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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Well that makes more sense. Thanks for the information!

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Is this named after Karl Popper? If so that's unfortunate because Popper spent his life arguing against the validity of inductive reasoning in science. His distinctive contribution was to try to describe a scientific method that did not depend on induction.

https://philosophy.institute/logic/poppers-critique-rejection-induction/

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

It's not really any cheaper. The only way you can save money is by not buying anything but sticking with what you have already.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Not just the tech industry. A huge proportion of the US economy is made up of betting on AI. Like the crash of 2008 (but worse, some predict) it will hurt everyone but the richest, who will become even richer.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Meanwhile, manufacturers have less flexibility with budget notebooks. Lowering their specs would make the affordable options struggle with even basic tasks in Windows 11.

Linux would help. And keeping that old PC for as long as it still works. Microsoft didn't see this coming with their attempt to force everyone onto new hardware. So much for their bloated, resource-guzzling "AI OS". No one wants it and no one will have the money to run it.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Hi 5! I'm dad.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Trump is seen as being strongly aligned with the working class

This explanation is even more unfathomable than the thing it explains. I dont really understand how anyone can look at the (multi)billionaire Trump and think "he's on the side of the workers."

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

They are paid to be so.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

This bill did not pass because the Senate was evenly divided and the Democrats suffered a backbench rebellion from two “centrist” senators.

There's a reasonable suspicion the Democrats only advance these bills proposing real change when they already know they have those two "rebels" lined up to block it. That way they keep the voters coming back for another try, while looking after the interests of those who pay them.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Ah but RFK knows fire kills measles, COVID and cancer.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago

In October, the group played an active role in advocating for the release of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Florida who had been held in an Israeli prison for eight months. Mohammed Ibrahim was released last month.

Oh, it's that kind of terrorism - the sort where you stand up to protect the victims of Israel's genocidal fascism. Makes sense now.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If there's one thing I know about Americans it's that when they say "bullshit" they mean "utter poppycock, twaddle and codswallop."

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40067142

...and now paramount is doing a hostile takeover bid for warner bros. discovery. i rather have netflix own it than paramount.

all corporations should be split into different smaller companies and then given to the workers who would collectivize them. seriously!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40067142

...and now paramount is doing a hostile takeover bid for warner bros. discovery. i rather have netflix own it than paramount.

all corporations should be split into different smaller companies and then given to the workers who would collectivize them. seriously!

 

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/127040

Ultranationalist Israeli politicians, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, wore golden noose-shaped lapel pins to a meeting on Monday in order to show their “commitment” to advancing a widely condemned bill to mandate the death penalty for “terrorists” who kill Israelis. The pins resemble the yellow ribbon pins that Israeli leaders have worn throughout their genocide to to…

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A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy. The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump’s NSPM-7…

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39870058

Immigrants were moments away from pledging allegiance to the United States in Boston — the final step of the long process to becoming a U.S. citizen — when government officials pulled them out of line, according to a new report.

The scene unfolded at Boston’s Faneuil Hall on Thursday, Dec. 4, according to the report from WGBH, a National Public Radio member station.

As people who were already approved to be naturalized — having completed the lengthy U.S. citizenship process — lined up to pledge allegiance, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials told them they could not continue due to their countries of origin, the outlet reported.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39870058

Immigrants were moments away from pledging allegiance to the United States in Boston — the final step of the long process to becoming a U.S. citizen — when government officials pulled them out of line, according to a new report.

The scene unfolded at Boston’s Faneuil Hall on Thursday, Dec. 4, according to the report from WGBH, a National Public Radio member station.

As people who were already approved to be naturalized — having completed the lengthy U.S. citizenship process — lined up to pledge allegiance, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials told them they could not continue due to their countries of origin, the outlet reported.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/56424420

A recent report, co-authored by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, Arms Embargo Now and World Beyond War, identified hundreds of shipments of Canadian-made F-35 fighter jet components, other aircraft parts, and explosives and flammable materials to U.S. facilities that supply the Israeli military. The report also highlighted 433 shipments of Polish-made TNT routed through the Port Saguenay, Quebec to U.S. army ammunition plants that make bombs used by Israel in Gaza.

The report stated that “by deliberately exempting U.S.-bound arms from export regulation and allowing Canadian infrastructure to transport weapons, Canada is circumventing its obligations under international law.”

Archive: https://archive.is/GldMU

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/56424420

A recent report, co-authored by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, Arms Embargo Now and World Beyond War, identified hundreds of shipments of Canadian-made F-35 fighter jet components, other aircraft parts, and explosives and flammable materials to U.S. facilities that supply the Israeli military. The report also highlighted 433 shipments of Polish-made TNT routed through the Port Saguenay, Quebec to U.S. army ammunition plants that make bombs used by Israel in Gaza.

The report stated that “by deliberately exempting U.S.-bound arms from export regulation and allowing Canadian infrastructure to transport weapons, Canada is circumventing its obligations under international law.”

Archive: https://archive.is/GldMU

 

A recent report, co-authored by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, Arms Embargo Now and World Beyond War, identified hundreds of shipments of Canadian-made F-35 fighter jet components, other aircraft parts, and explosives and flammable materials to U.S. facilities that supply the Israeli military. The report also highlighted 433 shipments of Polish-made TNT routed through the Port Saguenay, Quebec to U.S. army ammunition plants that make bombs used by Israel in Gaza.

The report stated that “by deliberately exempting U.S.-bound arms from export regulation and allowing Canadian infrastructure to transport weapons, Canada is circumventing its obligations under international law.”

Archive: https://archive.is/GldMU

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