themurphy

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US residents: What big domestic policy improvements have the american people won from congress in the last 30 years? (kbin.social)

Interpret improvements as you like. For me it's any large scale reforms or legislative packages designed to improve the country for all or see to the material interests of the majority without overly benefiting the elite....

themurphy,

Honestly though, I don’t know if stopping things from getting a lot worse should even count as an “improvement”.

It shouldn’t. It’s a very low bar for a modern country.

themurphy,

That was an EU thing.

It was also cheaper for manufacturers to use the same design in both USA and Europe, which made it an easy implementation for the States.

themurphy,

Yeah, companies always fight for themselves, and never the customers!

With that change they had to measure what they actually put into the products. That cost money, which is a great reason to discard people’s health.

themurphy,

Cool, tell me more about this thrilling hobby of yours.

themurphy,

You’ll be surprised how many people likes ads, and likes how much they know about you.

I don’t agree, but I can see the logic in that. If you see ads anyway, why not see them specialised to you making them somewhat relevant.

Awful take I know, but it’s the reality for many people.

themurphy,

One question though.

Can’t you enable a filter list on uBlock Origin that removes all cookie consents?

I think I have it on. It’s under “Annoyances”. Maybe it’s not as good since you have them both?

themurphy, (edited )

Then I have the Plugin for you two.

AdNauseam

They block all ads like uBlock, but they make sure to click and view them first without you noticing. They’ll also send the wrong information about you to the advertisers.

The content creators will actually receive more money that way.

themurphy,

Ads in apps don’t care about that. DNS blocking will take them too.

themurphy,

Yeah haha, there’s actually some nice block lists in the settings you can turn on.

Also region specifics.

themurphy,

The only reason your boss ever posts something ‘motivational’ is for their own personal gain of earning more money off you.

He never posts “Try to enjoy life. Maybe take a day off sometime to be with your family on an extended weekend and forget work for a while.”

themurphy,

Just a question but do you use proxmox yourself? And if yes, what services would you recommend to run?

themurphy,

Great rundown, thanks!

I don’t have a background in software, but I think I’m doing okay with my Raspberry Pi’s so far.

And I’m looking for more challenging stuff, so this was very helpful.

themurphy, (edited )

Well, the biggest political party in Denmark for my entire life is called Socialdemokratiet, which is social democracy coming from socialism.

I think it’s a pretty big movement.

themurphy,

Can you explain how the US has a more socialist agricultural policy? I don’t think I’m familiar with it.

themurphy,

In general Sweden and Denmark is mostly run the same way. Non of the countries are pure socialism, but they are sure very successful on physical and mental well-being for their citizens, and giving them a high living standard because of this welfare driven from ideologies of socialism.

themurphy,

I think it’s right to call it UBI when you get a basic income. The universal part is maybe not true though.

And I don’t get what you mean about billionaires.

themurphy,

Aah, okay mb. Sounds like a worse way of doing it, if it’s universal for everyone tbh.

It would inflate prices, making it useless for people who need it. And giving money to people who don’t need it doesn’t make sense. It’s kinda greedy when some people actually need the money.

themurphy,

Smart way of doing it if the tax system can be adjusted for it.

themurphy,

Aah, I get it then.

That’s what you call Government Intervention in a Capitalist Economy. The EU also does this every year, where they distribute help to farmers all around the EU to maintain the essential products. But it’s still hard core capitalism.

themurphy,

Yeah, my content is unique and in a language not found at any public trackers.

I’m asking here because some people may be uploading files themselves, and may have experience in compressing. And how to do it.

themurphy,

Relay for Reddit is by far the best client I’ve used. Relay for Lemmy is basically wet dream material.

themurphy,

I think the reason why you get the OTA is because Doogee uses mostly non modified Android software, making the official releases available for your phone with ease.

themurphy,

Swappable batteries are coming back in 2027 because of the EU.

Under the legislation, consumers must be able to "easily remove and replace” portable batteries used in devices such as smartphones, tablets, and cameras.

Full article here.

What is Something Scientific that you just don't believe in at all?

EDIT: Let’s cool it with the downvotes, dudes. We’re not out to cut funding to your black hole detection chamber or revoke the degrees of chiropractors just because a couple of us don’t believe in it, okay? Chill out, participate with the prompt and continue with having a nice day. I’m sure almost everybody has something...

themurphy, (edited )

This problem doesn’t make any sense.

If one wrong door is always opened, your chance was never 1/3 to begin with, so you are thinking about this problem with the wrong premise, making it hard to grasp. You were just assuming it was 1/3 because you didn’t know one door would be taken away.

As soon as the wrong door is opened, your odds are never 1/3 nor 2/3. It’s 1/2 because there’s only two doors. What did you think the number after / stood for?

EDIT: Now I’ve tried to look through the examples in the article, and it honestly just makes it worse.

The example about picking a door at 1/1000, and then Monty removing 998 of the doors, leaving two doors, therefore making it more likely you should pick the one Monty left open, is also stupid - because it’s not comparable.

The above example is true. The likelihood of Monty being right is much higher.

But your pick is never 1/1000 when there’s only 3 doors, making the example not compatible with the other. The 1000 door example is not wrong - you just can’t compare them.

And now to explain why it’s different:

In the 3 door example, your “pick power” is 1. Means you can pick 1 door. Montys “pick power” is also 1, making you both equally strong.

This means that you picking a door gives as much intel as Monty picking a door does. No matter what, you will always be left with 1 door not being picked.

Now you look at the 2 doors. The one you picked, and the one nobody did. Now this problem suggests that Monty has given you new information because he removed a door, but he didn’t give you that, and here’s why:

The problem suggests that Monty gives you intel by removing a door in a 1/3 scenario. But he doesn’t. That’s an illusion.

From Montys perspective, he only has 2 doors to pick from, because he can NEVER remove yours, no matter what you picked.

Now Monty has made his choice, and this is where we turn the game around making it clear it was a 1/2 choice all along.

Because the thing you are picking between is not the doors anymore. It was never about the doors.

You are picking between if Monty is bluffing or not.

Let’s say you always pick door 1 as your first option. Monty will always remove 2 or 3. Either Monty removes door 2 or 3 because he helps you, or he’s doing it because he’s bluffing.

If you didn’t get any more help, this WOULD’VE been a 1/3. You’d have to choose between if Monty bluffed at door 2 or he bluffed at door 3, or he bluffed at both, because it was your door.

But then Monty goes ahead and removes a door, let’s say 3 (or 2 if you want, it doesn’t matter). He tells you it’s not that one. Now you have to choose if he’s bluffing at door 2 or he’s bluffing at your door.

You now have a 1/2 to call his bluff.

Monty was the enemy all along - not the doors.

Do Israeli Politicians' adult children get conscripted just like the average adult Israeli citizen as part of mandatory service?

I was just reading about how a current Israeli war minister’s son died in combat and it made me wonder that if Israeli’s politicians who make these decisions know their family will be affected by it personally and directly, does that lend towards the suggestion that it is more likely they are making genuinely ethically and...

themurphy,

If your main question is if it leads to more morally correct decisions, then that would be a very hard no.

Most people do believe they are doing the right thing. The Americans are, the Russians are and the Chinese are. They DO believe what they do is correct. Same with religion.

But does that make any of the above groups more correct than the other? The answer is: No, it’s their actions that shows that.

My point is, Israel will always think what they do is morally correct, no matter if it is or not. And when you act in that belief, you can justify almost anything in the world. Because you really think it’s the right thing to do.

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