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1h ago

Russian War Spending May be Maxed Out
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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1h ago

Very interesting article! 👍
The combination of lower oil prices and the oil price cap has done relatively little to dent Russia’s overall export earnings from selling goods to the rest of the world, which were $420 billion in 2019, $425 billion in 2023, $434 billion in 2024, and about $413 billion in 2025.
This is a huge surprise to me if true, I tried to check the numbers, and I couldn't find anything to show them wrong, on the contrary the numbers I can find seem to confirm this?This is very strange since we hear all sorts of Russian exports are collapsing. First and foremost oil, which is now worth half what it was 4 years ago, natural gas to EU is at most a fourth, and was considered a major source of income for Russia, but also I've heard coal to China has declined steeply, and of course their weapons export is almost halted as they need the weapons themselves.
Those are all major export sectors, so how can it be possible for Russia to maintain stable export numbers?

16h ago

Aged care workers charged over alleged dementia patient fight club [2019]

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 16h ago

Yes, and I commented on it, as being a tad old even if this isn't c/news.

21h ago

Aged care workers charged over alleged dementia patient fight club [2019]

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 21h ago

I know this isn't c/news but still this story is 7 years old!

24h ago

Stellantis-backed ACC drops plans for Italian, German gigafactories, union says

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 24h ago

Stellantis is not doing so well, their stock is only worth a fourth what it was 2 years ago.Here in Denmark, some of their traditionally popular European brands and models are beginning to recover, after they've finally made electric versions that aren't horrible.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Stellantis+stock

2d ago

Trump Attacks Olympic Skier With Misgivings About Representing US

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 2d ago

Well spoken IMO.After winning WW2 America was a proud nation for more than half a century, and they had many things to point to that were good reasons to be proud. Obviously this got a boost again after the moon landings, which was not only a massive achievement, but back then NASA attributed it to the whole world, including the first words Armstrong spoke when he set foot on the moon.Americans were the heroes of the free world, and we all admired their success.It's absolutely insane how this former pioneer nation has regressed to be scorned for their selfishness and disrespect for democracy and human rights. To a degree where even allies have to protect themselves against USA! This already was pretty bad with George Bush and the false intelligence used to invade Iraq, and the use of torture by Americans which was previously totally unheard of, and the use of Guantanamo Base for the GITMO prison, completely disregarding rights as either prisoners of war or civilian and human rights. This was in 2002, and USA still hasn't managed or even attempted to repair that damage for 24 years now.

It must be at least as surreal for the Americans that never wanted this, as it is for the rest of the world.Putin is probably ecstatic, because this is what he wanted, and probably a result of his political influence in USA.And Xi is probably pleased that USA is looking to become a more "manageable" problem in the future, as USA is losing the power of having many allies working towards similar goals.

USA will never be the same again, and the world will never be the same again, and the winner is China. For Putin it is probably a Pyrrhic victory, as all his efforts will only result in the decline of Russia and possible the destroction of the Russian federation, which is the exact opposite of what Putin wanted.

The problems with USA now are far from just Trump, they are a result of many years of mismanagement, declining moral and disregard for human rights and international law and a failing democracy, and is rooted in the American people.

2d ago

The LAPD sent officers to train in Israel. Officials can't explain what they learned

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 2d ago

How to shamelessly shoot children probably.

2d ago

We need more Luigi's to save us from these monsters.

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 2d ago

Mark Tramo:https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ucla-professor-profile-removed-university-201231282.html

UCLA professor’s profile removed from university website after appearing in Epstein files

3d ago

Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

I made a digital MIDI drum reader using Piezos on an Arduino with my wife some years ago, For that you need way more than 2 analogue pins.I don't see why newer Raspberry Pies couldn't have something like 12 analogue pins, it would be amazing for many things, and it's dirt cheap to make today. The ESP32 has 18 AFAIK.In some ways ESP 32 has way better features than Raspberry Pi, but it is not nearly as user-friendly and it lacks audio. It's also not a general purpose computer with the things that entail, but "just" an embedded system, although a very good one for sure.

3d ago

Pedophile Epstein called Peter Thiel a 'great friend'

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

Yes he does have that childlike look. 🤣

3d ago

Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

I think it's strange that they haven't extended the 40 pin IO capabilities. For instance analogue IO would be very welcome for many purposes.

3d ago

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo | The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

The message should have been “take accusations seriously” rather than “believe women”.

100% this!

The “me too” movement highlighted a lot of patriarchal flaws in the current justice system,

MeeToo is not all bad, it is fine IMO that they caused more focus on such problems, but it escalated too far IMO.I've often heard stories of women being rejected at the police station already when they are received there.Of course I've also heard women being treated with great care and consideration for what they have (likely) experienced, and that should of course be the norm throughout the system. But the point where a criminal case is raised should be based on the evidence, which unfortunately is a HUGE problem. But I just don't see any alternative. And hanging people out publicly in media without evidence should absolutely be illegal.

I understand why many women never report it, but that has very much to do with how they are received at the police station.

3d ago

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo | The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

DEI is nowhere near as serious, a white male will have the advantage in the next job he/we apply for.The problem with false accusations being trusted without evidence, is that it can ruin peoples lives.

I know it's not the PURPOSE of MeeToo, but I've seen this results in many cases. Especially people being fired on mere accusations without evidence. Sometimes on things dating back 10 and 20 years, and sometimes despite the accused had many women he had worked with vouching for him.People (managements) probably don't do this because they are evil, but because they are afraid that if they don't kick out the "evil" man, they will face a shit-storm of bad PR.We had a case here in Denmark, where such a firing of a TV host was based on a lawyer investigation, and after about 10 years in courts, it was final decided by our supreme court that the investigation was flawed and performed contrary to good practices. And the lawyer was later judged in civil court based on this to pay compensation.But the man had not been able to find himself a job for 10 years because of that "investigation". This was a DIRECT result of MeeToo which was revealed both the female management of the TV station and the female lawyer were strongly supporting. If that guy had ever said anything to anyone that could be interpreted wrong, he never stood a chance. Incidentally even the people interviewed who's comments were used to fire him, claimed they had never dreamt of such consequences. So in this case it was not the women he worked with that made false accusations, it was in fact management and a lawyer that blew it out of proportions, and after being fired, he wasn't even allowed to know what he had done wrong!!!

If you are inclined to check up on this, the guys name is Jes Dorph. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/jes-dorph-vinder-sag-i-hoejesteret-skal-have-millioner-i-erstatning

There are a lot of wackos out there, and they are absolutely not all men. Just see for instance Amber Heard.

Edit, I also edited this post a couple of times for added details.

3d ago

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo | The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

I made changes to clarify, nothing else.

MeToo movement was about holding abusers accountable for their actions,

I have absolutely no problem with that part, but we've seen examples where it caused a reversal of the burden of proof, the mere accusation against someone, can ruin their life, even if they are innocent.That's the problem with holding the courts in the street as MeToo has often done, instead of in actual courts.

Obviously the reason MeToo exist is that the problem they address is real, and I acknowledge that women needs to be protected against that problem. But when what is considered sexual assault becomes 100% subjective, and a man can be accused of it, by merely taking an elevator with a woman, then we are at the level of insane. And this is not just hypothetical, an entire congress of hundreds of people was disrupted on exactly this issue. The woman admitted the man didn't even approach her, but she was offended that he dared enter the elevator with her, as to her she claimed it broke her boundaries.Men can't be required to behave according to such paranoia of women. And for comparison, the man could say the same, that women shouldn't enter an elevator with a lonely man, out of fear he might be accused of rape.

That is insanity. And is not based in any form of moral standard. Being psychotically paranoid should not be treated as the norm.If the woman asks if a man could please take the next one, I bet 90% of men would respect that. In case someone doesn't, it must be the woman that leaves the elevator, because it is her that has a problem using elevators normally.

Falsely accusing someone of rape is wrong, sure, and if that’s what the MeToo movement was about, you’d have a point, but… it wasn’t.

No it's not what MeeToo is about, but their principles are so extreme, they demand that women be trusted on their word alone, and THAT has an enormous potential for the above result.

3d ago

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo | The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

I'm afraid the PC ideology goes a bit too far on the left sometimes.But as I see it, the right is way way more constantly overboard on NOT being PC, and is repulsive.At least the idea of being politically correct is to protect the weak, unfortunately that too can go to far, when it tilts the burden of evidence so far it becomes reversed, and you have to prove innocence to be cleared.

3d ago

Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

That's not the point, the point is that their new developments do not do for the community what the original products did.

3d ago

The Chinese government bans all new investment in Israel

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

A lot of countries have stopped at least some of their dealings with Israel, especially weapons export and import.Mind you we don't have an official source that this is true for China, only 1 company that wants to get out of a deal in Israel.

3d ago

Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

It looks to me like they have lost focus on their original purpose. Which was to provide cheap and open compute opportunity for education and tinkering.

3d ago

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo | The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 3d ago

MeeToo is 100% contrary to the morality of it's better to let 10 innocent people go than to judge one innocent person.that is supposed to be the foundation of our judicial system in most western democracies.

In Denmark where I live we already see innocent people going to jail on false accusations of rape. We had one such case for instance a few years back, where one woman was the reason for 4 men going to jail for years, but she admitted to a family member of one of the accused that she had lied, unfortunately for her, she was being taped.This atrocity of a court decision was only possible because there's an absolute disregard for lack of evidence in rape cases.A crying woman complaining about assault is almost automatically trusted over the "evil" men that allegedly did her harm.

It's absolutely disgusting and insane that we condemn innocent people on nothing but an unproven allegation. That is not how the judicial system is supposed to work. And you can see on the statistics of court cases that women are consistently favored in the judicial system already, both here and in USA and most western countries. In USA this is extremely clearly revealed in research papers regarding who get the death penalty in USA. In that situation, you better not be a black guy. Well guess what? To MeeToo all men are even worse off regarding a guilty verdict than black guys facing the death penalty.

Women are already seen as the ones that need protection, even in cases where they aren't.What we need is to establish fairness in the judicial system, not to make it worse.