vga42
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Comment · 9 months ago
Comment · 9 months ago
I think you're absolutely on point and right that you shouldn't be listening to me, a potential internet nobody. There's no way you could tell me or anyone here apart from an AI at this point.
You should be listening to actual reporters, such as Jonathan Rauch from The Atlantic: https://archive.is/Maalh "Yes, it's Fascism"
Comment · 9 months ago
Non-paywalled article here: https://archive.is/Maalh
Comment · 9 months ago
Gabe is pretty cool and Valve is an amazing company that has done great things for both PC and Linux gaming. But this is not enough to counter the absolute shitshow that is USA right now.
But hey, they have midterms coming up this year. That's a great opportunity to redeem some of their earlier sanity. That is, if the democracy still exists then. It's not just the left that is worried -- many american centrists have started to wonder.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-tr... -- https://archive.is/Maalh
Comment · 9 months ago
"Fascist" is not a buzzword. It's your political reality. Are you culpable of letting that reality be?
Comment · 9 months ago
That's kind of an odd thing to point out. If my buds are stronger, I use less of them.
It's like having a bottle of beer vs bottle of whiskey. I don't exactly imbibe them in the same way, do I?
Comment · 9 months ago
If only it was legal, I'd happily replace my alcohol use with cannabis, and I don't think I'm alone in my age group. Not a big surprise that that yields improved brain health.
Comment · 9 months ago
I thought it was utterly interesting, like I was reading a sci-fi novel that was actually happening right now.
Comment · 9 months ago
Sure, but how many people/companies are perfectly served by serverless functions + queues + gateway + database + file service? I'd guess >90%. How much of that remaining 10% can be adequately patched by lauching virtual servers?
Scaleway and OVHCloud both provide all of that. The problem is more about marketing and a modern variant of the good old "nobody got fired for buying IBM".
Comment · 9 months ago
>OpenStack by Huawei
If you mean to say that OpenStack is made by Huawei, that is not true. They are a major contributor and a platinum member of that open source project, though.
Comment · 9 months ago
>and it most likely works that way in your country as well.
Wow. It absolutely does not. What the fuck?
USA used to be cool (or so I thought) back when I started participating in this place. They have sunk very low in the last 15 years.
Let's make this actionable. This is the last time I read or write here. Bye. You guys won't lose much but I will gain a lot.