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bynkii

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I’m a writer, but don’t expect deep, personal shit. I’m a sysadmin who doesn’t like nerds, they’re every bit as willing to be the most vicious and petty of bullies as the people they claim they’re so very different from.

But as individuals, they’re all right.

A lefty who hunts, so not an NRA fan. Done martial arts for years, not one of the MMA clowns.

If I say “free software” I ONLY am speaking of the price.

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bynkii, to random
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This is the most amazing movie ever:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRK2KtE3/

bynkii, to random
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Can someone PLEASE point all the AI’s at “My Immortal”?

PLEASE GOD PLEASE

bynkii,
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@chrisgervais it can be both.

Along with this:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRK2KtE3/

shantini, to random
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Man this is bleak
https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/@BrideOfLinux/112492806264008391

bynkii,
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@shantini @BrideOfLinux given who owns the post, also completely unsurprising.

alwillis, to random
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And this mf’er right here…

“In a startling concurrence, the justice [Clarence Thomas] faulted Brown v. Board of Education for empowering the court to limit racist redistricting.”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/supreme-court-south-carolina-redistricting-ruling-clarence-thomas-brown-v-board.html

#SCOTUS

bynkii,
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@alwillis once Clarence is bought, he stays bought.

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You’d think with the Alito controversy, SCOTUS would keep a low profile for a while.

You’d be wrong.

Justice Alito, writing for the 6-3 majority, essentially said it’s okay to disenfranchise Black voters in South Carolina, disregarding the South Carolina’s Supreme Court that gerrymandering was unconstitutional.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/23/supreme-court-south-carolina-redistricting-map-00159666

#scotus

bynkii,
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@alwillis alito doesn’t care about anything but his personal power. Because if he achieves his ultimate goals, he gets to write the histories.

aulia, to random
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Monopolies aren’t illegal but using monopolistic practices to the detriment of consumers is. Millions are hoping for Live Nation and Ticketmaster to go eat dirt. https://flip.it/YU4kDh

bynkii,
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@aulia @flargh in general, the existence of a monopoly is less of an issue than how it behaves.

Sometimes they’re inevitable. Not a lot of companies can build nuclear combat subs, for example.

It’s when they abuse that position that various agencies start noticing.

bynkii,
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@aulia @flargh yup. The whole thing is tricky, because half the time it’s not even about true monopoly position.

The meme that Apple is somehow a monopoly for example.

bynkii, to random
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Before anyone gets too weepy, allow me to remind you, or inform you, that the “mom & pop/independent” vet clinics have paid vet techs utterly shit wages for the work they do for decades.

Anyone trying to act like the techs are treated well now and will be hurt so badly by this is at best ignorant and at worst the vet who runs their own clinic and pays their techs shit.
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/112485111728167135

bynkii,
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@PatrickoftheG yup

bynkii,
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@ferricoxide I’m not commenting on your experience. I’m just saying that it’s not like individually/family owned vets are paying their techs well now, so it’s not like a corporate takeover will change that.

I know more than a few vet techs who are seriously thinking about unionizing

bynkii,
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@ferricoxide not at all. Hence me saying that from that angle, the takeovers will be business as usual.

People don’t typically want to unionize when their employers pay and treat them well.

Since you seem to be missing it, the problem I am talking about is vet tech treatment, which given how integral they are to any vet, one would think that is of some importance to you.

bynkii,
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@ferricoxide do you think that isn’t happening now? Like dude, the problem is that for the techs, the difference is minimal.

“Low pay, too many hours, shitty benefits…so Tuesday then.”

Like I’m done here because you’re acting like it’s not that way now, reality doesn’t agree with you, and I’m out of the “beating facts into brains” business.

jgamet, to random
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Finally saw a Cybertruck in the wild. I know all of you said they look worse in person, but I was not prepared.

bynkii,
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@jgamet they are so shitty

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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What tech issue radicalized you?

bynkii,
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@BlackAzizAnansi watching nerds overcomplicate everything because the idea that non-nerds could do anything without them was offensive beyond belief.

See also: FOSSstans, Stallmanites, people who still hate GUIs, etc.

Basically, nerds.

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“Photographer is Kicked to Death by Moose After Trying to Take Pictures of Offspring”

A reminder, once again…

DO. NOT. FUCK. WITH. MOOSE…😳😢

They are bigger, faster, stronger, meaner, and stupider than you think they are….

bynkii,
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@KingShawn and way meaner

bynkii, to random
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‘Bout to just start blocking me some “running an email server is cake” and “warning people about legit dangers is gatekeeping” assholes.

Not even gon’ reply. Just gon’ autoyeet your ass.

bynkii,
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Oh and that applys double to debateme’s and sealions.

bynkii,
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@unixorn ayup

bynkii, to random
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There are more effective ways to “fight the power” that aren’t “be an email admin.”

Use other services besides Gmail & MS365

I mean, you may give up a lot, and you’ll probably still need a Gmail account for some things, but that is an effective method, and less painful by far.

Now if you want to learn how email works sure, absolutely, knowing shit is amazing. But I don’t have to build out a garage to know how my car works, I don’t need to run a lithium mine to know how batteries work.

bynkii, to random
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“I’ve been running email servers for 30 years, they’re trivial to manage for anyone with a pulse”

Fuck I hate people.

bynkii,
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@mick absolutely

bynkii,
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@ysotomayor and it’s not even about learning. It’s this bullshit “fight the power” thing.

bynkii,
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@unixorn yep. Like who do these “it’s easy” send email to, each other? Fuck, I had to send my graduation announcements from my Gmail account to anyone using Gmail because it decided my MS365 account was spam? Makes no sense but there you are.

Like if people want to learn about how email works, I encourage that but you don’t have to set up a fucking public email server to do that.

bynkii, to random
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20 years ago, sure. Nowadays? Oh god fuck no, you’ll spend all day every day dealing with attacks and security issues.

People who don’t know better will be in a world of pain they cannot imagine and anyone who does know better and still subscribes to this technolibertarian bullshit deserves all the pain they get.

Unless you absolutely have to, (and if you even ask if you need to, the answer is, again, FUCK NO), do. not. run. your. own. email. server.

JFC.
https://io.mwl.io/@mwl/112479237758624176

bynkii,
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@majors can I apply that to your field? So someone reads a book and hey, they’re completely able to fully understand the risks and details of kernel programming right?

Fuck no, and no one with a clue would run an OS kernel built by someone whose entire experience is “I read a book. Once.”

If someone wants to learn about email, how it works and why, that is absolutely good. I encourage that.

bynkii,
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@majors But as someone with 30+ years in the field, there is a WORLD of difference between me running an email server and someone who read a book. There’s things they won’t know that will cause them days and weeks of problems, and potentially many other people problems.

The internet isn’t just one thing, it’s all kind of connected.

But sure, saying “this shit ain’t simple, it’s unending work” is being gatekeepy.

Feel free to spout that nonsense elsewhere.

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