[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

One thing that I find worrying is actually that, although US IT companies are objectively and clearly falling behind Chinese ones, their stock price keeps going up, I suppose moreso due to their closing ranks with Trump.

Admittedly I know next to nothing about share value trading, but shouldn't developments such as these temper investors interests in those specific companies making "AI" their next big thing? I'm afraid the bubble burst will be worse than 2008.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 week ago

In a White House statement, Biden said he was commuting Peltier’s life sentence so that he can serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement.

This must be some sort of sick joke.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 weeks ago

"No negotiation process can take place because Russia has not been made to pay a high enough price for this war."

Sir, I don't think that's how negotiations work.

As part of his "Victory Plan", unveiled in October, Zelensky suggested that battle-hardened Ukrainian troops could replace US forces in Europe after the war with Russia ends.

Horrifying. Fucking hell. Europe looks bleaker each passing day.

It's ironic how, if the Ukrainian regime turns rogue and refuses to obey the Trump admin's negotiations, this war will actually end with the dreaded march on Kyiv that never had to happen.

How do y'all resist the urge of being smug against all the people who believed imperial media?

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The proposals by three key advisers, including Trump's incoming Russia-Ukraine envoy, retired Army Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg, share some elements, including taking NATO membership for Ukraine off the table.

Trump's advisers would try forcing Moscow and Kyiv into negotiations with carrots and sticks, including halting military aid to Kyiv unless it agrees to talk but boosting assistance if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses.

So, doing exactly what Russian officials have been calling for since 2022? Don't see why they'd refuse now, unless you go for the "Russian Infinite Landgrab" conspiracy theory like it's a Paradox game.

The Russian leader, [Eugene Rumer] said, shows no readiness to drop his conditions for a truce and talks, including Ukraine abandoning its NATO quest and surrendering the four provinces Putin claims as part of Russia but does not fully control, a demand rejected by Kyiv.

Those two "red lines" are already part of the peace proposal.

Gorka, reached by phone, called Reuters "fake news garbage" and declined to elaborate.

Lol.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Putin and Xi browsing Reddit after that one.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 year ago

My favourite example is that some engineering youtuber has already even done an out-of-skull controller for a car with a kid's toy.

Future archeologists will be so confused trying to figure out how Statesians thought themselves so advanced from the remaining rubble.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 year ago

Milei was now doing precisely the same, Farage believed. “But he’s doing it on a scale that is almost beyond anyone’s thinking … This is Thatcherism on steroids.”

Can somebody check on Thatchers grave? I think she got out again.

https://youtube.com/shorts/IP6TRajtTfM

Hope this fucker gets removed and removed, with a dash of removed removed. In Minecraft.

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Tá na hora da gente considerar ter outra redução de trabalho igual à pandemia pra evitar mais mortes.

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It starts talking about Hollow Knight specifically, but it's a good video documenting how trash Jimmy Wales's Fandom has become.

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Exclusive reporting by Sterling about the worker millstone we call the video game industry.

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Other countries which have agreed to contribute troops to the proposed Haiti intervention are Jamaica, Bahamas, Mongolia, Senegal, Belize, Guatemala, Peru, Italy, Antigua and Barbuda, Suriname, and Spain.

Canada, South Canada and European Canada didn't want to get directly involved in their own war, as is tradition.

Full text from condemnation:

The Communist Party of Kenya strongly condemns their nation’s involvement in the impending occupation of Haiti.

The Communist Party of Kenya demands that the Kenya Kwanza government rescind their proposal to send 1,000 police to Haiti, while calling on the Kenyan people to join the Haitian masses and popular progressive forces worldwide in opposing the intervention, continued occupation and neo-colonial governance of Haiti by the Core Group and the UN.

The Central Organizing Committee of the Communist Party of Kenya, expresses deep concern regarding the proposed deal between the USA and the Kenyan Government. It is with great displeasure and utmost frustration that we are forced to witness Kenya allowing itself to be recruited into the imperialist activities of the United States, the Core Group and United Nations. The reported plan of involving Kenyan police to carry out actions on behalf of the USA government in Haiti raises serious ethical and moral questions. In its efforts to endear itself to the systems of power that underpin Western hegemony, Kenya is providing legitimacy for a long-standing series of interventions into Haiti that seek to undermine the aspirations of the Haitian people.

Kenya’s motive to send a small contingent of police officers to Haiti is not to solve the so-called problems of insecurity that beset Haiti. Just as it has been done in the past through recruitment of Caribbean and African countries, it is to prevent accusations of racism and oppressive grip of Western foreign powers by having third world nations give their support for the exploitation of Haiti. “If there is a humanitarian crisis, the response cannot be to send in foreign troops. The countries that today are the first to bemoan the control of Haiti by the various gangs are the first to have sponsored these same kingpins in other times, such as in Afghanistan during the time of the Mujahedin or in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq against Iran.”

The Communist Party of Kenya firmly rejects any form of neocolonialism and condemns attempts to use a Black face to brutalize Haiti or any other nation by the members of the Core Group, including representatives of the United Nations, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the European Union, the United States, and the Organization of American States. The party recognizes the systems of maintaining a neo-colonial agenda in Haiti, or as dubbed in popular Haitian lingua, “Sistèm nan” (The System).

We vehemently stand with the exploited Haitian population and oppose any western led interventions or involvement whatsoever in Haiti. By agreeing to send troops into Haiti, the Kenyan government is diminishing the sovereignty and self-determination of Haitian people, while preserving the neo-colonial interests of the United States, the Core Group and the United Nations. Imperialism, historically rooted in exploitation and subjugation, has caused immense suffering across continents. Similarly, the USA’s rise to power was significantly fueled by the enslavement of millions of African people, whose labor laid the foundation for its economic prosperity. The echoes of this dark past continue to resonate in various forms of systemic racial and social inequalities that persist in the USA today.

As the Central Organizing Committee of the Communist Party of Kenya, we address the historical injustices perpetrated by both Europe and the USA. Europe’s wealth and development have, in large part, been built on the stolen resources and exploitation of the global South during colonial times. As advocates of anti-imperialism, we must acknowledge and condemn the historical actions of both Europe and the USA that have contributed to the global inequities we face. Our commitment to a just and equitable world demands that we confront and challenge the oppressive legacies of these colonial and enslavement practices.

The party denounces and urges parliament to intervene in the actions being undertaken by the current administration. Exploiting vulnerable Kenyans for any purpose is unacceptable. President Ruto’s actions in this regard must be rejected, and the government’s focus should be on empowering its citizens, not auctioning them to willing buyers. Our commitment lies in advocating for policies that uplift the marginalized and create a fair and just society, addressing root causes of societal issues, including land problems and the need for investment in industries to create jobs and improve lives. Furthermore, there must be rigorous discourse in the public sphere with parliament engaging with the masses before such unilateral actions are undertaken. Of course, we recognize that this was done specifically without public involvement as the masses would readily recognize the actions for what they are, efforts to sabotage Haiti’s sovereignty, utilization of state instruments in the continual subjugation of the oppressed Haitian people and disruption of Pan-Africanism solidarity. We must therefore, intensify the struggle from below, emphasizing grassroots movements and collective action to bring about transformative change.

Moving forward, we stand resolute in our pursuit of justice and the dismantling of imperialist structures that perpetuate global exploitation and subjugation. We call on all revolutionary forces, people’s movements and organizations across the globe to unite in the struggle for a future that respects the sovereignty of nations, upholds human rights, and ensures the welfare of all people, regardless of their geographic location. The Communist Party of Kenya reaffirms our unwavering commitment to the principles of peace, justice, and sovereignty in Haiti.

       Long live the struggles of Haitian People!
       Long Live free, liberated Haiti!
       Long live the struggle for justice and liberation!
       In solidarity with the oppressed peoples of the world
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Edit: obligatory Jim Sterling video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed526JT15fA

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Thankfully the peacekeeper who was shot survived, and the gun jammed before he could shoot more people.

Response from the organisers of the protest: https://youtu.be/yJQycp1H5sQ

Their press release: https://therednation.org/press-release-the-red-nation-account-of-thursdays-shooting/

Footage (CW): https://youtu.be/QiQms32gROc

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2090814

Um dos principais problemas da negociação diz respeito justamente ao conceito de hora efetivamente trabalhada, do qual as plataformas não abrem mão. Para fazer jus aos R$ 17, um motoboy precisaria somar 60 minutos em viagens. Em outras palavras, o intervalo entre as corridas não seria remunerado.

Por outro lado, os representantes dos entregadores apresentaram na mesa de negociação um valor de R$ 35,76. Além disso, fecharam posição em torno do pagamento da "hora logada", ou seja, de todo o tempo à disposição do aplicativo. Por sinal, esse é o lema da manifestação de sexta: "Hora logada ou nada".

Algumas outras fontes:

https://revistaforum.com.br/brasil/2023/9/28/breque-nacional-entregadores-de-aplicativo-anunciam-greve-144941.html

https://emdefesadocomunismo.com.br/entregadores-de-aplicativos-preparam-greve-nacional-em-meio-a-negociacao/

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Unity’s runtime fee will be collected once a game “has passed a minimum revenue threshold in the last 12 months” and “has passed a minimum lifetime install count,” according to the blog post.

Unity Personal and Unity Plus customers must pay $0.20 per install after reaching $200,000 of revenue in the past year and having more than 200,000 lifetime game installs.

Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise users will pay $0.15 and $0.125 per install, respectively, after making $1 million in the past year and having more than 1 million lifetime game installs. (Those fees will decrease as higher thresholds are met.)

You literally pay less the richer you are. Most efficient system.

Thankfully the retroactive bit was dropped, but Jesus what a horrible decision. Really sucks that Unreal is also complete trash for 2D development (which is the main indie environment), but at least Godot got more devs.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago

coming from some bleeding heart liberal

Did they just call us libs to our collective faces now?

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago

Until 1952, all prisoners received 122 grams of grain, 10 grams of flour, 20 grams of sugar, 75 grams of fish, 500 grams of potatoes and vegetables, 15 grams of fat, 45 grams of meat, and 650 grams of bread each day.

I'm bad at food math, but this seems like a lot of food for a prison. Inmates be living better than most civilians under capitalism.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago

So what you're saying is that, if the world sanctions the USA, it's gonna be a sad day for the Yankees? Sounds like an interesting proposition, maybe we could find out about some genocide happening in Turtle Island and use it as the basis.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago

In early August, deputies of the Ukraine president's 'Servant of the People' party in the national legislature ('Rada') introduced a bill that provides for the conscription of forced labor of all those who have not been conscripted to the armed forces. Formally free citizens who already cannot legally leave the country due to wartime restrictions will now also be subjected to forced labor.

This was really inevitable, yeah.

[-] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just finished watching it and those predictions wrt to China/Russia/Iran/Syria cooperation are so on point I actually started laughing. Only problem is that apparently the USA politicians didn't watch that one, so all his hopeful predictions for how the USA could avoid that didn't manifest. Their loss lol.

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