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The Online Safety Act is a minefield for the next generation of voters

Caught between a lowered voting age, the ban of Palestine Action and the Online Safety Act, the political landscape has changed radically for 16-year-olds over the course of one summer.

^{The Face}

#europe

ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 — research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity

But the figures rely on hardware and usage assumptions that may be inaccurate.

^{Anton Shilov (Tom's Hardware)}

#technology

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HiddenLayer555

in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • 3 settimane fa • •

Weird, Deepseek runs on a little mini PC.

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

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To be fair, you need to spend a machine that's a bit beefier than a mini PC to run full DeepSeek, but yeah it's very much consumer grade hardware we're talking about.

digitalspaceport.com/how-to-ru…

How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict could end?

Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine is in its fourth year and nothing could define it better than a number of strategic successes for Russia,

^{Саймон Вествуд (New Eastern Outlook)}

#Worldnews

like this

Libs: China is an AuThOrItArIaN DiCTatOrShIp!

#memes

like this

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belated_frog_pants

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecut…

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eldavi

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarcer…

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime ...
- Amendment XIII, Section 1.

form of punishment in United States law

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

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belated_frog_pants

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Fuck the US, but saying "lol x is better" is whats silly. Both can be shit at the same time and both can need revolution

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eldavi

in reply to belated_frog_pants • 3 settimane fa • •

the difference here is the uyghur thing is american propaganda while the prison thing is reality.

there's plenty of other things that makes china look REALLY bad, but it's not the uyghurs since it's just the american pot calling the chinese kettle black and; even if it were 100% true; it's not anywhere near as bad american prosecution of SOOOO many groups.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to belated_frog_pants • 3 settimane fa • •

Only the US needs a revolution. The vast majority in the PRC support their system and believe it is working in their interests. That makes sense, considering the PRC is socialist, and not under a dictatorship of capital. A revolution in the PRC would only result in the restoration of capitalism, and likely plundering from the US, setting back the global progression to socialism by a century by letting the US Empire last even longer.

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davel

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It’s not silly if it’s true. Both certainly could be shit at the same time, but currently only one is.

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Cowbee [he/they]

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Xinjiang: A Report and Resource Compilation

The PRC is not murdering Uyghurs. It's genuinely a complex situation, but you can absolutely rely on the west to uncritically report their paid propagandist and christian nationalist Adrian Zenz of the "Victims of Communism" state department propaganda outlet.

Xinjiang: A Report and Resource Compilation

Western governments have levied false allegations of genocide and slavery in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. A closer look makes clear that the politicization of China’s anti-terrorism policies in Xinjiang is another front of the U.S.

^{Qiao Collective}

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bubblybubbles

in reply to belated_frog_pants • 3 settimane fa • •

haha! Yeah a wikipedia link! Im sure the content anybody can edit isn't being controlled by Western narratives 😂

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cheeso

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eating up that propaganda like you're in a famine

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davel

in reply to belated_frog_pants • 3 settimane fa • •

NATOpedia is not a source. Also, do you think we haven’t already thoroughly read that page, like this is our first rodeo?

The Grayzone

News and investigative journalism on empire

^{Max Blumenthal (The Grayzone)}

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basiclemmon98

in reply to bubblybubbles • 3 settimane fa • •

Your police murder you in public?

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ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]

in reply to basiclemmon98 • 3 settimane fa • •

During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime's atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn't go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them.
If communists in the United States played an important role struggling for the rights of workers, the poor, African-Americans, women, and others, this was only their guileful way of gathering support among disfranchised groups and gaining power for themselves. How one gained power by fighting for the rights of powerless groups was never explained. What we are dealing with is a nonfalsifiable orthodoxy, so assiduously marketed by the ruling interests that it affected people across the entire political spectrum.

-Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the overthrow of Communism by Micheal Parenti

If the police in China were never seen to kill anybody, that meant that surely they must be killing in secret. Why they would bother with secrecy or killing at all was never explained

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BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]

in reply to ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them] • 3 settimane fa • •

excellent work

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Flaqueman

in reply to bubblybubbles • 3 settimane fa • •

Yes, like everywhere. Remember Tienanmen square protests?

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bubblybubbles

in reply to Flaqueman • 3 settimane fa • •

A well debunked western propaganda? I remember the debunking ya!

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Azhad

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So what's your deal? Does russia and china pay you to spew this shit or is just that you like to suck up to dictators?

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Cowbee [he/they]

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Most socialists/communists support the PRC, it isn't particularly unusual.

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pirateKaiser

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 settimane fa • •

Umm, no, they don't. The PRC is about as far from communism as the US.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to pirateKaiser • 3 settimane fa • •

Yes we do. The PRC is in the developing stage of socialism. The large firms and key industries are publicly owned, the medium firms are heavily controlled and planned, and as they grow they are further integrated into the planned nature of the economy. This is the general path to sublimating property and gradually collectivizing it. The US Empire, on the other hand, has private ownership of the large firms and key industries, and runs on imperialism, ie vast expropriation of wealth from the global south via financial and millitary domination.

I suggest reading Marxist-Leninist theory, if you want somewhere to start, I wrote an introductory reading list targetting those interested in theory but who don't know where to start.

Cowbee [he/they]

2024-11-12 13:19:57

Read Theory, Darn it! An Introductory Reading List for Marxism-Leninism

"Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement."
Vladimir Lenin, What is to be Done? | Audiobook
It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!
Section I: Getting Started
What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?
Friedrich Engels' Principles of Communism | Audiobook
The FAQ of Communism, written by the Luigi of the Marx & Engels duo. Quick to read, and easy to reference, this is the perfect start to your journey.
Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook
Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.
Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism
Ugh, philosophy? Really? YES!
Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy | Audiobook
By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!
Friedrich Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Audiobook
Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.
Section III: Political Economy
That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.
Karl Marx's Wage Labor and Capital | Audiobook as well as Wages, Price and Profit | Audiobook
Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.
Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism | Audiobook
Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.
Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?
Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution | Audiobook
If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.
Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution | Audiobook
Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.
Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity
The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.
Vikky Storm and Eme Flores' The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto | (No Audiobook yet)
Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth | Audiobook
De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.
Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook
Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.
Section VI: Putting it into Practice!
It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!
Mao Tse-Tung's On Practice and On Contradiction | Audiobook
Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.
Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!
With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.
Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.
"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."
Mao Tse-Tung

Revolution. Socialism. Liberation. - Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States. Our home is in the working class.
^{admin (Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO)}

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Flaqueman

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 settimane fa • •

We're not talking about socialism. We're talking about authoritarianism. Yes China is socialist-ish and also yes China is authoritarian

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Cowbee [he/they]

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They said the PRC is as far from communism as the US is. Considering the PRC is a rising socialist country and the US is a dying capitalist empire, it follows that China is much further along in development.

Either way, the PRC is a state where the proletariat is in power. The authority of the state is used to suppress the bourgeoisie and resolve class conflicts in favor of the proletariat. The success of this is seen in high perceptions of democracy in China. The US, on the other hand, wields its authority in favor of the bourgeoisie, showing lower perceptions of democracy among the people.

The only way beyond the concept of "authoritarianism" is the abolition of the state, and that can only be accomplished by eliminating class, and that can only be accomplished via full collectivization of the economy on a global scale. We're a long way off from there, so it's best to have the proletariat in control until then.

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int32

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You do realize there are communists other than you, right? Or is that the royal we?

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to int32 • 3 settimane fa • •

I believe they mean themselves and pirateKaiser.

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Flaqueman

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 settimane fa • •

Source: the PRC probably

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Flaqueman • 3 settimane fa • •

The overwhelming majority of practicing Marxist-Leninist orgs support the PRC, and Marxism-Leninism is in turn by far the most significant branch of Marxism. Marxism is more broadly adopted than anarchism globally, the other major school of thought in the socialist movement.

The PRC does support the PRC, yes.

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int32

in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • 3 settimane fa • •

I don't. China is VERY capitalist, it's just that the people profiteering are almost only state officials.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to int32 • 3 settimane fa • •

This is wrong on both counts.

The large firms and key industries are overwhelmingly publicly owned, public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy. Capitalism isn't just "markets," it's when private ownership is the principle aspect of the economy. In the PRC, public ownership is principle.
The working class has recieved dramatic increases in real wages year over year consistently for decades. Development and planning of the economy puts the working class first, which is why their conditions habw improved dramatically. The CPC is not a bourgeois party.

For further reading:

Qiao Collective's Introductory Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Study Guide
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics ProleWiki page
Socialist Market Economy ProleWiki Page
People's Republic of China ProleWiki Page
My "Read Theory, Darn It!" Introductory Marxist-Leninist Reading Guide
Has China Turned to Capitalism? Reflections on the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism by Domenico Losurdo
China Has Billionaires by Roderic Day
The Long Game and its Contradictions

The Long Game and Its Contradictions

A Bird's Eye View of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

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Cowbee [he/they]

2024-11-12 13:19:57

Read Theory, Darn it! An Introductory Reading List for Marxism-Leninism

"Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement."
Vladimir Lenin, What is to be Done? | Audiobook
It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!
Section I: Getting Started
What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?
Friedrich Engels' Principles of Communism | Audiobook
The FAQ of Communism, written by the Luigi of the Marx & Engels duo. Quick to read, and easy to reference, this is the perfect start to your journey.
Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook
Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.
Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism
Ugh, philosophy? Really? YES!
Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy | Audiobook
By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!
Friedrich Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Audiobook
Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.
Section III: Political Economy
That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.
Karl Marx's Wage Labor and Capital | Audiobook as well as Wages, Price and Profit | Audiobook
Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.
Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism | Audiobook
Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.
Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?
Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution | Audiobook
If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.
Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution | Audiobook
Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.
Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity
The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.
Vikky Storm and Eme Flores' The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto | (No Audiobook yet)
Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth | Audiobook
De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.
Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook
Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.
Section VI: Putting it into Practice!
It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!
Mao Tse-Tung's On Practice and On Contradiction | Audiobook
Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.
Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!
With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.
Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.
"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."
Mao Tse-Tung

Revolution. Socialism. Liberation. - Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States. Our home is in the working class.
^{admin (Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO)}

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davel

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Yes, we do remember. What we don’t do is misremember. Previously.

We also remember the Kent State University protest.

1970 shootings in Kent, Ohio, US during student-led protest of Vietnam War

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BussyCat

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12 day old account ✅

Posting a bunch of US bad memes ✅

Posting a bunch of EU bad memes✅

Posting a bunch of China good memes✅

Posting just enough non political memes to hide being a shill ✅

If you are going to shill, make the account a few months before you start spam posting and try and at least bit a bit less innocuous

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Lemmyoutofhere

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Just block the account and move on.

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bubblybubbles

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lemmy.world account ✅

liberal ✅

Accusing everyone who don't post US/Western approved content as a "Shill" ✅

There's already enough liberal Pro-US/Pro-EU/Pro-Western political "content" on lemmy, y would I want to add to that pile? I see a gap and im filling that gap 😆

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Ozymandias1688

in reply to bubblybubbles • 3 settimane fa • •

Both are shit. Easy answer.

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Cowbee [he/they]

in reply to Ozymandias1688 • 3 settimane fa • •

Easy, but wrong. The US Empire is orders of magnitude worse than the PRC, which itself is a progressive and continuously improving force for good. The PRC is imperfect, but the fact that it is consistently improving both domestically and internationally makes qualitatively different from the US Empire.

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cheeso

in reply to Ozymandias1688 • 3 settimane fa • •

China is way better.

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brucethemoose

in reply to bubblybubbles • 3 settimane fa • •

I mean... No one on any Lemmy instance thinks the US has any leg to stand on.

Even righties I know think the country has kinda gone to hell. Not that any are here.

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BrainInABox

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Try saying that China is better than the USA in a .world political com and prepare to be proven wrong (and probably banned)

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Amnesigenic

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Banned? Sure.
Proven wrong? Not in your wildest dreams

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Zelensky’s exclusion from Alaska summit proof of his illegitimacy – Moscow

Russia believes the Ukrainian leader lacks authority to sign any peace deal, adding that any agreement must be ironclad legally

^RT

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Republicans who backed Trump’s anti-environment bill have accepted over $105m from big oil

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes billions of dollars in giveaways to fossil fuel companies and their executives

Republicans who backed Trump’s anti-environment bill have accepted over $105m from big oil

^{Dharna Noor (The Guardian)}

#USA

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US | Babysitter who provided young girls to her boyfriend for sexual assault sentenced to 100 years in prison

Brittney Lyon provided her boyfriend Samuel Cabrera girls as young as three to drug, bind and abuse in exchange for going on dates, prosecutors say

Babysitter who provided young girls to her boyfriend for sexual assault sentenced to 100 years in prison

^{James Liddell (The Independent)}

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Fracne | Emmanuel Macron decries ‘antisemitic hatred’ after memorial tree cut down

French president vows to punish those who felled tree planted in memory of Jewish man tortured to death in 2006

Archived version: archive.is/newest/theguardian.…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Emmanuel Macron decries ‘antisemitic hatred’ after memorial tree cut down

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120,000 Ukrainians in US at risk of deportation as Biden-era program lapses, WSJ reports

The issue concerns refugees who have lived in the country since Aug. 16, 2023, under the Uniting for Ukraine program, devised by the Biden administration to allow Ukrainians to stay in the country on humanitarian parole.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/kyivindepend…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

120,000 Ukrainians in US at risk of deportation as Biden-era program lapses, WSJ reports

^{Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)}

#globalnews

BrikoX via Civil Aviation

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Air Canada, flight attendants enter final day before strike deadline

It's the final day before a potential work stoppage could ground all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights.

Air Canada, flight attendants enter final day before strike deadline - Wings Magazine

It's the final day before a potential work stoppage could ground all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights.

^{Wings Staff (Wings Magazine)}

#aviation

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Meta appoints Anti-DEI And Anti-LGBTQ+ conservative conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck As AI bias advisor; Starbuck and Meta settled a lawsuit over AI chatbot defamation claim.

Source.

Joel Kaplan, (Chief Global Affairs Officer, at Meta) released joint statement:

Starbuck lawsuit against Meta, April/2025.

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Watching a movie in a language I studied in high-school

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eldavi

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no sabo? lol

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US Government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says

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US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says

It appears Grok’s antisemitic rants stopped it from becoming feds’ go-to chatbot.

^{Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)}

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riempimento della squachiavanza porta la morte ad essere dischica… (Sharkey prende troppo spazio ed è un problema)

È doloroso trovarmi qui ad ammetterlo a me stessa ma, ancora una volta, scopro che i miei piani di dominazione del mondo sono stati troppo ambiziosi; almeno per ora, in questa fase più iniziale. Ovviamente tutto bene col mio codice, anche se è ancora nelle fasi iniziali… i problemi inaspettati sono piuttosto arrivati con Sharkey, […]

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2025-08-15 12:21:17

riempimento della squachiavanza porta la morte ad essere dischica… (Sharkey prende troppo spazio ed è un problema)

È doloroso trovarmi qui ad ammetterlo a me stessa ma, ancora una volta, scopro che i miei piani di dominazione del mondo sono stati troppo ambiziosi; almeno per ora, in questa fase più iniziale. Ovviamente tutto bene col mio codice, anche se è ancora nelle fasi iniziali… i problemi inaspettati sono piuttosto arrivati con Sharkey, che nell’arco di una settimana mi avrà sequestrato almeno 1 GB di disco col suo database di merda, e non penso di dover spiegare quali calcoli fare per capire che una situazione del genere è insostenibile. Quindi, ho dovuto per il momento abbassare il tiro, prima che il disco del server mi si riempia in misura da costringermi a levare tutto quanto… 😖

Il problema è sostanzialmente una combinazione di 3 fattori: la mole di dati in ingresso generata da migliaia di utenti di migliaia di istanze ogni giorno è gigantesca (e il mio server non ha problemi a processarla, ma ecco, sono troppi miliardi di byte), il database è strutturato di merda (con troppi dati derivati che occupano inutilmente spazio, nonché francamente colonne inutili)… e, soprattutto, il software non ha alcun meccanismo per cancellare dati vecchi, quindi per ripulire periodicamente le note di utenti di istanze terze, o comunque quei dati che sono riottenibili. E per Misskey è da anni che la gente chiede aiuto per questo problema, ma la richiesta continua a naufragare, si vedano #13157 e linkate… e per Sharkey ugualmente è da un po’ di tempo che si parla di questo schifo, ma, forse, il fato per una buona volta mi vuole bene: 3 settimane fa in #1017 qualcuno sembra aver preso interesse a lavorarci… 😨
Comunque sia, il problema per me è ora, e quindi ho come minimo dovuto disattivare i relay, che sono dei cosi che si aggiungono per far scambiare i messaggi tra la propria istanza ed altre pur senza avere relazioni di follow con migliaia di utenti (…perché non so chi cavolo seguire io, e a me pochi mi cagano), e così l’influsso di note e allegati è passato da decine di migliaia al giorno a poche decine e basta al giorno, che è persino meno di quanto ho sulla Spacc BBS… Ma questo quindi significa direttamente che, per il momento, non avrò un flusso costante estremamente sparso e variegato di conversazioni che posso passare all’intelligenza artificiale per farla funzionare in modo completamente autonomo e a dir poco extracircostanziale. (Non che io avessi finito di scrivere il codice per questa parte, eh, ma prima o poi quello sarà pronto… e i dati allora mancheranno.) 💨
Avrei quasi la mezza idea di, pur non sapendo se questa mossa potrebbe in parte rompere l’applicazione (ma, come si suol dire, cip ciop fa l’uccellino, YOLO fa il cormorano… e in ogni caso farei un backup prima), creare uno script per fare in modo grezzo la pulizia del database… ma purtroppo non è affatto una stronzata filtrare tutto per cancellare solo i dati effettivamente ridondanti, ossia le note solo da server terzi (e fin qui ok) che non hanno relazioni internamente alla mia istanza (niente reazioni o commenti o boost da parte dei miei utenti, non sono salvate tra i preferiti, e così via), e poi cancellare anche i file a queste associati dall’altra tabella (aiuto!!!). E oltre alle note, che sono rogne, e agli allegati, che invece mi fanno proprio incazzare visto quanto occupano pur essendo solo metadati (il contenuto dei file non viene scaricato!), volendo pulire pure gli utenti è la fine… 😭
Vabbè, viste le parole (…poco attendibili?) di quella persona sconosciuta di cui sopra, però, mi conviene evitare di sbattermi, e piuttosto semplicemente pregare affinché tale promessa si trasformi in codice… al più presto. Se la mia speranza (e i miei bot potentissimi…) proprio deve morire, allora lo farà solo dopo la mia istanza, non prima!!! 😾
#1017 #database #Misskey #server #Sharkey #spazio #storage

Database Retention/Purge Policies (#1017) · Issues · TransFem.org / Sharkey · GitLab
What feature would you like implemented? The problem After running an instance...
^GitLab

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Where did the downvotes go?

I started seeing a weird trend on Lemmy that I cannot understand.

Weeks ago, posts used to have downvotes and upvotes in the semi-rational range you would expect.

Out of nowhere, it seems like almost all the posts I see now have zero downvotes with some exceptions.

What is happening here exactly?

#askbeehaw

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Where did the downvotes go?

I started seeing a weird trend on Lemmy that I cannot understand.

Weeks ago, posts used to have downvotes and upvotes in the semi-rational range you would expect.

Out of nowhere, it seems like almost all the posts I see now have zero downvotes with some exceptions.

What is happening here exactly?

#asklemmy

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Where did the downvotes go?

I started seeing a weird trend on Lemmy that I cannot understand.

Weeks ago, posts used to have downvotes and upvotes in the semi-rational range you would expect.

Out of nowhere, it seems like almost all the posts I see now have zero downvotes with some exceptions.

What is happening here exactly?

#asklemmy

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psx_crab

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Your admin probably turn off downvoting.

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Pro

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Nope, I believe . Dev still have downvotes as normal.

Mrkawfee via Technology

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LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think.

LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think

Are we unwittingly playing into Microsoft's hands? LibreOffice thinks so.

^{Simon Batt (XDA)}

#technology

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TankovayaDiviziya

in reply to Mrkawfee • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

My only issue with Libre Office is that they are not available on mobile phones. I want to use spread sheets to make calculations and projections on my finances if I can't use my computer at a given moment.

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Mwa

in reply to TankovayaDiviziya • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I think there is a version on F-droid right?

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VeryFrugal

in reply to Mwa • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

droidify.eu.org/app/?id=com.co…

No Libreoffice.

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Mwa

in reply to VeryFrugal • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

oh, maybe they removed it?

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logan_hero

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Only a viewer not full package: f-droid.org/packages/org.docum…

LibreOffice Viewer | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Document Viewer

^f-droid.org

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Mwa

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lefaucet

in reply to TankovayaDiviziya • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

opendocument.app/

github.com/opendocument-app/Op…

I've used this a couple times. Seemed okay

View OpenOffice and LibreOffice documents on the go.

It's the first and best OpenOffice and LibreOffice document viewer for Android and iOS!

^{OpenDocument Reader}

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The Hobbyist

in reply to Mrkawfee • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I don't buy the argument that windows just works or that it's somehow better or more stable.
The reality is we all have grown to learn about computers specifically using windows and it's been a steep learning curve. We have gotten familiar with its specificities and its sporadic misbehavior and accepted that as the norm. And people prefer what they are used to even if it's suboptimal because they would rather not learn something else from scratch, even if in the long run it could be better.

Put any person who has zero computer experience in front of a windows computer or Linux computer and I doubt they would say the windows computer just works and the Linux one doesn't.

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Brkdncr

in reply to The Hobbyist • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Every single time I try out Linux it’s been a shitshow. Stuff doesn’t work, drive encryption requires multiple passwords to boot up. Updates that fail.

Windows just works. Only apple is more consistent.

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dropped_packet

in reply to Brkdncr • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I have never seen an encryption implementation that required two passwords to decrypt the disk.

Is it possible the first one decrypted the disk and the second password was for your user account?

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Brkdncr

in reply to dropped_packet • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Could be. I just remember being perturbed that there wasn’t an easy way to undo that situation.

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dropped_packet

in reply to Brkdncr • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Most desktop environments have an option for auto login under the user settings. That way you only need to decrypt the disk.

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Ilovethebomb

in reply to The Hobbyist • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Not so much the user experience, but I'm not aware of any software that doesn't work with Microsoft, except for ones developed by Apple.

With the latest version of Windows, it's not even a question as to whether a given piece of software will run.

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sqgl

in reply to Ilovethebomb • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Networking your home computers still does not work smoothly in Windows. It often stops for no good reason until you reboot everything.

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vrighter

in reply to The Hobbyist • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

the windows just works argument actually refers to the fact that it's consistent.

If you have a problem with the desktop, nobody needs to ask you which de you use, or which parts you have substituted out. You have a graphics problem, nobody asks if wayland or x11. You have a problem with audio, nobody asks you whether you have pipewire-pulse installed and to use pipewire. Shit's the same everywhere.

I say this as an arch linux user. The choice we all love, is actually a detriment to the average non-power user.

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sqgl

in reply to vrighter • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Apple has even fewer choices and therefore greater consistency.

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racemaniac

in reply to The Hobbyist • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Then i don't know what you're doing with your computer, but every time i use linux, all those things that are "awesome and just work on linux" somehow still have lots of annoying gotchas that waste too much of my time.

I've got some nice linux servers running that i'm really happy with. But once you go for the linux desktop, it's just a world of pain compared to windows, no matter how you look at it. I'm more than experienced enough to get it running in the end, but claiming that linux "just works" is delusional...

Just the fact of how the ecosystem is fractured (which is also mentioned in the article here, with running a debian package on fedora), is already something that'll make it too complicated for a lot of people to handle. And even the things "that just work", just don't. For example, i've got a steamdeck like device now, with bazzite (steamos like OS). Yes, it's amazing at running windows games in linux. I heard so many people say how with proton "running windows games on linux just works". If you stick to the ultra popular games, it for sure does. Go to a game that's a bit older or lesser known, and no it isn't. Make time to figure out settings to get it to run, tinker with controller mappings, and in the end, it might just still not work. And pretty much everything on linux feels that way, the initial impression is decent. If you stay on the safe path, it'll work pretty well. Do something a bit less common: you're on your own.

And that's its commonly accepted for trolls to blame the user, and be like "it's free, so accept it the way it is" when someone dares to ask questions or .... even.... (do i dare say it?).... complain.... Doesn't make for the most constructive environment...

Linux has achieved many great things, but the linux desktop sure has its use if you're willing to spend your time on it, but acting as if it's a better experience than the windows desktop is just delusional. There's no other way to put it.

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The Hobbyist

in reply to racemaniac • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I didn't say Linux just works. I'm just fighting back against the preconceived idea that it's just a total mess and windows isn't. I have myself ran into issues with linux. But also, I've run into many issues with windows too.

The difference is that when people encounter issues with windows, it's like well too bad, need to find someone who can fix it. But when they encounter an issue with Linux, it's like linux sucks, let me get back to Windows as if it didn't suck at least as much.

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racemaniac

in reply to The Hobbyist • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

The point i guess with the main OS's like windows/macOS, is that microsoft/apple put in the time to support most edge cases, and most things you can try either work, or aren't that hard to make work (assuming you don't go against things they try to force. But that's not something that most users we're talking about here do).
So for windows, want to install that app for windows XP from 20 years ago? no problem. As mentioned in the article here: want to install that up to date program made for another distro? good luck....

And that's in the end what it boils down to... It's a fragmented ecosystem, and many slightly advanced things require that you understand how your computer & OS work. Things that a slightly advanced user can handle in Windows via some UI, will most likely be far harder on linux...

I'd love to use a linux desktop more, but sadly my time is also precious, and i just don't have the motivation to use it fighting with the linux desktop >_<....

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AppearanceBoring9229

in reply to The Hobbyist • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Put any person who has zero computer experience in front of a windows computer or Linux computer and I doubt they would say the windows computer just works and the Linux one doesn't.

In my experience, usually with Linux they have less problems and it's easier to use. Until they need an application that only works on Windows.

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T156

in reply to AppearanceBoring9229 • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

In my experience, it's been a bit of a mixed bag. There are some things that work in Linux, and some things that don't, even after a bit of fiddling. My desktop's front panel is completely unusable on Linux, for example.

Windows is at least widespread enough that it's far more likely that parts will work on it at least to some degree. And sure enough, the front panel works fine there.

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The Hobbyist

in reply to AppearanceBoring9229 • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I think this is an issue where you are talking about people coming from windows trying to do windows things on linux like run windows software.
Of course you can in some cases run windows software on Linux but it is not a fair comparison to blame Linux for not being able to run windows software.
Linux has it's own suite of software and that is often better suited.

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aesthelete

in reply to Mrkawfee • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I honestly don't understand why I would ever write up or share a Microsoft document.

As for word, it's just fucking rich text format. It's obvious they're manipulating the format to lock down users with less computer knowledge. Otherwise, why is it so fucking complicated?

Markdown accomplishes 90% of what a word doc does and it is legible with or without rendering.

EDIT: If I want data in or out of a spreadsheet program, I'm using CSV.

All of the "special features" of office docs wind up being security nightmares, unusable junk, or both.

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Lka1988

in reply to aesthelete • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I honestly don’t understand why I would ever write up or share a Microsoft document.

Corporate execs literally cum over MS's next big thing. A lot of companies use MS-based infrastructure and applications.

My work just issued me a Surface 7 a few weeks ago (RIP my former Thinkpad T15 G2), and while it's nice, the fucking copilot key is driving me absolutely insane. I can't disable it unless I turn on "Fn Lock" which switches it's function to open up the Context menu (i.e. right-click menu). HOWEVER, if I do that, then the F1-F12 keys' volume, brightness, and home/end/pgup/pgdn functions are disabled. I'm convinced this was an intentional decision by MS.

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aow

in reply to Lka1988 • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I'd imagine you can run some kind of custom script to disable or reassign the key, similar to what ahk does.

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Lka1988

in reply to aow • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I actually put in an IT ticket over it today right after I made that comment, because I accidentally hit that goddamn key again while typing up an email.

IT came back with - and I shit you not - "Open the Microsoft store and install Microsoft PowerToys"

For context, this company takes security extremely seriously. Just a few months before I started, they had recovered from a major ransomware attack, due to some moron that downloaded an attachment from the wrong email. They don't even allow flash drives, except for Apricorn encrypted drives, but those you have to sign out directly from IT and the serial number is tracked. Plus the usual KnowBe4 simulations, regular training, etc...

So IT coming back with that response was a pretty big surprise to me 😅

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aesthelete

in reply to Lka1988 • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Corporate execs literally cum over MS’s next big thing. A lot of companies use MS-based infrastructure and applications.

Yeah, I mean I'm in that boat myself. But I have the option of SharePoint or Confluence at work and despite the fact that it also sucks, I'm choosing Confluence ten out of ten times.

I get that some people try to do actual work in these docs, but it strikes me as junk every time I encounter it.

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flop_leash_973

in reply to Mrkawfee • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

The problem: our desire for convenience

This hits it right on the money. As nice as open source and open standards are, at the end of the day none of that matters to the 99% that want/need to do X as fast and painlessly as possible.

To people like my wife MS Office/LibreOffice/Google Docs are all the same thing in the category of productivity suite. And one of those does not meet her where she lives in day to day life. And it doesn't because there is no money in doing so for LibreOffice. And there is no benefit to her to seek out LibreOffice for her uses.

Hell, just take a look around at the number of people that preach about the evils of Microsoft, Google, or whoever but love them an iPhone and Macbook. As bad as Microsoft and Google can be for screwing over the user with vendor lock-in they don't hold a candle to Apple. But they get the money despite there being "better" options technically and philosophically for nearly everything they make, but Apple knows all of that pales in importance to 99% of potential customers compared to being convenient.

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Squizzy

in reply to flop_leash_973 • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

The piece on using the tech is a bit much. We cannot get by without a smartphone in modern life and they essentially do not exist outside of apple and google.

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flop_leash_973

in reply to Squizzy • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Sure they do, but all of the alternatives are not nearly as convenient. But you can absolutely get by without an iPhone or Android phone with Play services.

The example actually proves the point more strongly than LibreOffice vs MS Office does by the increased level of effort it requires of the user to go out of their way to not actively support the bad things Apple and Google do.

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sibachian

in reply to flop_leash_973 • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

afaik our digital identification system does not work well outside of iOS or Android (most of the time, not at all - since it breaks on updates and they update basically daily). so we're stuck with their duopoly. because digital id is mandatory.

Once upon a time they did support linux on desktop but then ubuntu went and decided to make a phone and linux support was mysteriously discontinued a week after.

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ulterno

in reply to sibachian • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

our digital identification system

which one?

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racemaniac

in reply to Mrkawfee • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I've heard this comment about OpenXML (the xml format of the office documents) before, and i'm a bit on the fence about it.

It's of course indeed ridiculously complex, but so is office. Microsoft both adds a shit ton of functionality to their documents, and keeps an impressive amount of backwards compatibility.

In the past i heard complaints about part of the OpenXML spec that also allows older binary data in there for backwards compatibility reasons, which of course means for OSS implementations that they don't just have to implement this spec, but also the older spec that came before to be truly compatible with everything a modern office version can open.

But on the other hand, if i look at it from the side of Microsoft, they opened up their format, they've got a gazillion functionalities, should they remove functionality to appease the open source developers? If so which? Should they stop being backwards compatible with documents of decades ago to appease the open source developers? If so how long should they support? Are you going to tell their customers?

Office is an immense program with an immense amount of legacy features, backwards compatibility, ....

It's incredibly complex by nature. And might they have made the format more complex to dissuade competition? Could be. However, in this instance Occam's razor pushes me more to "write a huge program over a timespan of many decades, with thousands upon thousands of programmers working on it, and you'll indeed most likely end up with something very complex...."

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madcaesar

in reply to racemaniac • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

The one thing you have to give Microsoft is backwards compatibility. They make hot garbage, but God damn if you can't run that garbage from 10 years ago.

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T156

in reply to madcaesar • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

Although 10 years ago isn't that long in computer terms any more. Those are machines that can still run Windows 10 without issue. It's an older computer, but still perfectly usable these days.

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Bluewing

in reply to Mrkawfee • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I'mma just going to sit over here in the corner with my AbbiWord and Gnumeric.........

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communism

in reply to Mrkawfee • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I think the point about convenience is more about familiarity than Windows being inherently easier. Speaking as someone who switched from Linux to Windows previously, I found the change very difficult as a lot of the FOSS software I was using didn't have Windows versions. I had a nightmare trying to read one of my LUKS-encrypted drives on Windows. I was practically using WSL for everything. That's not that Windows is inherently harder than Linux; it's just that I was used to Linux and the FOSS ecosystem, just as some are used to Windows and their proprietary ecosystem.

If your hardware isn't working properly, you have to find drivers that run on Linux; if the developer never made Linux-compatible drivers, you have to figure something else out.

Most drivers come pre-installed with the Linux kernel or your distro—I never had to manually install any drivers for my current hardware. Compared to Windows where you will have to go out of your way to install graphics drivers for NVIDIA or AMD depending on your graphics card, if you want to make the most out of your card's capabilities.

Installers made for Windows don't need any special TLC; you double-click them and they work.

See, I think if you've used Linux for any length of time you'd quickly find the system of package managers way easier than the system of having to hunt down an .exe on the internet, guess whether or not it's a legit copy or if it's malware, and manually manage updates for all the different software you have installed.

I agree that people stay on Windows out of convenience, but it's not convenience as in Windows is inherently easier, but it's convenience as in you're used to the way things work on Windows. Because in my perspective, things do "just work" on Linux, and that's because I'm used to the way things work here.

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otacon239

in reply to communism • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

The first time I updated some 50 programs by running a single update command, I wondered why it hasn’t been the standard since the start.

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k0e3

in reply to otacon239 • 3 settimane fa (Ricevuto 2 settimane fa) • •

I learned about Winget command in Windows after spending a few months on Linux updating with pacman -Syu. It's so much easier to update a bunch of apps at once when I want to instead of having some popup surprise me when I launch the app.

NinjaZ via Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

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Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy

As subscription costs rise and choice diminishes on legal sites, film and TV fans are turning to VPNs and illicit streamers, with Sweden – home of both Spotify and The Pirate Bay – leading the way

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

#piracy

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ExcessShiv

in reply to NinjaZ • 3 settimane fa • •

“Piracy is not a pricing issue,” Gabe Newell, the co-founder of Valve, the company behind the world’s largest PC gaming platform, Steam, observed in 2011. “It’s a service issue.” Today, the crisis in streaming makes this clearer than ever. With titles scattered, prices on the rise, and bitrates throttled depending on your browser, it is little wonder some viewers are raising the jolly roger again. Studios carve out fiefdoms, build walls and levy tolls for those who wish to visit. The result is artificial scarcity in a digital world that promised abundance.

This hits the nail on the head...

I wonder if these greedy fuckers know this but don't give a shit in favor of short term profits,or if they're actually so dense and holed up in their own world disconnected from reality that they don't see it?

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deadbeef79000

in reply to ExcessShiv • 3 settimane fa • •

They know it, but refuse to belive it, because they've built an empire on a faulty premise and can't conceive that they may be wrong.

Source: two decades in the industry. But I got ~~better~~ out.

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MudMan

in reply to deadbeef79000 • 3 settimane fa • •

I don't know that I'd say they refuse to believe it, it's more that there are short term goals and milestones to hit because literally every single industry is held to the standards and timelines of speculative investors rather than actual investors.

Everybody understands you should be servicing your audience and keeping them happy, and everybody is happy with you doing that... as long as it's within the constraints of hitting quarterly goals. In a world where content routinely takes 3-5 years to make that is not a great fit.

Newell doesn't have any investors to answer to so he gets to say those things when he's in billionaire club. Everybody else just goes "no shit, Gabe" and keeps working on squeezing something out to keep pretending to have done better year on year.

It's a remarkable example of the aggregation of incentives going against every single individual person involved, including those setting the incentives.

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onslaught545

in reply to deadbeef79000 • 3 settimane fa • •

The problem is mostly that the C-suite is only capable of thinking a quarter at a time, which is a side effect of the desire for perpetual growth.

It doesn't matter if a policy can net them huge profits in a year if it makes this quarter look worse than last quarter.

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Banzai51

in reply to ExcessShiv • 3 settimane fa • •

They don't care. They know they'll lose subscribers but they'll make more money overall on the suckers that stick out the monopoly pricing. Same thing is happening in the auto industry where they sell less cars but are more profitable.

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ook

in reply to ExcessShiv • 3 settimane fa • •

In 2011. It's been 14 years and for streaming portal things just got worse and worse.

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ushmel

in reply to ExcessShiv • 3 settimane fa • •

99% of the general public will not pirate anything because they lack the ability to do so. Of the 1% left, 99% of them use public trackers with variable results regarding quality and shady website shenanigans. The most common form of piracy going forward will probably be like those hacked fire sticks that would stream pirated content, because it's easy and low barrier, like the hacked cable box cards/chips from the 90s.

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freebee

in reply to ushmel • 3 settimane fa • •

If you count using shady free streaming websites, I think the number is waaaay bigger than 1%

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ushmel

in reply to freebee • 3 settimane fa • •

I don't even think most people own a PC at this point, just tablets and phones.

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onslaught545

in reply to ushmel • 3 settimane fa • •

Then there's me running multiple servers from my home.

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ThoGot

in reply to ushmel • 3 settimane fa • •

You don't need a PC to use a shady streaming website though

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gruhuken

in reply to ushmel • 3 settimane fa • •

You think people don't have laptops? Everyone I know does. 22 yo

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ushmel

in reply to gruhuken • 3 settimane fa • •

What's the average socioeconomic status of your friend group? Most people have tablets now because they can "get them free" from the phone company.

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gruhuken

in reply to ushmel • 2 settimane fa • •

Minimum wage, early to mid 20s. Many are graduated or dropped out students TBF so needed a laptop but the others who never went to uni still have one, mainly to play Sims/Stardew Valley, watch movies on dodgy websites, or write fiction on

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MudMan

in reply to NinjaZ • 3 settimane fa • •

The problem is that all the competitors are enshittifying the same way at the same pace. If there was a holdout in a position to grow their platform we may at least go back to the days of "Netflix is all you need".

As it is, it makes more sense to go back to physical media purchases, and I blame absolutely nobody if their disposable income and lack of box fetishes makes them think downloading the content is perfectly equivalent. The Plex server where I store all my physical media backups is by far the best streaming library I have access to, at least if you discount novelty as a factor.

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blackbrook

in reply to MudMan • 3 settimane fa • •

You don't need physical media. You can buy and download flac files. It's the ownable asset part that is important, not the physical part.

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MudMan

in reply to blackbrook • 3 settimane fa • •

This is true. The thing is, all data needs a medium.

It doesn't matter if you own a file sitting in a hard drive or a disc sitting in a box. Discs are nicer because you get a thing you can put on a shelf to act as a backup of the file you dump from it. Plus they often come with nice extras. If you don't think things on shelves are nice your priorities may be different.

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sunzu2

in reply to NinjaZ • 3 settimane fa • •

I know daddy Gabe said it is a service issue which is a fair point

But I am beyond that point. Hollywood and music industry are full of pedophiles. They regime whore for the owner class and shill propaganda to plebs to accept their deteriorating conditions.

These people are the enemy and this is the class war.

Don't be a dummy, don't fund your oppressor.

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Aceticon

in reply to sunzu2 • 3 settimane fa • •

At least when it comes to the Movie industry, piracy is pretty much a moral obligation.

Ditto for the Music Industry.

Ditto for the Science Publishing Industry.

It's only not the same for the Games Industry because so much of it are Indies.

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HubertManne

in reply to NinjaZ • 3 settimane fa • •

These articles are great but I believe there are also people like me. Folks who don't pay for any streaming services and don't pirate. So if somehow they stamped out piracy folks like me won't be coming back and I think many of the pirates would still opt out which would lead to basically the shows becoming even more irrelevant as much of the talk around a show and reviews and such are from pirates.

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Sc00ter

in reply to HubertManne • 3 settimane fa • •

Like the article says, im someone whos been out of the game for a while, but definitely interested in how this has been going

One commonly used app is legal but can, through community add-ons, channel illicit streams.

Anyone care to enlighten me? DM is fine if youd prefer

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Bongles

in reply to Sc00ter • 3 settimane fa • •

I don't know, but i use stremio plus real debrid. I had to grab the torrentio add on to do it so it kind of fits the bill.

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Steve Dice

in reply to Bongles • 3 settimane fa • •

This.

Side note: I find it hilarious that we're paying for piracy. Gabe was right, it's a service issue.

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kolorafa

in reply to Steve Dice • 1 giorno fa • •

Correct, It is not a price issue, for me (Linux user) I can pay for legal site and watch in shitty quality, or pay for "alternative" distributors which not only have better quality but also have more content.

And I pay for multiple more-or-less shady services, so in turn I pay more than some of my friends that use only one service and periodically switch to another.

I want a service that "just work", not shitty ones that I need to look for the content I want to watch on multiple services and even then get idiotic region locked or ass quality.

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Flatfire

in reply to Sc00ter • 3 settimane fa • •

"Community Add-ons" leads me to think this is probably Kodi. You can generally do IPTV streaming through it, or torrent streaming even.

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deadcatbounce

in reply to NinjaZ • 3 settimane fa • •

It's not just a pricing issue. It's an ownership issue.

Too many of the things we buy are not ours.

Yesterday I saw the article about VW cars which need a subscription to use the built-in capabilities. The car you bought doesn't belong to you.

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katy ✨

in reply to deadcatbounce • 3 settimane fa • •

i would happily buy dvd sets if i could but the geniuses decided they didn't want to let me buy them so here i am

Pro via Technology

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A mind–reading brain implant that comes with password protection

Attempted, inner, and perceived speech have a shared representation in motor cortex
An inner-speech brain-computer interface (BCI) decodes general sentences with improved user experience
Aspects of private inner speech can be decoded during cognitive tasks like counting
High-fidelity solutions can prevent a speech brain-computer interface (BCI) from decoding private inner speech
Speech brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) show promise in restoring communication to people with paralysis but have also prompted discussions regarding their potential to decode private inner speech. Separately, inner speech may be a way to bypass the current approach of requiring speech brain-computer interface (BCI) users to physically attempt speech, which is fatiguing and can slow communication. Using multi-unit recordings from four participants, we found that inner speech is robustly represented in the motor cortex and that imagined sentences can be decoded in real time. The representation of inner speech was highly correlated with attempted speech, though we also identified a neural “motor-intent” dimension that differentiates the two. We investigated the possibility of decoding private inner speech and found that some aspects of free-form inner speech could be decoded during sequence recall and counting tasks. Finally, we demonstrate high-fidelity strategies that prevent speech brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) from unintentionally decoding private inner speech.

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00681-6

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seoetico via Attualità, Geopolitica e Satira

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seoetico
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Un’estate di tragedie: perché tanti bimbi muoiono in acqua?

Numeri freddi che pesano, storie che restano: estate 2025 tra risate e tragedie, segnali da non ignorare, un invito a cambiare davvero.

Un'estate di tragedie: perché tanti bimbi muoiono in acqua?

^{Alessandro Elia (Domandalo)}

#attualità

Joker via Cinema, Televisione e Serie TV

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Joker
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Fallout - Stagione 2: svelati poster e periodo di uscita dei nuovi episodi

A pochi mesi dalla fine delle riprese del prossimo capitolo della serie, IGN ha ora pubblicato il primo poster della seconda stagione di Fallout. L’immagine chiave offre un assaggio del ritorno di Lucy, Maximus e del Ghoul mentre attraversano la Zona Contaminata alla ricerca del padre di lei a New Vegas, con il cartello della città e la città stessa visibili sullo sfondo. L’annuncio è stato accompagnato dalla notizia che la seconda stagione uscirà a dicembre.

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Fallout - Stagione 2: svelati poster e periodo di uscita dei nuovi episodi - Cinefilos.it

Svelati il primo poster e il periodo di uscita della seconda stagione di Fallout, la popolare serie di Prime Video.

^{Gianmaria Cataldo (Cinefilos.it)}

#cinema_serietv

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Lorenzo Millucci

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la prima stagione mi era piaciuta parecchio. Ho buone aspettative anche per questa nuova stagione

10x10 via Privacy

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Reddit blocking web search

I noticed today, having searched about TOR nodes possibly being run by government departments in a browser, I got this message, " Your request has been blocked by network security. Please try to login with your Reddit account. " I didn't login in the app!

Haven't come across that before. Has anyone else seen i?

#privacy

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fullsquare

in reply to 10x10 • 3 settimane fa • •

it might be reddit just fucking up, i got the same error while logged in

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fullsquare

in reply to fullsquare • 3 settimane fa • •

check again, works for me just as usual

Quotidiano Motori via Formula 1

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Quotidiano Motori
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Christian Horner fuori da ogni ruolo in Red Bull: ora è ufficiale

La collaborazione tra Christian Horner e Red Bull, durata vent’anni, è giunta al termine. Horner non figura più tra i direttori operativi di Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Technology, Red Bull Powertrains e Red Bull Powertrains 2026.
quotidianomotori.com/formula-1…

Christian Horner fuori da ogni ruolo in Red Bull: ora è ufficiale - Quotidiano Motori

Christian Horner è stato rimosso da ogni ruolo di Red Bull. Al suo posto entra Stefan Salzer, nuovo direttore ufficiale del team.

^{Mario Roth (Quotidiano Motori)}

#formula1

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cyrano via Technology

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cyrano
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Tech bosses spend millions more on personal security

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Client Challenge

^www.ft.com

#technology

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L'importance de la veille technologique IT

La veille technologique IT n'a jamais été aussi cruciale qu'aujourd'hui, surtout pour les entreprises qui évoluent dans la tech. Comme consultant chef de projet IT, je m'efforce depuis des années à travers mon blog de décrypter l'actualité, d'apporter des analyses concrètes et surtout, de m'engager dans une recherche d'informations actuelles qui dépasse le simple relai de communiqués marketing.

Tech, comment être à jour sur sa veille

^{MICHEL CAMPILLO Chef de projet}

Zarlock via Ambiente - Sostenibilità e giustizia climatica

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Zarlock
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Nel sottosuolo della Cechia, il misterioso cavaliere delle caditoie urbane - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri

#Ambiente

Dr. Moose via Technology

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Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million.

Starlink is poised to benefit from the Trump administration rewriting rules for the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program. While the Biden administration decided that states should prioritize fiber in order to build more future-proof networks, the Trump administration ordered states to revise their plans with a "tech-neutral approach" and lower the average cost of serving each location.

Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

SpaceX wants more money, asks Trump admin to reject state’s broadband grant plan.

^{Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)}

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Value Subtracted via Star Trek Social Club

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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x06 "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"

Written by: David Reed & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by: Valerie Weiss

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bgainor

in reply to Value Subtracted • 3 settimane fa • •

Writers' Room: "We need a name for a mineral these scavengers could be looking for."

"Uh… (glances at Italian takeout) aldentium!"

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julian

in reply to bgainor • 3 settimane fa • •

Re: Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x06 "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"

The fuel source with just a bit of bite!

postcapitalism via Technology

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Thanks I'd rather my beer stay analogue

What’s next you tech bro wankers, is AI going to drink the pint for me?

… just when you thought they couldn’t force AI into any more things. The epitome of a solution in search of a problem

#technology

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matey via Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

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Lidarr alternatives?

Are there any functional alternatives to Lidarr that function similarly? (Integration with the *arr stack, integration with download clients. I doubt there's another that would integrate with something like Jellyseerr or Ombi, but that would be a huge perk.)

#piracy

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ragebutt

in reply to matey • 3 settimane fa • •

Headphones I think it’s called? But lidarr has the best integration given it’s a fork.

If this is about the lidarr metadata being fucked you can try something like github.com/blampe/hearring-aid… which has its own issues but is working.

All of the arr stack developers flip their shit if you so much as suggest adding support for a custom metadata server. It is by far the biggest weakness of the stack and it is mind boggling that all the major forks have inherited this behavior from sonarr.

Lidarr shows how foolish this approach is, musicbrainz makes one change and the app is fucked for over three months now with no end in sight. Thetvdb could do this to sonarr, themoviedb could do this to radarr. Adding a method to add other database sites with api access (or even just local data) should be a priority, but they not only dislike the idea, they get mad about it. Oh well, free project, fork it if youre so great, etc etc

GitHub - blampe/hearring-aid: Hear what your LiDAR is missing

Hear what your LiDAR is missing. Contribute to blampe/hearring-aid development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

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Sisko Urso

in reply to ragebutt • 3 settimane fa • •

At this rate lidarr will have the same fate as readarr did as it seems the main focus of the servarr devs are focused on radarr and prowlarr.

The problem is they have only one person left with the keys to the metadata server and if they are busy then it’s not a priority. Which I understand as a free project but just emphasizes how bad this approach is to have just a single metadata sever.

But with that said I’m still holding out hope for Lidarr, now finding a good readarr replacement that’s another sad story.

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srasmus

in reply to Sisko Urso • 3 settimane fa • •

On the readarr front, check out chaptarr. It's currently in a closed beta, but it's looking like a great replacement.

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Confused_Emus

in reply to Sisko Urso • 3 settimane fa • •

Lidarr is not in danger of being abandoned like Readarr. The new metadata server for Lidarr is already up and in closed beta. A few final issues are being worked out before it’s opened to the public.

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Appoxo

in reply to Confused_Emus • 3 settimane fa • •

Says who? A pull request?
If there is a beta/nightly branch I can install, I'll be glad to use that so I can finally import the music I have acquired so far.

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Ghoelian

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Apparently they keep posting updates on their discord for some reason. This is the last response someone shared on github:

Hi everyone, it's July 25. Yesterday, the devs and mod team here have begun (early) alpha testing of the new Lidarr metadata server.
In general, things are working fairly well. There are a few issues to resolve before it can go live. But we wanted to let everyone know that we have some concrete forward movement happening behind the scenes.
NOTE: This stage of testing is NOT OPEN to users. We appreciate your patience, but at this stage you cannot help. This update is meant to let you know that the project is not dead, as some have incorrectly theorized, and that there is behind-the-scenes work heading toward getting the new metadata server up and running as quickly as possible.
Please continue to be patient, and continue to use this channel for Lidarr support questions. If you have other conversation topics, please use ⁠general or another more appropriate channel for that.
Thank you from the devs and mod team.

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Appoxo

in reply to Ghoelian • 3 settimane fa • •

Yeah...I saw that update. But I wouldnt count an update from the end of July recent in any capacity.
Because this sort of message has been repeated since the beginning of July with minimal changes to the content.
It's mostly a "We are still alive and sometimes working on it".

No issues with that. It's their volunteered free of charge time they are giving for our entertainment. Which I heavily appreciate. It's just a bit annoying how little information they give out (and their, sorta understandable, tone used in their support channel).

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Confused_Emus

in reply to Appoxo • 3 settimane fa • •

They’re standing up a new metadata server, which takes time. What more information are you expecting from them? I mean I suppose they could just lie and say sure it’ll be up next week, but it would be a lot more frustrating for them to keep saying that and pushing back the date.

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Confused_Emus

in reply to Appoxo • 3 settimane fa • •

Says the official support channels, which you should be checking for information anyway, unless your only intention is to scream your frustration into the void. If that’s the case, best of luck on that resolving anything.

ETA: like I said, it’s a closed beta, so not something you can install. And it won’t be a pull request because this fix won’t require an update to Lidarr, it’ll just start working again when the new server is done.

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Appoxo

in reply to Confused_Emus • 5 giorni fa • •

I wasnt reading it daily. Luckily it's back now 😀

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Confused_Emus

in reply to ragebutt • 3 settimane fa • •

What the devs keep getting irritated about is people coming into the Official Lidarr Branch support channels and asking for support for something the devs have no control over or ability to assist with. Keep in mind that an individual user’s Lidarr instance does not connect directly to musicbrainz - the volume of API requests generated by Lidarr would be unsustainable without subscriptions. It connects to an intermediary metadata server set up and maintained by the Lidarr volunteers.

If they add a built-in option to add custom metadata servers, people will have an expectation of support. Even a note right next to the option that states custom metadata servers get no assistance wouldn’t help much since most people can’t seem to read. Basing that on the number of people who come into the Lidarr support discord channel every single day and ask if something is wrong with the metadata server despite there being a stickied message with very bold lettering explaining the issue and its current status.

I will agree that the devs in the discord have a shit bed-side manner, though. But there’s a reason that, if this were software produced by a company, you’d be speaking to a customer support specialist instead of directly to a dev. As someone who long ago worked my way up the IT ladder out of the rage-inducing pits of user-facing support roles, I definitely get it.

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matey

in reply to ragebutt • 3 settimane fa • •

Thank you! I will try hearring-aid!

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Appoxo

in reply to ragebutt • 3 settimane fa • •

The issue isnt the metadata providers changing the API.
The issue is that the devs insist on implementing an API proxy/metadata mirror to lessen the burden.

Bro, just le me pull my own API key and let musicbrainz decide how much free API calls I can execute.

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justcallmelarry

in reply to matey • 3 settimane fa • •

Reminds me of this meme i made a month ago, sad to see it’s still relevant.

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NightOwl via World News

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Israeli airstrikes on Tehran killed inmates in ‘apparent war crime’ – report

Human Rights Watch also finds that Iran abused survivors of June attack, which killed 80 people

^{Deepa Parent (The Guardian)}

#Worldnews

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NotFrenchJack via Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

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NotFrenchJack
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Is there a maintained bypass-paywalls Firefox extension out there?

Hello.

I just noticed in one of my Firefox profiles that Mozilla auto-disabled the "Bypass Paywalls" extension after removing it from their end, which apparently happened a while ago.

I don't think I ever even used this extension, which is why I didn't catch this earlier. But now that it's banned, I definitely want it around 😉

The upstream repository also got DMCA'd. The repository of a presumably alternative (or cleaned) extension is also gone, although I found some GitHub mirrors of it (how ironic).

So, is there a maintained extension upstream I should know about?

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FundMECFS

in reply to NotFrenchJack • 3 settimane fa • •

Incase anyone finds it useful.

Using a redirect to this website can be quite nice as well.

removepaywall.com/

RemovePaywall | Free online paywall remover

Remove Paywall, free online paywall remover. Get access to articles without having to pay or login. Works on Bloomberg and hundreds more.

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Ilandar

in reply to NotFrenchJack • 3 settimane fa • •

Tangent, but why are people scared of the .ru repository? This was also an issue last time Bypass Paywalls was mentioned, and I thought it was quite strange to see in a piracy community. Are people unaware that a significant amount of the world's piracy originates from Russia?

Yourname942 via Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

3 settimane fa • •

Yourname942
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Can you install only some programs included in the Master Collection from M0nkrus?

Note: I am not requesting a link, source, but regarding the Master Collection from M0nkrus, I am curious if it is possible to only install some of the software rather than all of them. I only want about 3~8 of them and don't need the other 16. (just Dimension, Illustrator, PS, and maybe the 5 Substance 3d apps)

I don't know if I should get them together or separately. I feel like the process might be more straightforward/less likely to run into issues if they are from the same collection, but I don't know.

Thank you.

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Yourname942

in reply to Moonrise2473 • 3 settimane fa • •

Thank you for the advice. Get them separate just because of how few I am looking to get? I feel like there might be more setup required if I get them separately.

I also don't know if getting them separate would cause me to get redundant installers/managers/rules+patches each trying to apply the same patches.

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Moonrise2473

in reply to Yourname942 • 3 settimane fa • •

The installer applies the patches automatically and I personally didn't have issues in installing multiple times, plus in this way you can easily uninstall a single app or upgrade a single one

spinning_disk_engineer via Privacy

3 settimane fa • •

spinning_disk_engineer
3 settimane fa • •

Are jmp.chat eSIM adapters unique

Jmp.chat provides an adapter (a eUICC device?) that can be used to store an eSIM on a physical card. I have such an adapter that I have already used for a plan tied to my identity. Is it safe to purge the chip, and then to reuse it for anonymous communications?

#privacy

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u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)

in reply to spinning_disk_engineer • 3 settimane fa • •

I think the eID should be unique and gets transmitted.

That's probably the ID that forbids me from installing (another) speedtest eSIM, though "ID" could also refer to IMEI perhaps. I'd have to try another phone.
```<>
Error code: ES10B_ERROR_REASON_UNDEFINED

Last HTTP response (from server):

{
"header": {
"functionExecutionStatus": {
"status": "Failed",
"statusCodeData": {
"subjectCode": "8.2.6",
"reasonCode": "3.8",
"subjectIdentifier": "Matching ID",
"message": "Refused"
}
}
},
"transactionId": "[You don't need this]"
}

Last APDU response (from SIM) is successful
```

Based on this, it is a part of the transmitted information, if I understand it right: sharetechnote.com/html/Handboo…

4G | ShareTechnote

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FenrirIII
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So Long to Tech's Dream Job: It’s the shut up and grind era, tech workers said, as Apple, Google, Meta and other giants age into large bureaucracies.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/34411807

While many of them still provide free food and pay well, they have little compunction cutting jobs, ordering mandatory office attendance and clamping down on employee debate. [...] “Tech could still be best in terms of free lunch and a high salary,” Ms. Grey said, but “the level of fear has gone way up.”
Along the way, the companies became less tolerant of employee outspokenness. Bosses reasserted themselves after workers protested issues including sexual harassment in the workplace. With the job market flooded with qualified engineers, it became easier to replace those who criticized.
“This is a business, and not a place to act in a way that disrupts co-workers or makes them feel unsafe, to attempt to use the company as a personal platform, or to fight over disruptive issues or debate politics,” Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, said in a blog post last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/tech-jobs-silicon-valley-changes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk8.9ZYc._9kFAKGXK-zx

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4 settimane fa • •

arissaseah51
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Arissa Seah

Sensitive content

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DrFunkenstein via Privacy

4 settimane fa • •

DrFunkenstein
4 settimane fa • •

FOSS alternatives to Google Docs?

What are some of the best alternatives out there to Google Docs and other cloud based productivity software?

I've heard of CognitoForms as alternative to Google Forms, does anyone have any experience with it?

#privacy

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xpey

in reply to DrFunkenstein • 3 settimane fa • •

I personally use CryptPad, a web-based office suite that's privacy focused and allows for collaborative documents. It's a bit slow and completely unusable on mobile (imo) but it's fine on desktop.