🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@realcaseyrollins A tool similar to cp but far more effecient and robust. It allows you sync the files between directories in a way that is aware of some nuance like symlinks, dates (prevents recopying) and mount points.

@faraiwe

Ahh the good ol' logical fallacy of relative privation ... yea thats a pretty horrible argument against fascism (and there are plenty of good ones!)

This resteraunt i am trying to order from has "Chicken Parm", "Chicken parmigano" and "chicken Parmesan" as three separate menu items..... WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE!?

@admitsWrongIfProven

> Well, then you are for inefficiency? I don’t get it.

No the opposite, giving everyone a fixed amount of a resource is ineffecient as it doesnt have market pressures which optimize the cost of a service and quality.

While I do support fixing the healthcare problem around the world if we gave it to everyone and forced them to have it then the quality and cost of service has no pressure. If you arent competing for customers then you have no motivation to lower costs to draw in customers and/or improve the service.

This is seen in healthcare in much of europe where time to care can be abysmal to the point of causing people (like myself) to get surgery that isnt needed due to easier and cheaper treatments being too slow to be practical.

> With this, i get a vibe that you seem to define “get it” as some kind of service, not money.

Both money and service. Free money has all the same market pitfalls as free services. Free money devalues money and ultimately drives inflation requiring ever more free money. It doesnt solve the problem, it makes the problem worse. We want to make it so people are skilled and dont need the money and actually contribute by generating wealth in exchange for thevalue they get back.

> If you want to do away with money based society, who am i to tell you to stop?

Nothing wrong with money, as long as it isnt free.

> It sounds a bit like you love the “free market” tool so much, everything looks like a nail. It’s just not applicable everywhere.

Nope the key is understanding your tools and its limits. I have pointed out cases where free markets dont work (health care is one of them in fact but thats a bit nuanced).. But even in cases where free markets dont work that doesnt mean you just print money and give it away. Solutions tend to be more nuanced.

> And providing for who needs it is an absolute basis for me while we do have enough. Anything else is unethical.

Never disagreed with that. I said we dont give it away for free and to everyone. I am perfectly ok giving it to the people who need it **conditionally**. Free food if you cant afford it, but only if you are willing to also get a free education so you only need help temporarily.

@dukepaaron

Oh its simple: "Beat that jew" = antisemitism

"Beat that israeli" = antizionism :)

@admitsWrongIfProven

> Stuff guaranteed by the state as a minimum is not subject to any market competition

Right which i s exactly what I am saying, since these things cant fall under market pressures, which can improve the quality and cost of the service, we should be reluctant as providing them to everyone, as opposed to just the poor who cant afford it.

> It is a guaranteed minimum, and all you could do is see that only those that need it get it.

Which is why I am saying it shouldnt be a garunteed minimum, it should be viewed as something you get only if you cant afford the minimum, if you can afford the minimum then you dont get it unless you pay for it. You are explaining exactly why universal minimums for everyone is a bad idea

@jon Reminds me of people who protest oil pipelines... as if an infinite train of trucks hauing that oil would somehow be an improvement.

@admitsWrongIfProven I would argue it doesnt prouce effiency at all, but quite the opposite as there is no free market competition to optimize the resrouce.

@admitsWrongIfProven Im not sure id quite go that far.. But i dont disagree... it should only be a safety net if your in need, not provided for free to everyone even if they can afford it.

@tripu

I think government issued grants have a place. To me its simple, when the investment benefits everyone it is worth spending money on.

I also support tax-paid free education at every level of education. My argument is similar, a smarter population makes more money and makes more taxes.

@admitsWrongIfProven

@realcaseyrollins with linux all you should have had to do was bring up the new drive then rsync files.

@realcaseyrollins ahh in that case you probably just need to learn the right tools. There are like a 1000 ways you can do a drive, and the right approach makes your life much easier... but even the janky ways are easier.

what was the issue maybe I can help with future suggestions.

@realcaseyrollins Sounds like you need linux in your life :)

@TEG I had COVID 7 times (as a scientist that worked on covid it is a bit inevitable even with a mask)... Got to the point I stopped caring so I stopped wearing one.. not because of any good reason though, like im not against masks.

@TEG Yea its a complicated issue on many levels.

There is an argument to be made that masks used by the general public can result in mor e harm than good in a few ways:

1) MAsks tend to be used passed their 2 - 4 hour viability "life" sometimes across days
2) dirty masks can act as a vector, even if the mask has only been used for a few hours.
3) handling of the mask, souch as touching may increase the spread, doctors are trained to use mask under strict procedures
4) They are extremely harmful to the deaf who rely on lip reading

Stuff like that, while im not saying that is the case there is a valid argument that wearing masks may even spread diseases.

Now that i added tilt to my DIY keyboard it is so much nicer. I think ill add the same to the numpad!

#DIY #Keyboard #Keyboards #Electronics #EE

@TEG yea iv heard that excuse... and yea the study is far from complete IIRC, assuming this is the same one I remember...

The truth is the evidence to strongly support masks either way, in support of or opposition too, is very much lacking when it comes to use in the general population. Anyone asserting it has been proven or disproven that masks are effective against COVID would be wrong.

The same mentality that causes someone to support a sports team that is clearly on the loosing side simply out of loyalty rather than who is best.... well thats pretty much the same mentality people apply to politics. No one picks the candidate that is best, they just care about supporting their team, through good and bad.

#USPol