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  • That’s what the law says.

    The MP might not be selected by their party to stand in the next election. But there’s no law about MPs behaving in a way contrary to the wishes of their electorate.

    Indeed, how could an MP do their job properly if there was? If they’ve got a slim majority there would be almost endless recall petitions from opposition parties.

    If they voted against their party, they could be fired by the party against the wishes of the voters.

    What bar so you want to set for voters’ votes to be invalidated? At the moment we have criminal acts and suspension. What other thresholds would you add - and how would you stop people from abusing them?








  • I think you’ve answered your own question - be less meticulous. Oh, and memorise less.

    A good programmer knows where their knowledge boundaries are. For example, if you’re working in JavaScript, you probably don’t need to know bit-shifting.

    A good programmer doesn’t know every feature; they know where to go to find that information. They know how to read the manual of an unfamiliar feature.

    The most important thing you can do is do practical work. Build a website. Try new things. Look up how to implement something and then do it yourself. Find a project that interests you - like building your own website - that’ll stave off the fatigue.

    You don’t need to memorise how to implement a linked-list - you need experience in building.

    Good luck.













  • edent@lemmy.onetoTechnology@beehaw.orgKilling Community
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    1 year ago

    I think that’s a lovely idea - which doesn’t work in reality. At some point someone will need to be cast out. That can’t be done by peer pressure, because scammers, spammers, and griefers don’t care about that.

    Individual blocks also don’t work because they leave unaware users open to being abused.

    Sure, you could have a town council vote on a block, or have software which blocks a user for all if they have been blocked >=N times, but that’s still moderation.


  • edent@lemmy.onetoTechnology@beehaw.orgKilling Community
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    1 year ago

    One underrated thing that keeps the village going is the police. Or, in our case, the mods.

    I know, I know! Everyone hates the mods - with their over-inflated egos and unaccountable practices and their capricious banning of innocuous subjects.

    But life without the mods means a village where rioters run rampant.