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[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago

Absolutely. It's like how if you're poor and crazy, you're crazy; but if you're rich and crazy, you're eccentric.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well that's good news — at least it's one-and-done and won't divert resources and money from SNW.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Whaaa... Wasn't this going to be a show? When did that happen?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

My expectations for this show could not be any lower.

[–] [email protected] 134 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

I see the media's extreme reluctance in calling white people "terrorists" continues.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 23 hours ago

Their premise is that the free market drove up the price of houses. Deregulation that is to say end of social housing programs led to this.

Yes and no - lack of supply led to this. It doesn't really matter where the supply comes from. More social housing would certainly be good though.

Is that not neo-liberal? High construction costs come mainly from high cost of labor. The market driving up costs isn’t free market?

Do... do you think that business owners like having higher labour costs? I don't think I've ever seen someone on the left complain about higher worker wages.

What protectionist policies are there?

Try building a residential property and see how many hoops you have to jump through.

When have property values been under threat of dropping.

If supply were to increase, prices will drop. This is good for everyone except those who think their house is a retirement fund.

They’ve been ever increasing due to market demand.

You forgot half of the "supply and demand" equation.

You say “lack of good investment”. Others say investors determined housing was a prime investment.

Exactly... Whereas housing shouldn't be an investment. If its value outpaces inflation, it becomes less and less affordable to new buyers.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Exactly, especially to placate a country with no electronics manufacturing industry to speak of. How would Apple even meet that 40% target, and how is that number defined? Is it by % of material cost, or size, or weight, or what?

Blackmail is a terrible way to attract investment to your country. This is like Elon suing advertisers who left Twitter after he told them to fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Jakarta is seeking to boost investment from foreign tech companies with restrictive measures that require their phones to be 40 per cent sourced from parts in Indonesia.

Absolutely ridiculous policy. Imagine if every country pulled this stunt.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (10 children)

It sure would be nice if folks on the left stopped using the term "neoliberal" as shorthand for "something I don't like". Words have meanings. A neoliberal housing policy would be a bunch of 5-over-1 in mixed zoning. The housing crisis is caused by many factors:

  • sky-high construction costs
  • restrictive zoning
  • lack of co-op condos due to insufficient startup finding
  • protectionist policies designed to shield homeowners from any drop in property value
  • too-low interest rates for the past few dacades
  • lack of other good investment options
  • increased prominence of REITs and real estate holdings in pension funds etc
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Same. I wouldn't put this past Hamas at all, but I'm going to need another source.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know how price sensitive you are, but check out Asket.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Who are these articles for? All those MAGAs who feel strongly about climate change, or Dems who would have voted for Trump if he's commit to GHG reduction?

 

In which China tells Cuba that it should stop being so communist if it wants to succeed:

China publicly supports Cuba’s right to choose its own path to economic development “in line with its national conditions”, but privately Chinese officials have long urged the Cuban leadership to shift from its vertically planned economy to something closer to the Chinese model, according to economists and diplomats briefed on the situation.

Chinese officials have been perplexed and frustrated at the Cuban leadership’s unwillingness to decisively implement a market-oriented reform programme despite the glaring dysfunction of the status quo, the people said.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28766034

Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

Based on recommendations in that thread, I also checked:

/etc/systemd/system
/etc/default/
vboxautostart.service
KDE "restore session" settings

Any ideas are much appreciated!

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

 

My wife and I are thinking of going to CR this winter, but we have a few other potential destinations on our shortlist. Talk me out of going to Costa Rica!

 

I don't think I've seen anyone else here with an 8:9 monitor, so I'll break the ice! The color theme is Layan Light; everything else is stock KDE.

 

I stumbled upon this community for the first time a few minutes ago. I like gardening and houseplants, but never heard of people recretionally growing mushrooms of the non-magical kind. Is it for food?

 

Now the social media platform is aiming for an IPO in the first quarter of 2024 with a valuation of $15 billion, and has been in talks with potential investors like Goldman Sachs and and Morgan Stanley, per Bloomberg.

 

It seems the bot has stopped reposting content from Reddit?

 

This was recorded in Cleveland for a radio broadcast; the tape became available as a bootleg and is known as one of the most important ones in the band's history.

It's the first-ever recording of "Fly by Night" and only their third performance with Neil. We can hear snippets of what would later become "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" in the Working Man solo.

A quote from Geddy regarding bootlegs:

A lot of people say 'It takes away from record sales' but [...] the fact is that any fan who buys a bootleg is still going to buy your record. So, who is it harming?

 

Sorry if this community isn't the right place to ask — I got a USB webcam that works great in Teams, but lags tremendously (3-4 seconds) in Zoom. I doubt the Zoom app is introducing that lag on its own, but how would I troubleshoot this?

This is on EndeavourOS (basically Arch)

 

Good interview with Geddy about his autobiography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkvpWMTuUI

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Just picked one up. This is the best price I've seen this year. Very strange monitor but awesome for work - it even serves as a USB-C docking station with 90W power delivery.

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