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lung , 4 months ago to Communism in Protestation

I don't think a wealth tax is going to resolve all the problems of society. The rich are super good at off shoring their assets, mingling them into family, setting up legal entities to hold it, etc

The more solvable problems I see are (1) corporations basically don't pay tax (2) 1-2tn per year is not even accounted for by the US military

lung , 4 months ago to Privacy in Why is graphene os only available on google pixels?

I vote that this is art, it must have taken ages and OP should put it in a gallery in new york

lung , 4 months ago to politics in Biden: US Congress to blame for fall of Avdiivka

The article math linked lays it out but it's always the same formula. Someone declares an emergency (like Blinken just did for Israel) and then just goes ahead and appropriates the funds

But broadly, presidents may issue executive orders for just about anything. The way this works is congress reviews them after the fact, and new presidents tend to review them when they come into office

Read the wiki page on Executive Orders, history, and constitutionality if you think I'm lying. And yes, Trump even declared an emergency and took privilege to build the wall in recent memory. But there's been literally wars, desegregation, ordering all mined gold to be given to the treasury... by executive order

The big picture is that American presidents have extremely broad powers and the only real recourse is impeachment. This is generally a good thing, it makes the government tremendously more efficient

The other big picture is that the Pentagon refuses to explain where they use 1-2 trillion dollars per year. This is dark money that runs the world, and that's not a secret. They don't pass audits, and they barely try. So most of the country's money is used for military spending, and frankly it's hard to imagine they can't find some cash for key nato borders

lung , 4 months ago to politics in Biden: US Congress to blame for fall of Avdiivka

Yes the hypocrisy and showmanship here is out of control. Of course Biden could send aid to Ukraine without Congress, but I guess it's better for him to make the Republicans look bad before the election. Pure evil stuff

It's shady shit like this that is a constant reminder, that we are being painted a false dichotomy by the ruling parties. And people eat it up, chanting "Republicans bad" and downplaying the genocide. Of course Palestinians don't have nukes so America & Israel can just go hog wild and bathe in the charred bodies of children with no awkward escalation problems

lung , 4 months ago to xkcd in xkcd #2891: Log Cabin

Big oof

lung , 4 months ago to Linux in I started using tiling window managers. What tips do you have? What packages do you use to make yours fully functional? Lost noob needs some guidance...

I used to be a tiling wm arch purist, even worked on a tiling wm called Awesome. Until one day my boss pointed out that all any dev wants is a terminal with splits and a full screen web browser. It was this moment I became enlightened

lung , 4 months ago to Ask Lemmy in What are your tips to wake up quickly ?

Conventional wisdom is to keep a balanced circadian rhythm. Sleep at regularish times. Your body clock is set by when you first see blue light from above, so going outside first thing and looking up. Meal times too. Consider your diet and pre sleep habits - sugar, tv, caffeine tend to mess with sleep. Alcohol disables your adrenaline and helps fall asleep but then lowers the quality. Weed largely removes dreams and helps feel rested, but then there's a slight hangover that encourages you to keep smoking

In short, it's a holistic lifestyle thing. Everyone is different, so keeping a journal and experimenting helps. And of course your daily level of stress is a factor

lung , 5 months ago to Science in 32-year-old blogger's research forces Harvard Medical School affiliate to retract 6 papers, correct another 31

Hahah what a hobby, using image processing and probably AI to check old papers that predated the tools. Kinda like using DNA to solve old crimes

lung , 5 months ago to White People Twitter in Ask one simple question

The thing with Canada is exactly the definition of protectionism that I mentioned. He successfully did not start new wars afaik, and the overall stance is "fuck the world, America #1, peace out or ill nuke you"

lung , 5 months ago to White People Twitter in Ask one simple question

Haha he talks trash but didn't really do anything

lung , 5 months ago to White People Twitter in Ask one simple question

Oh he's got policies and they are popular. Some of them are totally nuts but the core of it is "American industry first" - his domestic and foreign record reflect this. He's not big on war, which is a relief, and is big on protectionism (i.e. restrict trade to help local economy). He's the party of tax breaks for business & favourable trade & strong borders & Christian nationalism & not starting beef internationally

Overall, despite all the drama and racism, at least he's not a warmonger (like pretty much everyone else). He just did one little local coup/riot. "Boys will be boys" as they say XD hahaha

lung , 5 months ago to Linux in Which terminal emulator do you use?

Garbage features for noobs

• mouse in the terminal??
• ssh profiles?? That's the ssh config files
• tabs?? Use NeoVim or tmux or zellij
• and on and on...

lung , 5 months ago to Linux in Which terminal emulator do you use?

It literally doesn't matter

lung , 5 months ago to Open Source in In case you missed it: Fossify (A fork of Simple Mobile Tools)

Oh cool! De-googling never seemed easier ... I think we are finally ready for open source phones

lung , 5 months ago to Hacker News in Cloudflare lays off new hires

I get the sense that youre one of these guys that is actually right but also high on drugs