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AbsoluteChicagoDog @ AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee
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  • Lemmy.world has a lot of censorship from what I understand. Maybe it's related to that?

    On the other hand half the users I interact with on EE are Chinese propaganda promoters so it's a trade off.

  • Books @lemmy.ml
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    Recommend me a book on the economics of the US civil war that's geared toward non-experts on economics

    Bonus points for any other civil war books that don't focus on the actual military activities

  • Windows is not as hard as Linux. You're just being silly at this point. I'm not saying Windows is better, but it is engineered from the ground up to accommodate the lowest common denominator.

    Case in point, installing a program on Windows? Double click the exe and you're done. On Linux? It can be that simple but usually is much more involved.

  • HistoryMemes @lemmy.ml
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    The origins of the Republican party

    Doctor Who @lemm.ee
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    The BBC should really make a few good seasons of Dr Who before doing a spin off show

    The last couple seasons of Dr Who have been, let's be honest, not great. Other than the specials with David Tenant it's been a long time since it's been a good show. A spin off will not help. Make one good show first.

    Star Trek @lemm.ee
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    The objectively correct Star Trek series ranking

    1 Next Generation

    2 DS9

    3 Original Series

    4 Orville

    5 Strange New Worlds

    5.5 Lower Decks

    6 Discovery

    7 Enterprise

    8 Voyager

    9 Picard

    Oh shit I forgot Lower Decks. Updated.

    Risa @startrek.website
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    Quite a tone shift

    Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    Tariffs are no different than taxes or regulations in that they don't mean corporations have to raise prices. They can just make a little less money.

    When CEOs say if they have to pay taxes they'll just raise prices instead of selling their 5th house people freak out.

    When CEOs say they'll just raise prices if their industry is regulated instead of lowering their multi million dollar salaries, people freak out.

    But when they say the exact same thing with tariffs, everyone just goes along with it.

    Its the same thing. Corporations shouldn't be able to punish people to avoid making slightly less money.

    Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    If you're planning on being a software developer, find a different career ASAP. The industry is collapsing and employment prospects are becoming slimmer and slimmer.

    A lot of people will disagree with me on this one. I've been a software engineer for 35 years now. I've worked at everything from tiny companies where I'm the only dev, to startups, to massive corporations with countless employees. And I've never seen anything like what's happening now.

    There are four factors:

    • H1-Bullshit. Never before have so many H1-B visas been allowed. And the number is only going up. For the uninitiated they're work visas that cap the amount the dev can legally be paid and chain them to their job so they can't quit. They're horribly exploitative and bring down everyone's paycheck.
    • The software already built is good enough. Organizations already have either decade+ old software solutions in place or third party vendors that provide those solutions. There will always be bug fixes and maintenance but nobody is building new software from scratch anymore. The stuff that already exists is good enough at what it does that it isn't worth the investment to make so
    Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    Decentralized social media is better, but it won't solve the issues social media causes.

    As anyone who remembers the 90s/00s can remember, the internet was supposed to liberate us. Free access to information meant everyone would be educated and informed, and able to freely communicate and organize.

    That's not what happened. Corporations turned it into a tool of oppression. Technology has never and will never save us from capitalism on its own. Since the early 1900s we've been capable of providing food, housing, and medical care to everyone but we don't. Technology cannot change that.

    Social media is a particularly vile tool. It allows corporations to totally shape the reality of people who use it. To the point where people are so divided it's all but impossible to oppose the government.

    Decentralized social media might be better, at least for now. But it's still removing the human element from our lives. Instead of talking to each other we create little echo chambers for ourselves. The Fediverse will not fix that.

    The only real solution is to reject social media ent

    Memes @lemmy.ml
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    Republicans are evil but Democrats are only less evil

    Music @lemmy.world
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    Nooooo King Gizzard was played at the Super Bowl they're not cool now

    memes @lemmy.world
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    Nobody hates working together with leftists more than other leftists

    Tech News @lemm.ee
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    Ny Newsguild, Ny Times Reach Tentative Deal On Historic First Tech Contract

    Work Reform @lemmy.world
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    How do I find a job that's unionized outside the trades?

    Most communities have trade unions I could contact if I worked in a trade. But what if I'm an office worker? A chef? An IT person? How do I find a union job?

    Piracy @lemm.ee
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    I have a friend in an abusive situation who uses movies as an escape. How can I set them up to watch pirated movies without anyone in their house knowing?

    First, child services has been called on multiple occasions and has done nothing. The police don't care either. They're disabled so they can't just leave.

    They have a laptop that they can use whenever they want but their patent is extremely opposed to piracy and won't pay for my friend to buy movies or a streaming service. They watch DVDs from the library on their laptop.

    They're also not tech savvy so I need a plug and play solution that will allow them to pirate media without anyone else in the household being aware of it.

    Greentext @sh.itjust.works
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    Anon wipes his ass

    Movies @lemmy.world
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    "The Wicked Witch is Dead" from the classic movie Wizard of Oz

    music @lemm.ee
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    Best song for the moment

    Deep Rock Galactic @lemmy.world
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    Split screen mod?

    This game desperately needs split screen. How do?

    Funny @sh.itjust.works
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    This is fucking hilarious

    Please upvote this image so other people will be mildly confused and annoyed because that's funny thanks

    Psychedelics @lemmy.ca
    AbsoluteChicagoDog @lemm.ee

    Does acid permanently change how weed effects you?

    I get way more stoned when I get stoned than any of my friends. The only difference is I've taken acid a few times and they haven't. It was several years ago, and I noticed in the weeks that followed weed hit me way the fuck harder. Does that last forever?