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by VK538FY 3y ago
Hard to say! Switzerland and Belgium are both minority francophone countries, so it's hard to use the argument of numbers to justify a French spelling. Maybe because French was a diplomatic language. Maybe because of the Normand invasi
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Huh?
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Don't the English write Bâle instead of Basel sometimes? (An officially germaophone city.) It can be that English retains the French writing. Nothing wring with that.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Nothing is a coincidence when it comes to pipelines.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
No doubt that Russia wishes to expand its influence in Africa. Why wouldn't it? The article contains a lot of supposition. Now some considerations to keep a cool head. - There is no evidence that Wagner or other PMCs are present in eit
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Many transactions with western companies were for a small symbolic amount with a provision to leave the door open should it be mutually acceptable to return in the future. Not sure if that is the case here, the article is light.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Euros?? Where are you? It's a Welsh university. I wouldn't be surprised if the university wants to both promote the Welsh language and diffuse its research, and proposes such resources.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Really? Just write it in your native language (Welsh in this case) and have someone translate it. For most languages, not a big problem and the uni surely has the resources to do it. Here, the additional effort is the creation of the Welsh
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by VK538FY 3y ago
I think that it's great and he's doing a service for his language. Nothing stops him from providing an abstract or translating the thesis in other languages.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
My anecdotal experience is the exact opposite! I'm from some unpopular Canadian province and live in Switzerland. Lots of random controls in CH. I watch a lot of French television where they at least pretend to do the same in France,
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Maybe a reference to Hervé Falciani? I find the comment pertinent, no offence to you Frontalier. You can thank guys like Falciani if lots of bank jobs in Switzerland also require residence in Switzerland now.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Nabiullina at the CBR has always been hard for me to read. (From memory: before the SMO, her policies seemed too conservative and restricted credit for SMEs.) So why did the CBR raise the guiding rate so drastically? Theories abound: a knee
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by VK538FY 3y ago
That's how I understand it. But that won't stop people from submitting the same subject ('rouble tanks') 10 times to Hacker News as if to prove their opinion of this conflict.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
I experienced very little illness, winter or otherwise, during the coronacrisis. I had two fevers that lasted on average 4 days. I had a case of mild bronchitis that lasted 3 or 4 weeks. On average, I tend to have more cold/flu/ri
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by VK538FY 3y ago
What is an enemy of the west and what is a friend of the west? Take a random western country like France. Do you know how many Franco-Russian 'cercles d'amitié' there are? Go search in Yandex... or Google. Many quite old with
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Yes, if the guy writing that is in one of those countries with lockdowns. But if he's in say Switzerland, he's not exactly wrong. Listen I'm not going to defend intellectually dishonest people either but I'd invite him t
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by VK538FY 3y ago
I upvoted you because I agree with the essence of what you write. The problem is admittedly the enormous geographic variability of the measures that were adopted. None of us is quite sure if the debate is focusing on measures of Elbonia or
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by VK538FY 3y ago
You're not alone. Today, every decision that I make is done with the objective of insulating myself non-violently from future coercive actions by the state similar to those during the coronacrisis. For example: expenses, domicile, care
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by VK538FY 3y ago
I thought that I was the only one to feel this way! Not anymore.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Okay sorry, someone did. I was a bit annoyed because I was just trying to add a relevant consideration that no one had mentioned yet.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Yeah so? The problem is that there are two subjects here. 1. Censorship in Russia. (I argue that there is some. I didn't discuss the USA where I agree, there is some also.) 2. The Russian Internet and why it has less to do with censors
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by VK538FY 3y ago
I can only presume that you are replying to the grandparent because I did not define my notion of 'freedom of speech' but provided an explanation of some very clear objectives on a strategic level that I've gathered from Russ
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by VK538FY 3y ago
In Russia there are rules about what can't be published during the SMO. But the subject of a 'Russian Internet' (or a Chinese one) has less to do with censorship than with combatting the power of western FANGs (market force a
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Yes, it almost makes one think that the post revolutionary French state is only really good at one thing.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
A lot of the sensitive suburbs (amusing French euphemism) as well as university domains built after 1968 are designed so that entrance and egress can be hindered during riots. A car might not help, depending on where you are.
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Good comment. Another weakness of Western commentary: people write novels about what they'd _like_ to see happen in Russia, then submit them as the new baseline. (So much effort really, for nothing.) And if we've learnt anything,
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Well... some have speculated differently. https://gamerant.com/star-trek-ferengi-anti-semitic-stereoty...
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by VK538FY 3y ago
I don't know what is the situation today but there was a time where American citizens visiting Cuba were very careful not to get a Cuban passport stamp. It was problematic if the US border police discovered such a stamp. So the Cuban a
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by VK538FY 3y ago
Sure, like some preferred to think of Guaidó as the president of Venezuela for a while. But the Syrian government is recognised by the UN, the Arab league, Syria's trading partners and allies etc. Not worth beating a dead horse... or e
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by VK538FY 3y ago
You could add Turkey to the list. In the end, only one country is in Syria at the invitation of the internationally recognized government of Syria, while the other is not.

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