[-] not_again@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago

I've read several books in the Objectivists library, including Atlas shrugged, the fountainhead, and the virtue of selfishness.

For a certain kind of person, I do think they have value in showing a different ethical/moral framework. To wit, if you have been raised on the principal that you must always sacrifice your own happiness for others, then Onjectivist philosophy is quite novel and can actually be helpful in moving towards a more self-actualized thought mode.

For most others, however, it can turn you into a raging a-hole.

In terms of how tenable the overall principles are in practice, just remember that Rand herself went on social security.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Service guarantees citizenship! Would you like to know more?

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Ha ha. Yes of course. Corrected.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Windows is like the corner prostitute: pay some money, usually get what you want although not the best, occasionally get some horrible disease

Linux is like the sweet SO: has its quirks but you love them for it. let's you grow in your skills but that can be challenging at times. Surprises you in good and bad ways.

Edit: for grammar

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Hey hey momma said the way you move, gonna make you shake, gonna make you groove.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Rhode Island Red or a hybrid thereof (e.g. Golden Comet).

Great egg layers (the hens of course, not the roo pictured) and very mild mannered.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

"But if there was a third option with any chances of winning, things would look different anyway."

Aye, there's the rub.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

Give a man a fire and he is warm for a day.

Set a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I bought my Tesla 4 years ago before EM went full douche mode. I actually quite like the car but would not buy one these days on account of him.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I feel this.

Although my last bootloader is adventure was pretty easy...installed a completely separate drive for Linux and wanted to boot off of that drive (sdb). A bug in the Linux mint installer put the bootloader on my the windows drive instead (sda).

Was fairly straightforward to switch over though (change in fstab then installing grub). I use the bios boot selector (F11) for me to select either the win loader or my Linux mint efi.

Am switching over to Linux as primary driver. So tired of nags, ads, "switch to Edge", long updates, etc. love being able to ssh+x onto that (relatively beefy) box from my laptop and run ides and such.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

OMG I feel old.

Also regret the money I spent buying Sun stock in the late 90s.

[-] not_again@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

GOP: we've investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong.

Nothing if not predictable.

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Happened to be in the area of with masters track national going on at the same time. Never seen track racing before so checked it out. Rock Hill looked like a nice outdoor velodrome.

Never seen team pursuit before but kudos to the Masters athletes putting in the pain purely for love of cycling, sport and competition. Cool to see. Some sick bikes on display also.

Lucky I live to far away from a velodrome otherwise would probably be adding another couple of bikes + workouts into the mix!

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