Jimius

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[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 day ago (7 children)

The EU is not a geographical union despite it's name. Even then, Canada and Europe share a common border; the Atlantic Ocean. Also it's part of the Commonwealth, Has a strong economy, social politics, The Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian tradition. And they speak the two most common European languages. Canada makes more sense than Türkiye if you disregard distance.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Didn't even know that. Makes the recent news how his secret trip to Israeli-occupied territories got leaked all the more revealing of his true allegiances.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's all technically correct. That's how it works in a lot countries, Europe included. But that's not how it feels, or what people think is going on. They're paying into a system that is going to benefit them. Even if what they receive is derived from future taxes on other people. They contributed to the system, therefore they are also entitled to benefit from it.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

If history had taken a different turn here or there. It could have easily been French or German or Dutch. In "our timeline" it happened to be the British Empire.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Nothing touches my library that wasn't discounted 60% or more. I'll see you on the Christmas of 2030 Ghosts of Tsushima!

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

In the Trumpverse the 1st amandment does not exist, also you can be forced to buy a specific brand of car.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago

"allegedly costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses." It seems he was already messing with the systems while he was still working there. This is not a case of malicious compliance or they fired the only guy who knew how something worked. He was actively sabotaging the company's network.

"he apparently became disgruntled by a corporate "realignment" in 2018 that "reduced his responsibilities,"" So it's not even like the company was being evil as they fired him while he was on PTO to take care of his daughter with leukaemia (or something). He would've been better off finding a new job if he was unhappy. Instead he made things far worse.

But 10 years is way too high. Especially for a victimless crime with alleged "values" of loss. But otherwise he gets no sympathy from me.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Unsurprising, as the biggest party in the government is populist, autocratic and pro-Putin.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

US military hardware is top notch. But the US has shown itself to be an unreliable ally. So spending that money at home, supporting the local economy where the money will ultimately flow back to the governments via taxes. Also there is almost nothing the US makes that we don't or can't make here with a few exceptions like the F-22 or X-37 (AKA the satellite snatcher).

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago (41 children)

I thought the whole point of Lemmy was that it didn't matter what instance you joined. Can I move my account, or do I need to make a new one on a new instance?

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 days ago

Hardly surprising considering the current funding climate and anti-intellectual sentiment of the current American administration. He will probably get an amazing salary and support to work on his project. Canada and Europe should set up something similar, easy visas and citizenship for American scientists and engineers.

[–] Jimius@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

If the Oligarchs and their families feel safe in Moscow, they don't mind bending over with the wind. But if the war comes to their doorstep, in this case as drones, they might reconsider that tune.

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