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I think that the concept of "Capitalism going wrong" is silly and ahistorical. Capital and capitalists ("capitalism" was initially not the focus) is a concept which appeared in the…

> "being heard and appreciated" ... is very recent and only from the last (or two) decade(s). I think that in the past it was just a lot more difficult to *not* be heard or appreci…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymwars

(also a non-native speaker here, mildly annoyed by the obscure joke from GP) Wordplay are exactly the kind of stuff that LLMs excel at, so I asked Gemini flash, and I got > snarky …

I think this is denialism of the profit that the USA extracts with its crimes. The most recent example include the profits from Venezuelan oil: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I think there's a bit of confusion between > (Ethically, if you do not agree with the company you work at), the optimal course of action is.. And > Ethically, (if you do not agree …

I don't think he's arguing for rural, just expressing concern about the *biggest* cities. > entertainment, variety, walkability, and many other benefits that rural places don't pro…

Good point... It depends on what I would turn up. It it's something public/political like a Lemmy/Mastodon instance, I would pick a foreign jurisdiction which is unlikely to enforc…

> As a result they now can't book a hotel, use credit cards or access everyday services. As Nicolas Guillou says 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking sys…

Not only stupid, but also a nazi meme... Besides the appeal of "though people", the idea that we're also in a cycle, of which the current phase is the worst one, is also basically …

Yup, the change was in the news in September https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/china-blocks-sal...

> I don't think that there is any need to restart a new category. Just make your new phones... For HTC, yes... But neither LG nor Blackberry are still making phones

Since 2024, it isn't https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS_NEXT

> I doubt even someone as big as Samsung will be willing or able to develop their own alternative OS Huawei pulled it out with HarmonyOS (I don't know how good/bad is it, and if it…

Despite what the USA did in its invasion of Vietnam, not because of it. Vietnamese are trying to not forget their history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Remnants_Museum (I'm no…

I think there's a kernel of truth in what you said, but you're also talking about avoiding accidental "income inequality" in this comment, and "economic stagnation" in the other. I…

Ok, but the market is absolutely flooded with exploitative stuff, laden with micro transactions and a trickle of miniscule rewards, in attempt to addict the user, rather than genui…

Rooney is Irish, not British (nor a resident in Britain), so it's perfectly normal for her to try to avoid the consequences of a foreign regime trying to oppress its population. In…

"defeated", yes "easily", not so much... As in, services can still detect if you're connecting through a VPN, and if you ever connect directly (because you forgot to enable the VPN…

I tried with the same prompt in the examples provided on gibberifier.com, and it works well[1]. (Amusingly, to get the text, I relied on OCR) But I also noticed that, sometimes due…

40% of the bombing victims in Gaza are under 10 years old https://msf.org.uk/article/gaza-msf-survey-shows-almost-half... Comparing it to the war in Ukraine ("Even in Ukraine") isn…

FYI, most of your comments show up as [dead]. I assume that the ones that didn't (like this one) have been vouched by others. Not sure if dang see this, but it might be worth askin…

> Capitalism isn't meant to do anything. It was probably meant in the manner of: "the purpose of a system, is what it does"... I.e. regardless of how it evolved (system of laws wri…

> Insisting on flaunting English spelling rules... To flaunt: > display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance. To flout:…

Bland protest speech is already going to see you arrested under the Terrorism Act, we are way past a "first step". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/private-eye-ca... h…