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If only there was a way that didn’t involve involuntarily committing people, whether to jail or a psych hospital…
You left out that mental illness and addiction are both increasingly acknowledged to very often result from the difficulties of coping with garbage social conditions – even at an individual level. What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Some wild experiments have been done out there – mostly in other countries, obv – where it turns out that when you give these deranged people housing, access to education and/or employment, and maybe even healthy social connections, they get a lot less deranged like super fucking quickly. Just wild.
Take my comment as an upvote. I think the current number is a proper reaction already :)
steveman_hato News•At least 60% of US population may face ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water, tests suggest1·1 year agoThat’s pretty much what it is, unfortunately :/
steveman_hato Technology•Affordable Android Excellence: Best Smartphones Under $200 in 2024English10·1 year ago… Unless you put your own OS on it? Think that’s still possible in 2024, right?
Norway is actually a good example of this – where pro-social regulatory policies (i.e. beneficial not from the perspective of capital, but from the perspective of actual societal conditions) are used to help mitigate some of the BS that capitalism produces.
Regardless… Yeah, it’s a problem with capitalism. It’s a problem that stems from the literal core of the ‘system’: utilizing ‘capital’ to find opportunities for the creation and extraction of ‘surplus’ from labor and its products.
It’s great that regulation is able to reign in, in some cases, the deeply criminal BS that such a system naturally produces… But it seems like a huge overreach to assume this is possible “globally” (as it would need to be for a blanket statement like that to be true).
steveman_hato Ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Legendary Industry Veterans Get Candid On Ageism In Gaming1·1 year agodeleted by creator
steveman_hato Technology•It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime SubscriptionEnglish2·1 year agoAliExpress too, to some extent, depending on what it is. Usually has “direct from the mainland” shipping, though.
Appreciate the response. Figured this was “easily” do-able, but I honestly remember not being able to find anything pre-implemented for this a couple years ago when I last checked. Maybe my search, then, idk… Anyways, yeah, physically separate LED do sound a lot more obsolete with that in mind
I wouldn’t call the “always on display” some kind of innovative technology that makes notification LEDs obsolete… AOD is a battery draining complement to notification LEDs, not a replacement – we just don’t have the latter anymore because of corporate greed and consumer mentalities :/
steveman_hato unions@lemmy.ml•Solar employees join UAW, management hires anti-union consultants with "96% success rate" and lays off 40% of workforce - claims not union-busting41·1 year agoSide-note: in the beginning there, punitive is probably the exact right word.
steveman_hato News•It took decades, but San Francisco finally installs nets to stop suicides off Golden Gate Bridge71·1 year ago… But if they don’t, there’s an f-ing net there just in case. Assuming we care about others to any meaningful extent.
If this is somehow that big of a problem for them after, I guess nothing is stopping them from trying again someplace else, but apparently some of them might actually appreciate the blessing of that choice.
Also, Chicago like NYC has become a lot “safer” in many areas due to cameras, “proactive” policing, etc. Come to Detroit sometime, we don’t have money yet for “cool” stuff like that. See what kind of a difference it makes lol. Even back in the day, Chicago and Detroit went back and forth as the murder capitals of the US (NYC got in there too a lot). Those numbers weren’t just relatively high, they were absolutely just high on their own. Just because you never had trouble yourself, doesn’t mean… Blah blah blah. Happy New Year btw
Yeah, not proud of the snarky finish, but I think we’re definitely talking past each other a bit either way.
Side note: even without guns, China has a surprisingly high incidence of mass attacks at primary schools – with weapons other than guns. Knives are the most common, ppl on a rampage don’t mind putting in the extra work if they have to I guess… But yeah. Primary schools.
Its cool to be a contrarian on the internet, but I’ve got two young children too, and tbf any violence in schools is too much. Honestly don’t give a shit if even 99% of “shootings” were just that (they’re not, but still), that 1% is no less serious of a problem than if it was 99%.
Especially since, again, we’re somehow the only country in the world that has such a problem keeping kids from getting murdered at school.
steveman_hato News•Diversity offices on college campuses will soon be illegal in Texas, as 30 new laws go into effect2·1 year agoDEI exercises in other kids of businesses often seem like performative BS, if we’re being honest – IMHO, this is a really legitimate and simple question. Especially considering the impact bloated admin “costs” (salaries, etc) have on students & society (e.g. student loan debt).
Not reading all the way down, but just wanted to say I think it sucks that you got downvoted for this comment. You’ve got one less from me, anyways.
But also yeah, they do try and do things that really make a difference. Among other things, they make cross-campus connections to develop initiatives aimed at supporting students from under- represented groups – not just race or ethnicity, but also things like low-income, first generation in your family to attend, etc.
Things like this can strongly correlate with more distractions, difficulties, and obstacles in students’ lives, compared to observations of students from so-called “privileged” backgrounds. Not providing anything that those students from other backgrounds don’t have access to – quite the opposite actually.
That’s a solid intro! Nice.
Depends on where you go; some places its easy to end up finding yourself in the wrong place, especially if you are unfamiliar with the area…
But yeah, school shootings?? it’s not just some d-bags having target practice at night on the football field (unfortunately, rather than a pitch – different story tho), kids die in school shootings here like every other week bud. It really does happen, like a lot, which is actually a pretty uniquely shitty thing in the world today (outside of e.g. the Congo, Chinese elementary schools, …)
Pretty well thought-out hot take, though, cheers for the high-brow write-up.
steveman_hato Privacy@lemmy.ml•Are Phones and Smart Speakers Listening to You? Cox Media Group Claims They Can | Cord Cutters News6·1 year agoWhat if its not streaming? What if its just cached for future access, e.g. next time the user opens the app (and network traffic spikes anyways) maybe?
Sounds like someone doesn’t know (or care) what can happen to protestors that are protesting the “wrong things”… Like oil and gas pipelines, for example, or training centers for heightened police militarization. Or foreign policy, even, that one has been happening for generations already.
Lol if only they would protest the right way, they wouldn’t have to worry about anything, right?