volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
The Republican called for the vote safe in the knowledge that he'd have the backing of Democrats willing to shut down the chamber.
I do doubt that the guy would have called for the vote without that expectation of Democratic support for that nuclear option.
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@jimlil I mean, I'm (probably) on your side in saying the more the merrier.
I WANT to see diversity of opinion that new people bring to the table.
But... there are so many who push for instances to not only block such new people, but also to block other instances that allow such new people.
I figure we might as well realize such folks are out there intentionally looking to cut instances off from each other, in part so we can push back against them.
Again, that's just not factually true.
Republicans overwhelmingly voted in favor of proposals that would avoid government shutdown.
It's just that Democrats voted them down in proportions that Republicans couldn't overcome.
The GOP caucus didn't at all need assistance of Democrats to keep government open. They simply needed Democrats to stop voting to block government funding.
If that's your point then why bring up leisure?
Anyway, that's a gross over-generalization with echos of the old Luddite attitudes that we so rightly criticize.
Not only will so many made redundant by productivity gains continue to earn money doing other things, but often those things will have been made possible by the productivity gains themselves.
And the gains in productivity will even unlock more opportunities for leisure, that you were so concerned about.
There will always be folks in difficult situations that society needs to address, but productivity gains also makes that easier as well.
Bring on the productivity gains. Let's not cling to the past out of fear of advancemet.
The Senate is structured in fundamentally different ways, without a Speaker roll to organize it all.
The difference in structure between the House and Senate is a key part of the design of the US legislative branch.
But no, the majority of House members voted that they didn't want to get things done.
The vast majority of Republicans voted to keep the chamber open and getting things done, though.
They were outvoted by Democrats siding with a few oddballs.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023519?Page=2
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Oh, but the productivity gains DO translate into more leisure time for everyone.
It's just that people go on to trade that leisure for wanting more stuff.
It's easy to work for the standard of living of a century ago. It's just that now we want air conditioning and YouTube in addition to food.
@marynelson8 well, who doesn't want politicians to stand on principle?
The problem is that people disagree on what those principles are.
This week the majority of the House, including the unanimous vote of one party, signaled that keeping their chamber in business wasn't a particularly important principle to stand behind.
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@lauren the job of House Speaker is far, far more than speaking...
The behind the scenes strategizing puts AI mastery of go to shame.
I'd say one can do what they want, applying their best judgment.
Fact is, there is untagged NSFW content on this platform.
Whether one decides to browse a platform that may have untagged NSFW content in public is up to them.
It's simply the nature of a distributed platform that without a central authority to enforce terms of service, it is a bit more dangerous.
What you do with that is up to you.
@selzero @PSiReN@syzito.xyz
@jimlil I'm sure it depends on what instance you're on and what hashtags you're following.
I think the complaints pop up under hashtags like mastodon, fediverse, and twitter for me. That's probably especially true as so many now believe remaining twitter users are awful and don't want to see those supposedly awful people coming over here.
There's a lot of tribalism out there when it comes to fediverse, and a lot of people wanting to exclude people from what they see as their tribe here.
@watson@freeatlantis.com I mean, they may have just reelected Biden by making the GOP look so incompetent.
Yeah, traitor sounds about right.
@lamp elixir is a type of programming language called a functional one, and while functional languages are a little different from more common ones, they have some big theoretical advantages.
If programmers can wrap their heads around them :)
In theory, VERY briefly, functional languages write safer code that's inherently tailored to scale across multiple CPUs and cores, which make them pretty interesting for the multi-core processing we have today.
But functional programming languages face a chicken and egg problem where they're not popular, so people don't learn them, so they're not popular.
@grrlscientist@mstdn.social
That description gets it a bit backwards.
It's not that companies could score billions but that should the lower court's ruling stand a whole lot of us would be hosed, as we would be taxed on "income" that we never received.
It's not about companies scoring but about a law trying to make me and you pay taxes on money we don't have, arguably in violation of the Constitution which is supposed to protect us from exactly that.
@NewsDesk far right and Democratic.
The small sliver of the Republican party would have no influence at all without the Democratic caucus voting with them.
I think you have that backwards since Threads would be part of Fediverse becoming more mainstream.
Threads would give a lot more people involvement in Fediverse.
@petersuber I think this gets the causation backwards.
Book bans occur BECAUSE people distrust the expertise of the folks proposing to use their expertise to choose books.
It's a symptom, not a cause.
Educators need to realize this and work with their public to rehabilitate trust. Otherwise they'll just see the sour relationship continue.
@watson@freeatlantis.com or maybe he simply figured hardliners in his party would give him the boot soon enough, so he might as well not bother getting too settled?
And he would have been right.
That seems like a much more reasonable explanation.
@manton McCarthy pushed to give Democrats more of a say in the legislative process, though.
It's not about saving McCarthy. It's about deciding whether they want to have a functioning legislative chamber, and the Democrats decided against it.
Whether that's good or bad is up to the voter, but they need to hold their representatives accountable for that decision.
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
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