maximinus_thrax

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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
So thankful for this development. This was the final nudge I needed to finally ditch Gmail, after 20something years.
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
Just a couple of days ago, this account was anti-censorship https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567052 Wanted to let you know you're arguing with a Russian troll, the type you hear about in the news.
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
Tons of rightwingers on HN. The 'don't tread on me' people who are now in the 'the secret police should check everyone's papers' camp.
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
Montlake Terrace WA did https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mountlake-terrace-cancels-flo... My hope is that https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/washington-court-rules... will make Flock ge
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
> * over Ukraine Only tankies use the expression 'the Ukraine' https://time.com/12597/the-ukraine-or-ukraine/
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
> Google needs to fix this, it's really bad. Do they really? It seems the incentives are aligned so that they continue making the big bucks regardless of 'petty grievances' such as these..
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
> The top people are all who kissed each others ass and looked out only for their cohort (e.g. people who were in same positions as them in early 2013). So teach your kids to kiss ass and play poltiics. After more than 20 years in big te
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
Russian troll operations mirror the narcissist prayer short of 'they deserve it' + whataboutism - There are no such monuments in all of Russia - If there are, they raised by some guy in some insignificant villages - If there aren&
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
Denial is not just a river in Egypt, товарищ. Soviet nostalgia has become central to Putinism and thanks to the non-stop brainwashing, in 2020 '75% of Russians agreed that the Soviet era was the "greatest time" in the history
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
Of course. I forgot, when discussing Russian imperial ambitions you need to be specific about which stage you're referring to. I was referring to the latest (late) stage.
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Russian crew detained after undersea cable cut in 'sabotage'(telegraph.co.uk)
23 points by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago|2 comments
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
Yeah no shit. Remember when the Soviets operated nukes in Cuba? It's the same thing now, but we're pretending we're not at war with Russia.
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by maximinus_thrax 9mo ago
The swan song of the new Russian empire.
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by maximinus_thrax 10mo ago
Is that supposed to be some sort of insult?
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by maximinus_thrax 10mo ago
> Why plural? Belarus and Ukraine > What? By which rule the US invaded Iraq in 2003? By which rule NATO changed the borders of Serbia? None of those instances are wars of conquest, of annexation of a sovereign country by military forc
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by maximinus_thrax 10mo ago
And yet it has been done with different approaches, it's complicated, yes, as I said. But nothing nightmarish about it.
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by maximinus_thrax 10mo ago
I wouldn't say it's a 'nightmare'. It's just more complicated than what regular folk think computers work when it comes to time sync. There's nothing nightmareish or scary about this, it's just using the b
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by maximinus_thrax 10mo ago
I see you ran into our resident Russian troll, protomolecule's new HN account. Don't engage. Flag and move on.
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by maximinus_thrax 10mo ago
I do notice, it's called sealioning
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by maximinus_thrax 10mo ago
Don't. Check the user's history, this will not be a good faith debate.
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by maximinus_thrax 11mo ago
> It would be a painful for both sides Not seeing what's painful for russia in this plan. They basically get new territory, a weaker Ukraine, lose all sanctions, back in G8, complete amnesty for war crimes. It's a win for them.
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by maximinus_thrax 11mo ago
Is this a personal opinion, your opinion as a Google employee or Google's position on the matter? Have you cleared this statement with comms/PR? Do you want OP to 'get the fuck out' if they don't upskill or is this
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by maximinus_thrax 11mo ago
And yet, Stalin was the one who actually did do a genocide in Ukraine. He also did one at home, but the Putinesque approach to history is to ignore all of that.
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by maximinus_thrax 11mo ago
You guys are the experts on this [1][2][3][4][5][6][7], so please educate us how it's possible. It's very well known fact that Russia was always friendly with the nazis. It all started with https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by maximinus_thrax 11mo ago
> Like all populists Like Trump?
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by maximinus_thrax 11mo ago
Interesting perspective. In contrast, people see Russia as a miserable shithole just like they did in the 90s and generally throughout history. Basically both Europe's and Asia's backwater at the same time, which is remarkable.
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by maximinus_thrax 1y ago
> Let’s talk about the fact that we’re sort of ok with these murders. I am definitely not ok with these murders but I know the press is working hard to manufacture popular support for them.
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by maximinus_thrax 1y ago
Nobody would be this stupid. Except for president Trump, who's flattered by the idea of having an infrastructure project carrying his name. This is how the Russians keep successfully manipulating the president of the USA. We have argua
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by maximinus_thrax 1y ago
Hey protomolecule, long time no see. How are things?
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by maximinus_thrax 1y ago
> After the EU pressured a reset of the Romanian elections Citation needed. Romanian elections have been cancelled due to a proven hybrid warfare waged by Russia. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/16&#x

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