what do local shop closures as reaction to union movements prove?
It proves that corruption is tolerated in the US.
Readit NewsFloegipoky commented on Framework Laptop 16 Review phoronix.com/review/frame... · Posted by u/mikece
Are you planning to add blank keycaps or colemak/dvorak keycaps?
I have a framework 13" and I replaced the keyboard with a black blanked keyboard. It was really easy to install, it took me ~15 minutes. I really like the look of it, and when I use it in public people think I'm a wizard.
Floegipoky commented on Orthodox Privilege (2020) paulgraham.com/orth.html... · Posted by u/omarious
No, this is class consciousness, and by conflating these things you've strengthened their point.
I'll assume that this was downvoted because the "culture war" dividing America is one of the preeminent expressions of class warfare in this country, and therefore acknowledging class _is_ inherently engaging in the "culture war". Which, fair point.
Floegipoky commented on Orthodox Privilege (2020) paulgraham.com/orth.html... · Posted by u/omarious
On the one hand, I think this highlights an important "blind spot" in human thought. Our ideas and creativity are hugely influenced by our environment and prevailing social conventions. It's strange he doesn't use the term "Overton Window", because that's exactly what he's talking about and it seems useful to place his thoughts in context with the existing body.
On the other hand, I vehemently disagree with the implicit assertion that any truth should be acceptable to give power. It's easy to filter, twist, and reassemble the truth to deceive and manipulate. Humanity has already paid too steep a price learning why some truths and ideas must be rejected. In fact, the ideology of "free speech absolutism" is itself an orthodoxy specific to a relatively small cultural bubble, and it's objectively quite extreme.
Floegipoky commented on Orthodox Privilege (2020) paulgraham.com/orth.html... · Posted by u/omarious
Isnt this ad hominem itself a “culture war position”?
No, this is class consciousness, and by conflating these things you've strengthened their point.
Floegipoky commented on How to find a lost phone in a no-cell-coverage camping site? manas.tech/blog/2023/10/2... · Posted by u/mgarciaisaia
I'm so paranoid about dropping my shit from a ski lift that I've taken to a chestpack, lanyards and karabiners. It makes me feel better.
Watch out for any of those dangly bits getting caught on the lift, I almost got dragged by my backpack strap a few years ago. IMO better to lose the gear.
Floegipoky commented on Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled' hexham-courant.co.uk/news... · Posted by u/eirikurh
The good news is that there's a very high likelihood that the tree will push new growth from the stump and survive, though it probably won't ever be as healthy and majestic as it once was.
Floegipoky commented on Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled' hexham-courant.co.uk/news... · Posted by u/eirikurh
The term "sycamore" means different things depending on the continent. In North America when we say it we're talking about the American Sycamore, platanus occidentalis. In Asia and Europe it's actually a maple, acer pseudoplatanus, and the common name for it in the US is "sycamore maple". Unfortunately it's invasive in parts of the US, and it's not even native to England.
Floegipoky commented on Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled' hexham-courant.co.uk/news... · Posted by u/eirikurh
Most of modern Scotland was forest up until a fairly recent time. The felling of one tree is an instagram tragedy; the felling of one billion is an economic statistic.
Perspective on "fairly recent" from wiki:
> An examination of the earliest maps of Scotland suggests that the extent of the Caledonian Forest remnants has changed little since 1600.
I held out longer than most people and tried to use NeoVim for Java dev, but even I bit the bullet and use IntelliJ. Since Kotlin more or less markets itself as "Java but better", I think that it's unlikely that it's going to drastically take away from their userbase by not providing first-class support for other editors.
[1] Clojure being the only exception I can think of, and even there a lot of people still prefer Cursive.