Buffalox

@ Buffalox @lemmy.world

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43m ago

Trump says he’ll have the ‘honor of taking Cuba’ and can do ‘anything I want with it’
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Buffalox @lemmy.world 43m ago
Trump is an evil evil man, anybody who can't see that is a sociopath or worse.

47m ago

do you see linux ever having 10 - 20 % market share in desktop space?

Yes I do, it seems to me Linux is beginning to grow a bit faster than it used to.Desktop use is of course declining, so it will be a larger share of a smaller market.But enthusiasts have seen Linux as the better options for decades now, and gamers are coming over too, and use cases that require optimal security, and even some workstation tasks are done better on Linux because Linux has a superior kernel for multi threading.

But it will take some time, probably at least 10 years.

1h ago

European countries reject Trump’s call for help to reopen strait of Hormuz

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1h ago

I hope Trump suffers before he dies.It's a horrible thing to think that way, and I didn't use to do that for anybody 9 years ago.But Trump is so horrible, and has caused so much pain, that he deserves Biblical hell.Trump is beyond evil, you can be 100 times better than Trump and still be evil. Trump is on the level of Hitler and Stalin.In history we very rarely see leaders act this evil, even when they are evil. Netanyahu is his equal, and is also expressing sadistic tendencies and complete immorality in his polices.

But what is worse, is that those two are elected in democratic countries. Meaning that they are not the real problem, but "just" symptoms of sick societies.Unfortunately USA has a long line of politicians in the republican party to carry on with what Trump is doing, that are equally without conscience. Maybe they are more intelligent, and maybe that will make them even more dangerous, or maybe it will make them hold back a bit, because they know being evil can make you unpopular.

Yes Iran was a problem, but they were not thee problem. On a global scale that is Trump, Putin and Netanyahu. Or rather USA, Russia and Israel. Because the problem is not only in the top.

11h ago

With regards to cutlery, do you prefer a spoon or a fork for eating cake?

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 11h ago

Weird thing to say after spending so much time and effort telling me how doing what I like is wrong and unpopular,

I have no idea what your problem is? I never claimed in any way it is wrong, I also showed that it used to be way more popular than it is today.I just state the reasons I think it kind of fell out of fashion.

but thanks for the permission, I guess

It is not a permission, that wouldn't make any sense whatsoever. On the contrary it's an acknowledgement of you not just following the mainstream but doing what you like.

I have no idea why you would be butthurt about any of this?

15h ago

With regards to cutlery, do you prefer a spoon or a fork for eating cake?

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 15h ago

I suppose you mean "minus" instead of minutes.I suspected something of that sort. Back then using teaspoons was considered somewhat casual.And now you find the old ways kind of neat. Yes the old cake fork has a slight advantage in that it can be used as a fork, and it typically has an edge to "cut" if it's a proper one. But in reality those "advantages" don't really matter, at least not for most people.A cake can be cut with a teaspoon just as well, and for most cakes the fork function doesn't really work, and in my experience the fork is used as a spoon anyway.

But hey, have fun. Do what you like. 😀

15h ago

Trump Warns NATO of “Very Bad Future” if Allies Don't Help in Iran War

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 15h ago

“NATO faces a ‘very bad’ future if allies do not help,”

That already happened when you threatened Canada and Greenland. NATO is no-longer top priority, cooperation around USA is.Example of that is the EU SAFE program, where also countries outside EU are participating like Norway Canada and Japan.https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/safe-security-action-europe_en

Another example from just this weekend, is the Nordic counsel, that had a meeting on arctic interests, with Canada, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland participating. Where all agreed on strategies for the defense of the Arctic region, and it was stressed that all supported the defense of Greenland.Another forum where USA is absent, despite also having arctic interests. But are unwelcome because of the threats against Greenland and Canada.

So the very bad future is already here, and NATO countries are preparing to be able to defend themselves without USA.And this very bad future, is ONLY because of USA. USA has torn up hundreds of agreements with allies, and threatened with invasion, and is waging a trade war, and constantly threatening all sorts of bad things that will happen if we don't do as USA says.This is just another example, USA wants to force former allies into their illegal war against Iran. And is threatening consequences for not helping USA out of the mess they created.

15h ago

With regards to cutlery, do you prefer a spoon or a fork for eating cake?

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 15h ago

I must have missed that memo

Maybe you are not old enough, such things used to be way more important half a century ago.

15h ago

Afghan who fought with US special forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for deadliest year of detention in more than two decades

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 15h ago

What a sad story, and what is also sad is how Americans keep accepting that USA has become the exact thing they used to fight against!

I know that there are protests, but still this is allowed to continue to happen, and it is ONLY possible because the people allow it!So although there are good Americans that are against it, the vast majority don't care enough to actually prevent it.

16h ago

With regards to cutlery, do you prefer a spoon or a fork for eating cake?

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 16h ago

A small fork is generally considered the "correct" cutlery for cake in Denmark.Obviously a teaspoon serves the purpose just as well, and those are standard to have.And we are not a pretentious people, so many don't even have the forks. Since they are pretty useless for anything else. So the small forks are basically superfluous.

Seems to me their only purpose is etiquette, and most Danes don't really appreciate that when it has no purpose than the etiquette itself.

16h ago

Russia is supplying Iran with Shahed drones, Zelenskiy says

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 16h ago

And with the Russian economy collapsing, Putin is desperate for that money!Desperate enough to sacrifice an ally (Iran).I wouldn't be surprised that the reason USA attacked Iran, was to help Putin.

1d ago

Russia is supplying Iran with Shahed drones, Zelenskiy says

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

Absolutely, Putin hates USA, and will do everything he can to undermine USA.Trump's friendliness towards Russia and Putin is 100% one way only.

1d ago

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

I'm not saying it will happen, but that it can happen. And if you don't realize that's how far relations between USA and allies have fallen, that that is a risk. Then you haven't been paying attention.

1d ago

‘No one thinks we’re keeping the majority’: House Republicans fear they’re losing

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

I knew Trump had won the day before the election. Of course I didn't know for sure, but there were so many signs of everything being measured to favor the Democrats.But despite I was sure Trump would win, I was still shocked that the American people were that stupid.I wasn't so surprised the second time, more disappointed. And now everything is falling apart, both in USA an internationally.But I think the rest of the world will be OK, we will just have to figure out how to work with China instead of USA.

1d ago

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

Our Western systems already gave adapted, and all of Europe are working with Ukraine now, be because Ukraine is the global leader on drones.You sound like someone who believes American superiority is a given. Even when USA is winning every battle in Iran, but losing the war.You clearly don't understand what asymmetric war means.

1d ago

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

They don't have to turn them off, they only need to not "delay" armory and spare parts, because of "supply issues."

1d ago

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

Why would I read outdated stupid bullcrap? F-35 is in no way proven to last for a long term conflict.You can't have air superiority with planes that can't fly because of lack of maintenance or suitable airfields.Did you even read what I wrote?Furthermore the skies belong to drones now. If a $5000 drone can shoot down a 300 million F-35. It's such a huge assymetry that the F-35 will look like something as useless as if it was from ww2.It's delusional to invest in F-35 at this point in time. Despite it's technologically sophisticated it is just as outdated as it is expensive.It's the same assymetry we are seeing in Iran, where Americans use 1 million dollar missiles to shoot down $50k drones, and some times they even use more missiles for 1 drone. Resulting in the Iran war costing $6 billion for USA in just the first 3 days!

Instead of just reading old worthless shit, you should also apply some critical thinking.

1d ago

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

Nah I don't believe you, Ukraine has been able to close the skies over Ukraine against Russia, so Russian planes can't enter Ukrainian airspace.Although the Russian planes are not as good as the American, I think that whatever Ukraine is doing could be done against F-35 too.Saab Vigen with AWAC support will probably do well enough, even against F-35. Especially if they were designed for it.But that's irrelevant for now, because they are definitely good enough against Russian equipment, which is what the traditional enemy is using.

If we came at war against other F-35, who would we be fighting against? If it's USA, we wouldn't be able to use F-35 for anything leaving us utterly defenseless.If it's against Russia, and Trump decides to help Russia, we wouldn't be able to use F-35 either.

F-35 is useless, because USA has become an unreliable ally even acting like an enemy. It doesn't matter if it's technologically superior if it's rendered useless by USA.

I also seriously doubt F-35 is very good in a prolonged war, because it requires insane amounts of maintenance, a plane standing on the ground because it requires fixing isn't worth anything. And that's a clear danger with F-35, because it requires about 5 times as much maintenance as Vigen AFAIK. F-35 is also extremely demanding in other way, like the quality of airbases. So a bombed airbase can easily ground F-35 too. Where with the Vigen you can take off and land on a decent road.

F-35 is only superior when you disregard all the downsides. Pressure the enemy to have their F-35 constantly in the air, and the F-35 air defense will quickly collapse.

1d ago

Poll: Trump era tilts US allies toward Beijing

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

Have these indicators been trending downward for 20 years,

They have trended down at least since Bush. Obama restored a lot, more than I thought possible. But 2 times electing Trump has resulted in people not trusting USA anymore, even if there's a better administration next time.So I think that for sure these numbers have generally trended down for about 25 years now. But the 2nd time with Trump is clearly the worst. This is not "trending down" anymore, this is the numbers falling off a cliff. Again because the distrust is in the USA population too. We can't trust a new administration either, because the next could be another Trump. Trump is a symptom not the cause.

1d ago

Poll: Trump era tilts US allies toward Beijing

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

Trump has done more to destroy USA in a year than Bush did in 8, and Trump himself did in his first 4 year term.There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that China will have clearly surpassed USA as the global leader in 10 years.USA has abandoned all its allies, and USA alone is no match for China. Obviously EU alone isn't either. Only USA together with allies had a chance, but US leadership sucked anyway, for instance in failing completely on environmental issues.

So here we are, we can only hope China will be a better world leader than USA. Or at least not too much worse.

1d ago

Poll: Trump era tilts US allies toward Beijing

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Buffalox @lemmy.world 1d ago

EU citizen here:One major issue where USA has failed completely since the 70's, is sustainable green energy.Europe has worked on that consistently since the 70's, and we now use about half per capita of USA for similar productivity!

China takes this issue seriously, and does way more than USA, despite USA is the worlds biggest economy, they are among the countries that have done the least.

This is even more important than democracy, where USA is absolutely failing too, and not even supporting Ukraine against Russia. An innocent democracy attacked by an authoritarian aggressor that has decided to be the enemy of the west that wants to rebuild a former empire, when there was a strong opportunity for cooperation and economic growth.

USA is also threatening allies militarily, and is waging a trade war against partners and allies.

There is nothing left to cooperate with USA on. USA has placed itself morally below China on all major global issues. And has shown complete disrespect for national sovereignty and international law in every way possible. Something China respects, and has promised to keep respecting.

But Republicans have dramatically increased in their American arrogance and disrespect of other nations and even their own democracy since Bush, So USA isn't even an allied country in the western goal to protect democracy anymore.On the contrary they are working to undermine Ukraine, something USA also did under Biden at the same time as Biden helped Ukraine economically and with military equipment, Biden tied Ukraine's hands on their back, forbidding any kind of attack into Russia! And for 4 years USA has given Russia unhindered access to Starlink, and recent data shows that Russia had 3 times as much traffic using Starlink as Ukraine had!

USA is not a friend to anyone anymore not even their own population or their own rule of law or their own democracy. USA is looking a lot like Russia did in the early 90's. So no surprise that people are beginning to see China as a lesser evil than USA.At least China respects sovereignty and international law, and isn't warmongering like USA.