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

@throsby Why do you feel the need to make it about one or the other... why not just care about the congo on its own? Its a good thing to bring awareness to.

@krnlg I mean, yea, if they are trying to kill you (fascism doesnt mean killing but lets go with it) then yea, thats bad enough already... But if i am trying to not be killed by someone Id rather than someone be an idiot :)

@mike805 People dont realize that all those things are still very accessible for someone who doesnt care about the law. Any schmuck can make a fully auto weapon or extract any of those chemicals with minimal effort.

@prefec2

Im not sure Hitler was an idiot. Im not sure if he was super smart either. Its hard to tell when its just reciting speaches in another language. I just cant judge his intelligence.

@georgetakei

@mike805 Every neighboorhood could create a pool where every person contributes a few hundred and they keep a rocket silo in the center of town :)

@mike805

> Most people do not know how to access those investor networks and would not know where to start.

If you can not be successful at raising money then you wont be successful running a business. Learning how to access those networks (its real easy with a little time on google or taking a class) is a good test to prove you are competent enough to run a business. Running a business is a lot harder than learning about investor networks.

@kilroy_was_here

It checks out...

#2A

I want to find some sort of a passive dashboard i can keep up in the office 24/7 but not otherwise use the display. Something that displays email notifications, calander, tasks, todo, weather, pretty much all the sorts of stuff someone might want to keep on display.

Anyone have any suggestions on a good software or app or even hardware to do this?

@kilroy_was_here It is useful for exactly what I said, as a boundary condition. It is worth understanding them but its also important to understand they arent observed in the real world and they exist only as a boundary between 2 classes.

@prefec2

I'd rather have a moron that is fascist (Trump) than a smart person that is fascist I guess :)

@georgetakei

So I heard someone (Neil) describe 4 types of orbits, circular, elliptical, parabolic, and hyperbolic.

I'd argue in reality circular and parabolic are boundary cases that never exist in real life. So in reality all orbits are elliptical (though may be arbitrarily similar to circular) and hyperbolic (which also may be arbitrarily close to being parabolic).

#Astronomy #Physics

@fraggle

Oh no! The economy might crash! How will the economy recover from ::checks notes:: loosing random images of apes.

@KimPerales I was just thinking about this today.. its likely to start getting pretty bad with the fake accounts and manipulation

@kilroy_was_here

Also lets keep in mind that there is an avenue for people to fund their ideas. It just requires their ideas be well thought out and can show a good case for it. Like there are whole investor networks a poor person can take a well developed business plan and get investment.

The thing is without that check people will just waste money on tons of nonsensical ideas. I cant tell you how many people ive seen come into lump sums of money by good fortune, sometimes millions, and they were bankrupt within the year.

@kilroy_was_here

Except thats not how it happens. Few people if any will start a business because of UBI. Even if they did it will have a high rate of going under. When people dont have to earn the money they usually neglect it and waste it.

Every company i helped fund thaat wasnt earned quickly failed.. i learned early on that that is the best way to destroy wealth, to give it to someone who didnt earn it.

@kilroy_was_here Ahh ok.

Yea I disagree because in my years of helping people I have found that people who need the most help are hurt rather than helped by unconditional money. It is only when the money carries with it the restriction of the person actively gathering skills to get out of poverty it will harm people more than help.

Since the goal should be to help society and not cause harm, and not simply to be cheap and give away free stuff, I strongly oppose UBI. The extra costs of welfare is worth the reward of doing actual good.

That said welfare programs need to be significantly redesigned to live up to that ideal, they dont currently.