SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
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@DailySowell: "'A careful definition of words would destroy half the agenda of the political left and scrutinizing evidence would destroy the other half.'
— Thomas Sowell [image]"
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A bookstore is just a library that collects the overdue charges in advance.
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If you missed Easter Sunday, you can try again next weekend. Most Christian churches do something to commemorate the resurrection each Sunday.
https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116357968010746950 a post decrying that ICE is NOT separating children from their families.
"People under the age of 18 have often been held with their families..."
@redwhitebluedude I don't think Ellen ever gave up her citizenship. She just moved. Right?
@volkris I responding to your theory was that it's just one side (not your side) that has confirmation bias and just projects that on the other side.
I was just saying it seems obvious that both sides do the same thing.
@bibliolater As a naturalized citizen, I'm interested in this case, but the article lost me with the old trope of calling "racist".
The actual case seems to be that there's a phrase in the constitution about being subject the the jurisdiction of the United States that is in the constitution because it means something, and the other view is that the phrase should be ignored as not meaning anything at all.
Which is interesting.
I've read that the premise of the amendment was specifically intended to ensure that the children of slaves would have citizenship. Is there a reason to think the amendment was actually intended to grant citizenship to tourists and those in the country only by breaking the laws to come in? Or is that not the actual intent of the amendment but assumptions and precedent in the years since?
The article bemoans statelessness, the idea that someone might be born without citizenship anywhere. Which is curious. Not every country has birthright citizenship. I wonder what happens around most of the world today and if that's actually a problem, or just part of a throw everything at the wall and see what sticks strategy.
I find the actual questions here interesting. I didn't find them addressed in the linked article.
@bibliolater is the post in need of correction... I think Trump didn't raise any debt, right? He just put out a powerless budget proposal? Or am I misinformed?
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@volkris we all tend toward confirmation bias. Acting as if it's one sided is funny.
Bugs on established retail websites. Basic system functionality suddenly not working right on my android phone. I'm assuming it's AI slop that was UAT'd by more AI rather than by human testers. Production quality is dropping.
Is AI the new offshore?
I left a company after years of being a technical lead and manager because they doubled down on offshore. I don't care where anyone lives. That wasn't the problem. I couldn't stay because the arrangement was cost over quality. They found what they wanted in offshore firms where the turn around was so crazy, it felt like every sprint I was having to onboard and train a new developer who had no idea what they were doing for the job or with the tech. "But it's cheaper! Look how many people we can pay for one local salary"
When something other than excellence is the top priority, quality will necessarily decline. Too often cost was the higher priority with offshore.
Right now it feels like it's the entire software industry, prioritizing speed first, cost second, quality a distant third.
Want to file a complaint? You'll get to talk to an artificial agent and good luck.
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@freemo @khird @barefootstache Hey are any admins on here still active? My profile has been 500-ing for some time now... becoming very frustrating. Can anyone help?
Could be database row corruption? Is anyone running maintenance commands etc these days?
Worst case, I could try moving instances but I doubt even that'll work if my posts can't even be pulled from the Qoto db/api...
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We want the war horse. Jesus only comes on the peace donkey. There is no other answer. There is no better way.
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Keep Android Open
https://keepandroidopen.org/
@billyjoebowers a quick web search shows that gas prices are nearly two dollars per gallon less than they were four years ago.
Curious about the government's line that this current action is to prevent an impenetrable missile shield leading to a rebuild of nuclear leading to nuclear war, but that seems to be the line they're giving that would align with "avoiding war. " timing doesn't make sense for that, based on publicly available information.
https://qoto.org/@Paulos_the_fog/116159558338426206 really great example of a straw man argument. I wonder if he's got a whole collection of logical fallacy examples.
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American culture is notably individualistic. However, the American Christian must not forget our responsibility to care for others.
Got up to see the lunar eclipse early this morning. Nice try, the lunar eclipse is just the latest distraction from the epstein files.
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On the last day of meteorological winter, the garden is starting to stir. here are some current blooms for my #SixOnSaturday this week. More on the blog:
https://balmerino.ddns.net/geekygarden/
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
