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New comment by kazagistar in "We Love GPLv3, but Are Switching License to Apache 2.0"

kazagistar — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 06:19:28 +0000

Thats wrong too. If you use an unmodified version of AGPL software, or just host any modifications in a public repository like github, then you aren't in violation of AGPL, even if the rest of your stack is proprietary and your service paid. How does it prevent SaaS?

New comment by kazagistar in "“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interviews”"

kazagistar — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:57:45 +0000

Side note: In an open office, people quickly learn to cheat and claim unused spaces like conference rooms for working undisturbed.

New comment by kazagistar in "The new 'gold rush' for green lithium"

kazagistar — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:53:49 +0000

The people forced another election, and elected his party MAS (movement towards socialism) more overwhelmingly then they elected Evo Morales in the election last year where he was couped.

On the other hand, MAS intends to exploit its lithium. It just plans to do that in a way that grows a high tech domestic industry instead of just exporting raw product. They also plan to keep the profits local to fund social programs and such, which rubs the neoliberal free market imperialists like American foreign policy goons the wrong way.

New comment by kazagistar in "The new 'gold rush' for green lithium"

kazagistar — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:48:06 +0000

All the first world countries already despoiled and continue to despoil the resources of the world at an alarming rate. They owe a debt, and this is asking them to pay that debt to those who haven't done so.

New comment by kazagistar in "Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert"

kazagistar — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:40:03 +0000

There is room for many types, and when it comes to more traditional storytelling, games can create more direct emotional connections by making you the character, rather then the protagonist just being someone you watch.

New comment by kazagistar in "France is about to become less free"

kazagistar — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:28:27 +0000

Critical race theory is so obvious its just boring. The boogeyman the right makes out of it just feels dumb.

New comment by kazagistar in "Indian government blocks access to forty-three mobile apps"

kazagistar — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:17:58 +0000

Also, work to increase the democraticness of institutions in your country so that it may be changed in the future, and work to change people's thoughts on matters so they grow the will to change things.

New comment by kazagistar in "Ethics in Strategy Gaming, Part 1: Panzer General"

kazagistar — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:08:19 +0000

The fact that the consequences are cleansed away makes it not remotely historical. You aren't playing a subset of history, you are playing a subset of propaganda.

New comment by kazagistar in "Ethics in Strategy Gaming, Part 1: Panzer General"

kazagistar — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:06:19 +0000

Whats the point of setting it in a real war with real consequences if you are just going to erase all those realities? So many games seem set up so people can play war without consequences, but if you do that at least do it in a setting where you aren't insulting the real victims.

New comment by kazagistar in "Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism"

kazagistar — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:37:40 +0000

Monopolies (or even high concentrations) of power are bad, whether that's financial or legal or whatever. However, democratization can redistribute that power back amongst the people. The goal should be to work towards nearly even power, which prevents the abuses in power. If the government was controlled by the people, its "monopoly" wouldn't really be one, because it couldn't be abused by those who wield power within it.

New comment by kazagistar in "Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake"

kazagistar — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 07:24:41 +0000

The DNC doesn't have full throated machinery to win. They are specialized in losing and conceding ground. Their "machinery" is a huge number of corporations grifting a profit. They have lots of funds, but they also have lots of pockets to grease just to get some ads out or promote a few tweets or pay an army of strategic consultants that are paid massive salaries despite only having lost races.

New comment by kazagistar in "Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake"

kazagistar — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 03:48:51 +0000

The USA had exactly such laws, before they were struck down in the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in the landmark case Citizens United. The reasoning was that the right to free speech was protected at all scales and all categories absolutely, and thusvspending any amount on any political speech like buying ads was protected. The only way for such a law to pass now would be to either have the Supreme Court overturn this decision (unlikely, its still recent) or to change the constitution to specify political speech spending as unprotected by the right to free speech, which is even less likely given the supermajority needed, the natural conflict of interests with the entire existing political class, and thr sacredness with which the American people view the constitution, and that part of the document specifically.

I personally think Citizens United is the worst thing to ever happen to democracy, but I fear a revolution after a prolonged slide into deep oligarchy might be the only way it ever changes.

New comment by kazagistar in "The Laptev Sea hasn't frozen"

kazagistar — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 15:54:13 +0000

I meant the plan of "stop emitting carbon, even if it hurts the economy".

New comment by kazagistar in "The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End"

kazagistar — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 15:51:14 +0000

Does that mean the finite duration of a black hole to an outside observer prior to its evaporation corresponds to an infinite duration of an observer within the black hole?

New comment by kazagistar in "The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End"

kazagistar — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 15:32:44 +0000

They would exit as a stream of extremely small and infrequent particles over billions or even trillions of years, depending on the size of the black hole, in most cases ending once all the stars have died and universal expansion has emptied out almost all of the accessible universe.

New comment by kazagistar in "The Laptev Sea hasn't frozen"

kazagistar — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:35:44 +0000

There are plenty. They are only unrealistic when people belive them to be unrealistic.

New comment by kazagistar in "The Laptev Sea hasn't frozen"

kazagistar — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:34:43 +0000

Thats fine, you can work to support non mainstream ones, or failing that, there are riots to join,

New comment by kazagistar in "The Laptev Sea hasn't frozen"

kazagistar — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:32:04 +0000

Christmas isn't an inherent human feature.

New comment by kazagistar in "The Laptev Sea hasn't frozen"

kazagistar — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:30:19 +0000

Not that I am in any way a fan of anprim thinking, but anyone with massive vested interest in the perpetuation of present day power dynamics (eg massive wealth) has negative starting authority when it comes to evaluating the quality of that world and the value of its preservation.

New comment by kazagistar in "The Laptev Sea hasn't frozen"

kazagistar — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:21:49 +0000

Privilege is something good, unequally (and/or unjustly) distributed. Rights are something good that should be afforded to everyone. So there is a lot of overlap but also distinction.

Rights are an ideal, privileges are a material reality.