HumanPenguin

i been linux only for over 30 years now.

I tend to use Debian stable. At least for the last 15 or so.

The reason is simple. I use it as my main PC and the stability is my main priority.

The only negative is software in the repos is often out of date.

But honestly while that was a pain in the past. Now for the vast majority of things I use. I find flat pack or appimage downloads work perfect ally.

The only exception is ham radio software. Here I tend to compile later versions if I need/want them.

Other negatives

I'm really not hugely into gaming. But use blender a lot. Due to this I use Nvidia cards as they are far better supported by blender.

Installing the proprietary Nvidia drivers is a bit of a pain on Debian for newbies. But once you know the process its simple enough. Just not obvious for beginners. The community drivers are still very limited thanks to Nvidia s weird ideas.

The protest need to be aimed at parliament.

While laws are prown to interpretation. Interpreting the laws parliament passes is all the power the court has. Parliament is responsible for wording laws that force their planned interpretation.

To prevent this requires the sovereign parliament, to word the law in a non questionable way.

The only way this gets fixed. Is to convince parliament to change the GRC law ro clearly state that sutch operations make the recipient legally the sex chosen. And to address the intersex issue by stating such people are the sex they identify with as an adult.

The actual science only matters if parliament chooses to make it so. Even then the law tends to apply to the science at the time of passing.

That inflated panic started.

When a Chinese company refused to work with the UK gov to keep a plant they own running. Even when the UK offered to cover the costs of doing so. They demanded much higher payments and still refused to guarantee to keep[ the plant running and not destroying the plant by refusing to feed the furnaces. .

While we have critical infrastructure owned by multiple nations.

We have never had a situation where that infer structure risks being destroyed and the companies have refused to work to keep it effective. Or by some (rational) interpretations attempting to destroy it.

Such a situation will naurally cincentrate initial anger on the nation acting.

Yeah, we are at fault for-ever allowing it. But the panic about china, perceived intent, is far from invalid.

While i agree.

This whole article is based on nothing but gueaes and suspicion.

China has no duty or moral obligation to run british steel infrastructure at a loss. And if the UK wants to keep the plants running (at £700k a day while not being able to sell that ateel. Its rather presumptuous to expect chinese companies to do it when UK ones were nott able to do so profitably.

Nationalise and accept that is the cost of keepinflg a steel inferstructure when most of the developed world is also so and selling steel cheap.

Anything else is expecting china to fund our steel at a loss to their own.

It was a dumb choice to start with. We pay now.

Canada had a trade deal. Trump signed it.

Same for Australia and any other nations just attacked with tarrifs.

Under trump no trade deal is to be trusted as he will invalidate it any time he farts.

Honestly even when trump is gone. We can no longer trust any deal with the US. As a nation they will just vote in another nutcase.

No deal of any forearm with the US is worth the paper it is written on. And the sooner all nations start To make that opinion clear.. The sooner the world can get past its dependence.

Don't give up so easy. Pretty sure it can be expanded to fit you on the bed.

The lose of the UK steel making skills and resources. Is considered way more serious.

It would take a few years to get back, up and running. Way longer if it is closed long enough for the skills to need retraining.

With international trade in flux atm. It is more important not to lose our own abilities.

Adding the potential for war with Russia. Placing ourselves in a situation where we cannot make steel is a very high risk. Both economic and military wise

Its worth keeping even if it is basically used as a operational museum just to make expensive steel at a loss.

Also worth considering (with no evidence) this may be exactly why China cares more about home production now steel prices make it harder. They have 0 motive to support our nations steel capacity in the current climate.

Agreed.

But the issue is with both the words extremists and religious. No extremists thinks they are. Heck I can assure you most think our rejection is extream. And religiose people rarely admit their restrictions are religion. Even when using the Bible to justify shit. They will argue it is science or common sense.

Their is a need to term unacceptable laws in a way that forces them to openly argue their restrictions do not apply. Or actually are religious extremism. The latter is close to impossible.

Be honest with ourselves. I agree trans equality laws should exist. But only 20 or 30 years ago society as a majority society considered them extream. Some off us remember it even if we disagreed.

Gay marriage was def extream when I was in my teens. Gary rights at all in my parents teens. (They also disagreed)

And a very small % of any of those considered their religious ideals as a significant element.

Unfortunately it requires our government to take a strong position. To actually stand up publicly and tell the people of the UK. We will not tollerarate this return to the fascist playback used before ww2.

Without that librarians and soon store keepers etc will constantly face the threats and attacks of extremists groups. Claiming the same anti DEI and equality shit happening in doge.

Much like anti abortion protesters try to intimidated those that disagree with them protesting clinics etc.

That is exactly what is being attempted here. Racism prejudice and fear for the future is being weaponised by the right. If our gov dose not stand up to the actions now. The attempts in the US to override the legal system etc will follow. Reform or a reunigghting of the people who support it will turn into a trump like administration.

We saw the start of this when Boris tried to shut down parliment illegally. The attacks on the echr are the UK equiv of the claim we saw leading up to trump 1. IE the supreme Court has become political. Gaining the power to take control. Our right is doing the same by trying to eject us from the courts mandate.

Again my memory may be flawed.

But I think Kenny everate had some issues. I remember him moving from the BBC to itv and back because he pissed of staff at the BBC. But can't remember the details.

Yeah. Chinas attempt to close the plant. Even while the gov was offering to provide the fuel costs etc.

Makes it clear nationalisation os the only why we can ensure the plant is kept able to produce steel.

The chinese owners know full well shutting it down is akin to disabling it. And wanted to walk out doing that.

The workers who kept it running while the gov got this bill running. Deserve some seriose credit here.

Mainly because they are unprofitable edit: typo reversed my meaning.

The gov is considering nationalisation but to keep the active ability in the UK not for prifit. It was announced this morning that the plant would likely have to run at a loss.

I agree we should nationalize it. And if we are losing money anyway. Use the steel for most gov projects etc.

But parliment is not considering it practicle for us to sell steel at a compeitive rate to china amd other cheap labour nations.

And as of now. Even the quality is not likely to be a huge selling point. As china etc are very able to make quality steel now.