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For terminally online people, prehaps. But in real life, no, people aren't generally obsessed by twitter drama. Real life usage is what matters, and if it's good enough for the ukrainian army in an active war zone...
It's not good enough for them because Musk seems to be limiting its use in line with his political views.
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As a British person, I'd suggest you reconsider. Things over here are not so rosy. Drugs shortages, crazy inflation, no discernible benefits at all except to a government that hates judicial oversight of any kind.
Can you share more about this 'drug shortage'? Is it like the empty shop shelves and empty fuel pumps that is claimed to still exist for years now despite being resolved within days/weeks at the time?
At the worst times, you could phone to thirty pharmacies with a relatively standard recipe (Augmentin etc.) and be turned away everywhere.
Been there, done that.
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Infrastructure has to be self financed otherwise it's a waste of resources. That's why rural areas do not have internet. It fails every time
I don't know where you live, but in most of Europe, rural areas have internet too. It doesn't "fail every time".
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Are you implying I gave up freedoms to state/bureaucracy? Which freedoms did I give up, exactly?
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For the record, this is a standard Russian talking point. Stepan Bandera was a nationalist Ukrainian leader and his remembrance is one of the reasons why Russian propaganda now paints Ukraine as Nazified.
"War is terrible."
Indeed, and being absorbed into the Russian World is even more terrible. I get it, the Kremlin isn't exactly winning on the battlefield right now, so it tries to undermine the will to fight among its opponents. Nazis, Peace Now etc., the standard Russian word salad.
No, you are not getting Ukraine, forget it. That invasion was a bridge too far and Russia will lose badly. Good. I will never forget nor forgive the Soviet rape of Czechoslovakia in 1968, but Russian defeat in the Ukrainian war will at least somewhat soothe the bitterness.
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It's not good enough for them because Musk seems to be limiting its use in line with his political views.
I'm out of the loop on that one, what are you referring to?
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This is a bit crazy to me since it seems like there is a constant, almost never ending praise for everything related to Europe here. But I totally get that it's probably a difference in what topic we browse and what comments we read, so your experience is just as valid. I guess it's just surprising to me!
that’s strange. every EU-related thread I’ve ever seen has had highly ranked comments poo-pooing whatever it is they’re planning to do. what’s your position on the EU? perhaps I notice the negative comments more because I’m very pro-EU, and vv for you?
I guess I have a generally slightly negative opinion of Europe (or more accurately, of the portrayal of Europe I generally see online), having lived there for a little while. I guess it's that I honestly see a lot, lot more of harsh america bashing than criticism of europe. But ultimately, I'm a bit of an outsider to both the US and Europe and it might be that the constant, louder "america bad" makes eu bashing less apparent to me.
This is probably something that the US (or other major powers) should really think about doing too. Military tactics and capabilities have generally been driven by communications capabilities. For example, radio communication technology was at least as important as the tank in for the German blitzkrieg. This becomes all the more important with drones, etc. I just punched up some quick numbers to make sure I’m not tal…
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Doesn't the US already have strong contracts with SpaceX? ... of course one can question how safe they are given Musk's condition.
Genuine question, what do you mean by “Musk’s condition”?
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Switzerland and Norway negotiated special treaties to join Galileo. The UK were in because of their EU membership. No one could have taken that from them besides they themselves. And once you are out you get treated like any 3rd party state. If you want a special deal you better bring some time and be prepared to start fresh. The desire "to get Brexit done" in a very tight timeframe, pushed by populist politicians, d…
The UK was trying to negotiate a special agreement/treaty regarding Galileo. But the EU did not want to even consider it. Indeed even today the UK has not really given up on trying to be friends with the EU and continues to remain open to rejoining Galileo and Horizon programmes. Bizarrely, the latter of which, the EU seemingly had a moment of weakness during the negotiations by agreeing that the UK could remain memb…