I actually find Rust pretty OK. The only things that I don't like about Rust is its quirky syntax. And its primitive implementation of OOP. And its compiler. And cargo. And the ecosystem...

OK well maybe I don't find Rust actually OK. Why did we have to invent a whole new language if we could improve standards and compilers for existing languages?

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I thought Umatrix was unmaintained?

Anyway, I used to use it till a few years ago. It's a really powerful extension, but it breaks some sites with the default settings and it can get tedious reenabling scripts one by one to find the bare working minimum. I have since switched to uBlock of the same developer and it seems to me an adequate compromise between privacy, better performance and working sites.

Unfortunately the modern web has turned into tihs so you can't even browse without an ad blocker anymore.

"In the Future, people won't have to deal with numbers, for the mighty computers will do all the numbers crunching for them"

The mighty computers:

People who make fun of LLMs most often do get LLMs and try to point out how they tend to spew out factually incorrect information, which is a good thing since many many people out there do not, in fact, "get" LLMs (most are not even acquainted with the acronym, referring to the catch-all term "AI" instead) and there is no better way to make a precaution about the inaccuracy of output produced by LLMs –however realistic it might sound– than to point it out with examples with ridiculously wrong answers to simple questions.

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That book cover looks really cool

This logo brings back memories.

Wow! Thank you so much!

It looks amazing but unfortunately there seem to be no English subtitles :/ (I'm just starting to learn Chinese.)

What about TOR?

That they're a bunch of hypocrites with double standards (if we or one of our vassals do it, it's fine)

Secretary Antony Blinker

Here in Greece we have raging wildfires for yet another summer, one enormous fire (30km 40km wide) raging so close to the capital the smoke has enveloped the sky in many parts of the city, and the lib government praises itself over its "quick reaction time". Very few precautions have been taken since last year, so now fire fighters are risking their lives to contain the crisis, working for more than 24h in a row, unfortunately without much success. Some buildings (mainly houses) have already been burnt by the fire, fortunately no casualties for now.

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::: spoiler Yesterday's photo of the smoke from the National Observatory webcam :::

::: spoiler Today's photo, the flames near the National Observatory itself :::

Is this the RSS we're talking about? https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/National_Volunteer_Organisation

Thanks for sharing! This mostly mirrors my own short experience in PRC (a short visit to Shanghai). Can't wait for a chance to visit China again!

Nature, technology, buildings, culture, the museums, the people, just about everything is amazing.

Some problems I encountered as a non-Chinese person, and tips to overcome them, for anyone interested in visiting China to be ready for:

1. Connecting to the Internet, even to Wi-Fi, requires verification with a Chinese SIM card. I didn't care to get one in time so I was mostly offline for much of the time.
2. Many people, especially older people, don't know foreign languages, esp. English. You can use the great voice recognition translator in the AliPay app, but you need Internet for that.
3. Don't forget to bring an adaptor for the power outlets!

Also, for anyone who wants to buy theory books in PRC: unfortunately literature in foreign languages seems extremely scarce, since the vast majority of books is of course in Chinese. Only once did I find an English translation of Xi's works.

The problem is not voting itself. It is the bourgeois "democracy" framework it is often implemented in, which provides safeguards against change.

I'd say, especially on a foggy day. The mist perfectly complements the scenic beauty with just a hint of mystery and romance.

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I like the simplicity of openrc and runit, they are as stable as a rock and their functions are easy to grasp. Systemd, on the other hand, while I can understand some of the motivation behind it, it still seems like a bad idea and an even worse implementation. In my experience –and I do understand that this might not be the case for many users– it and its modules has been the cause for some really cryptic bugs that took me valuable time to resolve, and which would not have occurred if it was just a init/service management system. On the contrary, openrc just does one job, and does it well. Haven't much experience with BSD but heard they are rock solid too.

This is quite an oversimplification of Plato's Republic but it somehow still hits the spot.

This needs to be a real command.

Regardless of political subtext, I found Master and Margarita a fun read. Nevertheless, Heart of a Dog of the same author was not pleasant to read.

Soviet literature was not worse than the works of pre-Revolution authors and ranged across many genres, from socialistic realism works to fantasy (Soviet sci-fi was great) and also many children books that are loved till this day. Unfortunately, same with other kinds of works, Soviet literature is disregarded by the West, as are many works that don't conform to the Western values.

Not surprising in the least, what else would they use their base on Cyprus for? Surely not for any good.

Cyprus is in a convenient geographical position in the region and it is safe to assume it has been widely used to monitor the situation and collect intelligence on the Gazan conflict.

Beware, this sounds like a correlation fallacy. Correlation does not imply causation.

I agree that there are better choices than blue jeans, though.

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Yes, it is a good start to understand the dogmatical stance of the Greek CP, as well as other parties under its influence (see the ProleWiki article on IMCWP: https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/International_Meeting_of_Communist_and_Workers'_Parties)

A good resource to watch on the activity of KKE and parties that it collaborates with is SolidarityNet, check it out: http://www.solidnet.org/home/

Package "linux" is already the newest version.

Well, nothing too bad with that, actually. It works, doesn't it?

I assume newer aircrafts will get an update and use a more modern medium though.

for some reason I read this as "Survival Capitalism"

That sounds nice and all, but the relationship between time and labour is not linear. So one might put in more effort than another in the same amount of time. Therefore, there are some limitations in using time as such a metric.

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I'm going home.

Have a nice week, comrades! I hope it's nice and rainy wherever you are ^^

Well, it's not good. People in Greece are already working the most hours in EU, now their bosses will be able to ask them to work an additional day, for which they will be paid 40% more (but that's hardly a big benefit since wages already already low and product prices are among the most expensive in Europe). Taking into consideration also the high retirement age of 67, you can see how the system tries to maximize output by squeezing more and more out of the working class, a small gain at a time. The high bills for basic services (water and power supply) and other expenses as well as products being expensive as mentioned above, as well as the fear of being fired (syndicalism is not the same strong everywhere) will sure make a lot of workers accept the sixth working day, even if it means it will tire them out.

Improbable. It has been known since at least spring but reactions have been insignificant so far AFAIK.

just shut down capitalism already

Throughout all of the time that I’ve been online and offline, I have seen far more Hitler/Stalin comparisons and equivalences than I have seen actual, direct references to these events from the Eastern Front…ponder that for a moment.

Such comparisons are a handy propaganda tool. Presenting Stalin as a bloodthirsty dictator just like Hitler and socialism/communism as "red fascism" has been normalised by decades of McCarthyism and the political Centre trying to justify its existence. Many people uncritically take those as a given, since the media have also normalised such views, incl. by giving less air time to actually leftist views.

It is interesting to note how various history "documentaries" made in Western Europe also present Stalin as a dictator akin to Hitler, using what is considered an "objective" medium to misrepresent the deeds and intentions of historical figures, making them into mere caricatures.

What happened?

Let us also not forget about their attempt at baking invasive DRM right into the browser.. Not mentioning recent experiments with replacing tracking cookies with "cohorts" and all sorts of privacy invasive "features" that claim to enhance your privacy but actually would help advertisers overcome client-side blockers.

Congrats comrade tavarisch! Really happy it went well for you ^^

Last photo is so based