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fellowmortal ,

An individual giving money to good causes will always be limited by the fact that it is based on the whims/biases of that individual. So, it is possible to see that some billionaires like Bill Gates and (dare I say it…) J K Rowling give substantial amounts to charities - we can also see that they are donating to personal pet causes. Society already has a way for rich people to give to a structured system that (attempts to) give(s) out the money to a wide variety of causes - its called tax and the system is government! If these people who society has allowed to become so wealthy just paid taxes and supported a proper, fair government then they wouldn’t need charities… but then they wouldn’t get to name buildings after themselves.

fellowmortal , (edited )

Governments are location based, but also give huge amounts in foreign aid - especially rich countries. They are also better placed to give it fairly than individuals. Here’s a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=69AtkAHkKEc

fellowmortal ,

Here’s a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=69AtkAHkKEc

CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)

You know how Google’s new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won’t slide off (pssst…please don’t do this.)...

fellowmortal ,

Just a thought… Google wrote the ‘we have no moat’ document. Is it possible that they are intentionally trying to turn public opinion against AI? [no moat document] It’s a bit like they are intentionally churning out shit AI (it won’t damage their monopoly) to turn people against using AI (which might topple some serious business interests)… In short you’re right, but I get suspicious when big business seems to be doing the right thing. :D [edit: espirit d’escalier!]

fellowmortal ,

There! In the spine of the dictionary the words are worthless. They are a mere weight pressing against my thoughtlessness.

fellowmortal ,

certain cancers in areas surrounding the plant did rise

just a note to add that if you start checking the population for something routinely like thyroid cancer… the rate that you find it goes up. This is why the detected cancer rate increasing is not considered a cause for alarm.

fellowmortal , (edited )

There is an intrinsic micro-mort rate for working on a roof. If you take this number and the number of hours that are spent working at height fitting solar panels (I got this from industry data a few years ago) its then fairly easy to put the annual deaths from fitting solar panels far above that of nuclear. These deaths are a ‘tragic accident’, rather than systemic so…

[edit: I can’t find a value for professionals anymore. This link mentions 1micromort per person on a ladder at home] [edit: clarity]

Where are the good political songs? (piped.video)

I feel like there are lots of parallels between the eighties and now (recession/inflation, yuppies/inequality, skin-heads/fascists, hot-cold wars etc.) but there used to be protest music! Where is that stuff now? Music that’s intelligent and outraged - like we should be!...

fellowmortal OP , (edited )

Thanks for these - they are great examples of what I want. However, as @shish_mish mentioned, I was wondering what has come out recently? [edit:words]

fellowmortal OP , (edited )

I guess this what I’m afraid of, but things must have felt pretty scary during the first cold war - Imagine raising children while governments were openly[edit] testing fusion weapons!

I think that music is part of giving people inspiration and hope. Does tiktok just filter out the protest to keep us scrolling?

fellowmortal OP ,

I haven’t heard of these guys - Thanks!

fellowmortal OP , (edited )

This is great! :D

edit: Anyone know about hip-hop? Would be great to know where to start on that

fellowmortal OP ,

I hate to break it to you but Billy Talent formed in 1993! ;)

fellowmortal OP ,

Thanks! Childish Gambino - is a great example!

I didn’t know some of these, so I’ll check them out, but they aren’t exactly new - the rest are from the ninties, right?

fellowmortal OP ,

Holy shit! Thanks - that video is outrageous! These are great

fellowmortal OP ,

I’ll give it a try - any suggestions?

fellowmortal OP ,

I have a GCSE in German, what would you suggest?

fellowmortal OP ,

Guilty as charged. Good stuff - I’ll look out for these - my new years resolution is to see some live music.

fellowmortal OP ,

These are good. Thanks

fellowmortal OP ,

Listening now! Thanks

fellowmortal OP ,

Is this the most recent suggestion on here?

fellowmortal OP ,

This is good. It doesn’t have to be punk - I don’t even know what people listen to now…

fellowmortal OP ,

@frazorth you’ve got going down rabbit holes … I wonder what I else I can do to scare a tory

fellowmortal OP ,

I’ll check in.

fellowmortal OP , (edited )

As it ever was?

edit: it does feel different now - but it has never been easy.

fellowmortal OP , (edited )

I feel like I should. (edit:accent)

fellowmortal OP ,

Hmm… using google to find anti-establishment songs… ;)

fellowmortal OP ,

I have been trying to remember this one.

fellowmortal OP ,

Thanks for these - really interesting stuff that I couldn’t have just happened upon!

fellowmortal OP ,

thanks - I’m checking some of the live dates.

fellowmortal ,

I thought hard about whether to put it on ask lemmy, but didn’t want to look stupid. The only advice I could find was this:

!nostupidquestions is a community dedicated to being helpful and answering each others’ questions on various topics.

fellowmortal ,

It’s usually straight white american males too.

Can I ask why you wanted to add the last sentence? You might be right, statistically, but the tone sort of implies that you judge the group rather than the behavior. (apologies if that was the joke).

fellowmortal ,

Thanks for your response - I think that we agree. My point was just that your post was about being decent, then you randomly dunk on a group.

It’s not that your personal experience isn’t representative - I think that there is a contingent of privileged people who feel left out by progress towards a level playing field. That sort-of makes sense, right? There are also strong echo chambers pushing those people towards radicalization. I suppose I’m asking you to feel empathy for these, very privileged, victims of a society that doesn’t know how to engage with them. Egalitarianism has to bring everyone along - I don’t know if that can be done.

fellowmortal OP ,

Honestly, its not the cost of delivery. Its that the delivery driver is working at 1:43 am, and that a charge is levied for not being available at this time. Not everyone sleeps at night, but with no warning, I have to reschedule my life to be at my desk at 2am for something I bought? Even if this were delivered to a home address - ringing the doorbell at 2am is shitty.

fellowmortal OP , (edited )

Its a good point [edit: this is what I’ll do]. Of course, there’s a chance that I actually want the thing that I bought. I’d like to be clear that there are much greater injustices, but it is a boring dystopia…

fellowmortal OP , (edited )

Not the US, and not complaining about the country. I agree with @theskyisfalling the driver probably just posted that they had tried to meet quotas or whatever, but the business mechanism that tries to trick you into paying a small amount is a feature not a bug. Whatever way you look at it, it’s a dark pattern that skims money. [edit:spelling is hard]

fellowmortal OP , (edited )

Thanks for the heads up. Yep most definitely a scam. Woke up bleary eyed today! No details put into the website, but link followed - maybe need to close that email down :/

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