. But even if I tell him as little as possible, this could expose the students that complained about him. Any suggestion? Boosts appreciated. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…ynd9 @nprofile…395r @nprofile…9nqw @nprofile…246t I had to go and check, yes, it's on licensing only https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article69898510696fa060c716605b/gefaehrlicher-trend-bundesverwaltung-gibt-fast-halbe-milliarde-fuer-microsoft-lizenzen-aus-gruene-fordern-kurswechsel.html npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…kyza But, you see, *rich people* will save 1.3 Trillions, it's not them who will die, it's not them who will starve, it's not them who will pay the cost of climate disaster, and that's all that matters. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…d0yj And the kicker is: how do they actually /know/ it's secure? The answer is "because Microsoft pinky swears so". npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…5uqu Stalk-eyed flies extend their eye stalks by pushing air bubbles inside their heads during molt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph_yMnYB3Co npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) I need a recommendation for an entry-level 3d printer. - Open-source - Autolevelling - Mostly already assembled Small is fine, the cheaper the better. #3dprinting npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…wkrn @nprofile…az2p E' un falso. Prima di tutto... L'ICE in bicicletta?! npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…g8y8 Between this and #chatcontrol and oh... All the fascism? The EU is going to shit. (Yeah, we've always had our hands soaked in the blood of poor countries, but at least there was an attempt to pretend, to keep the unsightly authoritarianism and corporatism happening to someone else... Now even thepretense is gone.) npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…uf0y "Blaming others for the failures of those in power" is pretty much all that there is to fascism. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…kkxq This kind of arguments are a lot of fun to make, because they highlight how disconnected from reality bigots are. But also, the arguments assume that bigots *care* about reality, that they think like you and me, and so they're just "stupid" or ignorant. This is dangerous, because it leads us to misunderstand the opponent. They don't care. They don't care about the arguments they make, they don't care that they're wrong, they don't care about finding out what the truth is. They care about their ego. They will happily hang on anything, no matter how flimsy, that allows them to feel better about themselves relative to someone they can "other". Doesn't matter how much their leaders lie to them, how much their lives are made miserable. As long as they are given a rationalization to feel superior in some way to someone else, to feel like they're not the bottom of the barrel, they will buy it. "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." -- President Lyndon B. Johnson Xenophobes are not stupid, they're not ignorant, they're *desperately insecure*. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…s06p I wouldn't say that *Born in the USA* is "celebrating a nation"... ---- Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. I got in a little hometown jam And so they put a rifle in my hands Sent me off to Vietnam To go and kill the yellow man Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Come back home to the refineries Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me" I go down to see the V.A. man He says "Son don't you understand" Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. I had a buddy at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone He had a little girl in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms Hoo hoo hoo! Hoo! Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years down the road Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go Hoo! I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Hoo hoo hoo! Hoo hoo npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…cg79 Is it me being in the EU, or Walz is getting active while Harris has completely disappeared? I hope she's ashamed of parading around with republican and enthusiastically supporting genocide (but I don't know whether Walz has been any better here....) npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…lche Fascism is how the rich get rid of any kind of workers control over the means of production. Of course they support it. In fact, fascism gets into power as a way for the rich to stay rich in times of great inequality and social discontent. npub13jv7medt0ex88yk7vkuq35376ty3sdgtece6pxhwfwj2evfe7eeqxlckzn Forse (he/him) @nprofile…rk9p Me at 20, a failed researcher: "Sure the Swedish model of social democracy is the pinnacle of civilization!" Me at 40, an overpaid dev: "NO GODS! NO MASTERS! SEizE ThE mEanS oF pROdUCTION!!!"