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Mistic

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  • Ads, complete lack of privacy, kremlinbots.

    It used to be the platform that did one thing good. Build communities. Not it does a lot of things, but all of them badly.

    Not to mention that their owners are the main reason why "YouTube works bad, because Google's servers are degrading". Basically, Roscomnadzor (an official government censorship service) has been making YouTube unusable for over a year now to make people switch to VK Video or Rutube (both owned by same entity) whilst pretending that it doesn't. Did it work? According to them, yes. According to reality, however, the vast majority just switched to using VPN.

  • Is 33 cents a small amount of money?

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  • It's simple math and understanding of the law, what does political affiliation has to do with it?

    0.05$ is not a substantial amount of money regardless of your political views.

    Am I missing some context here that there's new taxes passed by Trump? (Am not American)

  • Trump thinks he humiliated Zelensky. He really humiliated the United States

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  • Inflation of food prices is very noticeable. Still manageable, though.

    Taxes are getting higher.

    Lots of services can't be paid for due to sanctions. Some payments are possible, but for a premium.

    Roscomnadzor still pisses everybody off. They're slowing down YouTube to an unusable rate. They claim it's Google's hardware degrading (It's not). Then there's Discord being blocked, and now they seemingly want to target Steam for some unknown reason (the reason is VKontacte needs more money).

    More insane legislature is being talked about.

    The lingering threat of being drafted or randomly killed by a drone isn't gone, which is emotionally draining.

    People want peace. Yet, put responsibility on incumbent. (Think: "We had no say in it, they started it, they'll finish it")

    Opposition? What opposition? Everybody's either jailed or were forced to leave the country. They'll literally lock up a single father up if he dares to show disagreement with their "special military operation." And the kid? Who cares? They don't matter to our very just and absolutely not corrupt courts. (Sry, still fuming about that story. Hope the judge and the principal will rot in hell)

    That's about it. Source: me, also russian news media and official legislature sources

  • Framework wants to fix the budget laptop with its first touchscreen machine

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  • It's more convenient than dragging a cursor across the screen. Works especially great with a 360° hinge.

  • What really separates a PC from a server? Mainly the hardware, but I guess software too.

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  • Yes, ECC memory. If used, then CPU also needs to be able to support it. Then there's number of cores, unless you specifically need high single-core performance. Efficient and reliable PSU, low power-consumption, lots of memory, redundancy for storage. Stuff like that.

    None of which are essential, BTW. Any working PC can be made into a server regardless of its hardware.

    All server really is is just another PC that's been built with a different purpose in mind. The rest is software configuration. They need to be reliable, scalable, and cost you as little as possible to upkeep.

    Even your router is the same. It's all computers.

  • After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad

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  • Have you ever built PCs? Macs are significantly more expensive for the same spec

    The rest I agree with, it doesn't help that Windows has been steadily going downhill with each new version...

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  • And here's your other issue...

    Nothing of what I said was meant as an offense. Yet you took it to hearts. That is not a response one would normally expect. It's almost as if I'm reading a script from a teenage drama show where a character has an unresolved inner conflict. Doesn't mean I'm correct, just some food for thought.

    Your question was "why people act like I'm a kid?" I only shared my observations of why that could be the case. That doesn't mean you need to change anything. Not if you yourself are ok with it.

    Also, I was well aware you're 21 at the moment of writing the comment. Yet again, I'm merely answering your question, I really don't mean anything beyond what is written. I'm not judging, no nothing, everything I write should be read in as neutral tone as possible.

    The rest was me speculating. Those aren't the questions you should be answering to me, only to yourself. After all, a random stranger on the internet can only do so much, you're the only one who can answer your own question. Best I can do is point you in a direction to dig further, which those were meant for. It's all about retrospective.

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  • Not that I've looked up your post history as well as the way you type. Everything just screams "14 y.o. girl." There's a lot of personality, a lot of bubbliness, everything's "hyper. " It's just not something you'd expect of an adult.

    Adults are usually more reserved and "battle-worn." I'd also look at the wardrobe, especially if you're of smaller stature. Additionally, being an adult is often about taking responsibility. Sucking it up and doing the right thing, so to say. Look at how you've behaved in the past in difficult situations, how you've handled conflicts. Have you ever taken a proactive role in finding a resolution? This may also be your clue.

  • Interesting. It's a constant reminder

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  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • Does it now?...

    Yes. Your argument is about de-democratisation. I talk about democratic vs. authoritarian.

    I argue it's better to be democratic than not. You argue that countries become less democratic. Those are different topics.

    You mean their...

    Quite the opposite, actually. They're more lenient because they're less stable, as it's not guaranteed you'll stay in the office after everything's over. Russia's status quo from a political standpoint is the strongest it has ever been.

    All political opposition has been eradicated. Everybody's threatened to speak out because they now they'll just get jailed. There can be no mass protests because the current incumbent is simply too strong to oppose.

    The countries that have been...

    That's not me they're disagreeing with. Again, that's not my classification. All I argue is that "artificial democracies" are far worse. Russia is one, BTW. It likes to hold a facade of being a democracy, when in reality, it's a hybrid regime (namely, informational autocracy).

    And it also...

    So, you decided to ignore my question and be a douche about it... I'll take it as "I don't like it, so it's fascist" then.

    Worse for whom?

    Citizens, obviously. How is that even a question?

  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • They only allow you to...

    My point stands.

    Being able to protest without getting immediately jailed or murdered is a massive blessing that is unachievable in autocracies. I've seen what protests look in USA, France, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia. USA, France, Poland, and Germany are incomparably more lenient than Russia or Belarus. (Kazakhstan is somewhere in-between, it's on the path of democratisation, like Ukraine was, but cannot be yet considered one).

    I grew up in a fascist state that was most definitely classified as "democratic"...

    I'd like you to check whether or not what you're claiming is actually the case. Because even Israel, strictly speaking, isn't classified as democracy. It's a flawed democracy.

    Besides. What do you consider "fascist"? Since this word often gets thrown around with no real meaning behind it.

    Anyhow, I use what information I have. If you think you're smarter than literal doctors of polytology, then go ahead and publish your own research. I'm not the one you should be complaining about set classifications to. That's kind of pointless.

    Besides, what's your point to begin with? That USA is not a democracy? If so, then go ahead and read what I wrote again. My main complaint was about Russia being called an Olygarchy and thus compared to the USA, when it is far worse in reality.

  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • Go argue with the EIU about their metrics, lol.

    Do you have any clue what living in an actually undemocratic country is like? That isn't to say you should tolerate the bs your own politicians put you through, quite the opposite, actually. The mere fact you're able to protest should not be taken for granted.

  • A Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you'

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  • I have a good guess on how this would actually happen:

    PM: We need this

    Specialist: makes this (doesn't check results)

    QC: Looks good (but doesn't actually check)

    Some updates later may further break the functionality. And as long as numbers aren't blatantly wrong (think 0s everywhere, for example) and nobody checks thoroughly enough, the issue will remain.

    I have unfortunate experience of being a part of such a story, haha. There are ways to counter it. Mainly, their project documentation either wasn't up to par or wasn't used as a reference during creation and tests. Either way, it's negligence.

  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • I'm aware that that's been happening in US, yes. Although I don't actually know to what extent.

    What I mean by "votes actually matter" (as I assume that's what you're responding to) is that election results aren't pre-determined (not on a federal level, at the very least). Basically, it's a night and day difference between US and Russia.

    Technically speaking, they matter in Russia too, even though they don't affect the results. In short, it's all because of public opinions. It's better people be disillusioned elections were falcified than be ignorantly believe they weren't. Not to mention, it, at least till recently, was also possible for opposition to win on municipal or regional level.

    As for the establishment narrative, people believing in it, and media control. First two aren't unique to US, happens pretty much everywhere. I can tell that media in US is mostly controlled by conservatives. In Russia, on the other hand, there is no space for opposition on TV, which is mostly watched by older people, which are the majority of voters. Ever since Putin's first became the president, he's been silently killing off all independent news media till there was nothing left. Now he's trying to do the same with internet media, although he's much more illiterate when it comes to the internet.

  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • Believe it or not, would still take what US has over what we have any day.

    Is it a bad system? Yes, I hate it as much as the next guy. Is Russia's situation better? Fuck no. It's like what you have in that picture on the right, but nobody actually voted for these people.

  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • Over half of Trump's cabinet is from Florida

    That's not the point

    That's absolutely false

    Explain how.

    Gerrymandering is manipulation of electoral results using differently drawn district maps. Russia doesn't use districts to decide winners in each one. Instead, all of the votes are combined. Think of it as a one massive district. Whoever gets majority in that one district wins the elections. In this system votes are always proportionate to electorate, therefore gerrymandering cannot physically happen.

    Instead, Russia's incumbent uses other ways of electoral fraud. Main ones I have already listed.

  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • "Russia uses the same tricks to constrain participatory democracy as Florida or Texas."

    Now imagine Texas is the entirety of US, where

    • in some very specific cities you get over 100% participation rate where everybody votes for incumbent whereas the rest of them have like 30-40% with expected vote distribution to boot.
    • Oh, and "electronic voting" (via the internet) where the incumbent always gets 90% of the votes with no way to verify the results.
    • None of the participants are actually independent, and the ones that were are now either jailed or killed.
    • And you have no way to protest the results, because

    1. it's against the law (despite the law contradicting constitution)
    2. the protest will get immediately shut down by the police
    3. every organizer will get jailed

    And no, courts will not help. They will always side the government. No matter how ridiculous the accusations are.

    That's Russia.

    Edit: Forgot to mention that out electoral system is more straightforward, so it doesn't allow for gerrymandering. So it's not even distribution manipulation it's straight up the half of bulletins are fake.

  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • Yeah, and that's why "you need Putin," "Putin is our only leader," "no Putin, no Russia."

    Doesn't that seem convenient? But that's only a part of it.

  • The US isn't a Democracy. It's a Capitalist Oligarchy. You know. Like Russia.

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  • True that. Yet you still see either party win the elections. In Russia, however? 80% goes to Putin and United Russia. Every. Single. Time.

    Even if the people you swap out are corrupt. It's no comparison to how blatantly corrupt a person can be when he knows he'll be in power on practically every election cycle.