Crucial consumer-branded products at key retailers, e-tailers and distributors worldwide will seize sales on February 1, 2026 as it repositions to sell its products direct to manufacturing and commercial channels only.
The Justice Department on Thursday failed to secure an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News
Maduro has said there are 8 million civilians training in militias, but one source estimated that only thousands of intelligence personnel, armed ruling-party supporters and militia members would really participate in defensive actions.
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"I tried switching to Hannah Montana Special Arch Edition and it wasn't easy!" -- Is it ever easy? I dunno, but computers are complex things so trying any new approach is expected to take work. Picking a weird, unsupported, and possibly out of date software package isn't going to help the effort.
I think he did, but I'm not sure if he called that out explicitly. Basically the recommendation is: yeah, try it, but also, all the power it gives you can make you go off the deep end. Don't fall for the trap of trying to build your own editing software.
Meanwhile, I read stories from other users here on the Fediverse who had grandparents who got fed up with Windows and installed Aurora; they just figured things out as they went and stuck with it.
So like you say, don't go too crazy right out of the gate. Get used to the new system, and learn a new way of doing things.
Yes but audio drivers still seem to be a common issue for everyone. That should really just be working out of the box by now it's insane.
His biggest issue was Premiere Pro not working on Linux, and Davinci Resolve not supporting the AAC Audio codec which VLC recorded in which he then wasted a ton of time on to get it to work and eventually tried to vibe-code his own video editor which didn't really work out so then he purchased Davinci Resolve premium to get AAC support.
His biggest issue was Premiere Pro not working on Linux, and Davinci Resolve not supporting the AAC Audio codec which VLC recorded in which he then wasted a ton of time on to get it to work and eventually tried to vibe-code his own video editor which didn't really work out so then he purchased Davinci Resolve premium to get AAC support.
Holy hell, why would he do that? Just "for the content"?
I've read on Lemmy that Bazzite also has some issues. I believe GN chose it as their testing distro too and had some issue. Especially for non-gaming related tasks. Aurora is also a recommendation which is supposedly a general purpose bazzite but I'm not sure if that then has gaming issues.
Someone should really do a distro test where they test the out-of-the-box functionality of all distros on different tasks
I use Bazzite as my only desktop OS at the moment (I have multiple headless servers with either Fedora or Debian), and have been using Fedora atomic for awhile before that. I noticed no significant change in general purpose computing when switching from Fedora atomic (Kinoite) to Bazzite, other than all the non-free codecs and drivers I would have installed in Fedora already being present in Bazzite. If anything, that improved my experience. I don't even game much, it's just something I do occasionally, though I've been using Linux exclusively for over a decade now, so I can't say I get frustrated enough fixing minor things that I'd really remember things that are easy for me to fix, but potentially difficult for someone new to fix. Honestly, the only time I've really had to fix stuff in my recollection is from bash scripts I wrote in other distros no longer working, and since it's atomic, I chose to rewrite for the tools available instead of layering unnecessary packages. Certainly not something I'd imagine someone new doing.
As far as most software goes, you install it via Flatpak, so the experience should be identical across different distros.
I have used Bazzite for some time for both gaming and development tasks. Distrobox is what I use to do development, and rpm-ostree if I don't care about layering on to the system image. Really, immutable distros just function differently than non-immutable, so if you try to use them like you might be used to, then you might have a difficult time.
Bazzite's real strength is with completely new users in regard to Linux who haven't already built up non-immutable habits imo (although I've used Linux for over a decade and was able to adapt to immutable and actually prefer it). It pre-packages everything someone moving from gaming on Windows might need while making it more difficult to break. That's why Wendell recommended GN use it over Cachyos, since it's more approachable and accessible to those moving from Windows.
In the North American Regime, the state militia will kidnap your family if you say the vice president fucked a couch on the internet. Please Mr. Xi, end their oppression
The death of the US Empire is funny until you realize that other countries will need to endure a bunch of US immigrants complaining that roads are too small and the food doesn't have corn syrup in it.
Sorry, I mean expats, that's the word when the immigrant is white
Yeah, we need corn syrup.....please do not be insensitive to our addiction.
There is no stopping the impulsive need to add corn into everything. Corn for the fuel, corn for sugar, corn for the livestock, corn for the hole. If you can cram corn in it, we've done it.
Its even in a lot of our "ingredients" for example... Most Americans aren't making spaghetti sauce from scratch. So when it's pasta ragu night your getting an extra helping of sugar from the sauce. Most European ketchups are nearly inedible to an American palate.
That would be our corporate overlords wanting to keep corn farmers employed. It's not like we have bottles of it at our table. Companies just put it in everything since it's cheap, and since we don't have an effective government that stops capitalism from killing us, it gets put in everything and we die from heart disease.
There's a user with the name "SatansMaggotyCumFart" or something like that. I think the person you're talking to is assuming your name is a play on that since it looks and sounds similar but isn't gross.
Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masterbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this image. Now there is a whole train of men masterbating together at this one image. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post NSFW.
To think that was once the face of the man that was able to blow a American President. Now he's just droopy McShithispants that can even rape a child with his tiny penis.
Concentration camp enjoyer sayswhat? Lol fuck off loser, at least have the courage of your disgusting convictions when you come face to face with their consequences
"Oh so just because i get really sad when a Nazi dies and angry when normal people celebrate it, you think I'm some sort of Nazi, you're crazy, you're mentally deficient!"
Lol suck my ass Nazi, nobody buys your smol bean shit. Everyone hates you guys.
That there is the problem my friend... you hate people without knowing them. That's how hate spreads. "My friend told me this one guy is a facist racist nazi so I must hate him". And then go around telling everyone to research while you havent done a lick of it yourself.
Hahaha you dont know a thing about me but I'm nazi scum... just proving all the points. Words dont have meaning anymore coming from that side of the isle.
I love it when clueless people in denial get riled up. Thats when the true colours come out you know? "Compasion", "Tolerance" whatever else lies are spewd while justifying treating people like trash that you even just slightly disagree with. Cheeries my dungeon lord.
Poke fun =/= hate... check out this communities top posts. You're all so deep in each others butts but never stop and think about what youre doing. Dehuminizing actual people with views and opinions of their own.
Can you imagine how much conservative whining and crying we're going to witness when this traitor fuck dies and the vast majority of the world throws a fucking party?
I'll only be upset about how much tax payer money is going to be spent giving this felon rapist pedophile a state-funded funeral.
He will progress to the point where he won't even be competent enough to speak, and they will not article 25 him. They'll hide him away in the white house and Vance will effectively be the president, or someone in his cabinet will effectively take over. And we'll have our own little death of Stalin.
I honestly don't think we'll know he's died until multiple days later if it doesn't happen within a public place. If it happens with few witnesses, they'll ride that dead pony as far as they can, push through as much as they can "as tRump", before announcing it. Weekend at Bernie's: US Corpacalypse
If I had a dollar every time I heard "Politician I hate definitely has late stage physical/mental illness and will be going away shortly", I'd be rich enough to blow millions bankrolling corrupt NYC mayoral candidates who promised to keep my taxes low.
Trump appears healthier than Cheney and Cheney lasted five years longer than Trump is right now. So don't hold your breath.
And in another five years, I'm sure he'll look even worse. But will he still be breathing out that noxious brew of smarm and bigotry? So long as he's still breathing.
And in another five years, I’m sure he’ll look even worse.
First off, have you ever had relatives with dementia? When you have a relative, especially a close relative, you can see the signs. A drop in the face is one of the most noticeable, often it's one of the first things you notice, alongside other things like trouble walking, coordination issues, and often Erratic, Hostile behavior. The last one of course is one that Trump has always had, but the other ones can be seen very clearly in most news footage of him. Man's got issues.
Second off, I don't know what things are like over there, but here we have public information films that are broadcast on TV to teach people how to spot a stroke, because it's imperative that you get someone help when you suspect a stroke. The signs are:
A droop in one side of the face.
Trouble lifting their arms.
Slurred speech.
The Acronym "FAST" is used here: Face, Arms, Speech, Time. A droop in the face is something that remains for a while after a stroke. Donald Trump very likely has either had a stroke or a severe brain injury on the level of being shot through the head and surviving. If I saw a man who looked like Donald Trump in that picture in the Supermarket, I would stop and ask if they were OK, because I might need to call a fucking Ambulance!
And I'm not saying that for partisan reasons, even with Biden's senior moments I thought that (as did he) that he was getting too long in the tooth, but it's very clear this man has dementia and it is developing quickly. His father had dementia and people who have had family members with the condition are at a higher risk of having it.
All of this is an issue because this man is in charge of Nuclear Weapons and is also the head of a personality cult that the ruling party want to maintain no matter what and thus is reluctant to officially at least trigger the Twenty-fifth Amendment. Donald Trump is becoming incapacitated and the Administration is reluctant to accept that.
Despite not being American, the fact that America has nukes, one of most powerful armed forces in the world and are in a Cold War with two others nuclear armed nations with one of them at war with a European country and the other threatening to Invade an ally and the source of the world's Microprocessors, and has a President who's very clearly had a stroke and is developing dementia, it is kinda my problem because I don't particularly want to be vaporized when the Russians slam nukes into Edinburgh City Center and Edinburgh Airport, because I just happen to be in the blast radius of both of those places, ken?
My grandma has been at that stage for 8 years after a stroke that left her half paralyzed, and she doesn't have one percent as much access to care as these ghouls. I won't be holding my breath.
But all this naked speculation about how Trump is on death's door has been going on since he was running for President the first time way back in 2015.
Wilson and Reagan left office before the dementia really took hold at 60 and 78 respectively, Trump on the other hand is 79, one year older than when Reagan left office and has four years left to go, when he'll be 83, and dementia doesn't stop for anyone.
Wilson threw in the towel when he realized he was getting too long in the tooth admitting that he was not up to the job. Reagan left office because he legally had to (two terms) which is something Trump is openly saying he will not do.
So one admissions of poor health, one case of being legally required to. Not exactly good arguments against a man who openly is saying he will flout the constitution for a third term.
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The head of Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has reaffirmed that his country will not join the 2026 Eurovision contest if Israel is allowed to compete - a protest by the Spanish delegation against Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Corporación de Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) president José Pablo López's statement follows weeks of lobbying by the Austrian delegation and others to keep Israel in the contest, which will take place in Vienna.
"We hold the same opinion [...] that Israel's presence was unsustainable — firstly, for the genocide. Eurovision is a contest, but human rights are not." López told a parliamentary hearing on Thursday.
López's remarks come a week before a crucial vote on whether Israel can participate in the competition.
The Israeli army claimed to have killed 40 Palestinian resistance group Hamas members who had been trapped in Rafah, in southern Gaza, last week.
The army said in a statement late on Sunday that it continued to intensify efforts to destroy the remaining tunnels in eastern Rafah to eliminate armed fighters inside.
Israel kills two Palestinian children in a drone strike on Khan Younis. Trump is rewarded for his heavy intervention in Honduras’s election as his preferred candidate is leading a close race, with the left-wing party of the incumbent president trailing badly. Palestinian American teenager Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim is released from detention. Trump mandates closure of Venezuela airspace and cancels repatriation flights. A coup in Guinea-Bissau. Fires kill 150 in Hong Kong. Floods kill over 1,000 in Southeast Asia. Rains continue to imperil the people of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces withdraw from Tubas, ending an intense operation in the West Bank city. Attacks continue near Hebron and Bethlehem Netanyahu asks for a pardon. Far-right cabinet members push for more guns for West Bank settlers and promote a Border Police officer who killed surrendering Palestinians. U.S. halts visas and asylum for Afghans. The U.S. Navy is accused of covering up plutonium leaks. Drop Site publishes a dispatch on guerilla fighters in West Papua. The Pope heads to Lebanon and continues the Vatican’s push for Palestinian statehood. Russian-Ukrainian negotiations continue as a lead Ukrainian negotiator departs, due to his role in a growing corruption scandal within the country. Israel kills 13 in Syria. A French investigation finds that Sudan’s Army used chlorine gas as a weapon of war last year against the RSF. Turkish and Kurdish negotiators reach an impasse. Iran seizes another tanker.
Honduras election shock; Mass casualty flooding and fires in Asia; Netanyahu demands a pardon
Israel kills two Palestinian children in a drone strike on Khan Younis. Trump is rewarded for his heavy intervention in Honduras’s election as his preferred candidate is leading a close race, with the left-wing party of the incumbent president trailing badly. Palestinian American teenager Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim is released from detention. Trump mandates closure of Venezuela airspace and cancels repatriation flights. A coup in Guinea-Bissau. Fires kill 150 in Hong Kong. Floods kill over 1,000 in Southeast Asia. Rains continue to imperil the people of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces withdraw from Tubas, ending an intense operation in the West Bank city. Attacks continue near Hebron and Bethlehem Netanyahu asks for a pardon. Far-right cabinet members push for more guns for West Bank settlers and promote a Border Police officer who killed surrendering Palestinians. U.S. halts visas and asylum for Afghans. The U.S. Navy is accused of covering up plutonium leaks. Drop Site publishes a dispatch on guerilla fighters in West Papua. The Pope heads to Lebanon and continues the Vatican’s push for Palestinian statehood. Russian-Ukrainian negotiations continue as a lead Ukrainian negotiator departs, due to his role in a growing corruption scandal within the country. Israel kills 13 in Syria. A French investigation finds that Sudan’s Army used chlorine gas as a weapon of war last year against the RSF. Turkish and Kurdish negotiators reach an impasse. Iran seizes another tanker.
Israel kills two Palestinian children in a drone strike on Khan Younis. Trump is rewarded for his heavy intervention in Honduras’s election as his preferred candidate is leading a close race, with the left-wing party of the incumbent president trailing badly. Palestinian American teenager Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim is released from detention. Trump mandates closure of Venezuela airspace and cancels repatriation flights. A coup in Guinea-Bissau. Fires kill 150 in Hong Kong. Floods kill over 1,000 in Southeast Asia. Rains continue to imperil the people of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces withdraw from Tubas, ending an intense operation in the West Bank city. Attacks continue near Hebron and Bethlehem Netanyahu asks for a pardon. Far-right cabinet members push for more guns for West Bank settlers and promote a Border Police officer who killed surrendering Palestinians. U.S. halts visas and asylum for Afghans. The U.S. Navy is accused of covering up plutonium leaks. Drop Site publishes a dispatch on guerilla fighters in West Papua. The Pope heads to Lebanon and continues the Vatican’s push for Palestinian statehood. Russian-Ukrainian negotiations continue as a lead Ukrainian negotiator departs, due to his role in a growing corruption scandal within the country. Israel kills 13 in Syria. A French investigation finds that Sudan’s Army used chlorine gas as a weapon of war last year against the RSF. Turkish and Kurdish negotiators reach an impasse. Iran seizes another tanker.
use a modern, popular distro. There are less things broken and you get more support
do a fresh install with a fresh user to nor carry over your broken configs and customizations. Do everything from scratch again
Tackle the issues one by one and provide detailed steps to reproduce, error messages, logs, screenshots or videos. You can ask right here on lemmy, but you'll probably get more eyes on it on reddit tbh.
I felt just like you a long time ago when kde introduced wayland at the end of 2016. After a couple of super frustrating months, I made a backup of my /home, migrated my archlinux to btrfs (by doing a fresh install) so I can have snapshots and revert if I mess something.
Had only minor issues since then and most have been fixed some years later. Others I've learned how to work around (for example by using gamescope, because I have mixed resolution multi monitor setup and some games think my 2k screen is 4k)
I literally just installed fedora 43 KDE on my laptop, spent like 2 hours trying to get it to boot (would black screen after a fresh install, apparently multiple people have the same issue for months, idk why no official fix has been released, but a community .iso worked for me)
But after that, holy fuck do I love it way more than gnome. I just hated gnome and everything about it, but most poplular distros I tried used it. I finally decided to try KDE and now I wish I did it earlier
I tried Wayland for a day but went back to x11 (using KDE Neon) because of annoyances. Mostly input-related issues:
– I used Fusuma to remap extra mouse buttons, which doesn't work anymore
– Touchpad scrolling is buggy and pinch to zoom barely works
– Espanso has a Wayland version but doesn't work most of the time
– select with shift+arrow and release shift: it also releases the arrow so you have to press it again (seems small but annoys me)
And there's problems with windows opening on the wrong screen and then completely crashing when you try to move it (under Wine with full screen at least), and some apps with weird behaviors like drag and drop not working.
Is this on a fresh install, or have you installed a Wayland DE on an existing distro? If so, you may be missing some packages. What DE are you using for both X and Wayland?
I'm surprised wlr-randr is missing a display that xrandr can see, they should be looking at the same place for the display info. If you hunt through dmesg do you see any errors related to "EDID"?
Liberals call this "purity testing," but fundamentally the democrats stand for perpetuating capitalism and imperialism. These two points of contention are irreconcilable with any leftist.
I agree, though I'd say there's a difference between criticism and self-criticism with what we think of as "purity testing," ie demonizing AES or other movements for their imperfections.
"Waaaah how dare you purity test me, yeah I have right wing economic views but have you considered my social views are also right wing" - average Liberal
The DNC is designed against entryism, and drives its power not from popular support, but wealthy private donors. What's important is directly organizing on the ground to form a large, working class party, like PSL. Reading theory and organizing are the best things you can do. If you want somewhere to start with theory, I made an introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list you can check out.
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?
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
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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."
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.
No worries! Honestly it's designed to turn anyone from not knowing anything at all about Marxism into a capable cadre that can figure out where to go next (like Capital,Anti-Dühring, etc), but just reading section 0a is great if you just want to dip your toes in.
60 years ago, Democrats were creating Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and the Job Corps, passing civil rights, voting rights, and labor protection acts, and massively expanding investment in public housing and education. It's only in the past 45 years things have really gone sideways
The DNC has always been a capitalist and imperialist party, passing social welfare programs doesn't counter that basic fact, and as such doesn't counter that leftists have been trying to change them into a leftist party for far longer.
Sure, but there is no other option. We must build up a working class party, if running them electorally doesn't work, then it will still work when conditions falter and revolution happens.
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I mean a conservative project to do exactly this is what transformed the Cheney era neocons into the modern day fascist party we see. So at least in principle that's possible. but clearly the neocons were more than happy to go along with fascism. Fascism and conservativism have effectively the same goals.
The neoliberals who faced the same kind of insurrection from within their party at the same time were unwilling to adopt progressivism and are still unwilling to adopt progressivism. The right was able to change their party into a fascist one, the left has failed to move the demo party into being a progressive party
The Democrats are the most left-wing option that is realistically available to American voters.
The Democrats can be pushed further left if American progressives work to do so.
The Democrats - at the party level - will resist such a change, but that resistance can still be overcome.
In the long term, massive structural overhauls and the downfall of capitalism are the only things that will save America and the world
In the near term, voting consistly and enthusiastically for the least bad option can still protect vulnerable groups from harm and create changes that lay the groundwork for those structural overhauls.
I think we're showing mixed results on your third bullet. It did seem that way, for a while, as we pushed on social issues. And when it came time to get on with the economic issues, the core management team of the party rallied, and rather than adopt the left flank to win, steps right to hand control to Republicans.
And it's happened more than once now, to obvious and clear effect: the goal of the Democratic party isn't to win elections, it's to keep the country idealogically aligned with a neoliberal ruling class. And if that means handing control of government to Republicans, they'll do so, then blame the left (even though it's them moving to the right losing elections).
To the fourth bullet, no, it's not clear that within the machinations of the party infrastructure it can be overcome. Because if not now, when? Party leadership has never been weaker or more vulnerable nor the times more desperate. Democrats as a party poll worse than Trump, yet progressives can win elections with both the entire Republican and Democratic apparatus gunning to take them down. yet somehow we can't replace Schumer's or Jefferies.
Skipping to the 6th point, again, that isn't actually borne out by the evidence. It's not something well know in advance and only as an artifact of history. What's been extremely clearly is that so far, voting has been wildly insufficient to make the kinds of structural changes necessary. Obama is the classic example of this. He runs on healthcare, holding wallstreet accountable, and ending the wars; he delivers corporate "access", bails out the banks, and continues the wars. The voters did their job and the system didn't work.
So a relentless optimism that the system will just work as intended doesn't seem warranted, and it's clearly not going in a good direction.
Until we recognize that the Democratic party, it at least it's current and historical structure is at the core of the problem with why we can't advance political change, its pretty clear that this decent into autocracy, fascism, and a degraded quality of life is inevitable. The Democratic party isn't just part of the problem: it's the core element of the problem.
Point 3 is wrong. The working classes in the States are already increasingly left, while the DNC is increasingly rightward. The DNC doesn't care about what voters want, but what their donors need. That's why it's critical to engage with parties like PSL.
While those are technically true, they are inconseuqential at best, plain wrong at worst.
Yes, the dems could be pushed left a little over a long time in theory. But practice has shown that this is not achievable since all other material circumstances are against it.
The "least bad" option is a communist party, absolutely not the dems.
Voting is not going to help half as many people than going to the next soup kitchen or neighborhood meetup and organize there.
I hate these soc dem apology posts. Biden has blood on his hands up to his shoulders.
The funny thing about this is that if it were possible to reform the democratic party, it would only be through demanding change, and credibly threatening defection if those demands are not met. By setting conditions and giving those conditions teeth. What you're suggesting is just asking nicely for people to act directly contrary to their material interests and hoping for the best. It's complete nonsense.
Also lol at "enthusiastically voting." Yes, it's very important that you not only bend the knee to your corporate masters completely unconditionally, but that you do so with a smile on your face. You can trust me, I'm a leftist just like you, see how I say all the language about needing the downfall of capitalism?
Always remember that while The Democratic Party is far from perfect, this is Russian propaganda. The party and the rules it has to play by are changed by voting locally, early, and often. Spreading the voter apathy message that both parties are the same and our votes are inconsequential just gives more power to the oppressors.
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Substantive? That's a bit of a stretch. One reply that cites any sources and not a single one would get past a community college level RA.
It is laughable to me that you think we're on different sides. There are two sides, manipulators and manipulatees, and none of us here are the manipulators, though you may have created an echo chamber to increase the volume of certain manipulations.
'Sides' aside, do I have anything to say for myself? Of course. Would the time spent add any value to my life or fulfil any purpose? Maybe, but the ROI is too slim. You can't reason a person out of an opinion they didn't reason themselves into. It's the same reason I don't waste time arguing with MAGA these days. Even on the off chance you're talking to a real person, presenting them with any kind of evidence is just going to make them double down on their opinion. That's just human psychology, The Backfire Effect in action. I made the mistake of not checking where I was before commenting at all. Coming back here to reply to you was probably a mistake in and of itself, but this whole 'sides' thing just irks me. I hope you don't really feel that way. If we both want to move the country to the left, then disagreements like this only serve to benefit those who want to move the country further to the right. There's this book that outlines exactly how to create these ideological disagreements that drive wedges into opposition to the right, and who it benefits, but for some reason y'all have completely discounted it even though everything written in it has come to pass since. If y'all want to outright reject reality then more power to you, but I don't have to involve myself.
I want you to stay this way. Keep being an ignorant little goober. Nobody needs you and you're not important. You understanding basic political theory is not integral to anything. Please keep on trucking.
OpenAI, and others, lose money on every prompt even with paid subscriptions. The resources will still be wasted by them but to cost them money is priceless.
AI-generating images takes, like, zero resources. Think about it. My computer uses very little energy. It couldn't even heat my room if I ran it constantly (I accidentally tried by forgetting to turn on the heater). It can create an image in 20 seconds. There is no magic in AI that increases its wattage somehow. Also, I don't know if you noticed yet, but computers don't have a water input plug. Using a dishwasher once uses more electricity than generating thousands of images, and more water than infinite images.
I could generate something like this on my phone using any of the dozens of local models.
Feel free to share the device type and local AI model capable of producing an image like this. My guess is you won’t though because it’s not possible 😕
But that's (very clearly) beside the point, which is that you can run a variety of models locally on your PC or phone for miniscule energy. Once a model is trained the damage has already been done.
As always, it's the corporations using the resources and doing the damage, so pearl clutching about random individuals is less than useless.
In Germany Harris would have been conservative CDU (the most conservative/right party before the AfD turned up) and Trump would have been in the AfD. However, CDU is still fine. Nothing bad about being conservative. I disagree with most of their opinions but they are valid political opinions. AfD and Trump share political opinions that are undemocratic, dangerous and stupid.
Their strategy is to give into Trump's demands in the hopes that it prevents him from destroying their precious institutions. They hope to be able to take over from an unpopular Republican party after Trump dies without really undoing the damage he's done. The problem with this approach is that it will prevent the system from needing to be properly rebuilt, effectively legalizing most of his abuses of power and prolonging the instability of our country. A big part of this will be institutionalizing the blatant corruption and oligarchy while further rigging elections to make it impossible for popular movements to ever legally gain power.
A Gavin Newsom or Pete Buttigieg presidency will see them ruling as a weaker feudal king than Trump, but only to promote business activity and interests. Relying on the honeymoon period following Trump's removal, they will position themselves as the saviors of "democracy," yet they will do little to actually undo a lot of the election rigging that Republicans are installing right now. They will suppress workers rights and throw the most disposable minorities under the bus, deregulating and burning through all the goodwill they have. They'll parade the corpse of liberalism around as long as fools will believe it, but it will be a cynical gesture.
In order for actual liberal democracy to exist again in this country, the liberals would need to have shown a backbone and resist Trump no matter how much he destroys institutions. They would need to risk temporary jail time and potential assassination to invigorate long term support for a rebuilt American dream. Instead they're showing that they never cared about liberal ideals, only the goodwill liberalism afforded their power.
Yeh. The strategy seems to be to wait for their “turn” and make it look like the care while they watch everything they claim to stand for be destroyed.
Nothing new, in a profoundly capitalist structure like the US, there are no other options than to choose between conservatism and fascism, substituting reason for "in God we trust" and "Stars and Stripes", to keep citizens ignorant and obedient to continue functioning.
All I want is the freedom to vote how I want and still count my vote if my first choice didn't win. Democrats should be free to run their political party how they want. Just like how everyone else should be free to participate in our elections. Free of a spoiler effect.
There should be no monopoly on the future of our nation. Republican, or Democrat.
Surely the freedom to vote how people want is not to high a bar for the democrats to clear right? Self proclaimed democracy advocates surely want the people to be represented fully... right?
I would never force a liberal to vote for my preference in a election, why is it okay for them to do that to me?
And it is a conscious decision to force me to vote a certain way. Every election democrats mercilessly rage at 3rd party voters. The Democratic party and their voters understand that First-past-the-post voting is flawed. Yet in blue states, fully in control of the Democratic party, FPTP voting shackles the people.
Democrats understand FPTP voting does a bad job of representing the nation. They ignore this festering gaping mortal wound... all for safe states and easy elections against a complete clown show. One that has defeated them in every way possible.
The monopoly is over democrats. You never deserved it, and you most certainly do not deserve it now in our darkest hours. Get out of the way, we have to move forward as a nation.
The Democratic party is not more important then the United States of America.
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I don't think chsnging the voting system will fix this. There is still a 2 party system in australia despite a democracy with preferential voting for over 100 years.
The system can’t be reformed to favor the working class because it was created by & for the owner class, the “donor” class. If necessary they will unleash fascism to maintain control.
The Democratic party is not more important then the United States of America.
They both have to go. There’s never going to be a socialist USA. That can only happen after a revolution leading to an different state with a different name.
Kinda? The spectrum aspect is a bit iffy and I don't use it, but there are absolutely socialists on the left and capitalists on the right, and that's useful for understanding. Trying to argue over which is more or less left or right doesn't usually matter as much as the left/right distinction outright.
The Whig party died because it failed to address the whig voters' concerns over slave states. The Whigs in charge were too busy trying to find a moderate choice between traditional whig and democratic policies since the Whigs consisted of both northern and southern slave states and were too spineless to pick a side. Zachary Taylor (W), who had never voted or voiced his political opinion prior to running, won the nomination because whig voters in the convention thought being a middle ground candidate was enough to win. And he did win, but...
After Zachary Taylor was president, Winfield Scott (W), who was running a diet-democratic campaign seeing how it worked with Taylor, was running against Franklin Pierce (D), a dark horse candidate who wasn't even in the running until the 35th ballot at a stalled democratic convention. Scott, having lost the anti-slavery voters of the northern states, had an enthusiasm issue so big that people of the time regard this is one of the least exciting campaigns in presidential history. After Pierce won the election 254 electoral votes to 42, Free Soil and ex-Whig voters coalesced into the republican party. The whig party had been killed.
If your party isn't giving what people are pleading for or isn't a real opposition party, it's easier killing the party and starting fresh with something better than trying to lure the lost party back to your own values. And if we're already putting forth all that effort to build up a new party when one dies, why not be cool and make a revolutionary vanguard party instead of filling the vacuum in bourgeois elections?
"I am angry the overton window has moved so far to the right, I'm going to blame the folks trying to move it leftward"
What hasn't happened is an IRL movement around a new party or leader. What has happened is lots of "divide the left" memes and posts. I do wonder who that sentiment serves the most.
Left wing starts are anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism. The democrats are complicit in genocide and take money from AIPAC and only care about pleasing their business owners. Also the DNC is a private corporation
The Democratic National Committee is many things but democratic
Moving it leftward is when you support two separate groups of genocidal fascists in Israel and Ukraine and whine at leftists for not tactically supporting the fascists enough
Divide the left
You are not on the left. But I do keep seeing a bunch of "How do you do, fellow leftists? We sure do love voting for the 𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓵, amirite? By the way fuck communists" memes and posts. I wonder who that sentiment serves the most?
Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. Unfortunately this is quit…
This is a bit of a misnomer. No one PC can be fully anonymized or fully private, even if the PC provided fake data points, they will still be technically fingerprinted. Having said that, having a browser that tries to spoof stuff like LibreWolf, Tor or IronFox is decent.
The gains in using a VPN, among other best practices is that helps --assuming people do not log on to something like Google-- is to minimize the fingerprint of the PC to you, as a user. Assuming one trust their VPN provider, helps.
Tor leverages the point of having all users look and be fingerprinted mostly as the same, so you get lost in the shuffle and crowd.
In July 2015, the European Parliament issued a landmark report on organ trafficking. Its introduction notes, "before 2000, the problem of trafficking in human organs...was primarily limited to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia." However, following the turn of the millennium, "trafficking in organs has seemingly started to spread globally, to a large extent driven by Israeli doctors." The document went on to detail a number of high-profile organ trafficking cases.
i asked ai to summarize the article and it started and ended with warnings that this was anti-semitic and, when i asked why, it flat out said that ant-zionism is inherently antisemitic. lol
even deepseek is kowtowing to that definition of antisemitism and it makes me sad.
When objective, real Criticism is labeled as "anti-semetic" just by fact of existing, then it makes you question how much you are being lied to in so many things regarding them and their interests.
Sadly, AI cannot be trusted on this topic if that is what it does.
Probably a sign of just how much Zionist propaganda is out there, especially in English. "AI" doesn't know what it's actually saying and can only make statistical predictions of what's been said before.
This year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect.
The coalition government is hoping a new bill agreed upon last week will help make this a reality, bolstering Germany’s forces in the face of the perceived threat from Russia and a significant shift in US foreign policy.
The sweeping new reforms will see Germany attempt to boost its numbers to 260,000 soldiers, up from around 180,000 currently, in addition to an extra 200,000 reservists, by 2035.
France is doing something akin to this by increasing their "voluntary" army. Which will not be so voluntary, in the hopes to increase trained people and army numbers.
Our latest blog post is aimed at people who 'get it' about online privacy, but who struggle to convince friends and family to take it seriously. We hope it helps!
Been using uBlock for what feels like 15 years now. I find it weird and off putting when using other people's PCs without it. So many ads and so much garbage everywhere. Same when I watch network TV.
I cannot change the world, I am but one man. I can only try to influence and guide those around me. They influence and guide others around them. So you pick up a few new converts and that may seem pointless until you realize the global impact of your actions.
Opting out requires you to change settings in two places, so I’ve tried to make it as easy to follow as possible. Feel free to let me know in the comments if I missed anything.
To fully opt out, you must turn off Gmail’s “Smart features” in two separate locations in your settings. Don’t miss one, or AI training may continue.
Step 1: Turn off Smart Features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet settings Open Gmail on your desktop or mobile app. Click the gear icon → See all settings (desktop) or Menu → Settings (mobile). Find the section called Smart Features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet. You’ll need to scroll down quite a bit. Smart features settings Uncheck this option. Scroll down and hit Save changes if on desktop. Step 2: Turn off Google Workspace Smart Features Still in Settings, locate Google Workspace smart features. Click on Manage Workspace smart feature settings. You’ll see two options: Smart features in Google Workspace and Smart features in other Google products. Smart feature settings Toggle both off. Save again in this screen. Step 3: Verify if both are off Make sure both toggles remain off. Refresh your Gmail app or sign out and back in to confirm changes. Why two places? Google separates “Workspace” smart features (email, chat, meet) from smart features used across other Google apps. To fully opt out of feeding your data into AI training, both must be disabled.
Note Your account might not show these settings enabled by default yet (mine didn’t). Google appears to be rolling this out gradually. But if you care about privacy and control, double-check your settings today.
Are you surprised? More than 10 years ago, when you bought a plane ticket and used Gmail, without opening the email, it added the date and time of the flight to your calendar with a reminder...
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Is this enough to update the Fedora Linux wikipedia page, or is it still just "the distribution used by Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel (as of May 2020)"? It isn't exactly confirmed but ... like what else is he gonna use. I don't know if he'd be caught dead using Debian or Arch, and OpenSUSE would be too wild a choice.
I mean, I feel like he outright confirms it in the video. It's his distro of choice since it allows him to easily use his own compiled kernels in testing. Anything else is an inconvenience to his work.
Interviews do typically count, it just has to be citable. Videos are sufficient in that regard as well, not just articles or books. It would be different if Torvalds had edited his own wikipedia page, but an editor who updates the page and cites this video would not be in the wrong.
People in here like to hate, but there's a damn good reason. The majority of the people who are vocal about distribution choice aren't contributors, long-time users, or experts in the field. A lot of us who are just want a simple, quick installing, porting, "out of the way" (no heavy customizations) and functional distro with a large user base, and a solid team behind it. This means it's not going to immutable, and it's not going to to be by Canonical.
I'm considering distro-hopping from Kubuntu to Fedora Kinoite. I just am trying to figure out how it fairs in terms of application sandboxing, what they're doing on supply chain security (re: XZ Utils) and whether I might want to give GNOME another shake.
Mint doesn't use Gnome or KDE, which is why devs generally steer clear. It's best to be coding and running the thing the most number of users will be experiencing.
I use Mint because I want the well-paved path of Ubuntu without Snaps. It’s a fair point that KDE would be a better fit with this mindset, but I like Cinnamon better. Same story with Cosmic and Pop, though it was never my cup of tea.
An equally popular and well-funded distro that is basically Kubuntu without snaps would be compelling, but I don’t know of any distro that fits those qualifications.
Are you really saying that Debian is an unstable distro? Regarding security, can you name one security update Debian did ever fail to apply on time? Because it's pointless to compare feature updates and security updates.
The reason Debian is known to be "outdated" regarding features only is exactly why it's considered one of the most, even if not the most, stable distro. Because it's long time tested between upgrades.
Debian is a stable server distro, but in the desktop space users expect everything to just work and while Fedora is usually backwards compatible, Debian isn't always forwards compatible.
As for security updates, IDK.
I'm operating mostly of second-hand information I vaguely remember, I'm not an expert on these things so I'm not really the person to be discussing this with. There's surely a reason Linus uses Fedora over Debian though.
My subjective opinion: he uses it because of bleeding edge kernel version. And it is surely, for him more than anyone else, an important point. But it doesn't mean older kernels are not secure, they can be patched when needed. And the "needed" varies, for some distro it means it's just not the last one, for others that additionnal and interesting features are added. For Debian, it means patching vulnerabilities if there are, or take the required time to offer a tested and coherent pack of updates. Because otherwise there is for now, no need. Testing is a specific point that no other distro has ever did better than Debian, but the same reason why it feels old to many and not enough up to date, regarding features.
I'm obviously a Debian advocate, but I'm not saying it's in general the best distro, there are none. Only best for some usage, and not for others.
But it doesn't make it unsecure (that's partly why it's one of the most used server side) and "holding back" updates. 😀
“version numbers never change” (which is what stable means in Debian Stable).
My interpretation of stable isn't just versions not changing, only that the bugs are known and newer ones aren't easily introduced, i.e. the state of the system is know. While rolling releases are fantastic for end users and to obtain the latest software, sometimes a particular bug or change will modify a user's workflow.
It was a really enjoyable video and it's the first time I see any video of the creator of a project I love. I also enjoy LTT videos even if people on Lemmy dislike him. I like the fact that he's trying to have another platform than youtube, even if it ain't the one I support (Peertube).
Mostly because he is a YouTube entertainer, and not necessarily an tech expert. He got some shitstorm a while ago because of the bad treatment of some of his staff, and other YouTubers called him out because his benchmarks where wrong multiple times, but he would never revisit and correct them. Some staff members said this was impossible for them to to accurate testing and reviews because of the high pressure to churn out new videos.
Personally I get the vibe that he is nice and entertaining in front of the camera, but might be a less chill person as your boss.
Mostly unsubstantiated rumors passed around about why certain employees no longer work there. Linus has on multiple occasions admitted he was doing everything for the first time and he didn't always get everything right as the company transitioned from some dudes in a house to a legitimate company.
Some don't like him because of his opinions on things (most of the apple fanboys don't like him because he regularly shits on apple and iPhones).
Some people don't like him because of drama with other YouTubers (mostly Steve from gamers nexus).
As someone who used to watch him daily back when it was just him and Luke doing stupid shit in a regular house and doesn't really watch him much anymore I don't think Linus is an outright bad person. All of us are flawed in many ways. He seems like mostly a good guy and those who have met with him and worked with him that I have met or talked to only ever had nice things to say about him.
He does not handle being told he's wrong very well. Granted, the people he surround himself with are no different. LTT was promoting take science products (aka scams) and when got called out on it by an actual scientist, lashed out.
The warranty for his (I think it was a) backpack, was trust me bro.
Until it was constantly complained about in comment sections, he would "joke" (as the then CEO) of firing people.
The warranty for his (I think it was a) backpack, was trust me bro.
To be fair, the warranty was proposed to be "trust me bro", the community very much didn't like that, so it actually came with a real warranty when it launched. So it never actually happened.
Or at least he actually applied a real warranty then. It shouldn't have taken people telling him that was a terrible idea for him to do that. But good to hear that people that buy at least got a real warranty.
That and the thing where GamerNexus caught them benchmarking incorrectly, then selling off prototypes that they didn’t pay for. It’s not a good look for their integrity.
GN found a bunch of other errors but LTT won’t retest because of the aforementioned selling off prototypes they were given.
I think it looks good for the integrity of Linus that he took the blame and never revealed the identity of the logistics employee that made the mistake of misassigning the prototype for the auction. He could've easily thrown them under the bus and fired them instead, because their mistake did real reputational damage to the company.
I never really watched LTT even before the controversy. The story about the woman who moved to Canada to work there then got fucked over kinda turned me off so I started avoiding them. Something about it just felt icky but maybe I’m wrong about that.
I tried watching MKBHD but something about him feels off too.
It was found to be an untrue allegation by a third party. You can of course choose to not believe them, but there was never any proof and everyone who works there denies it (and a lot of women work there), so take of that what you will.
poor work life balance
Very true
anti union
Linus is not anti-union. He said he would consider it a personal failure if his employees felt the need to unionize, but he supports their right to do so.
It was found to be unsubstantiated. If you have experience with these types of investigations, that’s the most common outcome.
In order to substantiate it, there must be evidence multiple years after the fact.
Considering the poor data retention LTT has to it’s critical data, I seriously doubt their email/IM archives are much better. People forget, leave the company, etc.
They don’t interview former employees, except the subject/person who made the allegations.
These firms aren’t going to find evidence the majority of their investigations.
Considering the person who supposedly conducted th sexual harassment follows alt right manosphere people AND made a sexual joke during the sexual harassment meeting they had (I wonder why an employee recorded this meeting?) I’d consider the person who made the allegations is most likely to be truthful.
If you look at prosecution data of sexual assault, rape, etc you’ll see that the vast majority of cases go unprosecuted due to lack of evidence.
While this is slightly different, it is an interpersonal issue and hard records are unlikely
What is the stretch? That he registered at kiwi farms and even got his account verified so he could shitpost with them, make fun of "lolcows", and tell them to use more slurs? Or that he himself actively did not deny it and even joked about how people who think that is a bad idea have bad teeth?
i've heard it referring to chris chan way back then, when people were more keen to bully him to madness. i'd understand if linus knows about it from being a victim of it, kiwi farms can get pretty relentless.
I don't know if Linus (Sebastian) knows, but the interject copypasta that he tried baiting Linus (Torvalds) into was actually Stallman so no wonder Linus (Torvalds) didn't react to his prods.
A new report from the College of Physicians has found that e-scooters are the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries to children at Temple Street Hospital.
I rode a bicycle to the 10th grade when I wrecked it in a non-dramatic fashion. Down the boulevard of a busy rural highway (shippers and logging) I'd ride every day to school.
Not proud of it, but it's a quirk. I came here more to say that helmets are new for some of us.
Wasn't there a paper about behavior changes with helmets and how the added safety could be off-set by more risk?
Finally: what's the helmet situation in other countries, especially around ad-hoc rental scooters? I see scooters and bikes for rent here, but no buckets to wear, and I wonder the legality of that too.
I obviously never wore a helmet as a kid either, but i'm an adult now, and far more aware of the risks and the evidence is overwhelming that helmets reduce that risk. But when I see kids riding to school in my area, I'd say the majority wear their lid.
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what's the helmet situation in other countries, especially around ad-hoc rental scooters? I see scooters and bikes for rent here, but no buckets to wear, and I wonder the legality of that too.
Outside of Australia, helmets are not mandatory and data from there shows it has had a negative effect on not only the numbers of cyclists, reducing "safety in numbers" but also an increase in children with head injuries, because drivers are less risk adverse ("Mary Poppins effect" - drivers give more space & make less dangerous passes around cyclists in everyday clothing).
The most simple solution to increasing cyclist (and pedestrian) safety is to build better infrastructure. Design roads so that vehicles have to slow for junctions and roundabouts, especially where there's mixed modal traffic. Prioritise active and public transport over inactive modes. Make cycle, walking & bus routes more direct and make driving routes more circuitous. Discourage driving into town centres and stop building out of town retail parks.
Back to the topic in hand:
If anyone wants to claim that "helmets save lives" then why aren't they advocating them for vehicle passengers, who experience greater numbers and severity of head injuries than cyclists, or for pedestrians who have about the same number, possibly slightly more than cyclists?
I think scooters are fun and sometimes pretty handy. But I'm not sure why at least the rental companies aren't made to more aggressively limit who can ride them. I guess the answer is money but still.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is under assault by the United States and Russia, among others, which are determined to undermine its mandate as the court of last resort.
ICC member countries need to stay firm in their defense of the court so that impartial justice remains a critical part of the rules-based international order.
ICC member countries should use their annual meeting to defend the court human rights groups, and others cooperating with it, and to enforce judicial findings against members who fail to arrest and surrender those sought by the court.
Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should intensify efforts to protect the court and human rights groups campaigning for justice from attack.
Heyho, recently someone asked for the silliest reasons, but as someone who has suggested linux to many people, I often encounter people having valid reasons for staying with Windows or switching back.
The most boring but valid one is "I have to use Windows for work. It is a requirement (of some software I have to use)". But there are also other answers that fit. My sister for example tried Linux, but while installing software constantly encountered issues that I helped her solve and eventually switched back because she felt like she had less control than over windows. While I am aware that this is fundamentally wrong, it is valid that some amateur users do not want to invest enough time to get over the initial hurdles of relearning how to install software.
What are the best reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux?
I can give you reasons I have for not installing Linux on one of my laptops:
Intel graphics support, or the absence of it;
decent touchscreen support (Windows Ink);
WSL which I use with NixOS, and it does simplify most of my dev needs;
unfortunately, Adobe apps which I still heavily rely on (I'd wish I had an alternative),
PowerPoint (again, I'd wish I had an alternative).
If you want to comment: "oh but have you tried Affinity, Pixie, Only Office, Libre Impress, reveal.js, {enter your fav presentation/photo editing tool} -- yes I have, and no, unfortunately, it's not even close. Also, to be clear, I've never paid, and never will for the Windows/Adobe products.
Pretty much everything on Wayland LGTM. If something doesn't look quite right (like, hover tooltips), it's probably the fault of the widget toolkit and will also be broken on Windows.
Windows Ink
As in stylus/pen/drawing tablet? kwin has awesome support, other compositors have some basics.
i have not been able to properly set things up on nix. i need oneapi Blender support, SYCL etc. unfortunately, i can't spend several days trying figure it out on my own.
re: kwin
again, my experience was mixed. some apps sort of worked out of the box, others had issues with detecting pressure sensitivity or palm rejection.
re: wsl
I don't need a container. when on Nix, i use devshells. what i was saying is that all the linux tools i ever need are easily available on windows.
re: ppt
again, i tried. it sort of works for older versions. but even then once i started importing media, it would crash. when I'm traveling and need to show slides, i simply can't afford to just debug all night why the video won't show properly.
for the record: i do have a linux laptop (fw16, with nixos), i just need to keep another windows one for very specific tasks.
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