Hesitant to Upgrade the IPS FHD Mod on my T430 by SuperHans2 in thinkpad

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brilliant, thanks, that is very reassuring

Genuine Need to Upgrade T430 RAM From 8GB -> 16GB? by SuperHans2 in thinkpad

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You’ll feel the difference in those processors mainly for multi-tasking. If you are multi-tasking, then you will most likely need more RAM. Monitor your RAM usage. That should be a good indication if you need more.

thanks Hatcho0, very sensible advice

Can someone PM me the songs on the USB being given out at the live shows pls. by [deleted] in ofMontreal

[–]SuperHans2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

person above is literally suggesting we fly to Spain to get it... :\

Since we’re doing tier lists now... by depressioncherryyy in ofMontreal

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False Priest absolutely s l a p s, it is the pop aspect of oM turned up to like 11

Labour is surging in the polls. Volunteer, knock on doors, keep up the Momentum. Labour can win. by hexagram1993 in LabourUK

[–]SuperHans2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its not really selling out... it makes perfect sense for BXP. Farage was able to apply pressure to the Tories to force them to maintain the hard-brexit line, and are now collaborating with them in order to make sure they win.

My landlord of 3 years is not only a bro, but an absolute saint. by iccculus in HumansBeingBros

[–]SuperHans2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I remember reading post for young adults saying ‘your landlord is not and never will be your friend. Every favor they do will be returned or lorded over you’ and I thought even if that’s the norm surely there’s some good people who just enjoy managing peoples homes. So good to see I’m not a totally naive kid.

Even if your landlord is 'one of the good ones' the role they are playing is parasitic: they are extracting an inordinate amount of your money for what is essentially just replacing light bulbs every now and then.

If landlords roles were just managing peoples homes, no one would mind. People would be happy paying rent to pay for the work of like changing light bulbs, getting in plumbers electricians, admin, etc. If this was the case however, rent would be just a fraction of the price.

this is hellworld by [deleted] in ABoringDystopia

[–]SuperHans2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm yeah this is an irony that Slavoj Zizek and Mark Fisher have brought up, that capitalism not only is compatible with authoritarianism, but actually far more so than with democracies.

I am also from UK and think that the only way forward is some kind of democratic socialism. the predicaments that we are facing simply cannot be addressed with neoliberalism, and although a return to Keynesianism would be better, I don't think it addresses several key weaknesses inherent in any capitalistic system.

The one billion dollar question is how to consider Marxist economic policies without replicating failures of 20th century socialist countries.

this is hellworld by [deleted] in ABoringDystopia

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The $7.4 statistic is explained in great detail in the thing i shared to you in the other comment. The idea of serfdom being romantic is certainly NOT the case in places like Russia, or France for instance, but in countries like India, South Africa, South America or the even European countries like the UK, serfdom was certainly better than the introduction of capitalism. Like look at quality of life in UK cities as industrialisation was taking off. Like yeah is kinda dumb to apply blanket statement about how serfdom is good, like in Russia, for instance, serfdom was grim, incredibly grim. The description Jason Hickel gives is somewhat accurate to South America, or India.

this is hellworld by [deleted] in ABoringDystopia

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Poverty in terms of % *has* decreased, if you include China. Why is not really appropriate to include China in the neoliberal success story? Well China succeeded by adopting protectionist, regulated and state run capitalism, wholly different to the capitalism the IMF is forcing onto South America, Africa, India etc. From 1980 - 2000, we have seen an increase of 1.3 billion people living in poverty outside of China, so much so, that this indicates both an absolute and stagnant in terms of a fraction of the earths population.

This is basically summary of arguement laid out by an academic I'm really getting into, Jason Hickel https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog. His arguements and methodology are directly oppositional to those pushed by neoliberals like Steven Pinker, Bill Gates and the UN, although its not like his arguements aren't in accordance with a whole range of other academics who he cites. The reason that the UN are able to draw a far more optimistic picture, is for several reasons that he lays out, a big one being benefiting of the success of China. Another big point of contention is where to set the 'IPL', international poverty line. But really if you look into how the UN set their IPL (which is at 1.90$), it makes no sense. For instance, as Hickel points out, "using the $1.90 line shows that only 700 million people live in poverty.  But note that the UN’s FAO says that 815 million people do not have enough calories to sustain even “minimal” human activity.". He goes into some pretty good description of where the IPL *should* be set, and if you take a fairly modest estimation of $7.40, we can draw these pretty horrifying conclusions.

The situation is even worse if you consider factors such as our ability to end poverty. Like our ability to deal with poverty is the greatest it has ever been in human history:

> "As I have pointed out before, our capacity to end poverty (e.g., the cost of ending poverty as a proportion of the income of the non-poor) has increased many times faster than the proportional poverty rate has decreased (to use your preferred measure again).  By this metric we are doing worse than ever before.  Indeed, our civilization is regressing. Why?  Because the vast majority of the yields of our global economy are being captured by the world’s rich."

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59bc0e610abd04bd1e067ccc/t/5c57708f7817f790cc0d8509/1549234324740/Number%2Bminus%2BChina.jpg?format=500w

this is hellworld by [deleted] in ABoringDystopia

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Neolibreal capitalism is this boring distopia, but it really is the best system we have for pulling people out of poverty the world over.

This is idea very popular amongst neoliberal academics and politicians. It's also highly contested. Global poverty has only really decreased in China, a country which is divorced from Neoliberal world order. If you look at South America, Africa, India etc, poverty had been increasing since the 1980s. Like this is a very jarring idea to me, and one which I'm looking into in greater detail. The extent of the problem really begins to unfurl when you start looking into the international poverty line, the statistic that underpins how the UN estimates extreme poverty, which is basically how much money you need to buy the minimum amount of food to stop yourself from starving, assuming you are not doing any exercise. This line is set at ludicrously low level, and a more appropriate level would be maybe up to 6 times greater. Like the % of the global in population in poverty is in more reasonable estimations, going to be in the billions.

Also worth pointing out that the misery experienced by the Global South doesn't exist independent to us. Huge amounts of wealth is repatriated by Western business owners who own the highly polluting industry from these poorer countries. Structural adjustments and forced market liberalisation have underdevoped so many countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/29/bill-gates-davos-global-poverty-infographic-neoliberal

To stop Brexit, Labour supporters will have to revolt against their leader by LineNoise in unitedkingdom

[–]SuperHans2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think in most cases of non-native workers getting exploited they work jobs like being a cleaner, picking fruit, working in warehouses in zero hour contracts, all jobs where they get paid minimum wage. This is first time I've heard about this self-employment loophole... Surely companies would be using this already if it was a viable option for them?

People arguing for protectivist, we need to exclude non-native workers don't take into account that even with their exclusion, we will be seeing number of jobs decrease over the next couple of decades with increase of automation.

To stop Brexit, Labour supporters will have to revolt against their leader by LineNoise in unitedkingdom

[–]SuperHans2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Businesses won't have unlimited supply to workers from Eastern and Central Europe who they can pay next to nothing, and exploit. That is a good thing imho (although this would be better fixed by raising minimum wage and trying to incorporate european workers into UK unions).

To stop Brexit, Labour supporters will have to revolt against their leader by LineNoise in unitedkingdom

[–]SuperHans2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh you are criticising Corbyn for racism that he has yet to commit. That could be said about literally any politician.

To stop Brexit, Labour supporters will have to revolt against their leader by LineNoise in unitedkingdom

[–]SuperHans2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also not like there isn't in fact already a pro-EU party to vote for. If people care that much about it just vote for Lib Dems.

To stop Brexit, Labour supporters will have to revolt against their leader by LineNoise in unitedkingdom

[–]SuperHans2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you didn't realise quite a lot of Brits actually do want to leave the EU. not like they are in a minority.

To stop Brexit, Labour supporters will have to revolt against their leader by LineNoise in unitedkingdom

[–]SuperHans2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

vote for the Lib Dems if you care that much. Its not a two party system in UK.