@dgfeist @BillySmith @zleap @1dalm @sundogplanets IIRC starlink consists out of so many satellites because it isn't using geostationary orbit. geostationary is more expensive to place satellites in and you have much more lag due to the higher distance.

@mangeurdenuage @sun i guess i'm mentally stuck in 2012 or something when it comes to hardware :D

Mortgage was paid off 10 years ago. But my town makes me pay this, or they will take my property and put me in a cage.

How is this not theft?

flacs downloaded from slsk my beloved
I have not heard a radio advertisement in years.
One of the most funny and ironic revelations I have had recently is that the Tolerant and Civilised West under the guise of fighting "hate speech" all but re-invented blasphemy laws. I see virtually no difference between people being prosecuted for saying words against Allah in Pakistan and for saying whatever it is illegal today in Britain.

No, it hasn't fallen. It seems to have always been this way.

thread where both sides come up with increasingly complicated legalese constructs to save themselves from admitting laws are bullshit and if a state wants to destroy your life it will destroy your life. without any repercussions.
QT: nondeterministic.computer/@mjg

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Women should wear less makeup. The shit that they put in them is ruining their skin.

@CapitalB @ThatCrazyDude even germans don't like the socialists. only big cities continue to be a problem.

yes, artichoke is pretty good for the liver AND tasty. what's not to like!

@CapitalB @Sophistifunk look at the guy, he's broken anyway and he was made an example of. they got what they came for, now they do the "look how forgiving we are" play.

putin does that one as well, like pardoning pussy riot. 101 of the authoritarian ruler handbook imo. beat people to a pulp, then nurture them back to health.

@mangeurdenuage @anemone @lain @sun
maybe, yes. agriculture as it is practiced currently isn't sustainable. neither economically nor ecologically. the invisible hand can't work if farmers live off of >50% subsidies of which most is paid to maybe a handful of big agriculture technology companies who do lobbying..

there was a report on german television about an ecological farmer who stopped applying for subsidies. he now produces milk and old varieties of corn and he seems to be happy.

youtube.com/watch?v=MC5Ij_aC2R

i think planning and organizing is fine, it only has to be done by local people.

unfortunately the english term "cooperative" doesn't seem to match the german "Genossenschaft". Genossenschaften are a good idea.

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