How can I quickly "unclog" firefox when it runs out of memory (with 1000/2000 tabs)
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    Have you tried increasing the size of your swap memory in windows? Otherwise known as "virtual memory". Depending on the speed of your drive and available space, you might be able to increase the vertual memory size to get more performance.

    But what about using a page archiving service, even a self-hosted one, like Shiori. Shiori has an extension that can allow for single click page archiving right from the browser. The pages are saved as html files or txt files and it will create a readability version of the file which is just the text and images. You could then search the files and their contents using something like VS Code to search the whole directory where the files are stored. There are plenty of other ways to do that search once you have those archives, though. I think even Windows File Search will search the contents of a txt or html file stored on the device.

    Shiori also has its own search, which is pretty fast, and searches the contents of the archives as well.

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  • Is Biden the accelerationist candidate?
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    The shine job they did on Biden while he was VP in the Obama years really weathered strong. All that "goofy grampa" shit they wrapped him in, and published all over the place, really solidified Biden as America's Grandad, to the point that some people are still looking at him in the same way you might look at your cooky 80+ year old pops at the family picnic. They gave him this aura of stateliness, like he's the Washington Monument come to life. He's been through it all, seen every face of America, he's the golden boy, the old dog, the tough but fair, the heavy hand but soft heart, the elected official equivalent of a mid-90s Ford Ranger, classic like coca-cola, a cool Budweiser on a hot summer night, Fireflies on the Forth of July, you know all that paper thin Americana draped over the face of death.

    This is what makes him so effective, and what gives everyone the license to walk beside him. No doubt in my mind, the level of resistance to the genocide in Gaza would be magnified ten times if Trump was in power now, making all the same moves as Biden is now. It's because libs view Trump as "Fascism Manifest". He is the doomsayer, a harbinger of the Apocalypse, and a "threat to democracy", whatever that means to them. His aura is toxic, and liberal progressives wouldn't be seen collaborating with him because he gives up the game too easily. He wears his class interests on his sleeve. Watching progressives line up behind a pro genocide Donald Trump would be far too much cognitive dissonance for the liberal progressive voters to handle. Watching them line up behind Grandpa Joe, however, well, that's just party unity and liberal progressives hunger for party unity.

    I think the American institutions are accelerationist, and anyone you get out of that system as leaders would be accelerationists. The heel sets the stage, reads the crowd, establishes clear red lines and invites the masses to cosplay as resistance fighters standing behind the Face. Once the Face takes the stage, in the afterglow of the resistance's victory, the red lines are moved forward quietly. Without this performance, there is no acceleration to be had. Both the Face and the Heel have a vested interested in the show they put on, and they need each other to keep the show going.

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  • Chicago Police won’t discipline nine officers who signed up for extremist group
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    Listen, if you set the bar that high you'd have to discipline the whole force.

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  • Brown University agrees to hold Israel divestment vote after pressure from student protesters
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    Just yesterday I had someone tell me "They're throwing away their future for nothing". Let's hope the preasure leads to more results.

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  • *Permanently Deleted*
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    Woof, did this guy see the writing on the wall or what?

    https://web.archive.org/web/20240501142317/https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/the-problem-with-defining-antisemitism

    Sounds like he hasn't changed his opinion, but he also hasn't made any efforts to amend or change the definition, not that it would matter at this point.

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  • What lack of reading theory does to mfs
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    Libs identify fundamental features of Capitalism, but can't except them as fundamental features, and thus create new isms that somehow they believe can be dealt with in isolation. Just doing the math out loud. I had someone mention "corporatism" in conversation recently, and it frankly flew right by me.

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  • Tesla On Fire
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    Please continue to deny reality. Tesla sucks, that's why its stock is going down.

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  • How do we solve education
  • RedWizard RedWizard Now 100%

    We also have to get away from the Panopticon we've created out of schools. I speak from experience here as a person who manages and implements these systems: You can not walk a hall without being recorded, you can't send an email without it potentially being flagged and sent to administration, you can't browse a website without it being logged and eventually used against you.

    Schools have become little state surveillance conditioning centers.

    Linked to this is the total lack of critical thought when introducing technology into a students academic life. Computer labs are things of the past. More and more districts are implementing 1:1 programs, which do help with equity but create new problems. Very often there is no guidance on when it's appropriate to use technology as part of the curriculum, and at worst an outright mandate that technology is used at all times to justify the cost.

    I've been witness to dozens of cases of kids who are rabidly attached to their devices in an unhealthy way. Often its a symptom of an underlying neurodivergence.

    No critical thought or material understating of the implications of requiring device use for K-12 students. No thoughts on if this establishes a bad pattern of device dependency. No critical thoughts on Google or Apple and or the ethics of shuffling students down a pipeline that makes it harder for them to use alternatives, incubating future consumers. No consideration of alternatives, mostly do to lack of manpower required to implement them. Not a single shop equivalent education path that teaches you how computers work, how you might service them, and so on.

    I think about this story often:

    https://opensource.com/education/14/9/open-source-benefits?ool

    https://opensource.com/education/16/1/getting-started-in-it-through-a-student-run-help-desk

    I wonder what kind of impact it had on even the tech neutral students. What kind of opinions or skills did these students pick up from being participants? What kind of culture did the kids have as a result of getting their needs met by other students? The benefits for the students involved in the helpdesk are obvious, what about the subtle benefits?

    Laws like COPPA do more harm then good frankly. Once administration understands the filtering system required to comply with COPPA can also pull logs at any time, its instantly weaponized against students. Often what is filtered comes down to not just the letter of the law but also the individual biases of the staff managing the tech or the administration.

    I can't imagine what its like from the perspective of the average student and how it shapes their worldview.

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  • ![stalin heart hands](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/15527aab-4af0-4202-9454-40586e7d61e3.png "emoji stalin-heart-hands") ![stalin heart hands](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/15527aab-4af0-4202-9454-40586e7d61e3.png)

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    Hexbear up?
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    Emoji down! I repeat, emoji down!!

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  • Looks up for me, not sure about others. ![](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/d7e9ab9f-2865-4687-9455-6e403a0d0e2d.png)

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    What's a thing in pop culture that probably came directly from the base (unconsciously)?
  • RedWizard RedWizard Now 100%

    Damn I wasn't aware of that. If you find that video, let me know!

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  • What's a thing in pop culture that probably came directly from the base (unconsciously)?
  • RedWizard RedWizard Now 100%

    The saying "A Jack of all trades is a master of none." mostly because it implies that there isn't value in a diverse set of skills. My understanding is, however, that the whole saying is "A Jack of all trades is a master of none, but often times better than a master of one." It's unclear why this phrase was shortened, but you can't help but see how its usage in the media lends to the notion that one should specialize instead of generalize. Something that directly supports the higher education structure and track post primary school.

    Personally, I've made a pretty successful go at generalizing within my field, so I definitely resonate with this one.


    The concept of "Stockholm Syndrome". Britannica defines Stockholm Syndrome as follows:

    Stockholm syndrome describes the psychological condition of a victim who identifies with and empathizes with their captor or abuser and their goals. Stockholm syndrome is rare; according to one FBI study, the condition occurs in about 8 percent of hostage victims

    This concept is widely excepted as a kind of mental breaking, of someone doing something that would appear illogical or irrational. However, the coining of this notion stems from a bank robbery in Stockholm in 1973. I'll simply link to the backstory from Wikipedia, as it encapsulates the issue pretty well.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome#Stockholm_bank_robbery

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  • China Vows to Centralize Tech Development Under Communist Party
  • RedWizard RedWizard Now 77%

    You replied to me literally stating that my opinions were flawed from the get go based on very big assumptions.

    Typical Redditor behavior, you don't even stop to look at who you are speaking with, you just assume every comment below yours is somehow the same person, and not possibly someone else who also thinks you're a total chud.

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  • Caption this. Wrong answers only.
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    "I think that guy is... Yup he's shitting. God it just keeps going."

    "It's like a thick rope... He's not even struggling."

    "Uhg, he's making eye contact with me."

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  • China Vows to Centralize Tech Development Under Communist Party
  • RedWizard RedWizard Now 88%

    On what basis do you make such a claim?

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  • China Vows to Centralize Tech Development Under Communist Party
  • RedWizard RedWizard Now 88%

    https://archive.is/20240220003112/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-19/china-vows-to-centralize-tech-development-under-communist-party

    Archive of the full article.

    This is rational from China's perspective. Divesting in the American technology pipeline not only weakens America's grip on the global economy but also positions China as the leader in global technology.

    Also, we have more evidence of US putting back doors into technology than we do China. If you're living in the imperial core, it's far more likely that the US is monitoring your activities than China is.

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  • Sad Songs and Waltzes - CAKE
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    Really blew my mind a number of years ago to discover this was a cover. Turns out I like Willy Nelson. "Don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" is another favorite of mine.

    Cake's cover of "I will survive" and "war pigs" are also fantastic. War Pigs is probably one is my favorite songs. Cake can be polarizing, but I love them.

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  • Keep scrolling, just Tenesse State Capitol
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    These chuds look like cartoon Nazis from some hana-barera cartoon from the 70s. Like some kind of Scooby Do shit.

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  • My cryptography professor is a fucking turbolib
  • RedWizard RedWizard Now 100%

    Send an anonymous note about his rampant sinophobia to the administration. Probably wouldn't fly in the uni near me because we have a high population of Chinese students. Not sure what the demographic is in your area, though.

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  • jacobin.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12083680 > Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? > > The idea that we are entering an era of techno-feudalism that will be worse than capitalism is chilling and controversial. We asked former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to elucidate this idea, explain how we got here, and map out some alternatives.

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    The nationalism, the colonial centric pedagodgy, class disparity, industrial poisoning of local communities, and thats just in the first 3 episodes of the season. Episode 3 has some good materialism. Avatar has a lot to say. Its a good show.

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    "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearUS
    Biden sanctions Israeli settlers accused of attacking Palestinians and peace activists in West Bank
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    www.iheart.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3459368 > I think I want to learn Esperanto > > I'm not a language learner. It wasnt a requirement when I was a kid and in highschool I never had an interest. However, having just learned about it, and learned of its etheos and properties, I think it could be fun to learn. Helps that my partner is also interested. > > Also, a stateless international language seems like a good fit as an international movement. A movement that is striving for international solidarity and a world without borders. > > At a minimum, learning it would make Hitler spin in his grave: > > > As long as the Jew has not become the master of the other peoples, he must speak their languages whether he likes it or not., but as soon as they become his slaves, they would all have to learn a universal language (Esperanto, for instance!), so that by this additional means the Jews could more easily dominate them!

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    www.iheart.com

    I'm not a language learner. It wasnt a requirement when I was a kid and in highschool I never had an interest. However, having just learned about it, and learned of its etheos and properties, I think it could be fun to learn. Helps that my partner is also interested. Also, a stateless international language seems like a good fit as an international movement. A movement that is striving for international solidarity and a world without borders. At a minimum, learning it would make Hitler spin in his grave: > As long as the Jew has not become the master of the other peoples, he must speak their languages whether he likes it or not., but as soon as they become his slaves, they would all have to learn a universal language (Esperanto, for instance!), so that by this additional means the Jews could more easily dominate them!

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    youtu.be

    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3453597 > ICJ's Israel genocide decision: Historic victory for Palestinians & Global South

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3453597 > ICJ's Israel genocide decision: Historic victory for Palestinians & Global South

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    https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5104013/user-clip-lyndon-larouche=

    I wasn't looking for this clip, but it found me anyway. Scrubbing through this for something else, and boom, here this dude is. Having only just learned who LaRouche is, it's funny that I stumbled into this just now. Working through the TrueAnon podcast about him currently.

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    I got one friend who will not shut up about the MIC (military industrial complex). He'll go on and on about how much it ruins shit and how much is influenced by it. But concepts like Imperialism and its relationship to capitalism is some how beyond him. Instead its just "humans who are the problem" The thing that I'm reminded of constantly is that there is a language we all use but all the words mean different things. * Capitalism * Imperialism * Fascism * Authoritarianism * Totalitarianism I couldn't begin to tell you what I used to think these meant and what the people around me think they mean still. No one (save for one person in our group) would be bothered to read a book on the subject. Like, the MIC comes from somewhere, if it pisses you off so much, wouldn't you want to understand it, so you can combat it? /rant

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3382952 > Why don't we want D&D characters to die?

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    These are loose, unserious thoughts * I feel like local republicans are a dime a dozen, and if you're in a democrat dominated area, you might get a position based on rules. In my area you can't have a true majority, only a 2/3rds majority. So that means there are always seats that go to Republicans, even though they get like 1/2 the vote. * Even if it only works once, you get like 2ish years to fuck with republicans all you want, undermining all their goals. * Some positions run unopposed and just get filled. * You can use your advanced online degree in Hogology to blend right in. All it takes is a trip to the local Carhartt store for the right garb. * If enough of you band together, you can probably out maneuver the command structure of your local party and start running your people for local positions. I have no idea what I'm talking about, really. Consider this the ultimate bit, the bit to end all bits. Infiltrate the party from the ground level, outnumber the local leadership, and shrink the Overton window just a smidgen. Nah, this is probably a dumb idea. Anyway, happy Friday!

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    Some dipshit who was on our Town Council tried to tell me that Fascism is a "Left-Wing Construct". These guys are laughable. This was because I told him his fetish for wanting the pledge said before council meetings was a fascist purity test. Our town is pretty progressive, but we still have our hogs about. Was getting tired of seeing them post with impunity on the timeline. I think I might have given some people the courage to also pile on as well, because I've noticed some more aggressive counter talk from people on the page when these idiots slither out of their nest.

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