Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 1/7/25 18:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 07/01/2025 13:23, Pancho wrote:

On 1/7/25 10:54, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 07/01/2025 03:52, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

   Ain't gonna be MAGA
   forever (GOP thinks it has four years to coast)
   and soon enough the ultra-left will regain power.

I don't think so.
Ultra left can only thrive in an affluent society, but they have no idea how to create or maintain affluence.
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As poverty kicks in, people are more concerned over potatoes than pronouns.
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I don't understand that comment.
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Id rather have a sack of potatoes than be called by my correct self identifying pronoun...
 

For "ultra left" substitute religion. Historical evidence suggests it can survive and flourish in very poor societies. A combination of authoritarian government and the ideology of a "moral" quality that supersedes wordly possessions.
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It has to be the right religion though
A religion that simply takes all yiur wealth and prromises yuoi only hell if you get upset is not a keeper.
 

How do you explain Jihadist Islam?
Religion/ideology is like evolution, the selfish meme. It is a mistake to presume it must be intrinsically good for adherents, as opposed to just good at perpetuating itself, creating new adherents.

 

Listening to the UK radio last night, a  Labour politician was being questioned on whether Ed Milliband’s "Green new deal" was achievable, realistic. Her response was that it was Labour's most popular policy. Her metric for success was that it delivered Labour/herself political power, and she was probably right, it does.
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She was of course simply lying.  Or else acknowledging that nothing her government has done is popular, and because it hasn't done anything green yet, they are not being lambasted by that.
 

I don't see how you know she was lying. I don't think these politicians understand the issues. They just parrot some dogma they have read. This isn't surprising given most politicians are lawyers or such like. They don't really understand things, they just recite received wisdom.
You can't really blame them, you also see this deference to authority in tech academics. They tell you some ivory tower bollocks, you point to real life examples of why it is false, but they still stick to some academic paper they can cite.
In practical terms, the important thing to a politician is that more people vote for her when she says renewables.

It was [probably the Boy Buiggering Communist's radio anyway,
 

I think it was LBC (Iain Dale). Yes, I'm ashamed I listen to that bollocks, but I was just listening while driving to the supermarket.
Anyway, given your academic background, you should be more circumspect about accusing other organisations of consisting of communist homosexuals.

I guess Germany is a little further down the "Green" path than the UK. It will be interesting to see what happens in the upcoming elections. I doubt we will see a significant correction.
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Wait and see.
 

Indeed, but I just don't see a path to anything different.