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"the basket of deplorable includes anyone who is not explicitly left wing."

Nah. It tends to include neo-nazis, neo-confederates, racists, sexists, white supremacists, kiddy diddlers, and the like. It's not a particularly difficult group to not be a part of.

It never fails to astound me how many people think of other humans as actual NPCs instead of, you know, people.

If people are giving you a weird eye over the name Mastodon, I would say it has much more to do with them than with the nane.

So set up your own instance. With blackjack. And hookers.

That would seem to be a very easy place to avoid.

COMMIES!!! COMMIES EVERYWHERE!!!

Seriously, is it 1953 where some of you live?

And therein lies the problem...

See also:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05tapes.html

The California Condor was down to a population of 27. We've managed that one pretty well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_condor

...are easily added to Firefox if desired.

Funny how the ones who want it least are typically the ones who would benefit from it the most.

It's turtles all the way down.

Oh yeah, as a homebrewer, I can attest to the fact that the IPAs I brew are because I want to be trendy and cool and hip and not because I like them. Of course not. It's much more important for me to have put all that time and investment into equipment to brew something that's trendy than something I actually like drinking.

Did it ever occur to you and those who think like you that people drink IPAs (and double, Imperial, triple, etc...) because they like them? Not because of lack of experience (I'm old, I've been into beer from all over the world of all types in my travels) but simple preference?

"They're an Icelandic heavy metal brass band specializing in traditional polkas. You've probably never heard of them."

So you have, as I said previously, no understanding of either term.

Why do you keep dodging my real point? Go make your great idea entirely by yourself. Then you can keep all the moneys. Great ideas are a dime a bale. Making them happen requires people willing to make it happen other than yourself. Why should they get anything other than the maximum they can extract from you, in the same way you extract the maximum possible from your customers?

He, and you, are more like a bus driver than you are like any billionaire CEO. Sorry to pop your bubble of imagined superiority.

Oh yes, the tech sector. You're special.

You're not replaceable. Those... those workers... They're replaceable. You're special. You negotiated and got a whole dime more for yourself. That makes you better than those... others.

Of course, if you'd joined a union, you'd have got a buck more, and better benefits. But no, you're Speshul.

Solidarity forever.

Forcing laborers to bend to your will is textbook entitlement.

See how that works?

What nonsense. You do know there were other things going on in Detroit that caused the white flight of the 60s and 70s? Your oversimplification of the collapse of Detroit because of the ebil unions would seem to ignore the unrest of the 60s. I was there. Do a little reading into the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 60s and 70s before betraying your ignorance.

And it's not funny inthe slightest how that's the case.

You of course ignore my main point. Go make your earth shattering life changing product without labor and see how far you get. You throw around buzz words like communism and socialism without apparently knowing the distinction between them, using them as if they were a bludgeon to smash those who disagree with you.

Honor Labor.

What nonsense. Organized labor is the only force that has ever brought any parity between labor and management. Do you think a 40 hour week and other benefits were magnanimously bestowed on workers by management? Unions are the only force that have gotten labor anything.

You sound like a typical vulture capitalist. So with your disdain for labor, I suggest whatever great lofty idea or concept you have, do it all yourself. Development. Engineering. Marketing. Sales. Service. You can't. You need that labor you so airily brush off with the 1953 bugaboo of communism.

Solidarity forever.

"moral hazard"

Funny that there's never concern about moral hazard when they're shoveling billions to banks and major corporations, but there's always major pearl clutching about making little guys whole when a house of cards like SVB collapses.

This article is kind of silly, as it seems to be based on the idea that nothing would be done to change the layout of these buildings before opening them up as living facilities. There's no reason each floor couldn't be gutted and refitted as lifing units; they currently reconfigure office layouts at will to suit the tenants.

It's kind of reminiscent of some of the arguments about grow houses made when cannabis was being legalized. The opponents couldn't seem to wrap their heads around the idea that when warehouses became available legally there was no more need for grow houses. If office buildings are being used as housing there's zero reason to keep them configured as office buildings.

Let me make it a bit clearer.

Can you tell the difference between beer and root beer?

Then perhaps you can tell the difference between socialism and national socialism. Not the least of which is the alliance with fascist Italy. And please don't tell me fascism is socialism in some oblique way.

Of course. Which is why when the nazis came to power one of their first acts was to murder or jail all the actual socialists and communists.

I suggest you try reading from other sources that don't jibe with your preconceived notions.

Were I a shopkeeper and someone offered me a £1 Sovereign for £1 worth of merchandise, I don't think I would have any trouble accepting it.

Formerly Santa Cruz Operation...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Operation

Mmmhmm. And who else made it party policy to suggest sunsetting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security in five years? Or bring it up for a vote every year? Hint: NOT the Democrats.

"the realization that I have a lot more behind me than ahead is a thought that lives rent free in my head now"

That's a limitation you placed on yourself. At 55 I divorced a lead weight and started investigating opportunities. At 67 I am doing more and accomplishing more of my own dreams than I ever have. Don't ever underestimate yourself or your options, no matter what your age.

As the exception to that rule, I changed careers completely in my 60s, and picked up yet another at 66. You are welcome to remain in a bucket, I'm way too busy.