Comrade Angles @Angle@witches.town

What if... video games... are Bad? D:

@Dekken No, for the moment I'm just worried about how well the users browser can handle it. :/

Anybody have any advice for good tools for profiling my site? So far I'm using chromiums developer console and Steve Souders mobe perf bookmarklet.: http://stevesouders.com/mobileperf/mobileperfbkm.php/iphonesteps.php

This is a list of books I want to get my hands on. Anyone have a. suggestions to add to it? :0

Surfing uncertainty, andy clark
Seeing like a state, James c Scott
Red plenty, Francis spufford
Capital in the twenty first century, Thomas piketty
Albions Seed, David Hackett Fischer

@Sylvhem Any other suggestions, I've got a whole reading list, but I'd love to add to it. XD

Went to a DSA meeting, bought a book. Pretty good at all round. XD

@gemlog No no, I agree. I just kind of take it for granted, is all. XD

@gemlog Hmm, fair enough. :/

@gemlog ...You have vastly more trust in your police force not to unlawfully harass and/or murder you if that's the case. XD

I'm crossing the road, with a walk sign and everything, and this cop car cuts way too close to me for comfort. I got put of the way, but still. :/

@Ratttz@mastodon....Wait, but why does that mean you can't have an individual reality? You can still have people, and those people can still have their own ideas and opinions. :/

@Ratttz Individual realities? Or competing consensus realities. Actually, thats a good point - even when a consensus reality seems dominant, theres always competition. Even when homosexuality was something that could get you thrown in prison, there was still stonewall inn. :/

@Ratttz I don't think it's fair to call consensus morality objective. I'd prefer some other term for it. :/

@Ratttz Now of course, I personally agree that the golden rule is pretty decent. I just don't think that's an objective truth. And yes, some things are more easily agreed upon than others - I think we can pretty much all agree that we'd prefer it if the world were more as we prefer it, for example. (That's basically a tautology.) But that doesn't make it objective.

And yes, I know this basically puts me in exactly the position you were complaining about, holding objectivity as some universal truth. But, at least for the moment, that's where I stand. I don't think that anything two people can agree on is objective. :/

@Ratttz Alright, so let me give you the short version. Essentially, I disagree on the semantics you're using. "Empirical" usually means relating to experimentation and measurement. It's usually used in opposition to logical, or relating purely to reasoned deduction. Objective, on the other hand, means not influenced by personal feelings or preferences. Now, when it comes to morality, you can't pull it ex nihilo - it all has to be based on some kind of an axiom. And the only place to base that axiom is on personal feelings or preferences, which are subjective - thus making all morality subjective. :/

@dredmorbius This one? :/

@shadowfirebird @neil Well, I worked on a longpost, but it's giving me some trouble. Might be a day or two. XD

@Ratttz Cool! Unfortunately, I already lost the bit I was writing, and started another big writing piece. I'll see about getting back to you though. XD

Wow, jeez. Look at the numbers on this table. One of these things is not like the others... :/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae#Conservation