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pupbiru ,

.local exists for a very specific reason and it’s not meant to be used by regular DNS… people use it for alternate things, but it’s reserved for mDNS

if .internal were to be added, we could start using that instead of overloading!

pupbiru ,

the tech sector is in a bit of a jam right now…it’s actually pretty hard to find work

pupbiru ,

or did she make a choice to sacrifice 1 to save 2?

trolly problem

pupbiru ,

and people whose heart stop… we revive them, and then they are not dead any more. if someone is able to be revived, it’s irrelevant what you called them before that point: their… let’s say potential state? is not dead

pupbiru ,

i’m not comparing the whole thing; just breaking the problem down into parts… i’m asserting that your definition of “dead” is wrong. they are not permanently dead, because they can be revived

we have 3 potential people. either you remain at the end with 1 person, or 2 people… the choice is between action (killing tuvix to save neelix and tuvok) or inaction (allowing tuvix to live, and accepting the death of neelix and tuvok)

it’s perfectly valid to say that inaction is the ethical choice because you should never personally cause harm… but it’s also perfectly valid to say action (in this case, murder, as we see in the episode) is the ethical choice because it has the greatest good for the most people

and in fact, the latter is repeated often in star trek: the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few

and indeed, in this episode they further throw a spanner in the works: the many includes voyagers crew, and their chief security officer

pupbiru ,

so what you’re saying is that when the stock market is crashing and hitting incredible lows, us plebs lose money and the rich lose significant less? make a profit?

that just points to a different and related problem that still supports oxfams conclusion

if everyone lost money at the same rate, we’d all be worse off… the problem is the wealth gap got larger; not that everyone lost money

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