cecilkorik

Absolutely true, but the point isn't whataboutism (well, sometimes it is, but it shouldn't be). The point should be admitting and owning our mistakes and doing what we reasonably can to:

a) admit that we did and validate the experience of the people who suffered from it
b) make sure we're not still doing it (way too often we still are, just through subtler means)
c) try to make reparations if we can

Even getting to step 'a' is a big fucking step. Nobody's innocent, but honesty is the foundation on which improvements can be made.

Yeah people thinking the Democratic Party is going to save them are delusional IMO. They are part of it and many of them have been working towards the same goal. They are a false opposition at best. Not all of them, some of them are legit, like Bernie, and look how he has been treated by the Dem establishment. Any real resistance is marginalized.

Oh good now maybe the Subnautica developers can go independent to make a spiritual successor that isn't called Subnautica and isn't garbage.

Fuck Canada in particular, as usual. It's starting to feel a bit personal.

You can only be banned on certain instances/communities in the Fediverse. Some people take being banned from certain fascist instances as a mark of pride.

I've only got one Windows 10 PC still running and I basically never use it anymore. It's really just my safety blanket in case I happen to someday run into a game where I really, absolutely, cannot possibly play it on Linux. I haven't found one yet. RIP Windows. You won't be missed.

My favourite AI project was the one where some guy proudly posted that he made this thing entirely with AI with no coding experience, and then proceeded to get hacked. Again, and again, and again, using AI to fix it each time until he gave up and blamed people for being "mean". AI projects are full of endless bugs and security holes that people with no coding experience don't notice or know how to fix? Who would've guessed? The future of coding is here, and hackers are going to have a fun time. As a professional software developer, I can't wait because I'm going to charge (at least) double to fix it.

Sapporo Ichiban are made in Japan by Sanyo Foods, (yes that Sanyo) is widely available in Canada and much better than Mr. Noodles, but not vegan, and I don't know what ingredients being "clean" or "sketchy" means to you. They're definitely a more authentic Japanese recipe though and taste better. I can't ever go back to Mr. Noodles after trying them.

The next escalation will be from expanding the protests until they can be organized into a general strike.

People need to stop going to work. Together. All at once. A lot of people. Enough that they can't be replaced and that important things that the government and billionaires rely on, stop happening, potentially for a long time. The country needs to shut down, like COVID. This is going to have consequences. But it has to have consequences. That's the point. Consequences for both sides, and more consequences until the situation gets resolved, one way or another. People have to come to terms with the fact that they're going to lose their jobs anyway. This is really just accelerating the inevitable. People are losing their jobs right now, when they are deported. People are losing their jobs when they're imprisoned. People need to realize that no one is safe, and in the longer term the way things are going with AI and robotics and utopian techbro billionaires owning everything and being handed whatever they want by the government it seems clear you're ALL going to lose your jobs at some point, so why not now? Do it early, in a coordinated fashion, for a cause. Accept the inevitable consequences, and turn them to your advantage by doing them with intention, on your own terms.

Everyone thinks they have a great job when they have to confront the possibility of losing it, but that's the scam. You have a shitty job, working for someone else who is much, much richer than you and your shitty job and its "benefits" are the reason you are not rich despite living in the richest country in the world. There will be new, better jobs to get when you win. If you win. The need for these jobs to be done isn't going away. It's time for people to start creating some intentional artificial scarcity to drive up wages while there are still things that can't be easily or effectively automated.

People have to organize, and do it quickly, while there is still time. A lot of people are still trying to "prepare" for what's coming but that's not a luxury you have anymore. They've been preparing for this a lot longer than you will be able to. The clock is ticking, the administration is working furiously to remove the people it considers most dangerous to its goals and remove the systems and supports that could be used against it. The more you delay, the worse it's going to be. Time wasted "preparing" is time wasted, period. The time for action is now. The rebellion is forming. Be part of it.

They should have a separate severity rating for "is this actually likely to impact admins who aren't complete idiots".

They do see them as people, but specifically bad people. A non-person would be beneath their notice. A bad person on the other hand, becomes the target of their wrath and cruelty and it is justified to do this to them because they are bad.

They are freely expressing their fear of dangerous western ideas which must be censored to protect the motherland /s