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[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Compared to dictators (or wannabe), I get that Macron seems attractive. But he's proven to be pro-rich (taxes on the rich have been drastically cut under Macron) and anti-democratic (he's ignored the result of the last election and nominated a plethora of prime ministers from parties who lost).

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Macron always has a knack to try to use things popular with younger people to score political gains. Infamously with the ZEvent, for instance.

It is now traditional for them to answer with "Shut your mouth Macron, this isn't about you".

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The original source of the article is Bild, a German tabloid. I don't see this story relayed on other reputable news outlets.

Big red flag for me. Let's see how things are evolving but I'll be skeptical until then.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Super interesting vid, thanks for the recommendation! And on Nebula, no less.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

This has Myst vibes

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 158 points 2 weeks ago

A moment of normalcy and laughter before the events of the evening unfold.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

I don't deny the existence of slurs or hate speech (like "bloodmouth"). In this particular case, "carnist" is an academic word used in scientific papers in a sociological context.

Like I said in the other thread, it's describing the opposite of vegetarianism and veganism. "Omnivorous" was proposed as an alternative, but it's initially understood as "digesting plant and animal matter" in zoology, which would technically include vegetarians.

There is a need for a name that excludes vegans and vegetarians to describe reality.

Sorry for the Godwin point, but fascism is also an academic word used to describe a real political movement and fascists hate being called fascists. I'm myself eating meat so I don't want to draw parallels here.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago

Okay I had a look and, you're right. Apparently it's an academic word in sociology meaning "prevailing ideology in which people support the use and consumption of animal products, especially meat." So it's not the practice, it's the way of thinking.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Alright, that's pretty good. I wanna nitpick by saying that vegetarians are also omnivorous because omnivorous is digesting "plant and animal matter", but I don't know if it would be in good faith :p Thanks for the discussion.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I love to see Meta lose, but I couldn't care less that "legacy media" lost ad revenue. This money should be paid to the public for being targeted with illegal privacy practices.

 

Honestly it's nightmare fuel. I consider my European city as pretty bad, but american cities always helps to put it in perspective.

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Salut tout le monde ! Avec la mort de Le Pen, beaucoup de gens reparlent de son usage de la torture en Algérie. Beaucoup d'encre a coulé sur les accusations à son encontre et ses actions en justice pour diffamation. Mais a-t-il été lui-même poursuivi ou inquiété à ce sujet ? N'était-ce pas des crimes de guerre ? Pourquoi n'a-t-il jamais été arrêté ?

 

I have been looking for alternative to Google products, including Google Maps and Waze. The best I've found is Organic Maps and OsmAnd. But I'm missing two features: public transport routes and live trafic.

For the latter point, I have used Magic Earth which uses OSM. But the app itself is not FOSS.

Does anyone know what their business model is? They don't charge for the app or service and the privacy policy does not seem like they commercialize data... What is their deal as a company?

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Posted on Bluesky of course.

 

Hi everyone. You can easily add a website shortcut to the home screen through a browser ("add to home screen"). However, if I change browser or if I need to clear the browser data, these links disappear. Maybe I'm using too unstable of a browser, but I'm tired of having to recreate my shortcuts.

Is there any way of adding a website shortcut to the home screen in a browser-agnostic way?

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Alt text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/549047

Assisted GNSS is pretty handy. My phones gets my approximate location very fast. If I want to plan a route from where I am, I don't have to wait a couple minutes for the GNSS signal to be received (if I'm in a location where I can receive it).

But obviously, waiting a couple minutes before starting a journey is acceptable to avoid being tracked by Google, so I disabled the Enhanced Location mode on my Android phone.

Is there a private alternative for A-GNSS?

 

Assisted GNSS is pretty handy. My phones gets my approximate location very fast. If I want to plan a route from where I am, I don't have to wait a couple minutes for the GNSS signal to be received (if I'm in a location where I can receive it).

But obviously, waiting a couple minutes before starting a journey is acceptable to avoid being tracked by Google, so I disabled the Enhanced Location mode on my Android phone.

Is there a private alternative for A-GNSS?

 

Since I've joined Lemmy, I've been trying to learn more about leftist political systems and how current activists would like to implement them. I'm also interested in building a nuanced opinion on historical implementations of Marxism.

In my understanding, public scrutiny can be multiple. About methods: free press, direct reports from the state, NGO or foreign observers; and about subjects: military, internal or external affairs, industrial.

What effect does state transparency have on society (good or bad), and would you prefer to live in an open political system personally? Which kind of transparency?

During the cold war, how open and transparent were the USA and USSR? How open are the US, China, Russia and the EU currently?

Do you know resources that approach these subjects that I could read?

 

This is a placeholder community. If you're motivated to handle the moderation, publish posts for each event etc. please manifest yourself.

In the meantime I'll moderate the community if people participate by themselves but won't publish content.

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