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Which notebooks are recommendable when coming from Apple Silicon-MacBooks in terms of runtime and efficiency, preferrably for Fedora or Manjaro with KDE Plasma? For now, I am looking towards Lenovo T14(s) or X1 Carbon - mixed use scenario including simple media (photos, cutting 1080p-videos, media management, Office & mail) stuff? Still love the "Lenovo"-brand and its keyboard and look 'n feel so this vendor would be my favourite.

Can anyone of you here recommend Snapdragon-devices yet which would be the best comparison as it's also architecture based on ARM? Both Fedora and Manjaro have ARM-builds so I hope that the Snapdragon-devices could get along with my desires here...

Thanks for any input!

This question is meant to be in good faith. I know this topic can be charged but please try to be understanding.

As a 19 year old from Europe I'm just trying to understand why so many Americans (of course not all, but many) not just only seem to have stereotypes against foreigners/immigrants with different nationality such as Mexicans etc. (which is also the case here in Europe), but also exclude and stereotype other Americans solely based on their looks (or what many Americans call "race").

For example I think many people in Europe unfortunately also are racist against immigrants and people with nationality from a different country because they fear that they're bringing crime and drastically change the culture (because many of them are Muslims etc. and have very different world views and might not accept ours). In America this seems to be the case as well emphasizing "American values"/"America first" and excluding everything that's against that and mass deporting immigrants.

But what's even harder for me to understand is why so many Americans seem to exclude and racially stereotype other Americans solely based on their appearance that has nothing to do with their personality. They could have the exact same personality, interests, religion, same number of American ancestors etc. but still separate and stereotype each other based on their skin or face appearance.

Of course this also exists in Europe but it seems way more rare than in America. In American culture it seems like it has normalized that people constantly talk about skin color (being "black" or "white") and other "races" that they exclude and stereotype. Like calling people "black people" or "white people" as if they're a different species.

For example France also has many people with dark skin and other features but they seem to be way more integrated and mixed. If it's racist they're mostly related to someones nationality or personality but not whether how dark or pale their skin is or whether they look Asian.

For example I have friends with dark skin but we never talk about that. We might only talk about it the same way we talk about having different hair and eye color but we don't obsess over it as if we're different people because of that.

It would seem very weird here if someone said "I don't date Asians". Or things like "Black-Only" Schools or communities would be unthinkable here.

The act of calling someone "black" or "white" alone seems weird imo, since skin color isn't truly "black" or "white" like coal and paper are. Imo it's more like a brown/orange/pink color that varies in darkness between people but there's no distinct point where someone is considered dark/black or pale/white anyways.

And to me it always seemed completely normal that all humans naturally look different, some more some less (which I think is a more healthy and realistic view).

I know America has a long racist history but that doesn't justify this imo and seems weird to still take place in 2025.

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Electronic Arts Inc. is laying off hundreds of workers and canceling a Titanfall game that was in development at its Respawn Entertainment subsidiary.

Between 300 and 400 positions were eliminated, including around 100 at Respawn, according to a person familiar with the cuts. The company had about 13,700 employees at the end of March 2024.

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Ryanair would look for an alternative aircraft supplier if US tariffs materially affect the price of planes it has ordered from Boeing, chief executive Michael O’Leary said in a letter on Thursday, adding that he would consider Chinese plane maker COMAC.

Istanbul (AFP) – Police arrested more than 400 people in Istanbul on Thursday, officials said, amidst a massive show of force to prevent May Day demonstrations in Turkey's biggest city.

More than 50,000 police were deployed and key metro, bus and ferry services were shut down as part of the operation.

May Day came with the government embroiled in a battle with the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), following the detention of its presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul.

Imamoglu is the biggest political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

More than 400 people were arrested, a day after 100 people were detained for allegedly planning to protest in the central Taksim Square, where demonstrations have been banned since 2013.

"The number of arrests that have been reported to us exceeds 400," the Istanbul branch of the CHD lawyers group wrote on X.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X that 407 protesters were arrested in Istanbul, while a statement by Istanbul authorities said 52,656 police officers had been deployed in the city.

AFP journalists witnessed several dozen people being detained in neighbourhoods on the European side of Istanbul.

Several thousand people assembled in sanctioned protests called by unions on the Asian side of the city.

"They blocked all the streets, as if it's a state of emergency," a student named Murat, who did not want to give his last name, told AFP. "That shows the government is scared."

On Wednesday, rights group Amnesty International urged Turkey to lift the ban on demonstrations in Taksim.

"The restrictions on May Day celebrations in Taksim Square are based on entirely spurious security and public order grounds and... must be urgently lifted," said Dinushika Dissanayake, an Amnesty's specialist on Europe.

As happens every year, the square has been sealed off with metal barriers for several days, with a heavy police presence.