ChristerMLB

I’m Norwegian, not British, but we also have a constitutional monarchy. I like it for mostly cynical reasons. They take care of ribbon-cutting and other big ceremonies so the politicians can focus on policy, and they give us a “head of state” that’s statistically less likely to become a dictator than an elected president is.

And all the drama and bullshit is a continuous reminder of what a bad idea it would be to institute genuine monarchy.

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They need, in particular, a commitment to a constitutional order centered on the power and prerogatives of Congress

which yeah, that makes a lot of sense to me as a European – but as I understand it, congress is not a very popular institution in the US. I’ve been following the aggregators for Trump’s favorability/approval ratings - and while they’re not very high, they are a lot higher than the ones for congress. This is going to be tough to do.

Still possible, but I think it depends on the “good things” you mentioned being very clearly good and noticeable in peoples’ lives.

Also, nice to read a comment from someone who actually read the article

Not familiar with him (I’m not American), but skimming his Wikipedia article, he strikes me like more of a slightly confused and conservative-leaning Democrat than a neo-nazi.

Okay, let’s say he’s an opportunistic neo-nazi… why is he not a Republican?

Good. More!

do note that fresh vegetables can be cheaper than frozen, depending on the season and where you live

This book is useful (and free, but you have to register for a newsletter): https://leannebrown.com/good-and-cheap-2/

As for buying in bulk: as long as you think you’ll use it all before it expires, it’s good.

Also, go to the store as rarely as possible – at least that worked for me. I spend a lot less if I buy groceries once a week than if I do it several times a week.

The thought did cross my mind, yeah. I don’t think it’s quite sufficient evidence to make such a big conclusion, but both of these seem so conspicuous

a laptop that is literally cracked? :l

That makes me think of when TrueCrypt suddenly stopped being developed: https://www.techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/is-truecrypt-a-victim-of-hacking-4280447?cf-view

It’s an education model that uses artificial intelligence to teach core subjects while adults in the room serve as “guides,” not teachers.

Alpha Schools, opening this fall in the former GEMS Academy in Lakeshore East, says its AI-driven model can help students learn core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for workshops, unique projects and learning various life skills.

This is kind of interesting. Removing the teacher from the classroom is stupid, because teaching is about more than relaying information - but it looks like they’re trying to use AI for that last part, and have these “guides” do the hard part.

This does not inspire confidence, though:

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT are known to make mistakes and sometimes fabricate information. But Alpha’s AI tools are different because they do not access the internet or rely on internet-backed search engines, which can produce inaccurate or misleading responses, Alpha Schools spokesperson Anna Davlantes said in an email.

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they are called unions, highly recommend

in their defense, it is marketed as a device that’s limited on purpose, though

It hasn’t really been a problem for me, but I like having a big display, especially for pdfs or comics. It’s also been great for character sheets for roleplaying games - especially since they get synced to the cloud, so I can always pull them out on my phone if I forget the tablet.

The interface, marketing and development all seem to be very focused on note taking and sketching, though. I’ve used it for drawing, but the exported files are kind of crap - IMO, the best way of exporting a drawing from ReMarkable is to lay the thing on a scanner. If you want high resolution, you zoom in on your drawing and scan it in pieces.

it is definitely too closed down, haven’t had those other experiences though, I’ve had my ReMarkable 2 for quite a few years now. Then again, I haven’t tried hacking at it

Being Norwegian it is my patriotic duty to shill for ReMarkable, it’s pretty good at being what it is.

It’s expensive, though.

One of the hopeful things about the Trump administration is that, as fascists go, they’re pretty shit at militarism.

I don’t think they’re necessary today either, and I don’t think they’ll do much good. I think immigration has been blamed for a bunch of stuff, just like with EU-membership in the UK – and in the UK we see what happens when leaving the EU seems to have led to more harm than good. Farage and the gang just double down, the UK just hasn’t left hard enough, and with the moderate Labor government in charge, Farage’s party is soaring in the polls.

As for far-left policies producing far-right parties, I’d use post-war economic policy as a counterexample to that, but then we’d have to get into the nitty gritty of effective tax policy, and I’m sure we’d both just like to have a relaxing easter week :p

I probably lean more to the all-in-one side of things. Having one standard version of the software makes it easier to set up and learn.