Yeah… and?

The “Poland never invaded anyone” take is a bit of a stretch… there was a time when they besieged Moscow…

You are witnessing the last days of copyright of any form right now - mark my words!

Just a quick reminder: NetBSD still has it and will very likely in the foreseeable future

The big issue is the oil price though.

Even that - in the mid- to long run - could prove to have some positive effects as it speeds up a shift towards renewables

Breath and talk to myself “No, you will NOT make some highly inappropriate joke about zero money, bootstraps and necks…” breath

My investment strategy over the last two decades was to buy something when its down, forget about it (and so don’t get frustrated when it sunk even deeper after buying), stumble over the investment > 5 years later and be happy about the accumulated money. Surprisingly it worked quiet well so far…

I think one has to look at the danger of a bursting AI bubble with the crisis=opportunity mindset: If the bubble pops there will be THE opportunity to buy and profit when the market moves up again… yeah, it will perhaps not go back up to the all time high but there is a healthy profit to make.

The French that started by beheading kings and nobles… and shortly after anyone who had a slightly different opinion? The French who shortly after that madness had a new Emperor? THAT French?

But…but…but… the RAGE! With a measured approach to topics like that, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FUEL THE RAGE!!!11

I think “matching geopolitical interests” is a better fitting reason.

As long as chromium is open source I see no problem down the line… and if Google one day stops the funding of open source projects, well, the Firefox is also toast

It won’t go away. Yeah, the datacenter based stuff might, but local models will surely stay.

Honestly? Find a job outside the computer world

And Brave, don’t forget brave

I cannot see a way in which you can make “give people who demand something money so that they go away” illegal…

Honestly, thank you for this clarification of your standpoint. I think it is in the best interest of both our blood pressure and the discussion climate in this community if we disengage our communication at this point - as neither of us will be able to convince the other of our viewpoints.

In this spirit i wish you a nice day.

Aren’t you the one simping for and whitewashing the Bundeswehr in the other thread?

If not utterly condemning the Bundeswehr and highlighting positive things where they are is “simping” for you - yep, that’s me!

Is that the nature of your account now, is that what we can expect from you in the future?

Yep, feel free to block me if you don’t want to see opinions conflicting with your own.

The qualitative difference now is, that Germany strives to be THE military power of Europe again, with other countries following their lead

This is - at best - a half-truth. Germany is the biggest economy in Europe, it is only natural that it has to shoulder a big part of the European defence. Even with a massive rearmament to reduce the impact of the decreasing US military presence - which is happening all over Europe, mind you - Germany’s role is to be a part in a defensive alliance. If you see any ambition to conquer “Lebensraum” in the east, please feel free to share the evidence.

Absolutely normal.

It is absolutely normal if one is not completely fixated on second world war. And the “last time” Germany had an significant military was not in the 30s and 40s… it was in the 80s, with strong ties to NATO and firmly on the ground of the German constitution.

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They may not value an injured person more than a plane… but they value one thing: Votes.

You can bet that the moment a civilian person is only slightly injured during an attempt to shoot down a drone the Bild “newspaper” and hordes of bots (either the electronic or of the meat kind) will curbstomp the politicians who are responsible.