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I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.
  • I don't do photo editing (Gimp) or drawing (Krita) but I have followed many aggregated blogs such as Planet KDE, etc over the years.

    I got the feeling that most people have a hard time moving or transiting to Gimp. I have seen some posts from people who love Gimp but they seem to be a miniority. On the other hand, I got the feeling the drawing community love Krita and think it's worth learning. Krita even shows up in unexpected places such as Godot tutorials on YouTube.

  • GNU-Linux
  • get upset about it being referred to as gnu+Linux or gnu/Linux

    I would say it's the opposite. Certain people get angry if you do not refer to it as GNU/Linux. These people used to be technically correct.

    GNU tried to rewrite Unix from scratch under the GNU GPL license. They view their copy left license (a license where if you incorporate any code under their license, you must release the code of your project as well) as morally superior. Their kernel didn't work out, but Linus Torvolds wrote another kernel for that GNU OS.

    Obviously, GNU wanted credit for the OS components that were not Linux. That's where the copypasta about "What you are using is in fact GNU+Linux..." came from. GNU is the heart of the free software movement so they have their fans as well that of course would also make that claim.

    Of course, as the meme in the OP suggests, you can now have a Linux distro that either does not use code owned by GNU or uses very little of their code. I would argue Ubuntu, Arch, etc still are technically GNU+Linux as they use GNU's C compiler, their C implementation, their userspace programs like Bash and grep, etc. However, Alpine uses alternatives to GNU software such as the musl C implementation.

  • Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say
  • It just feels off to me that only war could bring someone to martyrdom. There's no way a religion wouldn't honor those who died putting in effort. I would argue that the idea runs contradictory to pretty much any religion with a central Deity. People wouldn't put in the effort otherwise.

    According to Wikipedia (not definitive but at least this source is universal) the first martyr was a woman who did not die in a war. She was murdered for converting. This page also lists sources for ways to be martyred in nonmilitary efforts.

    Here is a thread I found on reddit called Explain To Me Martyrdom that also states not all martyrs die in war.

  • Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say
  • Allah: “As faithful Muslims, I command you to make a pilgrimage to the desert in the middle of June.”

    Muslims: “Yes, O Lord!” [Proceed to die of heat exhaustion.]

    Allah: “Ha ha! Fuck you!” [Goes off to hang out with the virgins those guys didn’t get for not dying as martyrs.]

    Why aren't they martyrs? They literally died for their religious belief.

    noun One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles. - The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Happy Juneteenth everyone!
  • @Dozzi92@lemmy.world

    It's just the "Nine" in nineteenth (a word that only has long vowels) replaced with June. June 19th turned into a single word. It specifically celebrates the day slavery was abolished in Texas.

  • China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says
  • use the term invasion is if the place is outside the borders of your country.

    The land of the Uyghurs which is called Xinjiang literally means "New Frontier." Even through language, it's obvious this land does not "fit" with the rest of China but it does not stop the Chinese government considering it their own land. (FYI the Uyghurs are a Turkic people while most of China speaks Sino-Tibetan Languages).

  • Main road to Grindavík (Iceland) is covered under lava
  • I'm just poking fun of the reputation it has. I hear crazy rumors about East Cleveland from "mayor stole all the funds" and it's normal to find human remains in your yard. Mind you, I also live in the urban Midwest, it's just East Cleveland seems next level bad.

    I have noticied South Euclid is getting nicer. NE Ohio has potential, it's just so resource starved.

  • Main road to Grindavík (Iceland) is covered under lava
  • Picture reminds me of East Cleveland (not to be confused with the east side of Cleveland; "East Cleveland" is it's own city. The roads are this bad but I'm sure anyone who could fix the roads are too scared to go there...

    Also looks like Detroit after some rain. The right lanes literally flood.

    Midwest needs a redesign.

  • McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now
  • Why not just have a touchscreen menu then? You already need large screens so people can confirm the AI recorded their order correctly and this will skip the need of a person manning the drive through menu. You could even include options to "hold the pickle", etc.

  • Israeli forces spark devastating fire at Ramallah vegetable market
    www.middleeasteye.net Israeli forces spark devastating fire at Ramallah vegetable market

    Over 100 stalls and shops are destroyed by the fire during a dawn raid, where live ammunition and stun grenades were used

    Israeli forces spark devastating fire at Ramallah vegetable market

    Israeli forces ignited a devastating fire at Ramallah and al-Bireh's main vegetable market in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that has destroyed dozens of shops owned by Palestinians and caused millions of shekels in losses.

    Troops raided the neighbouring West Bank cities at dawn, firing live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas in residential areas and the local market, known locally as al-Hisbah.

    Wooden carts caught on fire and the flames spread throughout the market and to nearby commercial buildings, wounding at least one person and ravaging over 100 stalls and shops, according to al-Bireh's acting mayor, Robin al-Khatib.

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    Israel Attacking West Bank Farms

    The U.N. humanitarian affairs office has recorded 650 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7, harming residents and property. It says settlers have killed at least nine Palestinians in the territory and Israeli security forces have killed more than 400 Palestinians in that time.

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