[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 93 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This sounds cool, but troubling because of its license. Trying to write a linux compatible kernel and licensing as MIT is basically asking to get railroaded by gigantic organizations. I hope they reconsider in the future.

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

This is the correct take. Copyright as a concept is just flawed, especially in a world where you can sell those ideas.

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Grapes of Wrath is a great song, it's not some "audible ad". It's weird that one of their best songs in years is being characterized like that.

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 124 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the root of the problem is the Republican party. If you look at the language the shooter used in his manifesto, it's very very similar. There are things social media platforms can do to mitigate extremism, but people like this will continue to feel emboldened by the GOP.

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I think the birthright citizenship is the way to go. If you're born in the US I think that should be the point where we go "Okay, you're a citizen". We could have a situation where a group of people are perpetually denied citizenship for some reason that's advantageous to another group, and that ensures their children can't becomes citizens either.

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reminds me of when the Vice Pres. of the confederacy started lying about how the war wasn't about slavery after he got locked up lol

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Fuck the Quran

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

People wanna talk about cyclists breaking rules, they should be okay with being called out for breaking the rules as well

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Not that one, there was a different one from reddit. Someone saying that the talking about wages was discouraged and that they are way overworked.

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I remember there being a person who spoke out about the working conditions in conjunction with the employee handbook on reddit. Looking back, I wonder if that was Madison.

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I feel like the only thing that can dethrone twitter now is mastodon, given how it's setup. I don't really think bluesky will work anymore.

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I just don't understand how any of this means the US is fucked. For example, in Georgia the majority of the population lives in small area of the state. Even if there's a lot of suburban sprawl in the area, there are transit solutions that can accommodate for that, and we don't have to tear up any suburbs to do it.

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Seriously, why is this idea being thrown around? It's not based in reality, and just fuels into pessimism. I'm American, so I'll mostly focus on what I'm seeing here.

There has been so much progress, even just over the past decade. I think the reason that it feels like not much is being done is because the United States is so Massive. Even just New York can contain Beligum, Switzerland and the netherlands.

Looking at the US on a macro scale could give someone a picture of a country eternally doomed to have shitty transit and suburban sprawl forever. Thankfully, we have a beautiful think called local government.

There are a good number of places that you can go in the US that are very walkable and have good transit. Sure, it's not on the level of Europe, but it's definitely a good starting point if we're talking about progress. Especially if we're talking about progress within our lifetimes.

There are a lot of cool projects going on in the US right now, such as new rail lines, rail extensions, new BRT lines, and work being done on density. And of course roped into that we can't forget about the massive California High-Speed Rail project, which if successful could have major implications for rail in the United States at large.

Is this enough? No. But it is real progress, and a sign that we're at the beginning of real change in this country for transit and walkability.

And if you still think the US is shit and you really feel inclined to move out of your current suburban hell hole, you don't even have to leave the US to do so. There are cities where you can go today in the US where you don't have to own a car and can get around by walking. Not everything is a 6 lane stroad with giant parking lots and dead strip malls. We have DC, Philly, Boston and NYC as prime examples, which may not seem like much but NYC alone has 8.8 million people and could sure as shit fit way more.

Sure, we may never live to see the whole US become the netherlands, but I don't think it's unrealistic to think that certain places in the US could be seriously be at that level within our lifetimes.

[-] anthoniix@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

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