cogman

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[–] cogman@lemmy.world 117 points 3 days ago (7 children)

If you are wonder why her and not the senators, Schumer and Gillibrand aren't up for election for several years. Hochul is up for election next year.

The people that are really dumb are the congressional representatives of NYC such as Jeffries. He should be primaried.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

What can I say, I'm a performance nerd.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

That's a platform dependent change. Overflow is undefined behavior. I'd rather have my code portable so it can run on my Univac 1101.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Ah "context" that age old rhetorical shit every person with a terrible world view pulls out when they are being proven wrong.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Fixed

boolean isOdd(int num) {
  if(num == 1)
    return true;
  if(num > 0)
    return isEven(num - 1);
  else
    return isEven(num + 1);
}

boolean isEven(int num) {
  if(num > 0)
    return isOdd(num - 1);
  else
    return isOdd(num + 1);
}
[–] cogman@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Move fast and break the law.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago

Yup, the band is already littered with 6g devices. It'd be a stupid purchase.

But also, 6GHz is somewhat of a useless band for carriers. It's high enough frequency that it'll get absorbed by most things yet low enough frequency that it'll struggle to really carry a whole lot of data.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

I agree. Everyone should be involved and informed on how to maximize the power of their vote wherever they live. Ideally, you get plugged in with someone like the DSA and vote their endorsements.

Sadly too many people fall for spoiler candidates which is part of the reason it's so hard to unseat an incumbent.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

You aren't aware of Kamala Harris distancing herself from her VP pick and campaigning with Liz Cheney?

Or the fact that she spent a large portion of her campaign funds trying to reach deep red districts ( https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/politics/harris-rural-red-county-strategy )?

You aren't aware that one thing Dem leadership was proudly championing was their extremely brutal immigration bill ( https://apnews.com/article/border-immigration-senate-vote-924f48912eecf1dc544dc648d757c3fe )?

Are you unaware of the "Abundance" movement which is just warmed over libertarianism ( https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/what-is-abundance-liberalism )?

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 161 points 3 months ago (20 children)

Dems don't need to go low. They need to stop chasing conservative voters.

The reason they are so timid on everything is because the consultant class has convinced them that if they are just a bit more right wing, they'll win the next election.

If Dems fired the consultants and chased the working class, they'd win big time. People hate the Dems because they are corporate captured.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Iran has problems, for sure, however it's hardly the worst state in the region. In fact, on multiple occasions they've been willing to work with the UN and US to try and rejoin the international community.

The issue is both Israel and the US have acted like utter asses towards them.

Obama's nuclear deal showed just how willing they were to engage in diplomacy. Even after Trump killed the deal, Iran was saying they'd be willing to renter again.

And frankly, the reason for Israel's attack was almost surely because the Trump admin was again getting close to signing another nuclear deal.

There's way too much conflating of Islamic nations and their policies. Iran isn't perfect or great, but it is better than a fair number of the regions governments including many current allies.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

It's remarkably cheap for a billionaire to do this shit. Bezos bought wapo for $250M

It'd frankly be dead cheap for a billionaire to setup and run a progressive newspaper and/or fund a hundred YouTube progressives and progressive politicians.

Heck, they could setup and operate a general union fund and support union campaigns and union relief funds. They could indefinitely support striking workforce. Doing that just once would completely change how companies interact with unions.

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