xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club
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Joined Jun 2020
@eric No. I want it to happen, even though it's unlikely.
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After Tim Thomas’ property was entered and searched on multiple occasions by state officials without warrant or consent in 2023, he filed a federal lawsuit challenging the power of water conservation officers to access private property.
https://activistpost.com/2024/10/rural-landowner-sues-after-state-searches-property-without-warrant-or-consent.html
https://activistpost.com/2024/10/rural-landowner-sues-after-state-searches-property-without-warrant-or-consent.html
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flash left a mark on the internet and has never since been replaced 
To anyone who has out-of-body-experiences regularly, can you please astral project to the alleged moon landing sites? It's time to know once and for all if the moon landings actually happened.
gamedev
There is now a freeze frame when a boss is killed.
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indie #SFML #cplusplus
@crunklord420 His programming language doesn't even have wrappers for graphics libraries, last time I checked.
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In the aftermath of the engineered and steered Hurricane Helene, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper confirms that certain areas won’t be rebuilt because the government is BUYING OUT the residents.
https://activistpost.com/2024/10/north-carolina-gov-pushes-buyout-land-grab-video-152.html
https://activistpost.com/2024/10/north-carolina-gov-pushes-buyout-land-grab-video-152.html
Have any of you had an out of body experience?
@djsumdog @menherahair I feel like he hates Stallman because unlike him, RMS keeps his free software activism separate from his other activism. Drew, on the other hand, believes in the whole "everything is political" bullshit and wants the FOSS movement to cater to his narrow worldview. You can clearly see that if you check SourceHut's ToS, where he bans White nationalists (with Trump supporters being lumped in) and crypto related projects. I don't think his hatred for cryptocurrencies isn't out of ego, unless it's an attempt to ruin funding for his "competitors".
Other than the pedo advocacy allegations against Stallman, Drew DeVault has openly criticized the GNU CoC for not being "trans inclusive" enough and has suggests replacing the CoC after kicking out Stallman, and he thinks the FSF and GNU project should be ran by LGBT and PoC.
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Yea I know he doesn't work on them currently, but wouldn't his ego still be at issue since he did start both of them?
If he wasn't acting out of malice with his previous rants about Hyprland/Stallman/other crap, does he genuinely believe in his stance? Is he a True Believer™?
And how does that square with the recent revelation of his loliphile/pedo advocacy on his Reddit account? Does he see himself as totally different than RMS's stances? He obviously must see the problem or else he wouldn't rapidly trying to delete everything from these old accounts.
What do you think his motives are? Are they purely his, or are there outside influences? A little of both?
If he wasn't acting out of malice with his previous rants about Hyprland/Stallman/other crap, does he genuinely believe in his stance? Is he a True Believer™?
And how does that square with the recent revelation of his loliphile/pedo advocacy on his Reddit account? Does he see himself as totally different than RMS's stances? He obviously must see the problem or else he wouldn't rapidly trying to delete everything from these old accounts.
What do you think his motives are? Are they purely his, or are there outside influences? A little of both?
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@djsumdog >Then again, it could just be DeVault is supporting this because of his own ego. Hyprland is vastly superior to Sway, so rather than try an make Sway better, he defames all the Hyprland devs.
I don't think he still works on sway. Same for wlroots and probably bunch of other stuff people will attribute to him, he just started them and left.
In fact, I can't picture ddv acting out of malice at all.
I don't think he still works on sway. Same for wlroots and probably bunch of other stuff people will attribute to him, he just started them and left.
In fact, I can't picture ddv acting out of malice at all.
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🤔 yea I have wondered about this. It is true that, at the very least, he's hosting and involved with the hit piece (and he's written his own on his public blog).
But it's interesting he's not banned on Hackernews (I am, both my personal account and my site, battlepenguin.com, were banned in early 2021). I do think there's more to this; as in someone(s) using him as a useful moron to try and dislodge the FSF leadership.
The open source world is getting super weird right now. Torvalds just capitulated to government sanctions against long term Russian contributors and called everyone who criticized him bots/trolls. Automattic should have had an easy case against a Silver Lake backed company that was clearly violating their trademark, but instead he's shown how little he knows of the law and looks like a massively insane, deranged asshole.
Then again, it could just be DeVault is supporting this because of his own ego. Hyprland is vastly superior to Sway, so rather than try an make Sway better, he defames all the Hyprland devs.
It use to be that open source devs helped each other make good projects, even if a new project competed with their own. It seems like when there's no money to compete over, and everyone's been maladjusted by social media, the next step is just to attack everyone whose better than you with unhinged bullshit.
But it's interesting he's not banned on Hackernews (I am, both my personal account and my site, battlepenguin.com, were banned in early 2021). I do think there's more to this; as in someone(s) using him as a useful moron to try and dislodge the FSF leadership.
The open source world is getting super weird right now. Torvalds just capitulated to government sanctions against long term Russian contributors and called everyone who criticized him bots/trolls. Automattic should have had an easy case against a Silver Lake backed company that was clearly violating their trademark, but instead he's shown how little he knows of the law and looks like a massively insane, deranged asshole.
Then again, it could just be DeVault is supporting this because of his own ego. Hyprland is vastly superior to Sway, so rather than try an make Sway better, he defames all the Hyprland devs.
It use to be that open source devs helped each other make good projects, even if a new project competed with their own. It seems like when there's no money to compete over, and everyone's been maladjusted by social media, the next step is just to attack everyone whose better than you with unhinged bullshit.
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Since Bridgy Fed doesn't bridge properly this is the link to the report which details how #DrewDeVault, the author of the #StallmanReport, has engaged in lolicon and pedo apologia, casting doubts on his true intentions in his attacks against RMS: dmpwn.info
Drop #SourceHut now.
#DeVaultReport
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:heuoxawyrsvqmzsdlbapb6za/post/3l76rl54jvkw2
The DeVault report
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Atlus can't do culling lmao
https://vkguide.dev/docs/extra-chapter/graphics_analysis_metafor/
Can we have the year of the Haiku desktop instead of the year of the Linux desktop? Let's have an actual desktop operating system instead of a mainframe/server operating system pretending to be one. Also let's have an open source operating system where (mostly) everything is developed in-house instead of a bunch of components duct-taped by distro maintainers.
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can't believe the drew devault "pedophilia for me not for thee" arc
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Circumcision and hygiene:
If you have a foreskin, you retract it and wash under it, end of story.
Using soap is fine, you just need to be sure that all of it is washed away before rolling the foreskin forward - otherwise some will tend to be pushed into the urethra which is painful.
The foreskin doesn't have any magical properties that make it dirty more easily than say, an armpit. It is actually quite a bit LESS prone to smelling than either armpits or ball sack.
If you're an uncut male who doesn't shower for a period of time, you begin smelling from everywhere BUT the penis.
> What about babies?
A baby's foreskin is attached to the penis head (like glue). That keeps out all foreign matter (like diaper shit). As a parent, you have absolutely nothing to do. Some doctors may suggest forcibly retracting it, this is a terrible idea for reasons that should be obvious.
Some time around 6-8 years old, it will naturally detach. At this point your boy should already be able to at least partially wash himself, and you only have to instruct him to try to pull it back - if it hurts, that means it's not detached yet and he should try again later. Once he is able to do retract it, he can then begin washing it. Once he realizes it is pleasurable, there will never again be a concern for hygiene.
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If you are dogmatically opposed to masturbation, this is one of few cases where circumcision actually serves a purpose. Firstly, there is never any need for your son to wash his penis so he can pretend it doesn't exist. Secondly, when he does discover masturbation, it is somewhat harder to do without a foreskin.
If you have a foreskin, you retract it and wash under it, end of story.
Using soap is fine, you just need to be sure that all of it is washed away before rolling the foreskin forward - otherwise some will tend to be pushed into the urethra which is painful.
The foreskin doesn't have any magical properties that make it dirty more easily than say, an armpit. It is actually quite a bit LESS prone to smelling than either armpits or ball sack.
If you're an uncut male who doesn't shower for a period of time, you begin smelling from everywhere BUT the penis.
> What about babies?
A baby's foreskin is attached to the penis head (like glue). That keeps out all foreign matter (like diaper shit). As a parent, you have absolutely nothing to do. Some doctors may suggest forcibly retracting it, this is a terrible idea for reasons that should be obvious.
Some time around 6-8 years old, it will naturally detach. At this point your boy should already be able to at least partially wash himself, and you only have to instruct him to try to pull it back - if it hurts, that means it's not detached yet and he should try again later. Once he is able to do retract it, he can then begin washing it. Once he realizes it is pleasurable, there will never again be a concern for hygiene.
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If you are dogmatically opposed to masturbation, this is one of few cases where circumcision actually serves a purpose. Firstly, there is never any need for your son to wash his penis so he can pretend it doesn't exist. Secondly, when he does discover masturbation, it is somewhat harder to do without a foreskin.
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On the "health benefits" of circumcision:
> It reduces the spread of HIV
This is kind of like when cheerios sponsors a study to prove that cheerios are good for your heart. It's very under-handed.
The claim is that less mucus membrane, that is allowed to dry out, is less absorptive. Which is not wrong, but it's also not that effective. Whereas a condom is perfectly effective.
The second reason why this is under-handed is because spreading HIV is REALLY HARD. In the worst case scenario (a man with HIV ejaculates inside of you), your risk of catching it is 1 in 20. Any sexual contact less than that, the risk is even lower.
And that's just for one person to contract it, for it to actively spread through a community, the amount of promiscuity needs to be so high that circumcision is just not going to change the outcome.
> It reduces the risk of penile cancer
Well, not really. It eliminates the possibility of a condition called phimosis, which is a risk driver for penile cancer.
Phimosis is a condition where the foreskin remains too tight to retract into adulthood. This is a relatively rare condition and is addressable in a number of different ways including steroid creams, stretching, minor surgical interventions - and of course adult circumcision.
Men with phimosis SHOULD get it treated, but it's rare and not that hard to deal with. There are so many other "rare and not that hard to deal with" conditions out there, that singling out phimosis as the one you want to prevent doesn't really make any sense.
> It reduces the spread of HIV
This is kind of like when cheerios sponsors a study to prove that cheerios are good for your heart. It's very under-handed.
The claim is that less mucus membrane, that is allowed to dry out, is less absorptive. Which is not wrong, but it's also not that effective. Whereas a condom is perfectly effective.
The second reason why this is under-handed is because spreading HIV is REALLY HARD. In the worst case scenario (a man with HIV ejaculates inside of you), your risk of catching it is 1 in 20. Any sexual contact less than that, the risk is even lower.
And that's just for one person to contract it, for it to actively spread through a community, the amount of promiscuity needs to be so high that circumcision is just not going to change the outcome.
> It reduces the risk of penile cancer
Well, not really. It eliminates the possibility of a condition called phimosis, which is a risk driver for penile cancer.
Phimosis is a condition where the foreskin remains too tight to retract into adulthood. This is a relatively rare condition and is addressable in a number of different ways including steroid creams, stretching, minor surgical interventions - and of course adult circumcision.
Men with phimosis SHOULD get it treated, but it's rare and not that hard to deal with. There are so many other "rare and not that hard to deal with" conditions out there, that singling out phimosis as the one you want to prevent doesn't really make any sense.
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Circumcision is a contentious and slightly taboo topic - as such, there is a lot of superstition and bad information out there.
Most people either know nothing, or have strong opinions.
Most men are pre-disposed to prefer everyone be like them. Most doctors are pre-disposed to prefer whatever makes them the most money.
If you search "Should I circumcise my son" on google, you will think there's a Scientific Consensus that it's beneficial.
But if you seek out anti-circumcision material, you will think it's one of the most heinous and barbaric practices ever to have beset the human race.
The reality is that the health benefits are minuscule at best, and the harm described in the anti-circumcision community is often overblown or lacking in concrete evidence.
It should be immediately obvious that most cut men live normal fulfilling lives. It should also be obvious that being uncut does not carry any real health risks because otherwise these problems would be well known in Europe, where circumcision is near nonexistent.
My personal opinion is that none of the perceived benefits outweigh the risk of complications from surgery (doctor slips with the knife). This type of thing happens with a non-trivial regularity, and the result are life-altering and sometimes deadly.
Is there anyone here who is planning to become parents and is faced with this question?
Most people either know nothing, or have strong opinions.
Most men are pre-disposed to prefer everyone be like them. Most doctors are pre-disposed to prefer whatever makes them the most money.
If you search "Should I circumcise my son" on google, you will think there's a Scientific Consensus that it's beneficial.
But if you seek out anti-circumcision material, you will think it's one of the most heinous and barbaric practices ever to have beset the human race.
The reality is that the health benefits are minuscule at best, and the harm described in the anti-circumcision community is often overblown or lacking in concrete evidence.
It should be immediately obvious that most cut men live normal fulfilling lives. It should also be obvious that being uncut does not carry any real health risks because otherwise these problems would be well known in Europe, where circumcision is near nonexistent.
My personal opinion is that none of the perceived benefits outweigh the risk of complications from surgery (doctor slips with the knife). This type of thing happens with a non-trivial regularity, and the result are life-altering and sometimes deadly.
Is there anyone here who is planning to become parents and is faced with this question?
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Joined Jun 2020
