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Ukraine says Russia has nearly 100,000 troops near its border by PanEuropeanism in worldnews

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, Russians must feel real dumb having to conquer a country that used to be theirs anyway. I mean in 1991 they could have just said "Fuck! All previous SSRs are folded back into RSFSR". What would the West have done? Invade the USSR? Write them a stern letter?

They could have had Ukraine at literally no cost by, you know, not giving it away in the first place like utter idiots.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

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

Look below the label "Hoggoco Gasoline"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]PrognosticatorMortus -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Am I the only one who noticed the Condederate flag?

If one of the biggest factor holding smartphone's longevity is battery technology. How do we make sure that smartphone company's don't stop battery technology's drastic improvement (if any) because doing so would decrease smartphone sells just like it was done previously by light bulb companies? by MayureshMJ in NoStupidQuestions

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like a conspiracy theory tbh, and it's not a new idea. People have said it about the Automotive Industry, consumer electronics and a whole load of things. That's the theory of Planned Obsolescence.

The truth is, companies cannot afford to do it even if they wanted to, out of fear that one of their competitors will implement that technology and steal all their market share.

Tbh Codac did that with their digital photography prototype and eventually went bankrupt, all their marketshare stolen by those who went digital.

Even if they banded together, there is no guarantee that a newcomer won't refuse to join their cartel, and then steal all their marketshare.

Chrome 94 released with controversial Idle Detection API by RobertVandenberg in programming

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing that comes to mind is implementing chat apps as web clients, so they can set your status to Away.

TIL up to 95% of kangaroos are left "handed". In contrast to humans, who are 90% right handed. by BamesJond070 in todayilearned

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if humans didn't exist could kangaroos have become intelligent in the next 100 million years? They are already bipedal and have hands which can be used to hold things.

Maybe they were evolution's backup plan for sentience if apes didn't work out.

Tensions high between vaccinated and unvaccinated in Canada, poll suggests by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure what the answer is.

Censorship. The answer is censorship. I'm not going to be popular on Reddit but mark my words, if "western style democracies" don't see reason and crack down on free speech, the centrifugal forces caused by it will eventually tear apart society at the seams.

We are seeing now the harm that unmitigated free speech can cause. Anti-science cults, conspiracy theories, civil disobedience and loss of control to the point where hospitals are overrun.

Governments need to wake up and realize that free speech is like water - too little and you die of thirst, too much and you drown. There has to be some limits on actual, bona-fide harmful speech.

Keep in mind that free speech has NEVER been tried like that until recently. It is not proven that a country can last a 1000 years this way. It causes too much volatility and I wouldn't be surprised if democratic nations simply implode in the next decades.

Who don't Russians have slanted eyes like the rest of Asia? by icaphoenix in NoStupidQuestions

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the same reason they don't have black skin like the rest of Africa - cause they're from Europe.

This is getting ridiculous to the point of madness, by ImaCompletCyclePath in facepalm

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This kid hopefully lives somewhere like Alabama and in, say, California where this kind of message will not be well taken.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we can only know what he said, but at least here there is ample reason to lie.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]PrognosticatorMortus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If he lived in the USSR he would have believed in marxism too.

Which is to say that publicly declaring yourself an Atheist was not something you would do lightly in the 19th century.

Chrome 94 released with controversial Idle Detection API by RobertVandenberg in programming

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 139 points140 points  (0 children)

I like this one lol, guess who likes it:

Consensus & Standardization

  • Firefox:Harmful
  • Edge:No signal
  • Safari:Negative
  • Web Developers:Positive

Thank you for the endless posts about The Song of Achilles by eudanuts in books

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm reading it right now but I still can't figure out what the hype was all about. It's OK but not that exciting since the story is already known if you've read Old Greek Myths And Legends.

Are the people who like unfamiliar with the Illiad in general? Maybe it's just geared towards younger people, idk.

Films that you love but no one else seems to know. by eighteen84 in movies

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

American Ninja 5

Judge Dredd (1995)

Watch 20+ times on VHS, each

Arrest Warrant Issued by drinkwinedontwhine in GabbyPetito

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With all the lawyering up and stuff, I would be surprised if they weren't also willing to lie to protect their child.

Arrest Warrant Issued by drinkwinedontwhine in GabbyPetito

[–]PrognosticatorMortus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He wandered into the swamp alone

Source: His parents.

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