There is still a line between criticizing someone for being an asshole and dehumanizing them.
From reading the article it seems pretty clear to me that this guy is not a "maggot" but an idiot and someone who puts his own well-being over some principles that might be somewhere in the back of his head. So yeah, maybe a stupid asshole but probably not much more than many other people in any given society.
Yeah, that's what I haven't figured out yet either. How do you make it a fair amount between a content creator and an email client developer, between one person, a corporation and a non-profit?
I have settled on not trying to make it a science. I can only give what I have, so always when I feel that I have financial breathing room (paycheck comes in and no urgent payments due) I am going to the relevant places and donate what I feel I can afford. While not perfect, I feel I should be proud about doing what I can rather than beat myself up over whether I could spend more, which a lot of free users will never think about in the first place. Otherwise I'd only go crazy.
The donations will go to what/who I feel like I have used/appreciated most since the last donations. So it's mainly donations, not subscriptions which also helps not losing track and giving more than you can afford. Come to think of it, I also do not donate to the big creators whose content I consume as I guess they are rich enough. If you want a number, my last donation was 20€ to a small ASMR content creator. And for stuff that I use regularly like programs and apps (e.g. NewPipe 4€/month and KeePass 0.5€), my OS (3€), the hoster of the Piped instance I use (4€) etc. I have set up regular payments on Liberapay and such according to their tier system. I cannot afford all that much, so I am going for the small/medium tier according to my amount of usage (and I guess you should think about if they have running costs or not). If you are not constrained by money I guess you can just go for their higher tiers and vary them according to usage.
I realise it does sound like a pretty bad science now as it's both complicated and does not sound fair at all (e.g. OS gets too little, no?), but well… This write-up actually helped me understand my own 'system' better, so thanks for asking! :)
My solution to this problem (which is only tangentially related to your technical question) is to block everything and really make an effort to donate to all developers of my open source programs, content creators, website hosters etc. in the services themselves or on platforms like Liberapay/Patreon.
Sorry that I cannot help with the technical stuff but maybe an idea if you don't manage it your way.
Toller Artikel zu einem Thema, mit dem ich mich nie auseinandergesetzt habe. Dafür bin ich hier, danke!
TL;DR: Die ersten 37% ablehnen, um den Durchschnitt/eine vernünftigerweise zu erwartende Topqualität abschätzen zu können, und danach die erste Bewerberin nehmen, die besser geeignet als alle vorherigen ist.
I don't know much about the console and such magic which probably makes me not exactly predestined for an Arch-based distro with the AUR where I feel like you can break more than in some more common ones like Mint. Despite that, I have been on Manjaro for years now, still learned only the very basics, but have not found a more stable distro that works so well out-of-the-box with some of the newer hardware I have (or had, it's hardly new anymore). Also, I did in fact find the repos combined with careful use of the AUR to be satisfying.
I did distro-hop a lot especially in the beginning of my Linux adventure and was on Mint for a couple of years as well. And that's what I generally recommend to the other non-tech-savvy folks around me as well: Just try a bunch of the top distros on Distrowatch for a couple of weeks. They all have their advantages and disadvantages but eventually you'll figure out what it really is that you want from a distro and which ones work properly with your hardware – and you'll learn about some fixes for common issues which helps the learning about Linux in general.
There are probably folks who know much more than me who can tell you if Manjaro is objectively better than its bad reputation but from my personal experience as a fellow Linux noob: I found it very stable, decently accessible and the KDE spin with its many themes absolutely beautiful.
Yes! For some reasons it is very hard to find, even through the search feature, but https://kbin.social/m/mma is where it's at. They even have active discussion threads for the big events like r/mma did.
Finally a bit of Counter-Strike 2. Almost felt guilty for not being able to play much despite getting the coveted beta invite.
Does anyone know of an estimation of the net progressiveness (or regressiveness, I guess)? I only found this neat overview of the tax regime changes by EY.
Danke, genau das. Das selbst bewohnte Eigenheim ist schon längst steuerfrei und darüber hinaus gelten großzügige Freibeträge. Die Probleme bei der Erbschaftsteuer liegen vor allem ganz oben. Erbschaften und Schenkungen über 20 Millionen Euro werden durchschnittlich mit dem geringsten Satz aller Erwerbe besteuert, also auch geringer als die nicht selbst-bewohnten Eigenheime über der Freibetragsschwelle. Das scheint mir ein kleines bisschen problematischer zu sein...
I'm not sure you are arguing in good faith because you seem to construct some strawmen there, like claiming I was only judging one side while I clearly called the draftee a "stupid asshole" and didn't even judge the original commenter's character but just said his wording was bad.
Anyhow, to the general point: I think it is almost always the wrong take to call out the little guys. Which country hasn't committed atrocities at some point? Is every US-American who didn't do everything to prevent the war in Afghanistan a maggot? Every Chinese who did not revolt because of Tiananmen? And yes, every German who did not die fighting Hitler? I think, no. The ones that did might be heroes, but I think those that did not are definitely not all "maggots" but just normal folks who didn't know what was going on, were afraid for themselves and their loved ones and so on. Which seems pretty human to me.
If you answer yes to the questions above, that is probably a defensible position, but I think the mindset that 95% of your fellow humans are potential maggots rather than just humans that have their weaknesses, like you and I probably do as well, is not very healthy. To me, it is mostly only the people in powerful positions who are pressuring 'their' people into committing atrocities who are the maggots. And yes, that would include Putin.
And lastly, to the concrete case: The guy did leave Russia and is not fighting anymore, so he might be a particularly bad example for you. I guess he mainly did it to save himself but from the article it does seem to me that his opposition to the war is at least a partial motivation as well. To use your line of argument: I think one should rather focus criticism on the political apparatus and the men on the front who are ardent supporters of the war rather than this guy.