Out of interest, what are your usual reading habits? To me Marx seemed like an outright joyread compared to his predecessor Hegel (I will admit that I haven't finished any of his works). It was also more fun than some fiction stuff I've read.
Honestly Capital is ok. It's simultaneously quite dry and also full of lengthy examples, but it's far from the worst in terms of readability, especially compared to other german philosophers. Marx repeats his key points and ideas like 3 times in different ways, so it's not too difficult to understand, it just takes some time. At the very least, read the communist manifesto, it's short and gets across some of the key results from Capital.
Lenin is even better, at least in terms of writing style, he writes in a very down-to-earth language about down-to-earth issues. It's straight to the point and engaging to read, even if I don't agree with him on everything. (although I read most of his works as originals, so can't speak to the quality of the english translations).
I get that reading is not for everyone, especially nowadays, both with the reduction in attention span and more expressive forms of content being easily available. At the same time, for people who do read regularly, even if it's mostly fiction, reading theory is a fine idea. It doesn't take as long as you might think and it gives you a more complete picture of the world in many ways.
That feels too easy for the requirements they're announcing, no? It just adds like 12 taps to scammer's instructions, 10 of which is the taps to show developer menu.
Ooh, cool! Might be my new phone when the current one cacks or Android becomes completely unusable.
My bet is that they will just remove the GUI settings for alternative APK installation sources, and require you to explicitly allow them via terminal (adb shell or similar). This will probably scare off 99% of regular users, while keeping devs relatively happy. The end result (making it harder to install FOSS and pirated software) will still be achieved.
That was the plan before this latest announcement. Presumably this will be something different, hopefully allowing F-Droid and friends to keep working on-device somehow.
Nothing wrong with it, if you just use it for music listening/youtube/light browsing/satnav/messaging, snapdragon845 is more than enough. Consumables like batteries and back glass can be bought new from AliExpress for like $10. The screen is OLED and so prone to burn-in, but will probably last at least a few more years before cacking it completely.
Probably not too good for modern gaming and stuff, but probably passable for most tasks.
Fairphones are probably not daily-able for now, sadly. E.g. on FP4 GPS doesn't work at all and there are issues with charging/battery reporting AFAIR. OnePlus 6 is definitely more promising ATM, but there are camera issues and you need to do a weird reflashing dance to get GPS to work. Otherwise it's... passable as a daily phone.
That's... Not how shadows work... Or orbital mechanics... Or economics...
His suggestion, impossible as it is at the current stage of human development, is slightly less impossible than this.
It's like a clown. Funny to watch it goof about from afar, but when it comes to you OH FUCK OH SHIT THERE'S A CLOWN STARING AT ME FROM THE WINDOW AND PLOTTING A RIGHT-WING COUP
I assume many people just live in a sanitized, sterile internet created by Google/Meta et al. They might have never encountered the gooner/pervert culture before. Again, when most people see "cameo" their mind doesn't jump to "fetish porn cameo". As such, I don't think there was real consent here.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31830215
I liked posting a picture here so I think I will try to do it weekly :)
This is what the dawn of January 1st 2025 looked like for me. We've slept in my van through the night to get this view. The temperature was about -20℃ but it was worth it in the end.
The flats in the picture is the frozen Lake Paravani and the mountains are the Samsari ridge.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31459711
Since today is my first cake day, I've decided it's time to post instead of commenting. This is a picture I took last month on my phone through binoculars. Taken from Gomismta, the mountains you see are the Main Caucasian Ridge.
Nah, social division of labour is almost as old as civilization itself. It's not possible to do everything by yourself, if you're lucky enough not to die of hunger in a few weeks, you'll die of a preventable disease within a few years.
Capitalist exploitation of it (combined with faux individualism) is the issue.
Translating to this scenario, there would be no issue if we had community kitchens with cheap/free food and well-paid workers. The issue is the capitalists extracting surplus value from a basic necessity, partly by convincing everyone to hate their neighbours and eat alone.