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@kravietz
It might sound absurd — and that is exactly what they want, that is why they mess with semantics in the first place: first and foremost Russia is the greatest thread and is the enemy of Russians — not Ukraine or US or anyone else. None of what's happening now is in the interest of Russians. Just like with Nazis and Germany, beside foreign nations, the damage is being dealt to the future generations of Russians.

@kravietz
And the second one is that it is implied that all Russians should support that feudal-autocratic model, that getting rid of that model means getting rid of all Russians. Being Russian, of course I do not agree with this and I do not support that model precisely because I think that Russians deserve better too — that does not make me an Ukrainian, I'm still Russian, but I'm culturally European.

@kravietz
There are two core logical errors with this line of thinking. First of all, Russia is not and never was a Russian nation state — and as such, it cannot act as an envoy of all Russians, "defending" them. It could take this turn during the last decade of Russian Empire, but failed — and Bolsheviks made it turn back to the feudal-autocratic model, effectively restoring the worst of tsarist practices.

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A popular pro-Russian politician in #Poland once again amplifies the popular #Russia narrative about “languages spoken in #Ukraine”, trying to demonstrate that “majority of people speak Russian”.

But apart of using old and manipulated data, he distracts the debate from simple international law facts to vague “common sense” heuristics, where speaking a language automatically means belonging to some culture or country and - above all - gives those countries some moral or political right over other countries. Following this line, one would have to conclude that the US automatically has a right to the UK, Australia or Ireland (and anyone can come up with a dozen of such examples from their region). For starters, the fact that I speak fluent Russian does not imply that I’m culturally Russian or expect “protection” from Russia.

Ukraine’s defense against Russian invasion is 100% cultural and civilisation war between two competing models of governance - the archaic feudal-autocratic model of Russia, and the “democracy of peers” model which has been always widespread among Slavs in the form of veche assemblies.

@neural_meduza
Ну вот меня, положим, те новости, что пошли с той поры, когда гигабайты закончились, скорее пугают — не хочется такого «порядка» 😩

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@kaia
The government is secretly taking lactose from some milk, but putting it back into some other milk — so the net balance stays the same and the world doesn't break 😱

@acsawdey @malcircuit
I'm perfectly fine with using a computer that is less than a decade old — I would gladly get those off their hands for pennies, it's important though to make enterprises interested in selling these instead of just giving them up for "disposal".

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Something no one talks about enough:

CPU cycles aren't free.
Memory reads and writes aren't free.

That shit takes power. A miniscule amount per instance, yes, but it adds up quick if it's from an app that everyone uses constantly. All that power comes from somewhere, and right now that's mostly fossil fuels.

When people complain about software bloat, it's not just a UX problem, it's an environmental one too.

@slothrop
Great trick!
Except for when it's delicious strawberry kissel that you'd rather lick off the table than scrub off the sink 😏

@neural_meduza
Взамен запрещённого Русского Голубого? 😹

@kevinrothrock
It's quite okay to mention it to add value to the place — some artist might rent it to draw inspiration from it or even choose it as his/her permanent residence.
Why let the place deteriorate to the state when it becomes the only appealing feature — that is a different question.

@neural_meduza
Не поверил, что мы настолько всё проебали? 😲

@nefoun_qu_jw
Мяч-то вам нужнее наверное, Борис Николаевич — на том свете поди в птенис совсем нечем играть 😉
@neural_meduza

@nyanide
Replace it with a dead auxiliary Optibay battery — it would look cool, but would make your laptop shut off immediately on disconnection from the mains 🤪

@sun @VIPPER
What if she gets pregnant from an electric dildo? 😱

@nyanide
This feels like a betrayal of their own core principles 😂
Well, probably the player base was just too big to abandon it like that.

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@nyanide
MS didn't make it an Xbox exclusive? 🤔

@oldrawgabbit
Parents who a usually not very supportive: "You aren't trying hard enough!"

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