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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I disagree. The angle of the sun is not a human invention. Trying to invent something from scratch based on that, I would definitely mark one time as “the darkest” and another “the lightest”.

    I agree that hours, and therefore date lines and time zones are completely arbitrary though.

    If we didn’t have hours we’d still need a way to group times by geographic or political regions; my example above still needs to handle the “lightest where?” question.

    I think my conclusion is that organizing people and societies is arbitrary by nature.

    It would be neater though to try to make midnight and mid day the basis for which we measure time. Stepping off of that makes it even more arbitrary.


  • We’re competing with “it’s already installed” though, not installing Windows from scratch.

    Installing any OS is a huge step up for most people.

    The real change comes when manufacturers start giving the choice of pre-installed OS. Some already do but they are pretty niche (e.g. Steam Deck).



  • Finally someone who actually wants a debate.

    I agree that it’s not a problem until it is a problem. I think we differ in the way we are vigilant about defending the core of democracy.

    Open elections, free speech and free press are very important to defend, even if you happen to dislike the person in question. I’d rather defend free speech of a person I hate than slowly carving away at it, one “victory” at a time. If one person doesn’t have free speech, there is no free speech left.

    I see it the same with elections. If anyone can be barred from running in an election, the election isn’t open anymore.

    I don’t see it as skeptical versus cynical. Maybe in your eyes. What I’ve seen lately though is that democracy can be over very quickly, or in a way that no one can stop, even if you can see the signs. Look at USA right now, it’s been going down hill for a while now but most people are realizing too late to do anything.

    I’m not here to discuss France or their politics because I know nothing about it, nor about Le Pen. People seem to go very much into “it’s fine for now in France”.

    It’s fine until it isn’t.















  • Minecraft is a blast! You can buy it and then throw the awful Microsoft launcher in the trash. There areuch better bootleg launchers (i.e. don’t force login). Or just get the bootleg launcher without buying the game.

    I have bought the game five times on different platforms by now. I’m not buying it anymore.

    My kids also had a lot of fun choosing and figuring out the plethora of mods available.