noahm

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[–] noahm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I attended a Ralph Nader rally in Boston ahead of the 2000 US presidential election. It was a high energy event, with an atmosphere almost like a pop music show. Nader and his VP candidate both spoke about their campaign positions, with frequent pauses for enthusiastic applause from the crowd. Nader was a third-party candidate, which meant that he was an outsider to the regular election process, and in particular was not invited to the nationally televised debates. There were frequent chants of "Let Ralph Debate", and we were certain that the establishment was uncomfortable with that idea because they knew his policies would be very popular. Cash donations were collected, and many people wrote pro-Nader messages on the bills they gave.

I suspect your rally will be similar, really. Not quite as much of an outsider vibe, but maybe it'll be replaced with an underdog vibe. Expect an optimistic event that tries to inspire enthusiasm. It's not just about encouraging your direct support, but also about inspiring you encourage others to support the campaign.

[–] noahm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Big +1 for K-9. I considered switching to an iPhone after breaking my previous Android phone, but two apps, K-9 and an actual real Firefox, kept me on Android. It's a great mail reader, and I struggle to imagine having to use something else.

[–] noahm@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago (12 children)

Just ask ChatGPT; it's better than humans at proving its humanity with these stupid things.

[–] noahm@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

VMs provide a meaningful security boundary between applications. Containers (docker, etc) do not.

[–] noahm@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not discontinued. They backed away from that plan in favor of a battery tech refresh. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/07/gm-announces-a-new-ultium-based-chevrolet-bolt-during-q2-report/

[–] noahm@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

People on lemmy really seem to spend a lot of time thinking and talking about reddit. Why is that?

[–] noahm@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, hopefully. Musk loves pushing boundaries. Eventually you wonder if he pushes too far. As other comments here suggest, though, the one thing he really highlights is the arbitrary nature and general inconsistency of these boundaries. The rules may be written down, but they don't apply equally. It's helpful to be reminded of that sometimes.

[–] noahm@lemmy.world 344 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Its use of a single letter app name did, too, and we see how quickly they bent the rules to accommodate the name change.