So dumb people who can't do multiplications, but can count months, won't panic.
On a more serious not, most people skim the headline, read "three times" and think "Wow! There's some work to do!" instead of "Twelve times!? Then Russia is winning. Wait, Russia is winning? Why is this newspaper not stating that Russia is winning? There's no way Ukraine can win with one bullet versus twelve. Shouldn't this be a giant issue? Why is there no giant debate on this? Why is my newspaper demanding a debate on this? Should Ukraine even continue to risk sending its soldiers to fight a war where the enemy has twelve times the amount of ammo?"
We don't know if you're high, sleeping, on your phone, or just watching SpongeBob on your infotainment panel. All we know is that you're failing of the one expectation of you. Honking at you gets your attention back where it needs to be. Don't take it personal. People have places to be.
Theoretically, if they just have a slower reaction time than you, you are actually slowing them down as they now have to look around to make sure you aren't honking because of potential danger, which is the actual usage purpose of a car horn.
Edit: Additionally, this creates a broader societal danger as the "go when honked at!" mentality is entirely opposite of the true purpose of a horn.
Example: Person in front is about to go, you notice that someone is running the red light perpendicular, you honk to signal the danger, now instead of recognizing the danger, they go anyway, thinking you were impatiently honking, leading directly to an accident.
Honk means "pay attention". If the light has been green long enough for me to honk at you you're not paying attention to anything on the road, danger or otherwise.
the original discussion was about people who honk instantly.
The top of this thread is someone saying they don't know if you're paying attention. I was replying to your comment about "honking meaning move immediately."
Conversations shift as people say things. If I wanted to comment on the original discussion I would have started a new thread relplying to the original discussion. I was replying to you about the thing you said.
I've seen way too many idiots ignore red lights since COVID to "move as soon as possible" anymore. I'm not risking getting Tboned to appease some impatient twat behind me.
Always look both ways, no matter how long the light has been green. I need to see you're paying attention though, that's the thing. So many people in the front of the line are sitting on their phone so sleeping or whatever the fuck. It's pretty obvious when someone is just checking the intersection before moving vs. not even looking at the damn road.
This goes for more than just driving too. If you're next in line at the café and you can't be fucked to think about anyone behind you while you finish sending a text or whatever while the server is waiting to take your order, you're an asshole. Make your order, pay, then do what you want to do.
The moment the light turns green is the moment I take my foot off the brake. I move very slowly forward while checking the cross streets (way too many people running red lights, it's absurd). Taking your foot off the brake lets the cars behind you know you're paying attention.
A new Yahoo/YouGov survey finds that about twice as many U.S. adults say they would vote for a candidate with Mamdani's platform (50%) than say they would not (26%). Could it be a blueprint for Democrats elsewhere?
You get told by every mainstream news everywhere on social media that this is an “evil socialist”.
It’s been a trend for atleast the past 30 years that policy wise the average US voter has been way further to the left than the average party they vote for.
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Germany-fundedlong-range weaponsto arrive in Ukraine by late July, general says. German Major General Christian Freuding confirmed that the weapons systems’ initial deliveries are expected by the end of July. The arms will be supplied in a “high triple-digit quantity,” he said.
Trump considering sendingnew funds to Ukrainefor first time since taking office, CBS News reports. The funds could come from the $3.85 billion remaining in Presidential Drawdown Authority from the Biden administration or from frozen Russian assets, current and former U.S. officials said.
Zelensky signals majorcabinet reshuffle, calls for defense reforms. Zelensky said Ukraine “requires more positive momentum in relations with the United States, alongside new steps in managing the nation’s defense sector.”
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Ukraine destroysRussian drone unitafter Kherson infant killed, child ‘should never have been a target,’ governor says. “Dmytro should never have been a target. I thank our soldiers for their just retribution. No occupier who brought death and destruction to our land will escape punishment,” Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
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International response
Slovakia seeks EU guarantees onRussian gas phase-outahead of sanctions deal, Reuters report. While Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the sanctions package itself is not objectionable, his government has blocked the proposal over concerns about a separate EU plan to fully phase out Russian gas imports by 2028.
Polish president-elect urges Ukraine to allowfull exhumationsof Volyn massacre victims, despite resumed work. Speaking at a ceremony in Chelm marking the 82nd anniversary of the 1943-44 Volyn massacres, Polish President-elect Karol Nawrocki said the victims “do not cry out for revenge, but for a cross, a grave, and memory,” and urged Ukraine to authorize further work across multiple sites.
Former Wagner fighter seeksasylum in Finlandafter fleeing across Russian border, media reports. The man, identified only as Yevgeny, reportedly served in a Wagner assault unit and fought in eastern Ukraine, including in Bakhmut and around Selydove.
French army chief says Russia sees France as‘main enemy in Europe’due to Ukraine support. The head of the French army, General Thierry Burkhard, attributed Russia’s view of Paris as a primary adversary largely to France’s unwavering support for Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Russia blamesWestern sanctionsfor collapse of UN food deal. A day earlier, the U.N. announced that the three-year agreement would end on July 22. The deal “will not be renewed” because of disagreements, a source close to the discussions told the AFP.
Russia’s Lavrov cautions West onNorth Korea security pact. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the U.S., South Korea, and Japan of military buildups around North Korea. “We warn against exploiting these ties to build alliances directed against anyone, including North Korea and, of course, Russia.”
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I got firstnamelastname@gmail.com when gmail was still 'invite only'.
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Zwei Jahre. 24 Monate. 730 Tage. So lange gibt es diesen Blog – und das nur, weil ich eigentlich nur für mich die Mediatheken durchforste, um Filme zu finden, die etwas riskieren. Filme, die weh tun, irritieren, begeistern, wütend machen. Filme, die nicht glatt gebügelt wurden, Filme für meinen ganz privaten Eskapismus. Ich schreibe darüber, weil sie mich beschäftigen. Weil ich etwas sehe, das nicht untergehen sollte im Strom der Flachware. Und weil ich glaube, dass Filmkritik viel mehr sein kann als Konsumberatung.
Zwei Jahre. 24 Monate. 730 Tage. So lange gibt es diesen Blog - und das nur, weil ich eigentlich nur für mich die Mediatheken durchforste, um Filme zu finden, die etwas riskieren. Filme, die weh tun, irritieren, begeistern, wütend machen.
L’altro giorno mi è venuta l’idea pazza che più pazza non si può etc etc… solito andazzo. Ma, per quanto l’andazzo sia sempre lo stesso del cazzo, il risultato delle mie macchinazioni è anche stavolta originale, e la primissima versione utilizzabile di esso è già in produzione da ieri sera. Occhi aperti sul nuovissimo gnammifico […]
Pignio pignatico si rende superpignastico per pignare cose e cosine
L’altro giorno mi è venuta l’idea pazza che più pazza non si può etc etc… solito andazzo. Ma, per quanto l’andazzo sia sempre lo stesso del cazzo, il risultato delle mie macchinazioni è anche stavolta originale, e la primissima versione utilizzabile di esso è già in produzione da ieri sera. Occhi aperti sul nuovissimo gnammifico pezzo di software che è Pignio.octt.eu.org!!! (Che per poco non rischiava di chiamarsi Octterest…) 💣💫💥 Questo coso spunta fuori dal fatto che, negli ultimi tempi, stava uscendo sempre più la necessità per me di avere un merdino per salvare ed organizzare elementi come link singoli o file multimediali, anche e soprattutto al volo, e potenzialmente renderli accessibili al pubblico… non so: memini, reference, cose da stampare, forse roba PDF file, tutto sotto il mio controllo a prova di sparizione. Ovviamente, una cartella con varie sottocartelle (magari sincronizzata su una repo Git pubblica), che in altri casi sarebbe l’opzione più ovvia, nel complesso qui non va bene, perché l’agilità va a farsi benedire… ma, io sono pur sempre una ragazza magica, dunque non devo accontentarmi delle soluzioni esistenti!!! 😍
In effetti, di software specializzati per salvare cose ce ne sono a bizzeffe… ne hosto io stessa da anni uno per link e articoli dal web, Shiori… però, non so, manca in tutti quella cosa in più per questo caso d’uso… Tra cui, il fatto che è bello facile a salvare elementi singoli dentro tutti quei robi, ma se io ipoteticamente (…e praticamente) avessi cartelle già piene di roba sul PC, che stracavolo dovrei fare? Quindi, beh, semplicemente ho progettato Pignio per operare direttamente sul file system, pescando e salvando sia file che metadati da e su file nella cartella del server, e ho fuso insieme quei due universi che mai devono toccarsi, rispettivamente della banalità informatica e dell’alta informatica… in altre parole, è flat-file, e sono negativamente stupita del fatto che non esista alcun altro software lato server per questo scopo qui ma con questa caratteristica. 🤥
Ora è davvero nelle fasi iniziali, e funziona bene… bisognerà vedere poi quanto regge, soprattutto con decine o centinaia di migliaia di file multimediali da trovare sul disco, con altrettanti file INI messi affianco da cui vengono letti i metadati (e quanto sarà l’overhead sul disco avendo tutti questi file da poche centinaia di byte ciascuno), ma la struttura del file system (per gli elementi creati dalla app stessa, identificati da un ID Snowflake, non i file tirati da fuori) penso di averla architettata bene. Sarà davvero la prova definitiva per l’architettura flat-file, se davvero finisco per riempire il sistema con questo passo… ma, in compenso, una repo Git sarà perfetta per fare il backup di tali questi miei preziosi dati (cosiddetto “mio tessoro“), non avendo blob di database. 🤤
Lo stile dell’interfaccia, e a breve anche il sistema di raggruppamento di elementi in collezioni, vabbé, l’ho copiato spudoratamente da Pinterest, e mi sembra ben ovvio… ma, differenza di Pinterest, Pignio ha vantaggi molto tosti… in primis è mio, quindi posso sistemarlo per non avere tutti i bug di merda (Pinterest ne ha infiniti!), poi è self-hostabile, quindi i dati sono già sempre fisicamente in mano a me; e, in più, funziona senza JavaScript, e quindi anche su browser vecchi (pur se con un layout mezzo rotto su quelli, per via del framework che ho usato, UIKit)… figurarsi se io trascuravo proprio una cosa del genere. 😤
Il lavoro da fare è ancora tantino però (e te pareva), perché, a parte le collezioni, ci sono cose solo da sistemare. Cose piccole, come l’importazione automatica di elementi da feed RSS esterni (…ed implementare i feed della roba dalla app stessa)… ma poi anche cose grosse ma assolutamente necessarie, come avere un OCR automatico sulle immagini, o più in generale il riconoscimento dei contenuti per fare tagging automatico, così da ottimizzare la ricerca e potenzialmente avere un algoritmo di suggerimento utile in un’istanza con più utenti. A proposito… ancora non ho nemmeno finito di implementare i permessi per gli utenti, quindi non posso invitare ancora nessuno a provare la mia istanza… però, ho reso pubblico il codice già da ieri (nonostante inizialmente pensavo di aspettare un po’, perché potrei cambiare alcune cose della struttura dati… ma francamente non freca): gitlab.com/octospacc/Pignio. GODETE!!! 😈😳
primo [strong]messaggio[/strong] :blush:
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Per mostrare un esempio del dibattito sul deterioramento dell'insegnamento scientifico, diffuso in termini analoghi in tutto il mondo occidentale, riportiamo la storiella del "problema delle patate", che, nata in Francia, è stata riproposta recentemente in Spagna. [Nota. Il "problema delle patate", ripreso da una rivista spagnola, è stato riproposto in traduzione italiana da Ana Millàn Gasca nel numero marzo-giugno 1996 di "Lettera matematica". Ho abbreviato leggermente il testo. Fine nota.] Si tratta della descrizione delle successive modifiche di un semplice problema di aritmetica.
1960.
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono i 4/5 del prezzo di vendita. Qual è il suo guadagno?
1970 (insegnamento "tradizionale").
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono i 4/5 del prezzo di vendita, e cioè 800 pesetas. Qual è il suo guadagno?
1970 (insegnamento "moderno").
Un contadino scambia un insieme P di patate con un insieme M di monete. La cardinalità dell'insieme M è uguale a 1000 e ogni elemento di M vale una peseta. Disegna 1000 grossi punti che rappresentino gli elementi dell'insieme M. L'insieme S delle spese di produzione è un sottoinsieme di M ed è formato da 200 grossi punti in meno di quello dell'insieme M. Rappresenta l'insieme S e rispondi alla domanda seguente: qual è la cardinalità dell'insieme G che rappresenta il guadagno? Disegna G in colore rosso.
1980 (insegnamento "rinnovato").
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono 800 pesetas e il suo guadagno è di 200 pesetas. Sottolinea la parola "patata" e discutine con il tuo compagno.
1990 (insegnamento "riformato").
Supponendo che degli agricoltori vogliano vendere un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas, fai un sondaggio per determinare il volume della domanda potenziale di patate nel nostro paese. Completa questa ricerca analizzando gli elementi del problema, mettendo in rapporto gli elementi fra loro e cercando il principio del rapporto fra questi elementi. Per finire, fai una tabella a doppio ingresso, indicando in orizzontale, in alto, i nomi degli elementi citati, e in verticale, in basso, diversi modi di cucinare le patate.
Lucio Russo, Segmenti e bastoncini - Dove sta andando la scuola? - Milano 1998
Per mostrare un esempio del dibattito sul deterioramento dell'insegnamento scientifico, diffuso in termini analoghi in tutto il mondo occidentale, riportiamo la storiella del "problema delle patate", che, nata in Francia, è stata riproposta recentemente in Spagna. [Nota. Il "problema delle patate", ripreso da una rivista spagnola, è stato riproposto in traduzione italiana da Ana Millàn Gasca nel numero marzo-giugno 1996 di "Lettera matematica". Ho abbreviato leggermente il testo. Fine nota.] Si tratta della descrizione delle successive modifiche di un semplice problema di aritmetica.
1960.
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono i 4/5 del prezzo di vendita. Qual è il suo guadagno?
1970 (insegnamento "tradizionale").
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono i 4/5 del prezzo di vendita, e cioè 800 pesetas. Qual è il suo guadagno?
1970 (insegnamento "moderno").
Un contadino scambia un insieme P di patate con un insieme M di monete. La cardinalità dell'insieme M è uguale a 1000 e ogni elemento di M vale una peseta. Disegna 1000 grossi punti che rappresentino gli elementi dell'insieme M. L'insieme S delle spese di produzione è un sottoinsieme di M ed è formato da 200 grossi punti in meno di quello dell'insieme M. Rappresenta l'insieme S e rispondi alla domanda seguente: qual è la cardinalità dell'insieme G che rappresenta il guadagno? Disegna G in colore rosso.
1980 (insegnamento "rinnovato").
Un contadino vende un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas. Le sue spese di produzione sono 800 pesetas e il suo guadagno è di 200 pesetas. Sottolinea la parola "patata" e discutine con il tuo compagno.
1990 (insegnamento "riformato").
Supponendo che degli agricoltori vogliano vendere un sacco di patate per 1000 pesetas, fai un sondaggio per determinare il volume della domanda potenziale di patate nel nostro paese. Completa questa ricerca analizzando gli elementi del problema, mettendo in rapporto gli elementi fra loro e cercando il principio del rapporto fra questi elementi. Per finire, fai una tabella a doppio ingresso, indicando in orizzontale, in alto, i nomi degli elementi citati, e in verticale, in basso, diversi modi di cucinare le patate.
Lucio Russo, Segmenti e bastoncini - Dove sta andando la scuola? - Milano 1998
La destra vince perché, pur non redistribuendo ricchezza, redistribuisce la possibilità di esercitare potere e violenza sul piano simbolico e materiale ad alcune porzioni di popolazione, che creano un blocco sociale trasversale e interclassista poten…
Hab vor 'ner Weile im Laden "Ameisen-Buffet" gesehen und dachte, krass, hätte nicht gedacht, dass das schon im Mainstream angekommen ist, dass die Ameisen in Deutschland aktuell hart am Aussterben sind, so dass es genug Interesse an einem Produkt wie dem Bienenhotel nur eben für Ameisen gibt.
Ja, die meisten Ameisen verschwinden, weil ihr Lebensraum zerstört wird, unter anderem durch Pestizide oder weil z.B. weniger totes Holz in den Wäldern gelassen wird. Wenn man als Ameise nur 'ne bewässerte Wiese braucht, dann kann ich mir schon vorstellen, dass dein Garten Freude bereitet.
Kann gerade keine wirklich gute Statistik finden, aber hier sieht man zum Beispiel in Abb. 2, dass 60% der Ameisenarten in Deutschland rückläufig sind: bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Do…
Das paßt einfach nur ins Bild eines ganz allgemeinen Kollaps der Biodiversität. Wir stecken im von den unschönen Nebenwirkungen des Industriezeitalters ausgelösten 6. Massenaussterben der Erdgeschichte, da geht die Biomasse von allen möglichen Spezies zurück, während die einiger weniger Arten rapide ansteigt -- nicht nur Menschen, ihre domestizierten Pflanzen- und Tierspezies und die davon abhängigen Spezies wie Parasiten und Schädlinge, sondern auch verschleppte invasive Spezies sowie solche Generalisten, für die der Niedergang komplexer Ökosysteme riesige ungenutzte Nischen eröffnet. Na ja, vermutlich ist das Industriezeitalter in 200-300 Jahren komplett vorbei, und der Kaputtalismus mit seinem bösartigen tumorhaften Wirtschaftswachstum kollabiert spätestens um 2050, wenn er überhaupt noch so lange durchhält. Interessant ist, wie schlimm die kumulativen Schäden an allen möglichen ökologischen Systemen dieses Planeten bis dahin noch werden. Wenn nur so 50-60% aller Spezies aussterben, stehen die Chancen sehr gut, daß hinreichend viele Menschen den Kollaps überleben, daß die Hominiden nicht aussterben. Wenn wir es so weit eskalieren lassen, daß 90% aller Spezies aussterben, dann verschwinden mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit alle ökologischen Nischen für große Landwirbeltiere, und das sind wir dummerweise halt auch. Egal wie es läuft, in 5-10 Millionen Jahren ist die Biosphäre wieder völlig normal, nur halt mit anderen Spezies, die aus den Überlebenden evolvieren. Um Ameisen würde ich mir keine Sorgen machen, die haben diverse ganz gewaltige Massensterben überlebt. Selbst wenn die meisten Spezies von denen verschwinden, ist das nicht allzu schlimm für die Ameisen insgesamt. Problematisch ist eher, daß die verschwindenden Ameisenspezies alle möglichen Tiere und Pflanzen beeinflussen, und daß sich dort, wo sie verschwinden, andere Spezies breitmachen, die andere Einflüsse auf das lokale Ökosystem haben.
I had the same problem, ended up login in with a lemmy account. Maybe piefed being still relatively new means it's not yet integrated in the Fediverse Auth system ?
Ormai sono acclamati come rock star, ma guardateli in copertina: più facile scambiarli per impiegati in relax dopolavoristico. O in un gruppo di buskers di classe media, con le custodie degli strumenti appoggiate per strada... Leggi e ascolta...
Ormai sono acclamati come rock star, ma guardateli in copertina: più facile scambiarli per impiegati in relax dopolavoristico. O in un gruppo di buskers di classe media, con le custodie degli strumenti appoggiate per strada. Il verdetto di “Babel”, secondo album dei lanciatissimi Mumford & Sons , è più che confortante. Se non la fantasia, i quattro ragazzi di West London hanno portato al potere passione, semplicità, una ventata di freschezza e di irresistibile comunicativa... rockol.it/recensioni-musicali/…
I run Firefox with uBlock Origin in my work as well as private device for > 2 years without any issues including tricky applications like Citrix, Virtual Desktops etc.
On my mobile, I use Fennec with uBlock Origin, Decentraleyes and PrivacyBadger and sometimes have some small issues, so I have to view the page in Desktop mode instead.
But compared to a web full of ads, it's a difference like day and night. Definitely won't go back any time soon!
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More than 20 countries are convening in Bogota next week to declare “concrete measures against Israel’s violations of international law”, diplomats told Middle East Eye.
In a different timeline I'd say this is amazing. At this point anything that exposes my personal info, without express permission, is not going to be used to my benefit.
The AC4 image is suitable, as I will, in fact, continue pirating the hell out of Ubi games I want to play, including Black Flag which I almost 100%-ed recently (haven't gone 100% on main missions yet).
I am mad about how dumb we all are, and how easiy swayed by simple narratives that reinforce our biases.
From the Baldur's Gate 3 EULA:
This Pact shall remain in effect for as long as you use, operate or run the Game.
You may terminate the Pact at any time and for any reason by notifying Larian Studios that you intend to terminate the agreement. Upon termination all licenses granted to you in this Pact shall immediately terminate and you must immediately and permanently remove the Game from your device and destroy all copies of the Game in your possession.
This didn't cause any stir when it came out. That makes sense, right? Nobody reads these things.
Except everybody in the press read this one, because it went viral for being written in character as a D&D document and having a bunch of jokes in it.
Admittedly this is meant to apply to refunds and things like refusing the privacy agreement, but that's the point, it's fairly standard boilerplate for that reason.
Just because people don't read the agreements and didn't know about it doesn't mean they should have put it. Destroy physical copies is a dump clause and isn't enforcible.
For sure. There's plenty of unenforceable stuff in EULAs. For one thing a bunch of these are trying to apply globally across places with way different laws managing customer protections.
But if you don't mind that logic getting turned both ways, just because a EULA clause isn't enforceable doesn't mean you shouldn't add it.
If the idea is your lawyers think there's a risk of people buying a copy, refunding it and keeping it and you want to make sure that doesn't happen it makes some sense to add the clause. If a judge ever says that clause doesn't apply to a given situation you still mitigated the risk from the intended applicable situation.
That's why these license deals also tend to have boilerplate about how a clause being unenforceable or made illegal should not impact the rest of the clauses. It's a maximalist text, by design. It mostly exists like a big wet umbrella to keep companies out of the splash zone. Whatever ends up being used in practice is anybody's guess. The world of civil law and private deals is way less of a black and white exact science than most people getting their legal intuition from crime dramas tend to think.
In the case they should have made it clearer in the terms, there are many companies that try to enforce them even if they seem unenforceable like Disney in the death case.
There is no excuse to put terms like this, Disney proved that even if they look unenforceable they might try to enforce them.
Yes, that's the point. You put them in there, try to enforce them, see if that plays out or not. Ultimately you're punting the determination of how far they can apply to the courts.
Which ends up being why a lot of these never get enforced. In some cases the companies would rather let you quietly break their terms than roll the dice and find out that they don't have the protections they tried to give themselves.
Ultimately the limits of EULAs are set in legislation. What really matters is consumer protections. And in issues like these and copyright more generally we are in a bit of a no man's land where the regulations are woefully out of date, not keeping pace with the new online-driven economy of digital goods and companies are mostly not trying to enforce a bunch of their EULAs anyway.
We end up in a system where a significant chunk of our online economy is decided by Google and social media companies by default.
Corporations want people to act like their EULAs are written in blood when they're just ramblings of an entitled child on the playground. What are you going to do? Ban them again?
Why are gamers still buying EA and Ubisoft? I thought we all banned them from civilized society ages ago. I mean, those stupid microtransactions, secondly, they force you to have another account and password, stupid extra launchers, and that crashing bullshit on PC... there were literally a million reasons these games sucked before the new complaints were popular. There are a bajillion games out there. Let's tell these losers to pound sand and collectively put them out of business already. We just have to make cookie cutter copies lame and out of fashioned and that would kill a lot of their business. Shun the non-believers who play Assassin's Creed!
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Dr. Bob
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •folaht
in reply to Dr. Bob • • •So dumb people who can't do multiplications, but can count months, won't panic.
On a more serious not, most people skim the headline, read "three times" and think
"Wow! There's some work to do!" instead of
"Twelve times!? Then Russia is winning. Wait, Russia is winning?
Why is this newspaper not stating that Russia is winning?
There's no way Ukraine can win with one bullet versus twelve.
Shouldn't this be a giant issue?
Why is there no giant debate on this?
Why is my newspaper demanding a debate on this?
Should Ukraine even continue to risk sending its soldiers to fight a war
where the enemy has twelve times the amount of ammo?"
Korkki
in reply to Dr. Bob • • •Korkki
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •Rutte is an idiot who made failing upward an art form. Nato should dissolve since it has failed in all it's offical and unofficial purposes.
Bury it next to the Warsaw pact where it belongs.