Yep, NixOS as a base + some Flatpak store for installing apps. In fact, use impermanence to just drop all OS state apart from logs, network settings and flatpaks. That way, “turn it off and then on again” will almost always work to fix the OS.

Seconded, it somehow manages to lag on my overclocked 5950X w/ 64GB of RAM. (this may be related to the Dark Mode extension or some shit, however it’s still absolutely inexcusable)

Nobody deserves the death penalty. It’s just cruelty with no benefit for the society. Studies show, time after time, that it has little to no deterrent effect. Its only purposes are either narrow-minded vengeance or preventing a person from being freed once the current government fails.

That said, I’m all for confiscating all wealth from anyone worth over a billion dollars and placing them under arrest until they can effectively demonstrate they are no longer a parasite on the society.

Since this actually sounds like a good decision… Over/under on Trump promising to double the amount of nukes and turn China into a nuclear wasteland unless they do something for him, by the end of next week?

Given the rate of executions during Trump’s last tenure, I think it’s feasible he would’ve crucified Jesus for the crime of existing while brown, if given the chance

Still kind of interesting that those conditions are satisfied here, and (according to the article) it does indeed suggest that the song is learned rather than genetic. I wonder if there are studies for other animals, e.g. ones for which we know that their communications are passed down genetically.

Just use OsmAnd. It’s old-school in terms of its UI and can be clunky, but it’s FOSS, has hourly map updates (free for OSM contributors), and a lot of customization and features.

It’s kind of a malicious compliance thing. The new name will not show up on any map renders, moreover it’s not likely to be shown in most apps even if you select the object (because official_name:* is not supported by most apps).

The fact it doesn’t show you the best match of your search based on distance by your location (or is because)

That highly depends on the search engine you’re using, OsmAnd for example sorts the search results by distance to your location.

It doesn’t show the 2 places I sent ~1 month ago or they’re hard to find (available on site, not on organic maps)

That’s an Organic Maps problem, they only update the OSM database once a month, and you have to click the update button manually when they do so.

I kinda recommend against Organic Maps at this point. It’s a dumbed-down app with bad routing, bad search, and slow updates. The only thing it has going for it is that it has the best UI/UX (especially for new users) compared to other FOSS openstreetmap apps. If you’re ok with proprietary nonsense, mapy.cz is a lot more fleshed out, and otherwise you should just learn and configure OsmAnd for yourself.

Keep following the train of thought. If a good system requires well meaning, educated, active members to keep it going, then a good system is one that produces those people.

That is naturally the case. I’m mostly arguing against the idea that the current system is bad because “your rights can be taken away”. Capitalism is bad because its sole purpose (as in “The purpose of a system is what it does”) is redistribution of wealth and power from the poor to the rich, or from working class to owning class if you will.

I feel like this is the case regardless of the system? You can’t just install a “Good” leader once and expect them to provide everyone with equal rights forever. You can’t even build a “Good” system once and expect it to provide you with rights by itself. It would still require well-meaning, educated, active, and organized constituents to continuously stand up for what is right, prevent corruption and abuses of power, etc.

There are no physically inalienable rights. They are ultimately just ideas and not laws of nature, and thus require enforcement by some human persons, and any such person is subject to corruption by power.

There are no infallible systems. Social systems are but humanly devised constraints, and humans can and will overstep those constraints. It takes other humans to reinforce the system and maintain the constraints.

That said, the system of capitalism is obviously a shitty one for everyone but the top 0.1% (and this percentage decreases with time), we as a species should do better. Socialism isn’t perfect either, but at least it empowers much more people to be active participants rather than slaves.

To reiterate, it is simply not possible to “build a system in which no one has the power to take <rights> away to begin with”. Socialism would still be subject to corruption (as evidenced by countries that instituted it) and require constant “upkeep” by the citizens. However, socialism tends to produce citizens more well-equipped to protect their rights.

Nah, this is just regular capitalism. Late-stage capitalism would be just “be exploited or starve”, no third alternative.

POTUS? Nobody. No single person should hold a position with such power.

It’s not too bad tho, we’ve already replaced this with Github actions: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/356023

I don’t think it’s a solution for this, it would just mean maintaining many distro-agnostic repos. Forks and alternatives always thrive in the FOSS world.

Nixpkgs too BTW https://discourse.nixos.org/t/infrastructure-announcement-the-future-of-ofborg-your-help-needed/56025

I’ve never done something on the scale I’m describing, so this is mostly just speculation, but I hope it could be useful.

First of all, find the people who do care. Talk with them. Make a local antifascist group in a secure messenger (Matrix/XMPP, or at the very least Signal), or join an existing org that you disagree with the least (don’t be afraid of the word “socialist” if you stumble upon them). Do not discuss anything illegal, as it could spell trouble for everyone - you live in an (increasingly) authoritarian country with a wide range of tools to repress you. Keeping it legal at least makes it less likely.

Now that you have a support network, you can start reaching out. Until/unless your organization gains serious traction, unite over common goals instead of squabbling over your differences. DO NOT guilt anyone for being financially well off, voting for the wrong candidate, believing in stupid things, etc. Find people who are somewhat unhappy or unsure about concentration camps. Try convincing them that concentration camps are bad - it probably would be easier if they are on the fence already or if they are being unjustly treated themselves. Show compassion. Do not be condescending or use the words that may trigger them (Nazism, etc), instead appeal to humanity and empathy to specific people who are being repressed. Bring some examples of unjust repression with you. Do not overdo it - you don’t (yet) have to agree on anything except that these concentration camps are bad. Propose to do something together - it can be small at first, like calling your representative or organizing a picket - common action builds connections and mutual understanding.

Actually, I don’t remember if I ever thanked you for your work; We don’t always agree on everything but your positions are thought-provoking, your delivery respectful, and your patience seemingly infinite. So, thank you. I wish there were more people like you on the left.

Ending the program entirely signals a drastic change in strategy, perhaps to hard power.

That’s… rather unnerving, but expected given the mask-off nazism now on display. I can only hope that this backfires quickly and not too many lives are lost in the process.

Also I will still mourn the loss of whatever funding USAID was providing, as now many of those facilities will inevitably close down. Life is rough in those places already, can’t imagine the horror of learning that you no longer have a hospital because a rich fuck on the other side of the world wanted to see his number go up.

The vast majority of USAID went to support regime change and help the ruling classes of those we are friendly with. A minority went to helping people.

Do you have a source for that? I honestly thought that USAID was one of the very few “good” things that US was doing (although as always with imperialist countries, it was ultimately in pursuit of soft power, but I digress). I’ve seen many USAID-sponsored hospitals, kindergartens and museums in poor/developing countries. The numbers they themselves produce (I could only find this 2016/2017 report easily: https://www.cgdev.org/publication/foreign-assistance-agency-brief-usaid) seem to corroborate that the plurality of spending goes towards Health, with Health + Disaster Assistance being the majority. “Development Assistance” + “Transition Initiatives” + “Complex Crises Fund” (part of which is probably all the political stuff) is slightly more than a third of their spending.