Thats true, but i think this guy is kinda next level.

I’m not a psychologist but I suspect there’s something amiss here.

Like a lot of these people if he steps back from his loyalty to Trump, he’s kind of admitting that he’s partially responsible for what’s happened.

Clinging to this shaky narrative of how this is actually a good thing allows him to offload the guilt.

I think this might be “delusional” in the clinical sense.

Over time the belief becomes more entrenched. Something like muscle memory but a thought pattern. It will then become the basis for even nuttier thoughts.

It’s sad for him, it’s sadder for her, it’s even sadder for their kids who might me next. It’s just shit all the way down.

I was gonna say. Things might be different if I was in poverty and in central America, but for the rest of us the US just seems like a real awful place to be.

I disagree.

Perhaps that were true a decade ago.

At this point though I don’t think supporting the republicans is really defensible.

As in, anyone who is not racist would not support this.

You’re not a wallet. You’re an automaton producing value for capitalists.

They dribble a little money into your wallet each fortnight so you can buy subscriptions and delivered take away.

Haah.

Everyone with half a brain knew that after Brexit Britain would spend the next 50 years trying to cut down on red tape and trade restrictions, effectively re-joining without re-joining.

Yeah.

I’m in Australia, I suspect you might be also, but for reference a few months ago our centre-left party ground our centre-right party into the dust in a landslide election victory.

I suppose I agree that its not all bad news.

However, I’m gravely concerned about the US trajectory and I’m certain it will have an impact here sooner or later.

Right now our PM is trying to negotiate the current tariffs. The US will want us to increase military spending, and reduce investment in science and research. We might resist, but it’s certainly pressure to move in the wrong direction.

I dont think anyone cares about money anymore.

They can see the problems arising from climate change on the horizon and they’re creating a ruling class and a subservient class.

If you’re part of the ruling class you dont need money.

I dont think that’s it.

It’s an overwhelming case of “got mine”.

Like sanders said, being a GOP member just means staying in line.

Unfortunately I think Trumpism is lowering the bar. Maybe right now it’s not fascism everywhere, but there’s no doubt that on a decades time the world will be more fascist than it would have been without Trump.

There must be (or ought to be) a term for this type of conspiracy that requires practically all experienced professionals in a given field to be complicit.

You could convince me that one or even a group of researchers were acting with nefarious intent, but everyone? It’s just an absurdity.

Sure ok but that’s pretty meaningless at this juncture.

Rigged machines aren’t going to save us

Good lord. I’m not having a debate about the adequacy of an analogy. Well done.

Like any analogy, it doesn’t perfectly map to the complex issue being analogised (?), but it’s not as absurd as you’re making out.

The architecture for plugin support is not free. Even if no plugins are active the platform is built to support all the extra nonsense.

lighttpd is the leanest webdav implementation i can think of. Obviously it doesn’t have sync and sharing and permissions, but it’s an interesting point of reference demonstrating how over engineered nextcloud really is.

If you’re a fan, and want all of this stuff bundled together then fine, have at it. As I said up top, I am using it but I dislike it immensely.

Those are add-ons.

Besides which, o365 is not a single self hosted php behemoth.

I’m loathe to extoll the virtues of 365. I don’t use it and never will.

Oh please. AWD is not “better” 4WD. 2 different things for completely different purposes.

Sure that’s why I drive my 4wd anywhere i want to go - i don’t want or need 4wd but I can just not use that functionality.

Sorry what office suite is basic NC functionality that has been there for a long time?

Well if I uninstaller them what would i complain about?

Nextcloud isn’t a 365 competitor?

It’s filesync with contacts and calendar.

Even once you build in documents and spreadsheets, 365 at least has separate applications for that - its not a single overblown behemoth.

Partly, yes. But also partly because world leaders have realised that if you don’t want the US to fuck you up the ass you need to say nice things to Trump, preferably combined with gifts.