The Internet of Beefs

Drewski · 2020-01-19T01:54:12+00:00

This is the first I've heard of eminent domain being used to take goods rather than land. I thought that it had to be for "public use", although that has been interpreted very broadly. Of course, with civil asset forfeiture they can pretty much pillage with impunity anyways.

Drewski · 2020-01-17T23:34:55+00:00

Thanks, I'm trying to clean up a little by dumping my "to send" folder in Firefox. I agree that decentralization and self-sufficiency is a worthy goal, something that I'm trying to achieve little by little in my own life.

Drewski · 2020-01-17T22:43:18+00:00

Yeah, I've been reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr and it's really hit home for me. I am trying to read more books & long articles and limiting my social media use to increase my attention span.

Drewski · 2020-01-17T19:57:54+00:00

Where do the wages come from though?

Drewski · 2020-01-14T07:04:41+00:00

Right on, I'll keep em coming when I think about it.

Drewski · 2020-01-13T18:11:04+00:00

I don't really think this is a big deal, plenty of people have others manage / post on their Facebook pages.

Drewski · 2020-01-10T23:00:34+00:00

New Poll Shows Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Support a Wealth Tax

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Among the 4,441 respondents to the poll, 64% strongly or somewhat agreed that “the very rich should contribute an extra share of their total wealth each year to support public programs”

Hmm...

Drewski · 2020-01-08T20:37:34+00:00

I can see how this could cause anxiety, but it depends on your perspective. You could also gain a sort of peace, knowing that all matter and energy will one day return to it's original state, or become a new universe entirely. Either way, I choose to focus on the life that I've been given, and the relationships and experiences that I have right now.

Anyways, super interesting video, thanks for sharing!

Drewski · 2020-01-08T01:38:50+00:00

This is bad news. I really hope this can be de-escalated, the last thing we need is another quagmire like Iraq or Afghanistan.

Drewski · 2020-01-07T18:41:48+00:00

I don't agree with a lot of things that she says, but she makes a good point here. The propaganda machine is in full force against Soleimani, who most people had never heard of before his death. Suddenly he's a bin Laden tier "terrorist" that has "murdered hundreds of Americans", failing to mention that these Americans were occupying forces.

After all the blatant lies we were told in Iraq and Afghanistan, I'm shocked that anyone believes a single thing coming from the war hawks.

Drewski · 2020-01-06T04:16:17+00:00

Are we surprised at this point? Confidence in mainstream news media is at an all time low, and for good reason.

Drewski · 2020-01-05T05:18:16+00:00

Because I want to support the developers (I buy a lot of indie games), and I don't run software from sketchy sources such as cracked exe's. I also try to put my money where my mouth is and buy DRM free games from GOG.

Drewski · 2020-01-01T19:30:45+00:00

Many documentaries do. I know it's a bit long, but I recommend setting aside some time and sticking it out as it's very informative.

Drewski · 2019-12-31T07:52:41+00:00

Wait, it took her 9 years to realize that something was off about her husband? That he was lacking common sense? Sounds like they're perfect for each other.

Drewski · 2019-12-31T02:47:30+00:00

Good for criminals and tyrants no doubt. If you're a law abiding citizen protecting your family and community (like hero Jack Wilson who just stopped a mass shooting in Texas) not so much.

Drewski · 2019-12-30T07:25:27+00:00

If you're on linux, most distros have it built in with GnuPG. For Windows, there's Gpg4win. It can be used via the command line or the GPA front end.

Drewski · 2019-12-30T07:06:30+00:00

Right, so we're initially trusting that you are who you say you are when you share your public key. After that though, we can verify messages signed by you as being authentic (as long as you protect your private key sufficiently). If anything were to happen to Saidit, or if your account were compromised, you could verify your identity with a signed message. It would also prevent the possibility of modifying a past post or canary because of the timestamp. Also you could use it to communicate securely, in case anyone needed to send you an encrypted message. It's not foolproof, but it does provide some additional security backed by strong cryptography.

Drewski · 2019-12-30T06:34:09+00:00

Of course you have to trust that you're getting the public key from a legitimate source initially, but after you've added a public key to your keychain AFAIK there is no known way to fake a signed message unless I'm missing something.

Drewski · 2019-12-29T19:14:03+00:00

I agree that trillion dollars budget deficits are crazy, driving the military industrial complex and the warfare state. So is the proposed green new deal, though. If it were to actually pass as worded, the ban of fossil fuels and nuclear energy would result in the collapse of the entire infrastructure, leading to mass starvation and economic collapse that would make Venezuela look like a walk in the park. I'm all for moving toward sustainable energy and reducing our footprint, but this is not the way to do it.

Drewski · 2019-12-29T18:14:00+00:00

Would like to see these posted with a GPG signature.

Drewski · 2019-12-29T06:18:06+00:00

I think AOC has intentionally thrown out some crazy ideas to move the Overton window and make some of the other socialists seem more normal by comparison.

Drewski · 2019-12-27T18:05:03+00:00

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It's got lots of cool cyberpunk tech and action scenes, but also dives into existentialism and the boundaries between man and machine.

Drewski · 2019-12-27T17:58:20+00:00

One thing I see a lot when someone is trying to get their point across is people just waiting their turn to talk, and not really listening to what the other person is saying. If you really want to widen someone's perspective, you need to listen to them and really try to see things from their point of view. A little respect goes a long way.

Another thing that I've found useful conveying ideas is the use of simple examples or parables. Most people don't think in terms of numbers and statistics, so a narrative format is much more relevant.

Drewski · 2019-12-25T21:08:11+00:00

Complying with authoritarian laws is a recipe for tyranny.

Drewski · 2019-12-24T19:52:37+00:00

Comic: Transmetropolitan

Books - I've been burned so many times by bad hollywood adaptations that I tend to avoid them. There are a few I'd like to see if they were done right, but I'm not holding my breath. Since you mentioned Neal Stephenson (who happens to be my fav author) - A series of The Baroque Cycle would be amazing. Anathem and Snow Crash could be cool too.

Robert Heinlein - Would like to see some good adaptations of his work. The Starship Troopers movie for example was awful, nothing like the book. Time Enough for Love and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress would be some other ones I'd like to see.

Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind. With all the fantasy series they're doing now, it's not outside the realm of possibility.

Video games - The Bioshock Series, Hellblade: Sesuna's Sacrifice, NieR: Automata could use an anime, Metro Series - to be fair they were books first, Yakuza series - I mean it's already kind of a movie, a live action Japanese adaptation could be fun

Drewski · 2019-12-24T19:05:21+00:00

Young Blood (Youtube commenter)

You don’t think these people would kill you for food?

Drewski · 2019-12-24T18:57:19+00:00

It's a matter of principle. The state could try to force us to buy all kinds of things we don't need or want, just because we can afford it doesn't make it ethical. They aren't harming anyone, they just want to be left alone to live the way they choose. Bad laws should be challenged and broken, and dealing with the consequences is a part of that decision.

Drewski · 2019-12-24T06:22:50+00:00

Demolishing someone's house because they don't have running water or electricity is a bad law (or enforcing it in a bad way). That's not saving someone's life; it's destroying it.

Drewski · 2019-12-24T02:59:00+00:00

It depends on the law. Laws should exist to protect the rights of the people. Bad laws like this, absolutely.

Drewski · 2019-12-24T02:17:58+00:00

They are just another gang using violence to enforce their beliefs.

We’ll enforce it [Sharia] on Muslims first then on non-Muslims. We’re going to enforce both Sharia law and American law. It would be contradictory to enforce Sharia law without also upholding the laws of the land.

The real contradiction here is that Sharia law and American law can be compatible. I am fine with people believing and practicing whatever they like, as long as they don't violate anyone else rights. Clearly though Sharia law does not apply though, as it allows the death penalty for anyone criticizing Islam, the Quran or Mohammad, allows no rights to women, and is altogether draconian and cruel.

Drewski · 2019-12-24T02:05:35+00:00

Many illegal immigrants use someone else's social security to work, so they are actually paying taxes but under someone else's name. Illegal immigrants also do not qualify for welfare or other benefits, though their children may. The problem here is the welfare state which takes our money and incentives and subsidies unemployment and underemployment. That's the real theft.

If you think that illegal immigrants are just rolling through easy street, working great jobs, getting free healthcare, and getting into all the best jobs and schools without any effort, you are out of touch with reality. Living in fear of deportation & taking the jobs that other people are not willing to work for low wages is not my version of an ideal life.

Drewski · 2019-12-23T19:06:58+00:00

I agree that protecting your privacy and data is in your own hands. Still, having a lifetime supreme court judge that does not respect the 4th Amendment is a scary thing.

Drewski · 2019-12-23T18:57:48+00:00

Who cares which technologies they choose to use though? It's their property, and their prerogative. If they aren't harming anyone the state should stay out of it.

Drewski · 2019-12-23T04:14:55+00:00

To be fair, if you're really concerned about information being lost you should be backing it up locally anyways.

Drewski · 2019-12-23T04:07:26+00:00

"We haven't corroborated any of this"

-CNN, probably

Drewski · 2019-12-23T04:02:19+00:00

Agreed, they're a bunch of arbitrary rules that are selectively enforced by those in power. People have been living (and still live) without running water & electricity and using outhouses for hundreds of years, often times more sanitarily than those with it. They are being used as a tool for control, and to keep people dependent on the system.

Drewski · 2019-12-21T00:48:55+00:00

Awesome, would love to do something like this myself.

Drewski · 2019-12-18T18:33:57+00:00

Privacy implications of having a cloud security system aside, I'm bound to believe Amazon here in that these people are using weak passwords or reusing them from other services.

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