throwaway9524

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by throwaway9524 3mo ago
The linked article disproves your claim. It seems you're mistaking the naval drone incident, which did not cause casualties, with the Russian drone strike. > The country's defence ministry said the drone had self-detonated near
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
Russian weapons are nowhere near state of the art. More like hopelessly outdated Cold War designs which makes sense because the USSR unlike Russia was actually capable of innovation though often narrow in scope. And just like every other Ru
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
You are right regarding China being a considerable opponent due to its manufacturing power but you are wrong about Russia. First it is a petrostate but one that is dependent on western equipment for continued extraction. Especially with nat
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
I get the reasoning from your other replies. If Microsoft extends Win32 with some new API that cannot be reimplemented in Proton then Valve is screwed. So you want them to require a native Linux version from every game published on Steam. H
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
Seems this sentiment is coming up in every recent Proton related thread. Despite all the counterarguments offered each time. The simple reality is that there are decades worth of Windows games that will never have a Linux version. Because o
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
You should travel to parts of the Eastern Europe that used to be under Soviet occupation someday. Share your views on Russia with the locals over beer and you'll find out rather quckly why "blithely trusting the state department&q
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
Agreed in general. Though the points on character design may be a bit too reductionist. Concord didn't really need characters with clear sex appeal. Or even characters people immediately want to be like. The original characters aren&#x
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
Agreed that exiting the country was much easier for JetBrains who are more internationally focused. But my belief is that Yandex leadership made a strategic mistake in not spinning off their core businesses to Europe. They had a chance at e
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
As far as companies with a Russian origin go JetBrains and Yandex are at complete odds with each other. JetBrains condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and suspended sales and R&D there shortly after the war broke out then left the
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by throwaway9524 2y ago
Same story with my reMarkable 2. It's one purchase I still regret years later. I take a lot of handwritten notes and bought the reMarkable to keep them organized and indexed for full-text search. Well, the writing recognition turned ou