Compared to i3 it is, but I admit that's not a fair comparison as i3 is going for a very specific style that is cheap to implement.
As an Arch user I hate these memes. Guys, the only difference between distros is effectively the versions of packages you're getting, and what the default packages and configs are. In Ubuntu you are completely free to have a very minimal i3 setup (I did for several years!) while in Arch you can use some bloated Gnome UI. This "Arch is fast and Ubuntu is slow" really isn't true if you compare Arch-Gnome vs Ubuntu-Gnome, or Arch-i3 vs Ubuntu-i3.
I was looking to see if anyone would post this. This one made me seriously naseous when I watched it.
It won't happen in my lifetime because your guardrails failed at all levels, including voters. A vile president is supported by hypocrite judges, confirmed by a spineless legislature, voted in by amoral voters. 20 years ago Republicans were the "family values" party. There were issues with that, but it was a given they wouldn't threaten allies, meme themselves as Christ, celebrate war crimes, promote gambling, be pedophiles, be brazenly corrupt, etc. Then they, and their voters, shed their morals like snakes molting. Even if somehow they started acting like right and wrong were real concepts again, I won't trust them to not shed that again when it's convenient.
Pretty sure MS would name theirs "Internet Manager 6 Extreme Copilot".
Ehh, there's actually good risk reasons why funds, like the Canada Pension Plan, should be investing worldwide. Basically, if a crisis hits us in particular and all your investments are here, then then all your investments suffer. Meanwhile, because the economy is suffering, some people may opt to retire early so your withdrawals also increase. Whereas if your investments are distributed worldwide then you're less exposed to any individual crisis. Canada's economy might suffer as the US kills free trade, etc. but your investment in Australia continues generating returns.
I would also be worried about cronyism & connections interfering with the funds if your investments are more local. I imagine business leaders in Canada would have better success in influencing a local fund to make an unfair investment (good for the business, bad for the pensioners) than foreign business leaders might have. Plus it's a lot easier to say 'no' to a bad investment the more options you have.
This, but also if you aren't putting your soldiers at risk then war becomes more palatable (and thus more likely). For example, I doubt Trump would have attacked Iran if he had been quoted 1000+ American causalties in the first week.
While prison is expensive, you're not accounting that the risk of prison can be effective at disincentivizing future crimes which also have a cost to society. So yeah, confining this scammer in prison is expensive, but if it scares off others from scamming then prison could end up net beneficial.
I will add that I'm not at all against programs trying to rehabilitate criminals, especially as those programs can both help the prisoner and society (by reducing repeat crimes); but I do believe that there is value in making the punishment for crime unpleasant for the criminal, which I don't think house arrest accomplishes.
I do think this is underappreciated advice though. In 2015 after I finished my Bachelors I wasn't having any luck with job searching, so I started printing my resume and hand-delivering it to the companies instead of responding online. My resume sat on the desk of my future manager for a few weeks until he eventually decided to go through with interviewing me. If I had only applied online I suspect my application would have been looked at only once, and I probably wouldn't have been hired.
That's fair. I wouldn't reject money from Google but instead build up an endowment with it for when it eventually disappears. If you can recover your market share (maybe by investing in your browser - the peformance is lagging) then you can also demand more money from Google to set them as default. Finally, Mozilla is a non-profit and I wouldn't be opposed to them just asking for donations, like most non-profits.
I had an ad in my Firefox settings for "Solo AI Website Creator". It's a product from Mozilla for using AI to build your website. Note that it's not open source, and you must rely on them to host your website (no export functionality, and recurring fees outside a basic free tier).
I agree with you, I wish Mozilla would focus solely on their mission instead of trying to build all these side projects people don't want.
Why are you trying to contribute to Reddit by posting / voting? While I still use Reddit (after Lemmy) I make a point to never vote or comment or contribute in any way whatsoever. They rely on contributors to power their network, so don't contribute.