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This problem cannot be solved in the consciousness we currently exist in.
The people running the world and those who ought to run it are entirely different.
This is by design.
> All the great people are immediately hired by the company they’re actually working for, so they’re always left with the mediocre and terrible.
By "great people" I assume you mean the best talent. I assume you also mean that corporate politics (bootlicking, backstabbing, parasitic behaviour...) has no role to play in these hirings.
No, because I do not have a choice. If I refuse, the system will use violence against me.
As a food, Ghee was used so very sparingly that it was almost not used at all. We cannot compare the quantities we consume today with those before the Dairy Revolution.
Also, predators are very intelligent. They can and will break open bones. Domestic dogs do that. Hyenas are renowned for their bone-crushing abilities.
Bone marrow is not the only source of fat. There are plenty of plant-based foods rich in fat
What a load of bullshit.
I love the configurability and theming capabilities. Dolphin, Okular and Spectacle are just incredible. I do not use Discover at all.
On Arch Linux, I have had no troubles in the past 5-6 months. The quality is pretty high.
I thank the KDE/Plasma community for enriching the world with their contributions.
It is simple, so am I.
I use Arch Linux as my OS.
To me, the whole point of doing something like this is that there is no point. It matters, at the moment, to the guy doing it and that is all that matters.
A couple of years back, I rode my motorcycle for 18 hours with only fuel breaks. 8 hours of the ride was in 40+ degree Celsius heat and the next 10 hours I had to endure the monsoons. I loved the whole experience. What did I gain from it? In the grand scheme of things, nothing. Will I do it again? Yes, already planning another trip.
Life seems pointless to me. I just try to have some fun along the way.
Analogy: We can use an electron as a wave or as a particle, but have very little understanding of what they truly are.
Plastics can cause diseases by contaminating the food and drinks they contain. Let us keep this aside for a moment.
Recycling\reusing requires a lot of infrastructure and political will. This may work well in Western nations. What about the third world? I can assure you it will not. Third world polluting the waterways will have consequences for Western nations too. Pollution may begin as a local problem, but it always becomes global sooner than later.
"Everything has pesticides in it. If we start caring about these things, we may as well stop living."
Well, I did what I could. The consequences are yours to bear.
DE being the first thing a common user interfaces with, it holds a very important position, in my opinion. KDE and Gnome are very different w.r.t design principles, hence the polarization and debate. KDE and Xfce are not so different. I like Gnome, but have no use for it.
I agree with all else.
Also, I think, a real "free market" would resemble Linux ecosystem. No monopoly, small players and lots of choices. However, if we wish to compete in "real world", we need to do something similar to what you say.
I have helped people migrate from Windows to Plasma 5. They loved it. However, getting\installing software and general system management is still not straightforward enough. We also need system management tools that are solid. No terminal gymnastics at all for the common user on distros targeted at the masses.
Flatpak is all cool, but we need core user-space applications to be standardized. LibreOffice, for example, needs to become the industry standard office-suite. How can we achieve that? People I know just do not want to move away from MS Office. Even government agencies invest heavily in MS Office. This might just be the most important impediment.
I think, the Linux ecosystem shows us what a real "free market" looks like. Lots of small players and no monopoly. People love choices and they have. You want a minimal Window Manager, you got many to choose from. You want a full-blown Desktop Environment, you are spoilt for choice. Not a bad thing in an ideal world, but...
A while back, I took a snapshot of /root and installed Gnome 3. It was too big for my laptop. I rolled back. The snapshot and rollback were amazingly fast.
I find FreeBSD more cohesive. I have not tried it on modern devices, but my experience with it on my decade old laptop and VMs is extremely positive.
A similar cohesiveness is achieved only when I handcraft my Arch. Maybe, it is just the feeling.
Nature maintains balance because it is not invested in the future of any species in particular. Nature cannot be manipulated emotionally. No psychological tricks work.
Society is supposed to play the same role. However, society delegates this responsibility to an elected few. Neither the society nor the elected few are immune from manipulation at different levels.
Summary: The governing system has to be unemotional, like Nature. In such a system, anti-competitive (or any other type) behaviors may yield results in short-term, but over a period of time, such a system becomes a great leveler.
For example, even with all our progress and monopoly over earth's resources, we are just one great flood away from going back to stone age.
Ovo-vegetarianism = eggs + vegetarian food. This is certainly not eggs = vegetarian.
EDIT: People are getting triggered left and right. Man, this is the truth in the East. We were\are mostly vegetarians. Only recently did we start eating western food. Only recently did we see people getting terribly obese and chronically sick.
I too follow the same diet to give her company.
Elimination of oil, sugar and dairy has helped, I believe. She is a vegetarian, so flesh was never in the picture. I do not have to restrict calories with raw food. Eat as much as you can.
No juicing, however. That is a totally not allowed.
Cheaper than buying. In the short term, maybe.
You make property ownership look like slavery while renters seem to be just enjoying the ride.
If it is so hard and unrewarding to build rental properties it seems landlords are just addicted to losing money.
How exactly are tenants getting the better end of the deal? It is the tenenat who:
- pays the rent which is arbitrarily high and increases every year thereby offsetting the puny salary hikes
- bears the burden of excess tax because the landlord refuses to pay taxes on money earned from rent
- has nothing to show for the money spent in rent
- loses a large part or whole of the "security desposit" when shifting.
Taxes are high because a minister decides to charter a plane and fly thousands of miles to meet another minister for 30 minutes. Taxes are high because when they meet they decide to exchange bouquets that cost tens of thousands of rupees. I can go on and on...
This is what is directly visible. Less than 3% of the population pays income tax while tax is deducted at source for the salaried class:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/why...
If you dare to save, the interest earned is taxed. If you try to spend, the spending is taxed - buy a house or a car or a motorcycle, all luxury items by Indian government's standards, you are taxed heavily. The bribes collected by the government officials increase the tax burden. By the way, bribes are now expected and people refusing to take or give are looked down upon: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/21111...
All this while the mega rich are enjoying tax breaks.
> rent seekers who will push for a 10% increases Y-o-Y unless
The landlords are fleecing tenants. However, it is the tenants' responsibility to make sure the landowner pays tax: https://www.livemint.com/Money/hfutqMoI7miJYiIidCNV4M/If-mon...
Hinduism is not a religion like Islam or Christianity. People in India behave as if it is. Our past was glorious. It, however, cannot guarantee a similar future unless people wake up.