Monolithic Archive systems like Internet Archive are cool, but we really should be pushing for better localized infrastructure usage for this kind of archiving, IMO.
That’s another potential defederated API to build out. I doubt it will end up developed, since most opensource devs are already busy on other projects.
Well, the reason people argue it’s a racist argument is that Paul Ehrlich’s book, ‘The Population Bomb’, was explicitly racist and advocated forced population control on less developed nations, and his talking points are consistently the most used throughout the conversation. For a full breakdown, I’d recommend listening to the ‘If Books Could Kill’ episode covering it.
What most arguments boil down to is either vague gesturing that the world capacity is nearing what is sustainable by the earth - a claim that is still very unproven and widely refuted - or claims about populations ballooning exponentially - These claims have historically been most leveled at African and Asian countries, most notably China and India.
The solution to this problem is also explicitly problematic most of the time, since the only solution to too many people is less people. Very rarely is this solution suggested in western countries, since the claims are only leveled at nonwestern nations with issues of poverty. These solutions are almost always to rob these nations’ people of their reproductive autonomy.
At the end of the day, I think that the actual solution has nothing to do with population, and everything to do with developed nations hoarding their wealth. If we actually made pushes to bring impoverished nations up into a healthy state, we already know that as QOL goes up for individuals, the number of children they have declines (the key reason is still debated). Just that would potentially be enough to cease global population climb.
We could also be greatly cutting emissions from developing countries by actually helping them develop emission-free methods of power and production.
There is also still much improvement to be made on how we farm land, how we harvest the crops, how we consume those crops, and food waste reduction, so I also don’t by the argument that we can’t make enough food.
Colleges explicitly advertise themselves as means of getting training for specialized job markets. They directly partner with companies to provide internships. A college degree is required on the majority of job openings in STEM, regardless of the opening.
This was not a distortion of colleges - it was a full societal push to make colleges more useful to the general public in the 1940s, which directly lead to an explosion in the number of colleges, mostly in the form of community colleges. Since then, the major purpose of colleges has been vocational training first and foremost.
What is this cube and how does it relate to the drive?
This article reads pretty bizarrely to me.
Del.icio.us does absolutely seem to be the same design as reddit if you look at old screenshots, and predating Reddit by 2 years definitely makes reddit look like a bit of a ripoff. I’d argue both are just an evolution of the forum format so not too special.
Aaron Schwartz seems to take a very big place in reddit’s mythos and it feels weird seeing him take up only a single paragraph - the author is only telling their own story, though, so it only makes sense if author didn’t know him. It does change my perspective of reddit hearing that Steve and Alexis were aiming to be your bog-standard startup from the getgo and Scharwz only came as a later team addition.
Article feels a bit like an advertisement for investing.
It’s super bizarre seeing this girl grow up exclusively by photos of her being arrested.
That timeline of dealing with the bad looks incredibly optimistic. I imagine new issues will likely be regularly cropping up as well which we’ll also have to address.
The majority of online enshittification stems from profit motivation. Removing the incentive will fundamentally change how the internet is used and will likely change it for the better.
Anyone done the elephant room test on it yet? /s
Working on reading up on this.
Saw some news articles claiming the group was ‘Zionist’, so I was interested in getting an idea what they were talking about in the transcript.
This is the closest I’ve gotten so far- possibly trying to get an ABC journalist fired for sharing posts covering attrocities against Palestinians. also doesn’t sound like a support group or something, but a pro-Israel lobbying group (post that inked to it)
That’s also only one piece covering it, though.
I’m against doxxing people for silencing individuals, but hearing it was a chat of a bunch of pro-Israel lobbyists does not make me sympathetic, and makes me question how this law will be implemented.
Addendum: blog posted in r/JewsofConscience talking about the transcript Comment from the post States all names and information were redacted before the transcript was published, and that the group existed solely for astroturfing.
Addendum: this article from Jan 16 last year seems to confirm that this group pressed legal action to get the ABC journalist sacked, with actual excerpts in it. The names are not censored which seems to go against the Reddit comment saying any identifying info being redacted.
I’ve been wondering wtf it was doing this whole time. I’d been toggling it from time to time for what feels like weeks and I’ve never noticed what the hell it was changing.
LET’S FUCKING GOOOO
You don’t see calligraphist or scribe as regular jobs anymore. It’s because the automated systems we created via typewriters and text editors were sufficient to replace them wholesale.
Sometimes jobs getting automated does not create sustainable jobs to replace them. That’s just going to happen more often as time goes on.
Because they’re fucking awesome and people tend to love em’
Might as well ask why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Good. Line em up on the wall, they’re just a nuisance to every resident that doesn’t own one.
Looks like it failed where the supports met the parts. Any clue what needs adjustment?
It’s a good thing the US has equipped every satellite with a concealed carry weapon /s