yourmatenate

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by yourmatenate 5mo ago
Oops - fixed it now - I'd set it to private while developing, but it works enough to play now.
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by yourmatenate 5mo ago
I loved Sinclair Basic back in the day despite its limitations - it was my gateway drug into software and systems. When I discovered Boriel Basic a few weeks ago it allowed me relive my childhood, and finally finish making a game for the ZX
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by yourmatenate 1y ago
Missing the bigger picture? The need for food banks exists precisely because capitalism fails to provide basic necessities to all people despite abundant resources. Celebrating more efficient charitable food distribution sidesteps the quest
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Tim Maughan's award-winning dystopian / utopian sci-fi novel, Infinite Detail is set in Stokes Croft. It's not hard to imagine it one day it becoming the small anarchist post-collapse refuge of the novel. - http:/&#x2
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Yes, it wants to replace Neoliberal Capitalism with ... Oligarchic Capitalism ... so still Capitalism!
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Looks like they already resolved it - https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bloomsbury-reaches-new-lo...
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Neoliberalism propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Pencil https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48383050 https://crookedtimber.org/2011/04/16/i-pencil-a-product
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If War Comes to the UK(peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com)
2 points by yourmatenate 2y ago|1 comments
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Five European countries have just produced guides to help people prepare for war. Here's a version for Brits.
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
We seem spoilt for Spectrum remakes lately - This ESP32 one is perhaps a more 'pure' example in terms of the user experience, and is similar to the PicoZX in some regards: https://www.tindie.com/products/bob
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Hiya, I was looking for something like this, and am finding it fun to play with. I just have one question ... How do I add a book to it?
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Star Wars Origins(peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com)
1 points by yourmatenate 2y ago|1 comments
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
It seems appropriate on May the 4th to look into the radical political origins of Star Wars … * Did Vietnam inspire Star Wars? * Is America the Empire? * Is Darth Vader Nixon? * Is Andor an Anarchist? * & How does Stalin & the Ewoks
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Contrast this with - https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/28/natalism-c... & https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/04/first-thing-...
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
I didn't mean to shoot the messenger. I'd like to think the site was a joke, but if it is the joke stops too short for it to be very funny.
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Really? Blaming the victims of poverty? I kept expecting it to say "Just kidding!" but it didn't. Being poor just takes one sad accident, one unexpected health problem, the circumstances of birth, bad luck, or a system that u
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by yourmatenate 2y ago
Really? * https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation Also worth reading - * https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vo
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
Is it your extensive research into anthropology that leads you to call this a "garbage essay"? Or could it be your resistance to some experts (admittedly not all, but many do agree with Graeber) looking at the evidence and finding
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
There are several different attempts at Solar Punk Manifestos: (As there should be in a decentralised non-hierarchal philosophy) * From the short - https://www.solarpunkstudio.com/manifesto * To the bright - https:/&#
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
When I wrote this article I would have never expected anyone beyond a few friends to notice it. My blog has been mainly a place for me to think through ideas I'm interested in by writing about them. I love the book recommendations. I&#
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
Undoubtedly prompted by this well-received drama - https://www.itv.com/watch/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/10a046...
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
Is anyone meant to take such articles seriously from a well known conspiracy theory source? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnHerd https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/UnHerd
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
Love books that teach coding in new and novel ways.
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
Its almost as if being on the precarious end of a precarious system lets down the most vulnerable.
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
I'm not sure of the value or veracity of this theory, as one of the few real life cases that was said to have supported it was inaccurately reported & the real events may have made exactly the opposite point - https://en
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
Does this one include Dr. Halliwell of the Spice Girls as one of the scientists? https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19980501&slug... This new one seems to have about as much credibility as past petition
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
(Just so you know - from Rational Wiki) "There could be competition among different brands of law, just as there is competition among different brands of cars." — The Machinery of Freedom, chapter 29 Friedman is much more radical
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
You are right that Socialism is a broad word and Socialism is a broad tent. I tend to personally use it more narrowly than some Socialists, but acknowledge that others consider universal social policies or co-operatives as at least partial
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
> what is your definition of socialism? This is the probably the best point to start from when discussing Socialism. So it was the point I started with: "Socialism is about how workers organise their workplace (owning, managing and
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
> many people feel that way under socialism Assuming this is true then we have two economic systems in which people feel limited in their opportunities - albeit in different situations and for different reasons: the capitalist one by pri

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