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Backseat pressure


Not sure where to post this so into memes it goes.

The full smugga lisa:

thebad.website/comic/backseat_…

in reply to Bad

People have been sketching at cafe or any public spaces so drawing digital on tablet out there should be no difference, but it feels very awkward for me. People do that are absolute mad lad.
in reply to Bad

same thing when i attempt to talk to people

alone i can have elaborate and intricate monologues or pretend dialogues with all the fancy vocabulary

but the second i'm placed in a room with a person i forget how to put sentences together in a cohesive way




No bias, no bull AI






Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams


lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/50822969


Trump signs executive order targeting banking industry discrimination


The executive order arrives amid ongoing concerns about payment network concentration. According to the Merchants Payments Coalition, Visa and Mastercard control 80% of the market while blocking competition from smaller networks including NYCE, Star and Shazam. This concentration has enabled significant fee increases, with credit card swipe fees more than quadrupling since 2010 to reach $111.2 billion last year alone.


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Trump signs executive order targeting banking industry discrimination


The executive order arrives amid ongoing concerns about payment network concentration. According to the Merchants Payments Coalition, Visa and Mastercard control 80% of the market while blocking competition from smaller networks including NYCE, Star and Shazam. This concentration has enabled significant fee increases, with credit card swipe fees more than quadrupling since 2010 to reach $111.2 billion last year alone.


Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery


To kill the AI chatbot feature, search for browser.ml.chat.enabled and set it to false.

To stop smart tab grouping, search for browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled and set it to false.

https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1mle0ql/mozilla_please_for_the_love_of_god_please_do_not/



Il signore delle mosche: tra psicologia e letteratura

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Il signore delle mosche

Title:
Il signore delle mosche

Author:
William Golding

Genre:
Romanzo allegorico, psicologico, distopico, di formazione

Publisher:
Mondadori

Pages:
288

Source:
oscarmondadori.it/libri/il-sig…


L’autore


William Golding (1911–1993), è stato uno scrittore britannico e premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1983. La sua esperienza nella Seconda guerra mondiale influenzò profondamente la sua visione della natura umana.

Trama generale (senza spoiler)


Il signore delle mosche racconta la storia di un gruppo di ragazzi britannici che, in seguito a un disastro aereo, si ritrovano su un’isola deserta senza adulti. Inizialmente cercano di costruire una società ordinata e democratica, ma presto le dinamiche di potere, la paura e l’istinto di sopravvivenza degenerano in violenza e caos.
La narrazione segue il lento ma inesorabile passaggio dalla civiltà alla barbarie, rivelando il lato oscuro dell’animo umano.

Punti di forza del romanzo

1. Simbolismo potente


Ogni elemento del romanzo ha un significato profondo:
L’isola è un microcosmo del mondo.
Il conchiglione simboleggia la legge e l’ordine.
Il “Signore delle mosche” è la personificazione del male interiore.
I personaggi rappresentano aspetti diversi della società e della psiche umana.

2. Analisi della natura umana


Golding ci pone una domanda inquietante: cosa succede quando non ci sono regole? Il romanzo non dà risposte semplici, ma ci costringe a riflettere sul male, che non viene dall’esterno, ma nasce dall’interno di ciascuno di noi.

3. Scrittura evocativa


Lo stile è semplice ma denso di significati. Le descrizioni dell’isola sono suggestive, quasi poetiche, ma il tono si fa via via più cupo man mano che la storia evolve.

4. Attualità e universalità


Anche se ambientato in un contesto lontano (anni ’50), il romanzo è terribilmente attuale: parla di bullismo, paura, manipolazione, potere, perdita dell’innocenza. Può essere letto come una metafora della società moderna e dei suoi meccanismi distruttivi.

Chi è il Signore delle Mosche?


Nel racconto, il “Signore delle Mosche” è una testa di maiale infilzata su un bastone, lasciata dai ragazzi-cacciatori come offerta alla “bestia” che temono sull’isola.
La testa viene posta in una radura, sotto il sole, circondata da insetti che ronzano attorno alla carne in decomposizione: da qui il nome “Signore delle Mosche” (traduzione del termine Beelzebub, uno dei nomi biblici del diavolo).

Il suo significato simbolico


Il Signore delle Mosche non è un personaggio vivente, ma un simbolo del male interiore. Quando Simon, uno dei ragazzi più sensibili e intuitivi, si trova da solo davanti alla testa, ha un’allucinazione in cui la testa “gli parla”.
In questo dialogo immaginario, il Signore delle Mosche gli dice qualcosa di spaventoso: “Io sono parte di te. Non puoi scacciarmi. Io sono dentro di te.”
Questo momento è cruciale: Golding ci dice che la vera bestia non è fuori, non è un mostro nascosto nella giungla, ma è dentro i ragazzi stessi, dentro ogni essere umano.

Spiegazione psicologica de Il signore delle mosche


Il signore delle mosche non è solo un romanzo d’avventura: è uno studio psicologico sull’essere umano, in particolare sui meccanismi interiori che regolano il comportamento in assenza di regole sociali.
Golding, che fu insegnante e partecipò alla Seconda guerra mondiale, ci propone una riflessione cruda: la civiltà è una maschera sottile, e il male non è un’eccezione ma una possibilità interna a ciascuno.

1. Lotta tra Es, Io e Super-Io (Freud)


La dinamica tra i tre personaggi principali può essere letta in chiave freudiana:
Jack = Es → rappresenta l’istinto primitivo, il desiderio, l’aggressività, il bisogno di dominio e potere. Vive secondo il principio del piacere, senza rispetto per le regole.
Ralph = Io → cerca di mediare tra le esigenze della civiltà e le pressioni istintive. Vuole mantenere l’ordine e la razionalità, ma è costantemente sotto pressione.
Piggy = Super-Io → rappresenta la coscienza morale, le regole, la logica. È debole fisicamente, ma simbolicamente è il più vicino alla razionalità e alla cultura.
In questo senso, l’isola è come una mente umana e il romanzo descrive la disintegrazione psichica dell’equilibrio tra forze interne.

2. La teoria dell’identità sociale (Tajfel & Turner)


Quando i ragazzi si dividono in gruppi (quelli di Ralph vs i cacciatori di Jack), entrano in gioco meccanismi di identità sociale:
In-group vs out-group: il gruppo dei cacciatori si percepisce superiore, sviluppando ostilità verso gli altri.
De-individuazione: indossando maschere, i ragazzi perdono la loro identità personale e diventano parte del branco, facilitando la violenza.

3. La perdita dell’innocenza


Il romanzo mostra il passaggio dall’infanzia alla brutalità, ma non come crescita: piuttosto come corruzione dell’innocenza. La psicologia dello sviluppo ci insegna che i bambini interiorizzano le regole sociali attraverso modelli adulti. In assenza di adulti, i bambini tornano a comportamenti primitivi, guidati dalla paura e dalla sopravvivenza.

4. Il ruolo della paura


La paura del “mostro” (la “bestia”) è una proiezione: non è reale, ma frutto dell’immaginazione. Tuttavia, ha effetti molto reali. In psicologia questo si lega al concetto di proiezione (meccanismo di difesa): i ragazzi proiettano il male dentro di loro su un’entità esterna, per non affrontare la realtà più spaventosa: il male è dentro di loro.

5. Il concetto di ombra (Jung)


Secondo Jung, ogni essere umano ha un lato nascosto, “l’ombra”, che contiene pulsioni represse, desideri inaccettabili, rabbia, paura. Jack e il “Signore delle Mosche” rappresentano proprio questa ombra collettiva: l’istinto animale che emerge quando la coscienza (civiltà) cede.

6. Comportamento collettivo e contagio emotivo (Le Bon)


Golding anticipa le teorie della psicologia sociale sul comportamento collettivo:
Nelle folle (o gruppi ristretti in isolamento), le persone possono perdere inibizioni e comportarsi in modo irrazionale e violento.
Il gruppo diventa dominante e l’individuo si annulla → contagio emotivo e de-responsabilizzazione.

Conclusione psicologica


Il romanzo mostra come le strutture psicologiche e sociali crollino in assenza di regole e controllo. È un monito su quanto il male non sia un’eccezione, ma una possibilità latente in ogni essere umano.

Riflessione personale


Il signore delle mosche è un libro che lascia il segno. All’inizio può sembrare una semplice avventura, ma pagina dopo pagina ci si rende conto che si sta assistendo a una discesa nella parte più oscura dell’animo umano. È un testo duro, talvolta disturbante, ma proprio per questo necessario.
Mi ha colpito in particolare come i bambini, che dovrebbero incarnare la purezza, siano in realtà capaci di crudeltà e sopraffazione. Il romanzo ci mette di fronte a una realtà scomoda: la civiltà è fragile, e basta poco per far emergere l’istinto animale che si nasconde dentro di noi.
Un classico che ogni adolescente e adulto dovrebbe leggere almeno una volta nella vita. Non solo per la bellezza della scrittura, ma per il messaggio profondo che ci obbliga a guardarci dentro.

#formazione #mondadori #narrativa #psicologia

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Spotify to raise prices in September


I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-…

in reply to 3dcadmin

Spotify has a become a shit show lately. I don't like that the CEO is supporting a genocidal state, the platform is full of fake AI artists and playlists. Artists aren't getting paid enough. the price hikes and the app just feels so bloated with unnecessary bullshit. Because of this, I switched to self hosting my own music server (Navidrome, and Lidarr) and I use the symphonium app on Android. Really happy with that solution
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Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London


Amnesty International called the mass arrests “deeply concerning”.

“The protesters in Parliament Square were not inciting violence and it is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating them as terrorists,” said Sacha Deshmukh, the organisation’s chief executive.

“We have long criticised UK terrorism law for being excessively broad and vaguely worded and a threat to freedom of expression. These arrests demonstrate that our concerns were justified.”



I switched from Arch btw to fedora kionite AMA


I recently switched from arch to kionite and I quite like it a lot. There is defenitly more stability and security.
Although rpm-ostree I quite a learning curve compared to pacman.

Either way for anyone curious ask NY anything about the distro / the switch to it.

in reply to not quite01(they/them)

Fedora licensing cripples the stock Silverblue offerings. Using an immutable without the drivers and codecs baked in is not great. Sure you can add these with ostree, but then why use an immutable ..
in reply to Sina

yeah I get that for my laptop it works out just fine.
however for my pc I use bazzite as it has an nvidia gpu.

overall thats a good point and definitly something people should consider.





What is post Aurora Store?


Aurora store is starting to not work by days in the last weeks.

What is the plan team, how to get proprietary apps if Aurora store went down one day and never went up again?

in reply to Pro

Obtainium is a decent way to make using sites like apkPure, uptodown, etc. a little easier to handle.
in reply to LycanGalen

Obtainium is less than useless for apps only available on play store, which is what aurora is used for.
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What is post Aurora Store?


Aurora store is starting to not work by days in the last weeks.

What is the plan team, how to get proprietary apps if Aurora store went down one day and never went up again?



What is post Aurora Store?


Aurora store is starting to not work by days in the last weeks.

What is the plan team, how to get proprietary apps if Aurora store went down one day and never went up again?



in reply to Krudler

I went for it and noticed it had the Reset button available, clicking which it switched to "false".
I am on Zen Browser and I never turned anything like that on.

Any idea why it appeared like that?



Hampton Inn doesn't want you to download a car


A splash screen for the internet portal at a Hampton Inn. The text says:

"We are pleased to provide you with internet service during your stay. By clicking below, you agree not to download, share or otherwise use others' copyrighted content, such as movies, music, computer games or television shows without proper authorization."

in reply to ReedReads

It's so funny to me when rules say "don't do something illegal." I get it, I get that they want a specific thing to point at if they boot you off, but it feels so silly.





Why Are Silicon Valley’s Utopians Are Prepping for Collapse?


Reddit.
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in reply to TrippyFocus

Each time I've seen this over the last several days, it's been some of the best news I've read in a while. Fuck that guy.
in reply to TrippyFocus

Ok, but remember there's no evidence that Luigi Mangione killed anyone, the whole inquiry was rushed. The mysterious killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thomson should be referred to as "Robin Hoodie" or "the Claim Adjuster".


Thrifting and mutilating the Left Behind series


These are abundant and cheap in the thrift stores. I’m experimenting with decoupage - drowning them in paint, perhaps coating these coasters with a layer of epoxy, collage on canvas.
in reply to andros_rex

I don't understand what those two passages are supposed to represent that is happening now.

I thrift a lot of books for crafts as well. Most recently I made a tiny bookshelf and populated it with thumbprint-sized books. I made those by cutting up the yellowest books real tiny and then rebinding them. Anyway, Goodwill really is full of these books. A couple sets from me, even.


in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Washington threatens to revoke Nairobi’s access to military and economic benefits


military benefits = being used as a base and cannon fodder when the time to attack Burkina Faso comes

economic benefits = being forced to buy American weapons and turned into a brothel for US troops



Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London


Amnesty International called the mass arrests “deeply concerning”.

“The protesters in Parliament Square were not inciting violence and it is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating them as terrorists,” said Sacha Deshmukh, the organisation’s chief executive.

“We have long criticised UK terrorism law for being excessively broad and vaguely worded and a threat to freedom of expression. These arrests demonstrate that our concerns were justified.”

in reply to verdigris

Agreed. Likely in the low millions £ to fix by skilled specialists.

in reply to rbn

It certainly is a pillar of my mental stability.


Ukrainian Support for War Effort Collapses


in reply to NightOwl

Upvoted for sharing the truth.
in reply to NightOwl

Never negotiate with aggressors. What the hell...

in reply to HiTekRedNek

OK, cool. That definitely helps things.

I think where we're disagreeing is that I think in a capitalist society the promise of money will inevitably corrupt the government (because it's made of people). Maybe it can be avoided if the government performs additional regulatory action to stop anyone from getting too wealthy, but that sounds like beyond the limits that you want to set for government.

in reply to Mniot

There's no need for the government to prevent people from becoming wealthy.

The only ways to become that wealthy all involve monopolies.

But every single monopoly that has ever existed, has only managed to become a monopoly due to help from allies in government. AKA Regulatory Capture.

When governments are large, and filled with bureaucrats that aren't answerable to the public, monopolies are far more likely to emerge, as those same bureaucrats enact more and more regulations that make entering the market more and more difficult for those of modest to little means.


in reply to x0x7

Why are you linking to posts on another forum rather than directly to the image itself?

Ah, I see. You are trying to get people to use the forum you created rather than this one.

GoatMatrix.net is an alternative Reddit-like social media forum that was hand-coded from scratch by developer x0x7, along with his other projects.
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in reply to Dialectical Idealist

I would throw in the argument that the pace at which innovation happens is fostered by competition.

That's not the only motivation, of course. There's curiosity, passions, social movements, etc. But market pressure seems to be a huge driver.

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in reply to Einar

Market pressure forces innovation in the direction of profit, not satisfying needs. Enshittification is an example of innovation that negatively impacts the user experience. At lower stages of development, markets can be a part of an overall planned system and have great growth, but they need to be managed carefully by a socialist state, a la the PRC, or you end up with private monopoly and megacorps that control the state like the US.
in reply to Einar

It's generally not true. What is true is that every single person in a society organized to kill you through neglect is motivated to find some way to making a lot of money and escaping their plight. The way you do this in a capitalist society is you make some rich people much richer. So you try to come up with ways to make them richer.

Sometimes that means solving problems that the masses will pay you for, if only you could scale it (investors show up to scale it, take 70% of the value, you become a millionaire).

Sometimes that means solving a problem for industry that reduces their costs, if I only you could overcome the upfront costs (investors show up to build it, take 70% of the value, you become a millionaire).

However, what people who have never done this don't realize is that the real problem being solved is the problem of making rich people more money. Literally anything that makes them richer will get there investment, regardless of it solves social problems or creates social problems. Inversely, if you solve social problems for the masses but it can't make the rich richer, then your solution never gets any traction.

The selection criteria is fundamentally whether or not it makes the rich richer. That's why in the US such a massive percentage of GDP is artificial markets - copyrighted art and media, digital rights management, digital locks on tractors and machinery, digital locks on printer ink and Keurig cups - or total wastes of time - billions in rebranding, billions in consulting to merge and then divest - or in terribly damaging social engineering - billions in pink taxes, boys vs girls branding, manipulating beauty standards, manipulating children, sugary cereals, endless plastic toys, chemical engineering to create food cravings and suppress satiety, etc.

So yes, competition creates a frenzy of activity, but the activity is poorly directed, often negative value, innovative and novel ways to harm people, and ultimately not geared towards anything useful.

Meanwhile, look at socialism and compare where it actually matters - the Soviets dominated space exploration compared to the West. During COVID, the US spent billions racing for a vaccine and Cuba developed one on the same timeline without the massive grift while under the most brutal and long-term collective punishment regime in the history of the world.

At the end of the day, purposeful, intentional, directed effort will always beat the mass chaos of random actors all frenzily trying to save themselves out of desperation.



Poll: 4 out of 5 Jewish Israelis are not troubled by the famine in Gaza


A new poll by the Israel Democracy Institute shows that 4 out of 5 Jewish Israelis – 79% - are not troubled by reports of Palestinian famine and suffering in Gaza.


Archived version: archive.is/20250808164738/mond…


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.

in reply to BrikoX

How many Americans were troubled by their military bombing the shit out of the Middle East 20 years ago? What about Nam? What about the nukes?! It's the same sociocultural (and to a degree, ethnic) group, after all. 😭
in reply to YappyMonotheist

If you look at Vietnam "war" (war was never officially declared because laws in US are just guidelines) through the years you will see an interesting trend. The same holds true for illegal military invasions of Middle East countries.

statista.com/statistics/133432…



GPT-5: "How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry?"


Hackernews.
#AII
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Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Israeli government's plan to expand Gaza war


Thousands marched through the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand an end to the war in Gaza, just a day after the Israeli government pledged to seize control of Gaza City. Protesters held signs and displayed photos of hostages still held in the Palestinian enclave, urging the government to obtain their release.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/france24.com…


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.

in reply to BrikoX

While this is welcome pressure, don't kid yourself into thinking that they actually care about people in Gaza.

A new poll by the Israel Democracy Institute shows that 4 out of 5 Jewish Israelis – 79% - are not troubled by reports of Palestinian famine and suffering in Gaza.


mondoweiss.net/2025/08/poll-4-…



Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy's mainland


Thousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily


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


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.



Qantas Retires Its Entire Q300 Fleet After 25 Years In Service


The final voyage: One loyal aircraft's last journey connecting Australia's cities before retirement.
in reply to BrikoX

Not mentioned in the article is what the fate of the Q300s will be. Are they being sent to a boneyard for storage, being sold to another carrier or being scrapped? I have flown on Dash 8s many times, and think they're terrific aircraft.
in reply to dparticiple

Since they sold Q200, I imagine they will try to sell these too.