poncho_romero

4 ms·

1.
by poncho_romero 7d ago
To some people the Berlin Wall was an immediate and terrible factor in their lives. But to most people in the world, it was a symbol of oppression rather than a physical manifestation of it.
2.
by poncho_romero 7d ago
Why? Mercator is useful and familiar to billions of people.
3.
by poncho_romero 9d ago
Ratio /s
4.
by poncho_romero 9d ago
You can do the same on iOS in the Accessibility settings. I have my phone set up so that I can toggle the monochrome filter by double tapping the back of the device. I keep it in black and white but can switch back to colour easily if I nee
5.
by poncho_romero 9d ago
As a young person, I can at least anecdotally say the same thing is happening to people who, while older, ain't old yet.
6.
by poncho_romero 11d ago
Why is "occupy" in quotes? The trucks jammed downtown Ottawa and were making a tremendous amount of noise. That isn't some peaceful protest that got a permit ahead of time, it was an attempt to shutdown the nation's capi
7.
by poncho_romero 11d ago
> Modernizing manufacturing so that each worker is far more productive and we can compete with the world How does this not correspond directly to reduced trade deficits? In this scenario the US is either sourcing more of what it needs in
8.
by poncho_romero 19d ago
The point is total economic dependence on _no one_, because we had basically had total economic dependence on the US and they fucked us into learning our lesson.
9.
by poncho_romero 20d ago
It also excludes money spent on services, which in most cases favours the US.
10.
by poncho_romero 23d ago
Exactly. It will be great for the rich and powerful when common people are drowning in so much mis- and disinformation that the only way to get through a day is to disbelieve everything. There will be even less accountability then.
11.
by poncho_romero 23d ago
I think they've realized there is a meaningful distinction between Google's search ads and someone recommending a product with no ulterior motives.
12.
by poncho_romero 25d ago
This is a useless hypothetical. Almost every country would regress in quality of life if it were suddenly cut off from the global economy. The options aren’t a bad deal from the US or complete isolation. Canada is making deals with reliable
13.
by poncho_romero 25d ago
Explain how “Canada’s economy grows rapidly” if we accept a bad deal from a stronger economy. The goal for Canada is a return to the free trade agreement covering ~98% of goods that existed before this chaos, which allowed for close integra
14.
by poncho_romero 25d ago
No deal is better than a bad deal.
15.
by poncho_romero 27d ago
Unlike formatting preferences, the colours I use in my editor don't effect others. That said I might not mind living in a world where everyone used the same highlighting scheme, as long as it was reasonable ;)
16.
by poncho_romero 27d ago
As a red-green colourblind person I hope not!
17.
by poncho_romero 28d ago
I did fasting for a while, usually fasting for 16+ hours and eating 1-2 meals in the eight hour feeding window, but eventually stopped in favour of working out. I'd like to be able to lift while also fasting, but I'm worried that
18.
by poncho_romero 1mo ago
What about them? The Canadian healthcare system has better outcomes than the American healthcare system in several areas. Most simply, Canadians live longer.
19.
by poncho_romero 1mo ago
In what world is the Republican Party pro entrepreneur/small business enough to make these rhetorical questions meaningful?
20.
by poncho_romero 2mo ago
In Canada I hear keener more often than keen (although both are rare).
21.
by poncho_romero 2mo ago
I wonder if despite our large vocabulary, English speakers tend to use a small subsection of it because there are so many non-native speakers. It seems to me from reading and watching people from decades ago that the language was more compl
22.
by poncho_romero 2mo ago
Why would anyone be in favour of more ad breaks?
23.
by poncho_romero 2mo ago
In the PHP back end I work on, I find the ORM immensely helpful because we need to instantiate objects to do things like permissions checks. The alternative seems like much more work. What am I missing with regards to ORMs being a bad idea?
24.
by poncho_romero 2mo ago
Mass displacement of every sector of labour. Dissent policed by Boston Dynamic's robodogs. You will own nothing and be happy.
25.
by poncho_romero 2mo ago
Yes but unemployment where a small cadre of rich elites own the robots and the rest of us are serfs is very different from the public owning and benefiting from the robots in the form of strong social services and UBI.
26.
by poncho_romero 2mo ago
I'm surprised someone as enlightened as yourself can't imagine a person coming to spirituality themselves.
27.
by poncho_romero 2mo ago
Why would the author write this paragraph alone using AI?
28.
by poncho_romero 3mo ago
I'd love to learn about this middle road. As I said in my comment, I'm not happy with my conclusion.
29.
by poncho_romero 3mo ago
Your preferred default is also entirely subjective. I'm also not an extrovert. My friends all acknowledge my extreme introversion.
30.
by poncho_romero 3mo ago
Eastern Canada, where people are generally easy going and friendly. I'd be surprised and disappointed to hear things are different elsewhere, but I don't have the lived experience to say one way or another.

More ›