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[–] rah@feddit.uk -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Have you considered using GNU Emacs? Or even shudder vim?

There are plenty of free software games available: https://libregamewiki.org/

[–] rah@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why would JP Morgan Chase -- or any bank -- leaving the UK, be bad?

[–] rah@feddit.uk -1 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I want closed source apps

Ewww

[–] rah@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

ego death

I think perhaps ego death isn't what you think it might be. It isn't relevant to living with others, it's an experience where there are no others and no self which could relate to each other:

'Leary et al.: "The first period (Chikhai Bardo) is that of complete transcendence − beyond words, beyond spacetime, beyond self. There are no visions, no sense of self, no thoughts. There are only pure awareness and ecstatic freedom from all game (and biological) involvements."' -- quoted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death

[–] rah@feddit.uk -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Buddha ... taught unity, with ... others

Umm.. I don't think the Buddha taught that?

[–] rah@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

And you you did suggest a meaning, when you openly interpreted the article as a good benefit of Brexit.

I initially interpreted the article differently to you but I didn't make any explicit suggestion of what "dynamic alignment on EU food standards" means. You did and continue to.

So you invested that meaning to make your rather pathetic point about the deal matching some Brexit benefit.

I don't even understand what you're claiming here. I haven't made any point about the deal "matching" some brexit benefit, whatever that means.

I made a very clear pretty close to ELI5 maybe 10.

I'm not asking for you to explain anything. I'm expecting you to back up what you're saying with references to information elsewhere. This is how rigorous debate and communication works. This is basic stuff. If you can't back up what you're saying then don't bother saying anything, you're just making noise.

Unless you have some source which clearly states that "dynamic alignment on EU food standards" relates to domestic sales then to me, what you're saying is just an unverified guess. An opinion. Of no value. Noise.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You have to be pretty fucking stupid to keep insisting that dose not relate to domestic sales.

I haven't insisted that.

What the fuck else do you think standards aligned actually means.

I'm not making any claim about what it means, you are. It's on you to show that what you're saying is true.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Alignment of UK food standards.

Doesn't contain the words "domestic sales" and is ambiguous and open to interpretation.

Means our own standards must continue to meet the EUs.

I couldn't find any explanation of what this means, or the text of the agreement. How have you determined that "standards" relate to domestic sales?

[–] rah@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes you have. That's what you said.

LOL bye now

[–] rah@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You know all of the promises that Boris Johnson the enormously deceitful individual gave.

No. I didn't pay any attention to the brexit campaigning. I'd been arguing to leave the EU for years before all that nonsense happened. Why on Earth anyone would pay any attention to anything Johnson says, ever, is beyond me.

How are we better out of the EU than we are in it if our biggest trading partner remains the EU

There's more to life and government than just trade. If you want to know some of my arguments for why we're better off out of the EU, I'll repurpose a previous comment:

For a start it means that the structure of the government better reflects the concerns of the population. The EU never really made much of a dent in the consciousness of Britons. I expect the number of citizens who knew the name of their MEP off the top of their head would be dwarfed by the number of citizens who knew the name of their MP. This is in comparison to continental countries, particularly in my mind Germany, where the EU, EU political parties and MEPs are very much present in the minds of the electorate. At least, that was my experience.

Also, in my view the EU is quite undemocratic. The separate Council, Commission and Parliament are an affront. Especially the fact that the Parliament, which represents the electorate, does not have the power to introduce legislation. The people are an inconvenient afterthought in the EU power structure. Here's Yanis Varoufakis when he was finance minister for Greece back when they had their economic meltdown, talking about the impending referendum on whether to accept European proposals regarding Greece's debt: [in the event that the referendum accepts the European proposals] "I am not going to impede its progress through parliament. This is my commitment to democracy and my commitment to the people, that I have entrusted with the decision, with the verdict of yes/no, or no, in a way that has incensed my colleagues in the Euro group who don't believe that 'such complex matters', as I've been told, 'should be put to common folk'." -- https://youtu.be/OmqnYHmRg48?t=625 That, to me, is the EU. The British people are better off out of it.

EU Regional Development Funds are another horror. They're run by unelected bureaucrats, stepping on the toes of existing, democratically elected regional institutions like.. councils. Instead of giving hundreds of millions to councils for development projects, or even creating larger regional institutions with democratically elected leadership, someone thought it would be a good idea to give those millions to unelected bureaucrats to spend in the same area. I'm still mystified as to how this ever came to pass. Brexit couldn't come soon enough.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Switching to the Euro was never a requirement for EU membership, though.

As I understand it, adopting the Euro is now a requirement for joining the EU but there are no deadlines for the adoption. I believe Poland at least is obligated to adopt the Euro (but they haven't and show no signs of doing so).

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/13812624

JD.com founder Richard Liu warned employees against prioritizing work-life balance during a recent video conference, stating those who "put life first and work second" were not welcome at the company. This stance reflects a broader trend in China's tech sector as executives face slowing growth and increased competition.

Major tech firms, including Alibaba and Tencent, have cut tens of thousands of jobs since 2021. Companies are now seeking younger, cheaper workers and demanding longer hours from existing staff. Pinduoduo, an e-commerce group known for its high productivity and grueling work culture, is seen as a model by some in the industry. In 2021, two Pinduoduo employees died in incidents linked to overwork by colleagues.

Older tech professionals, typically over 35, face the greatest risk of redundancy and struggle to find new positions. Employers often view them as expensive and less flexible due to family responsibilities. A 2023 survey of 2,200 professionals in China's largest cities revealed widespread anxiety about career prospects and work-life balance. Many in the industry report experiencing depression and high stress levels.

 

JD.com founder Richard Liu warned employees against prioritizing work-life balance during a recent video conference, stating those who "put life first and work second" were not welcome at the company. This stance reflects a broader trend in China's tech sector as executives face slowing growth and increased competition.

Major tech firms, including Alibaba and Tencent, have cut tens of thousands of jobs since 2021. Companies are now seeking younger, cheaper workers and demanding longer hours from existing staff. Pinduoduo, an e-commerce group known for its high productivity and grueling work culture, is seen as a model by some in the industry. In 2021, two Pinduoduo employees died in incidents linked to overwork by colleagues.

Older tech professionals, typically over 35, face the greatest risk of redundancy and struggle to find new positions. Employers often view them as expensive and less flexible due to family responsibilities. A 2023 survey of 2,200 professionals in China's largest cities revealed widespread anxiety about career prospects and work-life balance. Many in the industry report experiencing depression and high stress levels.

 

"Carry On Bags: Yes

Checked Bags: Yes

Sadly, the technology doesn't currently exist to create a real lightsaber. However, you can pack a toy lightsaber in your carry-on or checked bag. May the force be with you."

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Over the past few years, I've noticed an increase in the number of smelly people out and about. In particular, it seems like there's been a sharp increase in the number of people unable to clean themselves properly after going to the toilet.

This increase has been since at least lockdowns ended. It used to be that maybe once in a while there'd be the odd person you'd turn away from or maybe one regular grumpy post office customer who always stank but now it seems like every time I go out there's a minimum of one random person who is utterly offensive and either doesn't realise or doesn't care.

It makes sense to me that people who live alone would become more lax in their personal hygiene during lockdown. Perhaps it was always this way and I'm being retro-romantic about pre-lockdown times. Perhaps it's because I shop at Asda, I don't know.

Has anyone else noticed an increase in smelly people in the past few years?

Edit: bewildered by the downvotes.

 

Is it possible to upgrade feddit.uk to the latest release of Lemmy so that we can make use of this patch to export user account data?

 

Usually when I'm scrolling, the feed will have posts added to the bottom. Sometimes however, I'll get to the bottom of the feed and there are no more posts. Sometimes if I drag up the posts up, more posts will then appear. Sometimes if I scroll up a bit and then back down, more posts will appear. However, sometimes neither scrolling up a bit and then back down nor dragging the posts up makes more posts appear.

How is this supposed to work? Why do more posts sometimes not appear? It's quite infuriating. And what makes it more infuriating is not understanding what the program is supposed to be doing.

Thanks.

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