droopy4096 8h ago • 100%
then support for other parties should've been declared much earlier, never dangled like carrot in front of Dems, 'cause by now you should know it won't work. I get it. In present system there's very little chance of third party getting to power, but look at Canada - NDP was able to wield power with much lower representation. How? Minority government forces compromise and concessions. In other words it can be done, but work needs to start right after prior election, not before current
droopy4096 4d ago • 100%
did you try Blush lane or Community Foods?
droopy4096 5d ago • 92%
funny that nobody argued opposite: all the new services are primarily streaming/hosted and otherwise "not here". New crop of tech solutions requires crap-ton of bandwidth. So caps prevent those companies from doing ripping off customers in other areas. How un-Republican is that? They are getting in the way of enterprises making a living! So the most Republican thing to do would be to let foxes watch the henhouse. Ask ISPs to regulate themselves so that "everybody"'s (and I mean every enterprise) happy. In other words getting in the way of this proposal is very much just "polid'ticking" trying to undo what dems are doing regardless whether it's actually a conservative thing to do or not.
droopy4096 6d ago • 77%
this was the first and only administration on my memory to openly support unions. They've done quite a few things to improve lives. They did help out their rich donors/friends/sympathithers but not even close to the scale POTUS45 done it.
In all honesty both Dems and Reps should go. Country deserves pluralism and not the false duality. BUT right now, at this moment in time Dems are the only real shot at moving forward. After election, start up the grill and hold their feet to fire and FORCE them to change then otherwise rally behind any other party and make damn sure they win next ellection. Doing so at 11th hour is reckless
droopy4096 6d ago • 75%
the way US system works... they are 🙁
droopy4096 6d ago • 82%
...becsuse POTUS45 (becoming POTUS47) will stop weapon supply to Israel, right?
droopy4096 1w ago • 100%
Didn't previous report show NDP and Cons tied across the board? Too much swing IMO... or is it "close election day" effect?
droopy4096 2w ago • 100%
some crypto learned to be efficient, others did not. We still do have crypto-mining botnets. Crypto remains to be useless to humanity and very profitable for few. Same with AI. Same with stock market. Instead of producing something of value we keep on burning through resources while selected few enjoy bonfire others have to fight to stay alive...
droopy4096 2w ago • 93%
not only does he burn through cash, he burns through resources making life worse now for everybody: AI rivals crypto in resource waisting while not contributing at all to any improvements. I fail to see "brighter future" for us through AI as it is energy-intensive, unsustainable endeavor for which we are woefully unprepared both materially (energy efficiency, semiconductor manufacturing/recycling, etc) and psychologically (ethics etc.). Yeah, grand on paper, terrible in reality
droopy4096 3w ago • 100%
while Israel is clearly wrong bombing and killing civilians, Hamas took first step in escalation of violence in the region setting both sides on trajectory of mutual destruction. I am not defending Israel, but any reporting on the issue has to acknowledge both systemic abuse from Israel side and mass killing campaign unleashed by Hamas.
droopy4096 4w ago • 100%
that didn't take long.
droopy4096 4w ago • 100%
that is conservatives favourite tactic: rebates and checks while they bleed the social support services. then rebates fall under "frivolous spending that's ought to stop" and unsuspecting public ends up with no rebates and no social support system. works miracles, ask Albertans. UCP was set to lose and then... just before elections they've sprinkled some cheques here and there and... lo-and-behold: they've won ( going back to their shenanigans immediately after taking office ). TLDR; those things comimg from politicians are trojan horses, from comservative politicians - doubly so. System needs fixing to not stink rather than gifting everybody a gallon of Febreze...
droopy4096 4w ago • 75%
clearly this alludes to vote dilution by "voting small" meaning left vote gets fragmented. The very sad part is - she is right and people SHOULD vote FOR something rather than against, but system is stacked for political duopoly with a slight preference to the right. In other words it not pragmatic to "vote small" under system where small get ignored and society gets polarized to the point of always voting against. What she should be pushing for is a change of a system, otherwise communities she cares for so much are going to remain political hostages of the left because the right found "the other" they can rally against in them. There are only two rational decisions: remain under current system and support whatever big entity is further to the left or stage a revolution/rebellion forcing system change to allow everyone to "vote small". Silence is not working.
droopy4096 1mo ago • 100%
putin said same thing about tanks, long range rockets and planes... Ukraine got all of the above and nothing followed. Those are hollow threats of a desperate maniac who's cornered himself
droopy4096 1mo ago • 100%
the actual technique of using stainless steel pens changed everything for me. Proper pre-heating with minimal oiling and knowing to wait until SS cookware "lets go" of food, followed up by using liquids to separate "stuck" pieces and turning them into delicious sauces. I can fry a sunny side up egg on SS pan in a pinch, but prefer cast iron for that.
droopy4096 1mo ago • 100%
he's got no lines to cross... he lives on yhe other side of humanity. However lines werr and will be crossed when US public elects him.
droopy4096 1mo ago • 20%
you do realize how easily it could be spun on the other side, right? "Crooked Marthe supports crooked Kamala. They all are thieves and the stole my 2020!" see? that is what I mean. Right side is Ok ignoring reality if it gets in the way of idolizing POTUS45 but will latch onto any spin "proving" the left is corrupt.
droopy4096 1mo ago • 14%
endorsement from convicted felon is of questionable value IMO.
droopy4096 2mo ago • 100%
My understanding is that party with the most votes gets to form government, is it not so?
droopy4096 2mo ago • 100%
Liberal path to success:
- rename party
- chuck principles out of the window
- endorse conservatives
- ...profit?
beats
- adjust policies
- represent all constituents
- be true to your principles
- go to elections
kind of tells you how different Liberals are from Conservatives
I haven't looked at youtube content for a while, however lately I can't watch *any* videos using libretube. Something about "prove you're not a bot" which I assume is a consequence of google's crusade against add-ons and 3rd party tools. Is there a way around it or are we done with YT?
I'm trying to make my own window sills in our new house. We have windows rather deep so depth is around 9in and wide - 42/60in. I'm looking at read oak vs douglas fir. Red oak is mainly available in sub 8in cuts. The only one I found in 9in is 3/4 thick. Would that be sufficient to support plant pots or potentially human sitting on them? However Fir I can get in various sizes so I was looking at 1in thick. Which one would be more practical? Oak at 3/4 or Fir at 1in? My reading was that fir is sufficiently softer so plant pots may leave imprints etc. or am I wrong there?
I've tried several clients now, and unlike Reddit clients I cannot locate any of the posts/comments I've upvoted in the past? Is that a bug/feature of the platform?
I just found out that sometime in the last month or so while doing regular updates Wine got bumped to 8.12... (likely from 8.0) and my games have gone haywire: Neverwinter Nights and Diablo2 would kind of start but then halt. Switching to desktop and back unblocks games for the next few seconds and then things repeat. I've downgraded wine to 7.12 and things are working back. Question: should I have done some migration step for 8.12 to work properly or is it even a known issue? I am using PlayOnLinux for Diablo2 with System Wine and Vanilla System wine for NWN. (crossposted from reddit)