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Comment Re:You mean Martin Luther King's outlook (Score 1) 80

That was MLK's ideal, but he was explicit that it was not reality - that was the "I have a dream" speech, after all. The rest of that speech was very detailed about how far we were from that ideal. We are still very far from that ideal.

Uh yeah, that's why there was a civil rights movement and legislation, in the 1960s. The fact remains that his outlook is what decades of school children were taught and overwhelmingly accepted.

The president is making open racial slurs against Somali-Americans.

Well, the criminal ones. Kind of like talking shit about the mafia, it's not really referring to the average Italian. Neither is Trump referring to the average honest hard working Somali.

Hegseth is firing generals because they are black.

BS. He's firing officers that prioritized politics over combat readiness. The US military remains one of the greatest examples of color blindness and meritocracy.

Miller has unleashed mass deportations against immigrants who are not white.

BS. He unleashes such against illegal aliens. That they are non-white is just the typical demographic of that population.

But here on Slashdot, the most frequent whines about racism have been in response to people noting that the makeup of the Artemis II crew is unique, despite that the fact that it is unique and ground-breaking.

And my complaint was not about someone noting the uniqueness but doing so in a politicized comment implying DEI. Which is an unfortunate consequence on this misplaced focus on race. We don't have that uniqueness because of far left democratic calls for representation, we have that uniqueness because of Dr King's principles of being color blind. The natural result of such color blindness is a person with three STEM masters degrees and a career in Naval Aviation as a pilot has a shot a becoming an astronaut through his actions, not his race.

Comment Re:GOP hates capitalism (Score 0) 80

Capitalism is about the free market

No, capitalism is about maximizing the accumulation of capital, ...

Well, if you use the marxist definition. However a less biased definition would be something like:

"Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production (factories, mines, businesses) and their operation for profit. Key characteristics include capital accumulation, competitive markets, voluntary exchange, and price determination through supply and demand. It prioritizes individual freedom and profit-driven production over central planning. "
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Comment You mean Martin Luther King's outlook (Score 0) 80

Ironically, many of the people who claim that Democrats are all racist align with the Republican party's outlook on race.

You mean Martin Luther King's outlook on race. Namely that you don't judge a person or treat a person differently based on their race, etc. You do so based on their actions.

Comment ARM Windows on Apple Silicon is pretty good (Score 2) 45

Windows has been thoroughly enshitified. Before, it was no longer your computer; then it was no longer your privacy; now, it's no longer your data.

ARM Windows on Apple Silicon is pretty good. Unfortunately you need Parallels to run it in a VM, there is not Boot Camp option that would allow a native book like with Intel.

Similar for ARM Debian on Apple Silicon.

Basing this on experience with a Mac mini M4 w/ 24 GB RAM.

Comment Re:"Good intentions" does not outweigh bad writing (Score 1) 124

They went with the sledgehammer option. I wouldn't call it class, or particularly intelligent given it was supposed to be obvious to racist morons.

Actually the black/white face makeup was a classy and artistic way to make a point. Totally unlike how Academy went about things. Again, its about bad writing.

Comment Re:Nitrogen or helium? (Score 1) 67

Helium and Neon are available in the lunar regolith. So substituting them for Nitrogen is a practical solution if necessary.

Why would you do that? If you're harvesting the trivial fraction of a percentage of volatiles from lunar regolith, nitrogen is also available in lunar regolith, so just use that. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citation...

OK, I didn't think Nitrogen was on the list.

Comment Re:"Good intentions" does not outweigh bad writing (Score 1) 124

You must be joking. Literally half white, half black aliens, who end up destroying their entire homeworld and most of their race, nd even then can't stop being racists? Not exactly subtle.

Good thing I did not say subtle. I wrote " the issues were handled with greater class and intelligence."

I criticized bad writing, not bringing up social issues.

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