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balsoft

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  • First Satellites

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  • If the “pa” part of “companion” comes from path

    It doesn't though, it comes from French compagnon/compaignon and then Latin com (with) + panis (bread). It probably originally meant "someone with whom you share bread (eat together)".

    And actually, looking at wiktionary, Old English had a word "ġefēra" (with the same meaning) which is constructed very similarly to "спутник": ge ('with', still the same prefix in german e.g. ‎Gebrüder) + fera ('to go'/'to fare', e.g. in seafaring)

  • Iran claims victory, says it forced US to accept 10-point plan

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  • Great assessment TBH. Iran is clearly posturing here, they haven't won yet, even though the US did lose already.

    US plutocrats don't actually care that much whether the stock market is red or green in the short term, they will make money from it either way. I think the existing strategy of jacking up oil prices (which will impact the economy long-term) and also hitting their assets directly where possible (e.g. datacenters and refineries) will have more impact.

    However, it is also possible that with some reshuffling of the demands the ceasefire might actually hold. If they allow Trump to not lose face, they could get most of their demands practically met and be the ultimate victors in this. I hope this is how it goes, otherwise we might see a worldwide famine due to fertilizer shortages by the end of this year.

  • 2026 is the year of the Linux desktop

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  • That's just not true. Most ATMs still run on Windows. There is a lot of industrial machinery running Windows 98 or XP to this day. A lot of POS devices too. Almost all accounting is done on Windows. The amount of chaos if it disappeared would be immense, it would probably be on the same order of magnitude as the last pandemic in terms of immediate economic impact as businesses have to manically switch to alternatives, and hundreds or thousands of people would die from financial chaos alone.

    Linux is probably still worse because it would mean that more than half of smartphones are suddenly bricked, literally all of the internet just stops working, and a shitton of industrial automation stuff is gone.

  • Where is my filet knife?

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  • It's still super fucked up that you're basically gifting some other person a sizeable chunk of your income just because they were able to put up a down payment and secure a mortgage. Landlords are rentseeking middlemen leaches that should not exist even by capitalist standards, see Adam Smith.

  • Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered a war crime, experts say

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  • It is still presenting it as a point of discussion rather than a foregone conclusion, which it should be.

  • Trump says US could charge for Strait of Hormuz passage amid Iran war

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  • I really think we’re gonna lose a carrier to swarm drones before this is over.

    Paraphrasing donald trump, "inshallah"

  • Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered a war crime, experts say

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  • Plenty of propaganda outlets would cast doubt on it. AP is preemptively doing it right now. If you read the article it is not talking about the threats, it is specifically discussing whether bombing power plants would be a war crime. Shameful

  • Trump says US could charge for Strait of Hormuz passage amid Iran war

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  • Yesterday I was thinking that trump might get angry that Iran is letting through some ships and try enforcing a complete blockade... this seems like the first step towards that

  • Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered a war crime, experts say

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  • trump Threatens to Commit Even More War Crimes If Iran Maintains Sovereignty

    FTFY

  • Canada in the European Union? Poll suggests broad openness to the idea

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  • Actually, you are right and I'm mostly wrong. The Maastricht Treaty just says:

    Any European State which respects the principles set out in Article 6(1) may apply to become a member of the Union. It shall address its application to the Council, which shall act unanimously after consulting the Commission and after receiving the assent of the European Parliament, which shall act by an absolute majority of its component members.

    So, what is a "European State" is effectively just a political decision by the Council and Parliament. I guess if Cyprus and Armenia were considered "European States" then Canada is not that big of a stretch.

    Additionally, the next paragraph is

    The conditions of admission and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the Union is founded, which such admission entails, shall be the subject of an agreement between the Member States and the applicant State. This agreement shall be submitted for ratification by all the contracting States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements.

    Soo I guess even the Maastricht treaty allows itself to be modified, maybe removing the "European" criteria completely.

    So it's not as difficult as I first imagined, it's just a question of political will from Canada and the EU institutions.

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    Pizzacake

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  • This is not misandry, in just the same way as having a woman antagonist in a story is not misogyny. There is no direct or implied generalization here, it just shows a single guy being an asshole. If you feel attacked by this comic, it's time for some serious introspection.

  • Canada in the European Union? Poll suggests broad openness to the idea

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  • Canada is not geographically eligible to join the EU by definition. The founding treaties would need to be rewritten and re-signed by all parties, which does not seem feasible short-term. The way more likely route is more trade agreements and such, which would indeed be good for everyone

  • Removed Locked

    Trump tells Iran ‘open the F—in’ Strait, you crazy b——ds,’ — as he warns of new strikes and says ‘praise Allah’

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  • Trying to imagine the poor kids trying to study history 50 years from now. Either half the quotes from him are censored, or we drop the "decency" standards a few notches

  • Finally someone we can get behind!

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  • The actual answer is "stop supporting US/israeli war effort". The strait is already open for everyone who's not helping the empire bomb Iranian schoolgirls

  • How to add an iCal Calendar on Android (Fossify Calendar, DAVx5)? SOLVED

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  • No, it is definitely not the same app. DAVx5 is for CalDAV, ICSx5 is for webcal, which is what you have.

  • How to add an iCal Calendar on Android (Fossify Calendar, DAVx5)? SOLVED

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  • Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality

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  • US was built on rail, and it was way less dense and urban back then. The problem is not how "compact" a country is, it's simply a question of priorities and budgets. China and EU are investing in rail (to varying degrees), so they get rail with all its benefits. US is wasting more and more money on financially unsustainable car infrastructure, so it is getting failing car infrastructure.

  • It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things. This is literally the opposite of what he ran on.

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  • Back in 2019 I was certain that putin only had a couple years left in him. He started stuttering, mixing up words, could barely walk by himself, always looked disoriented etc. And yet a pandemic, war and 7 years later he's still fucking alive and relatively well.

    If you have an unlimited budget, you can now extend your life by decades. Honestly trump may actually make it to 100 or something.

  • US average fuel price passes $4 a gallon for first time in four years amid Iran war

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  • The bigger story is that modern western societies still require most people to regularly interact with gasoline or diesel. If you think about it, regularly purchasing and burning toxic, polluting fossil juice just to get around is super fucked up.