they’ll block all servers that host Mastodon

This will be a never-ending game of whack-a-mole.

Like how China tries to block VPNs that get around their firewall. There’s always another VPN that China hasn’t blocked yet, and there’ll always be another fediverse server that any other authoritarian regime hasn’t blocked yet.

A bidet gets its water straight from the tap, not from the toilet bowl. His is the same water that you wash your hands in.

Someone mentioned the last mile problem, and someone else responded as if it doesn’t exist. I’m pointing out that it does exist.

That’s all. Should we pretend like there’s no problem?

If one approach is effective for more people, that’s great, but shouldn’t we also invest in solutions that fill the gap?

Here’s a summary of this thread:

Guy 1 - why is anyone doing waymo when there’s public transit

Guy 2 - last mile problem

Guy 3 - it works great for me in the city surrounded by bus stops, no last mile problem

Me - it doesn’t work great for me barely outside the city. (My point being that it’ll take a lot to get public transit to within 1 mile of where I am, let alone to someone even further from the city)

You - you chose to live there so stop complaining

Me - so fuck me and everyone farther out than me apparently.

That’s how we got here. I simply stated my situation as it relates to public transit, and you tell me it’s just my own fault and I should shut up.

We have a long way to go ubiquitous public transit in America. I doubt we will ever get there. It makes sense to consider other options as well.

I’m saying we should go to the moon AND develop nuclear fusion.

You want to know what’s harmful to discussion? Pricks like you telling people that their opinion is irrelevant.

So fuck everyone who can’t afford to, or doesn’t want to, live in the city?

Yea, I can, do, and will vote for officials that want to expand public transit. I also appreciate other efforts being taken, because I don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good.

I live on a 40mph road with no sidewalk or shoulder. That is connected to a 45mph road with no sidewalk or shoulder. My nearest bus stop is 3.2 miles away.

I’m not even that far out, I can drive to a major city downtown in 30 minutes.

That’s great that you have all this infrastructure around you, but not everyone does. Like you said, a lack of perspective is not an excuse.

I think the states handling election in theory makes sense. It’s a decentralized system that is harder to undermine. An independent body may bring consistency, but I don’t think that helps at all in combatting Trump’s tampering.

Also, many states are using paper ballots and always have been.

Ah, that’s a good workaround.

Does that work pre-os boot? I had to boot my Linux Mac into safe mode, and the way to do that is to press the escape key during boot. I had to plug in an external keyboard to do it.

I have a couple touch bar macs, and the touch bar is fine.

However, I installed Ubuntu on one of my touch bar macs. The keyboard has no physical escape key; that would be on the touch bar. So, my Ubuntu touch bar Mac now has no escape key, which is a bit problematic, so having a fix for that would be cool.

It is not a big deal for me, since I’m just using it as a server, but it could be a deal breaker for using a touch bar Mac with Linux as a PC.

Ah, you aren’t even American and you are arguing American politics. No wonder you are full of shit. You don’t have to face the consequences of a Trump presidency directly. No wonder you are so fucking privileged.

Stop trying to influence American politics and stick to your own. I’m done with you, there’s no point to this.

None of that changes the fact that you had a choice between one possible future and a worse possible future, and you opted not to choose and to allow the worse future to arrive.

I’ll make it simple for you by reframing my position, the position you were attempting to mock, as a simple syllogism:

Premise one: Kamala’s policy on Palestine (and pretty much every other policy) was better than Trump’s.

You’ve asserted without evidence that Kamala’s stated policy is not true and that she would follow Biden’s established policy of providing unconditionally continued resourcing. Even if that is true, it is still better than Trump’s policy of providing even more unconditional resources.

Premise two: If one is presented with only two options, and one of those options will be selected no matter what, one should select the better option.

You have not provided any refutation to this point whatsoever.

Premise three: No one other than Kamala or Trump could have won the election

You’ve also not refuted this in any way

Conclusion: Because Kamala’s policies made her the better option of the two options, and one of them would certainly become president, one should have voted for Kamala.

Unless you are able to refute the accuracy of the premises or show that the conclusion does not follow from those premises, you have nothing to stand on.

You are changing the subject instead of defending your position.

Biden has nothing to do with it. He wasn’t running for President.

Kamala’s position was to strive for a ceasefire, and Trump’s position was to give Israel whatever they need to get the job done.

By voting 3rd party, you’ve taken the position that these two options are identical in your eyes. Either Israel continues with likely similar reluctant support, or Israel continues with encouragement and unlimited support. Which do you think will lead to more Palestinian deaths?

On top of this, this was Kamala’s weakest policy, and she still clearly wins out. You are not only willing to throw the Palestinians under the bus, you’re willing to throw trans people, women, and immigrants under the bus too. All of this so you can be on your high horse and pretend to be morally superior while enabling the worst future for everyone. Good job.

So we might as well just let Trump win and kill the Palestinians faster. What a champion of Palestine you are.

Kamala was not insistent that Israel have free reign like Trump was. Kamala said that she wanted a cease fire, and Trump wanted Israel to finish the job. In the context of these two candidates, they are clearly not the same.

Voting third party is not a “fuck you” to anyone. No one who matters gives a shit about a third party vote.

A third party vote is a waste of a vote and no different from abstaining. A third party vote is simply shrugging in the face a fascism. Trump loves it, because it opened the way to his election.

Voting is not an endorsement. We had the choice between a candidate that was bad for Palestine, and a candidate that was even worse for Palestine.

It’s a pretty simple argument that someone who cares about Palestine should vote for the less bad candidate.