retrospectology

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

We can only hope that literally being the ones to be involved in counting the votes and seeing the results for themselves first hand is enough to get them to accept reality.

A long shot, but if these people genuinely believe that there was election interference and they aren't simply looking to knowingly commit fraud, there's a chance they might acknowledge the facts in the end if the results really are just undeniable.

Edit: This American Life did an episode back before the 2020 election about an election administrator who basically made it his priority to make the process as transparent as possible so that election deniers could see under every stone and explore every nook of the process.

And I think it both speaks to the power of transparency as an antidote, but is also a bit sad how this guy bends over backwards to accommodate these people and is still treated with suspicion. Really interesting listen and highlights how fair elections really do rest on the shoulders of these lower level workers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Dating myself a bit but it had to probably be the first Half-Life. It wasn't only about realizing how limited and awkward a gamepad is, but the mods opened my eyes too.

I still to this day don't see the point of consoles. They're just a way for companies to try and silo off customers and get everyone on proprietary hardware.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

-Gets punched in the face-

"Mmm, strawberry daqueri!"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

RDP is kind of limited because it's a virtual session. It's useful if you only need to do stuff while you're actively connected but you can't, for example, remote in and start an app or process going and then disconnect and have that app continue. When you d/c your profile is essentially logged out. Your activity also can't be viewed by a user on the remote system, if you needed to collaborate or assist somehow.

UltraVNC has worked ok for me for windows systems. It has some of that open-source clunk to the UI, but is pretty straight forward and does what I need.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Genocide is not a "single issue". It's every issue. No, I will not "come on" and accept it as part of the party platform. If Dems can't stop themselves supporting an active genocide they're politically and morally useless.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not a great sign, if she's going to go out of her way cozy up to him it's back to Uncommitted for me. Certainly don't want to, but I guess we'll see if Dems snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They don't need our help shelling the region, what are you talking about? Israel doesn't need a signature to continue indiscriminate dronestrikes, they are doing that right now. They've cut off foid and water, they've destroyed all the hospitals and schools, they're bombing the save zones, bulldozing cemetaries, literally shooting people indiscriminately.

I really get the impression you don't actually understand what's going on in Gaza. There is no "moderating hand" from Biden, and he's given them everything they want already.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Right, but they literally already have billions in weapons and bombs from Biden. If you pour more water into an already overflowing bucket the bucket doesn't become more full. People need to actually look at what's happening in Gaza, not just what they hear on NPR or MSNBC.

I think people are just unwilling to admit that the moral pressure against Biden was the right play from the start, and that it worked. Biden's not even going to be in office but people still need to try to justify to themselves how just a few weeks ago they were doing everything they could to try and shut down criticisms of Biden's genocide complicity.

People don't want to admit they were wrong on this because they know what it means morally -- that their place in history would be the same as the german citizens who stood by and made excuses for themselves during WWII.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

People aren't attributing all opposition to trolls, only the stuff that very clearly aligns with Russian/CCP/Israeli narrative building.

Jimmydoreisalefty is clearly a propaganda account. The amount of posts they aggregate daily is itself sign that this isn't just some guy. There was no eamp up with that account either, it literally appeared on lemmy and started blasting 20-30 posts aday.

The account's also hours of activity as suss as well.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

Right, I'm not saying Trump is pro-palestine, I'm saying Biden placed exactly 0 limits on Israel, so they're doing exactly as they wish (same as they'd do under Trump).

I think what's revealing about you zionist guys is that you're not making the same "not as bad on Israel" when it comes to Biden and Harris. If Biden is left of Trump on Israel (he's not, but assuming your claim is true) then Harris is even further left of Biden.

You would think that having someone who polls better, who is to the left of Biden on Israel, would be good. Instead you're still trying to do damage control for a guy who is no longer going to be in power and who has literally done nothing but give them more bombs and aid, same as Trump would.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 months ago (6 children)

It's only 7am in Moscow, there's still time.

 
 

In light of the recent Crowdstrike crash revealing how weak points in IT infrastructure can have wide ranging effects, I figured this might be an interesting one.

The entirety of wikipedia is periodically uploaded here, along with many other useful wikis and How To websites (ex. iFixit tutorials and WikiHow): https://download.kiwix.org/zim

You select the archive you want, then the language and archive version (for example, you can get an archive with no pictures, to save on space). For the totality of the english wikipedia you'd select the "wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2024-01.zim"

The archives are packed as .zim files, which can be read with the Kiwix app completely offline.

I have several USBs I keep that have some of these archives along with the app installer. In the event of some major catastrophe I'd at least be able to access some potentially useful information. I have no stake in Kiwix, and don't know if there are other alternative apps and schemes, just thought it was neat.

 
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