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2025-08-24 19:02:53 UTC

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You are talking about some classless society and that is only possible if all the people want the same thing. Not practical, IMHO.
I hate conspiracy theories, but isn't it odd that Culture Wars and identity politics started at that time and gained so much popularity so quickly?
Yes, we all need to come together and talk, but this would require that the Right holds open and honest discussions about touchy subjects, such as vaccines and nationalism,
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2025-08-24 16:55:49 UTC

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That's mostly theory, communism looked good in theory. The harsh truth is that the power corrupts and also we are not yet mature enough as a species. We still make emotional decisions, even in politics. Slogans and charisma are usually more important than words and actions.
There was a time when people were really fed up with 1% controlling 99% of wealth. What came out of this, how did we get distracted, why are we so polarized now? Just one example.

2025-08-24 16:48:24 UTC

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It wasn't, but it started with that idea and then it got sidetracked mostly because no criticism was possible. Voicing any objections meant that you got cancelled, literally.
And today I see the same thing, my post here got deleted only because I mentioned reading a book by a well known and respectable journalist who is unpopular among leftists. If such people got to power, I think we would relive Orwell's Animal Farm again.

2025-08-24 16:15:46 UTC

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This has been tried and it failed, mainly because in communism there was no freedom to debate ideas and policies. Today we also have the Left that doesn't allow any criticism, nor freedom of speech. I'm afraid that the results would be the same.

2025-07-12 06:56:03 UTC

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You can add this bastard to the list: https://www.britic.co.uk/2019/03/15/new-zealand-mosque-killer-listened-to-song-about-karadzic-before-unleashing-terror/

2025-06-29 15:53:46 UTC

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If a decade+ of working in IT had taught me anything it is that companies go to great lengths to reduce human labour, even if it costs more money and reduces the quality of work. The same thing applies to other industries as well.

2025-06-22 11:47:30 UTC

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You know what's really stupid here - we have more than enough gold just sitting in various vaults to satisfy all our needs in tech industry and for jewelry, for decades to come.

2025-06-15 07:23:41 UTC

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Watch Idiocracy, if you haven't already, pay attention to ads in the film.

2025-06-14 07:14:14 UTC

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but only dictators make military parades for their birthdays. He now openly admits that he is one of them.

2025-06-09 16:43:07 UTC

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Technology is (mostly) neutral, the main problem is the greed. Bitcoin is obsolete, there are cryptocurrency technologies that are far more efficient and if it wasn't for the greed part, Bitcoin would have been dead for a few years now.

2025-02-25 06:17:11 UTC

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In Serbia when there are protests, police officers in plain clothes start pulling someone away, usually a girl, without showing any ID, which they are required to do by law. When people defend themselves, then it's an attack against a police officer and they get arrested for that.
Perhaps, MAGA crowd will take that approach.

2025-01-16 17:58:21 UTC

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On the surface of it, you're right. But, in this particular case, the inadequate healthcare system of US kills a great number of people and the greedy corporations are the main culprit.
I still can't say that I justify that murder, but I'm just an outside observer. I'm sure many of people who commented had personal experience with that insane system.

2024-12-27 10:43:16 UTC

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I've been wondering the same thing for years now.

2024-12-25 11:55:12 UTC

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List crimes, misdeeds and hypocrisies committed by the prominent conservatives, such as Gaetz.

2024-12-24 18:13:25 UTC

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I started as a tech support agent, clients had all sorts of servers, I don't even remember now. Most were Debian/Ubuntu. One poor soul even had a LAMP stack on a Mac and I've also seen an Arch based Server. Our in-house servers were Debian.

2024-12-23 18:46:15 UTC

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Well, I agree on that, it should be up to our people. But, how can people make rational decisions when Russians pour millions into propaganda outlets here, that even include our church and when the regime media are very much aligned with this? In an ideal world there wouldn't be this kind of interference, but Russia already interferes and I wish US and EU did a lot more to counter that.

2024-12-23 18:15:46 UTC

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We all watched for years as every building project took a lot of time, as retaining walls were build, demolished, rebuild several times, as water gushed from electrical outlets in the new buildings during storms, etc, etc. And it was only a matter of time before this kind of corruption and incompetence killed someone.
And yes, US does support illegitimate dictators, but this includes Vucic as well.

2024-12-23 18:12:39 UTC

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As for these protests, on Nov. 1 a canopy of a train station collapsed, killing 15 people. The problem is that whenever something is being built, the regime expects to siphon off a lot of money through phony tenders and other means. On top of that, the companies who are run by the regime are often staffed with people who got their jobs through the party, who are not really capable of working in their field. ⬇️

2024-12-23 18:09:22 UTC

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2) People who got their job through the party and whose jobs depend on it. Most of the public sector employees fall in this category. These people have to submit photographic evidence, a photo of the ballot with their ID, to prove that they voted.
3) Migratory voters - party members who change their residence to the towns where Vucic party has lower support.
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2024-12-23 18:06:37 UTC

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So Vucic does his best to keep the society away from any of the values of civilized societies that could hurt him, while still taking Western money (80% of Serbia's trade is with EU/USA).
And no, the elections are not legitimate in any sense of that word.
There are three categories of people who vote for him and his party:
1) Elderly and naive people who don't use the internet and don't have cable TV. They only have access to state run media. ⬇️

2024-12-23 18:02:46 UTC

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Why? Because in a civilized Western society with free media and a functional criminal justice system, Vucic would be rotting in a jail. To just give you a few examples, he openly admitted withholding a security footage from a traffic accident investigation, where one of his cronies killed a woman. And when people refused to sell their property for his building projects, he sent his goons with excavators to demolish their homes. ⬇️

2024-12-23 17:59:49 UTC

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Oh yes, he is very pragmatic when it comes to his personal interests. This is why the regime media do their best to portray The West as evil, while at the same time brainwashing people that Russians are the good guys who are just protecting themselves from the evil West.
Historically, Russia has screwed over Serbia every chance it got and today Vucic openly admits that not implementing sanctions is hurting Serbia. ⬇️

2024-12-23 17:21:32 UTC

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Why should schools use commercial software in the first place, when OSS alternatives are available?

2024-12-23 17:13:12 UTC

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Not quite sure what was the point of the link.
I lived my whole life in Serbia, so I know that Vučić only deals with The West because he has to, he wants Western money, but none of the Western values, such as freedom and democracy. He dreams about being another Lukashenko and he cannot do that without close ties to Russia.

2024-12-23 09:42:00 UTC

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Nope, it means actively supporting Russia and unwilling to fulfill things that are expected of a country that wants to join EU.

2024-12-21 13:31:22 UTC

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Why use broken version of the plugin when you have Firefox? Don't like Firefox - try Brave, it blocks most of the ads with no extensions and works great with YouTube.

2024-12-16 17:19:32 UTC

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I am passionate about Jira, I hate it with a mild passion.

2024-12-16 14:09:48 UTC

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There are many ways to enjoy the content you want without the ads. I pity the fools who can't get around them.

2024-12-10 11:53:42 UTC

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We would all be safer if cops had the right to search our homes at will. Just saying...
Because I don't get how people can compartmentalize privacy like this. Privacy is a basic right and that includes our devices.

2024-12-09 17:36:06 UTC

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They are now absolute shit, at least those that come through Slovakia. At work, the highest rate of broken laptops that we have is among Lenovo, 1 in 22. Dell is at 1 broken in 55. We had whole batches of about a dozen laptops where every single one broke. And they even look shitty, P16 has stinky and cheap plastic where clips break as soon as you try to open it.

2024-12-04 11:06:57 UTC

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I don't get this fad. My grandparents grew up in subsistence farming families, they didn't even have electricity until after WW2, illiteracy rate was more than 50%. And yet, nobody consumed raw milk, except hungry kids when they were not under their parents' supervision. Even then people knew that it is unsanitary.

2024-11-17 08:33:39 UTC

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Yes, but it's been years since I've seen users (actual people) on a Linux server who did not have admin rights. It's just so uncommon these days.

2024-10-26 12:55:52 UTC

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When did I say anything like that?
Just because I'm opposed to anti-Semitism, terrorism and the desire to destroy Israel, doesn't mean that I support Israel completely. Excessive violence is never acceptable.

2024-10-26 11:42:57 UTC

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Isn't the support for the violence by Hamas/Hezbollah/Iran and support for LGBT rights a bit conflicted?

2024-10-26 08:10:03 UTC

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So, given the state of things, what is the solution? Fight until the last Palestinian?

2024-10-26 07:46:01 UTC

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But I see Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran as the main oppressors. Without them, Palestinians could finally reach peace with Israel and with peace in place, there would be little excuse for apartheid and other bad practices.

2024-10-25 10:28:58 UTC

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2024-10-23 17:10:54 UTC

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Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations, it's not all Israel's fault. If Israel stopped fighting today, there would be still rockets flying toward it tomorrow. If you seriously care about the lives of Palestinians, start opposing the terrorists as well.

2024-10-22 17:21:59 UTC

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Half of these cases are not cats' fault, who the hell has that kind of flimsy furniture...

2024-10-19 08:27:26 UTC

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"Russia will now fight The West until the last Korean", to paraphrase their own propaganda.

2024-10-11 11:19:10 UTC

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A simple timer and a dumb charger are enough for most use cases. Why make things more complicated than they need to be?

2024-10-10 06:15:21 UTC

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If everyone took steps to preserve their privacy, this kind of business would be unsustainable. But, I can't convince even my colleagues in my IT company to switch from Chrome to Brave. And they do get annoyed by the ads, but are too lazy to do something aboit it.

2024-09-13 09:31:54 UTC

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Unless you have an offgrid log cabin somewhere in the woods and you need to solder there regularly, this is completely pointless. For those once-in-a-blue-moon odd jobs that have to be done where there are no outlets, there are propane soldering irons at a fraction of the cost.

2024-08-12 05:15:22 UTC

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This reminded me of that old Prius ad where a penguin learns how to fly.

2024-08-02 11:03:05 UTC

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Enshitification of cars is partly the fault of customers, who have accepted all of the crap.
I want a car that has:
- All metal roof
- Steel rims not larger than 16 inch
- Physical buttons for everything
- Infotainment that is completely isolated from important systems such as door locks
- No telemetry at all
- Cloth seats
So, I won't be buying a new car anytime soon.

2024-07-31 10:30:30 UTC

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And I find it funny how people who supposedly support Palestinians also support the terrorist organizations who caused a lot of suffering even in the peace time.
What Israel does is a crime against humanity, but the same can be said about Hamas too.

2024-07-31 10:20:37 UTC

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I'm a geek who spends a lot of my free time with my PC, but news like this makes me want to rebuild my granoarents' cabin and go live without electricity for a while.
This is happening all the time, greedy corporations push things that we neither need nor want, until stupid people start buying it and then we all have to live with it.
And the only reason I'm replacing my mice is because they stop working properly.

2024-07-06 07:31:09 UTC

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It's a flawed design/concept IMHO. If someone can make fusion a viable energy source, it will be Helion.