m0xEE @m0xee@librem.one

@gemlog
And I don't think that the war would go on indefinitely, and that this regime is forever, but it still makes sense — irregardless of the outcome and when it comes, it would be really gloom here, I expect it to be much worse than in the 90s Russia: all these "defenders of the motherland" coming back home with guns on their hands, former "police" looking for side-jobs due to lack of funding — even outside of freedom of speech and good mental health it's truly scary shit😱

@gemlog
Yeah, it's been a side-bussiness for them for quite some time already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_VPN
Actually, I think I started using their email because I was looking for a good VPN provider 😄
> very hard for him to actually move to europe
It's certainly a challenge and it's much easier when you're young, but it's not impossible — I have friends who did an who would help, for me it's a matter of finding a job that… you know, won't make me want to kill myself 😅

@sunchaser
Это настоящее музыкальное видео? 😲
Боже, как круто!

@gemlog
To be fair, our "law enforcement" is probably just not interested in Fedi yet — I doubt that those who are smart enough consider me a threat, and those who are least intellectual probably use more mainstream platforms as their "feeding ground".

But I still have to rely on Proton and spend numerous hours on finding entry nodes (and ports on them) that still work — I should probably get a job and move to Europe already, less time wasted on this and better for mental health.

@gordoooo_z
My Android device can last 5-7 days on one full charge when it's not acting as a VPN gateway. On Sailfish it can only last up to two days. The explaination — I barely use it 😅
With pmOS, I expect my battery usage/charging patterns would be the same as that of an average person using mainstream mobile OS.

@kaia
Hey, my daily usage is about 3Gbs!
You'd be surprised how little you use if you don't watch videos.

@KraftTea
I'm not saying that other Russians are university professors, but the ones taking part in this war are certainly the least bright ones 😩

@johnb @molly0xfff
Quite a shock for me too — to me people using ortholinear keyboards are mythological creatures I only see online, I never knew they could possess real humans 😅

Maybe I should try using one myself 🤔

@alison
At some points it indeed does!

(FFS Shaft, did I ever ask for Bakemonogatari the manga in 1080? 🤣)

@RustyCrab @HWABAG @condret
That is indeed sweet, the rest about this timeline is fucking insanity though 🤪

@SuperDicq @kaia
Not mine either — mine can barely move the flaps of their fans (one of them even start with "fan error" unless I blow into its exhaust hole😅), if there was a way for them to run hot, they'd be fried by now.

@urlyman
Centrist parties in Europe indeed fail to deliver — and at times fail to act at all — this is reality, and I can fully agree with that. People get disappointed and this pushes them to the open arms of right wing populists, that is also a fact. I just don't think that these parties not being left enough is the problem, and I also don't believe that labelling everyone who is more conservative a Nazi helps fix that.

@itsmeholland @aral

@urlyman
This point usually boils down to "centrist parties in Europe today fail to deliver, therefore centrism is wrong", in essence it's the same as USSR was an utter failure (that I can tell), therefore the Left are always wrong. Indecisiveness is not some intrinsic quality of centrism, nor is taking the middle ground — it's about making decisions, no matter where they lie or are perceived to lie on the left-right spectrum. At least it is to me.

@itsmeholland @aral

@urlyman
But the article does not condemn centrists, "Now, in saying this I’m not damning all centrists". It criticises the inability of centrists to act and reinforces that with real and historical examples — which I can neither support, nor counter as I'm not British. The only thing I can tell is that Labour is the least sympathetic entity to me — that does not mean I would support the likes of Respect and it does not make me a conservative.

@itsmeholland @aral

I'm not sure how this article would fare being automatically translated, but I doubt MT would ever do it, and I'm just a lazy ass enjoying my beer so I'm not up to the job either:
https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/11/16/istoriya-v-zakone-kak-gosudarstvo-ispolzuet-proshloe-dlya-podgotovki-pushechnogo-myasa-a147872

In any case, THIS is the true crime of Stalin — I hope after Russia crumbles, a public lavatory would get erected on top of his grave so people would be quite literally shitting on it!

@itsmeholland @urlyman @aral
True. But at least that is what I do being a centrist — centrists aren't some guys who have headquarters telling them what to do at least not in my case.
I often see people proposing or supporting things that seem good in current context, and they do it in good faith — but they often don't seem to realise the challenges that come with it. We have to act carefully — it's a long game, that's what being a centrist is for me 🤷

@urlyman @aral
The message is not about standing in the middle, just letting the good guys win isn't enough — "good guys" tend to turn bad overnight when left unchallenged — it's about keeping the system of checks and balances in place — no matter how much you like the ones who come to power. Yes, this involves giving voice to those you might not like, but it might suddenly become relevant when "good guys" at the helm suddenly turn bad.

@scathach @creamqueen @sally @Suiseiseki @nyanide @adachi @jihadjimmy @meso
"The practice of programming" 😜