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If the government instantly magiced 320,000 homes, we would meet today's demand. This includes an expected 5% turnover figure (i.e. for sale). Currently turnover is less than 1%
I'm under 40. 55,000 people sat the leaving cert exams when I did, 20 years ago. In 2024 that number was 61,000.
You'd need to make at least 80,000 new homes a year to keep up with today's demand - even after magically creating 320,000 homes. More in 10 - 15 years time.
The Irish government will make the entire country a "Rent Pressure Zone", negating the commonly understood meaning of the word Zone... Becoming "Rent Pressure".
They say these plans are to incentivise institutional investors... There are already incentives, such as:
* No Corporation Tax or CGT * 24 month rent control reset * HAP & HTB increasing prices * RTB exemption for "Co-Living Spaces"
Meanwhile, in the last year prices are up 12.3%. Up 40% in the last 5 years - 100k for a median home.
€600k is the current price of a 3 bed semi-detached house in Dublin.
John and Mary (34 yo) need a minimum €60k deposit and must have a combined income of €135k - or €68k each - to purchase this home. Their mortgage is €540k.
With a BER rating of C, the most common for second hand homes, their interest rate is 3.2%.
Each month, for the next 30 years, they will pay €2,335.
It will take them 101 months (~8 ½ years) to start paying more principal than interest. They will be 42 years old
Good thing they’re 34. If either were 44, they couldn’t even get that 30-year mortgage and would be paying that same amount every month on a €470k home. Ask me how I know 😀
They want to keep prices up on purpose. I don't ever see myself retiring from work as a result. I'm trying to accept I'll never truly have my own place, but that's a tough thing to accept, especially as I get older.
little to disagree with here but "So no, your parents didn't have it harder. They had it handed to them - and pulled the ladder up." is not a viable analysis when many in the 80s paid 17pc interest rates and waited 10 years for a council house and then got offered to buy one for little money because Thatcherism.
My point being that they too were living in conditions not of their own making.
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I've heard both sides--the supporting arguments and the dissenting of those writing in multiple threads and across forks of threads--regarding the asking of Mary to pray for us.
Here's why it's strange:
Where is even an approximating equal emphasis on Joseph? He was the male of the chosen family, the man to oversee the newborn Christ. He too received a visitation from a messenger, announcing--independent of the visitation to Mary.
Why not an equal *or even greater emphasis* on asking Moses? Someone so holy (meaning set aside for God's purposes) as to have been at the transfiguration; as to have led the Israelites across a parted sea (after having performed other wonders); as to have written five books of scripture; as to have overseen the construction of the ark of the covenant.
Why not *at least an equal emphasis* on David? Scriptually described as "a man after God's own heart"--so much so that it was promised the rule of his line would never end, such that Christ is called the branch from the root of Jesse (David's father). It is only for this promise from God to David that Mary is even considered as it were.
Why such an emphasis instead on "the mother"?
It's because we have the Father, the Son, and so need the...
And that's it. That's the beg.
After a more extreme fashion, the Gnostics instead fill this in with Sophia (the feminine Wisdom). (And they are wrong to do so.)
No, friends, you don't have to run into protestantism's clearly broken arms and kneel into their awkward (i.e. broken) support. You are free to see that the arms that *are holding you* though are also fucked up.
The lack of admittance of this is, in fact, why the myriad fractals of protestantism (and all of its faults) began.
This doesn't touch the more broad topic of asking the dead to intercede. (inb4 "It's asking the living to intercede. They're not dead." I'm not arguing their state with that statement. You know what a woman is; you know what I mean by dead.)
I almost find the broader topic unnecessary to address because--of all the dead--Mary is the go-to GOAT, the frequent, the common, the mentioned, the Hail Mary.
I would go so far as to say the broader idea is held fervently primarily for the sake of being able to ask Mary to intercede.
Whats funny about your last paragraph is that I am "catholic" i.e. other catholics I kbow consider me to be one (its like being a iew, you cant stop) even though i hate catholicism. Whenever i hear about them wanting to pray to this or that person, its some "Saint of.." something or other, not Mary.
They only talk about mary when you point out Matthew clearly states she didnt die a virgin.
It's more fundamental. We certainly believe Mary, being specially chosen in a way that differs from the others you mentioned, holds a special place. Moses disobeyed God and was punished, etc. Mary was bestowed with an ongoing grace prior even to Christ's conception, in a way that is unique to her. She held Him within her womb. But that doesn't get to the heart of why this is a futile discussion.
Abandoning the practice because someone thinks they have a better way of thinking about things just isn't how we work. It's the same with the other saints.
We aren't going to stop changing what we've been doing for the entire recorded history of the Church, any more than we are going to add some new books to Scripture, or take some out. Someone can point out that a particular church father or two thought Mary was vain or sinful, just like someone can say that a particular church father denied the canonicity of Revelation. But the overwhelming opinion of the saints, and the councils we rely on, give us no reason to reconsider either position.
This actually gets to the core of another argument that will cause a hellthread. Whether or not Mary sinned.
There's two thoughts there, either all but Christ has sinned and therefore she did- there's also the fact that Mary called Jesus her savior, if she was without sin she wouldn't need a savior- or because she was righteous enough to be chosen for the task of baring the Christ child that she wasn't just exceptionally pure but totally pure.
I'm not sure which priests you're talking to but the CCC states very clearly (para 493 here): vatican.va/content/catechism/e… ) that she did not sin during her life. It's not de fide/dogma, but it is the historic teaching which individuals are generally bound to believe.
This reminds me of how women love to talk about how special it is to be a mother when all you did was let a dude shoot cum in you and push a baby out 9 months later
She carried a child just like billions of females have. The child is what was special and she played no part. This doesnt mean she wasnt a very devout Israelite. She was. Tte gospel of james strongly atrests to this. Even if it wasnt "inspired", it still pretends to record believed history written at the time she lived. But catholics take it far beyond that and bestow special powers on her
>Only she can truly and accurately be described as the literal portal through which God entered the world and human history.
This is not correct. God walked the earth in many other forms, some very human. He met with Abraham and wrestled with Jacob. Jesus was a particular manifestation he took for a particular purpose, to fulfill a particular prophecy pertaining to the salvation of Israelites who had been cut off.
>Statements about her, are therefore statements about Him.
No, statements about Mary would not be statements about Christ.
For the sake of argument, let's begin with your claim being true.
If Mary being the portal by which He received His Human Nature makes it so that statements about Mary are statements about Him, then it follows *necessarily* that statements about Mary's mother (and father, but we'll leave that alone for simplicity) are statements about Him, as Mary received *her* human nature from her mother.
And so on the logic *necessarily* flows until you *must* say (by the demand of the logic of the claim, not by the convenient point at which the claim wants one to stop) that statements about even Eve--and every woman from the direct line of Eve to Mary--are statements about Him.
Let's apply the distinction that the previous women were indirect portals while Mary is the direct portal. This suddenly drops the distinction--the inheritance of the human nature--that we said made Mary distinct in the first place (that which she gave to Christ). The logic of the claim rends the claim.
Aside from the beg of "Father, Son, and... ?" the entire wrestling of Mary's nature and the elevation of her status is from trying to satisfy the question of "How is Christ sinless, though born of a fallen person--when that is the same way by which one is said to be in sin? What is different about Christ's state?" The answer is not something special about someone other than Christ--not even Mary.
I trace the reasoning and the answer in the one omni-comment (lol) I wrote to address all above comments in the other fork of this thread, here:
(In the green text below, I'm not quoting the comment immediately above. I'm quoting the points within this fork of the thread that were in response to my OP as well as the responses to those, in o...
You keep talking about long dead men im not terribly concerned with. Im not citing anyone or repeating anothers opinion. I think that logically the idea that God "inherited" something for Mary is false. The creation doesnt give to the creator.
Im genuinely not trying to be confrontational. I just disagree with things you say from a logical standpoint, based on what the bible does say, not what it doesnt.
>Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned— 13 sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
I think we are off track. When you said "Mary gave God his himanity" or however you phrased it. it made it sound like she had soemthing he did not. Furthermore it makes it sound like she has something other humans do not (well it has to be Mary yadda yadda).
Yes, a human can "give" God a physical "gift" like a sacrifice, whether it is tangible or not (take this sheep - I will stop drinking). But a human can not "give" God something he doesnt already have, and they definitely cant impart anything on Him. He doesnt "need" us. This is a very jewish way of thinking, as if jews say these sorts of things, not that you are being jewish🙄. Like how they thinl they can trick Him, as if God is a man like you and I and vall fall for guile.
I'm not claiming my views are new. I'm just saying they aren't based on another persons opinion. I didn't really even know who he was until you said it.
>Survivorship bias is the logical error of concentrating on entities that passed a selection process while overlooking those that did not. This can lead to incorrect conclusions because of incomplete data.
I find this very pertinent in most theological discussions.
I posted am article the other day about rape in ultra orthodoz jewish communities. This rabbi saw a 7 year old boy speared on some dude in a bath house, and he was destroyed for talking about it. These are the people whp control judaism. Now im not saying the early church fathers raped kids, but only that people want to assume their actions were divinely guided without evidence to it. Its Dues ex machina. >well God made it this way to move the plot forward Okay...but where is the evidence? >Well God did it so stop questioning God.
The early church fathers didnt even know enough to understand who the lost Israelite were, even though Jesus explicitly says it, and that He came only for them. Its a basic logic problem. So forgive me if im skeptical about their opinions when built on a faulty foundation. 🤷♀️
Saw an anecdote about a woman in the park yelling if anyone wants some ice cream, so i went and stood in line and she asked me "who are you, you arent part of our family reunion."
No i know this. And youre a good sport. Im glad we keep it civil and o hope you dont think im beimg an ass. I just dont think thats what it says. The bible isnt all anout 1 people group only then suddenly anout a mystical "body of believers" just because they wanted it to be. In tye same way the edomites couldnt become Israelites by being called "jews."
You have to accept thst there are some groups who literally can never recieve eternal life because it says so so many times.
Hebrews 8:8 says only the house of israel and judah will receive the new covenant. Quoting jer 30:30.
Also Gal 3 >6 Thus Abraham “believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” 7 So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham
The faith is not YOURS. The faith was Abrahams. It explicitly says this. Again in verse 29
> 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
If you belong to Christ, then you are the SEED of Abraham. No one who belongs to Christ is not Abrahams seed. Put differently, if you are not biologically the seed of Abraham, you do not belong to Christ. Full stop. And the word SEED is a biological word. The Greeks had no idea what a "spiritual" seed might be. It is the same word.
You cannot wish your way into a covenant between 2 foreign parties anymore than you can show up at tlmy will reading and ask for money.
Ive had all these arguments years ago here which is why i generally dont this anymore, but that doesnt say what you think it does. And if it DOES, then Paul contradicts himself frequently and isnt inspired.
I think anyone would agree that there are claims not explicit in the text of scripture but that can (and should) be extrapolated. For example, in the four testimonies Christ doesn't say explicitly the exact words "I am God"--and atheists think that's a trump. But we know that we can extrapolate from "before Abraham was, I AM" and other statements He gives, and we know that God had previously said He would come and gather His sheep scattered, that He would be the good shepherd--and many more points in scripture that clearly support and necessitate that Christ is God. We can extrapolate clearly to the conclusion. And then more conclusions from there, sure.
So it isn't automatically false when someone states something not explicitly stated in scripture, we see--but there must be the basis in scripture *and* it must not contradict other passages of scripture (unless one also claims the specific passage contradicting is a later addition that doesn't belong or was corrupted, whether purposefully or by accident).
No where does scripture explicitly say that Mary was sinless, and no where in scripture is there a passage that implicitly necessitates that she was sinless. It does however say in scripture that none were righteous, that all were fallen, and it does say that the Israelites--and Mary was an Israelite--were condemned to death by the law, as the Bride had been adulterous. These--which are in scripture--would contradict Mary being sinless.
The reason Mary not being sinless matters (in the context of this conversation, not as a whole) is that the claims the RCC makes about her (that she did not die an earthly death and/or that she chose to set aside her life) are only necessary *if* she were sinless. And we know from scripture that it *cannot be* that she was sinless, as she was 1) of Adam, 2) an Israelite--meaning of the Bride condemned by the law, as told by God through the prophets as we have received through scripture, regardless of a recieved (man-handled) tradition offering a contradiction that's not scripturally based and is an unnecessary exception.
The reason this matters is that this inflation of Mary's nature is the basis for the inflated emphasis of Mary's role or ability in intercession.
I would point out that the beat of "The Father, the Son, and the... " begs for "Mother", and the RCC puts Mary in that role--not going so far as to make her God-- but "Mother of us all," "sinless," "Queen in Heaven," "closest to God for intercession."
A typology of Eve seems diluted and inflated, consumed, lost in the sauce, by a member-of-the-Godhead typology given to Mary by the language and claims of Mary's nature the RCC uses ("sinless," "Mother of us," "Queen in Heaven," "closest to God for intercession," etc.). Granted, of course, not quite a Mother that's part of the Godhead, but approaching closer to that than to only the nature, role, and importance explicitly given in scripture or that which can be extrapolated with a scriptural basis.
I read that - thanks for clarifying! I'll post here so I'm not jumping in your convo.
For me, it's a pair of simple thought processes. We're called to pray for each other > The prayers of the righteous are valuable > The saints are living witnesses = It's okay to pray for saints.
Second, we see that Mary has /some/ special place. Being called κεχαριτωμένη, the contrast in typology to Eve seen with her being called "Woman," her lack of earthly death, the way Christ entrusted her to the Apostle John as an adoptive mother suggesting that she is a spiritual mother who cares for us. So, placing her above the other saints seems fitting.
I think it can be taken too far (just like any good thing; a devotion to icons or a focus on the letter of the law). But our belief that she is sinless is more focused on who she is, rather than our desire to have her intercede for us. I don't know that it would really degrade her place as the greatest of saints if she had sinned. The sinlessness really comes from a combination of how the angel addressed her, the typology she represents, and the traditions that followed in the early church. I'd argue that, even if saintly intercession weren't a thing, the idea of Mary's sinlessness would still be a widely-held and fitting concept.
I'm setting aside one larger categorical objection (praying that saints intercede on our behalf)--assuming a stance that that is fine--for the sake of more specifically addressing the quantitative objection: that Mary is given--among those asked to intercede--an emphasis that I think is misplaced.
Hand-in-hand with this quantitative objection though goes the categorical objection of Mary's sinlessness. It's unnecessary for her to have been sinless.
I just now wrote a more full response to Sulla_Felix in this fork, further clarifying, if you want to look there. If you want to respond there or come back here, keeping them separate, either is fine. 🍻
Weird, the Orthodox you've spoken to may be referring to the idea that she is still subject to the fallen nature of humanity (though not any personal sin), or they may be poorly catechized. Or their churches have been lying to me 😅
Re: Ephesus you said she was "named" and I thought you meant the Council gave her a title, rather than affirming something that had been in use before. No prob.
Obviously there are heretical sects like the Palmarians or various South American "Catholic" groups that take Mary veneration too far. But the apostolic churches all uniformly orient their worship exclusively toward God, and Mary is not the focus of the liturgy/Mass.
When you say "overemphasize" do you mean that there's a fundamental problem with how the church views/allows a veneration of Mary, which leads to some people focusing more on her than God? Or that individuals are performing an acceptable practice and taking it too far? You say things like "overemphasize" but it also sounds like your objections may be more categorical than quantitative, and I don't want to strawman you.
>Where do you get the idea the EO don't go as far as the RCC? Orthodoxy holds to the sinlessness of Mary, I don't think any of the EO churches teach otherwise.
Talking to Orthobros, friend. 🤷 By "Orthodoxy doesn't go as far," I only leave room because--though every Catholic with whom I've talked about this says that Mary is sinless--some Orthodox (whether it may be according to their tradition or not--whether that's specifically Greek, Russian, or what-have-you) have said instead that Mary was not sinless. If they have stated what is counter to Orthodoxy (or their specific branch), then that bears on their point rather than mine.
>Ephesus 431 Have more care with what I am saying. I haven't claimed anyone *began* calling Mary 'Theotokos' at this council (nor did I limit the scope to one council, and I'll say the reason for that in a second--I understand why you have referred to this one, as it's during this one that there's discussion on specifically continuing or altering the used title for Mary).
What I said is that there was choosing what to call Mary based upon views (which isn't a criticism)--and that is true of both a) those at the council trying to call Mary something new and b) those at the council choosing to continue what they had been calling her.
My point was that there was discussion of Mary (her title and her role) that extended directly from discussion of Christ's nature. (The discussion of Christ's nature need not be *during* the council. Nestorius posited the new title for Mary because of discussions about Christ's nature.) Some also discuss Mary's nature by extension. (I am not limiting the scope of this to councils. Not all claims about Mary were made in councils. Some are made within sects--even the largest ones.)
The reason I left the scope as wide as "councils" rather than naming Ephesus is because these conversations carry from one council to the next, by extensions--even questions not within a previous council, but arising after a previous council, often due to points from a previous council, leading to topics in the next. (Example: We could talk about how the view of Apollinaris addressed long before Ephesus affected the view (like a guard rail) of Nestorius and so affected the topic at Ephesus.) Both views--Apollinaris and Nestorius--were about Christ's nature--and it did lead to discussions about Mary.
All of that aside, remember that the larger (original) point of the post is that there is an overemphasis on asking Mary to intercede and addressing why that is the case--not whether she in the flesh bore Christ in the flesh (as everyone in this thread agrees she did), and not on whether she should be called Theotokos (as the title and the concept--as far as her having born Christ--isn't the concern).
Where do you get the idea the EO don't go as far as the RCC? Orthodoxy holds to the sinlessness of Mary, I don't think any of the EO churches teach otherwise.
Ephesus 431 was answering some questions about Christ's nature, somewhat indirectly. The council determined it was inappropriate to deny the title of Theotokos to Mary. Nestorius preferred the title Christotokos and had some limited reservations about the title Theotokos. The council didn't name her that, it upheld that it was heretical to deny her that title, which was already in use.
They weren't addressing Christ's nature?--through the centuries, through these councils, extending the conversation from Christ's nature to Mary's part in forming or not forming that nature (as well as discussing which natures)? And then naming Mary in accordance with the stance they held?
And then--later, as Catholicism took the conversation, though not Orthodoxy--extending from Christ's nature to Mary's part in Christ's nature to even Mary's nature?
Yes. (Examples are above / in parallel forks. Catholics referring to the CCC, quoting about Mary's "sinless" nature.)
This is how it came to be that we have Catholicism saying Mary was sinless--with Orthodoxy not going that full extent.
The reason you and I are not having the same conversation is that your goal is--what exactly? Where are you addressing a point I've pressed? I'm not arguing against the idea Mary gave birth to Him. I'm not arguing against the truth that it was through Mary that God came in the flesh as a man, born by the flesh of a human mother. My OP is about the overemphasis on asking Mary to intercede and from where that stems. (For some, in the conversation above, the emphasis is due to their stance that Mary was without sin or preserved from temptation.)
For the Orthodox, some would argue that it's her role as His mother and/or (depending on the particular Orthodox branch) her role as the one who bore Him. And this still does not address the comparative overemphasis (over examples of other figures in scripture I presented) on asking Mary specifically to intercede.
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Denn JA, der hat ganz tolle Social Media Arbeit gemacht, aber das ist eben nicht alles. Denn neben der fabelhaften Mobilisierungskampagne sind es auch sein Charisma, seine Vision und seine Inhalte, die Menschen gewählt haben. Und das zeigt: Linke Positionen sind potentiell mehrheitsfähig.
Dafür müssen sie aber mutig und klar vorgetragen werden, und nicht - wie hierzulande sehr oft üblich - verdruckst, kompliziert und fast entschuldigend. Cuomo hat, neben zahlreichen Skandalen, niemanden begeistert. Mamdani hat das geschafft.
Mamdani kam so bold mit seinen Ideen um die Ecke, dass freilich das gesamte Parteiestablishment und große Teile der Medien ihn als Gefahr brandmarkten - und an dieser Stelle kommt dann seine fabelhafte Social Media Strategie zum Tragen:
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Alma.Eskimo.Com This server is running Alma 8. Alma Linux replaces Scientific Linux after it’s discontinuation. Presently we are running Alma 8 because Alma 9 does not support NIS out of the box although there are ways of hacking it in. It is unfortunate that Redhat chose to piss on the infrastructure so many organizations depend upon. This is why we tend to favor Debian derived flavors. None the less as Redhat derived software goes Alma is pretty solid. Anduinos.Eskimo.Com Anduinos is a Debian derived distribution that defaults to a Gnome Desktop themed to look like Windows 10. At present though this Desktop is not working over network connections, instead Mate and Gnome are presently available. I am working on some others. Debian.Eskimo.Com Debian Bullseye has a rich assortment of software installed, including hundreds of Games, a huge variety of Office Productivity software, many Educational and Scientific applications, a variety of Integrated Development Environments, and many programming languages. All of the documentation available online these applications is also loaded. Fedora.Eskimo.Com Fedora Rawhide can be accessed graphically using x2go and the Mate desktop. It has the most applications of any of the Redhat derived servers. I install just about everything I can get to work on this machine so it has a huge variety of applications installed. Kali.Eskimo.Com Kali is a special purpose shell server designed for penetration testing. It is primarily here to test our own internal security, and as a result, egress is extremely limited, however upon request, proof of IP space ownership, and permission of the owner and agreement to hold us harmless because it is possible some of these tests may be destructive, we will allow outbound for testing of other sites. Manjaro.Eskimo.Com Manjaro is a good choice for a Linux user who wants to just install and go. There is a pleasant user interface and a good choice of software in the Manjaro repositories. It is a less technical Linux than Ubuntu, you can do most things through graphical interfaces and the default xfce interface is extremely light in terms of memory footprint. Like most modern distros, a variety of Windows systems are available and we have Gnome, Mate, KDE, Xfce, LXDE, and LXQT installed. Mint.Eskimo.Com Mint is another recent addition to our shell servers. It is running Mint, although we have the Mate Desktop installed for graphical access. This is necessary because Unity and other compositing Desktops are incompatible with x2go and really work very roughly with VNC. If you like games, this is a good server to use and there are many installed. Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu which in turn is derived from Debian and this server thus follows the structure and layout of Debian and Ubuntu. MxLinux.Eskimo.Com MxLinux is an excellent choice for a computer with limited resources. Before the overhead of a Desktop is considered, MxLinux uses 200MB less RAM out of the box than does Ubuntu. If you’re not a fan of Poettering and Systemd, you’ll like this OS as it still uses a System-V init with Systemd shims to allow packages requiring systemd to function. You can also run systemd and in fact I am doing so because it boots faster. The default Desktop is LXDE which is also small and efficient. But if you like eye candy you can install any Desktop you like and as with other servers I will install all that I can get to work on this OS. PopOS.Eskimo.Com popOS is a modern appearing OS based upon Ubuntu, and not just indirectly, it actually utilizes Ubuntu’s repositories in addition to it’s own. The Desktops presently available on it are Gnome and Mate, though Gnome is a special edition known as Sparkle, and it does not operate properly with X2go. Presently X2go and ssh are the only two access methods. I am working on the others. Rocky8.Eskimo.Com Rocky8 is a RedHat derived operating system very similar to Centos before Centos was absorbed, and ruined, by Redhat. While Centos support, with the exception of Centos9 is going away on June 30th, 2024, and CentOS9 is not usable because of the deletion of NIS by RedRat which is necessary to our organization, Rocky8 will be supported for security updates through May of 2029, thus provides us a means of continuing to offer a Redhat based environment for another five years.
Ubuntu.Eskimo.Com Ubuntu can be accessed graphically using x2go and the Mate Desktop. The native Unity desktop is a compositing desktop which is incompatible with x2go. This machine is equipped with many applications including a huge number of games, a rich assortment of development tools and computer programming languages, a huge assortment of Office productivity software, many scientific, electronic, and educational tools. Zorin.Eskimo.Com Zorin is a Ubuntu derived operating system. It combines the eye candy of some other Ubuntu flavors such as Mint, with the security awareness and up to date nature of Ubuntu providing a really superb server environment. This machine is our best equipped server. It has the full Ubuntu Studio Suite, a very large assortment of development tools, language packs for all supported languages, many games, both Libre and Caligra Office Suites, and much more. X2go is supported on this machine.
Crontab access, batch, and background jobs are allowed on all of our servers. Most have unrestricted outbound access with the exception of kali owing to high abuse potential for tools that exist on it.
Is there a way to shop around for a Lemmy instance based on how many instances are blocking it and how many instances it's blocking? For example, I noticed that the lemmygrad.ml instance is relatively popular, but it seems like a lot of other instances block it. It also blocks a bunch of other instances. So, if there are any communities on there that might be relevant to me then I would be missing out. I guess I could just create an account on a walled instance, but I would prefer not to keep creating accounts. I'd like to just find one instance that maximizes my access. Is the answer to just run my own instance?
After the Apicalipse there was a website where you could see which instance de/federates with others, as a map. It's url was lemmymap.feddit.de/ but I guess it went down with feddit.de I found even a screenshot in a thread:
Currently with the instances button you can see defederation from one direction, but not from the other, e.g. if an instance is defederated by a lot others you can't see that easily.
It was a nice map. If it still works I will try to redeploy it.
Edit: This is an early prototype of the lemmymap, not the latest version of it. I don't think it's worth to deploy. I may recreate it from scratch in my free time.
LOL, at a quick glance one might even be able abuse a scheduled job on free-tier GitHub runner for the data update and host it statically on GitHub pages.
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 06/25/25: Iran Truce Holds After Trump Tells Israel To Stop, IDF Kills 44 in Gaza Aid Massacres, and More youtube.com/watch?v=27jo4wsOPa…
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In 1938, five years into Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal,” the US remained mired in the depths of a “Great Depression.” Real income still hadn’t regained its 1929 level. Unemployment stood at six times at level.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a social media post early Tuesday, expressed his gratitude to the country’s “powerful” armed forces on behalf of all Iranians as the "Israeli" aggression halted after 12 days.
The profound and unrelenting struggles endured by Palestinians should, by any rational expectation, have irrevocably concluded the Palestinian cause. Yet, the struggle for freedom in Palestine is at its zenith.
Only days ago, President Trump reiterated that Iran will never have nuclear weapons. Yet, according to US intelligence assessments, Iran was up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver a nuclear weapon.
🚨BREAKING: The gangs of L.A. brokered a truce and just did more for injustice against innocent immigrants than the entire U.S. Senate has done since they discovered C-SPAN doesn’t have commercials.
Yeah, you heard me. Street crews… yes, those same folks your racist uncle thinks are the final boss in a Fox News fever dream… are now escorting immigrants to court like chivalrous vigilantes in Nike tech fleece. Because when the state decides the Constitution is optional and ICE turns into a roaming death squad with a mask and a clipboard, sometimes the only due process you get is five dudes in matching hoodies telling the feds, “Nah, bro. Not today.”
And guess what? It works. Because ICE agents will happily snatch a grandma from a church picnic if she makes a good deportation stat… but put them near anyone who doesn’t say “yes, sir” with a trembling voice and suddenly they remember they have “other priorities.” These federalized cosplay commandos without badges (but definitely daddy issues) don’t go after the dangerous… they go after the docile. Why? Because they’re not enforcers of law… they’re mall cops with militarized toys and the moral compass of a broken Etch A Sketch.
So of course ICE targets “assimilated immigrants with families.” Because God forbid we deport a white-collar CEO laundering cartel money in Miami… nah, better to rip a kid from his dad in front of the school, then call it “border security.” These aren’t agents… they’re cowards in windbreakers playing hide-and-seek with the American Dream.
And meanwhile, the gangs… yes, gangs… have done what Congress won’t: form a coalition to protect vulnerable people from a government that thinks “compassion” is a foreign threat. These guys just unionized against fascism faster than the Democratic Party could agree on brunch.
So let’s be real. If you’re more outraged that gang members are helping immigrants than you are that the government is hunting them like they’re Pokémon with poor English, you’re not patriotic… you’re complicit. You’re the spiritual lovechild of George Wallace and a Ring doorbell, screaming “law and order” while your empathy dies in 4K.
ICE isn’t about safety. It’s about optics. It’s about keeping middle America scared shitless so they don’t realize who’s actually robbing them blind: it’s not José from Oaxaca, it’s Jeff from JPMorgan.
So props to the homies rolling deep to immigration court. Because while Congress filibusters itself into irrelevance and ICE roleplays as apartheid cosplay, someone’s actually showing up for justice.
You call it gang violence. I call it community defense.
And if that scares you? That’s not fear. That’s your conscience trying to escape the prison you built out of denial. Let it out. Or stay silent… and history will remember you the same way it remembers the cowards: not at all.
If your biggest concern is how uncomfortable this rant made you, congrats… you’re officially less useful than a wet napkin at a house fire. But hey, keep scrolling. I’m sure there’s a cat video somewhere that’ll let you pretend the world isn’t burning.
@thibaultmol @idnorton thanks for the heads up. glad i checked comments. one can dream tho, right? i've always said if all the gangs in chicago would come together, the cpd would shit their pants. and for anyone who is offended, just remember the cpd are the worst gangsters of all. government sanctioned and eating up enough of our tax dollars to house and feed the whole city.
My girlfriend is trying to run Bazzite. She installed it, but she can't run it, because secure boot is turned on. She's using an Alienware M15 R7, and we can't find the secure boot setting. The manual says it should be in the boot configuration menu, but it's not there or in security either. How do you disabled secure boot on an M15 R7?
This is a good tip, if they are dual booting, but there is no reference to that in the post. I’d recommend to not dual boot. Less problems and no Windows
Usually it’s in the security tab, sometimes it’s under a sub menu with an arcane name like “Windows Settings” or “Boot Configuration”. It’s hard to help without the exact UEFI in front of us
In my opinion it can't. The core thing you want to do, prevent the user from running whatever software they desire on their own computer, is fundamentally malicious behavior even if the user is yourself
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Fifteen international human rights organizations have warned that the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and other private groups running humanitarian
Statement by George Loucaides, Co-Chairperson of the United European Left of the PACE, regarding the attempt to expel Israeli MK Ayman Odeh from the Knesset akel.org.cy/statement-by-georg…
thought the same when trying to reduce plastic waste, but then a single country produced more emissions than 100 other countries produce in an entire year just to commit crimes against humanity.
20 Jun 2019 ... You're listening to the official audio for Dusty Springfield - "Son of a #Preacher Man" from the album 'Dusty In Memphis'. "Son of a Preacher Man" ...
#Cat #Power - The #Moon - 9 Aug 2008 ... I was out shooting b-roll for a music video that I directed, when I grabbed this shot of the moon through the trees. It's pretty much what I imagine #Music on #Red-Lunar-Skywalker #CatPower ( #ChanMarshall) 1/21/1972 #Birth US musician
And isn’t it interesting how Iran keeps demonstrating a degree of restraint that we all know we’d never see from the United States or Israel if another country bombed their energy infrastructure or assassinated their military leaders, and yet Iran is the country we’re told can never be trusted with nuclear weapons?
EDIT: I have more advice than I know what to do with thank you so much, I'll hopefully be able to convince her to let me back up and wipe the phone. If she doesn't consent to that, I also have some good direction on detecting anything malicious. Thank you again ❤
ORIGINAL POST: Can anyone point me toward some resources on detecting and removing stalkerware on Android?
A friend of a friend has just gotten out of an abusive relationship and I've been asked the look over their phone and computer for any stalkerware the ex might have planted. I'm fairly confident in my abilities on a PC, but not an android phone.
The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew lifts off to the International Space Station atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from launchpad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on 25 June at 02:31 EDT, local time (07:31 BST/08:31 CEST).
ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski travels to his new home in space in the Dragon spacecraft. Sławosz is part of Axiom Mission 4 alongside Peggy Whitson (USA), Shubhanshu Shukla (India) and Tibor Kapu (Hungary).
During their journey on the Dragon spacecraft to the orbital outpost Sławosz and Tibor will serve as mission specialists, Shubhanshu will be the crew’s pilot and Peggy will be commander.
The Polish project astronaut is the second of a new generation of European astronauts to fly on a commercial human spaceflight opportunity with Axiom Space. Sponsored by the Polish government and supported by ESA, the Polish Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MRiT), and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA), the mission will include an ambitious technological and scientific programme with several experiments led by ESA and proposed by the Polish space industry. The mission, known as Ignis will officially begin once Sławosz enters the Station.
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski was selected in November 2022 as a member of the ESA astronaut reserve and joined ESA as a project astronaut on 1 September 2023 for training familiarisation at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.
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Organizations utilizing the courier service Singapore to Malaysia platforms frequently discover that minor operational oversights can create substantial delays and unexpected financial burdens. Success in cargo Malaysia operations stems from identifying potential complications early and establishing comprehensive preventive measures before issues arise. Companies like Evermarch have demonstrated that excellence in Malaysia cargo transportation requires proactive planning and meticulous attention to operational details.
II. Mastering Documentation Requirements for Delivery to Malaysia
Accurate documentation forms the cornerstone of successful delivery to Malaysia from Singapore operations. The completeness and precision of required paperwork directly influence customs processing efficiency and overall shipment performance outcomes. When managing cargo to Malaysia, businesses must ensure all mandatory documentation is thoroughly prepared and accurately submitted to prevent costly processing delays.
Common documentation errors include incomplete commercial invoices, missing detailed packing lists, and incorrect product declarations. These mistakes frequently result in shipment holds, additional processing fees, and damaged customer relationships. Professional cargo transport company providers specializing in parcel to Malaysia services must prioritize comprehensive client education regarding proper documentation standards to ensure efficient cross-border operations.
Understanding customs regulations represents a critical foundation for successful cargo transport operations. Each product category maintains specific regulatory requirements and duty calculations that must be precisely determined before shipment initiation. Businesses involved in parcel from Singapore to Malaysia operations must assign the correct Harmonized System codes to their products to prevent complications during customs evaluation processes.
III. Implementing Advanced Packaging Solutions for Tropical Conditions
The challenging tropical climate conditions throughout Southeast Asia require specialized packaging methodologies for cargo Malaysia and Malaysia delivery operations. High humidity levels and extreme temperature variations can damage inadequately protected goods during transportation. Companies must invest in appropriate protective packaging materials that provide comprehensive protection throughout the entire delivery to Malaysia from Singapore.
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📣 Une question commence à émerger dans les médias internationaux : Où sont passés les 377.000 Palestiniens de Gaza "disparus" des chiffres de l’armée israélienne ?
📣 Une question commence à émerger dans les médias internationaux : Où sont passés les 377.000 Palestiniens de Gaza "disparus" des chiffres de l’armée israélienne ?
🧵Je vous explique brièvement de quoi il s’agit dans ce thread.👇
Got back into Pal World because of the latest update, and I see this. Poke-fags would kill for this, but Gamefreak hates their fans, so it will never happen.
As part of NASA’s efforts to expand access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of the fourth all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 2:31 a.m. EDT Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying […]
"[Israel's] ability to launch and sustain military campaigns is predicated almost entirely on Western largesse: financial, technological, and political. Lacking an indigenous industrial base capable of supporting prolonged warfare, it leans heavily on supply chains rooted not in Tel Aviv but in Washington, London, Paris, and Berlin."
Israel has been exposed as a dependent colony that relies on the West for its military adventures. And even still, it has failed to turn this advantage over Iran into strategic success. The Israel doctrine appears to be meeting its limits.
Un home d’origen pakistanès, que treballava de manera irregular en la collita de fruita al Baix Cinca, es va morir divendres a Fraga arran d’un cop de calor, segons que ha avançat El Segre.
The day begins in the beautiful Netherlands. The King and Queen are beautiful and spectacular people. Our breakfast meeting was great! Now it’s off to the very important NATO Meetings. The USA will be very well represented!
Angenommen, ich installierte mir den #Xen #Hypervisor, mit #OpenBSD als Domain 0 und, sagen wir #Gentoo oder so dann für den Alltag. Wie würde ich dann die Maschine in den Winterschlaf bringen? Von Gentoo aus, oder würde das nur die eine Domain betreffen?
#UK / Co-op stops sourcing from Israel over human rights violations
The Co-op Group, a member-owned retailer operating over 2,300 UK food stores, announced it will cease sourcing products from 17 countries including Israel due to "internationally recognised" human rights abuses and violations of international law. The retailer will stop selling Israeli carrots this month as part of its commitment to no longer stock Israeli goods. The decision follows a board review of the Co-op's role "in building peace" and reflects member voices.
Other countries on the prohibited list include Russia, Mali, Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, Libya and Syria. This contrasts with other UK retailers like #Tesco, which continues sourcing from #Israel while avoiding Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
A new site, FuckLAPD.com, is using public records and facial recognition technology to allow anyone to identify police officers in Los Angeles they have a picture of. The tool, made by artist Kyle McDonald, is designed to help people identify cops who may otherwise try to conceal their identity, such as covering their badge or serial number.
“We deserve to know who is shooting us in the face even when they have their badge covered up,” McDonald told me when I asked if the site was made in response to police violence during the LA protests against ICE that started earlier this month. “fucklapd.com is a response to the violence of the LAPD during the recent protests against the horrific ICE raids. And more broadly—the failure of the LAPD to accomplish anything useful with over $2B in funding each year.”
“Cops covering up their badges? ID them with their faces instead,” the site, which McDonald said went live this Saturday. The tool allows users to upload an image of a police officer’s face to search over 9,000 LAPD headshots obtained via public record requests. The site says image processing happens on the device, and no photos or data are transmitted or saved on the site. “Blurry, low-resolution photos will not match,” the site says.
“fucklapd.com uses data provided by the City of Los Angeles directly to the public,” McDonald told me in an email. “This data has been provided in response to either public records requests or public records lawsuits. That means all of this information belongs to the public and is a matter of public record. fucklapd.com is not scraping any data.”
In addition to potentially identifying officers by name and serial number, FuckLAPD.com also pulls up a police officer’s salary.
“Surprisingly it [the domain name] only costs $10 a year to exercise my first amendment right to say fucklapd.com,” McDonald said. playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TBIEA2… I tested the tools by grabbing an image of a white and bald police officer from an LAPD press conference addressing its use of force during the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. I uploaded the image to the site, and within a few seconds the site presented me with nine headshots of officers who could be possible matches, all of them bald white men. The first correctly identified the cop in the image I uploaded.
Clicking “view profile” under the result sent me to the Watch the Watchers site by the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, a community group based in the Skid Row neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. “All of the information on this website comes from records that were deliberately made public by the City of Los Angeles in response to either public records requests or public records lawsuits,” the Watch the Watchers site says. “We plan to keep refreshing this data from new public records requests as well as to add other data.” Stop LAPD Spying Coalition is not associated with FuckLAPD.com and did not endorse the site.
McDonald told me that since the site launched, it had around 50,000 visitors, but “Because the analysis happens on-device I have no way of knowing what people are using it for, except for some people who have posted screenshots to Twitter or Instagram,” he said.
In 2018 McDonald made another tool called ICEspy which used hundreds of photos of ICE employees from LinkedIn and does much the same thing as FuckLAPD.com. “This app is designed to highlight and embarrass the organization committing atrocities against refugees and immigrants to the United States,” ICEspy’s website says. That tool originally used a Microsoft API, before Microsoft restricted access to it. McDonald said on X that he recently relaunched the tool to run locally on devices. 404 Media tested ICEspy using images of ICE employees on LinkedIn to verify if the tool worked and each result was incorrect; McDonald indicated on X he was looking for others to re-scrape LinkedIn and update the database.
Over the last few months ICE officers have consistently worn masks, neck gaiters, sunglasses, and baseball caps to shield their identity while often refusing to provide their name or even confirm the agency they belong to. This includes while violently assaulting people, detaining U.S. citizens, and pointing weapons at bystanders, leaving little room for recourse or accountability against the individual agents or the agency.
ICE’s constant use of masks has created a climate where people cannot be sure that the heavily armed group of men coming towards them are really federal agents or not. In Philadelphia, a man pretended to be an ICE agent in order to rob an auto repair shop and zip tie an employee. In Brooklyn, a man posed as an immigration officer before attempting to rape a woman.
War opens a Pandora’s box of evils that once unleashed are beyond anyone’s control. The warmongers who ordered the strikes by U.S. bombers on Iranian nuclear sites have no more of a plan for what comes next in Iran than they had in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, or Syria
Every day Israel starves 2 million people in Gaza.
Every day it massacres dozens after luring them to its "aid hubs" with the promise of food.
Every day the media treats this as an entirely routine story, barely worth reporting.
@Athavariel, da bin ich bei dir mit der E- Mobilität, aber es nicht ganz richtig bei der Brandgefahr, die ist bei E-Autos sogar grösser als bei Benzinern solange man Lithium Batterien verwendet. Es reicht eine Überladung oder Perforation durch einen Unfall damit der Wagen in Flammen steht. Lithium ist einer der reaktivsten Metalle, was sich mit der Verbindung von Wasser oder Luft sofort spontan entzündet.
Das Gefahrenpotential beim Umgang mit Lithium-Akkus ist groß. Tiefentladung, Brandentstehung, chemische Reaktionen, im schlimmsten Fall die Explosion – jeder...
@Athavariel, ehm, sagen sie. Natürlich gibt es weniger Brände vo E-Autos. aber auch nur, weil im Augenblick lediglich ein Bruchteil von Benzinern darstellen die auf den Strassen unterwegs sind. Ein Benziner geht auch nicht so schnell in Flammen auf und die BRände sind auch leichter zulöschen als Lithiumbrände, wo man mit einem normalen Feuerlöscher nichts ausrichten kann.
Hat schon seine Gründe warum man im Augenblick fieberhaft nach Alternativen zu Lithium forscht, nicht nur weil die Gewinnung von Lithium und die Herstellung von Batterien die gepriesene Nachhaltigkeit von E-Autos so ziemlich in Frage stellt, abgesehen auch für nordische Länder, wo im Winter die Lithium Akkus bei niedrigen Temperaturen fast unbrauchbar sind.
Die Industrie will natürlich verkaufen, aber bei der endgültigen E-Mobilität ist das letzte Wort noch nicht gesprochen. Alles nicht so goldig wie es glänzt.
@hackbyte, Akkuschrauber- und werkzeug sind weniger gefährdet, weil man dort die Akkus besser panzern und schützen kann, bei Handyakkus packt man 5-6000 mAh durch immer höhere Leistungen des Handys, in papierdünne Akkus, weil das Handy natürlich schön flach sein muss, da ist kein Platz für viel Schutz gegen Überhitzung oder Perforierung. Bei Autos sind die Zellen natürlich bestmöglichst geschützt im Unterboden untergebracht, aber auch dicht gepackt und aus Gewichtsgründen auch wenig gepanzert. überstehen normale Auffahrunfälle, aber bei schwereren Crashs steht die Karre mit Sicherheit in Flammen.
@Catweazle Du bist echt süß ... es sind milliarden Li-Ion akkus in smartphones, tablets, armbanduhren, funk-kopfhöhrern, laptops, akkuschraubern, akku werkzeugen vieler art und noch viele viele varianten von li-ion akkus mehr unterwegs.
Aber über eine promillezahl von defekten akkus die in brand geraten, geht direkt die ganze welt unter..
@hackbyte, ja, aber platz genug das sich das Ding nicht so schnell überhitzt oder überlädt, nicht der Fall in den aus Platzgründen, dichtgepackten Akkus in Fahrzeugen und noch weniger in den papierdünnen Akkus in Händies die auch immer mehr Leistung haben. denios.de/beratung-planung/den…
I know it's just an early mockup, but Calamares looks waaaay better than this, and I wouldn't want to see this replace it in anything even close to this state. This is not slick.
Though serviceable, [Calamares is] not as slick as the initial setup on Windows, macOS or even GNOME.
Setup on Windows? Slick? Dude fuck, I do not want whatever vision this author wants for Linux if the minefield of dark patterns is "slick" to them. Calamares is the slickest, most straightforward OS install I've ever had, far surpassing Windows.
Un «technobro» se reune con hacienda porque «paga una barbaridad y no quiere pagar tanto». ¿Y sabéis lo que le dijeron? ¡Que no! La verdad es que no transito estos mundos de la manosfera, los criptobros, y los redpillers, pero no me extraña que algunos de mis alumnos vengan como vienen... 👇💁♂️😱
Tell me again why the U.K. can be trusted with nuclear arms when it’s ripping up all its international obligations and siding with a rogue state, while supplying it intel for its genocide?
I joined CND over forty years ago. Time to step up action.
The mining and construction sectors in Latin America are rapidly evolving, driven by infrastructure development and increasing demand for aggregates. However, operating aggregate crusher plants and other crushing equipment safely and in compliance with local laws is a complex challenge. Countries across the region have developed distinct site protection standards and safety regulations that operators must navigate to avoid penalties, ensure worker safety, and minimize environmental impact.
This article explores the varied safety and site protection requirements for crushing plants in key Latin American countries, highlighting best practices and regulatory considerations for stone crusher en Mexico, portable debris crusher operations, and other installations.
Overview Of Crushing Plant Safety Regulations In Latin America
Mining and aggregate crushing sites(planta procesadora de agregados) inherently pose risks due to heavy machinery, dust generation, noise, and large volumes of loose materials. Latin American governments recognize these risks and have implemented regulations that address equipment safety, environmental protection, and worker health.
Although many countries share common goals, the specifics of site protection standards and safety legislation vary considerably. This variation requires operators to stay informed and adapt their processes accordingly.
Country-Specific Site Protection And Safety Requirements
Mexico: Comprehensive Regulation For Stone Crusher Operations
Mexico maintains one of the more developed regulatory frameworks for crushing plants. The stone crusher en Mexico(trituradora de piedra en mexico) must comply with guidelines from SEMARNAT (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) concerning emissions control, noise limits, and water management.
Operators are required to install dust suppression systems, including water sprays and filters, to minimize particulate release. Safety measures such as guarded conveyors, emergency stop mechanisms, and proper signage are strictly enforced.
In addition, Mexico mandates regular workplace safety training and audits to ensure compliance with NOM-031-STPS-2011, which governs the prevention of occupational hazards in mining and construction environments.
Brazil: Environmental and Labor Safety Emphasis
Brazil’s crushing plant operators face stringent environmental licensing procedures. Agencies such as IBAMA (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis) enforce regulations related to land use, water discharge, and air quality.
Aggregate crusher plant installations must include measures for noise abatement and erosion control due to the country’s sensitive ecosystems. Worker safety follows the standards of NR-22, a regulation that sets forth health and safety protocols specific to mining activities.
Brazilian regulations also emphasize community engagement and require companies to conduct environmental impact assessments before project approval.
Chile: Advanced Worker Protection and Site Monitoring
Chile has developed advanced worker safety laws, requiring crushing plant operators to implement hazard identification, risk analysis, and safety controls under the Ministry of Health’s guidelines.
Portable and fixed plants alike must be equipped with guarded machinery, vibration dampening, and ergonomic controls. Regular monitoring of dust levels, noise exposure, and equipment maintenance records is compulsory.
For environmental protection, Chile mandates revegetation plans and water resource management, especially in mining regions vulnerable to desertification.
Argentina and Peru: Growing Focus On Site Safety and Environmental Protection
Argentina and Peru are continuously updating their safety regulations to match international best practices. Both countries require portable debris crusher(trituradora de escombros portátil) operators to maintain clean work sites with clear access paths and emergency response plans.
In Peru, the Ministry of Energy and Mines oversees safety certifications, requiring crushing plants to adhere to operational limits on noise and dust, and to install emergency shutdown systems.
Argentina’s Secretariat of Mining enforces site perimeter security, worker PPE standards, and machinery safety interlocks, aiming to reduce accidents on aggregate crusher plant sites.
Best Practices For Compliance Across Latin America
Dust and Noise Control: Use of water sprays, dust collectors, and noise barriers is essential to comply with air and sound pollution standards.
Machinery Safeguards: Guarding of belts, pulleys, and crushers, along with emergency stop devices, reduces injury risk.
Worker Training: Ongoing education on hazard awareness, PPE usage, and emergency protocols is critical.
Environmental Management: Proper waste disposal, erosion control, and site restoration protect local ecosystems.
Regular Audits: Internal and external inspections ensure continuous adherence to evolving regulations.
Conclusion
Operating a crushing plant in Latin America requires thorough understanding and compliance with a patchwork of national regulations and site protection standards. Whether running a stone crusher en Mexico, a portable debris crusher in Peru, or a large-scale aggregate crusher plant in Brazil, adhering to safety and environmental guidelines is fundamental for legal operation and sustainable business success.
Contractors and plant managers should prioritize up-to-date training, invest in modern safety equipment, and engage local experts to navigate regulatory complexities. By doing so, they contribute to safer work environments, reduced environmental impact, and stronger reputations within Latin America’s competitive mining and construction sectors.
Early Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces announced that seven soldiers were killed in an ambush in Gaza.
According to the IOF, the soldiers died in an IED explosion that targeted an armored personnel carrier in Khan Younis.
Barak Obama has a Nobel Prize for Peace. By the time He end up his mandate:
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Pues es un buen momento para que Pedro Sánchez demuestre que gobierna para la gente de este país y no para la OTAN o #donaldta. Así como locuras que se me ocurren.
#Palestine / Israeli police kills 65-year-old Palestinian woman in occupied East Jerusalem
A 65-year-old Palestinian woman, Zahiya al-Obeidi, was shot dead in the head by Israeli police during operations in Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem. She was brought to Shuafat checkpoint with penetrating injuries and no signs of life. Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances.
A police sniper shot last week two Palestinians in the al-Tur neighborhood - 12-year-old Iyas Ra'ad Abu Mafreh and his 21-year-old cousin Oudai Fadi Abu Juma. Police claimed they were involved in throwing fireworks and Molotov cocktails, but family members and eyewitnesses told #Haaretz they were standing on the street eating pizza with no disturbances in the area. Video footage obtained by Haaretz supports the family's account.
On the same day, soldiers shot dead 22-year-old Moataz Hajajleh in Walaja village near Jerusalem, claiming he pulled a knife and tried to stab them and steal their weapons. His family and village residents claim soldiers shot him without danger to themselves, after beating him and his relatives.
A mi me sancionan por una chorrada,inventada, en el trabajo. El Juez Peinado miente una y otra vez y ahí sigue. Tan pancho. ¿Que hace falta para echar a un juez que prevarica cada día un poco?
Web design projects often come with hidden costs that can catch you off guard. Some are minor but add up quickly. Others can seriously strain your budget. And if you're hiring a cheap website designer, these surprises can hit harder—low prices often mean
Starting your first website? It's an exhilarating step. But it's easy to misjudge the costs. Many assume they just need a designer, a domain name, and a few photos to get going. Sounds easy, right?
Not so fast.
Web design projects often come with hidden costs that can catch you off guard. Some are minor but add up quickly. Others can seriously strain your budget. And if you're hiring a cheap website designer, these surprises can hit harder—low prices often mean shortcuts somewhere.
Here's what you need to watch for to keep your finances in check.
1. Domain and Hosting Might Not Be Covered
To get your site online, you need a domain (like yourbusiness.com) and hosting (the server that powers your site). Some designers include these in their package. Many don't.
Domains typically cost $10–25 per year. Hosting ranges from $5 a month for basic plans to $40+ for more robust options.
Newcomers often think these are one-time fees. They're not—you'll need to renew them regularly.
2. Templates Can Hide Extra Costs
A pre-built website template might seem like a budget-friendly choice. But templates can come with unexpected expenses.
You might face:
Fees for premium features or add-ons
Licensing costs for commercial use
Charges to hire a developer to tweak a rigid template
By the time you've fixed a "cheap" template, you might've spent as much as a custom design.
3. Stock Images Can Stack Up
Some designers use free images from the internet. Others expect you to provide your own. If you don't have quality photos, you'll likely need to buy stock images.
These typically cost $8–30 per image. A full site might need several, and the bill grows fast.
Using unlicensed images by mistake? That can lead to legal trouble after your site launches.
4. Extra Revisions Can Get Pricey
Most design packages include a few revisions—say, two or three rounds. Go over that, and you're paying extra, often by the hour or per tweak.
First-time site owners often need more changes as they refine their vision. Those small edits can add up quickly.
Ask early: How many revisions are included? What's the cost for extras?
5. SEO Might Be an Add-On
A stunning website is worthless if it's invisible on Google.
Search engine optimization (SEO) covers meta tags, image alt text, and site structure. Some designers include basic SEO. Others charge extra or skip it entirely.
If you're hiring a cheap website designer, don't expect SEO to be part of the deal. A site no one finds isn't worth much.
6. Mobile Optimization Isn't Always Included
You'd assume every site works on phones these days. Not true. Some designers treat mobile-friendly design as an extra service.
You might get a site that looks great on a laptop but breaks on a smartphone. Fixing it later costs more.
Always confirm: Is mobile optimization built in from the start?
7. Content Writing Might Be Your Responsibility
Designers handle visuals and layout. But the text? That's often on you.
Some assume the designer will write the content. Many won't—or they'll use placeholder text and wait for your input. Hiring a copywriter can cost $300–$1,200, depending on your site's scope.
That's a surprise you don't want halfway through the project.
8. Maintenance Comes with a Cost
A website isn't a one-and-done job. It needs ongoing care.
Software updates, plugin fixes, and security patches are a must. Some designers offer maintenance plans. Others leave you to handle it or hire someone else.
Ignoring maintenance can lead to broken features or security risks. It's cheaper to maintain than to rebuild a broken site.
9. Cheap Designers Can Lead to Bigger Bills
A cheap website designer might seem like a great deal. Sometimes, they deliver. But often, you get what you pay for.
They might skip testing across browsers, use outdated tools, or vanish after payment. If your site fails or needs a rework, you're paying someone else to fix it. That "bargain" can become your priciest option.
Final Advice: Ask the Right Questions Upfront
You don't need to be a tech expert to avoid surprises. Just ask clear questions before you commit.
Who covers domain and hosting?
How many revisions are included?
Is the site mobile-friendly?
Who writes the content?
Is SEO included?
What's the plan for maintenance?
It's your site. Know exactly what you're paying for.
Bottom Line
A website is a big investment. Hidden costs can derail your plans, but you can avoid them with the right questions. Whether you're working with a premium studio or a cheap website designer, stay vigilant. Ask questions. Check the contract.
Paying less upfront doesn't always mean saving money in the end.
Dr.Nick
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •If the government instantly magiced 320,000 homes, we would meet today's demand. This includes an expected 5% turnover figure (i.e. for sale). Currently turnover is less than 1%
I'm under 40. 55,000 people sat the leaving cert exams when I did, 20 years ago. In 2024 that number was 61,000.
You'd need to make at least 80,000 new homes a year to keep up with today's demand - even after magically creating 320,000 homes. More in 10 - 15 years time.
Dr.Nick
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •In the 1980s, an Irish couple spent 17% of their income on a mortgage.
Today? 26%.
Back then, the average home cost 1.7x the average income.
Now? Over 7x.
Dual incomes used to be optional and got you a nicer home or on the ladder faster.
Now? Mandatory - even for a shit box.
Single income households? Essentially locked out (average age 39).
So no, your parents didn't have it harder. They had it handed to them - and pulled the ladder up.
Dr.Nick
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •In the 2024 Irish elections, the parties in power promised ~50,000 new homes a year. This falls drastically short of current and expected demand.
Boycotting holiday homes in Mayo is not a solution.
Exempting a garden shed with notions from planning is not a solution.
Google offering housing to public sector workers is not a solution.
Blaming others is not a solution.
We know what the solution is. For 10+ years they've said "It won't happen overnight".
Bullshit - it won't happen at all
Dr.Nick
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •In those 10 years, homelessness up 575%.
In 2024, 15,000 people were homeless. 9,000 are families.
Cost? €361,000,000.
€40,111/family/year. €3,343pm
50% are homeless for over 1 year. 20% for over 2 years.
Median home price, €355,000.
Cost? 30 years at 3.0% - €1,496pm
€3,343pm clears that mortgage in 10 years.
We are spending more to keep people on the streets than in homes, with walls made of misery instead of brick. Build homes instead of excuses.
Dr.Nick
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •ESRI: "No new homes 'til 2027, lads!"
Targets now:
2025: 34,000
2026: 37,000
2027: 44,000
2028: 43,000
2029: 43,000
Central Bank: "We need 54,000/year for 25 years just to stand still."
Reality check: 93,000/year won't fix the backlog in a decade.
Talks of 100% mortgages - they will only raise prices. We built 93,000 homes and had 100% mortgages back in 2006... Same year they made Priory Hall.
Dr.Nick
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •The Irish government will make the entire country a "Rent Pressure Zone", negating the commonly understood meaning of the word Zone... Becoming "Rent Pressure".
They say these plans are to incentivise institutional investors... There are already incentives, such as:
* No Corporation Tax or CGT
* 24 month rent control reset
* HAP & HTB increasing prices
* RTB exemption for "Co-Living Spaces"
Meanwhile, in the last year prices are up 12.3%. Up 40% in the last 5 years - 100k for a median home.
Dr.Nick
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •€600k is the current price of a 3 bed semi-detached house in Dublin.
John and Mary (34 yo) need a minimum €60k deposit and must have a combined income of €135k - or €68k each - to purchase this home. Their mortgage is €540k.
With a BER rating of C, the most common for second hand homes, their interest rate is 3.2%.
Each month, for the next 30 years, they will pay €2,335.
It will take them 101 months (~8 ½ years) to start paying more principal than interest. They will be 42 years old
Aral Balkan
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •Dr.Nick
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@aral At 44 with a 20 year term, same inputs, John and Mary will pay €3,050 per month. Fiadh is 10.
They are paying more principal than interest from the beginning.
Fiadh's €10k Confirmation money, 2 years into the mortgage, shaves 5 months off the term.
Dr.Nick
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@aral At 44 with a 20 year term, same inputs, John and Mary will pay €3,050 per month. Fiadh is 10 when they draw down.
They are paying more principal than interest from the beginning.
Fiadh's €10k Confirmation money, 2 years into the mortgage, shaves 5 months off the term.
Fiadh asks why they didn't use the money to go on holiday like her friends. John quickly changes the subject.
Ownoh
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •KatLS
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •Alanna 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •Ownoh
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •little to disagree with here but "So no, your parents didn't have it harder. They had it handed to them - and pulled the ladder up." is not a viable analysis when many in the 80s paid 17pc interest rates and waited 10 years for a council house and then got offered to buy one for little money because Thatcherism.
My point being that they too were living in conditions not of their own making.
jack
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •Dr.Nick
in reply to Dr.Nick • • •Context for the edit: 136,160 people sat state exams in 2024. This number includes Leaving Cert, Leaving Cert Applied, and Junior Cycle¹.
60,839 students sat the Leaving Cert in 2024.
This correction does not change the facts, as evident by the proceeding statements in May 2025 by the ESRI and Irish Central Bank.
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¹ Used to be called Junior Cert. Before that it was called Inter Cert.