Rongke Power completes grid-forming 175MW/700MWh vanadium flow battery in China, world's largest
World's largest vanadium flow battery in China completed
Rongke Power has completed a 175MW/700MWh vanadium redox flow battery project in China, the largest of its type in the world.Cameron Murray (Energy-Storage.News)
Ah yes, the "free speech absolutist" take. Where yelling "FIRE" in a crowded movie theater is totally cool. Thats what you're saying right? That all speech is acceptable? Even if the intent is violence? Terror?
Fascism is dictatorial control, violent suppression of opposition, belligerent nationalism and racism, etc.
If you think that describes the far right, then there you go. If the far right has these characteristics, there you go. You figured out why people associate the far right with fascism.
Well I mean inciting imminent violence or mayhem isn't covered or protected by the First Amendment from what I can remember. I'm not saying that all speech that leads to violence should be illegal, but like, if you tell people to slash up folks with knives and they do that, yeah you should be liable for that.
People associate the far right with fascism because of desperate attempts to make the right wing in general unappealing, not because the right tends to support fascism.
For clarity, when I refer to "far right", I'm speaking in terms of social values. So, things like white supremacism/segregationsim, misogyny, supporting the installation of a theocracy, etc.
Stuff like dictatorial control, violent suppression of opposition, etc. are pretty bipartisan positions. Folks on both the left and right support using such powers to meet their own ends. You yourself are doing so here, cheering on someone being jailed for criticizing Islam.
Microsoft’s Electricity Use Has Doubled Between 2020–2023
Microsoft’s Electricity Use Has Doubled Between 2020–2023
Microsoft aimed for carbon neutrality by 2030. Now its electricity use and carbon emissions are on the rise.Visual Capitalist
Ingenting blir bättre med fler övervakningskameror. Det fnns inte ett enda belägg eller bevis fö ratt fler övervakningskameror ger minskad brottslighet eller bättre uppklarning av brott. Visserligen kan kameror underlätta en del brottsutredningar men det handlar då i allmänhet om utredningar av brott som polisen skulle löst ändå. De brott som de inte löser idag kommer de inte heller att lösa med fler kameror.
Billionaires' wealth more than doubles in 10 years: UBS
Billionaires' wealth more than doubles in 10 years: UBS | ABS-CBN News
Billionaires have seen their combined wealth shoot up 121 percent over the past decade to $14 trillion, Swiss bank UBS said Thursday, with tech billionaires' coffers filling the fastest.Agence France-Presse (ABS-CBN)
Billionaires' wealth more than doubles in 10 years: UBS
Billionaires' wealth more than doubles in 10 years: UBS | ABS-CBN News
Billionaires have seen their combined wealth shoot up 121 percent over the past decade to $14 trillion, Swiss bank UBS said Thursday, with tech billionaires' coffers filling the fastest.Agence France-Presse (ABS-CBN)
Israel is guilty of genocide and will be held accountable. I understand this is the Israeli flag, but this meme is treading a line dangerously close to antisemitism. There are those who will not see a flag. They will see a symbol, The Star of David, many peaceful people display.
The Star of David globally represents millions of Jews who are among those most against the Israeli occupation. Not only do they have the same abhorance of the unspeakable violence committed against Palestinians, Israel has hijacked their religion, cultural heritage, and the symbol representing their their passivist philosophy.
Memes like this have the potential to create hardship for Jews in the same way Muslims were persecuted in the aftermath of 911. I have personally seen the defacement of mosques. The same has already happened to synagogues. A jokes may seem innoculous, but they can beget additional violence. Take caution when making ones such as this.
(Before someone fronts Reductio ad Hitlerum, the swastika and Star of David are not even remotely the same thing)
Average atmospheric CO2 concentration breaches 420 PPM for the first time in recorded history
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol survives impeachment vote
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol survives impeachment vote
Lawmakers narrowly failed to pass a bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law on Tuesday.Aleks Phillips (BBC News)
there's a whole sub-community around building physics exploit driven crafts:
look up "kraken drives" ;)
Here's Some Rare KDE Apps You Might Not Have Heard About
- Kirogi: A ground control software. It only supports a few drones right now, but should get MAVLink support in the future.
- KStars: An astronomy software that lets you view the positions of planets and stars, as well as a whole lot of other features related to astronomy.
- Licentia: A license comparison app. It lets you view and compare free software licenses. It has the full license text as well as a simplified list of features of it.
- KDE Itinerary: An app for travel planning. Well designed, with detailed station views courtesy of Openstreetmap.
- KTrip: Similar to Itinerary, a public transport navigation app
- Alpaka: An Ollama client for running LLMs
KStars
I'll add that KStars has a really powerful astrophotography suite called Ekos. It has lots of helpful automation features to make imaging relatively simple to setup.
Snart har vi bara en mediekoncern. Bonniers är Sveriges största mediekoncern. De är dessutom delägare i Gota Media och har precis blivit delägare i NWT Media. NWT Media är Sveriges tredje största mediekoncern genom att de också är huvudägare tillsammans med Schibsted AS i Polaris Media ASA som i sin tur är kontrollerande ägare i Stampen Media AB som bland annat ger ut GP.
davel
Unknown parent • • •How would I know, it hasn’t happened yet. You think you’re asking an ethical question, but you’re basically asking a historical question about the future. One can’t predict how violently the capitalists will react to a socialist revolution in an indeterminate future moment that becomes ripe for one.
How many people will die if US monopoly capitalism—otherwise known as imperialism[1]—continues? Because lately it’s been killing by the millions.
When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another, such injury that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quit
... show moreHow would I know, it hasn’t happened yet. You think you’re asking an ethical question, but you’re basically asking a historical question about the future. One can’t predict how violently the capitalists will react to a socialist revolution in an indeterminate future moment that becomes ripe for one.
How many people will die if US monopoly capitalism—otherwise known as imperialism[1]—continues? Because lately it’s been killing by the millions.
When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another, such injury that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessities of life, places them in conditions in which they cannot live,—forces them, through the strong arm of the law, to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence—knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual.
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Unknown parent • • •davel
Unknown parent • • •DUMBASS
Unknown parent • • •PunnyName
Unknown parent • • •Think of it this way: Systems vs Demographics
We as a society should never condone a system (government/CEOs/billionaires) killing a demographic (individual or group), like the death penalty. Because the system already has greater power and control.
However, the demographic should be able to kill or dismantle systems, especially when they feel threatened by those with power.
So "the people" can take the lives of the rich into their hands, but the rich can't take the lives of "the people" into their hands. Ideally.
Which is why it's okay to be pro assassination of a CEO, but not pro death penalty of a serial killer. Government (system) sanctioned murder (of a demographic) should never be okay.
Cowbee [he/they]
Unknown parent • • •Ascend910
Unknown parent • • •SnausagesinaBlanket
in reply to DUMBASS • • •...and Micro penises too.
SnausagesinaBlanket
in reply to davel • • •DrDickHandler
in reply to SnausagesinaBlanket • • •bquintb
in reply to SnausagesinaBlanket • • •ChickenLadyLovesLife
in reply to SnausagesinaBlanket • • •sudo
in reply to ChickenLadyLovesLife • • •MonkeMischief
in reply to SnausagesinaBlanket • • •And the occasional lenses for my eyeballs.
I know I'm asking for a lot because adequate vision is positively absolutely a luxury, and not at all necessary for doing the vast majority of work or existing in society...but y'know.
Yerbouti
in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • • •My comment was going back to the original question: if it's ok to kill this CEO, who decided who else it's ok to kill.
My problem is that, while I fully agree that capitalism is the principal cause of injustice in the modern world, taking justice into one's own hands through violence will only lead to more violence. The day citizens as a whole are ready for a real social revolution, I might re-evaluate my position on violence, but the majority of US voters have just elected, again, Epstein's closest friend as president so I doubt that what they want is a way out of capitalism.
Yerbouti
Unknown parent • • •Yerbouti
in reply to PunnyName • • •So would you kill one?
Like, if it's okay, and apparently the right thing too do, why don't people do it more?
Yerbouti
in reply to davel • • •jaybone
in reply to davel • • •frozenpopsicle
in reply to jaybone • • •It's difficult to understand much of anything when everyone has a different name for everyone else.
tiredturtle
in reply to frozenpopsicle • • •Cowbee [he/they]
in reply to frozenpopsicle • • •davel
in reply to Yerbouti • • •I agree. That’s what I said on Wednesday: lemmy.ml/post/23216334/1533915…
PunnyName
in reply to Yerbouti • • •Pandantic [they/them]
Unknown parent • • •Pandantic [they/them]
Unknown parent • • •Resonosity
in reply to DUMBASS • • •x00z
in reply to davel • • •Nationalize:
- insurance
- hospitals
- prisons
- public transit
It's perfectly possible to have your capitalist desires and still have a nice socialist structure to protect the people.
AngryCommieKender
in reply to x00z • • •x00z
in reply to AngryCommieKender • • •From my experience living in a very socialist country; fair housing can be handled by rules instead of 'nationalizing'. So the rules and pricing around them would be handled by the government, but not the houses themselves.
A big one I'm missing is schools.
AngryCommieKender
in reply to x00z • • •mexicancartel
in reply to x00z • • •x00z
in reply to mexicancartel • • •killingspark
in reply to x00z • • •mexicancartel
in reply to x00z • • •MutilationWave
in reply to mexicancartel • • •mexicancartel
in reply to MutilationWave • • •MutilationWave
in reply to mexicancartel • • •Because one school will be better than the other. Most likely the private school, because they charge money for parents to send their kids there in addition to the money they (unfairly) get from the government. So families with more money are more likely to send a kid to private school, which immediately creates social stratification between the private school kids and the public school kids.
The private school kids will perceive this inequity, even subconsciously, and internalize that they are better than the public school kids on some level. Often the private schools are religious too which is another can of worms.
I could keep going but I think that's enough to get the point. Private schools shouldn't exist. All the money given to them should be given to public schools so they are better for every kid no matter how much money their parents make.
x00z
in reply to mexicancartel • • •I'm mostly talking in the general sense.
In my country there are a few private schools but employers don't care for them. They need to follow the official curriculum and the students will have to do the same official tests at the end of the year.
Glytch
in reply to mexicancartel • • •mexicancartel
in reply to Glytch • • •Zerush
in reply to x00z • • •rekabis
in reply to x00z • • •UltraGiGaGigantic
in reply to x00z • • •Gingernate
in reply to UltraGiGaGigantic • • •Cowbee [he/they]
in reply to Gingernate • • •DankDingleberry
in reply to x00z • • •Cowbee [he/they]
in reply to DankDingleberry • • •DankDingleberry
in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • • •wich is not national socialism or communism btw. and yes i do because, as i said, you can have a social base for your country and still habe a capitalist economy structure.
Cowbee [he/they]
in reply to DankDingleberry • • •antidenialistbot
in reply to x00z • • •Cowbee [he/they]
in reply to x00z • • •rumba
in reply to x00z • • •ChickenLadyLovesLife
Unknown parent • • •TheReturnOfPEB
in reply to davel • • •Cowbee [he/they]
in reply to TheReturnOfPEB • • •BendingHawk
in reply to davel • • •explodicle
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in reply to explodicle • • •Cowbee [he/they]
in reply to BendingHawk • • •BendingHawk
in reply to Cowbee [he/they] • • •Elaine
in reply to Resonosity • • •Wes4Humanity
Unknown parent • • •Wes4Humanity
Unknown parent • • •explodicle
Unknown parent • • •This is why an actual democracy - not an oligarchy masquerading as one - would reduce overall violence.
This dude saw a bunch of rich people unilaterally deciding who would die, and he did the same.
Yerbouti
in reply to PunnyName • • •Yerbouti
in reply to davel • • •MonkeMischief
Unknown parent • • •I can hold two ideas at the same time here, where I understand why it happened as a consequence of rampant evil on behalf of the ownership class, and it's a natural comeuppance after pushing the wrong person too far. (I think we're all shocked it took this long to happen.)
But also, unfortunately as much as we love a good revenge story, planting 3 slugs into another human being, even a nasty one, in cold blood, is not self-defense. The goal of self defense is the reduction of an attacker's ability to cause direct and imminent harm to the defender.
This was assault, and it was murder, and we can reason about the justification behind it, but I sadly don't really know what it will change, besides the bourgeois getting allocated even more of our money to have protection detail and hold their board meetings in walled enclaves or yahts away from the populace.
Violence begets violence. Blood begets blood, and those who live by the sword will die by it also. I think any sane rational person can agree this guy reaped what he and his ilk sowed every day, but still
... show moreI can hold two ideas at the same time here, where I understand why it happened as a consequence of rampant evil on behalf of the ownership class, and it's a natural comeuppance after pushing the wrong person too far. (I think we're all shocked it took this long to happen.)
But also, unfortunately as much as we love a good revenge story, planting 3 slugs into another human being, even a nasty one, in cold blood, is not self-defense. The goal of self defense is the reduction of an attacker's ability to cause direct and imminent harm to the defender.
This was assault, and it was murder, and we can reason about the justification behind it, but I sadly don't really know what it will change, besides the bourgeois getting allocated even more of our money to have protection detail and hold their board meetings in walled enclaves or yahts away from the populace.
Violence begets violence. Blood begets blood, and those who live by the sword will die by it also. I think any sane rational person can agree this guy reaped what he and his ilk sowed every day, but still be against slaying human beings on the streets to make a point.
Edit: Knew I was just asking to get ratio'd for not 100% full-throttle stanning the trending narrative, but the actual responses (that I saw) were thought-provoking and well reasoned, so I appreciate that.
Sometimes it seems people forget the value of discourse and only care about "how popular is my opinion right now."
MonkeMischief
in reply to Yerbouti • • •I agree with you somewhat and I don't like how much downvote spam you're getting. You bring up some good points we ought to be mindful of.
Right now it seems very clear who the oppressors are, but the scary thing about reactive movements is that even if they accomplish their goal, they tend to seek to justify themselves indefinitely before everyone gets bored and it dissolves.
Everybody wants a revolution on paper, but things get messy and blurry once the powder keg goes off, and people en masse would be looking for the next enemy, the next oppressor, that must be hunted down to finally secure Utopia.
While I'm an anarchist and want the "ownership class" to answer for their wicked ways, I also don't think a bunch of independent actors picking targets and gunning them down based solely on their own justification is an ideal solution. Even if I understand why it happens and don't defend the perpetrators that push people to such extremes in the first place.
theonlytruescotsman
in reply to MonkeMischief • • •PunnyName
in reply to Yerbouti • • •davel
in reply to Yerbouti • • •Yerbouti
in reply to davel • • •GHiLA
in reply to davel • • •Hmmmm....
and?
davel
in reply to GHiLA • • •Dupree878
in reply to davel • • •Bourgeoisie is the middle class though. Not the rich
Wow, downvoted for using the definition of a word smh
davel
in reply to Dupree878 • • •Maybe define your terms, “bourgeoisie” and “middle class”, and explain where you’re getting these definitions from.
- en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Bourgeoi…
- en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Middle_c…
The term “middle class” has been so hopelessly redefined in so many disparate ways that it’s best to avoid using it altogether. All it does is muddy the conversation.
antidenialistbot
in reply to Dupree878 • • •Cowbee [he/they]
in reply to Dupree878 • • •The Bourgeoisie was the "middle class" when the aristocracy were the upper class. The majority of the world is under Bourgeois rule, not aristocratic rule, any longer, ergo the Bourgeoisie is the upper class.
Bourgeoisie does not simply mean "middle class," it refers to a class of Capitalists. You don't adjust what the word means, but its context.
OsrsNeedsF2P
in reply to davel • • •MutilationWave
Unknown parent • • •Cigna has a new policy, starting 2025, that you can only get your medications covered at either CVS or Walgreens. Not both. So now I have to move two prescriptions to CVS which is way farther away and I prefer Walgreens. This Walgreens is always out of stock on two of my prescriptions, so they forced my hand.
They didn't even send a letter, just an email about it. A bunch of people are going to get a very expensive surprise.
I know it's not on the level of murder, I'm just kinda surprised they went through with it after what happened.
OsrsNeedsF2P
in reply to davel • • •GHiLA
in reply to davel • • •None of those things seem particularly terrible.
and your accusation is pathetic.
davel
in reply to OsrsNeedsF2P • • •davel
in reply to GHiLA • • •Flying Squid
in reply to theonlytruescotsman • • •Do you think UHC is going to change its policies in any major way because of this? If it was self-defense, it was not very good self-defense. Like any other employee in a giant corporation, the CEO is easily replaced with someone else who will do the exact same job. Possibly an even better (from the company's perspective) job.
This does nothing to help all of the people who are being destroyed by the for-profit insurance industry.
I would say revenge makes more sense.
theonlytruescotsman
in reply to Flying Squid • • •Flying Squid
in reply to theonlytruescotsman • • •I have no idea why you think any corporate employee isn't kleenex, but they are.
A CEO can't decide to put people above profits because they will be replaced if they do.
CEOs are not emperors. The problem isn't individual CEOs, the problem is capitalism.
AhismaMiasma
in reply to Flying Squid • • •Idk how you can take such a strong stance against police for being police but not CEOs. If a cop stops doing their job, they too will be replaced with someone who will.
Please stop defending executives causing harm.
P00ptart
Unknown parent • • •TankovayaDiviziya
in reply to davel • • •I don't condone the murder of the CEO of a healthcare insurance company who reject 32% of claims.....
But I understand.
Olgratin_Magmatoe
in reply to TankovayaDiviziya • • •kittenzrulz123
in reply to davel • • •daltotron
Unknown parent • • •I mean I fucking live here and that's pretty much my assessment as well to be honest. Maybe not your average american if we're working on like, who's right just based on home ownership statistics, but certainly, that's not really an invalid perception.
Ensign_Crab
in reply to davel • • •antidenialistbot
in reply to Ensign_Crab • • •UltraGiGaGigantic
Unknown parent • • •Flying Squid
in reply to AhismaMiasma • • •Please explain how calling CEOs replaceable kleenex and hating capitalism is a defense of CEOs.
Am I not hating capitalism the right way?
(Gotta love getting downvoted on .ml in the last comment for calling capitalism the problem, BTW. Guess you all became conservatives.)
Sanctus
Unknown parent • • •Glytch
Unknown parent • • •