SpongyAneurism

I do get, why people dislike GIMP. It has a bit of a steep learning curve. And approaches things uniquely.

But for a FOSS paint equivalent: have you tried Pinta? It's much less complicated, and the UI isn't too bad.

Was ist mit der Lesekompetenz der Leute los?

Der Artikel setzt sich von Anfang an kritisch mit dem Buch auseinander. Natürlich wird wiedergegeben, was die Autorin inhaltlich und sprachlich so von sich gibt, aber schon der erste Absatz schließt mit den Worten "nicht nur das wirft Fragen auf".

Das Wort "Gleichschaltung" wird auf den NS-Kontext referenziert, ideologische Vorredner (Götz Kubitschek) werden zur Einordnung der Thesen identifiziert und es wird immer klar markiert, dass es sich bei den kruden Aussagen um Worte der Buchautorin handelt. Die Distanz des Autors ist durchgängig erkennbar.

Natürlich schafft so ein Artikel immer auch Aufmerksamkeit, und Leute die dem Gedankengut nahe stehen können ungeachtet dessen auf die Idee kommen, dass es sich für sie lohnen könnte das Buch zu kaufen um ihre Meinung bestätigt zu finden. Aber mir ist vollkommen schleierhaft, wie man auf die Idee kommen kann, der Autor des Artikels würde dieses Werk hier irgendwie positiv bewerben.

Das ist total cool und bestätigt meine eigene Beobachtung. Dass in Südhessen jedes zweite Kaff irgendein -heim ist und in Schwaben alles -ingen heißt.

Gibt es irgendein Kriterium für die Mindestgröße von Ortschaften oder sowas? Denn die doch nicht so häufige Endung -mannsdorf findet z.B. das schöne Kaff Eismannsdorf (Gemeinde Allersberg, Mittelfranken) nicht.

Found them on metal archives and am listening through youtube.

I'm only a few seconds in, and I immediately get some early Helloween vibes from the guitar tone and playing in Queen of Desire, which is entirely a good thing. Rest of the sound so far is a lot more heavy than power metal, but it's right up my alley for a Christmas afternoon.

Thank you very much for the mention!

I once accidentaly shorted the connector cables of a battery pack with 4 AA batteries. It very quickly generated enough heat to set the insulation of the cable on fire.

Don't underestimate short circuits!

So the money you use to pay off your student's debts is used to provide your income, which you can use to pay off student's debt...

It' the ciiiircle of life!

Lucky you!

McCartney and Swift 'exploit' tons of people as well. They might flagship their music artist operation themselves and kind of 'be' the product (or rather the brand), but there are lots and lots of people involved to make tours and shows possible, recording, production and especially distribution of music and merch involves labour as well.

In addition to that: I don't think they store all that money on a nice little heap in their backyard. It usually gets invested into some sorts of corporations, be it through the stock market, where it will accrue revenue, that comes as the result of more exploitation.

That being said: the term 'exploitation' carries a much more negative connotation than would be beneficial for the conversation. It's concept of marxist economics, and the term 'Ausbeutung' = exploitation was used by Marx himself to describe how capitalists benefit from the surplus that workers produce. I like the term 'reaping the surplus' better because it doesn't carry as much of a negative connotation. The criticism of capitalism shouldn't barely rely on the fact that surplus is being taken away from the workers, but from the consequences to society and the political system that inevitably follow when that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a minority.

You're missing the point. The risk might not be very high on average, but if they don't want to end up on the streets, regular people still have to kind of function inside the system somehow and continuously work for regular income. The will to survive is part of what drives them to do so.

Billionaires on the other hand, wouldn't even have to lift a finger to be able to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. On the contrary, they'd have to try really hard to get rid of all that wealth. Major fuck-ps and intentional money burning excluded, the chance that they end up having trouble getting their basic needs fulfilled is miniscule. THAT is the difference.

I use, errr, I mean Steam Deck uses Arch, btw.

In that case, I guess it's time to get educated about Linux. At least to the point, where you understand, that what I'm referring to, should actually be called "GNU/Linux".

*"I recognize Google" is also not Google itself, but specifically the Chrome Logo that refers to Chrome OS in this case.