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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago

I don't know. Honestly probably nothing. I think the commies rightfully see EU and US capitalist democracies as being one bad election away from fascism and for a good reason. Examining the trajectories of our politoeconomic systems, we have been on that trend for a long time now. We're not doing anything meaningful to stop it. So from their perspective, they understand that our capitalist systems are unsustainable and they understand the right ideologues are diametrically opposed to socialism around the world and have used military and economic force against it in the 20th century. I'm pretty sure they see this happening again, aimed at them and they would need to be able to protect themselves. Having a gas station or two that are isolated from the rest of the world is a great asset in this scenario. So I think the best we could do is getting Russia to agree to some compromise which would most likely include significant land loss for Ukraine. Unless there's a military solution that someone is willing and able to fight. Maybe if the US goes full in weapons supply to Ukraine. Don't know.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

So at least they're half-honest about this not being a productivity thing. On one hand thay say - help with the turnaround (productivity), but on the other they contradict it with letting people quit voluntarily (cost saving). So then it's pretty obvious it's about the latter.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago

Too many things masquerading as centrist these days.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago

Final versions are an illusion. 😄

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 17 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

If the cost of panels drops significantly, there would be more capital available to spend on inverters, even if they stay at the current prices, still decreasing the cost of deployment. But yes. 😄

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Why would they stop supporting Russia? China has been under economic attack by the US for three administrations now and the US has been encircling them with military bases. The EU hasn't helped. From Chinese perspective, their sovereignty is not assured and it's doubtful that the EU or the US would demonstrate new friendship if they stopped supporting Russia. In that case, throwing one of their main sources of fossil fuels and a giant buffer under the bus doesn't seem like a good proposition. In a war scenario with the US, the oil shipments from the Gulf are likely to stop one way or another which makes Russian fossil fuels that much more important.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Doubtful as losing Russia means they lose one of their sources of cheap fossil fuels, decreasing their redundancy and increasing input costs across China. The material gain they have in Taiwan is TSMC. However they can replicate that given time, and they can function without sub-7nm silicon till then. Meanwhile they would have major trouble if their fossil inputs increase in price significantly. I think Taiwan is more of a political goal and a long term at that.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Leftist parties who won the most seats during the last election, saving the country from a Le Pen government. An election he triggered. And then he did what @povoq@slrpnk.net described.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong but couldn't the EU part of NATO have halted Russia's "special military operation" in the very beginning, if they had actually decided to go in Ukraine? I seem to recall they didn't want to go in because of various reasons, but I don't think lack of military capability was one of them. Instead they decided to trickle in weapons as to "not be involved." Did anything of significance change so that Europe is suddenly super weak militarily against Russia? I guess Europe is weak against the US, but that's not quite the framing used.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Or perhaps replace the leadership that fucked up. Defunding the public broadcaster would likely result in more power to pro-Israeli capital over media, not less.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago

BTW, the nightly has been great for a while.

The only gripe I have with the 15 branch is there's no way to put shortcuts from Private Space onto the home screen. I think that behaviour comes from Launcher3 and Lawnchair haven't implemented / changed it to make it possible.

 
 

The Palestinian ambassador to Canada says she feels Ottawa is on the brink of officially recognizing statehood for her people, as she also takes note of tougher language from Canada on Israel’s actions in Gaza.

 

Your ML model cache volume is getting blown up during restart and the model is being re-downloaded during the first search post-restart. Either set it to a path somewhere on your storage, or ensure you're not blowing up the dynamic volume upon restart.

In my case I changed this:

  immich-machine-learning:
    ...
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache

To that:

  immich-machine-learning:
    ...
    volumes:
      - ./cache:/cache

I no longer have to wait uncomfortably long when I'm trying to show off Smart Search to a friend, or just need a meme pronto.

That'll be all.

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Tern Verge D9 or Link D8? (www.ternbicycles.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
 

I'm looking for a folding bike and the two I'm considering most closely are the Tern Verge D9 and the Link D8.

I like that the Verge D9 has disc brakes and I have a strange attraction to its 451 wheels.

The Link D8 has a wider variety of compatibile tires but I don't prefer V-brakes.

Do you know a strong reason to choose one over the other? A strong reason I should be looking at something else entirely?

 

Apparently we have these along the Great Lakes (but not exclusively) already according to reports on etick.ca. Here's a pic:

Since not everyone reports tick bites, the numbers are probably a lot higher than what's on etick.ca.

 

It's nice to see that we no longer trust privatization as a the magic wand that solves public institution problems.

That said I think the 52% support for non-union gig work in Canada Post is indicative of the mindset that needs shifting if Canada is to change course in a way that makes most people better off long term.

Source: https://angusreid.org/canada-post-privatization-strike-service-disruption-vote-union/

 

CUPW, which represents about 55,000 mail workers, has pushed back on the idea of a membership vote on the latest offer. The union accused the employer of being "not serious about meaningful arbitration" in a bulletin sent to members Tuesday.

Is a vote a bad thing?

 

Corporate VPN startup Tailscale secures $230 million CAD Series C on back of “surprising” growth

Pennarun confirmed the company had been approached by potential acquirers, but told BetaKit that the company intends to grow as a private company and work towards an initial public offering (IPO).

“Tailscale intends to remain independent and we are on a likely IPO track, although any IPO is several years out,” Pennarun said. “Meanwhile, we have an extremely efficient business model, rapid revenue acceleration, and a long runway that allows us to become profitable when needed, which means we can weather all kinds of economic storms.”

Keep that in mind as you ponder whether and when to switch to self-hosting Headscale.

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