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I don’t want to argue about genocide. I just want to honor Mahmoud.


cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/23541504

An Israeli drone strike killed the remarkable man behind the Gaza Soup Kitchen

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]
By Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips
December 9, 2024

in reply to Peter Link

That guy sounded amazing, God all this needless suffering is pointless unless you're a monster.
in reply to Peter Link

It is a genocide, full stop, and this source is rife with liberal Zionist genocide deniers.

You cannot truly honor this martyr while denying what is happening to him and all Gazans. You cannot clean your conscience selectively.



Stackabrix, a simple terminal game


gitlab.com/christosangel/stack…

stackabrix is a simple terminal game, written in Bash, where the user, against the clock and with the least moves possible, must sort the blocks according to their color, and stack them in the respective stack.

During the game, the user can move left and right, pick blocks and drop them in other stacks.

The aim is to sort the blocks, and stack them in the respectively named stacks, fast as possible, and with the least moves possible.

The play's score is the sum of the time achieved in seconds and of the moves made.

If the score is among the 10 best scores achived, it makes it in the Top Ten Highscores.

win_game

Any feedback is welcome.

in reply to christos

I do agree in the end it's arbitrary, and you're right there are 2 extremes in strategy, purely analytical and purely reflexive, plus everything in between.

Admittedly without having played this game specifically using both strategies this is purely speculation. But from my experience playing similar games, exactly to your point of the two strategies, if time and moves are weighed equally, I feel like a player using the analytics strategy would end up with a much higher score than a reflex based player at the "same" skill level (however "skill" levels would be pretty hard to quantify and compare by the two strategies).

Hope that makes sense :)

in reply to Bad_Company_Daps

It does. And naturally, the more one practices, they become better at it.

And there is the element of chance: if the randomly generated grid is helpful (e.g. half solved), the easier and quicker it is solved.



Will you let them distract and divide you again? It's what they do...


And no, the 6.134258 shares of Apple in your 401K don't make you an owner, lol.
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in reply to Allonzee

I've seen some pretty compelling arguments from minority groups that step 0 can't be done without simultaneously addressing the divisions you're talking about. I don't see why we can't do both. I agree that these things are used and usually ultimately come from capitalism, but I think that recognizing and fixing those divisions is an integral part of dismantling capitalism.
in reply to agent_nycto

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Lemmy v0.19.8 Release


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Paranoia Level: Virtualization vs Isolated Machines for Self-Hosting?


in reply to TCB13

Do websites come under the remit of self hosting?

Personally I host static websites with GitHub, cloudfront, netlify, onrender etc. Trivial to setup, more reliable and better cdn distribution. Anything dynamic lives in a data center rather than a self host setup.

in reply to Rogue

You may not want to depend on those cloud services and if you need something not static, doesn't cut it.




Is Marx still relevant today?


in reply to eldavi

Sadly very true. I've also notice how a lot of people just dismiss this stuff as being historical and no longer relevant without actually reading it.


China’s bridges to a socialist future





Macron names centrist ally François Bayrou as France's new prime minister


cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/23094586

Summary

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed centrist François Bayrou as the new prime minister after a no-confidence vote ousted Michel Barnier's government.

Bayrou, founder of the Democratic Movement party, faces the challenge of uniting a fractured parliament to pass an unpopular 2025 cost-cutting budget, which led to Barnier's downfall.

Barnier, ousted after just three months, was criticized for bypassing parliament.

Bayrou must form a cabinet and navigate political tensions to avoid another government collapse, which could endanger Macron's presidency amid calls for new elections.

in reply to schizoidman

What ever happened to the person that actually won the election why hasn't that person been appointed prime minister yet. Some great democracy you got over there France
in reply to Infamousblt [any]

We voted for parliament groups, not a person. The prime minister is chosen by the president.
in reply to MrPozor

Sounds super democratic. Why not copy the German system where the majority party in the majority coalition becomes PM / Chancellor?
in reply to Sauerkraut

Because de Gaulle wanted a system that combined the worst of the Presidential and Parliamentary systems.


openSUSE: Choosing Better Alternatives Amid Confusing Policies


The case for Linux and openSUSE is clear. Linux provides viable, cost-effective and sustainable alternatives. Users can enjoy a free, open-source operating system that doesn’t require costly upgrades or restrictive hardware requirements with installing openSUSE. Here are a few things users that want to transition can consider:
  • Complete Transparency: Linux distributions like openSUSE are governed by open-source principles, ensuring clear and consistent development.
  • No Forced Obsolescence: openSUSE supports a wide range of hardware like modern machines to older PCs that allow users to extend the life of their devices.
  • Cost Savings: openSUSE is free to use, with no licensing fees or hidden subscription costs for extended support.

By switching to Linux, users can help combat e-waste as every PC saved from a landfill is a win for the environment.

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in reply to banazir

openSUSE is the GOAT for several reasons, but by far my favorite reason is Zypper.
in reply to propter_hog [none/use name]

I'm daily driving it for ~3 years and I only started yast once to see why everyone praises it so much and second time when I actually needed something (don't even know if I suceeded or failed).

Snapper on the other hand... That is a bit I praise the most! I still don't get it why it's not default for more distros...

in reply to banazir

I continue to have a hard time with it. I desperately want to like it but feel like it doesn't handle laptop Nvidia right. I keep getting boot to black screen on KDE and have to rfkill unblock on install and just a host of issues I can't seem to ever nail down. Might have to try again since switcherooctl, but there are some rough edges for me.

Love MicroOS for server though. Rock solid.

in reply to rodbiren

Hey, may I ask how has it been MicroOS for you?
I'm interested in using it for my small server and self-hosting, but I mostly use containers with Docker and I've seen that MicroOS comes with Podman by default.
in reply to not_amm

Podman is good, you should try it.

Most docker's commands can be replaced by podman's.

in reply to NanoooK

Will do, thanks!. Have you used something like Docker Compose? I didn't have a lot of time before, but I'm still researching and I don't get what is the "standardized" way of dealing with composed containers
in reply to not_amm

in reply to NanoooK

I've been reading about them, thank you! I'll test them in a VM soon, I find it weird to use systemd, but I guess if it works... I hope I get a new PC this month so I can transition distros and storage easily.
in reply to not_amm

I ended up installing docker. Didn't want to make a bunch of systemd files. It automatically updates each day and has required almost no maintenance at all. It's a little strange, but can work great.
in reply to rodbiren

I already use Docker, but in rootless mode, which works kind of weird. I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, but I like to go by example and implement all the best practices and zero trust in my own devices, since I'm studying cybersecurity:)
in reply to rodbiren

For nvidia hardware, use nvidia images of Aurora/Bluefin (or Bazzite if you want gaming out of the box). All the OSes I mentioned are based on Fedora Atomic and offer image options for nvidia proprietary drivers. They even signing the kernel drivers, so you can use Secure Boot.
in reply to N.E.P.T.R

I have distro hopped my dang brains out with everything under the sun. I'm back to Mint. It works without being an absolute pain and is boring as watching paint dry, which is the point of an OS. I just use it to compute, work, code, and game. it boots and updates eventually.
in reply to rodbiren

Yes I encountered that when I used Tumbleweed on my laptop, the solution was to run "sudo prime-select boot offload". It set up my laptop to use iGPU for desktop environment and NV offload for gaming. I made it part of my update script. No idea why that wasn't handled better.

But generally I'm done with rolling distros, I now use an Ubuntu derivative that still keeps kernel and mesa quite up to date, I enjoy a stable environment.





'Did you participate in genocide?': Australia stonewalls Israeli siblings' visa application over IDF service


Israeli siblings Omer Berger, 24, and Ella Berger, 22, faced delays in obtaining Australian visas after being asked to complete to complete a 13-page document typically required for military personnel involved in war. The siblings had planned to visit their 100-year-old great-grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.

According to Berger, six family members applied for Australian visas two months ago. While all were promptly approved, Omer and Ella were told to submit the extended form. The questions included whether they had participated in physical or psychological abuse, served as guards or officials in detention facilities or engaged in war crimes or genocide.

Ella, who had received a week’s leave from her military service to attend the celebration, gave up waiting and returned to Israel. Omer, a reservist, remains in Thailand, hoping for a resolution. Berger expressed the family’s heartbreak, fearing they may never see their great-grandmother again. “We just want a clear answer, yes or no,” he said.

in reply to geneva_convenience

The bare fucking minimum so that the Australian government can argue that they aren’t complicit


in reply to 🏴 hamid the villain [he/him] 🏴

Symbolicly throwing away years of trivial information that may or may not be dredged up later in life
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in reply to no_nothing

I'm gonna rant for a second here if that's alright.

FUCK being mixed handed. I'm not right or left handed but I'm not ambidextrous either. I'm what's called cross dominant and it's a huge pain in the ass all the time.

Cross dominance is when you don't use one hand for everything but can't use both hands for everything. I write with my left hand but throw with my right. I eat with my left hand but punch with my right. That's not the main issue though. The main issue is I cannot use both my hands at the same time without them running into each other because they both have different instincts. If I were to try to use both hands to put something together I'm likely to end up yeeting whatever it is across the room because my hands got confused and one did the right thing while the other had a fuckin stroke and thought that the necessary thing to do is just fully extend and smack whatever I'm working on.

It's a small thing that I generally don't bring up because it's not that big of a deal and I've adapted to only using one hand at a time but it's still infuriating.

Rant over.

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in reply to ThatWeirdGuy1001

I don't know. Sounds kind of cool to be able to eat and punch someone at the same time.
in reply to TheEEEdiot

I'd end up hitting them with the food and punching myself in the face.
in reply to Albbi

That's just one thing on the list of many that make me one of the weirdest guys in the room at all times.
in reply to ThatWeirdGuy1001

Maybe I'm showing my Europeannes, but don't most people eat with their left hand?
in reply to ThatWeirdGuy1001

That's not "cross-dominant", you are simply a lefty who has adapted to living in a right-handed world, just like me. I can't use a computer mouse or fire a gun left-handed, but only because they rarely made these things for left-handed people when I was growing up, so Ive only ever used then with my right hand and struggle to switch sides.

That said, my aim with a mouse and a gun are awful because I'm not right-handed. I have a feeling that I would do a lot better with these devices if I was more accommodated in my childhood.

in reply to Psythik

Everyone thought I was left handed until I started playing baseball. I couldn't swing the bat right or throw the ball at all. It just felt and looked completely unnatural. Then a coach suggested throwing with my right hand and it was clearly obvious my body was fuckin weird
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in reply to ThatWeirdGuy1001

It was always a challenge for me in gym class because they'd detail "here's how to swing if you're left handed. Here's how to swing if you're right handed. Now remember no practice swings!" And I'd just have to try it both ways to see which way I do slightly less badly with while classmates jeer about "weren't you paying attention, you only swing that way if you're left handed! Why are you switching hands?!"
in reply to no_nothing

I never had an issue using right handed desks as a lefty. Or most other right handed things now that I think about it.