[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Im not the original poster that you replied to. Then again Im not thinking from a "democrats" perspective since theyre not my party, and Im not a US citizen.

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Why though? Isnt part of living in a democracy an obligation to be well informed and making the correct choice, depending on whatever your ideological beliefs might be?

If inflation is hurting my family, isn't the proper course of action for me to figure out what the causes and possible short and long term solutions are? Why is the onus on the politician to wow me with buzzwords in a 10 second tiktok, which ultimately will be half truth at best? If anything I need to follow up with more rigor and view their platforms and their past records.

I get it, its too much work. I get it, the Democrats did horrible messaging on multiple fronts. Kamala was definitely reserved and filtered in all her appearances and facing an uneven playing field.

But to absolve 80 million voters (a second time) by saying "theyre just angry you see, they dont know any better where to direct this anger to" is unfair.

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

..did..you read what I said?

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

Let me take a stab at this. As a non American non voter who is interested in the outcome of the election.

There are 3 parties to this discussion: the Harris campaign (Democrats in general), the Gaza issue voter, and the lesser evil voters.

The Gaza issue voters clearly believe a genocide is occuring, sometimes affecting them personally, and funded by their tax dollars. They would like some concessions from the Dems (the only likely party to take any action) and their only bargaining chip is their vote. It is clear to me that, if a large number of Americans felt strongly and this way, action would happen.

The Harris campaign has been non responsive on this issue, trying to tread the thin line, where they not only look powerless politically, but also unwilling to take a moral stand for what is right.

The lesser evil voters are absolutely correct that she is still better than Trump, and in more ways than just Middle east.

What I think all 3 parties need to do:

The lesser evil camp, instead of mocking the hold outs, needs to pressure the Harris campaign to make a change. Maybe even join them! (See the last point)

The Harris campaign, needs to think long and hard about what they stand for, and the implications of the Republican-lite gamble paying off. There needs to be some fear of losing voters who they cannot take for granted as they shift to the right.

Finally the Gaza voters. Its fine to play the game of chicken, keep screaming as loud as you can demanding change, but ultimately (secretly) get to the ballot and vote D.

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

Beautiful description. Well said.

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

Not a history expert. But I believe dota (defense of the ancients) was (one of?) the first games to create this genre of tower defense in 5v5 with the focus on heroes and skills instead of RTS marco. When others came along, they were initially referred to as "dota-like", which obviously was not acceptable marketing for RIOT. Hence they coined the term MOBA, which come to think of it doesnt really mean anything? (Multi player online battle arena?)

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago

Calmer than you are

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

Or a reverse Narcos TV show where south american authorities enter and destroy US gun factories.

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Playing devils advocate here but.. I suspect what is happening here is a previous purchaser bought it (broke it?), returned it under a different reason (eg. I dint like it) and Amazon decided it is not worth the hassle of rechecking every return labeled as such.

Mind you this is no consolation for someone like you who has go to through this return process, but I cant believe Amazon is "winning" by keeping a defective product like this in rotation long enough for someone to "eat the cost". Defective products hurt Amazon as well and I'm sure they'd rather take the hit if they could pin point which products are defective.

You could argue that they should bear the cost of validating every return, but clearly someone has crunched the numbers and the program is likely not cost effective.

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 80 points 1 year ago

Im gonna take a second and thank @smorks for taking responsibility to give us this server, then selflessly giving away control and the funds in his charge to the new foundation.

We are grateful for your hard work and transperency.

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I understand correctly, carrier locking is different from Bootloader locking. One implies freedom to use the device on any provider network, while the other is for installing a custom ROM. A Samsung flagship can be bought unlocked by paying full price, but you cannot unlock the bootloader and install Graphene, for instance.

[-] n_emoo@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Sadly the r/dota2 community doesnt seem to have migrated that much. Which is a shame because everyone from pro players to valve use it as an official means to communicate.

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I saw the Jerboa app just added support for 2FA, I guess itll be really cool to be among the first instances to support it.

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With dreamleague and div2 DPC ongoing, and reddit going dark for 2 days, how is this community not exploding like others on lemmy?

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