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Re: European Alternatives

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What is the European alternative to the US military if Russia attacks Europe? This whole thing just seems like the standard hysterical overreaction of people who spend too much time on social media.

> What is the European alternative to the US military if Russia attacks Europe? European military. Why do some people act as if European countries had no armies? And even if we had no armies and Russia attacked and totally destroyed us, how is it related to the topic discussed here, which is whether the influx of European engineers to the US will continue or not? > This whole thing just seems like the standard hyster…

Well there is no "European military" per se and there will be no "Russia invades Europe" scenario, because "Europe" is a continent and not a sovereign nation.

What would happen is that Russia invades Poland, or Russia invades Romania or Bulgaria or something. Those are Eastern European countries. (I mean they all used to be Soviet bloc anyway.) Or Russia would invade Germany like the good ol' days. So whatever nation they invaded would sic their own armed forces on them, and their allies' too. NATO could jump into the fray.

Americans (and perhaps Russians too) often misunderstand how terribly small European nations are, really. They're mostly smaller than individual United States. So, less population, less time to transport stuff, fewer natural resources available in a sovereign context, etc. But lots of national borders.

So Russia won't invade "Europe" but they could go into one or more nations on the list.

Re: European Alternatives

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I have used Fastmail for years, and now Migadu for years as well. Never lost a single email?

That's not comparable at all.

Why not? I said "get your own domain", not "self-host your server". You are the one saying that it doesn't work so well to self-host your server, I never asked about it.

Re: European Alternatives

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I didn't know that's a myth, do you have anything I can look at to learn more, besides "try reading the entire Treaty of Rome" ?

Reading the preamble of the treaty is enough because it explains the mindset behind the European project. The Schuman declaration is also short and very clear on the subject. Even though it’s not a treaty or regulation, it’s a clear demonstration that the people at the time saw much further than just the economy. The core message is political integration to prevent Europe from tearing itself apart every 50 years.

I don't think I see free movement of people in Schuman? It's very clear about wanting to move steel and coal but it mentions workers only to suggest that this ECSC should "improve living conditions" for workers. I could squint at this and consider that a steelworker in Duisburg might "improve their living conditions" by retiring to a nice slow-paced village in Southern Italy but just as easily it could mean the ECSC is about workers staying where they are but being able to afford nicer stuff.

However once I'd fought the EU's terrible web search I did sit and read a bunch of the actual Treaty of Rome, and yes that actually does very clearly specify Freedom of Movement for Workers and is broad enough in how it treats this freedom that it's not a surprise courts subsequently concluded that basically every EU citizen should be able to live anywhere in the EU.

Re: European Alternatives

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That's a very childlike understanding of the world around you, I'm afraid.

If you're trying to imply that I have a childlike understanding... in that case, I appreciate you reinforcing the points I've made in this thread, namely (a) Europeans are condescending jerks, and (b) Europeans will airily claim "Americans are ignorant" but rarely have much interesting evidence to back up their claims. Our relationship with Europe is not very important for American prosperity. The GDP growth trend is…

These two comments you made above and the fact that you care so much about what a not very well-defined mass of people thinks about you and blames you of that you mistake it for soft power are the perfect illustration of my point.

Re: European Alternatives

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Categories missing: - Operating systems, for various kinds of workloads - Programming language toolchains - Hardware vendors

European cloud sovereignty starts with European hardware. Without European bare-metal, the rest is just branding.

Re: European Alternatives

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post #459

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Can you talk more about the Estonian tech scene? I am a Canadian-Estonian and I have been considering moving to Europe in the next year or so.

This here has been the key ingredient for the startup culture Estonia now has: https://www.e-resident.gov.ee It's just crazy. I went to the Estonian embassy in Berlin, was offered coffee, and 20 minutes later I had my digital card allowing me to create a limited company.

What is your experience running that company? It looks great on paper, but if you don’t mind sharing, what is the practical side of things? Have you encountered any stumbling blocks?

Re: European Alternatives

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I submitted my project EasyInvoicePDF (a free & open-source invoice generator) a couple of months ago to European Alternatives but never heard back unfortunately. The project has no backend and is purely browser-based, but I’m based in Europe and developing the project here, so I consider it a European project =) App: https://easyinvoicepdf.com/?template=stripe GitHub: https://github.com/VladSez/easy-invoice-pdf

Same here. I created and submitted a European open-source Snapchat alternative, but it's been in “Waiting for Review” status for quite some time now. Webpage: https://twonly.eu/en Github: https://github.com/twonlyapp/twonly-app

twonly looks very cool, just starred the repo on github :)

Re: European Alternatives

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> - Operating systems, for various kinds of workloads I agree that OS is missing but OS for any workload that is not "desktop computer" or "laptop computer" in the EU, and anywhere in the world, is already dominated by Linux. Phones, routers, Internet of Things, servers, supercomputers, smartwatches, satelittes,... Whatever really. It's all Linux.

Where are located the key companies that contribute to Linux ecosystem?

They do not dominate the development Like MS for Windows. Independent people from all over the world review their contribution. This is a small problem related to other things.

Also, Qubes OS exists.

Re: European Alternatives

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Same here. I created and submitted a European open-source Snapchat alternative, but it's been in “Waiting for Review” status for quite some time now. Webpage: https://twonly.eu/en Github: https://github.com/twonlyapp/twonly-app

twonly looks very cool, just starred the repo on github :)

Thank you, I appreciate every star :)

Re: European Alternatives

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It seems that you have great difficulties with reading comprehension. I was mentioning Iran (Pre-Mullahs) where the UK and US overthrew a democratically elected president because of Oil. Leading to the current theocratic and oppressive government. Also your reasons to invade Iraq were made up Lies about Weapons of Mass destruction, and the US propped up the Taliban against the Soviets in the first place. Both were qu…

Classic double bind. If we support the Taliban, we are evil for "propping it up". If we oppose it, we are evil for "destabilizing it". The implication is that everything would magically be fine and dandy if it weren't for the US. Of course, your critique does not engage much with the actual reasoning or decision-making process of the US in Afghanistan (or Iraq for that matter). But caricaturing the US as an evil empi…

If you wouldn't have propped them up in the first place against the Soviets you wouldn't need to fight them afterwards...
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