i want to know why in times of trouble people start looking for authoritarian fascists and why nobody swings left to the people who are like "what if we just take money from the rich people and make sure everyone has housing, food and healthcare"

Nobody likes a centrist. Except fascists. Fascists love centrists

"Sure the guy agrees with fascist policies like targeting trans kids and suspending due process so legal US residents can be sent to foreign concentration camps but I don't think he's let his views affect his job as a moderator"

I mean I'm sorry (I'm not sorry) but when someone is OK with someone who holds fascist ideas on their team I find it hard to believe they do not secretly also harbor fascist views themselves. Whether or not that impacts the quality of the work is utterly immaterial, they're supporting the fascist project of war on freedom and liberty for all

"Sure they support evil things but they do good work" is not a compelling argument and makes me think the person saying it also supports evil things

Hey fedi, so I have this cheap doohickey for using computers away from a desk. It's got a touch pad and keys and is absolutely the right solution for the problem

But it sucks. The keys start bad and if used too much stop registering reliably, the touch pad ain't great, and it keeps losing connection to the dongle despite it being like 8 feet away

Is there some kind of premium version of these that exists? So far I've only ever seen the terrible dirt cheap ones for sale anywhere

(If you don't mind plz boost for reach I am *desperate*)

EDIT: to be clear the handheld/gamepad-like form factor is what makes this work so a more traditionally keyboard shaped device with an additional trackpad isn't really a suitable replacement