vga

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Meh, he's just saying this because a) he can and b) to dissolve a popular talking point in far left/right circles. He can leave office, unlike the actual dictators/dictator-wannabes who are accusing him.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The US was eager to walk over Russian security

Why do you think Russian security interests override the security interests of the countries neighboring Russia?

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm steelmanning this fuck more than he deserves, but didn't "he say" those things in Truth Social? I don't think it's Trump who writes those things. I'm not even sure it's a person.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, he just talks, behaves, feels, looks, gestures and very much seems like one.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Also

  • a good reason to fight

The motivation of russian soldiers is about as sound as was the motivation of US troops in Vietnam. "Protect the free world from communism by attacking another country". Yeah, ok.

The US had an active force of half a million troops at the height of that attempted occupation and a total of more than 3 million troops had been deployed in Vietnam over the course of the 6 years of war. The US committed various terrorist acts and warcrimes. By the numbers, they had superiority in pretty much every way. At some point it looked like there were doing fine, and they utterly lost. They lost 58k soldiers.

Sounds vaguely familiar to me.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

A cynic might say that we'd then just have a slightly more powerful and even less innovative IBM.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Microsoft, because I lived through the 80s and 90s.

Most companies become evil after they grow big. Some companies become big by being evil. Microsoft is the latter.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

"under pressure", where did that come from? Not from the article.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 97 points 2 weeks ago (54 children)

Not Lemmy though. Based.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thinkpad X1 Carbon if you're swimming in money and want the lightest possible laptop, Thinkpad T14 if not.

Asus Zenbooks are kinda neat machines too, and taiwanese instead of chinese, but probably not quite as reliable.

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