sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

@black6 hospitals have to be built to fire code (for public safety). that's a law. hospitals can't overcrowd with people (for public safety). that's a law. hospitals can't sell heroin to all comers without a license (for public safety). that's a law.

i don't think your position is consistent with what people mean when they say "a hospital" in 2021 in the united states, which implies a lot of existing laws and regulations about a building open to the public.

@black6 that would be fine if hospitals weren't heavily regulated and anyone could start one and address the need. you can't just open a new hospital here that doesn't suck, it's illegal, so making sure that the existing hospitals are not fucking terrible also falls to the responsibility of the people who banned new/additional ones.

@tulpa @alexandra nothing that other people have to provide to you (positive rights) can be "human rights". human rights are only negative rights. the moment you have a right to something someone else provides, you have to either institutionalize slavery, or robbery to provide it.

neither health insurance, nor food, nor water are human rights. they're goods and services like any other.

@dqn this always happens my first week or two back on keto

@alexandra the internet needs more of this

it is still legal in the USA to work in a hospital during this pandemic (700k+ dead) without being vaccinated.

what the actual fuck

@Gargron @protonmail yeah that's super lame. also the protonmail ios app is almost so bad as to be unusable. i may have to stop recommending them. :/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_monster

maybe i should get my business cards reprinted

“People are embraced or condemned according to their beliefs, so one function of the mind may be to hold beliefs that bring the belief-holder the greatest number of allies, protectors, or disciples, rather than beliefs that are most likely to be true.” —Steven Pinker

@PixxburghGirl you’re wrong. gun people don’t generally have a lack of regard for lives, any more than pro-choice people are pro-abortion or have a lack of regard for human life. this is a common anti-gun talking point but it’s a) wrong, b) disrespectful, and c) misleads people.

social joke display names slay me sometimes.

today’s was UTXHoe (@UTXHoe). i noticed a screenshot from a while ago from someone on birdsite who had the display name “Bang & Olufsen-Feynman Condensate” which is also extremely good

he’s not always right, but when he is, he is:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1452792781726961668

where my cheap unmanaged 10gbase-t 8 port switches at?

@chjara@mk.absturztau.be "very unique" is the one that gets me

@chjara@mk.absturztau.be still don't know what hyperfine ground states are