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My name is Eric.
I try to do good and be well.
I'm not great at either.
Joined Nov 2023
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In the past 15 years, I think I've recommended Linux for private, personal use just once. I haven't recommended against it otherwise, but I haven't suggested to anyone else to use it as their primary OS on their laptop or desktop at home. In fact, many people I know don't even own a desktop or laptop computer. They use phones and iPads exclusively.
That one person I recommended it to was my nephew who was curious about what else can be done with a computer beyond Roblox.
When was the last time you recommended Linux? What was that conversation like?
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Stop. Recommending. Tiny. Random. Linux. Distros.
Please. It's a never ending source of support issues. Especially for newer users. Get them onto something easy like Ubuntu.
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I made a funny image inspired in part by what I've been reading/watching/listening from wonderful people like @pluralistic @molly0xfff @parismarx @davidgerard (Also name-checking @creativecommons because some of their symbols are in this image....)
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I had an "ah ha" moment when thinking about the angry responses to yesterday's blog post.
(This one, if you missed it.) https://terikanefield.com/section-3-and-the-spirit-of-liberty/
First, I'll share a positive response. (Screenshot #1)
The angry responses tended to accuse me of advising that people do nothing. #2 was typical of the angry responses.)
About 5 years ago, I took the tact of responding to "there are never any consequences" by listing hte consequences.
I figured, you know, facts. For example, see #3
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Are the people making threats like this being prosecuted aggressively? Because they should be.
I'm not wrong. But it's not important. Thanks for continuing to belabor this non-critical point.
You can bow out of the replies if you wish, my dude.
Go ahead and dwell on this one insignificant point for your ego's sake. But know that you're not helping by doing so.
Nope. I'm not. But focusing on taxonomy and nomenclature entirely misses the point that Dr. Van Kerkhove was making.
Covid-19 is still a very large concern globally and there are good tradeoffs to be made to make it far less of a problem, but it requires that people don't get complacent. This includes not exhausting people with academic categorization minutiae so that they lose interest in trying to stay informed in ways that are actually relevant to their lives.
Seems to have qualities of both at this point.
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Teacher: William Shakespeare is credited with the invention of over 1,700 words. He was a linguistic genius.
Student: Can I make up words and use them in my papers?
Teacher: Absolutely fucking not.
It would be nice not to force payments for access to 100 year old life sustaining technology.
Why does it seem like Step 1 isn't something there's enough interest in accomplishing?
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Important #NewLaw went into effect January 1 in #California :
"2806.5. (a) A peace officer making a traffic or pedestrian stop, before engaging in questioning related to a criminal investigation or traffic violation, shall state the reason for the stop. The officer shall document the reason for the stop on any citation or police report resulting from the stop."
No more "Do you know why I pulled you over?" from #cops in California.
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Thanks!
$50 million a year and ~40 million users.
So an annual donation of $5 pays for me and three other users - cool 😎
To pay for everything at just $5 a year would only need 1/4 of users to make a donation.
This makes it seem doable and worth donating to, I was wondering if it was even achievable, but this information makes it very clear.
Thoughts:
I can ask people to do this - it makes sense - it's a no brainer - a random donation is too vague.
Cheers 👍
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Messengers only matter if people use them. So, thank you for your support, for telling your friends, for getting your group chats on Signal, and for supporting our work with donations.
It’s an honor to build Signal for you. We literally could not do it without you.
The fact that enrollment is a thing is a failure of public policy. The fact that it's an ANNUAL enrollment is an active attempt to deny healthcare to people who need it.
Ultimately, it looks like X, formerly known as Twitter, is still the best place to get the most people to follow the links is still X, formerly known as Twitter.
Gotta get your follower count up on the other platforms.
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@james I believe this also has to do with a certain element of trust.
Because people are affected differently by disorders, it's often not possible to know if the standards you're holding them to are reasonable or impossible.
Did they not do the thing because they don't care? They're lazy? They're upset? They wanted to but they genuinely find it difficult?
You can't really know, and that means you just need to trust what they're saying to you.
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That's an article full of lame excuses to justify bad business operations by the CEO and tacit endorsements of a particular brand of politics.
My name is Eric.
I try to do good and be well.
I'm not great at either.
Joined Nov 2023
