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by phatfish 5y ago
Surely it has? All those countries are crippled economically and only get attention on a global stage by saber rattling or when they decide to start looking to negotiate their way out. I hardly think Kim Jong Un has "strengthened suppo
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by phatfish 5y ago
Except they were happy to send gas above the "contractual obligations" previous to the ramp up to invading Ukraine. This was clearly planned as a way to exert more pressure on NATO allies. It's like falling out with IT suppor
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by phatfish 5y ago
Joe has not stood still since 2017 either, he profits off the outrage just a much as any other media company that makes money from viewers or listeners. His podcasts used (going back a bit before 2017) to be chill conversations ranging from
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by phatfish 5y ago
Nothing, this is now a solved problem. The EU didn't want the entire internet being hosted from the US. They designed policies to force hosting within EU countries. It happened. The only people still moaning are Americans and hold-outs
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by phatfish 5y ago
I doubt any of them would notice the difference after a month of cold turkey. Anything productive done on Meta platforms can be achieved through alternative, less socially destructive means.
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by phatfish 5y ago
Hopefully they do more than "consider". Pulling the plug would be a benefit to every European citizen (EU member or not).
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by phatfish 5y ago
In a perfect world a agree with this. But the power this gives governments is so great that I don't see how it wouldn't end up abused. In the analogue days "wire tapping" regulated it's self because of the manual na
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by phatfish 5y ago
So the same way all the other countries developed technical skills that can support entire economies then.
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by phatfish 5y ago
Yup, "smart" devices will require an accompanying phone of a similar age with the app already installed in case it was removed from the App/Play store -- if you want to keep using it much after 5 years.
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by phatfish 5y ago
I assumed Sony were migrating to or already using Azure at this point. https://news.microsoft.com/2019/05/16/sony-and-microsoft-to-... At the time Microsoft where not throwing so much money at games developme
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by phatfish 5y ago
My DS Lite has the same infinite battery. I turn it on once every 3 years to see if it still works and end up playing a game for 30 mins. I don't remember the last time i charged it ;) More than 3 years ago I'm sure.
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by phatfish 5y ago
Channel 4 seems to work well. Publicly owned but not publicly funded (taxation, license fee, etc). The corporation created which runs it has certain conditions placed on it to create programs in the interest of the general public that may n
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by phatfish 5y ago
Yes there are certainly other centralized democracies. The UK and France have some of the largest populations under such a system however, by a decent amount to my knowledge.
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by phatfish 5y ago
As long as it meets the BBCs "strict impartiality rules". Remember if facts annoy a certain group that supports the governments agenda the truth must be watered down to keep them happy. Can't have Nadine Dorris* being offende
825.
by phatfish 5y ago
Righto, it was "the medias" fault, not the government running the country for 10+ years. It is in Tory DNA to be authoritarian, the pandemic was simply an opportunity to act on those impulses. While laughing about it from No. 10 (
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by phatfish 5y ago
I think the sort of visualizations that are around on Youtube are great for those who don't "get" maths easily and need another angle to help them understand. Although 3Blue1Brown is not for beginners there are other beginner
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by phatfish 5y ago
The US will never "drop the dollar" while it continues to exist as a nation. Why would the US government allow a system they don't control to run their economy? A blockchain based "e-dollar" is certainly possible, b
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by phatfish 5y ago
I don't think you are missing anything. It is far more attractive on mobile due the the extension support and hence ad-blockers. That alone makes up for any (small) performance difference Firefox has. Chrome on mobile without uBlock is
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by phatfish 5y ago
Valve do have a lot of experience with hardware at this point, if it was their first device I would be worried. Also they have committed to repairability with the tear down video if I remember correctly. Then again, experience with hardware
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by phatfish 5y ago
It's nothing to do with "Europe" or anywhere else, or consumers. The reason the Chinese government is uninterested with the "bad press" around repression of minorities in their country is because the know corporatio
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by phatfish 5y ago
As a "yuppie" status symbol it has to be the least offensive I can think of. Better a fancy electric bike than some obnoxiously big SUV, or sporty-off-road thing that has never even seen grass.
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by phatfish 5y ago
Hopefully the process wont change in 6 months when a new UI "update" is released. At least i hope not, I wouldn't be surprised to find a cooker controlled by a phone style touch screen running Android.
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by phatfish 5y ago
None one else was talking about F-15s or drones in this thread. The only mention was of weapons that even civilians can buy is some countries and do not come with a support contract attached. IMO the US selling F-15s or drones to the Saudis
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by phatfish 5y ago
It seems more like a publicity stunt that Elon can use for childish "grandstanding" on Twitter; sometime in the future, if not already.
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by phatfish 5y ago
The is also why the Crypto-bro dream of having "smart" contracts manage the entire global financial system is insane.
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by phatfish 5y ago
I think we know how he created more than "1000 open source projects". s/projects/functions
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by phatfish 5y ago
No USB-C port i have used has failed. Still working like new on a ~5 year old phone. Multiple laptops, one with a USB-C charging port are also fine. This is a Hackernews meme until some solid real-world evidence is provided. Not edge cases.
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by phatfish 5y ago
Privatisation destroyed rail as a cost effective means of rail travel in the UK. In fact it all fell apart during the pandemic when the government had to take control of a number of franchised routes and temporarily re-nationalize them. Rai
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by phatfish 5y ago
Liking is overloaded, you "like" a video and it also adds it to your favourites. Which if public could be a reason not to "like". Dislike has no other effect that I am aware of. For this reason it was always broken as fa
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by phatfish 5y ago
> The NFT of a photo of the original Apple 1 computer will probably sell for $4million /face-palm 4 million Tether . Do these NFT valuations ever touch real dollars?

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