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  • Europe really does not need a populist far-right resurgence right now.

    What could possibly go wrong?

    Democracy is not a state but an ever-ongoing process that involves everyone.

    When the demands on society become too great, whether economic or transformative, it becomes difficult. Then the overburdened begin to follow the simpler/simplified narratives.

    One could now argue that one could learn from history, but in an individualistic (or segregated) society, it is at least to some extent in the nature of the overburdened to not manage this. If these people are not helped in time, things will get turbulent. (And, in a bitter irony, often vote against their own long-term interests).

    Thus, the greater the stress to which a society is exposed, the greater needs to be the solidarity of the “strong” with the “weak”. Neoliberalism, however, pushes in the opposite direction.








  • Bibez@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.mlLinux Laptop for (student) programmer
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    1 year ago

    If you want to learn how to program (C++, Jave, etc.), the most hardware demanding task is using the browser. So, your requirements couldn’t be any lower. Any toaster from the past say 8 years will do fine.

    E.g. have a look the the Dell Latitude 7480. You can get it second hand in really good shape upwards from 200 EUR. It’s well built, well repairable, works well with Linux and the battery lasts a day.

    Forget about GPUs. (iGPUs are sufficient, dGPUs are expensive, unnecessary for your use-case and draw lots of battery.)

    P.S. And have a look at Arch Linux.

    P.P.S. You might also have a look at war games.