Wouldn’t bother with Mint, the ui is OK but I had package conflicts arise when I was running it in the past. Ubuntu or Debian if your hardware is old enough are both better choices.

Betting markets were even further off back then. I think the best takeaway here is that no one knows wtf is gonna happen but either way the working class will get screwed

At least in the US you can often get second-hand M2 Pro with 16gb for 1200 USD

They’re pretty good. Buy refurbished if you can

Nothing lol. I’m not gonna be on the news for something small like this

One problem with it is that deleting a file in Syncthing may also delete it on other machines. And a backup solution will keep multiple versions of old files which can be lifesaving if you make a bad edit.

It’s not as good as a proper backup solution but it’s definitely much better than nothing.

Covid sequelae and poor lifestyle are two pretty big contributors

I think having a lot of questions is good actually. Even for signing up for a bilibili account, you have to answer a lot of questions to demonstrate that you understand certain things about the site. Compared to the amount of time that you are going to spend on the site, it’s really not that much and it cuts down a lot on bad quality content. You can think of it as an alternative to the way that somethingawful makes you pay some money to join the site. It requires time instead of money, which is good because we’re trying to cultivate an international and working class culture here.

The Gamer is so ass. It reads like Tails Gets Trolled but without any of the good bits or funny moments.

If it’s so important to “stop fascism” it makes sense to cheat or otherwise institute one party rule. What, are they going to win every election from here until the end of time? That’s obviously not going to last long.

I give Trump an 85% chance to win, not that it matters that much

Much more environmentally friendly just to shoot them.

You can really feel the yellow peril dripping off this video. Why did they use this super tense background music? We all know why.

Space elevators are likely not feasible. Off-planet mining would probably be a better fit for autonomous robots as long as weight is a factor in sending things to space. Plus, you won’t get people to space with a railgun.

As for the question of population maintenance, it’s not necessarily a crisis in itself. One thing is for sure, though: any policy viewing women as docile broodmares or encouraging more pregnancy without a comprehensive and clear analysis of the whole situation and the input of educated women will not succeed. If any country can successfully encourage more births it would probably be a socialist one. The GDR had relatively good policies for its time, for example.

none of that stuff requires high birth rates btw.

Getting large numbers of people into space will be prohibitive for a long time. It’s more important right now to focus on the problems of the here and now. Build international socialism and improve habitability of the world.

To me “unfiltered” and “celebrating the diversity of political thought” means “allowing fascism and fascism-adjacent speech.” I go on this site precisely because we generally don’t allow such nonsense to be posted. Filtering speech is a necessary part of creating a good community.

The #1 rule of Christianity is to love your neighbor as you love yourself. It’s clear that many so-called Christians are not following this simple rule.

Bibi wouldn’t do that because the US supplies the weapons for his war. Even he is probably not dumb enough to bite the hand that feeds him. The more likely scenario is that the US supports Israel using nukes and vetoes any actions the UN takes against them. “Israel has a right to defend itself” and all that nonsense.