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
@simonbp I don't know why you would bring up the survivability of crew on a ship that was designed not to have a crew in the first place.
I call the rocket launch successful because it met the goals set out to define success.
It's kind of off to declare it a failure because it didn't meet some goals that you personally had for it, to replace the goals of the actual launch provider putting it up.
@JBShakerman well the problem is that the philosophy of judicial independence of the Supreme Court that insulates it from interference by the other branches also kind of insulates it from the sort of enforceable ethical rules that so many seem to be wanting.
So yeah, any code of ethics is going to be somewhat phony because that's just how the US federal government is designed.
You can't really have it both ways. Either the Supreme Court is independent or there can be enforcement brought against it. The two are kind of contradictory.
@freemo well I think it's worth saying that different people aren't excited about voting for him for different reasons, and for a lot of us that reason comes down to his poor performance in office.
I really don't care if the guy is senile or not, if he does a good job. But Biden has not.
He has really screwed up in just about every aspect of the role of president.
If his presidency meant that his handlers had taken charge and appointed capable people to do the work in the face of his senility, great! I'd keep him on no matter how his mental state is.
But that didn't happen.
@davidpmaurer@mastodon.sdf.org but it's not about any one representative since it takes cooperation of all of the representatives in both chambers to act.
We really need to push back against these narratives that try to frame congressional action as up to any one figure.
Yes, that makes for simple and dramatic story telling, but it lets a whole bunch of representatives off the hook for poor performance.
@syeedali some instances support that but most don't.
The one I use, qoto has that function in case you're looking for a recommendation.
@errhead I'm referring specifically to the ActivityPub standard, not Mastodon.
AP lays out the requirements that instances communicate with each other, manage inboxes and out boxes, and all of this other stuff.
It is not a lightweight protocol.
@lps oh, no, that still requires a lot of resources. The instance still has to participate in the AP transactions, has to deal with retrieving content, etc.
ActivityPub is not just expensive when it comes to publishing content. It also has to communicate and retrieve content and display it to users.
@silverpill if you read through the ActivityPub standard, the protocol is designed to scale with number of instances, and it is a scaling factor larger than simply linear.
You say AP is very easy on resources, but that flies in the face of so many instance operators experiencing meltdowns and surprise hosting costs when the resources exploded far higher than they expected.
Which makes sense because, again, the protocol is designed in a way that involves exponential increases.
@davidpmaurer@mastodon.sdf.org but you're describing the democratic process.
We elected these representatives, and if we don't think Congress is doing a good job on issues like this then we need to stop re-electing the same people.
However we end up re-electing so many of these representatives, so we are pretty much confirming that they are doing what we want them to do with the VRA and other topics.
If the people we elect to Congress are dismantling the law, well, yay democracy.
@bigzaphod go for it.
There are very safe ways to do it.
@TSAguilar46@mastodon. we have positive evidence that it's not a genocide as independent press agencies around the world have confirmed that the government sent civilians away from the battlefield.
It was not even about doubting a genocide. It's about having positive proof that it's not a genocide.
@Devilstower whoever said it was good enough?
This was never intended or expected to be the final version of the launch platform. It was always slated to be a test article, that wasn't going to be good enough, that was going to help make better ones going forward.
@davidpmaurer@mastodon.sdf.org well that headline is a bit sensational.
If the VRA needs reform, that's fine, let's calmly ask our representatives in Congress to make the needed changes.
But politico is being a bit hysterical to talk about this as a devastating anything.
@errhead I'm referring to the design of ActivityPub at the core of Fediverse.
If you're talking about something else that's fine, but it's not what I'm referring to.
@PoliticalIQ that gets it backwards, though.
The appeals court ruling doesn't weaken the VRA. Instead, the ruling is about upholding what the act actually says, strengthening the result of the democratic process that passed it.
If we don't like what the law says our representatives can change it, but courts making such rulings do so in compliance to the law, not the opposite.
@jezebelley@social.linux.pizza I think you might have misunderstood what I was trying to say.
My point was that yes you said you were willing to listen, and I was questioning whether that was actually true.
Because given your attitude earlier in the thread, I really doubt it. I'm happy to be wrong, but geez, you were really leaning into hard-headedness something fierce.
I hope you are more open-minded. None of my business though.
@jezebelley@social.linux.pizza ARE you willing to listen and understand, though?
It sounds to me like you are not only stubborn, but you are really owning it, really leaning into having your heels dug in, like it's a mark of pride for you.
@jrm4 bingo.
It's actually a bit gaslighty that so many seem to deny that Twitter remains a functional communications platform.
You don't have to like the place to admit that it's still up and running just fine.
@jezebelley@social.linux.pizza
@uniinnsbruck seems like you ought to do both.
Voluntarily giving up audience doesn't help science communication. It limits it.
@jwilker yes exactly.
I wish people would realize that the two-party system is a response to our voting system, it's not separate.
So the push for third parties basically attack the symptom while overlooking the cause.
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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