you can come to me where I’m hanging out.

This is the crux of the issue. Where you hang out is your choice.

Is the platform full of security and privacy flaws? Yes.

Will content on the platform be actively mined for training data for neural networks? Yes.

Are you obligated to use anything else to discuss your provided content that’s free of charge? Absolutely not.

Noted.

Nah.

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕾𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝕬𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙

𝔄 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩-𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔲𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔞, 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔣𝔯𝔢𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔄𝔯𝔪𝔰 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔡.

𝓚𝓪𝓻𝓵 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝔁

𝒰𝓃𝒹ℯ𝓇 𝓃ℴ 𝓅𝓇ℯ𝓉ℯ𝓍𝓉 𝓈𝒽ℴ𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓂𝓂𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝒾ℴ𝓃 𝒷ℯ 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓇ℯ𝓃𝒹ℯ𝓇ℯ𝒹. 𝒜𝓃𝓎 𝒶𝓉𝓉ℯ𝓂𝓅𝓉 𝓉ℴ 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒶𝓇𝓂 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓀ℯ𝓇𝓈 𝓈𝒽ℴ𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷ℯ 𝒻𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓉ℯ𝒹, 𝒷𝓎 𝒻ℴ𝓇𝒸ℯ 𝒾𝒻 𝓃ℯ𝒸ℯ𝓈𝓈𝒶𝓇𝓎.

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Strictly define socialism. Now, strictly define capitalism.

I would choose A with democratically regulated markets and complete co-op style ownership of the company.

Is it more or less a fantasy than the fantasy that every employer is able to pay the minimum wage?

If you need staff, but can’t afford to pay them adequately, but also can’t run it on your own, your business isn’t viable, and you suck at math and pricing your goods and service(s).

• Washington (Democratic government): $16.28
• California (Democratic government): $16.00
• Nevada (divided government): $12.00
• Idaho (Republican government): $7.25

Now factor in the cost of living in a “safe” area in those states with those wages. In 2024, it’s not enough.

I agree, clearly, the Democrats are the better option for anyone but the billionaire class. However, I agree more with OP: Democrats can do better and not be so corporatist neo-lib.

Had and have magnitudes of more problems with file management on iOS; it has improved a bit with a basic native file browser.

Handy! Thank you for the tip.

Me too, I’ve just been downloading new APKs from the GitHub repo.

Thou shalt program with memory management as an axiomatic paradigm.

All praise the Omnissiah, so on, and so forth.

Cucker Tarlson

I am just an annoying grammar stickler, friend. I assume most mistakes are from typing on a mobile device or being a non-native English speaker, many times both.

My most severe gripes are the misuse and/or overuse of words like “like”, “literally”, “aggravate” and “jealousy”, or when I see “would of” instead of “would’ve”.

In a couple hundred years, the precision in English usage I pompously strain to uphold will be antiquated to the point of incomprehensibility. I admit that dying on this hill is a fool’s errand.

Therefore, take my comment as light-hearted jest.

eldridge Eldritch

…Or was “Eldridge” intentional?

Surely you have something better to do?

At the time, no. However, sometimes I complain about people who complain.

they’re their CEO passed away

It’s an Albany expression.

I hate this 2-party system, and I loathe the DNC and the neo-liberal elite. That said, the Republicans haven’t fielded a palatable candidate in my entire lifetime.

Thus, like many Americans I’m forced to politically pinch my nose and vote for the geriatric, corporate-and-billionaire funded elite of the American “left” because the alternative after the dust settles after the primaries is unthinkable.

The American citizenry is fucked, and I fear the only way out from under the boot-heel of the billionaire class is armed bloody revolution, of which I’m terrified of due to what typically comes next, historically.

Orwell and Huxley were supposed to be warnings, not manuals for sociopathic murderous political cults. Then again, maybe things will turn out like Zardoz.