I have to use those tools for work (more so in the past), but I’m on macOS for that stuff. That’s a cost-prohibitive layer though. There’s AffinityOnLinux, but I’ve never used it myself. Raster and vector editing are areas have been sadly devoid of comparable software on the Linux side.

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There is zero reason to use Windows now. Linux has gotten so good that even a noob can install distros like Ubuntu and Mint. I have Linux running as my main on an old Zephyrus laptop after it arbitrarily installed W11 without my permission or prompting. Windows is spyware and gets isolated in my network.

I’m sure I’m overestimating and I don’t care. The majority will keep using malware and complaining about it, while doing nothing to solve it. Not even the bare minimum of searching “what are my alternatives?” I know there’s a massive slice of the population that will live in PC hell until the bitter end.

“For your convenience, here are links to buy new ones!”

Further proof that no amount of wealth can buy intelligence, taste, class, etc. Look at the interior of a lot of supercars for example.

Your comment sounds like it’s suggesting the inverse of what is true (AI data is free, but search engine results are paywalled). Google is “free” but they just float their shitty sponsored links to the top. AI can’t be used at all unless you have a subscription. Sure, you can run your own models locally, but now you’re offloading costs to needing good hardware (during a time when AI has also destroyed the GPU industry for all of us that want to build PCs).

My bad. I forgot where I was.

My stuffed Pooh is still kicking. I’ve had him since birth ❤️

The Black Panthers essentially filled a void that the US government was never going to fill for the Black community. They also understood that for any sort of revolution to happen, they had to appeal to the working class regardless of color. Hampton was extremely young but insanely well-spoken for his age. He understood this well and never spoke in a demeaning or exclusionary way, despite how poorly the Black community was (and is) treated. The Black Panthers were responsible for creating a multitude of community programs that helped a lot of people left behind by their government and was centered around Black self-determination.

A small sample list of the programs they created:

• Free Ambulance
• Free Breakfast for Children (this program made a huge impact and is the most well known)
• Free Busing to Prisons
• Free Clothing
• Free Commissary for Prisoners
• Free Dental
• Free Employment
• Free Food
• Sickle Cell Anemia Research
• Police Patrols
• Seniors Against a Fearful Environment

By the end of 1969, free breakfast was served in 19 cities, under the sponsorship of the national headquarters and 23 local affiliates. More than 20,000 children received full free breakfast (bread, bacon, eggs, grits) before going to their elementary or junior high school. [source]

Saying it’s “mindless” ignores the metric ton of terrible shit the AI industry produces, the harm they’re doing to mental and planet health, and the absolute unprofitably of it all. And this is coming from a programmer that is forced to use it daily because the alternative is unemployment.

It’s on the people to break free of their chains and revolt, but they have to stop blaming each other first, and stop misidentifying symptoms as causes.

Yeah it’s 100% on the people and not the constant onslaught of propaganda; the fake checks and balances that were actually escape hatches for the wealthy; the terrible propped up candidates, like the time the US population very much wanted Bernie, and instead got Hillary; AIPAC and other lobbyists permeating the government; nepotism; the ramping up of police funding; the capture of all media by the right; manipulation via companies like Meta, who have been involved in regime change and genocide before…

This is simple cause and effect which seems to be lost on a lot of people. Trump and his dipshit admin are losing traction daily when it comes to voter support because they can no longer uphold the lies. We’re now at the point where they’re telling us the pond is clear when it’s green.

But the people are 100% to blame for this one. We only had a metric fuckton of literature and predictions dating back over a hundred years telling us this would happen and that capitalism would absolutely collapse and corrupt in this way.

Your comment assumes the people have real power. The parties are not the same but they also are in ways. This is the manufactured fight they shove us all into because it’s beneficial for maintaining their power and keeping us distracted. Both roads lead to a genocide continuing and they both allow the same people to maintain wealth. It’s not a blue vs red issue; it’s an us vs them one. It’s class war among the wealthy and the poor working class. You can vote blue if it helps you sleep at night, but just understand that it’s the equivalent of Maggie’s steering wheel in the Simpsons intro. The illusion changes on the surface but continues the same behind the scenes at the root, because they will never allow us to vote away their power.

Right on. Being able to bridge those gaps is gonna make or break the future for the working class. If we have too many purity test barriers, we won’t ever be able to truly unify. Fred Hampton was a great voice when it came to reminding folks of this. The left can constantly lambast “libs” but the reality is that a lot of folks are getting educated and are willing to talk. Deterring them with gated communities and tests will only hinder our collective progress. At the end of the day, we’re all on the same side.

A drop in the ocean for a very much unprofitable industry.

Oh hell yeah.

Righties can’t separate the human from material value. OP in the screenshot was absolutely gearing up to judge people based on their job, which is a good red flag to avoid someone at all costs.

Unless they’re a cop. You can judge them all you want.

White dude here. Growing up, my mom always baked it like the left one. She would drop pieces of bread on top so it would toast up. It’s still the best mac and cheese I’ve had to this day and now I need to make it. RIP mom.

We wouldn’t be stuck in this endless cycle if these inbred racists and fascists would fuck off into oblivion already and stop trying to jam their ideals into everything. The majority of us want to live in peace. Meanwhile these idiots want to erase people and see what’s in everyone’s pants before they enter a restroom. It’s exhausting.

You’re welcome to ignore fascist America since you’re not from here. Also, it’s okay to make fun of dumb fuck racists that can’t spell while actively trying to make people’s lives worse. I’m sorry that you’re so upset over us Americans trying to find humor in things while our country sinks into the fucking abyss.