could be used for social welfare systems

For needy billionaires, maybe.

Trump isn’t running again, he’ll be like 86, so he’s not going to give a shit what comes next.

He’s not planning on running again. He’s planning on being king until he dies. Even if the GQP didn’t plan on doing everything that they laid out to turn the country into a theofascist dictatorship (they do plan on it), the courts will be irreparably compromised for the lifetime of everyone currently alive. Optimism would be nice but the very real consequences of 15million people sitting out this election is that it is the last real one that this country will see and the last one under which many will have civil rights.

Ah yes. Like LGBTQ+ people?

Also, this is nothing like Reagan/Mondale. Reagan never said he would be a dictator. Reagan never quoted Hitler.

This is the denial that I’ve been seeing everywhere. People keep thinking that “oh, the dems might learn something and do better in 4 years.” Nope. It’s done. The courts have been irreparably compromised and left of center policy will probably never again be allowed.

Also the idea of future free and fair elections appears unlikely.

It’s also available on nearly every unix-like machine since the 70s. So, super useful to know how to use. I personally also like (neo)vim as an IDE and its optional regex functionality because that allows once to efficiently edit massive files with minimal effort.

As a long-time vim enjoyer, I like your gusto. Imagine if you could apply regexes to that carpenter’s axe.

(Also, what sort? Do you have one of those awesome Gransfors Bruks ones?)

Probably not helped by being struck by SAG for their anti-union behavior.

I’d say that despair is also common for those of us who have been painfully aware of the causes.

And I can’t respect those that are willing to selfishly sacrifice others for their own sense of moral purity, rather than pragmatically save as many as possible. Actions and choices speak louder than any philosophical statement and allowing fascism, all-out genocide of the Palestinian and Ukrainian peoples, and oppression of women and LGBTQ+ to win speaks loudly of one’s character.

Just want to say: Thanks for your perennial civility as well as continuing to offer learning resources for people interested in any “sect” of leftist ideology.

Python’s packaging is not great. Pip and venvs help but, it’s lightyears behind anything you’re used to. My go-to is using a venv for everything.

Having trouble seeing those who (non-)voted for ending democracy, women’s rights, and oppression of LGBTQ+ and non-christians as allies. Not enthusiastic about the candidate? I don’t care. If they’re going to do less harm, they’re the only ethical choice. The basic numbers showed that one of two candidates would win. Ignoring that and the suffering that would be caused to vulnerable groups by one candidate for ideological purity is a hard thing to forgive.

Thanks to the duped non-voters, it’s likely that they won’t have to worry about that.

None. I don’t appreciate games with mechanics that are intended to mess with my already fucked dopamine signaling.

Sith are a fictional sect of religious space wizards from a space opera. While they may have inspiration from religious sects of reality, they are very much not real. So, whether or not they deal in absolutes has absolutely no consequences to reality outside of the Star Wars fandom.

Natively install RPM packages? Really, there’s not much. Find a setup that you like.

Beautiful.

Communities or “comms”. Reddit would be quick to legal action if someone started using their trademarks.

The guitar binary has a dependency on the curser package which is a deprecated version of cursor with an accidental misspelling. Running the make with sudo replaced this at the system level. Best just to reinstall.