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They could’ve just said to withdraw the Navy /s

Honestly do it Russia. Them hitting first would be great precedent to start sinking all the Russian subs lurking around NATO territory

Turns out you can get away with basically anything as long as you have enough power.

I’ve always thought the US justice system is two-tiered, but never did I think I’d see it so blatantly put on display

Was my first thought. The only reason special characters would ever matter in a password is if you’re storing/processing them improperly

If I’m mentally ill for criticising Trump for being such an overtly corrupt conman that he has literally stolen money from a children’s charity, then so fucking be it.

Now would you call this Donald Musk, or Elon Trump?

If that’s even remotely true, then I can see how things have turned out the way they have. A populous that understands damn near nothing about the world around them is simply not prepared to fight the ever increasing amount of disinformation and scapegoating thrown at them by those with malicious motives

How the fuck do people keep giving him more money??

Most of his ventures are dumpster fires, and SpaceX only runs well because he doesn’t touch it.

Yeah, I feel bad for Anon getting shouted down for trying to be helpful, but sometimes you’ve got to stay out of the way

That’s part of why I asked, cause I’m sceptical they can see it in the first place, never mind that’s its probably not Potato’s actual IP given how much they’re advocating VPN use

Is that for @PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de’s IP?

Cause if they’re working for a VPN company and recomennding you use a VPN, surely they must be using a VPN themselves

Well in that sense you’re breaking the law of your land by commenting on such a forum since we’re on the high seas here if you didn’t notice?

I’m aware of where I am, as I said before I have no problem with piracy - my main point was that just because we’re fine with it, doesn’t just magically make it legal - which is what you were implying.

And no, I didn’t intend to be rude if you’re inferring that but it’s blatantly clear what this forum is for and them being employed by someone who purports to protect their privacy selling such a service but then feigning ignorance

Feigning ignorance of what? That it’s probably not the greatest idea to be flogging around your actual IP address while doing potentially illegal/unlawful activities?

From my PoV, @PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de wasn’t feigning ignorance, the question was a retort to a non-sequitur. One’s view on the validity of laws (i.e. only being illegal cause Disney said so) doesn’t change them - I’ve seen enough “Sov Cits” find that out the hard way to not make that stupid mistake.

No, it’s actually embraced by communities such as this sprouting up. Are you a caveman or something?

Not the same guy, and I don’t mind piracy at all, but being embraced by a community doesn’t make something not illegal.

That’s very much decided by the law of the land you live in, and in most lands it’s classed as a form of theft or copyright infringement, which is illegal.

Also, bit rude to suggest he’s a caveman for making a perfectly valid point

Israel gets all the munitions it wants to enact a genocide, but Ukraine has to fight for every bullet to fight for its own sovereignty against a modern day dictator. The US government’s priorities really are something.

Would the US like it if another country tried to push it to the side and negotiate on its behalf on literally any issue, not even war-related?

Do you think the US would accept the outcome of such negotiations willingly?

I suspect it wouldn’t, so expecting another country to do so is pure hypocrisy.

Well Trump did say he’d make America great again - surely he can’t have been lying about making it better for the vast majority of people who live there, right?? /s

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has opposed the rule, calling it “nothing more than an attempt to micromanage businesses’ pricing structures, often undermining businesses’ ability to give consumers options at different price points.”

Oh bullshit - if every “option” costs the same after adding hidden mandatory fees, then you’re not providing “price points”, you’re just straight up deceiving the customer!

Nobody has ever looked at hidden fees and thought they benefited from their existence.

You’d think this would be a fairly cut and dry issue - the countries helping Ukraine wouldn’t like it either if another country started negotiating terms on their behalf (especially not with a monster like Putin).

Ukraine and its people should be the ones to decide their own fate.

I swear people who think otherwise must’ve read David vs. Goliath and sided with the Goliath.

For fuck’s sake, it’s not meant to make money, it’s a public service - it’s literally in the name!

I wish more countries governments would get their head out of their capitalistic arses and understand that the services they run aren’t meant to be profitable - that’s what taxes are meant to be for!

Those who want power should never be given it, and we’re about to prove why

Mirror molecules that by themselves could easily pose a risk to anyone exposed by them.

My point in even mentioning Thalidomide was that we already know what mirroring even a simple compound can do to living things, nevermind complex proteins and entire organisms.

GMOs can be dangerous as is without proper safeguards, but at least in most instances it’s only the living organism itself that’s dangerous. With mirroring, any part of that organism could be dangerous to normal lifeforms, so even sterilised mirror waste could be dangerous