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  • Sorry to grin at you. But in OS theory Linux is known as a monolith kernal. So you choice of words would have given my lecturers a freakout.

    But while your terminology is a bit crossed. The ideal you are explaining is fine.

    Better Technical way to put it. Linux is just the kernal. Much of the interface you see is actually programs or apps running above that kernal. A d can be changed amd selected.

    Windows is also started multipart. But has become less so over time. And it’s single distributer makes it way less obvious. By preventing any competition within it’s internal structure. The original monolithic kernal of Windows was the MS Dos command.com program. But I no lying those of us from the 80s and early 90 remember using it.





  • That assumes they had no costs in producing or acquiring the not fit for purpose goods. And that they knew the goods were unfit.

    A fraud case would be more about proving they knew the goods would not be fit for purpose. Failing to pay back money when if they did not know. Is just breach of contract.

    Proving there knowledge before the event. And the cost of providing the goods. Or the companies wealth to payback the costs of operation while obtaining and shipping the goods. Are all extremely complex to do.


  • Or beat them at their own game

    This is basically the green proposal.

    Massive social housing build. With 2x taxation (council tax I assume) for empty houses.

    Idea being landlord are either forced to rent at reducing prices. Or sell the property at reducing prices. Rather then hold on and force a housing shortage while the gov tries to build housing.

    Personally: I’d add set up a nationalised building firm. To buy unused brown field land (using eminent domain). And provide building services and equipment to local auths.

    Or building corp will just refuse to build untill the gov is classed as a failure. We have already seen such companies sit on development land until prices increase.


  • The complaints are more about lack of support for OS drivers. If using proprietary drivers is not a worry. Then they are fine. Often the OS stuff works if your set up is simple.

    My advice. Do not upgrade to quickly. They tend to have errors in their new proprietary drivers. Watch and see how others have done. Before upgrading essential machines.

    The other issue. For non rendering. Their latest models performance to £$ etc is getting very bad. But blender still has major speed advantages on Nvidia. But that is looking more and more short term as blender grows.


  • Agreed. But unfortunately the only way we will win. Is to work with the lefts desire to split. It is why we need PR. Because the Right sure as hell will use the splitting against us.

    But the only way we will get it. Is to accept our weakness and work around it. Green and Your Party have both indicated a willingness to work together in the past. It is down to members to vote to ensure we do. Ours splits are a good thing for democracy. Having a group of parties willing to debate and argue in parliament But still work together to prevent the right taking over. (IE confidence and supply agreement) Is the closest thing FPTP allows to a 50% plus control over the election process.

    Adding support for PR changes to the agreement would likely help win support. Not to mention being just a fucking good idea.


  • Given Greens polling still hovers around 11%. Even with the parties increase in membership. (About 20k)

    He really needs to show some real data. Before claiming a new party is not needed.

    If he can get votes good for him. But trying to harm other left wing parties when he is still failing to inspire voters. Seems desperate to say the least.

    Honestly. Massive and well planned unification of left wing parties. Is the only hope in 2029. The left as a whole is far to divided. The parties agreeing not to compete in areas where an existing left of centre party it the best chance of beating the right wing. And agreeing to a clear confidence and supply agreement in parliament supporting the Left party with the most seats.

    This is the only hope ATM of the left opposing reforms/tory control of media and billionaires funding.


  • We need a government publisising the value of immigration and multiculturalism.

    Unfortunately we do not have one. And even if the current one changed it’s views. Without addressing the cost of living crisis. And it’s cause, recent increases in inequality of wealth/asset distribution. No one will listen.

    More so then any time in recent post WW2 history. The very wealthy <1%. Own a higher % of UK (and world) wealth then both governments and the 99+% of society.

    This means they compete for all resources while the rest are unable to. While the gov refuses to accept let alone address that inequality. The 1% will continue to find huge divisionary properganda by funding misleading politicians, media and social Media. To prevent the 99% concentrating on their wealth growth.



  • 2 hours. Completely defies the point of having the racks. I can understand bikes left for days considered an issue. But not covering actual daily commute times for working people. The main purpose of public transport,

    MPs need to come down on this. It’s utterly disgusting that BTP has jurisdiction and has decided independently what they consider to be their fucking job.

    Honestly the only thing commuters can do is write to MPs.









  • NI does not fund the NHS. It never did.

    Edit: Def not disagreeing defunding it is the Tory now labour way though.

    The NHS was set up to be funded by the general fund. Intentionally to ensure everyone had access. Rather then just workers.

    NI was set up to handle sick pay and pensions. (Although is not separated to do so any more. As multiple govs have long since borrowed against it for the general fund. )

    The fact that our NHS is funded this way. Is why it is still unique around the world. Most other Universal health care is an insurance scheme of some form. Just not as messed up as the US ones and with real ways for non employed to be covered.