I joined Lemmy back in 2020 and have been using it as qaz@lemmy.ml until somewhere in 2023 when I switched to lemmy.world. I’m interested in Linux, FOSS, technology, and several other subjects.

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  • qaz@lemmy.worldMto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonegleeks rule
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    22 hours ago

    I was trying to argue that candidates that aren’t from the Republican or Democratic party haven’t been elected from a long time. I looked up the last independent candidate, somehow forgetting that there were more parties. That said, the other candidates are still from more than a century ago.


  • qaz@lemmy.worldMto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonegleeks rule
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    1 day ago

    This is my reasoning:

    1. America has first-past-the-post voting
    2. That means the party with the most votes wins it all
    3. The republican (41.7%) and democrat party poll high, nothing comes close (40.4%) (next up is Kennedy at 9.1%) and the last candidate that wasn’t from either party was George Washington (1789 - 1797), therefore a vote for another party is essentially meaningless.
    4. Therefore, either the Republican or Democratic Party win
    5. The candidates for both parties have been determined at this point and are highly unlikely to change unless any of them die, therefore either Trump or Biden wins.
    6. Therefore, all actions come down to 2 things: Increase the chance of Biden winning instead of Trump or don’t

    In my opinion, the only way to avoid each election coming down to damage control is to get rid of FPTP voting.

















  • qaz@lemmy.worldMto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    1 month ago

    I just checked their Twitter account and it was removed from their bio/name, I assumed it was antisemitism but you’re right. It probably isn’t.

    At least I don’t have to worry my feed is going to be filled with their tankie stuff, since I ditched my account.






  • qaz@lemmy.worldMto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule of cool
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    2 months ago

    In April 2019, a Twitter post by Pyle from 2017 resurfaced regarding the pro-life rally March For Life. According to some reporters, Pyle’s tweet expressed support for, or defended, March For Life. The tweet caused many fans to turn against Strange Planet and its creator, in a controversy described by at least one outlet as an example of the Milkshake Duck phenomenon.

    Pyle released a statement shortly afterwards which did not mention abortion, but said that he and his wife “have private beliefs as they pertain to our Christian faith. We believe separation of church and state is crucial to our nation flourishing.” He also stated they voted for the Democratic Party, and were “troubled by what the Republican Party has become and [did] not want to be associated with it.”

    Wikipedia


  • 2.5. Floorp is not completely open-source same. Floorp’s a part of codes are protected by copyright law and is not licensed under an open-source license. You may not use part of Floorp’s code in your own projects without permission from the Licensor.

    2.6. If MPL2.0 or any other open-source license notation is present in the file, the file is available as open source.

    It seems like their modifications and the resulting application are proprietary.

    The MPL is an open-source license designed to protect its own code. If you modify MPL code, you need to publish those modifications under the MPL. That’s the focus of the license. There’s no “viral” requirement to affect the licensing provisions of the rest of your code.

    It seems this is a legal way of using MPL code.