[–] 16 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

I recall stories from 2020-21 about how companies were hiring what they thought were South Korean or Chinese firms to do remote IT work, and discovering to their horror that some of them were fronts for North Korean IT workers. Those dastardly North Koreans and their schemes to sell services and products to other countries!

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  • [–] 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

    The Libya and North Korea example are era-definingly important to the global south. Gadaffi stepped back from defiance and moved towards cooperation and western privatization of Libyan resources... but it was never enough, and they killed him and destroyed the country the first chance they got. While Gadaffi was focusing on economic development, Kim focused on maintain credible defenses against foreign intervention. And in the end, North Korea got actual independence and the breathing room to begin rebuilding their economy after the collapse of communist bloc... while Libya got a failed state.

    Other nations noticed this, and you can see the obvious change in national strategies.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    There seems to be a generalized collapse in The West's ability to churn out media content efficiently. It's not just these extended, expensive TV productions: it's true in movies and games as well.

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  • My car got totalled (hexbear.net)
     

    My car just got totalled by a minor fender bender that apparently would cost more than the value of the car to repair. The tow truck is loading it up right now to haul it away to the junkyard (ridiculous, it's completely drivable, the lights all work and everything). Getting a cash payout, since the other driver was a dumbass who drove into me while I was stopped.

    In a bit of serenidipidous timing, I'm moving into the core urban area of a big city next week, and so... I'm going car-free. Bike bus and walk, every day. Work is a relaxing bus ride or ambitious bike ride away. Daycare is a couple blocks away, so Little Beaver can walk with us to school every day. Cool shit everywhere nearby. My friends already live in the area, cuz it's a dope place to live. Already talked to more neighbors than I did in my old neighborhood, because this is an actual community of people instead of a bunch of islands surrounded by car moats.

    Fuck that car. My life is already cooler without it.

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    I want to host some LAN parties this winter, and am looking for some Free Software Games that would be a fun time. We already play some Counterstrike and StarCraft 2, but I want to expand into some actual Free games. Windows compatibility is a must, MacOS compatibility is desirable!

    The two on my radar are:

    • Hedgewars, which seems like a strong candidate. We played a ton of Worms 2 in the 90s
    • 0 A.D., since we're already fans of RTS games.

    But I know there must be some wacky ones out there which would be suitable for 30 minutes of pick up play.

     

    The 2040 plan is mainly an ending of single-family zoning. Anecdotally, I've seen a lot more apartments going up around the Twin Cities in the last few years. The Frey regime are neoliberal ghouls, and this is a classic YIMBY approach to tackling housing shortages. The opponents of this plan are somehow even worse, an astroturfed army of KKKarens.

    Choice quote: "Residents of color already face significant barriers to home ownership, which would have been exacerbated under the plan as a result of reduced access to and availability of single family properties," said activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, a member of the plaintiffs' legal team, in a statement calling Tuesday's ruling a "major victory."

    What are the Hexbear thoughts on this whole situation?

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