Samskara
@Samskara@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Someone is winning, but it sure ain't me 4 days ago:
Still alive, has a purpose, daily physical activity. Doing pretty well actually.
- Comment on Some people want wealth because it means power over others. Some people want wealth because it means they can minimize interactions with others. 1 week ago:
These are both forms of power.
- Comment on Israeli TV producer calls for 'Gaza holocaust, gas chambers' 1 month ago:
Zionism and immigration started before Balfour ever wrote something down.
When Balfour wrote the declaration the British Empire didn’t even have control over Palestine. The declaration was an attempt to use the Zionist movement for the British Empire’s ambitions in the region.
- Comment on Israeli TV producer calls for 'Gaza holocaust, gas chambers' 1 month ago:
In 1947/48 Jews were ethnically cleansed from the West Bank and Jerusalem. Afterwards they were expelled from most Arab and Muslim countries.
Yes, many scholars think the settlements in the West Bank are against international law.
Settlements do something for security. Israel is a tiny country and the West Bank is the high ground overlooking the coastal plain. From some points in the West Bank attackers can shell the main population areas easily, as has happened in the past. So taking land alleviates that strategic weak point. An attack on a settlement is one less attack on Israel or gives advance notice of bigger attacks. It also gives the IDF legitimacy to operate in the area to protect civilians. That’s the reasoning behind them.
Now, I‘m against settlements and the land theft and oppression of Palestinians that results from it.
- Comment on Israeli TV producer calls for 'Gaza holocaust, gas chambers' 1 month ago:
Hebron had a very old Jewish community. It was part of the old Yishuv for centuries. These weren’t colonizers but indigenous.
You’re leaving out the reason why most Zionists come to Israel. They come as refugees from persecution to the only place they can go.
- Comment on Israeli TV producer calls for 'Gaza holocaust, gas chambers' 1 month ago:
The reason vary. Security and ancient connection to Judea and Samaria are the main ones.
- Comment on Israeli TV producer calls for 'Gaza holocaust, gas chambers' 1 month ago:
Jews lived in the West Bank and Jerusalem for centuries before 1948. Jerusalem was majority Jewish since the 19th century. Especially the eastern part was Jewish. Sheik Jerra used to be a Jewish neighborhood until 1948. Hebron had an old jewish community until the progrom in 1929.
- Comment on Israeli TV producer calls for 'Gaza holocaust, gas chambers' 1 month ago:
What do you think of Jews being ethnically cleansed from the West Bank and Jerusalem?
- Comment on Israeli TV producer calls for 'Gaza holocaust, gas chambers' 1 month ago:
Menachem Begin was leader of the Irgun, not the Lehi. Although these groups were both extremists. He became prime minister two decades later. Yes, he was a right winger and considered armed conflict to be inevitable. He also became prime minister by catering to the underserved and discriminated Mizrahi population, that had to flee from persecution in Arab countries to Israel.
Another former terrorist becoming President is right next door with Yasser Arafat.
Jews were also massacred and expelled at the time like in 1929 in Hebron and during the 1947/48 war.
That said of course Deir Yassin was a big crime.
- Comment on Israeli TV producer calls for 'Gaza holocaust, gas chambers' 1 month ago:
Lehi was a fringe group back then. The main Jewish militia Haganah actively fought them and opposed their methods.
- Comment on I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing 1 month ago:
There have been several attempts at that and none succeeded.
Ubuntu Touch is somewhat there but also not.
- Comment on Skype was shut down for good today 1 month ago:
Using TCL/Tk and Qt based apps on smartphones with a stylus was a pain in the butt in my experience.
You probably mean Windows Phone, not mobile. Yes, Windows Phone 7 and 8 on Nokia phone were really compelling.
Being able to scroll and zoom real websites smoothly on a phone, instead of having to use crappy WAP was huge.
This meant lots of people were getting an iPhone as their first smartphone.
The iPhone succeeded initially because of ease of use. Of course Apple‘s brand image played a role as well. When it came out it was 1000 US$, making it more expensive than other phones. So it instantly became a status symbol.
Ease of use and status meant the executives of corporations started to demand their IT departments make the iPhone work with their Microsoft based networks and such.
Later on Apple started supporting corporate features and mobile device management for corporations really well. Corporate IT loves iPhones because of the great management options, the limited range of models, and long support with software updates. Once Apple had a foot in corporate, their success became cemented.
- Comment on Prices are out of control 1 month ago:
Kerrygold is good, but really good butter is on another level.
- Comment on Skype was shut down for good today 1 month ago:
Their stuff was significantly worse in user experience. Buttery smooth scrolling and highly reactive multi touch on a touch screen only device was revolutionary. Touch screens back then were known to be shitty to use. The competition to the iPhone were phones with tons of buttons, styluses and cumbersome user interfaces.
All previous players in the smartphone market Blackberry, Nokia, Palm, Windows mobile were slow to adapt and failed.
Palm’s webOS was competitive to iOS and in many ways superior. It failed because of mediocre hardware, bad carrier deals, and running out of money too quickly.
Google‘s Android succeeded despite sucking until about version 4 by willpower and deep pockets from Google.
The original introduction keynote for the iPhone was mindblowing back then.
- Comment on Skype was shut down for good today 1 month ago:
It really went downhill from them on.
- Comment on Skype was shut down for good today 1 month ago:
Blackberry and Nokia were so slow to react to the iPhone, it was painful to watch.
- Comment on You never forget your first 1 month ago:
Atari and Amiga were sooooo good at the time. It’s a shame Microsoft and Apple won in the end. These machines were so much better technologically, power, and usability wise.
I plaid lots of LucasArts adventures on these
- Comment on List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs 1 month ago:
The whole suite is great.
- Comment on The YouTube Alternative Nobody's Talking About ! Peertube 2 months ago:
A centralized platform providing infrastructure could be financed using a tax on every internet subscription.
- Comment on Is it time to stop? 2 months ago:
!nosurf@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Fully self-hosted password manager options 2 months ago:
Enpass works well for me.
- Comment on GUYS I found Candy Mountain, who wants to go in with me? 2 months ago:
First I have to a banana on my ear.
- Comment on I LOVE POTATO SALAD 2 months ago:
Zu spät. Kartoffelsalat mit Majo oder ohne?
- Comment on Overclocked Nintendo Switch Modded With 8 GB RAM Is Capable Of Running PlayStation 3 Games via RPCS3 Emulator Surprisingly Well 2 months ago:
Because it’s cool and difficult
- Comment on Why does the pharmacist add these little ticks/checkmarks with a pen on my medication box? 2 months ago:
Vor pain really? I found it more of nice chill mellow mood alteration.
- Comment on Why does the pharmacist add these little ticks/checkmarks with a pen on my medication box? 2 months ago:
Pregabalin is quite nice. Would love to have some again.
- Comment on Why does the pharmacist add these little ticks/checkmarks with a pen on my medication box? 2 months ago:
Package size as well
- Comment on Depressed and Lonely? There Could Be a Robotic Sex Partner in Your Future 2 months ago:
Cleaning your cum out from your sex bot would just feel sad.
- Comment on China now faces 245% Trump tariff 2 months ago:
It fucks lots of people around the globe. I don’t see any fun this.
- Comment on U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist 2 months ago:
Yes, Human Rights organizations mostly document events. Lots of countries around the globe have long reports written about them with little consequence.