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Aequitas

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  • Yes, I do

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  • My introduction to Pink Floyd was this live version of “Comfortably Numb.” Before that, I really only knew the name and maybe the line “we don't need no education” from The Wall. I've been a fan ever since. But to this day, no song touches my soul quite like David Gilmour's guitar solo.

  • Japan is turning footsteps into electricity

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  • This is one of those ideas that sound great on first glance but aren't when you take a deeper look. The floor absorbs the kinetic energy that a normal floor would normally send back to the spring system that constitutes your foot, making it necessary for you to expend more energy to compensate for it, and that makes walking more tiring. Essentially, the power is created by making it harder to walk. The additional effort that is placed on the people walking is turned into energy at a very low conversion rate. The energy required to create and maintain this machine dwarfs the expected output.

  • Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortune

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  • But then the seller is missing out on those $50, which they can't spend anywhere else. From an macroeconomic perspective, the effect is zero. Like advertising, it only serves to allocate resources, not to create value. What's more, it's mainly large companies that benefit from something like this. Firstly, because of scale effects, and secondly, because they can sustain price dumping for longer than smaller companies.

    The same applies to deals. You only benefit from them because someone else is disadvantaged. Unless, of course, you assume that companies have something to give away out of kindness. And, of course, you yourself have been someone who has given someone else an advantage at your own disadvantage. You paid more so that someone else could pay less. The macroeconomic effect was zero because no value was created.

  • Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortune

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  • Relevant:

    "Entrepreneurship is like one of those carnival games where you throw darts or something.

    Middle class kids can afford one throw. Most miss. A few hit the target and get a small prize. A very few hit the center bullseye and get a bigger prize. Rags to riches! The American Dream lives on.

    Rich kids can afford many throws. If they want to, they can try over and over and over again until they hit something and feel good about themselves. Some keep going until they hit the center bullseye, then they give speeches or write blog posts about "meritocracy" and the salutary effects of hard work.

    Poor kids aren't visiting the carnival. They're the ones working it."

  • Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortune

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  • Shareholders will expect their 185 million to turn into more. Someone will have to pay for this “more.” The business model will therefore boil down to either selling user data or companies paying to be given preferential treatment by the system. Probably both.

    Furthermore, such services do not create any added value for the economy because, like advertising, they merely ensure that money is spent at B instead of at A. They are not productive and can be used much more efficiently by the bigger players.

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortune

    fortune.com /2026/02/21/phoebe-gates-startup-phia-succeed-without-help-parents-bill-gates-melinda-french-gates/
  • Locked

    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • It is one thing when innocent people die in armed conflicts. That is bad enough. But it is much worse when innocent people are deliberately targeted. That is simply inexcusable and not the fault of the Netanyahu government. Hamas cannot claim to be resisting when its targets are not the groups or institutions that oppress the Palestinians. One can only come to such a conclusion if one adopts Hamas' interpretation of who the oppressors are. Namely, all Jews or Israelis by virtue of their origin.

    I do not think we can agree on this. My view of humanity is fundamentally different from yours. Discussing normative principles is pointless. However, I find your attitude so cynical and appalling that I no longer wish to engage in further debate. I very rarely do this, but I have now blocked you.

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    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • My point is that you gloss over the suffering of innocent people while excusing the actions of the respective murderers, just as people on the other side do. Namely, as a necessary and inevitable consequence of the other leaders' actions. You argue structurally against the innocent victims using the same logic as the supporters of the IDF.

    It is a reversal of perpetrator and victim to appease your own conscience. An exaggerated and thus dehumanising tribalism that draws legitimacy for crimes against innocent people from the crimes of another group of actors. It is a misanthropic and cynical logic with which any atrocity could be justified (which is, of course, done constantly around the world).

    Hamas and IDF supporters are equally malicious and disgusting. The murder of innocent people is always and fundamentally wrong. Leftists must reject and fight it.

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    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • What a dehumanising and despicable statement. The people murdered by Hamas did nothing wrong. Certainly nothing that could justify their deaths. They did not colonise anything either; they were simply born there.

    This conflict really brings out the worst in some people. On the one hand, they blame the murder of innocent people on colonialism, and on the other, on the alleged human shield tactic.

    This contextualisation, relativisation and, in some cases, romanticisation of human suffering is absolutely disgusting and must stop.

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    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • Those who deliberately kill innocent people lose the right to be considered the resistance. They should kill the fucking IDF. But not kids at a music festival or random civilians.

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    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • Except that the “Zionist infestation” is a fictional construct in this case. db0 is fighting ghosts.

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    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • Killing innocent people is never a legitimate defense. Actually, it is no defense at all, because these innocent people did nothing to Gaza or Hamas.

    An anarchist instance that chooses an authoritarian, Islamist, and reactionary organization as the hill on which it wants to die. It makes you want to bang your head against the table. What I see this much more as is a case of double standards. Because the IDF, which also kills innocent people, makes the same argument. "Oh, it's just defense."

    You still haven't explained what is Zionist about calling Hamas Terrorist. You simply don't like my opinion about it, so you stick that label on it. It's intellectually lazy because it saves you from having to argue and allows you to rely solely on virtue signaling.

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    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • What's wrong with calling Hamas terrorists? They have randomly but deliberately killed innocent people. How else would you describe that?

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    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • What do you consider to be an example of “obvious Zionism” on feddit?

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    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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  • Unfortunately, dbzer0 has not yet provided a consistent definition of Zionism, which is why they always resort to the broadest possible interpretation. As a result, it is essentially impossible to differentiate between the IDF and feddit.org (or at least their ideology), which is obviously stupid, but has the advantage of simplicity. One can simply throw the word around and everyone nods dutifully.

  • Locked

    Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's "Zionist Bar Problem"

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    1. That's not true. A lot of users have spoken out against defederation. Just look at the top comments here. There is no way you can speak of a “consensus” as the admin of dbzer0 claims.
    2. It's completely ridiculous to accuse feddit.org of being Zionist because particularly militant anti-Zionist forms (“Death to Israel”) are not allowed there. This line of argument is inconclusive and makes the classic conversion fallacy. But more importantly, most people on feddit.org are very critical of Israel. For example, I never read that anyone seriously denies that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Even if it did happen, it would be criticized immediately. They probably just don't do so with the radicalism that is represented on dbzer0. Instead of concluding that there is at least a large overlap here, that the people on feddit.org are not only not allies, but in fact enemies (“fascists”), is so ridiculous that I can hardly believe that this is being advocated by adults. Yes, there have always been these stupid left-wing purity contests. But I think this reaches a new level of stupidity here.

    I can't stand this anymore. There are actual fascists who want to destroy both the users of feddit.org and dbzer0. They won't care how purely anti-Zionist the person in question is. They'll hang us all equally if they get the chance. But instead of uniting, we are creating new hostilities between us.

  • Our duty

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  • so civilization doesn’t collapse from rapid population decline

    Would that really be a bad thing?

  • memes @lemmy.world
    Aequitas @feddit.org

    Our duty

  • Third No Kings protest to be held in March against ICE’s ‘reign of terror’

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  • There is some truth in that. But we will not be able to gather a revolutionary mass in the near future, neither in the US nor here in Europe. One thing is certain, however: under a US as Trump envisions it, any work toward that goal will become impossible, or at least life-threatening. That is why I am in favor of forming alliances with liberals to preserve room for maneuver.

  • Third No Kings protest to be held in March against ICE’s ‘reign of terror’

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  • Protests are powerful, especially in autocracies. This is because they undermine, in full view of everyone, a key source of legitimacy for autocrats: that they represent the true will of the people. It also undermines the instrument of power that all autocrats rely on: fear.

  • What improved your quality of life so much, you wish you did it sooner?

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  • Ancient form of gaslighting oneself.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Aequitas @feddit.org

    Is there a Twitter alternative in the Fediverse where you can sort your timeline?