Even in European countries there are two dominant parties that work with others on their side of the aisle. In fact the concept of a left and right comes from France.

Polarization is universal in politics at the scales or democracy.

I feel many people are so privileged on both sides of politics that they have nothing better to do than to create their own problems.

Yes. Politically militant people are becoming more common. This time last month people seemed to have been much more agreeable even if they didn’t agree with you.

This is the most simple solution and probably a lot safer than the alternatives. Another good option would be to use OpenVPN.

Honestly it is probably closer to billions.

If the studies say the response to covid didn’t work as well as the CA government would have liked, the response should be to work with those researchers further to improve the situation. Part of that is allowing researchers to testify in the court of law about the efficacy of the covid reforms that took place.

If the ALCU is on your side, you’re almost certainly in the right. I wish them the best of luck. Research should be public domain, not locked behind contractual limits and licenses.

Do we know what the performance is going to be like? My server is still suffering from a sole SMR drive I accidentally bought as a replacement. Don’t want to deal with that again.

Many people, including myself personally, have been telling people how much of a liar he is for at least 6 or 7 years at this point. Ever since the “hyperloop” nonsense got big.

Pleasantly surprised with SpaceX and Starlink delivering, but even those are plagued by Musk over promising in what is actually doable.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zoMtKI4J2VM&feature=shareb

Sounds like back pedaling.

3DS is retro now. I am finally a boomer.

This isn’t malicious compliance, it’s compliance with the law to the very letter. Good job.

Voat died because they took a max free speech approach, even allowing racism and stuff. Lemmy does not have a central administration that can make decisions like that, as each instance gets to decide if they federate with another instance or not.

There’s no doubt going to be a banlist that gets shared amongst the biggest, most popular instances to get rid of the trolls.

Yes, but it’s still cute and mildly interesting that it has “pork chop” for a smoker sales vehicle.

That’s fine, I’ll just buy used phones instead again. I will never go back to using big carriers who want me to pay twice as much as a MVNO.

You missed the part of my comment where I pointed out you must have done something to be charged with a crime. The Government did not stop you, they are punishing you for something you did.

Your right to say and do whatever you want is immutable and cannot be taken away from you. As long as you have a mind, you have the ability to think and do what you want.

All that anyone can do to stop you is to threaten you with punishment of some kind, hoping it’ll deter you from doing that thing in the first place.

Good. The rule is stupid and deserves to be worked around. Water is essential. I hate when I go to these kinds of public places and they give you no option to get water other than bringing it yourself. Poor logistics on the part of the event organizers.

The biggest issue android tablets have is that many apps simply treat them like large phones. So it kind of defeats the purpose for me as I do not watch videos or read lots of text on my phone.

You can, you’ll just face legal consequences for disturbing the peace or threatening others.

Notice how you get in trouble after you say something. The idea that a government can stop you from saying or thinking something is silly. How would you even enforce such a thing?

That’s why the rights in the American’s constitution are considered “inalienable”, because even if there were (illegal) laws made to stop you from saying or thinking something, your right to do so is innate and can never truly be taken from you.

Yes, what is anyone going to do to stop you? That’s why America has free speech at the very first right defined in the bill of rights.

The fediverse allows anyone to set up their own instances with their own rules and beliefs. It’s simply the consequence of freedom of speech.

Those people and ideas you want to ban will always be there. If you make it so people have to hide them, it just makes it easier for the ideas to spread. It’s better if they are openly criticized and refuted rather than swept under the rug.