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It’s frustrating listening to these pundits talking about how Dems didn’t talk about solutions to inflation, housing, health insurance, and I’m like, KAMALA LITERALLY TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU’RE LISTING!!!!
December 23, 2024 at 4:18 AM
It’s frustrating listening to these pundits talking about how Dems didn’t talk about solutions to inflation, housing, health insurance, and I’m like, KAMALA LITERALLY TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU’RE LISTING!!!!
But note that that isn't their claim. They aren't just saying Democrats can't control the narrative now. They said "we’ve *never* been able to control the narrative". Ever.
December 22, 2024 at 6:17 PM
But note that that isn't their claim. They aren't just saying Democrats can't control the narrative now. They said "we’ve *never* been able to control the narrative". Ever.
Oh sorry I thought we were talking about how good he is at communication, not how well he fares electorally. I suppose if you *define* communication ability by electoral success then it's very easy to prove that people who lose elections are bad at communication
December 22, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Oh sorry I thought we were talking about how good he is at communication, not how well he fares electorally. I suppose if you *define* communication ability by electoral success then it's very easy to prove that people who lose elections are bad at communication
What was hard to follow here? A paper book is guaranteed to decay. But if a "book" had even a 1% chance of surviving, 100 or more books would have a fair chance of one surviving, and 1000000 books would have an extremely high chance one survives. "Space debris lol" is lazy thinking.
December 22, 2024 at 5:08 PM
What was hard to follow here? A paper book is guaranteed to decay. But if a "book" had even a 1% chance of surviving, 100 or more books would have a fair chance of one surviving, and 1000000 books would have an extremely high chance one survives. "Space debris lol" is lazy thinking.
Clock of the Long Now is mechanical. Obviously it can't be "proven" by waiting 10k years, but we know enough about science to make reasonable predictions.
Your ad hoc "realm of humanity" restriction is very silly btw. But I get it, you're pointlessly invested in denying 10k+ persistence.
Your ad hoc "realm of humanity" restriction is very silly btw. But I get it, you're pointlessly invested in denying 10k+ persistence.
December 22, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Clock of the Long Now is mechanical. Obviously it can't be "proven" by waiting 10k years, but we know enough about science to make reasonable predictions.
Your ad hoc "realm of humanity" restriction is very silly btw. But I get it, you're pointlessly invested in denying 10k+ persistence.
Your ad hoc "realm of humanity" restriction is very silly btw. But I get it, you're pointlessly invested in denying 10k+ persistence.
Not really. And I'm not talking millions of years. I specifically said the scale I was talking about is 10,000 years. I think you underestimate how large space is. But it's irrelevant to my point, anyway. In principle anything we put in space could be duplicated millions of times in various orbits.
December 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Not really. And I'm not talking millions of years. I specifically said the scale I was talking about is 10,000 years. I think you underestimate how large space is. But it's irrelevant to my point, anyway. In principle anything we put in space could be duplicated millions of times in various orbits.
Hopefully we can leave behind enough lore that if humanity rises again in 10,000 years or something, after scraping by in misery for millennia, they know enough not to repeat our mistakes
December 22, 2024 at 4:47 PM
I would actually say most Dems prove you wrong, but since I only need to give one example to prove you wrong, I'll pick Pete Buttigieg. I think he is good at communication.
December 22, 2024 at 4:46 PM
I would actually say most Dems prove you wrong, but since I only need to give one example to prove you wrong, I'll pick Pete Buttigieg. I think he is good at communication.
there are multiple democrats (tens of millions), many of whom tell coherent stories, by the law of large numbers
December 22, 2024 at 4:41 PM
there are multiple democrats (tens of millions), many of whom tell coherent stories, by the law of large numbers
High orbits are nearly empty and don't decay on that short of a time scale. Plus there's the Lagrange points.
I have no idea how they'd know to look. Eventually if they built up civilization enough they might happen upon it by chance.
I'm talking about whether it's in-principle possible.
I have no idea how they'd know to look. Eventually if they built up civilization enough they might happen upon it by chance.
I'm talking about whether it's in-principle possible.
December 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
High orbits are nearly empty and don't decay on that short of a time scale. Plus there's the Lagrange points.
I have no idea how they'd know to look. Eventually if they built up civilization enough they might happen upon it by chance.
I'm talking about whether it's in-principle possible.
I have no idea how they'd know to look. Eventually if they built up civilization enough they might happen upon it by chance.
I'm talking about whether it's in-principle possible.
What happened on November 7th?
December 22, 2024 at 4:31 PM
What happened on November 7th?
rightwingers instinctively all know their positions are all just a game. Like how when they want to attack trans people, suddenly they care about women and children. It's pretextual. They adopt whichever pretext they need in the moment and discard it in the next moment
December 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
rightwingers instinctively all know their positions are all just a game. Like how when they want to attack trans people, suddenly they care about women and children. It's pretextual. They adopt whichever pretext they need in the moment and discard it in the next moment
We have the technology to make structures and information persist for 10k+ years now. Civilizations in the past did not.
Also those civilizations were not completely wiped away.
Anyway, I don't necessarily think we WILL do that. But we could.
Also those civilizations were not completely wiped away.
Anyway, I don't necessarily think we WILL do that. But we could.
December 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM
well duh. But we CAN in theory persist information and structures that long. But obviously not using books and CDs and hard disks.
The clock of the Long Now seems like it stands a chance, in terms of structures. Information can be stored in high orbit or the moon, also.
The clock of the Long Now seems like it stands a chance, in terms of structures. Information can be stored in high orbit or the moon, also.
December 22, 2024 at 3:49 PM
well duh. But we CAN in theory persist information and structures that long. But obviously not using books and CDs and hard disks.
The clock of the Long Now seems like it stands a chance, in terms of structures. Information can be stored in high orbit or the moon, also.
The clock of the Long Now seems like it stands a chance, in terms of structures. Information can be stored in high orbit or the moon, also.
I think you're using a different definition of "good faith" and "bad faith" from me. So we're not really talking about the same things. Also you're completely refusing to engage with the distinction I'm making. Have a good one.
December 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
I think you're using a different definition of "good faith" and "bad faith" from me. So we're not really talking about the same things. Also you're completely refusing to engage with the distinction I'm making. Have a good one.
We have the technology to make structures and information persist for 10k+ years now. Civilizations in the past did not.
Also those civilizations were not completely wiped away.
Anyway, I don't necessarily think we WILL do that. But we could.
Also those civilizations were not completely wiped away.
Anyway, I don't necessarily think we WILL do that. But we could.
December 22, 2024 at 3:33 PM
We have the technology to make structures and information persist for 10k+ years now. Civilizations in the past did not.
Also those civilizations were not completely wiped away.
Anyway, I don't necessarily think we WILL do that. But we could.
Also those civilizations were not completely wiped away.
Anyway, I don't necessarily think we WILL do that. But we could.
I disagree. I think it's possible that there's good-faith criticism in a large quantity, and the fact that it's monetized is just the way our internet is.
That's very different from an astroturfed reactionary proxy war.
That's very different from an astroturfed reactionary proxy war.
December 22, 2024 at 3:30 PM
I disagree. I think it's possible that there's good-faith criticism in a large quantity, and the fact that it's monetized is just the way our internet is.
That's very different from an astroturfed reactionary proxy war.
That's very different from an astroturfed reactionary proxy war.
Hopefully we can leave behind enough lore that if humanity rises again in 10,000 years or something, after scraping by in misery for millennia, they know enough not to repeat our mistakes
December 22, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Hopefully we can leave behind enough lore that if humanity rises again in 10,000 years or something, after scraping by in misery for millennia, they know enough not to repeat our mistakes
All the Starfield criticism I've seen is good-faith. The TLOU2 shitstorm was a bad-faith reactionary proxy war.
December 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
All the Starfield criticism I've seen is good-faith. The TLOU2 shitstorm was a bad-faith reactionary proxy war.
I hadn't seen this criticism before. Great piece. It's hard to find legitimate, good-faith criticism of TLOU2. I liked the game, but they're right that the game's messages have serious problems.
December 22, 2024 at 3:12 PM
I hadn't seen this criticism before. Great piece. It's hard to find legitimate, good-faith criticism of TLOU2. I liked the game, but they're right that the game's messages have serious problems.
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You can definitely disagree with the content and there are some questionable decisions as reported here but the rage baiting was insane.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
The Not So Hidden Israeli Politics of 'The Last of Us Part II'
'The Last of Us Part II' presents what at first seems like an evenhanded point of view, but perpetuates the very cycles of violence it's supposedly so troubled by.
www.vice.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:27 PM
You can definitely disagree with the content and there are some questionable decisions as reported here but the rage baiting was insane.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
www.vice.com/en/article/t...