I've been wondering for a bit why during the time the Democrats controlled the legislature, executive, and judicial branches during Obama's first term in 2008 more wasn't accomplished. Shouldn't that have been the opportunity to make Row V Way law and fix the electoral college? I understand the recession was going on but outside...
The Banana Wars were a series of US military interventions in Latin America from 1898 to 1934. Why are they relatively understudied, and why are they called banana wars?
My preferred way to browse here is using All and blocking communities I don't want to see. That way I get exposed to new things I wouldn't seek out on my own (for example: British archaeology)...
This image is from Google Maps and depicts Maritime Square on Tsing Yi, the island where my grandmother lives. I chose it because I think it is the embodiment of the new millennium Hong Kong urban development....
To me this particular place seems too commercial.
The good parts: there's a lot available nearby, and you're literally on top of the train station if you want to go elsewhere.
The bad parts: The common space is the mall, so it's not really a public common space. It's a shopping center. A park or something on top of it would be great.
(Edit: it looks like it may have a park or some green space?)
Add in schools and any missing neighborhood amenities like a library, etc, and it'd be great.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Cubana de Aviacion flights to Buenos Aires were canceled because fuel suppliers in Argentina refused to serve the airline....
There's a really good podcast season (2) from Blowback on the history of Cuba and why things are the way they are today. But essentially, it's what another user posted below. It's that communism existing is a threat to capitalist rule.
Ranked choice voting usually still results in two major parties. Approval voting, where you check off everyone you approve of and see who has the most, may be a fairer system.
This article got me thinking, but I wonder how things would go with a random democracy. Every cycle, you pick 100 or 200 people at random and they are the congress.
Add in field experts, not lobbyists, to provide expertise on topics.
Of course, nations would never do this because the ruling class would now have 1% representation.
dancing and dance classes are a great way to meet people
there's an app called meetup - use it to meet up with people
go to trivia night
follow local gathering places and check out their schedules
if you're in a larger city, there may be a Do{yourAreaCode} website with a list of things that are going on
joining a food or drink tour in your own city is actually quite fun and locals/new comers do it as well
book club? people rarely read books. they mainly hang out
expand your route, linger in public, be friendly, walk through open doors. but you have to leave the house.
and yes, I do these things (haven't done a book club yet) and yes, I meet new people, even when I was in a small town. I made an entire friend group by going to meetup events.
Not just bikes made a video about that point. The gist: when you spend more than $100B on roads and next to nothing on rail and public transit, well no shit sherlock.
A hypersonic missile is among the high-tech weapons systems that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to introduce to cope with what he called deepening U.S. hostility....
everyone mocks until success. we were laughing at their last attempts and doing rockets and then they hit their goals and we all freaked out for a week.
A lot of the author's writing really strikes a chord with me on this.
I'm reading the descriptions and am like, yep. Saw that. Lived that.
Now that I'm out of it, still think about my parents and family that are still in it, regularly say and do this same kind of stuff, and it's entirely foreign to me. And I used to believe it more than them.
holy shit, you're not going to believe this, but I met the author at a hostel in Mexico City. He's a really cool dude, friendly, funny, and pretty interesting overall. I actually totally forgot about this and glad to see the book is out!
It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household....
So one thing about the note taking (from an ex-Christian), something that is very common is the fake prophesy or telling you details of your life that you think the person shouldn't know. I guarantee you they're using these notes as a way to say that God told them something about you. I'm saying this because I've been in churches that did that
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at congressional hearings to dissect CEOs and break down complex figures into assaults on corporate greed, a signature image that propelled the Democrat’s U.S. Senate candidacy in California....
I also want to point out the effort vs output difference. A 100 -> 100% output requires more than 10% input increase in effort, so your pay should be more than that
I just saw that for Spring they're doing a new Spice and Wolf, but it looks like they're not continuing the story but re-making what already had a pretty good IMO anime with 2 seasons. IIRC That anime was also pretty close to the source material, so I can't really see what us watchers will get from a remake other than I guess...
A former career US diplomat who had served as the US ambassador to Bolivia has pleaded guilty to working as an agent of Cuba for more than 40 years....
As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do....
I once watched a video lecture from the guy that implemented lambdas in the JVM and he was giving community feedback that he received. He said, "Obvious but wrong answers have the word 'just'."
I actually think that deleting all your data and deleting your profile should be different operations. A lot of people "delete" a profile for a while and then come back.
But yeah, as others pointed out, federated servers requires all participants to obey the delete request
In addition to the other comments, I'll add that parking garages are "non-places" and can make an area feel unsafe or sketchy. A few times I was walking around downtown with some friends and the girls were like "oh no, we're not going down here". I looked around and noticed that the entire block was parking garages. And no one was around. But if we turned around, we saw people and that felt safe.
And to add again, parking garages cost $50k or more per spot and is space that is not used for people or businesses. They rarely ever pay for themselves and, while is a more efficient car storage space than flat parking, is worse than actually doing something with the space such as home, businesses, etc.
One thing I noticed in the last downtown I was in was that roughly half of the volume of every building was parking and these buildings often had additional parking available next to the in the form of another garage. It's pretty insane.
If you were a video game boss, what's the most likely or most fitting way the protagonist may beat you?
Why Didn't Democrats Do More When They Controlled Both Houses of Legislature, The White House, and The Supreme Court During Obama's First Term?
I've been wondering for a bit why during the time the Democrats controlled the legislature, executive, and judicial branches during Obama's first term in 2008 more wasn't accomplished. Shouldn't that have been the opportunity to make Row V Way law and fix the electoral college? I understand the recession was going on but outside...
Is it ever okay to generalize about people? why or why not?
Do you think you could survive on peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches? ( lemmus.org )
Haircut Practice by Adam Koford for May 13, 2024.
I just watched this little documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin. I never heard of her before this. Does the community have one or two books they recommend? ( means.tv )
Let's say that I may only read one or two, as I'm not a prolific reader. What do you think I should get?
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT ( www.tomshardware.com )
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America ( www.thecollector.com )
The Banana Wars were a series of US military interventions in Latin America from 1898 to 1934. Why are they relatively understudied, and why are they called banana wars?
How many communities do you have blocked?
My preferred way to browse here is using All and blocking communities I don't want to see. That way I get exposed to new things I wouldn't seek out on my own (for example: British archaeology)...
The perfect way to round out your career ( lemmy.ml )
Extra Moon Warlords ( mander.xyz )
Had some extras from this weeks challenge that I wanted to share....
Thoughts on Hong Kong urbanism? ( lemmy.world )
This image is from Google Maps and depicts Maritime Square on Tsing Yi, the island where my grandmother lives. I chose it because I think it is the embodiment of the new millennium Hong Kong urban development....
Based ( midwest.social )
Argentina Refuses to Supply Fuel to Cuban Planes ( www.telesurenglish.net )
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Cubana de Aviacion flights to Buenos Aires were canceled because fuel suppliers in Argentina refused to serve the airline....
GOP Governors Show 'How Scared They Are' of Workers Organizing With UAW ( www.commondreams.org )
Fewer people now say representative democracy is a very good way to govern in many countries surveyed. ( www.pewresearch.org )
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Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt ( infosec.exchange )
America Is Sick of Swiping ( www.theatlantic.com )
'My car is more convenient'
I'm getting a lot of 'but my car is more convenient' arguments lately, and I'm struggling to convey why that doesn't make sense....
Mmm yesss ( mander.xyz )
North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant U.S. targets ( www.nbcnews.com )
A hypersonic missile is among the high-tech weapons systems that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to introduce to cope with what he called deepening U.S. hostility....
The Jesus Mask: Why evangelicals are so easy to deceive ( rolltodisbelieve.com )
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/10067687...
What? ( midwest.social )
Take it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laugh ( www.theguardian.com )
Evangelical app 'Bless Every Home' is mapping personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals targeting them. ( newrepublic.com )
It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household....
China puts trust in AI to maintain largest high-speed rail network on Earth ( www.scmp.com )
Katie Porter's star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain future ( apnews.com )
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at congressional hearings to dissect CEOs and break down complex figures into assaults on corporate greed, a signature image that propelled the Democrat’s U.S. Senate candidacy in California....
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Why are they remaking Spice and Wolf?
I just saw that for Spring they're doing a new Spice and Wolf, but it looks like they're not continuing the story but re-making what already had a pretty good IMO anime with 2 seasons. IIRC That anime was also pretty close to the source material, so I can't really see what us watchers will get from a remake other than I guess...
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Former US diplomat pleads guilty to spying for Cuba for more than 40 years ( www.bbc.com )
A former career US diplomat who had served as the US ambassador to Bolivia has pleaded guilty to working as an agent of Cuba for more than 40 years....
You have the right to remain silent ( lemmy.world )
What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it?
As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do....
"Why Star Trek?" ( i.imgur.com )
Why would socialism do this? ( lemmy.ml )
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Right wings and their nonbelieve in science ( lemmy.ml )
Edit: Damn, I missed the option to put star trek in second panel, shame on me.
Care to join me for a game? ( sh.itjust.works )
Data after installing a mockery chip. ( lemmy.zip )
[discussion] Aren't parking garages a decent way to consolidate parking as densely as possible? Why the hate?
First off, I want to point out that I am totally on team /c/fuckcars. I highly believe in transit, walking, and biking....
[image] It is perfectly car sized, so it must be a parking spot. ( lemmy.world )
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No U.S. threat to Iran will go unanswered, Tehran says ( www.reuters.com )
All workers, your attention please. Your attempt to have a decent work/life balance and be treated with dignity in this facility is going to fail. You have eight minutes to get back to the office. ( lemmy.world )