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
These proposals are blatantly unconstitutional, though, and for good reason.
We have coequal branches of government in the US to protect an independent judiciary. Congress cannot impose on the judiciary like this, no matter whether it seems like a good idea at the moment.
Just wait until someone bad decides they want to define "ethics" in the face of rulings against them.
The Kennedy Center fight was petty on both sides.
It's a petty win, and I see so many folks taking particularly petty delight in the win.
Folks getting into it and wrapping themselves up with this low road effort might be winning some battles but they might be losing the larger war by turning off potential allies.
Build up. It's antisocial to promote this teraring down.
Well, look at it the other way: as a democratic country the US should maintain the death penalty if that's what the people want.
Often folks look at some issue they see as a problem and overlook that the people actually want it that way.
NY Times got it wrong again.
No, the Supreme Court didn't block Alabama from executing an inmate here. That wasn't before the Court.
The Supreme Court simply didn't stand in the way of what was happening in lower courts.
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The excerpt conveniently left out the very next line, which would have undermined the sensational claim that this was so, um, bold:
"The doctrine of judicial estoppel entered the mainstream in the federal courts only in the past few decades."
Folks like this are trying to stir the pot, and we should call them out on it, not run with their rhetoric.
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... Obama was president in 2015
Always keep in mind that Trump follows, he doesn't lead.
Mainstream conservative commentators have been calling for dismantling of certain agencies because they think they know better, so that's what Trump's going on about here.
Idiots doing armchair quarterbacking want to rearrange government, and Trump dutifully puts in people like Pulte to give his voters what they say they want.
@wms if you listen to them, mainstream conservative outlets constantly say Trump's policies are going to unleash a torrent of economic productivity any day now...
any day now...
it's right around the corner...
And that's going to fix inflation as soon as it kicks in. So it's no surprise they don't cover it: as per their theory this upcoming winning is going to fix it.
I think it'd like to be, but it's finding difficulty trying to make the technological protocols of ActivityPub match the requirements and models of its system.
It just might not be possible to implement a Reddit clone cleanly on Fediverse.
It's the same criticism I have against MAGA folks when I ask them, Do you want to fight, or do you want to win?
Trump keeps losing in both personal and official realms, on everything from legal through political topics, but his people keep cheering. They got the fighter they wanted, but he's losing.
Same thing. This may be preaching to the converted, but it really turns off the rest of the public that needs convincing.
Well, just keep in mind that an awful lot of people are relying on those pension funds not to engage in high minded efforts to secure the future of humanity or whatever, but just to be able to survive in upcoming years.
ESG is not a hindrance for people worried about how they're going to eat in retirement.
This kind of energy just makes those folks look crazy. It pushes away others that could be brought over to that side of the effort.
It pretty much plays into Elon's hands.
Maybe Google is simply buying compute from SpaceX because they need compute.
No need to make this more complicated.
@rako so it would be *ActivityPub* and atproto?
I think this is the latest and a higher profile example of a longrunning problem in law vs computer engineering, where (as you say) there are issues of accountability.
For generations now we've had a legal environment that didn't really get computer engineering and so focused on superficial outcome instead of engineering process. Software companies were let off the hook for defective software, and they responded naturally.
Without legal and normative blame on human coders screwing up, well, maybe we'll take note when an AI screws up?
The reactions of insurers are a symptom of longstanding issues. The world might look very different today had they been fixed in the 90s.
@Lyle heh, it's only a problem if the population wants to avoid it.
Society has generally accepted it so far, and I don't see that changing.
Watching Rachel Maddow talk about Trump is just watching two pigs fight in the mud.
She doesn't take the high ground in politics.
Meh, it's nationalistic. No need to go farther than that.
If some nations are pretty racist, well, indulging that arises from the original sin of idiotic nationalism.
The whole thing is mindless, thoughless. No point in trying to call folks out for doing dumb things during a mindless pursuit.
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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