Yeah i think NASA has even been asking for exceptions to it and congress wont do it lol
Can't wait until NASA has to ask China to please go do deliveries to the ISS for them.
Don't wanna be a downer, and I'm not even in the UK, but i feel like maybe this needs to be less specific? Like ok ban cages and crates. Then they'll just find some other small object to put them in won't they? Shouldn't it be like ban keeping them inside of enclosed spaces below a certain size per animal or something like that?
Liberals will be like "The new Syrian government is not a US backed coup!" then read this and think nothing of the US making policy decisions for the Syrian army.
In practice the allowed tints on windshields are VERY light. Like so light most people don't even bother tinting it. It wouldn't cause night blindness. In my state for example you can apply alight non-reflective tint to only the top 5 inches of the windshield and the rest must be entirely untinted. Then the passenger, and drivers side windows can have only a light tint on the entire thing, then the back seat side windows can be a much darker tint. The law on it's very like specific and based on type of vehicle, which windows it is, which part of the window, etc.
I don't think it has anything to do with capitalism frankly. It's technology. The soviets grew faster than most capitalist countries, monarchies that still exist compete quite well with capitalist nations. Think the Saudis. Capitalism is simply the private ownership of capital. The organizational structure behind the econonomy. The thing that really did all this amazing stuff was the technology itself. As we get more advanced our ability to advance increases. Exponential progress. That could happen under any system. It is more true imo that the abundance and technological progress that occured in the last few centuries created the conditions for capitalism to exist. Rather than capitalism creating the conditions for that progress.
Also just reusing what we have. It's not like the new electronics use an insanely higher amount of gold than the older ones. We can just use chemical processes to extract the gold from old circuit boards, and refine it again to be reused in new ones. We don't need to go get more from asteroids at all. Not unless the population explodes or something. We all already have a phone. Theres more old laptops sitting around not being used in most countries than there are people who need a new laptop. Theres no reason we can't just reuse those same raw materials again for the new stuff.
I think we will see old landfills and wate disposal sites being literally mined for the old circuit boards we threw away over the past 50 years eventually. Theres so much useful stuff raw materials wise in old trash heaps. We just have to find better ways to process it. Which while not free to do is much cheaper than space mining lol.
Its important to note how these things build on eachother too. Originally the world was largely empty. There was more than enough resources for the few people in it, and little reason to try to take something someone else had already laid claim to. Why risk conflict when you could walk 10 miles over and find empty land ripe for the taking? Then eventually the world began to fill up, and you had the rise of imperialism. The Akkadians. They took from other cities to enrich their own.
Over time there were many methods for doing this. Rome sort of perfected the process. Growing to dominate the entire region. This happened all over. In India, China, Africa, The Americas, etc.
The issue with these systems for those in power though was they arent easy to maintain. Lording over entire populations that you have to live among is hard. And dangerous. They had their methods for preventing revolt, but they didnt always work.
Fuedalism perfected the safety aspect. The Kings and Lord live in great fortresses, and give their peasants a meagre amount of freedom while taxing them heavily. They get the benefits of the wealth extraction but can minimize the risks.
Once technology had developed enough though the next step was Colonialism. Once they could do so it was much safer to extract the wealth from far flung colonies rather than from domestic people. Especially now that castles were not as safe as they used to be. Cannons existing and all.
But to maintain this colonial empire rulers needed more and more sub-rulers. Private interests began to develop. This is how capitalism was birthed. A new class figured out that they do not need monarchs to benefit from colonialism. So they largely got rid of them.
This colonial system was not sustainable though, and as more colonies broke free from their control capitalists realized they must start extracting wealth once again from the domestic population. This was the rise of fascism. Colonial extraction once again turned inward. With all the new types of violence learned through their colonial conquests now used against their own citizens.
There is an order to it. You can't simply arrive at capitalism without all that came before. So when we see the similarities to fascism in older systems its because it has built upon those systems.
Communism is no different. We build upon what came before. Communism could not exist had capitalism not created a united class of worker. Who had a shared interest. When we speak of the dictatorship of the proletariet it is in opposition to the dictatorship of the bourgeoise we live in now. This is also why communism must be emphatically anti-imperialist. Since we are undermining the millenia old system of exploitation started in Akkadia.
We are forging a new path for the species. One where instead of taking from eachother we willingly share, and collaborate. A system where the very limited resources afforded to us are not allocated based on who has the power to claim them, but based on who needs them most.
I'd guess it would probably be an equipment thing too. When you've got a smaller group to equip you can throw more money at it. So normal soldiers get the standard issue stuff and those guys probably get all the fancy toys.
Rome was definitely imperialist, but i don't think it's fascist necessarily. Fascism requires a lot of stuff that Rome just didn't have. A big one would be like racialized nationalism. Rome was a slaving imperial state yes, but they enslaved anybody regardless of ethnicity. Anyone could be a roman citizen not just italians. Africans, Greeks, Gauls, Arabs, etc.
Its probably not a term that can be used on older nations since a lot of the concepts fascism is built on just hadn't been invented back then. Imperialism is old. Akkadia did it like 4000 years ago. Fascism is pretty new though. It was more of a post-colonial era thing as far as i know.
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7438737
I am assuming Stalin would approve of this since he literally robbed trains. Also he's so handsome. So thats why hes my thumbnail.
Recently I have kind of realized that the way I use the internet isnt as common as I thought. I don’t watch ads ever, and I pirate a lot. I thought id share some methods and hopefully help others get a better online experience.
~~So I know theres a few piracy communities around that might work for some of this stuff, but its not all piracy and I want more people to see it so here we are~~
I wanted to make this because I think a lot of people don’t realize just how easy it is to save money, and time online. Even if you know some of these methods hopefully a few will be new to you.
Time to learn how to look like this IRL
We will go through some stages. Basic, Advanced, and Torrenting methods.
Basic
First things first is the web browser we are going to use. This guide will be based on FLOORP. A Fire Fox fork. Its what I use for general web use. For more privacy centric folks switch it out for LibreWolf and all this should still work fine with some tweaking. Or any Firefox variant.
Browser Extensions: Get these from the firefox extension store.
Ublock Origin: General adblock and doesn’t need much configuring. If it doesn’t block something you want gone you can right click it and block it manually.
Alternative Player for Twitch.tv: This will add a new web player for twitch streams which will block ads in the streams. It will drop the resolution while it blocks them to 480p and say “Hiding Ads” in the corner. I am pretty sure the streamer still gets paid since it has no way to know you arent watching them.
ClearURLs: Removes tracking elements from URLs
I still don’t care about cookies: Will get rid of annoying cookie pop ups on most sites by just accepting them automatically.
Sponsorblock for YouTube – Skip Sponsorships: Names self explanatory. Community powered so some new videos wont be flagged yet. You can configure what is skipped and isnt.
A few others I find useful, Dont Track Me Google, Twitch Channel Points Autoclicker, Unwanted Twitch, Youtube-shorts block, Pinyin Web(For learning chinese), Dark Reader.
Now at this point your browser should be basically ad free and debloated. I recommend messing with FLOORPs settings if you used that its got some nice customization options.
Now lets make use of it to get some free content.
Anime: https://kaa.mx/ or https://hianime.to/tv
TV/Movies: https://movies5.online/
Overall list of pirating sites and other useful things: https://fmhy.net/ This has all kinds of stuff. Definitely worth checking out. It even has textbooks for school.
I cannot stress enough that I would not go to piracy sites without the above adblocking setup or something similar. Theyre usually full of crazy ads some of which could have malware. With ads blocked ive never had issues though.
Advanced
Music: Many people use spotify. If you do I recommend not buying premium, and instead using SpotXBash. Or the windows alternative. This one works for Linux and Mac. You run the script, and your spotify is ad free. It does require terminal usage, and theres always the risk your spotify account gets banned if they detect it. It’ll need re running every now and then as updates can mess it up. I’ve never been banned but if your worried about it make a new account for it. https://github.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX-Bash
Now you may be thinking, like I did, “I wish I didn’t have to stream my music. Just let me download it.”
Thats where spotdl comes in. https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader
Theres a tutorial on getting it setup on the github. Once its ready its pretty simple you make a playlist on your newly ad free spotify, run the command spotdl with the link to it, and itll grab all the songs off youtube if theyre available. Quick and easy music piracy. Not perfect as sometimes you get music video versions but its pretty good.
I’ve downloaded hundreds of songs this way, and its nice to have when you don’t have internet, and the powers out or something.
Also if you don’t want to use youtube at all due to privacy reasons now we have a more advanced option for you. FreeTube. Its an app that works on all OS’s as far as I have seen even mobile, and works as a youtube frontend. You can even use invidious as the way to get videos for even more privacy. https://freetubeapp.io/
Torrenting
Ok if you’ve been following along this far its time to take a breather. Depending on where you are, and who your ISP is this part can be pretty risky. You might get letters in the mail, might get fined, could even get sued in some places.
That being said I can show you how to do it safely.
First we are going to buy something. Mullvad VPN. Its the only VPN id recommend getting. It is 5.50$ or so a month, and if you cancel your streaming accounts it’ll pay for itself now that you’ll be pirating stuff with it.
Once youve bought and setup Mullvad we can continue. Go here: https://mullvad.net/en/check
Its going to check that the VPN is working correctly. You should see 3 green boxes that say Using Mullvad, No DNS leaks, No WebRTC leaks. If you have that go into Mullvads settings. Under VPN settings Kill Switch, and Lockdown Mode should be turned ON. This will prevent your computer from connecting to the internet with anything but the VPN.
Now we are gong to get qBitTorrent. This is our torrenting client. Your gonna install it, click settings, advanced, and look for “Network Interface.” There will be a drop down menu. Click it and select the mullvad option. Mine is “wg0-mullvad” then click apply.
Your now ready to torrent and cannot be tracked by the other leechers or seeders. So you wont get those DMCA letters.
Now where do we find things to torrent? That wiki I linked earlier has some stuff. For games https://fitgirl-repacks.site/ is a great option. She recently repacked The Last of Us Part II remastered.
You’ll copy the magnet link, put that into Qbittorrent, and let it do its thing. Once its done you’ll pause the torrent. Assuming you don’t want to keep seeding it for other people downloading. Then open up the files and it’ll be an easy installer.
So to recap. You should no longer be seeing ads online, no longer be paying for stupid streaming services, and be getting lots of music, and games for free. Plus you get the added bonus of making liberals and capitalists mad by not giving them your money. If your well off take the money you saved and do mutual aid, if your poor like me and couldn’t afford this stuff anyway, enjoy!
P.S. If you are worried about not supporting certain independent creators and stuff while doing this keep in mind direct donations are still an option for pretty much everything. Most youtubers have a patreon or something for example.
Corporation simps when they find out you arent giving Disney all your money:
I am assuming Stalin would approve of this since he literally robbed trains. Also he's so handsome. So thats why hes my thumbnail.
~~he robbed stagecoaches not trains apparently~~
Recently I have kind of realized that the way I use the internet isnt as common as I thought. I don’t watch ads ever, and I pirate a lot. I thought id share some methods and hopefully help others get a better online experience.
~~So I know theres a few piracy communities around that might work for some of this stuff, but its not all piracy and I want more people to see it so here we are~~
I wanted to make this because I think a lot of people don’t realize just how easy it is to save money, and time online. Even if you know some of these methods hopefully a few will be new to you.
Time to learn how to look like this IRL
We will go through some stages. Basic, Advanced, and Torrenting methods.
Basic
First things first is the web browser we are going to use. This guide will be based on FLOORP. A Fire Fox fork. Its what I use for general web use. For more privacy centric folks switch it out for LibreWolf and all this should still work fine with some tweaking. Or any Firefox variant.
Browser Extensions: Get these from the firefox extension store.
Ublock Origin: General adblock and doesn’t need much configuring. If it doesn’t block something you want gone you can right click it and block it manually.
Alternative Player for Twitch.tv: This will add a new web player for twitch streams which will block ads in the streams. It will drop the resolution while it blocks them to 480p and say “Hiding Ads” in the corner. I am pretty sure the streamer still gets paid since it has no way to know you arent watching them.
ClearURLs: Removes tracking elements from URLs
I still don’t care about cookies: Will get rid of annoying cookie pop ups on most sites by just accepting them automatically.
Sponsorblock for YouTube – Skip Sponsorships: Names self explanatory. Community powered so some new videos wont be flagged yet. You can configure what is skipped and isnt.
A few others I find useful, Dont Track Me Google, Twitch Channel Points Autoclicker, Unwanted Twitch, Youtube-shorts block, Pinyin Web(For learning chinese), Dark Reader.
Now at this point your browser should be basically ad free and debloated. I recommend messing with FLOORPs settings if you used that its got some nice customization options.
Now lets make use of it to get some free content.
Anime: https://kaa.mx/ or https://hianime.to/tv
TV/Movies: https://movies5.online/
Overall list of pirating sites and other useful things: https://fmhy.net/ This has all kinds of stuff. Definitely worth checking out. It even has textbooks for school.
I cannot stress enough that I would not go to piracy sites without the above adblocking setup or something similar. Theyre usually full of crazy ads some of which could have malware. With ads blocked ive never had issues though.
Advanced
Music: Many people use spotify. If you do I recommend not buying premium, and instead using SpotXBash. Or the windows alternative. This one works for Linux and Mac. You run the script, and your spotify is ad free. It does require terminal usage, and theres always the risk your spotify account gets banned if they detect it. It’ll need re running every now and then as updates can mess it up. I’ve never been banned but if your worried about it make a new account for it. https://github.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX-Bash
Now you may be thinking, like I did, “I wish I didn’t have to stream my music. Just let me download it.”
Thats where spotdl comes in. https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader
Theres a tutorial on getting it setup on the github. Once its ready its pretty simple you make a playlist on your newly ad free spotify, run the command spotdl with the link to it, and itll grab all the songs off youtube if theyre available. Quick and easy music piracy. Not perfect as sometimes you get music video versions but its pretty good.
I’ve downloaded hundreds of songs this way, and its nice to have when you don’t have internet, and the powers out or something.
Also if you don’t want to use youtube at all due to privacy reasons now we have a more advanced option for you. FreeTube. Its an app that works on all OS’s as far as I have seen even mobile, and works as a youtube frontend. You can even use invidious as the way to get videos for even more privacy. https://freetubeapp.io/
Torrenting
Ok if you’ve been following along this far its time to take a breather. Depending on where you are, and who your ISP is this part can be pretty risky. You might get letters in the mail, might get fined, could even get sued in some places.
That being said I can show you how to do it safely.
First we are going to buy something. Mullvad VPN. Its the only VPN id recommend getting. It is 5.50$ or so a month, and if you cancel your streaming accounts it’ll pay for itself now that you’ll be pirating stuff with it.
Once youve bought and setup Mullvad we can continue. Go here: https://mullvad.net/en/check
Its going to check that the VPN is working correctly. You should see 3 green boxes that say Using Mullvad, No DNS leaks, No WebRTC leaks. If you have that go into Mullvads settings. Under VPN settings Kill Switch, and Lockdown Mode should be turned ON. This will prevent your computer from connecting to the internet with anything but the VPN.
Now we are gong to get qBitTorrent. This is our torrenting client. Your gonna install it, click settings, advanced, and look for “Network Interface.” There will be a drop down menu. Click it and select the mullvad option. Mine is “wg0-mullvad” then click apply. (YOU MUST DO THIS! DO NOT SKIP!)
People in the comments have suggested some other VPNs that they prefer. I can't verify any but Mullvad as thats what i use, but feel free to check out other offerings just be careful.
Your now ready to torrent and cannot be tracked by the other leechers or seeders. So you wont get those DMCA letters.
Now where do we find things to torrent? That wiki I linked earlier has some stuff. For games https://fitgirl-repacks.site/ is a great option. She recently repacked The Last of Us Part II remastered.
You’ll copy the magnet link, put that into Qbittorrent, and let it do its thing. Once its done you’ll pause the torrent. Assuming you don’t want to keep seeding it for other people downloading. Then open up the files and it’ll be an easy installer.
So to recap. You should no longer be seeing ads online, no longer be paying for stupid streaming services, and be getting lots of music, and games for free. Plus you get the added bonus of making liberals and capitalists mad by not giving them your money. If your well off take the money you saved and do mutual aid, if your poor like me and couldn’t afford this stuff anyway, enjoy!
P.S. If you are worried about not supporting certain independent creators and stuff while doing this keep in mind direct donations are still an option for pretty much everything. Most youtubers have a patreon or something for example.
Corporation simps when they find out you arent giving Disney all your money:
Resources from the comments:
Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml: Open directories with tons of movies; http://23.147.64.113/ http://144.217.70.79/VODS-M/1080P/
The reason it says insecure is bcz they don’t have an https cert
KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml: No nyaa.si ? It’s for torrenting instead of watching things online, but for those who prefer torrents it’s perfect as you can also find OPs and EDs, manga, LNs…
uberstar@lemmy.ml: For something multi-platform as a music downloading solution, I recommend Lucida instead:
you just paste the link of an album/song (whether via Qobuz, Deezer, Tidal, etc…) and download away. Then all you have to do is unzip the resulting archive file.
For anyone doing research (or more generally, studying in uni), consult the literature pirate’s equivalent of the Library of Alexandria:
And fuck copyright in academia (fuck copyright and academia in general), here’s a site that let’s you bypass research article paywalls (pick one of the instances):
XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net:
great post small addition: should include anna’s archive for downloading books and journal articles, among other types of media
Correct me if I'm wrong does California give more money to the federal government than it gets back?