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The Russian Revolution was an outcome of many decades of events and revolutionary activities, which were hotly debated among dissidents and activists for many decades before that.

It cannot be overstated how valuable it is to read Karl Marx’s later work. Among so many other things, he condemned revolutionary efforts in Russia because he viewed capitalism as a necessary stage of progression.

He started Block because he started Twitter

Regardless, bless that man.

DARPA was responsible for a few things you may have heard of.

Maybe John Prine, but he did come along slightly later.

Thank you for your encouragement. You make some good points and it’s really meaningful.

There is actually a pretty good subplot about this in Gone With The Wind. It’s slavery.

Easy to do when you have stability and dignity.

For myself, my first career was wrecked by new technology. Now I am 40 years old in an entry-level SWE position alongside 22 year olds working under people in their late 20s or early 30s. Not only would none of these people accept me as a source of knowledge but they can hardly bare to give me the time of day. I am very proud of my contributions to the team and I don’t hold it against them, but the makings of dignity are taken for granted far too often.

I don’t think American prison labor qualifies as “jobs” since it doesn’t even pay close to minimum wage, which is a ridiculously low bar to begin with.

The corporations that control our government depend on China’s cheap labor. It’s as simple as that.

Mine is about 4 years old but same experience. Cheap to refill and works every time, even with Linux.

Yeah, this seems like the most urgent cultural shift.

The Right insists policing is an extremely risky job, but statistics suggest otherwise. That said, policing would be much more risky if we had police who actually took the risks they signed up for. Instead, American police by and large do not take seriously their duty to serve the people. Look no further than the despicable failures on the scene at Uvalde Elementary.

How hard could it be to have physical buttons with miniature lcds in them so that their labels could be programmed as well?

In fact my 2022 Honda Civic has climate controls with dynamic labels like this, with LCDs in them. I see no reason why these couldn’t be programmable.

Also the left half of the gauge cluster in my Civic (behind the steering wheel) is an LCD that can almost perfectly imitate a physical needle gauge one moment and or be a settings menu the next, and a fully customizable output the next.

You have an incredibly naive impression of representative democracy and capitalist political economy. US politicians serve the rich, not only because they are the rich but also because they need the donations to even be able to run. This isn’t a mere hiccup but rather the entire point of the design.

I don’t know why this is hard to believe. Not everyone wants to “grind leetcode” 24/7.

i.e. the corporations!

As a candidate who turned down an offer, I can confirm they were not even hitting the margins.

You definitely won’t have a CEO who proudly drives a ratty car.

Sorry but it doesn’t go both ways.

This is wrong. Nuclear energy is very cheap, green, and reliable.

The problem with nuclear is the very large initial investment required, which delays the time to profit.

In other words, there is no problem with nuclear energy. The problem is with our economic system that demands short-term profits.

It sounds like it’s pretty small.

I find it more and more difficult to return items to stores in the US because they keep their returns deparments so short-staffed. Home Depot and Target are 2 places where I have stood in line for 45min to 1hr just to return something.

All that matters is we did it before the USSR.

And it has that thanks to socialists

Why on earth?

The relevant context is, though.

It sounds silly because it is silly. Interested parties prioritize various policies with varying degrees of priority.

All you need for those things is a complete overhaul of capitalism itself.

In other words, it is a matter of priorities. If the fines were significant, the initiatives would be prioritized. It is that simple.

E-flux is a very well established art and cultural theory publication. Still, I agree with you. However, as someone who came from that world into computer science, I find the simplistic salesman-like superficiality that is common on many Hacker News tech posts even more off-putting than the wordy mumbo jumbo in E-flux. I think the question is who they’re trying to impress. If you can sort that out, it will be easier to parse and filter.