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Yes, we get it, you embrace post-modernism. Just consider that it's the philosophy that grew out of Communism, and the deaths of 160 million lie at the feet of the ideas you think are right

What the hell are you going on about? Post Modernism is associated with art, literature, architecture and philosophy. Do you even know what it is or are you just being parroting the words of some right wing kook like the aspie parrot many slashdotters are. Look it up, you won't find communism mentioned on the wikipedia page of post-modernism. You WILL find art, literature, architecture and so forth.

If anything Communism is associated with "Modernism", but neither Modernism or Post-modernism should be associated much with socio-economic systems.

You Pointing to me and saying "Post Modernist" and then saying "commie" is Red-baiting.

You think I'm a communist? Prove it. You'll find I've never said a positive thing about Stalin or Mao. And that I've never said the state should own the means of production...which is one of the things that define communism.

I really can't believe you are engaging in Red baiting in 2019?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Or to good description of what you are doing from Rationalwiki:

Red-baiting is a dusty old notorious bullshitting tactic used almost exclusively by the right-wing. It consists of making a false and/or groundless accusation that some person is a communist or fellow traveler, often with the aim of discrediting them or destroying their reputation. Essentially, everything that certain people dislike is to be considered Communist plots. As such, red-baiting is a form of guilt by association, a fallacy which Stalin himself used to justify some of his crimes.

And also:

"Cultural Marxism" (both uppercase) is a common snarl word used to paint anyone with progressive tendencies as a secret Communist. The term alludes to a conspiracy theory in which sinister left-wingers have infiltrated media, academia, and science and are engaged in a decades-long plot to undermine Western culture. Some variants of the conspiracy allege that basically all of modern social liberalism is, in fact, a Communist front group.

And by the way, I used the above text in response to ANOTHER alt-right/libertarian/right wing Slashdot asshat back in 2018.

This is one reason why I sometimes can derogatory towards tech guys, they tend to parrot things they don't really understand and have little familiarity with things outside of code/tech/geek hobbies. Maybe you watced a video where some "rationalist libertarian" with a shaved head and viking beard says he "destroys" liberals/SJW's/whatever by connecting them with communism via post-modernism. That doesn't mean he's right, or an expert. And you are no expert on anything that isn't code or tech.

This link, basically describes you, Mashiki, Roman-mir, mi, Archangel Michael, russoto, DNS-and-Bind, EpyT-r:

https://theoutline.com/post/70...

Read it, and realize what you are. Some dude on the spectrum who got told he was so smart in grade school/high school for so long that he got a big head and thinks he's an expert in everything. To put it in the vernacular: Stay in your lane, bro.

But I suspect you deny all correlation between choice and consequence

Using a strawman of putting words in my mouth I haven't actually said? Choices do have consequences, but external factors beyond one's control can and do limit the choices one can make.

Some scientist who've worked in the industry have been bullied, forced to resign, and generally shunned over doing just what you said.
https://www.thenewamerican.com...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...

Seriously, there's groups - some of which have more traction than they should - that believe you should be arrested and jailed for questioning it.
https://www.newsweek.com/shoul...
https://theoutline.com/post/22...

Dude, Medicare. The people who have it don't want to get rid of it. And "government running healthcare systems" is how it works in places like Canada or the UK.

Now you may be one of those libertarian rationalists, who worships the private sector and denigrates SJW's, "fee-fees" "emotions" and whatnot every chance you get:

https://theoutline.com/post/70...

But even with the faults it has, government works for the people. The private sector does not. People have died because a private sector insurance company denied to pay for a surgery or a medication. With a government run plan, at least you can talk to your representatives and try to eliminate gaps in coverage.

With the private sector, the gaps exist because the private sector worships the God of the Bottom Line. Human Decency, is not part of that.

Laugh if you like, but they link an article that touts as the industry leader in design. Because Microsoft Surface is more innovative than Apple I-pad. Can't really argue with that, it's kind of pathetic really. But "the industry leader"? Ahem, no. Just not as lame as Apple, which is damning with faint praise.

Apple's removal of the 1/8" headphone jack

...is because they bought a headphone company (Beats) and want to sell wireless headphones. That's it.

The music Apple sells hasn't had DRM for years, and nobody bothers "ripping" ("dubbing" would be the proper term) anything via analog, except for vinyl records. Back in ye olden days when iTunes music did have DRM, people removed the DRM using their computer (remember those things?) - not their phone.

That being said, Apple is no saint when it comes to DRM. I've had paid apps disappear from my purchase history because Apple pulled 'em, paid apps that died in the 32-bit purge, and I've read of people who've lost movies they'd purchased (I only buy Blu-Rays, so I haven't experienced that one).

You think standing matters to ICE or Border Patrol?

How credulous can you be?

I hadn't researched /.'s history of postings from them. I'll agree that the interface is annoyingly shiny. However I'd never seen the site before today, and I'm already reading some interesting material. Example: https://theoutline.com/post/40...

RTFA: "Hundreds of multi-ton liabilities—soaring faster than the speed of sound, miles above the surface of the earth—are operating on Windows-95." https://theoutline.com/post/42...

That's the only mention of Windows 95 in the entire article.
The article is also BS.
It says : "A malicious actor could fake their IP address, which gives information about a user’s computer and its location. This person could then get access to the satellite’s computer system, " followed by "scientists also can’t access the computer systems of these satellites from earth".
So, which is it, can or cannot be accessed from Earth?
It also says "an actor could jam the satellite’s radio transmissions with earth". What, throw mudballs at it?
Poorly written, unedited crap.

RTFA:

"Hundreds of multi-ton liabilities—soaring faster than the speed of sound, miles above the surface of the earth—are operating on Windows-95." https://theoutline.com/post/42...

The Outline is a new kind of publication for a new kind of human. We made this thing because we believe that the right story told in the right way can change someone's life. But telling the right stories for right now - and telling them in a way that's meaningful and modern - isn't going to happen by itself. We have to make it happen.

Our foundational reason for building The Outline is that we're really excited about putting something into the world that wasn't there before. Our coverage focuses on three topics that are increasingly converging in strange and important ways: power (who has it, who wants it, and what do they do when they get it?), culture (the way we live and communicate), and the future (where weâ(TM)re going next).

So, they tell themselves the comforting lie that they're edgy and on the side of the people...while cozying up to evil megacorporations. It's doublethink, the ability to hold two mutually contradictory thoughts at the same time without experiencing crippling cognitive dissonance. This talent is distressingly common among the chattering classes today. :( It used to be something rare and special, but now we see it all the time from publications that are supposed to know better.

You must be pretty forgiving - the keyboard is widely panned, and is very unreliable too https://theoutline.com/post/24... http://bgr.com/2017/10/19/macb... etc etc I'm a recidivist MacBook owner, and the Air is the least shit one at the moment. The regular MacBook is laughable, and new MBP has no ports, touchbar wank, and a poor and unreliable keyboard too.

Another recent article on that website: https://theoutline.com/post/25...

And I quote:

Okay, so, here's a controversial opinion that will likely anger some people. You don't have to say anything. Ever. About anything. Ever. Especially if you're a man.

What about Joshua Topolsky's article, Apple is really bad at design (Sept. 29, 2017) is not correct, in your opinion? What other stories to which I linked are not correct? Topolsky's article in 2013 also seems reasonable to me: The design of iOS 7: simply confusing (June 10, 2013)

There are 2 issues: The underlying facts, and what people think. It is now easy to find articles that talk about Apple not managing well, about Apple being sloppy. Even if those articles are not grounded in reality, they have an effect on Apple's reputation. A socially-capable CEO who is knowledgeable about professional communication minimizes the problems that cause negative impressions. Steve Jobs did that.

As I said before, Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, and was not managing long before that. Tim Cook officially became CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011. It seems that Apple's relationships with users have been insufficiently managed since Steve Jobs died.

I don't consider myself an expert. The only Apple products I own are an iMac 24 and an iPod Mini.

I'm amazed at the number of negative articles about Apple that I found on Slashdot that summarize many negative articles elsewhere.

That'd be all good and well, if there weren't patents preventing other players from entering the market.

If only there were already competing devices out there, for 1/6th of the price, that would solve this entire problem. https://theoutline.com/post/88...

I'm with you on almost every single point -- I'm a late 40s dev myself -- except this one part: " I can't think of a single developer I've met professionally who belong to the ACM or to IEEE, and when they run into an interesting problem tend to search Github or Stack Overflow, even when it is a basic algorithm problem. (I've met programmers with years of experience who couldn't write code to maintain a linked list.)"

1) I left ACM when it became apparent that the benefits of CACM readings didn't outweigh the harm they do by locking up research behind so many paywalls and special publications. It's a reasoned, principled decision that has nothing to do with a lack of interest in staying current. So, ACM or IEEE membership isn't a pure indicator of attention to craft that I perceive in your statement.

2) I can't write a linked list from memory, first try. I can't write qsort in C anymore without looking it up, and don't ask me to do a mergesort in Javascript. I can't keep all of that in my head, for the very simple fact that I don't need to. Lots of programmers are accomplished, and look shit up all the time https://theoutline.com/post/1166/programmers-are-confessing-their-coding-sins-to-protest-a-broken-job-interview-process

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As a member of the American Solidarity Party, I advocate for an exploration of a universal basic income / citizen's dividend. It may or may not work, but it's worth exploring. Finland is currently experimenting with this.