mantas

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841.
by mantas 4y ago
Yeah, for example some China company :D
842.
by mantas 4y ago
Maybe they just cater to their electorate. Democracy etc.
843.
by mantas 4y ago
Maybe they’re good precisely because of this mindset?
844.
by mantas 4y ago
You don't need science finction. Just on following on some online communities: > :s/reptiloids/parasites/g
845.
by mantas 4y ago
It is wrong to do harm. Why someone's well being is more important because he has an illness? What if he hurts other vulnerable people? E.g. psycho attacking kids. Should we care about psycho's well being more than about kids safe
846.
by mantas 4y ago
Victims should come before the perpetrator though. It's better to harm the bad actor slightly too much rather than make even more victims. Why innocent people should be at risk if somebody just can't be responsible for himself.
847.
by mantas 4y ago
If someone can't properly control himself, then it's up to society to ensure that nobody is harmed.
848.
by mantas 4y ago
There's a big difference between a soft paddle boat and superyacht. Both are beyond basic needs. A very basic computing device is rather cheap these days. Look at mobile internet penetration in Africa or Asia. Sure, not everybody has i
849.
by mantas 4y ago
Probably not. Just keep it perfecting forever locally. After all the fun is in programming, not dealing with publishing, making an icon, a sound name etc. Even if I did publish it, I doubt a new app where 10000 already exists helps the soci
850.
by mantas 4y ago
Why? I don't want neither status nor the yacht. For those who do want, it may become out of reach too. First, taxes are now much higher to build all the housing and everything. Next, it will be harder to find workers if basic needs are
851.
by mantas 4y ago
Ride my bicycle and write software for fun. Not caring about what society and/or market needs. Just writing software for the sake of it. E.g perfecting best-ever-made todo app.
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by mantas 4y ago
They'll find ways to control through providing the basics.
853.
by mantas 4y ago
Why be productive then? Both for those who get basics anyway and for those who get taxed through the roof? I'm using „productive“ instead of „work“ for a reason. It's easy find a BS „work“ to do. E.g. I could spend my days bicycli
854.
by mantas 4y ago
Looking at some content there, „abusive“ is relative to say the least.
855.
by mantas 4y ago
Not even necessarily „new“. Taking same old trail is perfectly fine and in many cases even more rewarding. Same for gettign deeper into instrument/hobby/whatever.
856.
by mantas 4y ago
Slash athletes salary 10x and you’ll still have same talented athletes putting in great effort. Most sportsmen are in it because they love competing and given activity. And lower salaries with less focus on advertising may make the activity
857.
by mantas 4y ago
Operation Impossible vibes.
858.
by mantas 4y ago
It's insane how many people in West don't understand why people here in eastern europe run for NATO cover. Bucha and other events didn't raise an eyebrow here. It's just business-as-usual for Muscovy :/
859.
by mantas 4y ago
„Whatever it takes“ is so 1938. The only way is to stop Russia once and for at least some time.
860.
by mantas 4y ago
Do it
861.
by mantas 4y ago
What about tax for a median citizen?
862.
by mantas 4y ago
> without government intervention There’s a lot of tangential government intervention. E.g. no enough daycare funding while pushing moms-back-at-work campaigns. Birth-control hormones ending up in waste water which goes back full circle
863.
by mantas 4y ago
Why more profitable crops are not grown instead? Maybe Alfalfa is the only profitable thing. And with fair water rights even that wouldn’t be grown. Which would probably be better than current situation.
864.
by mantas 4y ago
* less than 80 cars
865.
by mantas 4y ago
Yes. But the huuuuge forests of XII century were converted into arable land in Commonwealth times. Export timber, then grow grain in place of the old forest and export it... And then unexpected partition happens and you can't hide in t
866.
by mantas 4y ago
Situation is somewhat similar here in Lithuania. Unfortunately what I learned studying our post-WW2 resistance, it's not as obstacle as it was back then. Melioration is probably #1. Marshes are anti-tank canals, with bridges supporting
867.
by mantas 4y ago
If West would have political will to deploy.
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by mantas 4y ago
Here in East politicians did a pretty good job to prepare for the monster. Unfortunately some businesses did feed it. But that’s a drop in a bucket compared to West monster-building. Kinda sucks to run away to those who did feed the monster
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by mantas 4y ago
Not only governments. I’d say a good portion of our population wouldn’t bet their lives on this.
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by mantas 4y ago
Why not? Looking back at the beginning of war, had Ukraine fell in days… I don’t see West actively trying to stop Russia in Baltics and Poland. Russians would have had super high morale while West would have been in 100% panic mode trying t

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