They are very consistently built (good quality control) and their design has been slight modifications since the 80’s, so there’s no real kinks left to iron out, they are very reliable.

However, they have a very thick and squared off grip, which can make them harder to use for those with smaller hands. They are also known for having a lackluster squishy trigger that can make it harder to aim as accurately with until you get a feel for it.

Marxist-Leninism by its very nature will attempt to betray all other non-authoritarian friendly factions at some point, as the ideology at its core calls for centralized control under a ‘vanguard’, which inherently attracts people seeking dictatorial power.

The Spanish Marxist-leninist faction not only betrayed the Anarchists, but also an anti-stalinist Marxist faction, the POUM, as allowing them to remain would’ve made their consolidation of power more difficult. Instead, they called the POUM ‘secret fascists’ that were collaborating with the enemy, and laid the same claim on the Anarchists, to justify the purge.

The CCP was hostile to Anarchists before 1949, but there is limited information on that period. Most Anarchists fled China when Mao took power, and the CCP later cracked down on anarchist-like egalitarian communes that began to form.

There was also a split within Maoism in the 60’s that pointed out the revolution had just created a new elite bureaucratic class, and called for China to be remodeled on the Paris Commune. That group was violently suppressed by the state with the charge of ‘Anarchism’.

Inching closer to the Man in The High Castle timeline, I see.

The issue is that historically the authoritarian leftists (marxist-leninist groups) turn on every other leftist group the minute they gain power, rounding up anarchists or regular Marxists to either imprison or execute them.

It has happened very consistently, such as during the Russian Revolution, Chinese Revolution, Spanish Civil War, etc. Without that historical context it makes it seem like the infighting is over pointless squabbles, when in actuality it’s Anarchists and Marxists trying to prevent people from being tricked into supporting an ideology that would result in yet another lethal purge and dictatorship were they to gain traction and political power.

Which, ya know, I think is a pretty reasonable concern.

Gnome is quite good with dash-to-dock and the system tray plugins, but it does kinda suck both of those need to be plugins.

As someone who only used Onlyoffice briefly, to me they both seemed to do the same tasks about as well as each other. I didn’t notice Libreoffice’s age except in the settings menu. For actually just doing normal stuff, like word processing, it felt comparable, besides some minor stylistic UI polish in Onlyoffice.

Are there any specific pain points in Libreoffice that you can recall that Onlyoffice does significantly better in?

I imagine Onlyoffice’s settings menu is better (I’m not a fan of Libreoffice’s settings), but for average use, what areas does Onlyoffice do better UX-wise? I believe Onlyoffice is better at handling microsoft office documents, but hopefully that will become less relevant with this movement to get away from US products.

Still waiting for gloomwood (spiritual successor to Thief) to come out of early access. Probably will be a few years yet, tho.

They look and feel fairly comparable, IMO.

Onlyoffice

Libreoffice

One of those spray-can extension poles would probably work pretty well.

Thanks for mentioning harper, hadn’t heard of it until now.

According to wikipedia, Tinnitus is listed as an uncommon side effect of that drug, so that is indeed the most likely culprit, meaning it is very likely not permanent. :)

Constant background sound does not hurt your ears unless it is over a certain decibel level.

You can get temporary tinnitus from an active ear infection or a swollen/inflamed ear, it may not be permanent.

Were you exposed to any overly loud sounds recently, or chronically over the course of your life?

I don’t think that’s a good scene to judge it on, personally.

As someone who hates modern star wars, and only mildy enjoys the original trilogy, I thought Andor was extremely compelling, and some of the finest sci-fi, or fiction in general, that I’d ever seen (and I am very picky).

It is, in essence, a brilliantly written rendition of an oppressed people building an effective and realistically depicted underground resistance movement against a fascist regime which happens to be attached to the star wars IP (which it uses well, aesthetically). So more of a tightly written political/espionage thriller than it is traditional space opera.

The quality of the writing is far, far beyond any other star wars movie or show, going very much into the territory of Where Eagles Dare, The Godfather, or or 3 Days of The Condor. The dialog is excellent, the plots excellent, the pacing excellent, I have very few complaints.

I think the quality of it comes from the writer Tony Gilroy putting a tremendous amount of effort into researching historical revolutions and drawing from those, which makes it feel very grounded.

If you dislike modern star wars, I really implore you to give Andor a chance, it makes none of the mistakes of modern Disney star wars, in fact it could not be more different.

It’s a short video, and I found his speech pretty moving, I’d recommend watching it in its entirety.

Here’s an Irish Mayor recounting how Catholic priests raped and beat him repeatedly as a child, and how the catholic church of Rome sent out a priest during the investigation into the rapes just in an effort to discredit him and call him a liar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq-BB_aZUVI

The interviews with retired/fired US generals that go over how and why Iran was a drastic miscalculation I think helps solidify that the current regime is incompetent.

Due to that incompetence, I have a somewhat hopeful view overall of how things may play out, but it could still be a while until things start getting better, including the possibility of an Irish Troubles-like civil war. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that, but I could see it going in that direction if the republican party decide that they’d rather push this as far as they can instead of potentially going to prison if they give up.

Top military brass are still vulnerable to making blunders. Take the Bay of Pigs as an example, which fumbled so hard it eventually led JFK to say “The first advice I’m going to give my successor is to watch the generals and to avoid feeling that because they were military men their opinions on military matters were worth a damn.”

And that’s with ‘normal’ generals. Now imagine replacing them with compliant generals that will take orders regardless of how bad the idea is tactically or politically.

The same thing happened with Hitler, who ordered his compliant generals into some insane military blunders. The duo of dictatorships and Yes Men massively increase the chances of incompetence compared to systems where those lower on the totem pole can safely push back against dumb ideas.

The regime could’ve manufactured some more controllable distractions to Epstein without the dramatic downsides the Iran war has brought, such as fake assassination attempts or false flag operations within the US (like a Reichstag fire situation).

The Iran situation would be like if Hitler tried to invade Poland, but instead of swiftly conquering it, continually started and stopped peace negotiations while Germany’s cost of living skyrocketed.

I’m not saying they won’t use it as a distraction since it’s the only beneficial action available to them, but I very much doubt that was the original plan, or that they correctly assessed how badly this would go for them.