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Hi, I'm sbird! I like programming and am interested in Astrophysics and all things space. I also have a hobby of photography.

  • Why is the USA attacking Iran?

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  • Yes, I do know of the coup against the democratically elected Mosaddegh in favour of the autocratic Shah. Wow, the U.S. removing democratically elected leaders in foreign countries in favour of autocratic ones that support American business interests? I wonder how often that happened! (a lot, that is)

  • Why are Americans so hung up on Epstein and his egg head island and "the files"?

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  • I understand that these people should, of course, be held accountable and shouldn't just run free after doing all that horrible stuff on his island. What I don't really get is why it is so often brought up in off-topic discussion. I get that people want to spread awareness and all that, but screaming "release the files!" on internet posts doesn't really help.

  • Why are Americans so hung up on Epstein and his egg head island and "the files"?

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  • Fair enough, everyone should be upset that the uber-rich can evade the law as they are now. Yes, they are horrible people. That I can understand.

    What I don't understand is why many people (not all people, but some certainly) bring it up in off-topic internet discussions.

  • Why is the USA attacking Iran?

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  • For your information, in a later comment I did note that the weakening of Russia due to their invasion of Ukraine is playing a part in making Iran more vulnerable. In terms of their ties with China, that is correct, their relations are an additional reason why the U.S. doesn't like them very much. It doesn't look like China would support them in a conflict though, at least not with troops on the ground.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    sbird @sopuli.xyz

    Why are Americans so hung up on Epstein and his egg head island and "the files"?

  • Why is the USA attacking Iran?

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  • and many of the naughty Iranian proxies have also been weakened through a hellfire of Israeli and American bombing, like the Houthis in Yemen, Hamas in Gaza, and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

  • Why is the USA attacking Iran?

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  • In the past, there have been moves against Iran (sanctions and the sort that are worsening their already mismanaged economy) but the recent strikes have been down mostly because Iran doesn't really have any allies that are able to support them should they get attacked. Russia has their invasion of Ukraine that they are grinding soldiers in, and the Assads have been overthrown in Syria. Their bad bad economy also means they have lots of domestic issues too, making them super vulnerable.

  • Why is the USA attacking Iran?

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  • Note that America's support for Israel has exist since pretty much when it was founded after the end of WWII by Britain, this certainly isn't a new thing. As for the dislike of Iran, that has been a thing for ages too (see the coup against the democratically elected leader when they were against American business interests, Iranian revolution that propped up the new government and had Americans living in the embassy taken hostage by protesters)

  • Why is the USA attacking Iran?

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  • Israel allows the U.S. to maintain a foothold in the Middle East and have an influence in the region (which is plentiful in natural resources like oil), that's the gist of it. The U.S. also has a large Jewish community that is generally pro-Israel (not all of them, but many are. In recent events, many Jewish groups in America are now condemning Israel for their war in Gaza, starving the population, all that heinous stuff)

    Iran's government has made it clear that they don't like Israel's existence (due to their displacement of Palestinians, various war crimes, that sort. They also don't like that they are so heavily American influenced). They don't like the U.S. either, as they believe that they are an imperialist power that wants to take advantage of the Middle East. That is one reason that the United States deems Iran an enemy. Note that Iran's government's viewpoint is not necessarily the same as those of the Iranian people. Additionally, the state of Iran funds many proxy terrorist groups across the Middle East, all of which do terrible terrorist things, which the U.S. doesn't like at all (especially when they do terrorist things against American citizens living in the Middle East).

    Israel and Iran's rivalry (and you can include the Saudi Arabia, UAE in this too) is mostly down to wanting to be top dog in the Middle East, having the most influence and power, and it doesn't help that they have very different beliefs (not just religion, different styles of government, different policies, that sort)

    TLDR:

    U.S. supports Israel for Middle East influence

    U.S. don't like that Iran's government is anti-America and anti-Israel, and they don't like that they support terrorist groups either

    Israel competes with Iran for power in the Middle East, and have very different beliefs

    Please note that I am not trying to incite a political debate. America and Israel has done bad stuff (war crimes, imperialism, etc), Iran has done bad stuff (terrorist proxies, political repression, etc), both are bad in my book.

  • Do you think Lee Harvey Oswald and Mark David Chapham would be friends?

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  • Simply because Oswald was accused of murdering (there are arguments for and against this, I will not get into that) and this Mark guy murdered Lennon (just found out that today, never knew that before) doesn't mean they would be best friends.

    Let's say you have maybe-murderer Alice and murderer Bob. That alone does not mean they must be friends, as murderer-ness is not the only defining characteristic of friendship. Most friendships are where murderer-ness is equal between friends (that is, both zero) but correlation != causation. Alice and Bob could have different hobbies, interests, and beliefs that could clash with each other.

  • Which is better, Unity or Godot?

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  • Aside from the benefits of open-source, I also find that Godot has a nicer workflow for me, with nodes and signals that make it really easy to make games. I also like that GDScript is very similar to Python (so it's a lot simpler) while also having the option for explicit data types. The code editor is also built into the engine which is nice. The documentation for Godot is also excellent (it truly is really good), not to mention integrated into the engine as well!

  • Under the most ideal circumstances, how 'clean' is drinkable tap water by the time it reaches our taps?

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  • Depending on where you live, you could have great tap water or terrible stinky tap water. Generally, developed countries (UK, Ireland, etc.) have better quality tap water (due to better infrastructure, cleaner working conditions, etc.) but it could even vary between whether you're somewhere rural or urban. If the tap water doesn't make you sick, doesn't look muddy, doesn't smell, etc. you are probably fine (and if you're extra-cautious, you can test tap water for concentrations in certain minerals and such). You can always grab a water filter if your tap water is bad.

    If you're wondering how tap water can stay clean, there are a bunch of steps to treat unclean water. There is coagulation, which clumps dirt and other particles into larger, easier to remove particles using various chemicals. Then there is flocculation, which makes the particles even bigger, turning them into "flocs", through mixing. Then there is sedimentation, which is basically where the flocs are so big they sink and form a sediment at the bottom. After that, you have filtration (which removes even more particles) and disinfection (which uses UV light, chlorine, or similar to kill microbes). I had to search for the specific words (coagulation and flocculation in particular), but I do remember the actual steps from geography lessons.

  • Game Development @programming.dev
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    How to make my battling mechanic fair/unobtrusive while keeping it long and strategic?

  • How to get rid of the KDE Wallet pop up on every restart?

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  • Yes, both kwallet and kwallet-pam have been installed

    Yes, the kdewallet is the only wallet and has the same password (with blowfish rather than GPG keys), which I have checked by deleting and creating a new one

    I am pretty sure I am using SDDM

  • How to get rid of the KDE Wallet pop up on every restart?

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  • nope, when I use password to login, same thing occurs

  • How to get rid of the KDE Wallet pop up on every restart?

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  • Wait, I wonder if it's because I'm using Howdy facial login? Since the wiki states that fingerprint doesn't work to auto unlock the wallet, maybe Howdy can't either?

  • How to get rid of the KDE Wallet pop up on every restart?

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  • Yes, I have followed all the steps in the "notes" box.

  • How to get rid of the KDE Wallet pop up on every restart?

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  • It looks like it's just login for Nextcloud, but since Nextcloud autostarts, the wallet needs to be unlocked on startup.

  • How to get rid of the KDE Wallet pop up on every restart?

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  • I have tried adding the lines to /etc/pam.d/sddm as instructed, but after a restart, it still asks for the password to unlock the wallet.

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    How to get rid of the KDE Wallet pop up on every restart?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    (solved) What is a good Matrix (public) home server besides the big matrix.org one?

  • What do you think is a realistic peaceful solution to the China-Taiwan issue?

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  • That's fair enough. Internet people can be truly horrible. No harm done!

  • What do you think is a realistic peaceful solution to the China-Taiwan issue?

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  • That sounds like a surefire way for Taiwan to get invaded, since I'm very certain that China does not want more nuclear missiles pointed at it, much less by Taiwan right off its coast. Taiwan might end up like Iran (who the U.S. claimed were developing nukes)

    If Taiwan does end up developing nukes without the knowledge of China or other major powers, then you could argue that nuclear deterrance would work. But the intelligence systems of all the global powers is incredibly advanced now, so it would probably be difficult for Taiwan to covertly do something like that (esp given that we know both sides send spies to each other)

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What do you think is a realistic peaceful solution to the China-Taiwan issue?

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    A few questions on MPD and RMPC

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Does anyone have a good suggestion for a markdown note organiser?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    sbird @sopuli.xyz

    If you were able to magically learn any language that nobody speaks in your region, what would it be?

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Installing EndeavourOS, should I use btrfs or ext4?

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    (cross post, SOLVED) Using rsync between btrfs internal and exFAT external SSD, incompatibilities due to lack of symlinks support on exFAT

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    (Update: properly solved now!) When using rsync to backup my /home folder to an external 1TB SSD, I run out of space, how??

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    (edit: no) Is it a good idea to use an Android phone as an external SSD for backing up my home folder?

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    (solved) What is the best tool to mass resize all images in a directory, including sub-directories, while keeping aspect ratio?

  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
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    Charlotte's web could be made with a bunch of strings

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Does display scaling not work in live boots?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Self hosted alternatives to games like Wordle, Connections, and Skrbbl(dot)io?

  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Some questions about distro-hopping

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    How on earth do I fix my trackpad?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    If a multi-dimensional political compass existed, how many dimensions would it have? What would be those dimensions?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be?