I personally just don’t trust Intel. A lot of people just treat them as the default, but if you’ve been following the news for the last few years, there is a lot to be skeptical of quality wise.

The word millionaire has been associated with wealth for decades. However, $1,000,000 today has the same buying power as $400,000 in 1990. I know we’d all like to be millionaires, but it doesn’t have the same meaning that it used to.

I used to be a very engaged music listener. I loved it and would put effort into listening to albums start to finish. When Spotify took over, my habits changed and now I don’t really actively follow music or pay much attention to what I’m listening to.

How many people do it

Peter Thiel calling the pope the “anti-Christ” made me think the pope is pretty fucking cool. It also makes Peter Thiel look like a clown.

If this is being published in the NYPost, the right may actually do something here.

The devs for Lemmy are Marxists and they setup lemmy.ml as the first lemmy instance. They chose .ml because for them it stands for Marxist-Leninist, despite what ICANN officially regards it as.

Also, like you point out, the instance pushes a lot of bizarre propaganda and dissent is often met with bans. From my observations, criticism of Russia or China can get you banned, presumably because these countries have a history of communism. Also, they even defend Putin and justify the invasion of Ukraine.

In my view, it’s one thing to be communist. It’s another to align yourself with the worst examples of it. Many communists distance themselves from the CCP and USSR, arguing that these were not real examples of communism. But, these folks in .ml seem to be defenders of it.

Shh, don’t use logic here. Just hate Apple and fanboy hard for Android.

Reminds me of those littoral combat ships that were built in Alabama and were garbage quality — loads of problems and can’t even defend themselves. Navy tried to stop spending on them but Congressman Bradley Byrne from Alabama keeps forcing it in to the budget.

Last I checked, Russia started this war.

Do you also blame the Epstein women for being raped?

Fun fact: The Munich agreement was an event leading to ww2.

Lesson: Being weak doesn’t avert world war.

The world is full of irony. A decade ago, no one would’ve discussed this seriously and no one in the West would’ve thought occupying Russia was desirable or necessary. Russia, however, probably sold this idea to its population in order to justify the Ukraine war and additional aggressions against Europe. In turn, by invading Ukraine, Russia has created a reality where it really is necessary for someone to put them in check. Europe needs to wake up to threats against its own safety and if they don’t, they’ll end up like Ukraine. Retaliating against Russia is necessary and once they do, the fighting won’t stop until Putin is toppled and Russia submits full stop. From there it is a question of what happens to Russia. It’s clear letting things play out post-USSR collapse didn’t work. Russia is a mafia state. The West will have to take an active hand. Hopefully, the US can rid itself of its weak Russian puppet and join Europe in working for their own joint interests.

The problem is the cost of college is opaque. They show an upfront cost, but something like 2/3rds of students don’t actually pay that price. Schools have learned they can get more out of people by setting a high price and then giving “aid” discounts than charging a flat price that is affordable to everyone. Also, schools measure themselves by “prestige” and that is determined by admission rate. Schools are luxury brands and they do what luxury brands do… manufacture scarcity. The result is they’re looting the livelihoods of young adults by putting them into indentured servitude. Higher education needs to be reformed. It isn’t the fault of professors. It’s the administrators.

This is the real crime here that the government turns a blind eye to. How are these institutions allowed to function as nonprofits?

Worked for West Germany

It might go better if the Russians see more bombs falling on their own soil for a few years before the occupation begins. Afterwards, we are looking for something like the way Western Germany was rehabilitated after WWII.

Europe should occupy Moscow for at least 50-100 years until it has reformed Russia and excised the mafia state. These things die hard though, so it requires a few generations of occupation.

If Ukraine has demonstrated anything, it’s that Russia is not that strong.

Russia needs to be occupied for at least 100 years so that the country and population can be developed and taught how to operate properly and not like a mafia state.

The US is run by very rich people who benefit from the current system.