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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

It also helps that Andy Weir is not good at writing prose, so his books work better as screenplays.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

If someone has told you they are “anti-Zionist,” but actually want to simply destroy the entire country of Israel and it’s people, then they’re not anti-Zionist, they’re simply anti-Jew.

Not its people - the country. What other term should they use if they want the complete dissolution of Israel?

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

Can't there be some nuance between "It's OK that the country of Israel exists" Zionism versus "The whole middle east rightfully blongs to Israel" Zionism? I've personally tangled with many "anti-Zionists" who unironically want to destroy the country of Israel altogether.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Oh wow, thanks for the recommendation. This looks perfect.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

To a certain extent, yes - but that way also lies slacktivism.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hmm no thanks, I'll keep on hating Tesla.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I wish they'd found a larger sample, but this is still interesting. The fact that much of the time is wasted on prompting makes sense. One important thing not mentioned however is that much of the market for vibe-coding tools is non-developers, i.e. people who don't have the knowledge to actually do it themselves.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Seriously, WTF was the vet doing to that cat? Replacing every joint in its body?

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for taking the time to explain - that does make a lot of sense, if you coisider being trans or gay a learned/chosen behaviour. That hadn't crossed my mind, which is why the premise seemed impossible to me. The difference, of course, between being gay and being a gambler is that nobody is born a gambler, therefore the comparison doesn't really hold up. That's why I used the creationism example: Carbon-14 is what it is. LGBT people are who they are. They didn't choose to be that way any more that C-14 chose its decay rate. I suppose that doesn't matter all that much in practice - if more people thought like you rather than being homo- or transphobic, the world would undoubtedly be a better place than it is.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Todoist works great and I don't need to learn a whole operating system to use it. Plus, it works on my phone!

 

The CPC's shocking inability to read the room continues. Everyone is trying to distance themselves from the US, and they come up with this?

 

Leopards will enjoy a well-deserved meal. A few choice morsels:

In the 2008 presidential election, more than 75% of Madawaska voters cast their ballots for Barack Obama, a Democrat. Last November, Donald Trump received just over 50% of Madawaska’s vote, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to carry the town in decades.

“My father had 13 kids. We all lived and worked on the farm. We were born and raised Democrats because back then, in the ’40s and ’50s, the Democrats were the working man’s party,” Morneault said. “When I told my dad I’d turned Republican, he called me a turncoat. A traitor.”

Both Morneault and Campagna say their politics are informed by their religion. The bulk of their support for Trump comes from his opposition to abortion, and much of their disdain for Democrats comes from their support for LGBTQ+ rights.

 

In which China tells Cuba that it should stop being so communist if it wants to succeed:

China publicly supports Cuba’s right to choose its own path to economic development “in line with its national conditions”, but privately Chinese officials have long urged the Cuban leadership to shift from its vertically planned economy to something closer to the Chinese model, according to economists and diplomats briefed on the situation.

Chinese officials have been perplexed and frustrated at the Cuban leadership’s unwillingness to decisively implement a market-oriented reform programme despite the glaring dysfunction of the status quo, the people said.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28766034

Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

Based on recommendations in that thread, I also checked:

/etc/systemd/system
/etc/default/
vboxautostart.service
KDE "restore session" settings

Any ideas are much appreciated!

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.world
 

Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

 

My wife and I are thinking of going to CR this winter, but we have a few other potential destinations on our shortlist. Talk me out of going to Costa Rica!

 

I don't think I've seen anyone else here with an 8:9 monitor, so I'll break the ice! The color theme is Layan Light; everything else is stock KDE.

 

I stumbled upon this community for the first time a few minutes ago. I like gardening and houseplants, but never heard of people recretionally growing mushrooms of the non-magical kind. Is it for food?

 

Now the social media platform is aiming for an IPO in the first quarter of 2024 with a valuation of $15 billion, and has been in talks with potential investors like Goldman Sachs and and Morgan Stanley, per Bloomberg.

 

It seems the bot has stopped reposting content from Reddit?

 

This was recorded in Cleveland for a radio broadcast; the tape became available as a bootleg and is known as one of the most important ones in the band's history.

It's the first-ever recording of "Fly by Night" and only their third performance with Neil. We can hear snippets of what would later become "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" in the Working Man solo.

A quote from Geddy regarding bootlegs:

A lot of people say 'It takes away from record sales' but [...] the fact is that any fan who buys a bootleg is still going to buy your record. So, who is it harming?

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