Home Depot and Lowes have Halloween decorations in already, but that’s almost kind of reasonable. Ish.

Having Christmas stuff in August is just absurd, unless it’s one of those dedicated Christmas stores that’s open year-round for some reason. (Do those still exist? The only two I knew of near me either went out of business or became online-only years ago.)

Picking Gentoo for that pic is a dirty trick. Gentoo users wanted it to be that way, on purpose.

(Source: I was one of them back in the early 2000s.)

The correct way to fix aggressive driving is traffic calming. In other words, making physical changes to the infrastructure, like removing lanes, lane-narrowing, adding speed humps or chicanes, etc.

As (a) a traffic engineer, (b) a bicycle and pedestrian activist, and (c) a mod of !fuckcars@lemmy.world, I find it downright insulting to be accused of “[not] actually car[ing] for improving communities” just because I also care about not creating a motherfucking totalitarian panoption!

But there are just as many hiccups to encounter.

We’re not talking about "hiccups; " we’re talking about deliberate attacks against you. Linux has bugs, but with Windows, the OS is designed to serve Microsoft’s interests at your expense. It’s a categorically different thing.

Your statement is a perfect example of the sort of bargaining (in the toxic relationship sense) I’m talking about. It’s the tech equivalent of saying “I fell down the stairs” when the real cause of your black eye was your abuser punching you in the face.

And the kind of superior, unhelpful attitude that a noticable part of the Linux communities show (whether that is just a vocal minority or actual major part is irrelevant to someone looking for help), especially towards new users who often have no idea about various Linux-isms

Note that absolutely nothing I’ve written here is about technical competency or “Linux-isms,” but instead about psychology and business ethics.

Windows is for people with no self-respect. Seeing them defend it is just sad in the same way as seeing a battered spouse defend their abuser.

there’s no way someone’s expending that much time and effort and not getting paid for it

…you say on Lemmy, of all places. 😜

Democracy had been dead since 19 BBY and everybody knew it.

That user has a distinctly combative tone in general.

Huh, I coulda sworn that was porn

Imperialism as a stage in capitalist development

Okay, but if “as a stage in capitalist development” is what you mean, that’s way more fucking specific than just “imperialism” in general and so you folks here can’t just say “imperialism” and expect people to treat you as anything other than clowns who don’t know what words mean.

but there was a communist revolution, and the ensuing government abolished ownership of Russian colonies, ending Russian imperialism.

So you’re really going to pretend that the Warsaw Pact wasn’t imperialism? Even though you claim NATO is? Sure, buddy.

The fall of the USSR did not come with new colonies, those were already freed.

Not for lack of trying. If you don’t think invading Georgia and Ukraine count as attempts at colonization, especially under the definitions you keep applying to the US, you’re just delusional.

the imperialist powers are overwhelmingly western

And Russia is one of them! There is essentially fuck-all difference between Russia under Putin and the US under Trump, in terms of political or economic ideology.

The collapse of the USSR was essentially an example of “if you can’t beat 'em, join 'em” (in terms of economic system, not geopolitical alliances). There is no anti-imperialist counterbalancing going on here; the US and Russia are just two rival bullies fighting over the same turf.

I understand what you think you’re going to accomplish by supporting Russia, but all you would actually accomplish is trading out one imperialist capitalist oppressor for another.

And I did respond to your edit, take a look.

Still too many excuses. The simple fact is that Russia is not entitled to decide how Ukraine conducts its own internal affairs, and so nothing you wrote was relevant at all.

No, we do not define imperialism as “the thing the US does.”

I literally quoted you: “imperialism is a global system headed by the US Empire.”

Imperialism was first analyzed as a stage in capitalist development when countries like the UK and Germany were greater imperialist powers, in the years leading up to World War I.

WTF are you talking about? Imperialism has existed longer than capitalism! Sure, the British Empire was imperialist, as was the German Empire. But so was France under Napoleon. So was Spain back in the 15th Century. So was motherfucking Rome, two millennia before capitalism was even invented.

And pointedly, so was Russia, going all the way back to the Tsars. See, for example, Russia’s 19th century imperialism (along with Britain; I’m perfectly willing to admit that) in the form of “the great game” fighting over central Asia.

The idea that only western capitalists are capable of being imperialist is just fucking ludicrous nonsense.

By the way, I realize that it was a quick edit and you may have missed it, but you didn’t respond to my challenge to actually write the words “Russia invaded Ukraine” instead of passively denying the opposite.

Nobody said Russia didn’t invade Ukraine.

Pointedly, nobody in the entire fucking thread has been willing to admit that it did, either. Can you? Can you actually say the words “Russia invaded Ukraine” instead of dancing around it in the negative?

We oppose imperialism, which is a global system headed by the US Empire

The idea that you define imperialism as ‘the thing the US does’ sure explains a lot!

Meanwhile, back in reality, the actual definition of imperialism depends on the actual actions being taken, not who is taking them. The US is imperialist. Russia is also imperialist. Everybody sucks here.

The text color wasn’t a choice; it was just a consequence of putting the preexisting QGIS logo over the preexisting meme background.

The meme maker should’ve layered a shadow or contrasting-color rectangle under it.

QGIS logo:

They’re trying, but their gun just went “click” instead of “bang.”

Okay, here’s the compromise: disband your company and we’ll put away the guillotines.

The RAM industry has been a cartel for decades.

https://www.justice.gov/archive/atr/public/press_releases/2005/212002.htm

I’m the one trying to stay on topic. You give me a fucking straight answer first, and then I’ll answer yours!

The “threats to national sovereignty” argument is complete and utter horseshit. The absolute undeniable fact is that Ukraine did not attack Russia until it was attacked first.

That nonsense is exactly like trying to argue that I had the right to shoot you because I thought you looked at me funny. It’s just categorically dishonest.

So that’s a “no,” then. Thanks for confirming your bad faith.

That stops the thing from having a strong signal, but does it stop it from communicating at all? Even if it can’t connect 99% of the time, that 1% could still be enough to exfiltrate your data.