I heard Naomi Klein say that conspiracy theories are the socialism of fools.
ChrisLicht
Jealousy in the biblical sense means being fiercely protective of one’s domain and prerogatives, and exclusionary to the point of not tolerating any other options. It’s not jealousy in the human-to-human sense.
Well put. We are so jealous of our own sentience that we eat most of the other sentients. The idea that we’d show the respect of intellectual-property protections to another species is laughable; our jealousy is biblical.
FWIW, it’s become an inextricable part of my life. I use it for hours every day, for programming and Linux advice, spreadsheet help, foreign language practice, and random trivia.
Yesterday, I discovered that Snoop Dogg’s -izz speak from the aughts was actually derived from carny pig Latin.
For these market makers, both sellers and buyers are subsidized to entice both into the market.
Check out Cory Doctorow’s “enshittification” theory.
Life is grand during the VC subsidization stage of a company’s lifecycle.
Teach the controversy!
Smart enough to make this joke, egotistical enough to not proofread.
Yalie.
Only game I ever lol’d at was Psychonauts.
Voltaren masterrace, reporting in.