THEN it would have included the basic commands that allowed full control of init and systemd would not be a thing. Since we're on the subject of dead horses.

These guys seem like parasites and I hope they just fuck off.

Yes you are right, that strongly leftist governments tend to become dictatorships. Interestingly, strongly leftist and strongly rightwing governments are indistinguishable. E.g. the Soviet Union was strongly leftist, and yet is was, in reality, one of the most fascist regimes to ever exist.

Unions for tech so we have a political voice to modulate technology in favor of humanity is probably one of the most important functions() a technology union could have.

Reducing any corruption, for it is the anathema of civilization. I wonder how many pro-freedom initiatives could be had if we all weren't so Pwned.

Hi.

Socialism is not necessarily totalitarian. It can be democratic. The state owns the means of production, but people can elect the state representatives.

I am not a fan of socialism - as I explained. I am just saying that AI will inevitably take all jobs, and so there will have to be some strategy for preventing everyone except the owners of the robot factories from becoming impoverished.

Funny how predictable the responses are here: "That's socialism!" - as if that shuts down the argument.

I personally am horrified by the idea of socialism, and also capitalism. They are both deeply flawed for different reasons.

But unfortunately socialism is inevitable. AI is going to eliminate ALL jobs - ALL of them. So a government handout in some manner is inevitable. And that's socialism. We can't avoid it, sign.

Bernie Sanders is an idiot. But what he proposes (which is not his idea) is probably the best outcome. But given that he - a leftist extremist - proposed it, it now has zero chance of being discussed seriously. He has tainted it.

I cunt reed ore rite.

I dunno, it could be kind of funny watching them trying to get a machine to make sense of reality.

I've considered your statement. I can see where insanity and morality are orthogonal but I cannot see a situation where a sane person would do something immoral if they have a choice of other options, to do so would be not be sane. If a sane person is forced into a situation where they do something immoral, that is no longer a question of morality, it is a question of coercion. A sane person cares about consequences to others and an insane person does not.

I'm not being a dick here. I'm wondering if you have thought about this position enough to back it up with a rational argument. I have given you the first example of how to define morality as an objective reality. I can offer you a way to test your statement as a thought exercise.

If a generally moral person does a immoral thing are they a immoral person? If a generally immoral person does a moral thing are they a moral person? What is the differences between them?

I'm genuinely curious about your statements and perspective.

How so?

That's what insane is. Basic principles of morality "Do no harm" and "Take action to prevent harm" mean nothing to someone who is insane.

Just how insane he is.

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those ;)

Including gravity, which turns out is a major obstacle. One reason to go to the moon to to test build a Moon stalk, which is a lot easier to test and build on the moon than a Terrestrial Space Elevator. A Moon stalk is within our technological grasp and space will probably provide the technological opportunities we need to create new materials technology that would allow us to create a Space Elevator. That would dramatically reduce mass to orbit costs.

Absolutely this is the goal. Oxygen is four times the mass of methane IIRC, produce it in the moon and you eliminate launching a lot of mass into space from Earth. That's why B.O's second stage is hydrogen fueled and their lunar lander project is testing tech to extract oxygen from lunar regolith. If you look at their tech closely you can see how they're trying to build an orbital supply chain for fuel.

and hope their hydra-zine fuel launchers don't come down on a village or a city. The Chinese successfully combine the worst aspects of capitalism and communism together in terms of their regard for the everyday Chinese citizen. It's a terrifying thought that that may control access to space or the moon. I hope they change their ways.