I remember when I looked this up before I came across an ancient emacs package GNEVE:

• https://www.nongnu.org/gneve/
• https://1010.co.uk/gneve.html
• https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/gneve/
• https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=0vumR5Hcz7s

I think a way to approach this is to create a shell script which calls ffmpeg commands and other cli utilities to do video editing, this way version control is possible.

You beat me to it, dammit.

Burger

I’ve been listening to my Capital audiobook while driving a truck for my job. This book is hard and dense to listen to as an audiobook, especially for me as I tend to daydream. It’s essentially listening to Marx explain his economic theories as mathematical proofs. I’m going to have to read it on paper at some point.

I wonder why there are so many sects from Marx’s work, though. Lenin had the right idea. Marx was bashing on other reformists, “trots”, and bougie economists across his work, and a couple hundred years later a lot of people still believe there’s any chance of doing anything short of revolution.

Yeah it’s logarithmic because nobody should need over $2 million. You are stealing exponentially at billions of dollars.

I’ve been wanting an Ushanka. I already have a silver Lenin bust.

I have wanted to put original content on PeerTube as well, but it’s hard with my computer situation and being busy all the time. I hope to see more comrades posting content on alternative platforms, especially exclusively. I’m worried about loss of educational digital media on private platforms like YouTube and Reddit as enshittification continues. I’m also worried about archive.org. I depend on it greatly. I hope we archive and preserve media as much as possible on other platforms before we inevitably lose them.

LinuxRuleZ (who is a moderator and major contributor to torrminatorr.com) rocks. Their packaged Linux native and Wine prefixed games work nicely with the Steam Deck (though sometimes I have noticed the Wine ones are broken). Make sure to seed their torrents as they are not up for very long, and they delete their old builds because they cannot sustain the storage requirements.

I think they–actually maybe the adminstrator of torrminatorr.com, I thought LinuxRuleZ was the host because they are very prolific and people mention the administrator’s sites mainly to get LinuxRuleZ’s repacks–also host zamunda.se (also other domains/mirrors exist, but this one is possible to create an account successfully atm), and have been working on a new site appnetica.com.

While 1337x is too risky from pirate from, and this creator’s repacks don’t work with the Steam Deck due to the immutable OS which also lacks various linux packages, I think johncena141’s repacks are pretty cool because they use DwarFS, a virtual filesystem like FUSE that has some of the best possible compression ratios and speeds possible, for their repacks. I saw redditors complain about this person’s repacks being too difficult and complex, lol, but I think this is one of the best ways to use open source tech for Linux piracy. This honestly inspires me to learn to crack my own games and software and create nicely packed torrents.

I think I would have figured out the image quickly; I should have took a few seconds to look at the image instead of immediately resorting to an online search. I will have to check the game out some time, looks intriguing. I learned about morphic resonance from my spouse, who iirc told me the originator of the concept, Rupert Sheldrake. There’s been a few other places the idea has appeared in pop culture and in academics according to Wikipedia.

Upon further reading of the Wikipedia section, yeah, I guess that game is one of few media, if any more exist, in popular culture that is inspired by morphic resonance and doesn’t have Sheldrake directly involved in some part. I’ll definitely give that game a look.

Ah man, I did a reverse image search to see what reference you were making, and apparently it’s from an anime video game series called Zero Escape. I haven’t consumed much of any anime content, but this does look interesting. I accidentally saw an image that revealed the answer before I tried to guess. At first, I thought it was a mangled cross in a busted birdcage upon first glance. If I had known this wasn’t some Rorschach test and that there was actually something in the image beyond abstract black shapes, I may have had guessed it correctly within a few minutes. Now we’ll never know, I failed you.

(Replied to myself somehow the first time…)

Obligatory:

You could replace this chart with a different Western nation and its equivalent parties (or at least scales between the strong left and strong right among the population) and the numbers would mostly match up. It seems to be a pattern, even in Amerikkka, too, at least in regards to the older generations voting more conservative and siding with status quo generally while the new generation of voters have been radicalizing towards the fascist right as well as the socialists/progressive left.

From my comment in lemmy.ml in regards to security issues:

Many Signal alternatives also have security issues of their own, often making them less secure than Signal. This includes Matrix and XMPP. In the blog post regarding XMPP+OMEMO, the author replies to a question about which would be better than Signal, Matrix, and XMPP with this suggestion:

Anyone who cares about metadata resistance should look at Cwtch, Ricochet, or any other Tor-based solution. Not a mobile app. Not XMPP. Not Matrix.

In regards to Ricochet, not having a mobile app version makes it difficult to recommend to less tech savvy people.

Credit to @electric_nan@lemmy.ml for pointing me to the blog post.

I also thought of hexbean.net as an alternative, then out of curiosity, I looked up beanis.net, and it redirects to https://bluebear.ltd/

Is this some hexbearian’s site?

Maybe a new name entirely, like

zheleznogorsk.net

I do find hexbear clever, though, if you connect honeycombs and honey-loving bears together

Maybe honeybear with a different tld

I believe the domain will likely be taken back once the owner responds, though.

But hexagons are the best-agons 😞

https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2927106

It’s essentially the opposite of an ultra. An ultra oversteps the political consciousness of the masses where a tailist caters to the reactionary elements of the working class. A communist vanguard party needs to lead, elevate, and unite the masses with integrity while keeping in mind of the masses current political consciousness in order to gain their overwhelming support.

https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:On_Coalition_Government

Commandism is wrong in any type of work, because in overstepping the level of political consciousness of the masses and violating the principle of voluntary mass action it reflects the disease of impetuosity. Our comrades must not assume that everything they themselves understand is understood by the masses. Whether the masses understand it and are ready to take action can be discovered only by going into their midst and making investigations. If we do so, we can avoid commandism. Tailism in any type of work is also wrong, because in falling below the level of political consciousness of the masses and violating the principle of leading the masses forward it reflects the disease of dilatoriness. Our comrades must not assume that the masses have no understanding of what they themselves do not yet understand. It often happens that the masses outstrip us and are eager to advance a step when our comrades are still tailing behind certain backward elements, for instead of acting as leaders of the masses such comrades reflect the views of these backward elements and, moreover, mistake them for those of the broad masses.

—Mao Zedong. “On Coalition Government” (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 316.*

I would argue both parties are the same as the left at this point (and always have been). Both are bloodthirsty, corporate, ruling class parties committing horrific acts of austerity and genocide.

eBay (sometimes you will order stuff that ends up being purchased from Amazon unfortunately) (also, I typically research the product I am looking for and then find a better deal on eBay), craigslist, Etsy (eBay takes less margin from sellers), ordering from small and local shops (local Asian, Mexican, etc. grocery stores tend to have really good deals), food banks tend to have food available for anyone of any income, going to garage sales and local estate sales, finding cooperatives or “ethical” companies to purchase from (Costco pays their employees a decent wage, Aldi lets their employees sit down and also have better deals than even Walmart), thrift stores (avoid The Salvation Army), farmers’ markets, etc.

Also, find a CSA to get food (which you can discover at your local farmers’ market, and Europe seems to have many open source tools dedicated to CSAs), and sometimes they will deliver to your place.

When looking for products, I recommend looking for recommendations on reddit, where you will find good advice about a product that people have experience with, especially in hobbyist and professional subreddits. Also buy older things (sometimes this is a bit more nuanced and there’s certain models from certain years for a certain product that are better than others) as they tend to not be built with planned obsolescence.

Niche reddit wikis tend to also have links to various products and small online stores that are highly recommended. For example, r/VacuumCleaners and r/MechanicalKeyboards.

There’s many good recommendations on r/BuyItForLife.

You can find an online specialized store with better deals and often products not available on Amazon, for example, I have ordered a lot of watercooling equipment from here: https://www.performance-pcs.com/

This is a good place to get hardware for cheap and great quality (I purchased alloy steel screws from here to mount my heavy monitors): https://www.mcmaster.com/

RockAuto is an online store where many mechanics will order parts to repair vehicles, and they have very good prices there if you ever need to fix your vehicle and can’t afford a mechanic.

I hope to one day get a classic trackball mouse and headphones from Ploopy.

You can also look for hobbyist and professional YouTubers and see the products they reviewed and recommended, and you will find very good tips and feedback. For example, when I was looking for a soldering iron, I found Louis Rossmann’s video that mentioned integrated tips are the way to go. I also decided to get an Atten ST-862D hot air station I found much cheaper on eBay because of Louis Rossmann’s comparison video. I am likely going to get this thermal camera someday, plus I plan to get products from NorthridgeFix’s store, and often you will find professionals/hobbyists/YouTubers owning their own store that you can purchase from. I came across forums that reiterated these recommendations, which typically means there’s a reason why many people buy a certain product.

It’s sort of a skill you have to build when ordering things online while avoiding Amazon, and it can be time-consuming and less convenient, but it’s worth the time and money saved and waste reduced. I haven’t ordered from Amazon for over a few years now, and the last time I did was because I was working at Amazon and decided to use my benefit on Corsair fans for my PC. Before then, I avoided Amazon for another few years. It is possible to do.

Sometimes, I still order computer equipment and electronics from Newegg (has a history of unethical decisions), though. I mostly spend money on eBay, and sometimes Newegg will sell items for a little cheaper there, especially for older, refurbished, or open box items.

Libro.fm as an alternative to Audible

After buying from multiple other stores now, sometimes I look at Amazon and realize they have went to utter doggy doo, and I am glad to never look back. I see many of their products being low quality, and many of their prices are outrageous. The quality of Amazon has greatly sunk.

Many online services/websites use AWS, so you are still not really going to avoid Amazon completely, and AWS is their big money-maker.

There’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, but you can still do a lot to mitigate funding the worst offenders’ lined pockets and save money in the process.

I could go on and on about recommending stores and methods to avoid Amazon. I hope the resources I have given and suggested help.

BTW, if you want a tip to save money, you can buy discounted gift cards at Raise. I also buy discounted T-Mobile gift cards on eBay to add funds to my Pay-As-You-Go plan on my phone, which I use for emergencies or when I do not have internet to contact people via an internet phone or another messaging service, and I only pay $3 a month for 30 min of calls or 30 text messages or a mix of the two, and $0.10 extra for each minute/msg if I surpass the limit for the month. I usually use public wifi and get by with no data plan so I can spend for more speed for my home internet, which I am lucky to have provided by an awesome local cooperative, which I am a member of and have received checks of $100s back just for being one when they have successful years, which has been nearly every year. Plus I get 400 Mbps Download + Upload, and it has been increased multiple times from 100 Mbps with no additional cost to me. I also am a member of my local grocery store cooperative, and I only had to spend $100 one time, I get wonderful deals (still pricey, but food usually comes from good businesses and is very healthy with many vegan options), and if I were to not need the membership anymore, I will be refunded the entire $100. Cooperatives are absolutely fantastic.