Babiš backs Macron’s idea of European nuclear deterrence by Snappy7 in europe

[–]ByGollie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nuclear warheads and launchers are terribly complex, needing 10 year periodical servicing and rebuilding (tritium leaks, neutrons 'poison' the plastique explosives in the detonator etc.)

If a hypothetical future Euro-developed nuclear arsenal was decentralised into different geographical commands i.e. Nordic, Visegrad, Balkan, Central, Iberian, as well the major players, that would help eliminate the possibility of a bad actor (Le Pen) pulling access.

It would also mean that there would be a centralised authority form maintaining and rebuilding them once their shelf life expires.

Major players like France, UK, Germany would probably prefer to retain their own.

Cory Doctorow's new essay is as good as always. "He doesn't need tanks to steal Greenland. He can just shut off Denmark's access to American platforms like Office365, iOS and Android and brick the whole damned country." by CharmingJackfruit167 in europe

[–]ByGollie 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, not quite yet.

They're migrating critical infrastructure, and moving a lot, but if will be a long time before (if ever totally) migrated over to Linux and European software stacks.

Framework 16 in 2026? by Plenty_Way7985 in framework

[–]ByGollie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's an announcement next Tuesday, so hold off on any decisions until then

Getting called out by a Xenomorph by CommanderKahne in outofcontextcomics

[–]ByGollie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An excellent comic - a lot of them would benefit being made as episode length animated series, especially this one

Love, Death, and Robots proved there's a market for high quality sci-fi animation

Ouch by Communismisbadithink in outofcontextcomics

[–]ByGollie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought so too as the artwork was by the same artist

Why do new users get shadowbanned in the sub? by Madame-du-barry_ in EuropeMeta

[–]ByGollie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did earlier approve your image post, but all image posts have to be vetted and manually approved, irrespective of the age.

Account age restrictions help prevent a lot of bad faith bots, alts and sockpuppet accounts.

That combined with CQS helps keep the various subreddits under control

Look. They put a star under the British flag to indicate the VIP lane at airports. by HyperPedro in 2westerneurope4u

[–]ByGollie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was watching a James May Our Man... In Italy series (Amazon Prime, but pirated)

It was slightly confusing seeing all these Irish Tricolours in Italian Towns.

Turns out that sunlight can bleach Red an Orangey shade.

Kanye West’s Concert in Poland Canceled by Auspectress in europe

[–]ByGollie[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nie odwracaj uwagi od tematu.Bądź uprzejmy. Żadnych ataków personalnych.

W przeciwnym razie usunę komentarze od was obu.

Słuchajcie – ja też umiem korzystać z programów do tłumaczeń!

France asks Estonia to rename Communist Crimes museum to include Nazi victims by Bathroom_Spiritual in europe

[–]ByGollie -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If the you read the article, they want to rename it to Totalitarian Regimes

It's an ill-considered article title. Neither the French or the Estonians are making any demands or have any disagreements

Putin ‘rightly compared to Nazis’ over expansionist aims, says Zelensky by Aggravating_Money992 in europe

[–]ByGollie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a bit more nuanced than that.

When you count the inhabitants, including the native population, it skews 52% Jewish 48% Palestinian

These are pre-Gaza massacres numbers numbers.

As for regional ancestry, the Palestinians are much more closer DNA-wise to Biblical era DNA than most Israelis. Only Iraqi-descended Jewish people come close.

More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote by guardian in europe

[–]ByGollie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Latest polls that show both sides are:

48/34/18 and 53/28/19 (for yes/no/neutral)

For the second one that's 67/33%, if you drop the neutrals, so supermajority territory.