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by geoka9 5y ago
I'm in a top 10 most expensive city in the world (Canada) and the best I can get for $50 is 80 Mbps (and even that is only available as a promotion that you can't get by simply going to the ISP's website and buying a plan).
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by geoka9 5y ago
I've had the 6th gen for a few years now. Overall, I like it. But these are my issues: - Really wobbly USB-C port(s). The original power brick doesn't work reliably anymore (I have to play with the connection in order to get the l
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by geoka9 5y ago
> The sequence of events: 1) Ukraine government states that it is their priority to join NATO I would say the more complete sequence of events is more like: -2) Ukrainians are largely against joining NATO according to public polls pre-20
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by geoka9 5y ago
Again, the Euromaidan happened in 2014. This law was passed in 2017, 3 years after the Euromaidan, because Russia invaded Ukraine giving the mere existence of the Russian language in Ukraine as the reason for the invasion. > And we wonde
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by geoka9 5y ago
Thanks, updated.
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by geoka9 5y ago
> to ban minority languages from schools Please, it's not a ban. The relevant law only applies to state-funded schools and makes sure that students who don't speak Ukrainian gradually learn it over the years and start using it
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by geoka9 5y ago
> They are NATO countries, so no. Why? Because Latvia and Estonia would sue the rest of NATO for not abiding by the treaty? Is there any other reason the West would not try to prevent a nuclear apocalypse by appeasing Putin with these &q
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by geoka9 5y ago
Then stop helping Ukraine? But then don't be surprised when Putin invades Latvia and Estonia.
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by geoka9 5y ago
> Also why should the people on this site really care? This war is the closest we've been to a nuclear war since the Caribbean Crisis in 1962. Especially if Russia wins.
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by geoka9 5y ago
There are family ties between the countries and that may affect whatever level of violence they think is justified. Especially when they see apartment blocks being bombed into oblivion that look just like the one their niece lives in (and t
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by geoka9 5y ago
There are plenty of Russians on Youtube commenting under pleas posted by Ukrainians asking them to help stop the war. And there are plenty of videos taken by people on the ground in Ukraine that show what's going on. Lots of Russians a
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YouTube, please help stop the war in Ukraine
8 points by geoka9 5y ago|1 comments
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by geoka9 5y ago
And lots of Russians actually believe that the strikes are "precision" and only aimed at the military targets. There's a video recorded by a woman in Mykolaiv walking among the rubble and cursing at her Russian relatives for
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by geoka9 5y ago
Every little bit helps. And Youtube may be the only way a lot of Russians can get exposed to something else than their TV.
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by geoka9 5y ago
Or at least figure out a way to let the Ukrainians interact with the Russian commenters without getting shadowbanned.
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YouTube, please help stop the war in Ukraine
9 points by geoka9 5y ago|10 comments
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by geoka9 5y ago
There are plenty of Russians on Youtube commenting under pleas posted by Ukrainians asking them to help stop the war. And there are plenty of videos taken by people on the ground in Ukraine that show what's going on. But due to the way
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by geoka9 5y ago
https://www.facebook.com/ukroboronprom/posts/264532192516915 https://ukroboronprom.com.ua/
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by geoka9 5y ago
> why would a guy with supposed knowledge of military history and how alliances can often cause nations who are allied to come in to wars There's no military history of nuclear wars. This could be the difference in Putin's head
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by geoka9 5y ago
> I'm unable to find any recent writing in English that indicates that he thinks that is a belief in Moscow. For now, I can only find sources in Russian, e.g. this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv-WB8AXLKs https
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by geoka9 5y ago
> If Latvia is attacked and the NATO doesn’t fight for them NATO stops being a thing immediately. That's what he might be betting on. To be fair, a series of decisions[0] by the West over the last decades might have led him to belie
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by geoka9 5y ago
> I don’t get the direct connection between response from a non-NATO country being attacked and a NATO member. The idea is that the lack of NATO membership is just a formality. In any other aspect, Ukraine is a much more important geopo
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by geoka9 5y ago
> The NATO message was clear & consistent that they will intervene in case of an attack on a member - there's 0 reason to believe otherwise. How did Putin take that message? I think that's the only thing that matters at thi
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by geoka9 5y ago
> Put differently, Putin does not roll a dice every morning and launches a nuclear missile if a six shows up. Even he himself cannot meaningfully answer the question “What’s the probability that Russia will launch nuclear missiles 6 mont
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by geoka9 5y ago
"Digesting" Siberia.
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by geoka9 5y ago
I agree, that's the only thing they know how to do efficiently: > If Russia doesn't go for the full brutal police state approach Ukrainians are used to living in a democracy though, so it may not be easy/possible. > bri
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by geoka9 5y ago
> They are clearly pulling their punches, likely because of the ethnic/racial dynamics of this conflict. The goals are different. It's not like they are trying to make Syria part of the new Russian Empire.
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by geoka9 5y ago
The tractor has a Z painted on it? It doesn't look like military, but that's what the Russians are painting on their armor.
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by geoka9 5y ago
It still works, I've just tried.
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by geoka9 5y ago
Same, I don't know if it's true that they are marks for Russian air strikes. But I've just tried and it does look weird (farms in the middle of the city).

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