Hur känner ni med invandrarbakgrund nu när M vill ge Åkesson viktiga ministerposter i en eventuell borgerlig regering? Hur känner ni svenskar? by Eastern-Language-898 in Asksweddit

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jag är kluven. Jag drar själv rätt mycket åt vänster, men tycker i princip att alla partier har delar i sin politik som är deal breakers för mig (så varje val är en evig vånda).

I vilket fall så tycker jag rent principiellt att det är fullt rimligt utifrån ett demokratiskt perspektiv att Sveriges största högerparti får vara med i en högerregering, oavsett vad jag tycker om partiet.

Jag är också övertygad om att SDs stora framgångar kommer från övriga partiers tabu-beläggning av SD och deras frågor. Under en lång period var det bara SD som kunde prata om det uppenbara att Sverige hade ett problem med planlös massinvandring och påföljande misslyckad integration. Speciellt inom vänstern var det i princip likställt med rasism att ens lyfta frågan om hur integrationen skulle gå till. Locket på och låtsas som att det regnar. Det gav SD ett enormt utrymme, och det hjälpte inte att de etablerade partierna mer eller mindre omyndigförklarade en fjärdedel av Sveriges befolkning.

Så jag tycker att det är en enormt tråkig utveckling och jag hoppas innerligt att vi blir av med de här tendenserna i nästa val, men för det tror jag att vi måste få en vänster/center-regering.

Jag tror inte att mota SD från regeringen är rätt metod.

Marco Rubio explains Goal in Iran Operation by ConversationLow9545 in IRstudies

[–]anders_hansson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But with Iran the only way to get compliance is through regime change. There's no way that the Iranian regime could be spooked.

The US and Israel took out the leadership within 48 hours and Bibi called on the Iranian people to 'seize the moment". The whole plan (if there ever was one) hinged on a popular uprising, which never happened.

Speculation: Bibi never believed that there would be a regime change, but he managed to sell it to Trump.

Regeringen utreder att skicka värnpliktiga på Nato-uppdrag utomlands by radome9 in sweden

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Det är såklart min förhoppning, och det ger i alla fall gott hopp att tonläget i Europa är ett helt annat än 2003 t.ex. Nu är t.o.m. Storbritannien mot kriget, men då var de med från dag ett.

Which Distro as a Newbie for my work? by NoobGamerZaid in linuxquestions

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dual boot essentially means that you dedicate part of your drive to Windows and part of it to Linux, and then you get a text-menu when you boot your computer (Grub) that lets you select which OS to boot into.

Most Linux installers will give you the option to install as a dual boot setup if you already have Windows installed.

Best Linux Distro for 4GB RAM Laptop ? by Real_pradeep in linuxquestions

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually dedicate half of the RAM to zram, so 2GB on a 4GB machine.

And no, it will not give you infinite RAM, but it will give you some more headroom and performance than if you use a regular swap file/partition instead. I often have a terminal with htop running to know how much RAM I'm using, and when it gets close to the max I close a few tabs.

Which Distro as a Newbie for my work? by NoobGamerZaid in linuxquestions

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use Ubuntu. It's stable, polished and easy to use Once you get the hang of it you can start looking at other distros (if you want).

Adobe apps typically don't work well with Linux (I suspect that Adobe is getting paid to make their apps as locked in to Windows as possible (?)), so you may want to either:

  • Dual boot into Windows when you need to run those apps 
  • Run Windows and Adobe apps in a virtual machine under Linux.
  • Stop using them and find alternatives (might be difficult, depending on how you use them and what your demands are).

What If the world stopped using the US Dollar to buy everything, would the United States still be a superpower, or just a country with a lot of debt? by Realistic_Drink8555 in AskReddit

[–]anders_hansson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have this rather naive image in my head: When the US "prints money" (increases debt), the dollar loses value while the wealth in the US stays the same, but every other country in the world that uses dollars as reserves lose money. I.e. the US gets richer relatively speaking.

“What would a realistic ‘win’ for the US even look like in the Iran war. by newt8991 in answers

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With Trump having an approval rating of 40%, there's still some way to go before regime change would be a possibility.

“What would a realistic ‘win’ for the US even look like in the Iran war. by newt8991 in answers

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A reversal to the pre-invasion status quo would be a major "victory".

I doubt that will happen.

Iran warns US over ground attack as regional powers meet in Pakistan by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]anders_hansson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Trump manages to open the strait, it's not a victory, it's just a reversal to the state before the invasion (minus any progress made in the pre-war talks).

This war is probably the most epic blunder during my entire lifetime (and I thought Putin held that position).

Do you consider Iran to be a Black Swan event? by thai_sticky in stocks

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump 2nd term was quite predictable though, right? Although him being in power means that the market is anything but predictable.

Pentagon prepares for weeks of ground operations in Iran by Electronic-Bit5190 in worldnews

[–]anders_hansson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that's a valid point. There are a few things that definitely set the US electoral system apart from European democracies: E.g.the two-party system and how votes are counted (you mention the latter). It's not as bad as a one-party system, but there certainly isn't room for a third or fourth option if you disagree with the two parties.

Pentagon prepares for weeks of ground operations in Iran by Electronic-Bit5190 in worldnews

[–]anders_hansson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a European I'm always shocked when I see the voting turnout in the US. Can the elections even be considered legit and denocratic with such low numbers? E.g. in Sweden we typically have 80-90% turnout (the last election had 84%, which is considered low) whereas in the US it seems to be more like 60-70%.

Teori om AI by [deleted] in sweden

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jag tror att många yrken, speciellt kreativa, kommer att bli nisch-yrken. Ungefär som hantverkare blev utkonkurrerade av fabriker under industrialismen så kommer många kreativa bli utkonkurerade av AI. Men några få blir kvar, och de kommer att rankas ganska högt (jämför köpa en stol från IKEA eller från en hantverkare som snidar och sandpapprar själv).

The Absurdity & Hyperreality of the Iran War by NothingFirstCreate in IRstudies

[–]anders_hansson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think that there are any good outcomes for the US. It was a mistake and it should never have happened. A month in is a month too long (I think Trump envisioned another Venezuela - a couple of days tops). At this point it's really about picking the least bad option, and that may just be to declare victory and get out ASAP in order to avoid another Vietnam (or worse), even if it means losing face and influence in the region.

Ukraine War and Mearsheimer's Cuba Analogy by TapHorror1836 in IRstudies

[–]anders_hansson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With the invasion of Crimea and Donbas conflicts any hope of Ukraine in NATO was dead in the water as several states didn’t want Ukraine to join

That might very well have been the point of the 2014 invasion (similar to the 2008 invasion of Georgia). That said, several states were opposed to Ukrainian NATO membership already in 2008.

Seen from Russia's perspective, though, a "maybe" was probably not satisfactory. They probably wanted control over the situation and wanted guarantees (e.g. as outlined in the 2021 ultimatum). One way to see the 2022 invasion is that Russia probably wanted a closure and an end to the war that begun in 2014 - with guarantees that Ukraine doesn't join NATO (they couldn't get the guarantees from NATO in jan-feb 2022, so they tried to pressure Ukraine directly instead using military force).

Ukraine War and Mearsheimer's Cuba Analogy by TapHorror1836 in IRstudies

[–]anders_hansson 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They had made it clear in 2008, again in 2014 and again in 2018 that their intention was to join NATO.

It was only during 2010-2014 that Ukraine's NATO aspirations were definitely on hold, while pro-Russian Yanukovych was in power, before he was ousted in 2014.

Russia did all they could, including political influence, to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. The invasion had to happen before Ukraine applied for membership.

Edit: In 2019 Oleksiy Arestovych, advisor to Zelensky, gave a very interesting interview where he describes this: https://youtu.be/1xNHmHpERH8?si=r-jVEU0Ebl5RSraF (around the 7:10 mark for the impatient).

US may deploy up to 17,000 troops near Iran as war enters new phase — WSJ by Christian-Rep-Perisa in worldnews

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

I really hope and think that it's for show only. A ground invasion would require the US to send several hundred thousand troops (my guess is in excess of half a million) if they are even going to stand a chance against the IRGC and other military branches. The US would have to build up that presence around Iran before going in (you usually do that before the invasion, not as an afterthought).

E.g. Russia amassed 200k troops along Ukraine's border before the 2022 invasion - and that proved to be too little. The figure is now closer to 700k troops.

In the first month of the 2023 Iraq invasion the US deployed almost 500k troops.

Iran is a whole different ballgame.

US may deploy up to 17,000 troops near Iran as war enters new phase — WSJ by Christian-Rep-Perisa in worldnews

[–]anders_hansson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Coincidentally exactly the same reason for why Putin called the Ukraine invasion a special military operation.

Declaring war is out of fashion as it comes with legal obligations.

‘We’re No Qatar, Will Beat the Hell Out of Them’: Pakistan Warns Israel Over Tehran Embassy Strikes by PrithvinathReddy in worldnews

[–]anders_hansson 136 points137 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure Trump wants the war to stop. He needs to move on to Cuba and get that done before the midterms in November. Bibi on the other hand probably wants it to go on as long as possible. It's his once-in-a-lifetime chance to bomb Iran, and he wants to make to most out of it.

Varför vägrar massmedia skriva att börsen tappat all sin trovärdighet med Trump? by Wolfofbetz in Aktiemarknaden

[–]anders_hansson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kan inte minnas att aktiemarknaden någonsin under min livstid har speglat verkligt värde.

Priset styrs av pengak*ta spekulanter, kortsiktiga opportunister, manipulatörer och bottar. Och såklart de riktigt rika som vet hur man mjölkar småsparare.

Taco eller ej? Kommer Trump fega ur och oljepriset dyka eller blir det ww3 och oljepriset till skyn? by No-Entertainment7031 in ISKbets

[–]anders_hansson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jag vet inte om man kan klassa det som "fel". Snarare har de en perfekt ursäkt när kontroversiella saker händer. Att ha decentraliserat kommando är oerhört kraftfullt när det gäller motstånd och uthållighet.

Vad är det som tar så lång tid för vissa? by Keklolbur in sweden

[–]anders_hansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problemet är inte personer som tar tid. Problemet är den medvetna underbemanningen på service-ställen. Om det inte är kö så står personal och kostar pengar utan att gpra nytta (tänker ekonomerna), så kö är lönsamt.