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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Simple: ruble conversion to USD or EUR is extremely limited; iirc only $10k can be withdrawn from dollar denominated accounts, currency exchange is largely restricted for business and individuals, the stock market remains closed, large busi
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
I’m pretty sure current western leaders are blaming themselves for having been too complacent with the Kremlin 30 years ago. Sadly it appears they have grown the wiser, and are ready to sacrifice somewhat their status quo (and even more liv
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
I understand “cancel culture” and the impact of ESG in today’s capitalism but isn’t much of the American media industry a fundamental soft power asset? The Soviets had strict control over such access because of this. Wouldn’t restricting ac
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Those with know-how and/or interest in such a service aren’t the intended target audience to achieve fundamental political change. The intended target audience lives in a tight state controlled information echo-chamber, and they have n
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Devil’s advocate: preventing further disruptions caused by D/DOS attacks on their web based social service infrastructure.
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
why is this disappointing? this further proves that CCP is doing their best to save face, even through symbolic gestures as this
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
McD not only has almost 100k employees it also has over 95% of its supply chain from domestic (Russian) sources. McD is irreplaceable, any other fast food business already have their supplier and not even retail supermarkets won’t be able t
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Truly, the only winners from this hell. No matter what is the outcome, China comes out on top, specially with all post-WWII international institutions now "weaponizable" by the West (even Central Banks!) and thus leading more coun
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
And they are certainly reassessing their chances of success and consequences right now, probably going back to the drawing board for some time.
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Europe would hugely benefit from an united, concise and strong foreign policy, more so if backed by a strong military. Plus, the added GDP boost from military expenditure.
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
I agree, it was literally signed at gunpoint, and it always was political suicide for whomever signed it, but wouldn’t any agreement have been better than what’s happening?
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Finland like solution would have been the best option (demilitarization? have your army renamed self defense force! denazification? heck, outlaw Nazi symbolic doing humanity a favor) I mean implementing the damn Minsk deal now seems like fa
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
CNN’s coverage of the conflict has really been spectacular, it’s sad that they only shine during troubled times like these.
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
State department tried by recognizing Guaido as president even seizing CITGO properties. And besides spec ops in Latin America is so Cold War!! We are gentlemen, only economic warfare is allowed nowadays.
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Midterms just around the corner... better get oil back to winnable levels before then
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Apply Bayesian reasoning, and update your priors accordingly. Oh and avoid emotional content and stick to text.
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
How was, before this hell, the consensus of the people in Ukraine for a Finland like solution, ceading territory (Crimea), neutrality (non-Nato), but within the EU (won't ask about Minsk agreement, cause I know no one supported it)? I
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Best bet is Southeast Asia or China (but that maybe harder). SE Asians in general happen to view European issues as somewhat distant to them [1]. As such better welcomed, and where also more likely a future Russian expat community is sure t
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
https://3dnews-ru.translate.goog/1061104/mintsifri-predstavi...
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
>Dude, that is how it works No it isn't https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30506536
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
truer words couldnt be said... and I was pro-Trump
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30492493
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
It was always blitz. They expected capitulation by Sunday, with some ongoing attrition medium term. This is both from US Intel and now confirmation via a deleted, but luckily web archived, article/commentary on one of their major state
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
A small elite of oligarchs can now completely buy the whole country cheaply using up the dollars they stacked under their mattresses, having all been forewarned of what was to happen.
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Liberate the country (well half the country up til Dniepr river).
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Disagree. Shock and awe. Remember that this also should have served as showcase of their military tech for arms sales to the world. Only the fact that they used up all their guided missiles in the first two days without achieving anything (
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
You wouldn’t be having this question if you weren’t rational enough. Considering that a significant portion of our own human siblings aren’t able to ask themselves that, means that you should be thankful for being lucky to be able to ask it
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
What is worse than porn addiction is an active social stigma against those standing up against it. Subs like r/noporn have received a lot of criticism for their views and associations (usually religious orgs). What is rarely talked abo
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
Always apply simple heuristic: Big T! Of course there will be divergences, but it always returns to the baseline.
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by bigodbiel 5y ago
I always wonder how much of what we consume is actually absorbed, specially when factoring gut microbiome and non-soluble fibers.

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