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  • How Israeli settlers are expanding illegal outposts amid Gaza war

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  • Russia and China Veto U.S.-Led Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N.

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  • Israel's also an important weapons manufacturer and importer.

    If the deal Israel has with the US explodes, China would be more than happy to fill that void. Sell them some more weapons, import some fancy missile tech, etc. Their current stance belies years of cooperation, including weapons deals. Something the US was pressuring them on. (I say current stance, but they just blocked a cease fire, so it may be that they're already making the pivot).

    Not as if they actually give a shit about human rights of Gazans, despite the propaganda.

    In international politics morality always comes second to real politik. There are no good guys.

  • Russia and China Veto U.S.-Led Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N.

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  • Pity China and Russia are blocking an immediate cease fire.

  • thinking of trying linux,

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  • The people who gave up because they couldn't solve their issues aren't posting either.

  • Putin says he will re-deploy troops along Finland border in response to NATO accession

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  • After he's moved some of Russia's abundant supply of troops to the border, maybe he can also match increasing NATO military spending. Ignore the US, only match Europe. The EU's GDP is over 20 trilion 2% target = 400 billion.

    Russia's currently at 69.5 billion spending, so a 450% increase should get it near EU spending. That works out at roughly 20% of GDP. Maybe increase refinery production and export a bit more oil or export gas to some of the more affluent markets.

    Good luck!

    I'm sure we'll all be saying "Mission Accomplished" on a very 'special' president's 'special' military operation very soon.

  • Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down

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    1. AFAIK 60km/h let alone 60mph e-bikes aren't road legal in the Netherlands. 60mph is something like 95km/h. To give you an idea, most motorways are 100km/h in the Netherlands. To drive something that fast you'd need a full motorcycle license, insurance, etc.
    2. Certainly they're not allowed on cycle paths.
    3. Even if they were, Amsterdam has a citywide speed limit of 30km/h. That's under 20mp/h.

  • Furious Hungary summons US envoy over Biden’s ‘dictatorship’ comment

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  • TBF undercooking chicken is potentially lethal....

  • Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says

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  • Oh, great. Vulnerable children and desperate parents searching for prescription medication on the black market. What could go wrong?

    Mission accomplished.

  • Fully working 270€ Nest Dropcam will no longer be supported.

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  • Yeah.

    This is why I bought myself some blink cameras. Obviously, privacy is shit (and I've factored this) and you're affectively forced to pay for use their cloud service, but at least the (initial) purchase price is cheap.

    But I've 'bought' cameras for far more, only for them to hobble functionality a few years down the line. And they've had vulnerabilities or whatever.

    For the sensitive stuff, I have a camera with an SD card, but obviously phone notifications is a big selling point of systems like this.

  • US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says

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  • It's sad that you have to add the /s

  • US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says

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  • US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says

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  • No nuclear threat, unless attacked with nuclear weapons.

    No. Their official position is this:

    According to a Russian military doctrine stated in 2010, nuclear weapons could be used by Russia "in response to the use of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction against it or its allies, and also in case of aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is threatened". Most military analysts believe that, in this case, Russia would pursue an 'escalate to de-escalate' strategy, initiating limited nuclear exchange to bring adversaries to the negotiating table. Russia will also threaten nuclear conflict to discourage initial escalation of any major conventional conflict.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russiaandweaponsofmassdestruction#NuclearweaponsinRussianmilitarydoctrine

    They annexed Eastern Ukraine, said it was part of Russia, then threatened "all means at our disposal" if anyone threatened Russia's territorial integrity. Russia including Eastern Ukraine (and Crimea). Ie. if Ukraine made too many gains in Eastern Ukraine, they were threatening a nuclear strike.

    This isn't a secret. As mentioned above, it's been official doctrine for years now and they keep making these threats. Wikipedia has a summary of some of them:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuclearriskduringtheRussianinvasionofUkraine

    For example:

    Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said that some Ukrainian military commanders were considering hitting missile launch sites inside Russia with Western-supplied long-range missiles. He did not name the commanders or disclose more details of the alleged plan and there was no immediate reaction from Ukraine to his threat. "What does this mean? It means only one thing – they risk running into the action of paragraph 19 of the fundamentals of Russia's state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence," Medvedev wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "This should be remembered," Medvedev said. Paragraph nineteen of Russia's 2020 nuclear doctrine sets out the conditions under which a Russian president would consider using a nuclear weapon: broadly as a response to an attack using nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction, or to the use of conventional weapons against Russia "when the very existence of the state is put under threat." Medvedev made specific mention of point "g" of paragraph nineteen which deals with the nuclear response to a conventional weapons attack.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-medvedev-warns-nuclear-response-if-ukraine-hits-missile-launch-sites-2024-01-11/

    These are widely understood as nuclear threats in Russian media and by Russian audiences.

  • US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says

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  • September 21, 2022 ... In an address to Russians Putin announced he would call up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine and backed a plan to annex parts of the country, hinting to the West he was prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia. "If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will use all available means to protect our people - this is not a bluff," Putin said.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-nato-chief-says-putins-ukraine-escalation-dangerous-reckless-2022-09-21/

    "I would like to remind those who make such statements about Russia that our country also possesses various means of destruction, and in some cases they are more modern than those of NATO countries. When the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we, of course, will use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. This is not a bluff. And those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them."

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-president-vladimir-putin-announces-partial-mobilisation-2022-09-21/

    And video:

    https://youtu.be/e8gZUQMqDAI?t=91

  • US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says

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  • The threats are constant. The last one, less than two weeks ago.

    Never believe that trolls like that are unaware of how absurd their replies are. They know. They don't care. They enjoy acting in bad faith, because they don't actually want to persuade anyone with rational arguments. They want to intimidate, anger and disconcert people.

  • Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025

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  • It says it'll be free for Window 365 users. Ie. 70 bucks and that includes office.

    Obviously it's not great, but it's better than adobe.

    Windows 95 cost two hundred 30 years ago.

  • Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025

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  • Keep it on the old 1TB hdd and buy a sata to usb cable or usb conversion kit?

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    Ukraine Now: Victory! Ukraine Forces Hits Russia's Largest fuel and lubricants depot in Kursk Oblast with Double Drone Attacks - Central24 News

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  • This is western Nazi propaganda.

    The Russian ministry of defense is reporting that what actually happened is that their refinery succesfully intercepted and eliminated at least two Nazi drones.

  • Israeli tanks have deliberately run over dozens of Palestinian civilians alive

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  • UK Trial: Pornhub's Chatbot Halts Millions from Accessing Child Abuse Content

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  • Obviously don't google this, but IRC one of the terms used was lemon party.