constantius

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by constantius 3mo ago
I'd push back.on blaming the populace for this: the widespread belief in general polls is that the climate situation is dire and that drastic measures need to be taken. However, the constraints that most people have to contend with do
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by constantius 3mo ago
As another comment points out, you added the disclaimer after publishing (and probably the backlash): https://web.archive.org/web/20260712212920/https://scrapfly.... So you don't seem to stand by an
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by constantius 3mo ago
Saying no is always an option, and this seemed like the opportunity for this. Highly paid devs consistently choosing to do this and using the "following orders"/"food on the table" defense should be socially unaccep
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by constantius 3mo ago
I was not aware of the incident with Tuta, thanks for mentioning. https://hackread.com/encrypted-email-provider-tutanota-backd... However, Proton is leaving Switzerland, because of changing legislation, to Germany. https:&
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by constantius 3mo ago
This reads like the mental hoops someone who works for or invests into Meta comes up with to resolve their cognitive dissonance. You might as well have said that without advertising, we wouldn't have charities, freedom of thought, and
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by constantius 3mo ago
Fair. I've seen the use of nuclear waste to derail conversations about nuclear so often that I reacted without looking at the context, sorry.
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by constantius 3mo ago
As far as I know, it hasn't happened, not even once. Your objection appeals to emotions, not to reason. The very kind of objection that has enabled fossil fuels to be seen as less dangerous. FYI, nuclear energy has killed single digits
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by constantius 3mo ago
The US has been the monster for most of the world for the last 70 years. It's shocking that most Americans still don't see that. The Middle-East's bad record on human rights can be traced back to in large part to the meddling
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by constantius 3mo ago
They probably are aware of nuclear waste and of the modalities of dealing with it, and still believe that not investing into nuclear is shooting yourself in the foot. FYI, a typical 1GW nuclear plant produces 30 tons, or 10m3, of high-level
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by constantius 3mo ago
This is the weirdest rant I've read from you, in all my years on HN, and will colour my future reading of your contributions. Unless I'm mistaken, you seem to view the world in terms of race, tribalism, and might-makes-right: even
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by constantius 3mo ago
Just yesterday I needed this and resorted to running the harness in a sprite[0] in a proot distro[1] in termux: while I appreciated the symbolism of recurrence, it was a pain to set up. Will have a look. [0]: https://sprites.dev&
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by constantius 3mo ago
He fills a niche, particularly successfully ,but the required substrate exists in every society. In societies that superficially reward other qualities, these people mold themselves to fill other niches that provide power: politics, tech, p
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by constantius 3mo ago
I think those people are largely in your imagination. You seem to be assuming a whole lot of dark motives or unsavoury opinions in reaction to people simply saying the EU is not perfect. Unrelated to this chat, but I wonder what your politi
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by constantius 3mo ago
Exactly. As demonstrated by several countries pronouncing themselves against it every time this comes up. If the government of Denmark really wants to implement this, let them, but the idea that a tiny country's officials, elected by a
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by constantius 3mo ago
Interesting, congrats. Are you planning on opening access to Phosphor?
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by constantius 3mo ago
Would be interested in seeing your sources for this. I've yet to see evidence that this has the significant upsides that would, definitely not justify, but at least explain, the push towards limiting fundamental freedoms. There's
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by constantius 3mo ago
I can entertain that this idea could be a solution IF done well, but what would be the path to democratic decision-making in this integrated EU? I strongly believe in people organising against the government, I think this is what can lead t
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by constantius 3mo ago
Not the parent, but chill with the aggressive tone. When you vote in your elections, you almost certainly know who's going to lead the country. Not so with the EU: look up Spitzenkandidat method and the deviations from it, including vo
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by constantius 3mo ago
I've never seen anyone ask for the dissolution of the EU in chat control threads, and I read every one of them. What I see people (Europeans) lamenting is how undemocratic the EU is. As much as I think von der Leyen should be imprisone
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by constantius 3mo ago
I think American culture wars would be a great meme (in the original sense of viral ideas) without any billionaires or politicians pushing it, simply because they are perfectly marketable, appeal to our desire for outrage, and can be weapon
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by constantius 3mo ago
> hand it to, who? To the people. There are many ways to restrain the Council that'd make the EU more democratic: enforce more/full transparency into the Council's decision-making, expand the powers of the Parliament (maki
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by constantius 3mo ago
I don't disagree with this: I'm saying that unless the power is of the Council and Commission is restrained, all the goodwill of the Parliament is an uphill battle and all people of the Member States are subjected to the corruptio
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by constantius 3mo ago
Plenty of people do want more surveillance, but that's not why EU politicians are doing this. Seeking to implement surveillance across an entire continent cannot be explained by "the will of the people". Danes might want surv
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by constantius 3mo ago
The EU has a lot of upsides, and it's often been a reason to be optimistic about it as a project, but everyobe has a red line beyond which the upsides don't outweigh the downsides, where the slope becomes too slippery to ignore. I
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by constantius 3mo ago
The issue is that the outcome is the same: whether the Parliament is made up of angels or not, the dealings of the Commission and Council affect the Member States anyway.
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by constantius 3mo ago
America does dominate social media in Europe. Most Europeans probably know more American politicians than they do their own, and have opinions about every American event. During US elections it's impossible to talk to anyone without th
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by constantius 3mo ago
It's difficult to read this without thinking of Luigi. The corruption and oppression keeps growing and growing. I wonder what it'd take for this to stop: as much as I'd like to believe it, the solution is not hiding behind vo
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by constantius 3mo ago
People do starve today, in every developed country. It's rare to die of starvation, but poverty still means skipping meals. Housing supply is scarce because of regulatory capture: homeowners and real estate companies have the strongest
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by constantius 3mo ago
10 years of respite is nothing on the scale of countries. History is littered with examples of states choosing to pay off their would-be attackers, and seeing it as success or failure depends on your priors. Byzantium was especially adept a
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by constantius 3mo ago
Thanks for providing further context: as I mentioned, I was going off of the available quotes. Given the party's other points', I'd still say he's not talking about Swedes as an ethnicity but as a nationality, similar to

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