Link to source, because screenshots of screenshots are inaccessible trash.

former director of the American Institute of Physics

arXiv, which physicists setup nearly as far back as the web, would have a word with this guy. The web was invented at CERN practically so physicists could share research documents.

This is the web: we can attribute source with link, and the original source in markdown could be quoted without breaking accessibility. The web is built for it.

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About

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Installation

pip install tariff

Usage

import tariff

# Set your tariff rates (package_name: percentage)
tariff.set({
    "numpy": 50,     # 50% tariff on numpy
    "pandas": 200,   # 200% tariff on pandas
    "requests": 150  # 150% tariff on requests
})

# Now when you import these packages, they'll be TARIFFED!
import numpy   # This will be 50% slower
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Horseshoe theory

the far-left and the far-right are closer to each other than either is to the political center

are both fascists

Are closer doesn’t mean are the same: horseshoe theory doesn’t support your claim.

They’re both authoritarians that repress human rights. They’re as bad as fascists. Identifying those elements that make them as bad—authoritarianism & repression of human rights—clarifies discussion.

When we articulate problems accurately, we can criticize them in all guises.

What did OP directly say or do in their post to direct a response to them rather than the image? All we have is their image in no particular context, an interpretation of the image, & a hypothetical statement I wrote?

randomly criticize someone else over a meme

Someone else or the meme? Are we getting worked up over generic you?

The observation that perceived disapproval for “fighting fascists” around here may more often be someone deluding themselves, so the image rings false with self-delusion is a critique of the meme.

Semantics is literal meaning, though. Words mean things.

I’m sure there are many words for left-wing authoritarians: fascist isn’t it. Instead of making fascism meaningless, can we pick a correct word? Maybe authoritarian?

With all the fascism denounced around here, they’re a rarity, and it’s perplexing to know what say to the far more common left-wing authoritarians who argue against democratic values because they’re not left enough.

No problem: sometimes we all need a reality check when we go tilting at windmills as is custom around here.

Self-satisfaction at stretching the definition of fascism.

If you’re getting downvoted here where anti-fascism thrives, and you think it’s for criticizing fascism, then there’s probably something else going on (and you’re probably being an idiot).

tankie troika

Gotta admit that is way better.

Tankie Triad

Are tankies the pro- or anti-fascist crowd? I thought they were far left whereas fascists far right. It’s hard to keep track of all these vying affiliations.

the coffee cup is talking

Yours don’t?

@sabrinaesaquino

Stop comparing programming languages

Python is VERSATILE

JavaScript is POWERFUL

Ruby is ELEGANT

C is ESSENTIAL

C++

Java is ROBUST

Out of all the programming languages, C++ is definitely one of them.

Doesn’t a little fecal matter elevate everything? A little? 😄

Apparently, criticizing inaccessible content.

image of text
no alt text or link to accessible alternative (eg, source)
people with accessibility needs can’t read this

Tsk, tsk, OP.

Republican senator floats using violence against journalists who report ‘fake news’

Stanford Prison Experiment

Why mention that aborted, flawed experiment that’s difficult to replicate when experiments have been concluded & replicated with consistent results? Pop culture buzz?

Meta-analyses of the Milgram experiments found that despite expressing discomfort or needing reassurance or hearing the screams of “shock recipients”, 61% of subjects would yield to an authority’s commands to administer shocks they understand are lethal. All participants would administer shocks until the recipient becomes unresponsive. Subjects who refused to administer fatal shocks wouldn’t insist on terminating the experiment or leave to check on the victim.

It seems pretty clear from findings like this that people are probably ill-equipped & overconfident about their ability to defy authority & most will perform atrocities they disagree with (ie, “just follow orders”). Unless they’ve been tested themselves, I think people need to drop the presumption that they wouldn’t do what science has consistently demonstrated people when tried do. This, by the way, all supports what you’re saying.

Vegetables on the other hand

A dietician once explained to me that children are extra-sensitive to bitter flavors like those of vegetables, and this sensitivity grows milder with age, so their special aversion is only natural. I recall feeling extremely hostile to vegetables then at some age feeling shocked that I no longer knew what the fuss was about & could appreciate them more.

Blanching those vegetables to subdue the bitterness may be especially important for a kid’s palate.

Based on opinion around here? Freedom of expression is good & doesn’t need compromises beyond the harm principle.

The selective illiteracy gets me: clearly, they can read each other’s messages. The text in an error message? Brain shuts off.