Lots of small companies won't survive the components price hike and shortage

The citizens of the United States are responsible for their country’s actions - even if they themselves ignore the atrocities committed by their government.

Everywhere, the post is being removed - with the same generic reason: "No politics."

Nevertheless, this obviously needs to be said, since it apparently still isn't public knowledge in the U.S.

I’ll go first. Franz Marc. I particularly like “Blaues Pferd I”. I love me some German expressionism.

Blend two universes... TV, movie, comic, whatever... What would you like to see?

Sandwich is a flexible concept. I will not argue with your sandwich. I hope you won't either while anyone is looking

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I'm kinda disgusted with Microsoft and Github has been declining into an AI-Centric hellhole, to the point my recommendations are almost exclusively AI related... And let's not forget, the new Copilot Training enabled by default (which honestly, how do you get rid of this thing, VSCode also feels intrusive with AI-First bullshittery)

I've been wondering about moving to Gitlab but.... "Finally, AI for the entire software lifecycle." is literally plastered in the landing page. So.. that feels like a no-go.

Codeberg is very decent, it's based on Forgejo so ActivityPub is also a thing (but is cross-instance contributions possible?) but it's exclusive for Source-Available and Free Projects, which, by all means, totally fine! Half of my "active" projects are for free, and are open source (does that make them FOSS even though I'm basically the only dev?)

And last but not least, Forgejo and Gitlab themselves are self-hostable, but...how expensive (price and storage) would it be to self host a Git Forge??

And maybe I'm being narrow-sighted... For FOSS projects in Github, sadly I'll have no choice but to contribute there, if that's the only place where the project resides, same for Gitlab, and Codeberg* (unless cross-instance contrib is a thing)

For now, I'm thinking of moving FOSS/OSS projects to Codeberg, but for personal projects? What are some good options?

It's a country that's overlooked since UAE has skyscrapers or high rises while Oman doesn't have that (since their focus is more on culture and maintaining the "old Arabia" look & vibe whilst being rich in their own way). I mean, you can look up travel content about the UAE and there's tons of results while for Oman the amount of travel content is kind of sparse in comparison even though people do go there.

asking especially people whose country didn't qualify

Surprisingly, it’s been 1.5 years since this was last asked.

I pick Peregrine Falcon. They thrive all across the globe, they’re fast as fuck when they’re in a dive, they’re the cutest killers, but they’re not at the top of the pecking order, which means a lust for life.

The thing is that, acting in a role within a movie (as in Hollywood tier) differs from making a short on TikTok or being a YouTuber. As in you can have the title of "actor" or "actress" but lack long term experience within the industry (Tom Cruise has been actor for 45 years making his debut in 1981 while Millie Bobby Brown has only started acting since 2013, she became famous in Stranger Things).

Most famous actors today started as extras or in minor roles first before making it huge in cinema, kind of like how Brad Pitt is an extra in No Mans Land (where Charlie Sheen was the lead actor) where he's a waiter or how Bruce Willis was in The First Deadly Sin (Frank Sinatra has the starring role) as an uncredited extra ("man walking in diner") where he's not famous yet until Die Hard.

Meryl Streep would obviously have a longer acting resume than Jenna Ortega (the biggest contrast is that Streep was born in 1949 making her a Boomer while Ortega was born in 2002 deeming her Gen Z) since establishing a long term acting career takes ages (on achieving stardom), like Streep has been an actress for 50 years while Ortega only has 14 years of experience within her acting career.

Now, I've heard that Hollywood at least: is considering the metric on hiring (TikTok) influencers as potential movie stars, the thing is that being an actual movie star requires talent, dedication and grinding from "nobody" (extra) into being famous when the opportunity arises while those from TikTok don't possess "acting" talent.

Something juicy. Something you wouldn’t admit to irl but you’re willing to divulge behind the safety of a keyboard

I haven't had to think about ads in years with ublock origin, but have been forced to use Chrome for some tasks recently. What's a good alternative?

Argentina is going through difficult times (especially with the Peso being bad as it’s very volatile) since most Argentinians would prefer USD over the Peso either through savings or investment.

That’s because the dollar is the best bet not only for savings, but for making a living (if they can manage to get remote work). The thing is, how did Argentina end up in this situation in the first place?

I know that Euro is the second most traded currency but it doesn't have the #1 spot because of the US Dollar (which is printed on top of piling debt by the way) since oil is priced in USD per barrel instead of quoting it in EUR per barrel (since the US has monopoly on oil).

Money printers for the USD are running constantly, going "BRRR" and have a high national debt. They're putting themselves further into that hole whilst printing more cash. What about the Euro? Is it even printed that often 24/7 or controlled to print a capped amount?

The only way to really Euro become superior is to incentivize it on a international scale (more than the US Dollar) on getting countries to accept & trust it more (but USD accounts for 60% of global commerce) so the Euro has A LOT of catching up to do on that.

Does the EU really have power or control over OPEC (Oil)? If they can grasp monopoly over the Gulf states by convincing them to price every barrel in Euros: would that strengthen the currency? The British Pound is the former global reserve currency before the US Dollar.

If European travelers stopped converting EUR to USD, only using EUR for international travel towards currency exchanges: would that increase the demand for it since US Dollar is literally the default for A LOT of countries (even "third world" ones) in terms of payment.

Arbitrary numbers regarding forex aren't an indicator: so what if 1€ is worth more than $1? It's more on PPP and trust, so with a stronger Euro traveling abroad (including the Americas): does that make it cheap for you to visit as you're able to buy more than they can?

AI can't be all that bad. The problem I'm always seeing with AI is a double-edged sword. You have corporations shoving AI in just about everything, treating it like its a cure for cancer and that really rubs people the wrong way. Then, on a more of a society level, you've got people who use AI for an assortment of things like making art with AI and still accredit themselves as an artist to people who treat AI like a therapist when it is not advised to.

However, I've found some benefits with AI. For example, I'm chatting with ChatGPT on credit cards, because it is something I may lean towards getting into. It's helping me better understand than most people have tried explaining to me. Simply because it is giving me a more stream-lined response than people just beating the bush.

I have recently started talking to a therapist after getting extremely exhausted last year. It got to the point were my brain just didnt function and just thinking and keeping track of thoughts was extremely difficult for the first 4-8 hours of the day.

After alot of back and forth we've come to the conclusion that i do have some sort of trauma and alot internalized expectations that is making my daily life a struggle. I have grown alot as a person during the last 5-10 years, so its not very weird that these discrepencies between what i accept of others vs what i expect of myself now catch up and clash.

For example. I have made my own opinions on many topics that was not very accepted when i grew up. I have never wanted to fault anyone or make anyone feel bad but the "norm" of where i grew up still included alot of hostility and fear of anything alternative. Nowadays i am completely accepting and respecting of everyone and anyone, whatever sexuality, gender identity, ethnicity or disabilities that may include. But i cant accept that for myself for some reason.

I talked to a friend the other day and they told me something interesting. They said that these internalized fears or messages are just a defense the brain has learnt to automatically use to keep us safe. That made alot of sense to me, atleast in my situation.

But then my question is, how do you even start breaking that down? I feel like Ive been wanting to explore many of these topics for so long but my brain is just finding any and all reason to be afraid.

I have never really had anyone to talk to this about. Not necessarily because I think they would judge me but mostly because my brain is constantly trying to stop me. Ive just recently found some people that I am, for the first time, atleast somewhat comfortable to share some of this with, and just that took a lot to actually get the words out of my head.

Any tips and pointers are appreciated.

For instance: boyfriend invested a lot and managed to secure them (they never devalued as he kept them stable for a while) but one day he passed away, the thing is that he is the main shareholder who owns said corporate entity when he was still alive (so he's the only signatory noted on paper) so what happens then? Most of the legal framework and bureaucracy are all under his name.

It definitely won't his girlfriend who'll taking over as it's not even under her name nor was she delegated that responsibility prior as the title and experience of shareholding is under her boyfriend's name. I mean, shareholders are human beings (corporations are formed by people). In this case, he is the founder of the company that managed to take off financially that succeeded.

i saw a person wear a red shirt that read "cultural marxist" i have no idea what that means, can someone please explain?(i am sorry if wrong community)