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by jacquesm 6mo ago
That's absolutely true. But in a European context he's already vowed that he will now take up Orban's mantel in blockading EU assistance to Ukraine and other tricks. That means he will no longer be able to hide his involvemen
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_lady_doth_protest_too_much...
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Phase angle measurements. And it's been a very hard, long and slow slog. Anybody with bright ideas in this department and I'm all ears.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
It's a bit like computer security: you have to get it right all of the time and the perps mostly only need one shot at being lucky and then it will takes many years to undo the damage. We should approach democracy more with the kind of
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
US vessels blocking Chinese vessels in international waters would certainly have interesting and very immediate results. I'm not sure Trump realizes how big the cowpie is that he just faceplanted in.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
The Chinese can do something really funny now.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Let's hope they fix that little loophole before the next election.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
With Orban much reduced in power Fico's days are numbered. But Orban will hang around, if only to do more of Putin's bidding, it's up to Magyar & the new government now to deal with Orban and his spies in a way that they
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Just give her a Kobo. They're pretty decent, have good battery life and you can use them in combination with Calibre for a pretty good UI.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
HN has a large enough MAGA contingent that believes by not talking about it the world will hold off a little longer from bringing down their idol. What happened to Orban could and should happen to Trump. But America is only in year 6 of s
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
What's hilarious is that this is a French guy that moved to the UK bitching about immigration into the UK / Europe. You can't make this up.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Can we please stop with the 'great replacement theory' drivel? You seem to want to drop that into conversations even though it is patent bullshit. Thank you. > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47666504 >
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Let's see Trump standing by his word and help strengthen Hungary's economy now that the Russian Stooge has lost. So much for that continued leadership.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Pro-EU: probably. Anti-Russia: also probably. For both: I prefer to see it all rather than to assume it will be fine. Oh, and we still have Fico to deal with. But at least Hungarians have chosen against Orban that in itself gives some hope.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Yes, that's true. But there is enough about Magyar that I don't understand that I'm cautiously optimistic. Though it would be hard to imagine worse than Orban... JD Vance strikes again. I wonder how long it will take US polit
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Except of course for the little bit where he instructed his VP to not certify the elections.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Time will tell. Keep in mind that his successor was part of Orban's party in the past.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
> To another point (I’m a three time Trump voter in a solidly blue state fyi) the point of electing him in the first place was to assault “our” (i.e. your) social constructs. The MAGA critique of Trump is he is not being concerted enough
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
> Internationally there is currently no alternative to the US as a superpower and Trump is the leader of the US. You may not have noticed, but that is changing very rapidly. > Domestically he continues to have a substantial constituen
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
These two things don't have a whole lot to do with each other. Sure, crime isn't 'simple cause and effect'. But it is still as simple as 'means, motive, opportunity' and if means are plentiful that reduces the
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
There will be serious pushback to that by lobbyists. This is already happening in the form of mandatory participation in 'the market' while at the same time (you can't make this up) having to sell to that market at some kind
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
We thank you for your patronage and blessings. That's a mighty fine cardboard box you have there.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Hmmm. Don't they have a reporting form or something like that? Down with those filthy Azure pirates on IP 52.166.113.188.
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
It never was, it was just a trial run to see whether Trump's private army is going to be obeying orders or not. So far the results are nothing to be happy about. What is fascinating is how the media still whitewashes it all. ICE detent
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
I don't know man... this isn't my site but if it would be the banhammer would be applied fairly liberally to those that are still hopelessly addicted to the kool-aid and that use HN exclusively for political debate and pushing the
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Quite a few developed countries have privatized their electrical grids. The effects - predictable - were rent seeking behavior without the necessary investments to remain future proof. This is now catching up with us in a big way, the elect
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Another thread with a bit more life to it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47739524
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Yes, absolutely. But the billionaires will spend a fraction of their billions to stop that from happening so that's a lopsided fight already. The problem is the ratchet effect. Money is like gravity: have a little bit of it and you are
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Oh, I think that has definitely happened. A lot of very high placed career military have been fired recently and even if they're not saying much the fact that it happened speaks volumes. These were people with decades of service. I thi
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by jacquesm 6mo ago
Asia is already in trouble on account of this, that won't go much further without something breaking. https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/910d11da-595a-40a4-836c-...

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