https://archive.is/ms1ke

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ChaCha20-Poly1305 and CBC with Encrypt-then-MAC ciphers are vulnerable to a MITM attack.

Saved you a click.

Came here to say this. fwupd is so good, it’s almost magic, and good vendors will actually support it themselves.

That thing he does with his eyes. I think that look is what is making all that tea taste funny.

It’s not worth my time. Thanks for the conversation.

I only mentioned that you might find it interesting. Please take your emotions elsewhere.

You should probably get some outside opinions that aren’t on Lemmy. Lemmy seems to have a very specific crowd that tends to be an echo chamber for certain beliefs and opinions. There are better things to do with your vote than not vote at all.

Edit: The fact that this was down-voted is proof of Lemmy’s echo chamber tendencies, ha.

It shows where the US stands compared to other countries in a democracy index. But it sounds like you aren’t interested, so I’m sorry to have bothered you.

You might find this Wikipedia page interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

I have to vote Biden or American democracy will end

I made a graphic that describes what others have probably recommended:

If you vote for a candidate that you know will lose, then it practically makes the same impact as not voting at all.

democracy is just going to end sooner or later anyway

This is speculative, and a bad reason to not vote on purpose. The US has a flawed democracy, and it can get better. Voting won’t “fix” our government alone, but not voting is a guaranteed way to let others choose and vote for you.

I’m not sure what you’re alluding to. One party probably won’t win every election until the end of days, nor should it. However, votes are one way that we have a voice in government, and your government represents you less when your voice isn’t heard.

Same thing as every election: vote!

I made a graphic about why this is important

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I asked an important question that was not designed to be petulant in any way. I’ll be polite and not bother you if you refuse to answer it due to emotional reasons. Thank you for your conversation.

You didn’t answer the question.

If you consider all the people you don’t want to win, are they equal to you? Or are there some people that you want to win less than others?

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The opposite, actually. It’s a lesser of evils.

Personally, I believe that Trump would deliver significantly more harm than most candidates. He’s the Republican leader.

I don’t agree with a handful of things that Biden has done. I believe that the situation with Hamas and Israel is much more nuanced than “arm Israel to the teeth.” We’re on the same page with this.

I can decide that I don’t like Biden because of his stance with Israel, and choose to vote for another candidate. Let’s say that the election is extremely close between Biden and Trump. And let’s say that there is a reasonable amount of people like me, who have decided not to vote for Biden.

If enough people do what I would be doing, and vote for a candidate that might get 5% of votes or so, then that’s 5% of the vote that could have gone to defeating Trump. However, because the election was so close, Trump wins.

If you protest the majority candidate in the election, you might as well check the box for your opponent and submit your vote. Voting is a dumb game that shouldn’t be a dumb game, but it is what it is.