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by jopsen 5y ago
This was just an example that trade between countries like Russia and China often happen in dollars (or sometimes Euros). Not yen or rubles. You think they would use bitcoin/eth instead? I don't fully understand banking systems, b
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by jopsen 5y ago
> This is a watershed moment for crypto and will be pointed to as a historical example of when the US started to lose influence over the world stage. Just a month ago China and Russia made a 30-year deal to sell/buy gas through a pi
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by jopsen 5y ago
Probably true, hehe... But there was a coalition of naive countries going along with the US. And it wasn't a surprise attack without serious diplomatic attempts. And even then, the US did actually worry about the legality of the invasi
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by jopsen 5y ago
The US never said: "it's just an exercise, we have no plans to invade". Not lying means that diplomacy has a chance. Nor does the US act unilaterally. It's always a coalition.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Yeah, the wind is blowing that way.. But we still haven't stopped buying oil/gas. And if we did, China might buy it instead.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Do nothing, but then we'll eventually be at war with Russia. It's prefer Russia to be poor if we have to fight them. Yes, there is no better alternative than sanctions.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Even if you don't buy the complicity by taxes argument. What alternative do we have left? Sanctions is just the least bad thing.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Hmm, maybe I'm wrong... You probably are innocent. It's just you end up as collateral damage.
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by jopsen 5y ago
To clarify, I'm saying sanctions is a crappy tool. But there are no better options. NATO isn't going to liberate Russians from Putin. That seems like a bad idea.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Agreed, it won't work. It won't remove Putin. But it means that if we have to fight a war with Russia. The Russia we'll be fighting will be poor. I'm guessing that's the cold logic behind it. Mind you, sanctions pro
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by jopsen 5y ago
> Fuck this mentality that makes the life of ordinary people harder and call it "sympathy". The sanctions will do this too. They will make Russians very poor, it might take time -- but odds are ordinary Russians will become poo
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by jopsen 5y ago
Economic pressure will eventually reduce the threat that Russia poses. This is a long-term strategy. It'll take years, and it will drag the Russian people into poverty. Sad, but what's the alternative? With a little luck this avoi
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by jopsen 5y ago
Someone is going to suffer, should it be: (A) A Russian tax payer, or, (B) A Ukrainian bomb recipient? It's not fair, but if your country does evil -- you are not entirely innocent.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Maybe, maybe not.. shops are probably not engaged in currency speculation. And it's certainly possible that fest drives some people to buy crap jewelry at high prices..
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by jopsen 5y ago
This seems more like discriminating based on nationality. So far no sanctions are seizing assets of ordinary Russians.. nobody is even talking about this.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Yeah, it'll be as broken as things are in China..
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by jopsen 5y ago
District heating is heavily regulated here.. I think owned by the consumers. Indeed local regulation for the lot of land I'm on stipulates that district heating must be the primary heat source. This gives it some economies of scale, I&
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by jopsen 5y ago
He did mass troops before without invading.. But the US intelligence played it, yes, it's not surprising. Honestly, I thought it could have gone either way. This will have more consequences than anything before, I don't see how we
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by jopsen 5y ago
Did it really? Won't this just be another inflationary pressure, pushing central banks to increase rates?
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by jopsen 5y ago
> What are the significant differences that justified killing (directly or indirectly) many tens of thousands and messing up a country for 20 years, that still makes it valid to have outrage for the current situation? I'm genuinely
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by jopsen 5y ago
Hmm, heat pumps are certainly attractive.. But if you're building a new house, wouldn't you roll in district heating if readily available. Agreed, patching district heating into an old house might be hard/expensive.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Spot on.. also many Nordic cities also have district heating, which can utilize surplus heat from power production.
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by jopsen 5y ago
My house has district heating, feeding into floor.. turning heat up/down takes effect many hours later. House is also well insulated, with heat recycling ventilation. Objective is to keep a consistent temperature.
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by jopsen 5y ago
> But, whatabout the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan? "whatabout" doesn't justify anything else. But I'll play. In both cases, there was a broad coalition. Troops didn't start an invasion without clear demands.
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by jopsen 5y ago
> Technically, if there were attacked this evening, nobody in the US or EU would come to help them. Nobody would bound by a public alliance to help them. We don't know if secret agreements exists? But I guess such agreements would b
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by jopsen 5y ago
Spot on, Ukraine wouldn't have joined NATO until their border disputes was resolved. So probably not anytime the next 20-30 years. Demands by Russia were disingenuous, because they would never have been honored. And I doubt honoring th
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by jopsen 5y ago
> ... current EU and US leaders are asleep at the wheel. We have a different dynamic. Talking about sanctions looks almost pathetic. Yes, but NATO clearly stating that they wouldn't intervene in Ukraine probably made events more pre
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by jopsen 5y ago
> Those guards belong in jail themselves... The guards are just the product of a system/culture.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Russia is a tiny economy compared to NATO. With modern logistics, I don't buy the geographic argument. To be this is just Putin playing cards the rest of the civilized world have decided you can't play.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Insolation is an extremely effective way to save energy. But with cold bridges and such it can be a little complicated to get right.

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