DoomSayer

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[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 days ago

Haha! Yeah, I do this with requirements creep:

  • Can you also compete task C while you're there?
  • Sure! In this timeframe which features are you prepared to sacrifice to make it happen?
  • ...I'll think about it

Works every time!

[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Had a bad experience with Nym. It's not compatible with GrapheneOS. It runs, but there's a data limit that in my experience kept getting artificially hit by the forming and breaking of connections that occurs when switching GOS profiles. Maybe this happens less on stock Android?

Regardless, I had to keep contacting their support for extensions. In 6 years, I haven't yet had to contact Mullvad support. It just works!

I experienced DNS leaks when Nym claimed it was 'fully' connected. Mullvad.net could 'see' where I was located. That's not considering that in general the connection with Nym was much slower than Mullvad. Nym offered me an extended free trial, but I haven't claimed it yet. Reckon they'll need another couple of years to iron out the obvious issues.

In summary, Nym felt like a very early prototype much more than a production-ready service.

[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Is there an introductory text you would recommend to learn more? I've looked on websites for nearby political parties and it seems things are under construction!

[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So what does a Marxist-Leninist do in the west? Is it possible to live life in accordance with whatever principles that represents without too many contradictions?

[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Thank you for this. Probably the first genuine attempt to answer my question without a single attack or ounce of vitriol :)

I do I see this argument, I really do! But this description does imply a sense of global altruism in Russia's foreign policy. Even if Russia's actions could be interpreted that way, how can outsiders trust Russia's starting of wars and territorial expansion as anything other than selfish?

I ask this knowing full well that the west/north is guilty of atrocities over the same period. The issue is simply that I am in the west/north and I'd probably sooner see the world transition into anarchy than I would see it controlled by yet another powerful elite.

The kind of communism I want to see is one by the people for the people. I wouldn't trust Putin or any of the current leaders to seize the world then give it back to us. Do you believe otherwise?

[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Depends what you do on Windows. As someone who never really got into gaming and who loved programming it was the obvious choice.

Windows singularly fails in some of the most basic operations you could want from an OS. It makes me so angry the way it takes so long to copy a bunch of files, for example. Or if it won't delete some files because one 'is still in use' but it won't tell me which one or which program is using it! Why? Its infuriating.

Linux has none of these issues. And with a enough time, native ports of some of the games I used to play became available. I would never go back to Windows now.

[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I'm genuinely asking for information here. You talk as though my lack of understanding is some kind of position I choose to maintain. There are very few cases in which I would choose to dehumanise anyone. Except for perhaps the most extreme incidents of violent crime.

I'm someone who wants to learn what you know. Tell me.

[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Downvoted for asking an open question. I'm sensing extremism is lurking... XD

[–] DoomSayer@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

This all sounds lovely, but I'm struggling to see Russia's role in opposing imperialism following their repeated incursions into Ukrainian territory and the more recent full-blown military invasion and the subsequent war. I understand imperialism can be summarised by one nation ruling or attempting to rule over another. How do Russia's actions with Ukraine represent a "progressive" role in opposing it?

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