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  • What is a belief you’ve done a total 180 on?

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  • why do we classify our natural world with them?

    Because USA politics have been broken since day 1, and having 2 parties is the end-game.

    In the meantime I am stuck with the other extreme: 16-18 different parties, and I don't feel represented by any of them! :D

    We also have access to the entire world, while the people in those villages only have access to that one village. We simply live in a different scale than them. Not superior - just different... Potentially we have it worse, in certain cases.

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  • they just happen to be vegan

    Yeah, that's not butter and cheese what you're eating... No need to lie to us.

    That shit never tastes like the actual product. And it's completely fine if you don't want to eat it for whatever reason, but don't lie.

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  • math is hard, annoying, useless

    I stopped my IT schooling because they started throwing some minor maths around, so I switched to game programming.

    WHOO BOY, SO MUCH MATH! 😂

    Nowdays I've self-taught Linear Algebra, Calculus, and some Category Theory (because Functional Programming - Monads), via Khan Academy and MIT videos on YT. Good shit.

  • What is a belief you’ve done a total 180 on?

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  • Religion and politics.

    Was raised Christian (Protestant; not sure which subchapter, but I've sung Psalms in whole-notes, rhythm, organ or drum and guitar - it didn't matter much), but turned secular/atheist around the time The New Atheists (Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris - the four horsemen, lmao) went around. Part was several youtube videos, part The Selfish Gene audiobook.

    Nowadays, I still consider myself atheist, though I call myself heathen after the pre-Christian religion(s?) we used to have in the Netherlands (which is basically Norse mythology, but we call Odin Wodan, and Thor Donar. We also have a few extra figures like Frau Holle, some local legends, etc. I also wear two rings with the Elder Futhark alphabet, and a chain with Thor's Hammer.

    I just think Germanic Myths and Legends are just neat.

    Regarding politics: I used to regard myself as Liberal, but the more I learn about Liberalism (starting at John Locke, and ending with John Rawls) the less I like it. It feels like it's individualism and egoism to an extreme, and I think it will be damaging to humanity at large in the long term.

    What would replace it? I'm not sure yet. I do feel we should probably try to get families living closer to each other, to ensure they can better support each other - nowadays a family can easily live all over just fine, which just means they'll grow apart. Yes, yes, not every family can do that, because some families are assholes, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Our capitalistic system is breaking the family tribe apart, and I think that's bad for everyone involved.

    Also, forced paternity tests. If men get the burden of fatherhood legally shoved onto them, then they should get legal evidence the child is theirs. I think cuckery (raising another's child without knowing - not the sexual act) is a deeply immoral move, a deep and traitorous move, and if women use the legal framework to force men to pay for support, then they should be OK with us using the exact same framework to support ourselves, right? That would only be fair, right?

  • Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

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  • And it seems to be Claude, every damn time.

  • Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

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  • Especially since between Claude and Codex, Claude seems to have NO issues breaking things, while Codex is "I've ensured that the old path still works, and also fixed a bug I ran into".

    • Claude is Facebook ("Move fast and break things")
    • Codex is Linux ("We do not break userspace!")

  • Postman Strikes Again

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  • Just use curl

  • NixOS Review: The Most Powerful Linux Distro in 2026?

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  • nixpkgs (the NixOS package repository) has everything

    And you can create your own (local) packages for what you're missing (like the newest version of Codex, because that supports GPT 5.4) using an LLM.

  • NixOS Review: The Most Powerful Linux Distro in 2026?

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  • much more effort than copying a normal distro

    I just throw an LLM at it - I learned to read nix (the language), but even that isn't required.

    I now maintain a single, mostly shared, configuration between three machines. If I ever replace my main PC again, I can be up and running almost exactly back to where I was within 24 hours (that includes OS installation, some debugging, etc). And there's going to be a bunch of downloading data from my NAS.

    That would've used to take a week to get roughly back to where I was, but without some vague fix for some issue or another.

    Summary: It's great for programmers, and people who have maintain multiple machines, and want a shared configuration.

    Either you pay the setup effort upfront (Nix) or you do it afterwards (any other stateful OS).

  • Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet

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  • Merz is 71 YO. I can't wait for this old fuck to die (of natural causes)

    "In politics, we engage in debates in our society using our real names and without visors. I expect the same from everyone else who critically examines our country and our society."

    Funny, since Ursula von der Leyen used to go by "Rose Ladson", or what about Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm, who went by "Willy Brandt" during WW2?

  • What's a TV series that you really, really liked and would enthusiastically recommend?

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  • To get people in the mood: If you like Star Trek, The Orville, Altered Carbon, FarScape, Firefly, The Expanse, and others I've forgotten, you'll like Foundation. Because I like all these other series as well.

    Next Generation, until Enterprise Maybe not the first season, but the show was still finding its footing, IMO

  • This might be the most interesting new Linux distro right now

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  • Whatever happened to all the hype around NixOS?

    Sorry, I'm too busy building up my NixOS configuration to hype it up on the web. Go check out Vimjoyer for all your NixOS knowledge needs. He is the new official documentation.

  • This might be the most interesting new Linux distro right now

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  • That's fucking dumb.

    Would you stop eating nasi because it's a 'little too close to “nazi”' for you too?

    Stop it. Get some help.

  • Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost native

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  • Codex is written in Rust, as it should be. It even has readline integration, so you can do ctrl-j to insert a newline! :D

    edit: ah dangit, this is about the desktop app. Nevermind.

  • Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman

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  • Spoiler: All Americans that pay taxes are bankrolling authoritarianism. People who buy items from America are bankrolling authoritarianism.

    Are all you Americans going to stop paying taxes?

  • We Overhauled Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy - Another VC funded bait and switch

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  • I presume this thread is about this bit:

    Arbitration. The updated Terms include a binding arbitration clause with a class action waiver. Arbitration provides a faster, lower-cost resolution process for disputes between individual users and Zed compared to traditional litigation. We recognize this is a meaningful legal trade-off, which is why we include a 30-day opt-out window after you accept the Terms. Section 15 has the full details, including how to opt out.

  • I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

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  • Fuck you, for calling her a female, you sexist piece of shit!

  • I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

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  • Got anything to back that up, other than "that's how I feel about it" or nah?

    I know you likely don't, but maybe you'll surprise me.

  • I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

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  • “Bop” stands for “been over passed”

    No, it's not. It means "a good song".

    Nothing on UrbanDictionary, nothing on even Google. What is this nonsense?

    Sexual equality has ceased to exist online.

    It never existed in the first place, so there's that.

    Anyway, yeah, internet bad. Time to ban all sub-16 children from Social Media. It's been long overdue.