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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Hey, anonymous down-voter, why not tell us where you disagree instead of pressing that annoying get_this_thing_which_I_do_not_agree_with_greyed_off_the_page button? Inquiring minds want to know what triggered you, where you think my reaso
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Fine, but in that case the trucking companies should also be able to bill the state for all damage caused to their vehicles by badly maintained roads. Maybe every pothole should have an ID so that damage caused by it can be traced back and
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
They're different, yes, but not that different from the others. The price difference mostly comes from the fact that those who can afford pricey EVs also can afford pricey EV tires and as such they're priced the way they are. On
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
That's like saying "I don't enjoy the roads any more" and the solution is the same: go "off the beaten tracks" to find solace. The internet is the thing which binds many networks together, both the commercial d
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
If you read his books - your dismissive comment does not make it clear whether you did - you know the Soviet judicial system - for what it was worth - made a difference between 'normal' criminals like thieves and murderers and &#x
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Those photo's don't look austere because they were meant to show the great and immortal ideal created in the unbreakable union of Soviet republics: Sing to the Motherland, home of the free, Bulwark of peoples in brotherhoo
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
I've used natural gas stoves, propane stoves, petrol stoves, kerosene stoves, naphta stoves, spirit-burning stoves, resistive electrical stoves, 'halogen' electric stoves, induction stoves, campfires and wood-burning stoves.
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
> In the USSR, workers (in Soviets) voted their delegates and the delegates in turn elected the top hierarchy of the communist party. Are you seriously claiming that 'workers' in the USSR had any influence on what happened in
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
You're comparing a (probably rural?) 'general store' in the 80's with current megastores and for some reason link that to the austerity experienced under communism with centrally planned economies. That's a silly co
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Have you read The Gulag Archipelago? If not you should, it tells you a lot about Soviet prisons and a lot of other things Soviet you might do well learning about. Read it, it is well-written and - at least in my opinion - quite the page-tur
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
That picture is the USSR equivalent of the pictures of clean streets without homeless encampments made in San Francisco when Gavin Newsom cleaned up the place before the leader of the Chinese Communist Party visited the city [1]. Come to th
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
I think you need to (un)learn a lot before your ideas are 'acceptable' to me. Start with realising you're projecting your own ideas - which you insist on calling 'bigoted' - on others. Look in the mirror and make an
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Nope, you're doing exactly what the parent poster said, feeling secure in the 'support' you expect to get from many others on this site. The 'no politics' rule has always been a bit hazy but for about a decade it se
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
> When I read comments like yours, I always read "homogeneous" as "ethnically pure", and judge the comment writer accordingly. followed by: > but I think your projecting your idea of "racism works!"... Yo
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Earlier on I posted the following comment which for some inexplicable reason got flagged: The BBC forgot - or, as is more likely, refused to mention - rule #0: ensure a homogeneous culture with rather stringent rules around public behaviou
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
The BBC forgot - or, as is more likely, refused to mention - rule #0: ensure a homogeneous culture with rather stringent rules around public behaviour.
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
I care about keeping the discourse free from these virtue-signalling disclaimers, not about whatever you think you need to signal about. I consider it irrelevant whether you like or dislike this or that politician in this context and would
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Strange, I've been using it for about 15 years on many different devices and it works just fine. Maybe that is related to the fact that I tend to shun closed-source applications whenever possible? The few closed-source apps I do use -
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
He did: "The mobile linux space isn't exactly looking good right now, but it holds some promise. Ubuntu Touch managed to survive being abandoned by Canonical, and postmarket is still seeing good development even if not having gre
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
I've installed Proxmox on RasPi 4 and up using an unofficial port, it has been running without problems for several years. Now that there is an officially supported version it should only get easier no matter what Proxmox-the-company s
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Competitor explains why competition's product falls short - film at 11. I'd say the proof is in the pudding, which system shows the best results under different circumstances. I suspect the end result will be that a combination of
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
Wikipedia is an unreliable source especially when it comes to 'narrative-affirming' claims.
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
They shoot horses, don't they? Rollerball. Tattoo yourself if you want to be interviewed.
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
These are 'A++' marked LED bulbs according to the old energy label standard which would be between C and D in the new label standard. They're supposed to last for '15 years' according to EC 1194/2012 [1] (2.7 h
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
> Maybe you're just buying cheap poor quality bulbs? If only that were true. Osram is a well-renowned brand so you'd think their - rather pricey - 'high-wattage' (10W) bulbs meant for outside lights here on the farm w
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by hagbard_c 2mo ago
The Doppler effect on your last words seems to confirm you just did.
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by hagbard_c 3mo ago
That seems rather unlikely given the the ways of the fruit factory. They don't stand to gain anything from loosening their stranglehold on their flock while they could lose substantially if someone were to open the gate and let the she
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by hagbard_c 3mo ago
You don't need to virtue signal your dislike of Musk-the-person to be allowed to show your admiration for the exploits of SpaceX. I don't care what you think about Musk and I'm pretty sure I'm far from the only one. Yes,
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by hagbard_c 3mo ago
Well, that explains a lot. It would have been far more surprising for someone with her background to write a positive article about some no-nothing town in fly-over country than the sour grapes she produced here. I hadn't looked into h
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by hagbard_c 3mo ago
I don't think it is a much a hive mind but it is - or at least was - susceptible to manipulation by individuals who know how to game the system to push their own narrative. I got into a discussion with one of these, a 'furry'

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