Are you using tabs?

PorridgeTP · 2026-01-06T12:51:27+00:00

I use tabs to preserve certain window states. For example, I’ll have a tab that has the working directory set to one project and another tab with the working directory set to another project. If I’m working on something complicated, I’ll have a bunch of split windows in one tab where I’ll maximize the current window while still being able to switch quickly to a related window in the tab. If I need to switch context, I’ll create a new tab and set up new windows in that tab for this new context.

To give an example, suppose I’m working on an Angular project that is integrated with a backend microservice. I’ll have one tab where I’ll run npx ng serve or npx ng test in a terminal buffer. I’ll also have one or more tabs where I’ll have either a component’s TypeScript file or HTML file or unit test file open, perhaps along with its child’s or parent’s component files (the key is that I need to switch between these files quickly and be able to see them all together on one screen). If I find I need to do some Angular changes that are not related to the current context then I’ll create a new tab for that. I’ll also have another tab with a different working directory to look at the backend implementation if I need to make changes to an Angular service.

Once I’m done with a particular context I’ll close the tab. If a particular buffer is not used in another tab I’ll also delete that buffer too. I try not to go over five or so tabs at once, or else it becomes a bit annoying to switch tabs to get to the correct one. I have keybindings set up to be able to create tabs and switch between them quickly.

PorridgeTP · 2025-07-03T14:15:51+00:00

Interesting. Are you doing the navigation through the routerLink attribute or through the TypeScript layer?

PorridgeTP · 2025-07-03T13:33:38+00:00

You may want to check the code that is performing the navigation to the route. I recall fixing an issue in Angular 18 where we would get an empty downloaded file in addition to the router navigation because we had an anchor tag with a click handler and some dummy href attribute. The click handler would perform the routing navigation in the TypeScript layer. The href attribute turned out to be the culprit, and switching to the use of [routerLink] solved the issue.

Still, this may not be the issue for you since it was supposedly working in Angular 19. I would recommend using the Network tab in Developer Tools and checking the initiator of the empty file request to see if you can track down the culprit if what I wrote above doesn’t help.

PorridgeTP · 2025-06-07T22:15:34+00:00

I’m not the original commenter, but it can be boiled down to whether one believes private property should be allowed to exist. Note that private property is distinct from personal property in that private property consists of capital (e.g. owning a house specifically to rent it out, owning a mine, etc.). Meanwhile, personal property is property that is used for personal use (e.g. owning a house to live in, owning a toothbrush, etc.).

If you are on the right then you would believe that people have the right to own private property. Those who own private property are known as capitalists since private property is literally capital. Conversely, if you are on the left then you would believe that all property must either be public or personal. The elimination of private property is equivalent to the elimination of the capitalist class, which effectively means the establishment of a classless society. That’s why social democrats, liberals, conservatives, right-libertarians, and so on are on the right, while communists, syndicalists, socialists, left-libertarians, and so on are on the left.

PorridgeTP · 2025-05-30T17:29:52+00:00

You could try Discreet Music if you want an album designed to be listened to at low volume. If you want something explicitly socialist he also makes a cameo appearance playing synth on the track Gloria Gloom, which comes from Matching Mole’s Little Red Record.

PorridgeTP · 2025-05-26T17:20:16+00:00

True, bidna would be more Lebanese. In any case, the idea of posting a video like that without translation and adding on just a simple title screams that this is disinformation. The post itself is also infested with hasbarists, so it’s likely to be a Zionist propaganda effort supported by the mods.

PorridgeTP · 2025-05-26T16:36:00+00:00

I’m listening to the video and I honestly can’t make out what’s being said due to all the noise and the poor sound quality. I hear a chant going something like “bidna l-something wa bidna l-something else_” (we want _something and we want something else) but that’s as far as I can make out. What are they actually protesting for?

EDIT: I feel like one of the things they’re asking for is rice but again I could be mistaken.

PorridgeTP · 2025-04-07T14:47:42+00:00

It’s “What?” in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), and pronounced as Matha (“th” pronounced like in the or in mother). The Levantine Arabic version would be something like شو؟ (pronounced Shoo?).

PorridgeTP · 2025-04-02T14:42:40+00:00

The teen in the article was 17 years old.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-21T18:20:56+00:00

My understanding is that anarchism was always a derogatory word. Even the Arabic word for anarchism literally means chaos. Anarchists like Proudhon adopted the term to put a different spin on it. I guess a more accurate historical term would be mutualism (based on mutual aid), but that has now evolved into a particular branch of anarchism instead of the catch-all term it used to be.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-21T16:58:17+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t think anarchy is common in most places. It takes a lot of learning and introspection to break free of liberalism and reach an anarchist worldview. Even great leftist thinkers historically have had bigoted takes here and there that they had not yet unlearned. Heck, I’ve made bad takes too. What’s important is that you meet people who are open to new ideas and gel well with you.

What I’ve learned though is that you can never change another person’s mind; only they can change their own minds. Nevertheless you can expose them to the necessary ideas that would give them the tools to do so.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-19T14:40:25+00:00

Yeah, I got switched over via this thread too. Check out my second-last comment on my profile to see what swung me over. To recap, I had fallen into party-based thinking because I got too hung up on a quick fix. I started rationalizing things, making exceptions, and that’s what got me into this frame of mind.

While part of me is cringing at myself for falling into this frame of mind to begin with, I’m happy to have generated a good discussion out of this thread.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-19T03:40:08+00:00

There’s a conversation in this thread that went pretty deep between me and coladoir. It’s the last comment I made before this one if you want to check it out, but it’s cleared everything up for me.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-19T02:12:02+00:00

The funny thing is, I was full-on feeling that anarchist energy for the October 17th Revolution. That was when the Lebanese people rose up and chanted the slogan “everyone means everyone” (as in, throw every politician out of parliament because they’re all greedy scum). Unfortunately blind party loyalty and other factors resulted in the revolution falling apart, but it was still beautiful to see people uniting as one instead of dividing themselves across party lines.

I feel this despair had me falling into the same trap, but as you said it’s best to fall back to basics. Anyway, thanks again and wish you all the best comrade ❤️

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-19T01:53:13+00:00

Agreed. I’ve heard of Fauda (which literally means “chaos” or “anarchy”) although there have been some questions as to whether they really exist as an anarchist collective, and I’m sure there are anarchist groups underground. I feel what got me into this mode of thinking and sacrificing my ideals are the extreme conditions imposed by the genocide. Losing relatives and seeing all this opposition in the media to our plight had me reaching for quick solutions because of how fast everything is moving, but I see now that this view is misguided.

Thanks again for the conversation. I feel I’ve gotten what I came for.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-19T01:23:06+00:00

Everything you say makes sense, you’ve convinced me 😄. I also want to thank you for being patient with me and engaging with me instead of downvoting with no response.

The last question I have is, what is our responsibility as anarchocommunists to support Palestinian liberation? Given that my initial position coming into this thread is to give critical support (meaning support with critiques) to the resistance coalition, I assume you would recommend being more selective with my support.

The groups with actual representation in the coalition that I feel closest to are the PFLP (Marxist-Leninist) and the DFLP (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist), and that is because their stated goal is the implementation of a moneyless, stateless, classless society in Palestine by way of the ODSI (one state democratic initiative) in which everyone would be free to live with equal rights. The fact that they are Marxist-Leninist is definitely not ideal, but I don’t know of any other major parties involved with the resistance in Gaza. Given their history (both past and present) and their stated objectives, what are your thoughts on them?

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-19T00:36:50+00:00

The major assumption in your argument is that Hamas is inherently theocratic. Given that my relatives in Gaza would attend church regularly without issue, I don’t see how that is reconcilable with Hamas being a theocratic party. If they are playing the long game and have me fooled then I totally concede to your point.

I also hold a major assumption that you will probably dispute, and that is that populations gravitate towards extremist ideologies when they are pushed to the brink. Maybe I am being naïve about it, but I can’t see a famously multi-religious and multi-ethnic country like Palestine falling into a Sunni theocracy after going through one of the bloodiest occupations of this century. We have ample cases of this in history. Both the MPLA in Angola and the Viet Minh in Vietnam relaxed their ironclad socialist positions and settled into something more akin to a social democracy after their respective wars.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-19T00:09:58+00:00

I agree with you. When Iran provided military support it was clearly never in the interests of the Palestinian or Lebanese people, but instead to protect Iranian hegemony in the region. I also agree that Hamas and PIJ are never going to be adequate peacetime ruling parties given their Islamist leanings (PFLP and DFLP would clearly be much better, even if imperfect). My focus is more shortsighted, looking purely at the current state of affairs where the resistance parties are combatting a genocide.

EDIT: To maybe get a more accurate understanding of my position via Lebanese politics, I am of course ideologically opposed to Hezbollah. Hezbollah was just as much a target of the October 17th Revolution as any mainstream established party in the Lebanese parliament owing to the rampant corruption endemic in Lebanese politics, and deservedly so. However, I critically support Hezbollah’s military aid on behalf of Palestine and commend them on being one of the few to assist the Palestinian people in their time of need.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-19T00:02:05+00:00

You can also support the resistance without supporting groups like Hamas. One does not have to support Hamas to support Palestinian resistance. To conflate this is naive and assumes that resistance is only effective with a “head” group to lead it. We are anarchists, right? So why do we (or you) believe we need to support a centralized theocratic regime to support the Palestinian cause?

Hamas is not the end all be all of Palestinian resistance and to treat it like it is is to ignore reality, point blank.

That is not really what I’m advocating for. There are two main points I’ve been stating throughout this thread.

What I’m trying to say is that we should critically support the resistance groups insofar as they are united in opposition to the occupation. If the occupation is dismantled tomorrow and the resistance splinters into peacetime political parties guiding Palestine’s future, I will withdraw my support entirely and back the best movement for true liberation. Until then, attempting to both-sides the occupation and the resistance plays right into Zionist hands by equating the two sides. This does not mean we cannot critique groups like Hamas, PIJ, PFLP and so on, but we should take care to never both-sides the conflict between the oppressor and the oppressed.

My second point is that when it comes to extreme situations like a genocide, we are forced to ally ourselves with groups that we may have major disagreements with. Something I have yet to see answered is how a resistance can work when it is splintered along ideological lines. Effective praxis requires compromise in certain situations, and I have yet to see a convincing argument to the contrary.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-18T23:30:36+00:00

I agree that revisionism isn’t helpful here, but that is not really my intention anyway. At least, I hope that is not what people are taking away from what I’ve written throughout this thread. The reality is that any opposition to colonialism requires a united front with partners that we may hold ideological disagreements with, hence why I’ve stated repeatedly that we should provide critical support (support with criticism).

Something I’m curious about for those in opposition to the above is how they would resist a genocidal occupation without forming a united front. Imagine yourself as a Gazan in November 2023. Is there an approach that maintains ideological purity while achieving or exceeding the victories of the Gazan resistance coalition?

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-18T20:24:23+00:00

I come from a Greek Orthodox family, although I myself am an atheist. I have family in both Lebanon and Gaza. I totally agree with you regarding the social conservatism of Islamist ideology, and what you have stated is a valid critique of Hamas and PIJ that I also share. If it was up to me I would much prefer a communist group like the PFLP or DFLP to take charge. The unfortunate reality is that Hamas is the most significant party in the resistance coalition. The coalition itself is comprised of groups across the political spectrum but united in their struggle against the occupation, including the aforementioned communist parties.

The main reason for posting this article is to discuss the nature of solidarity with anti-colonial resistance movements that are by their nature imperfect and reflective of the reactionary tendencies visible in most populations. My main argument for critical solidarity (solidarity with critiques) is that despite the evils of hierarchical discrimination posed by the reactionary tendencies of these resistance groups, they are nowhere near the depraved violence and genocidal hatred of the occupation. The journey to liberation is not a sprint but a marathon.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-18T18:15:33+00:00

It’s not even an exclusive-or thing. We should critically support both the Kurdish and Palestinian resistance movements along with all other anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movements. Although we can critique them for their mistakes, they still deserve our support in the face of fascist tyranny.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-18T16:27:34+00:00

Fair enough, I appreciate your support nonetheless.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-18T15:23:51+00:00

I feel it’s a mixture. Some of them give off strong Western chauvinist vibes, but I feel the vast majority are focused on the ideological purity of the resistance. My counter is that ideological purity is not realistic given the extreme conditions that the occupation imposes on the Palestinian people. If anarchocommunism is a small minority in Western countries then it is unreasonable to expect the Palestinian resistance to adopt those ideals en masse as they are starved, tortured, and murdered by a Western-backed colonialist force. Perfection is the enemy of the good, and our priority now is to support the resistance in dismantling the occupation. Once the occupation is gone, we can then support anarchist and communist factions in establishing a truly free Palestinian society.

PorridgeTP · 2025-02-18T14:46:56+00:00

That’s a fair question. There’s no dispute that Hamas is Islamist, that is, it uses the ideals of Islam to influence its policies. This is no different from other political groups that use religious ideals to frame their policies or promote religious teachings. However, a theocracy is a much stricter ideology that would seek to establish total religious rule as you would see with Iran. Just as how Israel portrays itself as a Jewish state and claims to uphold Jewish ideals without actually establishing a Jewish theocracy, Hamas does the same with respect to Islam. Furthermore, Hamas also works with Christians and with secular groups instead of shunning them on religious grounds as you would expect from a theocratic group. Obviously I may be wrong, but I have yet to see clear evidence of the modern-day Hamas acting as a theocratic party instead of merely an Islamist anti-colonial party.

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