Aria

joined 2 years ago
[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

A capitalist is someone who owns capital, not someone who supports capitalism. A liberal is someone who supports capitalism. I don't think Linus is a liberal, given that he's the Linux guy. But he's obviously a capitalist, and that's okay, that's something you should strive towards if you live under capitalism, even if ideologically you oppose capitalism.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

thought-terminating cliché

There's no argument, it's the definition of the word. Why do you assume there should be argument around the normal usage of a word?

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Your budget is too low.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Lemmy's frontend default sort (Hot) is weighted heavily by time. Your comment is currently at the top, being the most recent. The second most recent is the second to top comment.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Gets called a racist, immediately starts using slurs.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Sure, so swap it out with something that costs more than 3K.

  • What if you want to buy a A100, it's a graphics card for doing maths on your computer, it costs 5000 euro. Maybe I'm using it for my AI boyfriend and I think it's embarrassing and don't want anyone to know, or I'm making political cartoons with 3D software and need a lot of VRAM.
  • Maybe I'm buying very many hijabs. Maybe I'm buying solar panels and don't want to randomly selected to be bothered by the cannabis inspector or I bought a new projector explicitly to give to someone else, but I don't want to be bothered by the telly license inspector -- who at least in Ireland is allowed to invade your privacy and inspect your home looking for projectors. It's not illegal to own a projector and not pay the license, it's only illegal to connect and use a projector without paying the license. If you buy it as a gift for someone who already has some sort of screen and is paying the license, you haven't done anything wrong and don't deserve the scrutiny.
  • Maybe I bought a statue and I don't want the government to know who I idolise.
  • Maybe I bought furniture and I don't want the government to know in case the person who made the furniture turns out to be the wrong ethnicity or religion or political affiliation in the future.
  • Maybe I bought a auto or bike to mod for use on my own property and don't want the government to notify all the relevant patent holders "just in case".
[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It stops you from spending your money anonymously. Why is it the state's business if you want to buy a hijab? Fine, they're illegal to wear outside, but if it's legal to wear inside I should be allowed to own one without scrutiny. But I also don't trust the regime that outlawed them in the first place to let me do that.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Google Play get fined and the reward goes to Google Android.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 months ago

Absolutely. Please do.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago

So the reason they give you multiple credits instead of just a 30 day cookie when you sign into a website is that it's anonymised right? You generate them and save them offline and the government doesn't know which token belongs to who?

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago

You're taking the manufacturer's word for it right now. They already have all the required components built in, GPS, antenna and computer.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago

This is only true in a people's democracy. The Netherlands is capitalist. The government is the collective will of the capitalist class.

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