[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 17 hours ago

He won't and they factored that in the decision. If you apply Pascal's Wager to state institutions, fascists always win if they manage to weaken the democratic safe guards, exactly because no one will go after them, but the minute they get the power they will go after everyone else.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 days ago

But the US prides itself on being the poster child of capitalist dystopias, China likes to pretend it's a socialist country.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 days ago

You are not supposed to drink your salad.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 3 days ago

Windows XP code was leaked 2 years ago, so it's freeware according to this idi... stable genius .

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

The US government spends more on healthcare in terms of GPD than any other OECD country and has nothing to show for it. That's how ridiculous it is.

(Source: https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm select just government spending and select % of GDP).

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 3 days ago

Ah, yes the "Don't build the Torment Nexus" 🔁 "Big Tech announces the Torment Nexus" loop

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 66 points 4 days ago

So, no subway or fast travel?

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

The high representative office is probably the least damaging place to put a neo-liberal in the European Commission.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

I would like to point out that, for the most part, not even car brands want to keep selling ICE vehicles.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

That's the point. AP doesn't want to piss off the livestock industry.

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An unspecified technical problem forced the Rio-bound Boeing aircraft to turn back shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. A spokesperson for Dutch air traffic control said the plane requested to land as a precaution and turned around over Belgium some 40 minutes after takeoff.

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Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary

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[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 186 points 4 months ago

She's generally good at managing her public persona, except when it comes to her ~~pollute more than a small city machine~~ private jet addiction. When people show you who they really are, believe them.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 161 points 7 months ago

Ironically, despite Apple's whining to get to this point, between this, and the EU forcing them to adopt USB-C, and, hopefully 3rd party stores and browsers, I may consider an iPhone for my next phone.

It's a pity you almost need to point a gun to their head for them to consider unshittifing their products.

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A new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests the satellites are emitting "unintended" radiation from the electronics onboard the satellites.

These low-frequency radio waves, are being picked up by telescopes designed to scan that frequency range. That's because this range also happens to be instrumental to deep space observations.

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A Harvard behavioral scientist, who has extensively studied honest behavior, has been accused of fabricating study results — and yes, the jokes write themselves.

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New evidence strongly suggests that OceanGate's submersible, which imploded and killed all passengers on its way to the Titanic wreck, was unfit for the journey. The CEO, Stockton Rush, bought discounted carbon fiber past its shelf life from Boeing, which experts say is a terrible choice for a deep-sea vessel. This likely played a role in the submersible's tragic demise.

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An Indiana Jones game, previously announced by Bethesda subsidiary MachineGames, was planned for multiple platforms – but the contract with Disney was amended following Microsoft’s buyout of the publisher. Confirmation comes as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing court case regarding the Redmond firm’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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