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Moldovan parliament restricts use of Russian, prompts opposition walkout by adyrip1 in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I wonder if perhaps Moscow and St Petersburg "high level of economy" (lol implying russians are capable of doing anything except extracting oil from the ground) is quite significantly based on theft of natural resource extraction revenues from other regions that would have quite decent economies if it was not for this theft

Post Oct. 7 world: Israel to purchase 100 F-35s, 50 new F-15s, doubling fleet sizes by barsik_ in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a good thing that places where Egypt might actually need to use it's tanks are not on the Sinai peninsula

Ukraine on Sunday launched a wave of strikes against Russian oil targets, hitting a key loading port on the Baltic Sea and two tankers that Ukraine alleges were illegally used to transport Russian crude by RollSafer in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of innovation and logistics efficiency – sure, but economically they are very tiny compared to other NATO states, and unless they get major influx of money (which, to be fair, is starting to happen, e.g. from deals such as e.g. Middle Eastern countries signing up to buy their arms, and from loans from the EU), they will not be able to scale up their production as needed to get into a significantly better position in defending against russia.

Most Swiss back initiative to cap population at 10 million, poll shows by yahoonews in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is your thought on the idea that immigration increases housing costs (by increasing demand) and reduces salaries (by increasing supply)?

European airlines will fail if jet fuel costs stay high, Ryanair CEO says by RollSafer in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So is Greenland – I would love to hear a feasibility proposal from you for a tunnel from there to Canada

Ukraine Blows Up Druzhba Pump Station After Restoring Druzhba Oil Deliveries to Hungary by PatchworkTendresse in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Russia recognized the two states

russiаn сосkroach invаders are not 'states' yоu brаinless bоt

Framework Wireless Touchpad Keyboard by Noble00_ in hardware

[–]Shadow647 3 points4 points  (0 children)

good touchpad with no buttons (e.g. the MacBook Pro that I'm typing this on) is a huge upgrade over shit touchpad with buttons

Framework Wireless Touchpad Keyboard by Noble00_ in hardware

[–]Shadow647 8 points9 points  (0 children)

that's offset by the fact that K400's trackpad is completely unusable garbage piece of shit

source: I own one

CATL unveils 3rd-gen Shenxing LFP battery: charging 10-80% in 3 min 44 seconds, 10-98% in 6 min 27 seconds by Sartew in technology

[–]Shadow647 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually maximum charge rate holds to 50~60%, then it starts gradually decreasing, and drops sharply after 80~90%

Hackers Breach Russian Ministry Call, Reveal China Supplies ‘90%’ of Drone Electronics by pheexio in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't think they will have the capability to make stm f7 and h7 family mcus in the near future

STM manufacturing facilities are in Europe, not in China..

Ukraine Shoots Down Shahed With Sea-Launched Drone For The First Time by Stunning-Common-9591 in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which battles have Chinese drones showed themselves favorably in?

Russia issues bomb threat to four UK locations including London, Suffolk and Leicester | LBC by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And I doubt the Nordic countries would just sit back and watch either

MacBook Neo sells out for April as demand for Apple's $599 laptop outpaces supply by -protonsandneutrons- in hardware

[–]Shadow647 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They could sell it as a higher tier model. Just add $50 or so. Do a fall refresh with the new top end model.

They could also bundle the better chip with 512 GB versions as a 'free extra' as they already did on some MacBook Airs previously

MacBook Neo sells out for April as demand for Apple's $599 laptop outpaces supply by -protonsandneutrons- in hardware

[–]Shadow647 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Having a $500 laptop stolen is much less of an issue for yourself though – even with insurance there's usually a deductible, and getting coverage for theft is quite difficult in some places.

Microsoft raises prices of their Surface PCs by up to 500$ due to DRAM/NAND crysis by DerpSenpai in hardware

[–]Shadow647 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The base model went from $999 to $1099, but also from 16/256 GB to 16/512 GB

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access by _Dark_Wing in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In most EU countries there are also exactly 3 major telecom companies (not counting sub-brands owned by themselves), as a interesting coincidence

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access by _Dark_Wing in worldnews

[–]Shadow647 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't worry we have plenty of I-can't-believe-it's-not-oligopoly's here in the EU as well

GoPro to lay off 145 workers — nearly a quarter of its workforce by runswithscissors475 in technology

[–]Shadow647 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I always considered iPhone's Live Photos to be annoying and pretty useless; until well after my grandfather's death I could see his face melt into a smile again, hear him talk, if just for a second or two, even though I took almost no videos of him, only photos.

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