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This thread is mostly full of jokes, and that's cool. But more seriously I'm exactly the kind of person I suppose this is meant to appeal to. I've spent the last 2-3 decades breaking into systems. Many of these systems comprise what the US calls "critical infrastructure". That's pipelines, power generation, transmission, distribution. Air traffic control systems. Government agencies. I'm based in the US. The problem…
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You seem like a knowledgeable person. What does Ukraine really have, that Putin so desperately wants? And best of luck to you, dear friends.
So, there's a lot. For one, Putin seems to want to reassemble the USSR as a vanity project. Further, this all started (years ago) when the Ukrainians removed out their Moscow friendly president. Putin doesn't like reminders that months of sustained protests can really effect change and remove leaders, especially so close to Russia. Crimea is the only "warm water" port that Russia has access to to gain access for the…
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"What does Ukraine really have, that Putin so desperately wants? " It's not 'what it has' it's 'what it is'. Putin views the Ukraine as 'part of Russia' - that's it. I don't understand why people have such a hard time with this. Imagine if Mexico invaded Texas in 1950 and 'won'. A lot of Americans would want to 'take it back'. Now I don't believe that this analogy is real in terms of the Ukraine situation (Imagine if…
Not a very good analogy. No western country ever invaded Ukraine. When the Soviet Union collapsed Ukraine was granted its independence without a shot being fired. A better analogy would be Australia and Canada. Both were part of Great Britain and both became independent after the British Empire collapsed.
Example of the Queen's representative interfering in local politics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional...
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US folks: Call your congressional representatives and demand they back harsh sanctions against Russian oil/gas immediately. Perhaps even a full embargo until aggression is stopped. That is the _only_ leverage the US has against Russia, and as of yet the US has steadfastly refused to do anything that would interrupt the flow or price of oil to itself.
The problem with that is that Europe needs Russian gas to flow, and Putin knows that.
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> If you really want to help Ukraine, better to contact volunteers-entrepreneurs, who where on Maidan, and who struggle for economic freedoms, and support Ukrainian army as private persons, without government/state. > You could just donate, or you could create some business opportunity, so Ukrainians will make business, export working hours, or export some products to world. This makes sense, but I wonder if this wou…
Already I'll do what I can: I browsed Ukraine web shops and found at least Spar has an open webshop: https://shop.spar.ua/ . If anyone has an address to order for I'll try ordering some goods for the front line, bunkers or what do I know. In the longer term I'll do what I already do to China: I happily pay 20% more for small goods not made in China and in fact I try to avoid buying Chinese. At the same time I'll happ…
In some cases smaller European countries' manufacturers prefer to put "Made in the EU" because it's more reputable. No idea if the Lithuanians do it too.
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If you don't want to engage on the offensive side, there is plenty of work on the defensive side of things. * Detect and notify the Ukrainian government about threats or upcoming attacks. * Identify coordinated manipulative behaviour on social media. * Last but not least contact Patreon's management to release the funds that have been donated to Ukrainian veterans ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30461038 ) Fee…
I wonder if Reuters is trying to create a cyber war much like the BBC has been blasted by some in the UK for sparking Xmas panic buying and the fuel crisis. https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1506903/BBC-blast... https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1497043/BBC-backl...
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2021/09/27/what-...
And the government promising the send the army in?
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Aren't Russian computer systems already beyond the protection of US law?
Defending an ally from an enemy is not something the US government punishes people for. If you want to help the people of Ukraine then #standwithukraine.
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Sorry but what? * It looks like there won't be a Ukrainian government to speak of in a few days. * Manipulative behaviour has been identified on twitter and Facebook almost every day for the last few years, and it hasn't really led to much anything. The Ukrainian government can't do anything about that, if the independent banana republics of FAANG don't decide to act, nothing is gonna change. * Likewise for patreon.…
I can't understand how chaps like Mendelev are welcome on Twitter, but the president is permanently suspended . (Orwellian phrasing, too)
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I agree. Bulgaria was on the right track until 2009. It's almost as if different countries face different realities. Corruption does not happen in a vacuum. Ultimately, the responsibility lies to those with power. What I am saying is geopolitics are not decided by the common person. You seem to disagree and that's fine
I think we're probably more aligned than you think :-) I think society is a slow, lumbering beast that's hard to turn around, and very unpredictable. I think that elites generally control things and the average person can't do much. But if > elites control > things and only in > favor, then we can't explain how developed countries happened. Long story short: the common person can't do much in general, but sometimes t…