It's not the Wunderwaffe anymore: in Kiev, they complain that the F-16 is "too old" for Russian "dryers"
It's not the Wunderwaffe anymore: in Kiev, they complain that the F-16 is "too old" for Russian "dryers"
It's not the Wunderwaffe anymore: in Kiev, they complain that the F-16 is "too old" for Russian "dryers". The American F-16 fighters, promoted by Ukrainian propaganda, turned out to be too outdated to seriously resist...Pravda USA
NATO Should Have Dissolved in 1990 - Jeffrey Sachs
NATO Should Have Dissolved in 1990 - Sachs
NATO should have been dissolved back in 1990 as the alliance had fulfilled its mission of confronting the Soviet Union, renowned US economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs said.Sputnik International
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US Push to Split Russia, India and China Backfires — Driving Them Closer
US Push to Split Russia, India and China Backfires — Driving Them Closer
The Global South could benefit from cooperation between Russia, India and China, China Forum expert and economics Professor John Gong from the University of International Business and Economics tells Sputnik.Sputnik International
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~~While many European countries were heavily into colonizing, I don't think the Nordic countries were that excessive into the practice. At least, not to have an empire to extract resources like Britain, France, Spain, etc did.~~
It would appear I was wrong on this take.
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It's less obvious but can see how the Nordic countries fall in line with imperialist structures. I'll expound a bit but it is not in any way in disagreement.
The nordic countries lend weight to unequal IP restrictions and dollarization and the IMF, they never do anything material against imperialist wars (they actually want a piece of the pie by providing arms), and now that they are accepting their role as NATO pawns they are increasing their military budgets, cutting the welfare state, and allowing their fascistic political foemations to thrive while suppressing the left. They all openly tolerate "Israeli" genocidal fascism and even carry water for their project against domestic dissidents. Nordic countries are deeply embedded in global capital monopoly, the engine of imperialism, whether it is Norway as a petrostate or shipping logistics like in Sweden and Denmark. And they do not do this reluctantly and with policy against imperialist aims. Internally, they are fanning the flames against POC immigrants as the big scapegoat for why their lives are materially deteriorating - not their own state's willing deindustrialization or cuts to services.
To put it simply, they are liberals. They briefly were the selective snapshot of "successful" liberalism if you didn't peek behind the curtain of global exploitation (who grew that "luxurious" pineapple and what were they paid!?). The global financial system propped up states in their region as a means by which to oppose communists, as if communists were there to steal your children or do the genocides that imperialists constantly engaged in. That system is no longer intentionally doing this, it is neoliberal and there is no communist current in Europe. We now watch it decay into the hallmarks of fascism. The empire is pulling back its subsidies, reversing them, and all of "Europe" is collaborating for how to react to this in the worst possible way.
Julan Du and Chenggang Xu analyzed the Chinese model in a 2005 paper to assess whether it represents a type of market socialism or capitalism. They concluded that China's contemporary economic system represents a form of capitalism rather than market socialism because: (1) financial markets exist which permit private share ownership—a feature absent in the economic literature on market socialism; and (2) state profits are retained by enterprises rather than being distributed among the population in a social dividend or similar scheme, which are central features in most models of market socialism. Du and Xu concluded that China is not a market socialist economy, but an unstable form of capitalism.
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Great, plenty of other economists have concluded the opposite. Here are a few books you can read to educate yourself.
The East is Still Red – Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century
China provides a powerful example of what socialism can achieve. Not only is the Communist Party of China committed to Marxism, but it is a leading force for the development of Marxism.PRAXIS PRESS
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There’s four stages, they’ve been in the first for seventy-six years.
Doing the math it seems they’ll need another two hundred and twenty-six years to reach the final stage if they got to the second stage tomorrow.
I’m not sure if I have impossibly high standards or thinking it’s reasonable to wait another nearly quarter of a millennium might be incredibly low standards.
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Why on Earth would you imagine each stage lasts a specific number of years? Why on Earth do you think thr timer should only start at the founding of the PRC? Why on Earth are you framing it as every stage up until communism is a sacrifice as compared to capitalism, and not as a system gradually and rapidly improving further and further?
This is incredibly incoherent on your part, and thoroughly liberal.
Should I base it on the founding of the CCP in 1921 instead?
That’s a hundred and four years ago so the math would be closer to three hundred and twelve for the final stage.
China was a largely feudal county working its way out of brutal colonial exploitation - for which the exploiters have never paid reparations and still held on to Hong Kong for decades.
How long does it take to build productive forces and modernize while still subject to unequal exchange and general imperialism? That is a social and political question, so you tell me about where China was and what its path has been. How many other imoerialized countries jave eliminated absolute poverty, by the way? Not just taking decades to do it, but accomplish it at all.
Blah blah blah [points to China] “is this Ronald Reagan? “
Cite whatever paper you like this is dumbest take possible…
"Two Chinese said it. What, that isn't enough for you tankies!?"
- A definitely-not-racist liberal.
No, you are arrogant and this leads you to false confidence that you can correct people who know more than you by hastily googling, "studies that say China is capitalist" and quoting the first result, patting yourself on the back, and thinking, "you did well, kid".
Get your racist shit out of here.
Lemmy.world tolerates racism, same as what it wants to be, Reddit. And likely so does the society you live in.
Like I said, sort yourself out.
You didn't lay out any facts. Did you forget what I'm criticizing you for already?
I don't hear any sorting! Just whining to justify yourself. Get to it!
I’m just trying to understand your point.
Should I be insulting you by calling you an illiterate racist instead?
I already explained and you avoided it and started doing this pitiful little song and dance. Maybe you can pay someone to take you seriously, because I don't think anyone is going to do it for free.
Goodbye, chump
If I made a comment like this directed to you I would definitely get a rule one removal.
But I wouldn’t do that because I think it’s rude anyways.
Wikipedia has a list of Chinese billionaires. Software Developer salaries in China are similar to salaries in the west. Laborers appear to make far less than owners. I do not know why an individual needs billions. Seems to violate, "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs".
Maybe the billionaires do not own the capital their laborers use. Maybe the relationship between Chinese billionaire and worker is not exploitative as per the meme. Do the workers control their labor?
China Has Billionaires
US Presidents historically reach their highest approval ratings due to war. George W. Bush reached an all-time-high of 90% in 2001 as the wrathful nation geared up to invade Afghanistan, and his father George H. W.redsails.org
as i mentioned, china is a transitioning socialist economy. this is important to understanding it. here:
currently, a minority of chinese companies are private, and have been declining. they represent a very small minority of total revenue. a capitalist country will never be capable of distributing such enterprises to local jurisdictions like china is, or even almost eradicating poverty over these last few decades.
they are still using free markets for a minority of their economy, which does concentrate wealth. they are not numerous in relation to the size of their economy (or per capita), and some of the examples made of them when they step out of line really puts things into perspective.
Developer salaries in China are similar to salaries in the west
so... kinda high? i wish i was getting paid as much as a western dev, with the comparatively lower cost of living of a country like china. or mine.
The End of NATO and Zelensky's puppet regime?
The End of NATO and Zelensky's puppet regime?
The Putin-Trump Summit at Alaska, US, in August 2025 was a landmark event that will redefine the global security architecture, especially in Europe.Саймон Вествуд (New Eastern Outlook)
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I Miss Obama clearly stating that Russia is a regional threat who can only be dangerous for neighbours, it’s been 3 years of war? They got a bit more than half neighbouring territories, that is the end of nato? Russia already collapsed twice for the inability to understand they can’t win war, I’m just waiting for them to do the same thing they did with Afghanistan, go on until they collapse so that we can not hear from them for another 20 years, the propaganda there must be very strong, they couldn’t even keep Syria anymore; couldn’t even protect Iran, not sure where the hell is this global superpower, must be brain damage
The most useless and annoying micropower of history that could just have kept exporting gas and be happy, who is so narcissistic that thinks anyone wants to attack them
USB-C ports no longer sending/receiving data (Lenovo X1 carbon)
I have a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12. The other day I noticed both of my USB-C ports are not receiving or sending data. External drives won't mount and my dock won't send signal to my monitor, but when I plug in my charging cable I am still getting power. When I use "lsblk" nothing shows up, even though sometimes I hear the chime signaling something has been plugged in (but it's inconsistent and sometimes doesn't chime).
Both of my USB-A ports are working properly and receive data, so it's only my USB-C ports.
I'm running Ubuntu 24.04.3. I tried to revert back to an earlier kernel in case that was the problem but it didn't fix the issue.
Anyone have a similar issue? Thanks!
Try turning off the device, remove the battery, then take a safety pin and compressed air and scrape out any dust I'm the usb-c port then spray with air. I had a issue with my phone charging but not getting data. I spent a solid 15mins doing the above and it fixed it.
A good test is to see how firmly the usb-c sticks in the port. If it comes out pretty easy or feels seated sloppily then it probably just needs a good cleaning.
Sorry for the delayed response. I tried the reset button and there wasn’t any blockage or weak connection to the port itself.
Turns out the computer had Lenovo premium service so a tech came out the next day and replaced the motherboard. Hopefully I won’t have another issue 😬
Cheap SBC x86-64 ?
Hi,
is it exist cheap ~$60 SBC in X86-64 ??
::: spoiler No thank you for Rapsberry PI
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I used Raspberry PI SBC for a while now.
But it's really hard to found a Linux distribution that support
- RPI (arm64)
- sysVinit 💖
- And that I like
Please don't bring systemD in this discussion thanks.
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( first row is for reference )
| brand | model | Price € | GPIO pair | CPU | Lan Ports | idle watt | Surface area cm² | Storage ports | WiFi / BT | url |
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| Raspberry Pi | Pi 5 B (4GB) | 52 | 12 | Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz. | 1x 1GbE | 3 | 47 | SD | ||
| radxa1 | X4 | 90 | 12 | N100 ▼ | 1x 2.5GbE | 18W ? | 47.6 | M.22, eMMC2 | W6, BT5.2 | |
| HardKernel ? | ODROID H4 | 109 | ?? | N97 ▲ | 1x 2.5GbE | N.C -> 60W ? | 144 | eMMC, M.2*, SATA* | hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h4/ |
last update: 2025-08-31
quick summary
Monolithic design: Systemd is a large, complex piece of software that combines many system management functions, rather than having separate, specialized tools as in the traditional Unix philosophy.rentry.co
Have you tried MX Linux? It is based on Debian, they have a distro for RPI, and they have no systemd
Yes, Nice distro, but unfortunately their RPI respin use systemD 👎 \
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Thank you all for your input's ! \
So I have created a table , that I'll put in my first post.
Feel free to post update like
|brand|model|Price €|GPIO pair|CP|Lan Ports|idle watt|Surface area cm²|Storage ports| WiFi / BT|url| \
|Raspberry Pi|Pi 5 B (4GB)|52|12|Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz.|1x 1GbE|3|47|SD|||
or even without the row header
No. Originally it was a testing username for UNIX shell. I just hit the keys randomly for numbers. Well, somebody verified my account, giving it higher value and making it not temporary.
Then SDF also made a Lemmy instance, and not understanding that being a separate product, I re-used the same username.
Greta Thunberg speaks before departure of flotilla carrying aid to Gaza [video]
An estimated Twenty-seven ships to set sail for Gaza from multiple ports to break Israel’s siege on the enclave.
This will be activist Greta Thunberg’s second mission, having been taken captive by Israel earlier this year when her ship and fellow crew members were sprayed with illicit chemicals and boarded unlawfully in international waters. The Handala and her crew also suffered a similar fate earlier this summer.
Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is hoping to break… the naval blockade imposed by Israel along the coast of the Gaza Strip since 2007... (AP video and production by Hernan Munoz)
Additional information:
The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade
The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)
Chinese Pudu robots found open to hijacking
Researcher who found McDonald's free-food hack turns her attention to Chinese restaurant robots
: The controls were left wide open on Pudu's robotsIain Thomson (The Register)
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McDonald's not lovin' it when hacker exposes rotten security
McDonald's not lovin' it when hacker exposes nuggets of rotten security
: Burger slinger gets a McRibbing, reacts by firing staffer who helpedIain Thomson (The Register)
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That makes sense. But maybe there is something else... Hollywood exaggerated what could be done too soon.
Take the classic 1995 films The Net and Hackers. (I love hackers now in a bittersweet way because of just how sincerely positive they felt towards the future and the future of the internet. Genuinely believing that it will forever be a place of a freedom and ruled by wild west cowboy hackers who will not only do things out of curiosity, but also never sell out. To be fair, they were going by The Hacker Manifesto ).
In The Net, you have a terminally online cybersec specialist (a female cybersec specialist, and terminally online... in the mid-90s. The former is believable, the latter is not... there just wasn't THAT much to do online at the time) who gets her life torn apart when people erase her very existence using the internet. They state that 'everything is online now' meaning everything can be accessed and destroyed, thus rendering her a non-person with no records of who she because they purged all databases of her records.
In Hackers, you have somewhat the same thing play out... but it was done as a gag and clearly undone later. There is a US Secret Service agent causing the protagonists some trouble, so they make trouble for him by creating online dating profiles with his name and contacts (and putting extreme fetishes he does not have, thus having him be called by all manner of weirdos), cancelling his credit cards, and the funniest part: They have him declared legally dead somehow. All of this is undone of course, and the whole sequence played for laughs, but it greatly exaggerated what was and what wasn't online at the time.
One thing that absolutely COULD have happened that I didn't think was possible was in the 4th Die Hard movie, Live Free or Die Hard... in the movie the bad guys hack a city's traffic lights and make them all green all the time, thus causing numerous traffic accidents. I rolled my eyes when I saw and said 'nah, that can't happen'... only for me to read later that not only could such a thing happen, but it could happen in the stupidest way possible. Some hacker managed to find a clear-net website of some town that had their traffic light control on... and it was 100% unsecure. Meaning anyone with the URL could have just gone on and caused a lot of damage. The person who discovered it, thankfully, did not. But the fact that it COULD have happened was astonishing to me.
Now you have so much shit going on it isn't funny. I can't keep track of all the major hacks that just keep happening. From the Tea hack, to Las Vegas being compromised, to all sorts o shit. It is just incredible.
I have serious doubts about the traffic light thing, any even remotely well designed systems would have interlinks that don't allow green from multiple directions.
Shutting them down or changing the sequencing, sure, but not multiple greens at once.
How to set permissions for flatpak vscodium?
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What kind of issues did/do you encounter?
The VS Code/Codium essentially provide a separate development environment within the flatpak container. All the tools there, and the shell are separate from your actual system. There are some ways to work around this (github.com/flathub/com.vscodiu…). I gave up on the Flatpak and installed a native package. Containers are nice, but they have their limitations.
com.vscodium.codium/README.md at master · flathub/com.vscodium.codium
Contribute to flathub/com.vscodium.codium development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Let's be honest, if Microsoft failed Linux Phones will fail
It's inevitable....you people are going to have your Android given the iPhone treatment and you are going to LIKE IT! 🫨
Seriously though, alternatives? Grapheneos Mastodon page is a dumpster fire at times. One minute they are as ferocious as lions claiming they will never surrender.....the next they are lamenting that Google won't feed them and they need a new hardware supplier
CalyxOS folded quicker than a wet paper bag at a simple management shift! GrapheneOS and it's days are numbered
So what's the real option going forward?
A phone is a surveillance device.
The networks it is able to connect to have been compromised by attackers using backdoors built into them for the use of law enforcement. The legality of collecting information transmitted across those networks has been enshrined in law. All hardware and software companies which work with phones are targeted for infiltration by multiple foreign and domestic intelligence agencies. Friendly nations exchange intelligence packages and techniques for bypassing phone security with each other as a matter of fact. Foreign intelligence services’ surveillance technology is integrated into local law enforcement.
You cannot privately or securely use a phone.
Adblocking is not privacy or security.
Playing Super Nintendo on your phone is not privacy or security.
No amount of open source software will save you from the global intelligence state who have targeted the linux kernel and various distributions.
You cannot privately or securely use a phone.
This is probably true of most devices, but people can still try to improve their security and privacy. Don't let perfection be the enemy of the good and so on...
Neural Privacy: EFF interviews Yuste and Genser of the Neurorights Foundation
"How to Fix the Internet" has an important interview with neuroscientist Rafael Yuste and human rights lawyer Jared Genser, who together established the Neurorights Foundation, focused on expanding human rights concepts to neurotechnologies —tools that can record, interpret, and even manipulate brain activity.
They have contributed to getting laws passed nearly unanimously in three states of the USA and also discuss reforms in Brazil and Chile. This is an important issue to understand, and now seems like a short-lived opportunity to get laws passed before wealthy companies become involved in these technologies and start lobbying for their own interests.
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/podc…
Podcast Episode: Protecting Privacy in Your Brain
The human brain might be the grandest computer of all, but in this episode, we talk to two experts who confirm that the ability for tech to decipher thoughts, and perhaps even manipulate them, isn't just around the corner – it's already here.Electronic Frontier Foundation
German cabinet passes bill for voluntary military service
The bill foresees certain annual recruitment targets for the new voluntary scheme: rising from 20,000 in 2026 to 38,000 in 2030.If these numbers are not achieved, the government could opt instead to reinstate conscription, subject to parliamentary approval, according to the latest draft of the bill.
Already the current bill contains some mandatory elements, with all young men required to fill an online questionnaire regarding their willingness and abilities for military service after turning 18, to gain a better overview of the potentially available personnel.
Yo yo! Help me choose some better private services!
Yo yo!
I’ve been working on making my life more private and need some assistance picking suitable replacement options. Please let me know what you think of my list of if there are any opportunities for improvement! Here’s where I’m at …
Apple Maps
-OSMandMaps. Seems like a good option, but it’s not ready out the box. I need to do more tweaking with it.
-Magic Earth. Haven’t tested it yet, seems good. But I’m looking for free options first before I dabble with paid stuff.
AI (ChatGPT)
-Lumo. Chat is really good. But I understand they are good because they syphon data illegally, so I’m ok “downgrading” when switching AIs. Lump seems pretty good so far. I can tell it’s not as advanced but it will do me fine for what I need. Also, i assume once I pay for lumo pro it will be more “powerful”.
-Maple AI. Seems dope, also I like the pay model, pay for what you use over “x” amount of inquiries. Does anyone know how I owledgable/powerful it is?
-local AI OR Ollama. These 2 are beyond my knowledge. I don’t understand how I run these on my own server? If you know anything about these please ELI5.
Google Docs
-OnlyOffice. Seems like it does everything I want.
-cryptpad. Just heard of this today, need to explore more. Seems dope, but it doesn’t have an app? From what I’ve seen definitely a strong contender.
Photo App (I haven’t looked into any of these yet)
-Protón Drive.
-ente photos.
-I’mmich.
Google Drive
-protón drive.
Maps: CoMaps all the way. Very nice, polished map app using OpenStreetMap
AI: Just use Ollama. It's dead simple to run it on your local machine. They have docs here: github.com/ollama/ollama/tree/…
Productivity suite: LibreOffice. If you want sync use Nextcloud (needs to be hosted) or syncthing (no hosting necessary).
Photo app: Nextcloud Photos app if you want cloud sync. I take it you use iOS given that you specify Apple Maps, in which case idk what foss photos apps there are on iOS, but Fossify Gallery on Android is good.
Cloud storage: Nextcloud. By definition, cloud storage needs to be hosted, so if you don't have a server, you can use something like Proton Drive or Cryptdrive, or find a public Nextcloud instance that lets you sign up (Disroot has one).
ollama/docs at main · ollama/ollama
Get up and running with OpenAI gpt-oss, DeepSeek-R1, Gemma 3 and other models. - ollama/ollamaGitHub
A Demonstrator’s Guide to Operational Security
A Demonstrator’s Guide to Operational Security
How do police identify and target those who participate in demonstrations? What countermeasures can we take to hinder repression?CrimethInc.
Take all this with a big grain of salt—it’s based on the oddly naïve assumption that the police are trying to catch the actual instigators, and that they need real evidence to get convictions.
In my experience, the objective of the police is to create a particular public narrative, with the least amount of effort or risk to themselves. The narrative (which they present to the media after the fact) is that they acted with restraint, respecting the peoples’ right to assemble, until a handful of agitators turned destructive and the demonstration threatened to escalate into a major riot—at which point they swiftly intervened, caught enough of the agitators to prevent an escalation, and saved (most of) the city’s businesses from destruction.
Now, they do want to intimidate the crowd to keep things from escalating too far, but they also want to allow for some destruction to legitimize their tactics and to support the argument that the police force needs more officers. So they let the actual instigators alone, because they’re useful to their narrative (to a point) and because the police don’t want to engage with the group most prepared to fight back. (What they really want to avoid is a large crowd seeing multiple people physically resisting the police without being immediately subdued.)
Instead, they target:
* Journalists, street medics, and legal observers, to remove the demonstrators’ sense of institutional support and legitimacy;
* Anyone unable to fight back (like the disabled, elderly, and children) for pure shock value and crowd intimidation via low-risk displays of violence;
* Those whose mug shots in the papers the next day will support their narrative—the homeless, minorities, and anyone whose face is vaguely weird or scary; and
* People who dressed in black bloc fashion, but are clearly by themselves, passive, and not part of an organized group.
These last are the only ones they will try to prosecute, and often their black bloc attire plus the testimony of cops who claim they saw them engaged in destructive activity just before grabbing them will be enough to get a conviction. In this case the anonymity of their dress backfires, because the cops can pin the actions of anyone with similar clothing and body type on them by claiming they saw the act first-hand and caught the suspect immediately afterward.
Meanwhile, the real instigators are convinced that they escaped due to the brilliance of their tactics and not because the cops had no interest in catching them.
That said, all this goes out the window when dealing with Trump’s federal agents: they’re working from different narratives that don’t involve protecting businesses, maintaining local support, or respecting anyone’s rights.
"some anarchists disabled 75+ flock cameras in oakland and sf'
Anarchy in the USA.
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Nvidia driver issues...
Well guys! I did it! Linux mint on my desktop! Finally! Everything seemed like it was going swimmingly save for some minor issues. But then I ran into one: I did use stability matrix to make furry porn (very bad furry porn, don't ask) but when I tried to run it, it kept telling me it had issues with python and cuda and other stuff. I wondered if the problem was just python libraries or my nvidia drivers. I did manage to get a workaround, but it simply wouldn't use my GPU... in fact, I think I am having a super hard time seeing if I am even using it properly.
Speaking of drivers I tried to install the latest one, but that caused a problem. I use multiple monitors (because of course I do). Three in fact, but only one ended up working with the other two entirely unrecognized. And I still wasn't able to use my GPU to get stability matrix (or even stability forge without that) and my games still can't run on max graphics settings. I've been looking around for some help on this and trying to work on it all day, with limited success. It is basically the only major thing going wrong with my transition from windows to linux.
Any help here?
Ok. If ever you want to try Bazzite, here's the download link: bazzite.gg/#image-picker
Then choose: Desktop > Nvidia RTX Series > KDE > Traditional Desktop.
Bazzite - The next generation of Linux gaming
Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theater PCs.bazzite.gg
Install Nvidia Drivers on Linux Mint [Beginner's Guide]
Struggling with Nvidia and Linux Mint? Here's a detailed beginner's guide that explains plenty of things around installing Nvidia drivers on Linux Mint.Ankush Das (It's FOSS)
We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that
- Hackernews.
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Your Phone Already Has Social Credit. We Just Lie About It.
Your credit score is social credit. Your LinkedIn endorsements are social credit. Your Uber passenger rating, Instagram engagement metrics, Amazon reviews, and Airbnb host status are all social credit systems that track you, score you, and reward you…Natalie Pang (The Nexus)
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What are some good shell tweaks?
A short while ago, I saw a blog post from someone about modernizing their shell. Unfortunately, I lost the blog post, but there was some really good stuff in there. Just mentioning this in case someone knows what I'm talking about.
One tweak I remember they mentioned was about fixing programs that have broken formatting. It prevents scenarios like
user@hostname:~$ echo "hi"
hiuser@hostname:-~$where the output and shell prompt get placed on the same line. I noticed this happens with bash with C programs that don't include a \n in the final printf statement.
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Either nushell or fish shell if you want a modern shell.
But honestly shell usage tends towards vim or emacs workflows.
Software Freedom Day 2025 - New Jersey
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/41246302
We're having an event for Software Freedom Day. It is a world-wide event, and we are having one right here at Montclair State University in New Jersey.September 20th, 2025 from 11am-4pm
We'll have talks about what free software is, and why it's important for everyone. What kind of software is available for your existing computer, and how you can use Free Software to use your computer past the date that the manufacturer wants to keep updating it. There will be a talk on self hosting, so that you can run services that reduce or replace your reliance on outside big tech companies, and keep better control of your data. Talks about Wikipedia and Open Source are proposed. There will also be a talk on Social Networking with free software called "Mastodon and the Fediverse" that will show how you can network with people without giving your data to big tech, and without the algorithms that don't work in your best interest.
Here a link for more information:
softwarefreedom.neocities.org/
We'll be happy to discuss any details.
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I give up 🏳️
I give up.... Privacy is a fool's game and it's a losing one at that. We are slowly entering a world where more and more requirements are made on people to own a regular non-hipster cell phone. There are places you can't even buy parking or look at a restaurant menu without having a proper cell phone.
Maybe the answer is not to flash some obscure on life support operating system on your Google pixel but rather.. maybe the answer is to work within the system and simply adjust privacy controls as allotted?
that's because you are trying an individual solution to a collective problem.
going for the roots of it involves going for the corporations and oligarchs taking control of our electronics, not simply installing a private rom.
Both ends need working on. I think creating and supporting new movements require change, it starts with individuals fighting for more rights on a microscopic level. Shifting to GrapheneOS will accelerate Google to make changes for the good of all of us.
Be wise and patient. I think our older politicians don't accept these concepts, but as our young grow into old then we've got a platform to fight for.
WTH is happening at the GNOME Foundation ?! - Linux Weekly News
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Announcement of LibreOffice 25.8.1
Announcement of LibreOffice 25.8.1 - The Document Foundation Blog
Berlin, 29 August 2025 – LibreOffice 25.8.1, the first minor release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite for personal productivity in office environments, is now available at https://www.libreoffice.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
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Syncthing setup that is suitable for a battery powered Linux device
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What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36767445
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This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
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This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
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Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public spaceHelena Horton (The Guardian)
" conversationalist"?
You're using that word, but I don't think it means what you think it means.
Russia & China are destroying us, openly, and we haven't done anything about it
- The Israel-Hamas conflict (and a genocide) is a distraction from Russia and Iran (yes, they disregard human lives that much), to avoid people from figuring out their plans, keeping a far-right Israeli government, and distracting from Ukraine. It also allows for Iran (and thus Russia) to test against missile and drone defense systems in Israel (that are the best anyway, therefore anything that passes will shred through any Western nation).
- Climate change isn't ignored; rather, it is done purposely. If farming fails, we will be in starvation, allowing them to take us out/dominate us much more easily. Additionally, there are studies that prove an increased temperature leads to lower productivity, thus proving this hypothesis further — and Russia won't feel as big of an impact there, especially in winter.
- The “AI” hype is being funded by both Russia and China, to lower our critical thinking, also allowing us to be tricked and attacked more easily. Furthermore, it increases the speed of climate change, and takes away even more clean water from us. This allows them to be able to poison our waters much more easily, since only a select few freshwater points will be out there,
Why did PinePhone fail?
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in reply to spaghettiwestern • • •Libs are so fucking funny. Y'all every bit as delusional as QAnon crackpots who think everyone in government is a Jewish lizard communist, except y'all think everyone who provides evidence against the current narrative or just doesn't uncritically swallow the State Department line is being paid by China or Russia.
Get a grip fr.
spaghettiwestern
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in reply to Tyra • • •Exactly. Even if someone were to post a thousand "pro-Russian" articles (aka articles not blindly parroting western propaganda narratives) a month, it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the firehose volume of propaganda that western and western-aligned (& funded) outlets put out every day. If people are genuine and honest about wanting a "fair and balanced" coverage of the news, then we still have a very long way to go until we can balance the scales against the enormous and ubiquitous western propaganda machine.
But the West is too scared to even allow one single channel that challenges their narrative, hence why they banned RT. It was not enough for them that they had a hundred channels all parroting the western line and Russia had only one. Just that small amount of coverage of the other side's point of view was considered an existential threat by the ruling class. Not one dissenting voice can be tolerated. They must immediately be demonized.
Also there are a hundred subs on Reddit that all exclusively allow only anti-Russia content. If that is the kind of platform some people prefer, they can go there. What is so threatening about one poster on a news com of such an obscure platform like Lemmy posting content that contradicts the hegemonic narrative? Maybe, if you are so afraid that one single voice might be more convincing than a hundred voices saying the opposite, then perhaps that's because that one voice is telling the truth and the others are all lying...
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