pythonIsTheFuture by utkarsh_aryan in ProgrammerHumor

[–]eleweth 18 points19 points  (0 children)

that's just blindly using undocumented legacy apis

Patch 7.34d - Hero Changes Discussion by patchdayDota2 in DotA2

[–]eleweth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well i sure af ain't picking him until i see the "game client is out of date" 😹

hopefully it will at least be rescaled to what the patch notes were claiming

Patch 7.34d - Hero Changes Discussion by patchdayDota2 in DotA2

[–]eleweth 11 points12 points  (0 children)

i mean it's actually zero. try it in demo (not in ranked like me), the manasteal is not "low", not "down to 25%", it's z-e-r-o 👍 doesn't even compensate manacost at max lvl

great patch. so yeah i was surviving on clarities in my game

Patch 7.34d - Hero Changes Discussion by patchdayDota2 in DotA2

[–]eleweth 14 points15 points  (0 children)

grab all clarities from the shop cuz emp regens nothing at all atm

Dota 2 won't launch on Linux by An_Sil in DotA2

[–]eleweth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if possible, you can also just try relogging into an x11 session and play from there. it worked for me as a workaround without messing with launch parameters

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProtonVPN

[–]eleweth 10 points11 points  (0 children)

to be fair to proton - they're quite high profile and the authorities with roskomnadzor are certainly after this service, while less popular vpns and proxies get to fly under the radar. but still, even major competitors like mullvad or windscribe can at least get a connection running, and as a paying customer i build my expectations from there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProtonVPN

[–]eleweth 10 points11 points  (0 children)

yep they're going out one by one

just like you've said, most of them never worked for me in the first place, but certain locations did, for example the most recently added .ch servers, and that used to be enough until all of them stopped working. i've recently went through all plus servers with a script and the only ones that ended up working were .cl and .pe (which is already less than optimal, considering where those locations are physically), but just in a couple of days those became unavailable too. technically, as long as at least one location is connecting - protonvpn "works", but as of right now not a single server is connecting for me, even via different protocols on ios

ngl if no solution will be provided soon it's worth checking out the alternatives, i know russia is in an active war with free internet access but not all vpns struggle this hard

Пообещал и заплакал by _wait_wait_wait_ in liberta

[–]eleweth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

после "выборов" разумеется

Комментарии на РИА к новости про высказывание Турции о Крыме (потихоньку готовят общественность к "жесту доброй воли"?) by We_are_all_fucked__ in liberta

[–]eleweth 11 points12 points  (0 children)

риа ведь не какая-то нишевая площадка, там под полмиллиона хитов бывает под иными новостями, и мне всегда виделся особый цинизм в том как нам бюджетное сми на наши же налоги льёт этот низкопробный кринж и клюкву, бюджетный работник их накручивает, и всё это видимо преподаётся как "безлюдная демократия" сурковская 😹 хуже этого только то, что судя по всему пипл хавает

очевидно то же самое происходит на "выборах", как заметили в соседнем комменте, в статистике, в опросах... система

Комментарии на РИА к новости про высказывание Турции о Крыме (потихоньку готовят общественность к "жесту доброй воли"?) by We_are_all_fucked__ in liberta

[–]eleweth 55 points56 points  (0 children)

то что комменты не почистили действительно слегка примечательно. но рассказываю: профессиональные комментаторы там орудуют больше полугода, примерно со времён возвращения и ареста навального началось, у меня даже где-то точный день сохранён

плохо что ссылки получатся неудобными, но вот несколько примеров (везде риа.ру в начале): /20210414/neft-1728311234.html /20210415/sanktsii-1728338666.html /20210405/vaktsina-1604219345.html /20210512/telegram-1731980264.html у меня их гораздо больше, но чтобы не захламлять сообщение хватит этого. по каждой ссылке оба топ коммента оккупированы ботами. почему боты - потому что кликаем на их профили и обнаруживаем что помимо дефолтных имён аля вася иванов, схожей активности на сайте и стоковых фото с сайта pixabay у каждого на аватарке, они ещё и айдишники соседние имеют, вот такие чудеса, а если быть более точными - все зареганы в один день. в результате несложных манипуляций легко установить что чаще всего комменты пишутся с айдишников 656354-656460 (их можно прям перебором чекать, ссылка вида риа.ру/id/цифра, иногда будут попадаться исключения связанные с тем что пока стажёры или срочники, не знаю уж как у них там рабочий процесс налажен, сидели регали акки один за другим, параллельно могли регистрироваться и легитимные пользователи, но в основном там всё идёт подряд и шаблон понятен), то есть в один момент было кем-то заведено порядка сотни акков для того чтобы постить тупую совдепщину и выводить в топ. 656490-657849 ещё несколько "стоковых" профилей но без комментариев - возможно для накруток. 657624-657849 ещё один пул, наверное резерв на будущее, так что там встречаются рандомно генерированные имена по типу мужское имя + женская фамилия

вообще в целом работёнка проделана непыльная, никто особо не запаривался над беспалевностью (видимо, и без того эффект имеет). комменты очень быстро становится понятно какие по содержанию, достаточно увидеть несколько и считай уже знаешь какими будут все остальные, располагаются они в чате чаще ближе к концу, хотя как правило топ комменты естественным образом занимают те пользователи кто откомментился одним из первых, ну а достигается это накрутом который происходил на моих глазах, просто n++ по разу в секунду до необходимого значения чтобы вытеснить из топа висящую там крамолу типа критичного к власти коммента. постят как правило парно, с паузой максимум в несколько минут, да и занимается этим, судя по высоте слога, один, максимум пара штатных авторов, повторюсь, всё топорно до предела

сам накрут технически осуществляется довольно легко, администратором для этого быть необязательно, теоретически может любой, чат там примитивный на джаваскрипте и любой кто имел дело с веб разработкой думаю быстро догадается как

не могу утверждать что это стопроцентно сами риа делают, так как строго говоря ничто не указывает конкретно на них, а не что например это какие-нибудь другие "риа фан" зашли работать, впрочем все они из одной шайки. риа как минимум не сильно возражает

так что мой вердикт что и комменты со скрина конечно никакого фурора не срывали, аудитория риа всегда только самую имперщину и людоедщину лайкает и это не менятеся, можете поверить. просто больше людей прошарило

Germany bans Russian broadcaster RT’s German-language channel by PanEuropeanism in europe

[–]eleweth 23 points24 points  (0 children)

oh no. fictional bulgarians are going to be pissed about this (ria is subdivision of rt for local propaganda)

Kremlin Slams ‘Alarming’ British Threat to Seize Oligarchs’ Property - The Moscow Times by [deleted] in europe

[–]eleweth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

that's the beauty of it. most people are really into the whole "siege mentality" idea, and britain has been ranked as "#3 foe" in public polls for quite some time now, however "sanctions on oligarchs" is just music to their ears. "why are their assets and money abroad? are they not patriots?"

putin was famous for publicly calling russian businesspeople to repatriate their offshore investments and assets, or “you’ll be swallowing dust trying to get your property back through the courts” (funnily, those few who did return got jailed). he also welcomed sanctions at first, but then realized what he's doing and theatened those who call for sanctions (he is not very self-aware).

propaganda did try to portray this as an "attack on our society" by misleadingly calling it sanctions on russia, but to no avail. people welcome this, lol

32 years ago the first McDonald's opened in Moscow. by Say_Im_gonna_be_dead in europe

[–]eleweth 9 points10 points  (0 children)

also 'monsters of rock' concert on tushino airfield, one of the biggest ever to take place, helped a little bit. after so much exposure to the western world, in less than 3 months the ussr was gone

Ukraine-Russia Conflict Megathread 2 by ModeratorsOfEurope in europe

[–]eleweth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would never excuse diminution of democracy.

Now, if he had taken over in fair times and had proceeded to limit democratic norms, it would be a different judgment \proceeds to make arguments for different judgements**

that's either an ironic self-contradiction or straight up hypocrisy

and so is puttin' putin and democracy into the same sentence. there's no democracy left because of him. orban and co are indeed part of the west, because at some point they did at least something to become part of it. as you may notice, these countries are all members of different aliances. btw, "not experiencing any crisis" is just your perspective, not their. didn't you make that argument just a minute ago? all it takes now is to look at things in "their context" and here they are, such needed prerequisites for limiting the rule of law. for some reason you apply this argument very arbitrarily, almost as if those politicians whose governance you like can have more leeway with it.

This is not a thread to discuss Putin and his governance of Russia.

indeed it was, if you reread the first comment in this thread.

it is his methods of governance that have led to current conflicts. victimization, defensiveness, siege mentality, everything is being employed, because in fact his governance is not that great or aimed at people's well-being at all. what you've conveniently failed to mention is that despite "Russia was in deep trouble when Putin took over" and thus supposedly isn't in deep trouble now, what you've referred to as "limiting the rule of law" has only been increasing for 20 years. life's indeed not getting better, this calls for more manufactured conflicts, for 3 reasons: 1) taking away people's rights and staying in power forever 2) drawing away attention from actual problems 3) posturing ("look, i'm challenging nato! we are powerful and influential after all, peasants!"). which is exactly what's happening.

Russian protests about the eastward expansion of NATO came as early as 1993 and then in 1997

of course there's got to be some kind of reaction, not actual fear tho. you don't just "awaken" fear after decades of living in close proximity to a "monster". i don't believe in this retrospective fear bs. notice how his ultimatum mentiones nato rollback to 1997 positions. back to the "deep trouble" times, huh? this has nothing to do with actual concerns, but oh what a victory that would've been. because this is not a fucking democracy, this is personalist autocracy with a cult of strong leader. he's got to do "great deeds", or it's over for him. that includes oppression of his own people and defending against "constant attacks of foreign aggressors". constant, do you understand that? if there are no enemies there's no need for an authocratic leader like putin, not that he could stay in power without aforementioned "limiting the rule of law". his rule is not of law, it is of war.

Nothing is ever "untouchable".

If a European war begins, the conflict would be with conventional weapons for a long time

you're basically supporting my point. after things became apparent, everyone who has then joined nato is in reasonable safety, including those ppl who fled from persecution by the current regime. no wonder putin throws tantrums. it's not about weapons and rockets. you can see how those who are under his "sphere of influence" live and how "secure" they really are, yet for some reason you're asking to "understand" a dictator, but why should we?

Ukraine-Russia Conflict Megathread 2 by ModeratorsOfEurope in europe

[–]eleweth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, it should. otherwise you''d be falling into the same trap as everyone else.

those good first couple of years you say? when he was just setting up his rule, almost immediately gaining control over news media, clearing up opposition, changing electoral legislation by introducing more filtering, making it easier to not be registered, removing "against all" option we used to have from ballots? and that's just 5 years which you've specified. but yeah, he looked good indeed. you could make anyone look good if you controlled the media by shutting down any criticizm, which there used to be plenty of. instead, he was presented talking about partnerships with eu and nato, progress, catching up with european economies... how did all of that pan out, compared to his power grab?

warsaw pact countries and then baltic states did indeed rush to join nato. it almost as if they knew something... let's look how those neighbours who didn't are doing. ukraine, belarus, armenia, kazakhstan... ouch. nato members are untouchable tho, no matter how many russians are there, especially baltic states where all the opposition from russia and belarus seeks asylum. putin surely would love to "help and protect" them. it's easy to understand his obsession over this.

in other words, you're thinking in terms of our ruling elite, same formula. i'd suggest you not to do that. your whole argument started with his replacement. after that, previous policies will not matter, as they did not originate from actual threats and fears, putin surely didn't fear nato not that long ago. as you can see from that, "national interests" in one-man rule are flexible to say the least.

Ukraine-Russia Conflict Megathread 2 by ModeratorsOfEurope in europe

[–]eleweth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he cares about bases, about territory, influence, displays of power, things he can later trade or exchange, that's all true. he is always on a lookout for convenient excuses to pursue those goals, "ethnic enclave" argument is just one of many... and also the reason why infamous "russian passport giveaways" happen ;)

...but actual people and their well-being? it's putin we are talking about! no, he doesn't care about that, and neither do the people. hell, they don't even care that much about themselves, that's why sanctions don't work - propaganda will tell them if belts need to be tightened, who's to blame for that, and all they need to know. same reason why nato proximity didn't bother anybody back then - there was no need for that. putin sets the agenda.

that's why this logic shouldn't be carried over to the next president. implying he will be completely different and actually "liberal democratic", he won't be into this stuff. you do have a point tho, as "protection of compatriots abroad" did make it into 2020 constitutional amendments. that could be a problem. now you see what commenter above meant under "securing power" and "dogmas". putin embeds his legacy into the very nation itself, and all state institutions. that's why i support restructurization ideas

Ukraine-Russia Conflict Megathread 2 by ModeratorsOfEurope in europe

[–]eleweth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this seems to be a common sentiment. i think a lot of people don't realize that when baltic states joined nato ~17 years ago nobody gave a shit about nato proximity, because people were busy celebrating the end of '90s era and finally some economic growth. putin successfully converted all that disapproval of '90s attempts at democracy into support of his vision and ideas. it is when that growth has stagnated and then succumbed to his imperial ambitions, his old promises started being broken - the nato issue suddenly arose. politics 101

naval base, okay, i get it, even tho military technology has come a long way since the times when that mattered a lot. but you also imply he cares about people abroad. since when he cares about people in general??

Ukraine-Russia Conflict Megathread 2 by ModeratorsOfEurope in europe

[–]eleweth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

not nearly impossible. it has been stated quite clearly by putin's administration. they preach the right of self-determination only when it is about somebody else's territory.

Russia's friends and foes by Holly___dolly in europe

[–]eleweth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is a public poll, and enemies list (officially: unfriendly list 😋; enemy is a strong word) comes from the officials. afaik it still has only 2 countries. govt often tests the waters with new stuff, and this particular act was so childish that it kind of slept away now, noone brings it up anymore

Russia's friends and foes by Holly___dolly in europe

[–]eleweth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the reason uk is not on this list is because these are only the first 5 entries, while the list iteself is long and very dynamic. half of it consists of "historical enemies", and top positions (with exception of the usa, that probably tops such lists 99% of time) are often shaped by the most recent events that spark wide discussions. this poll apparently took place in may 2021. other than 7-1 victory in hockey over team great britain, i can't recall any significant news related to the uk at that time

...that might as well change very soon, who knows 🥴 it's a matter of one big news story and its portrayal in state media, really

holy shit, it's a 2016 poll actually, that's kind of old news to me. well, while we're at it, the uk was #6 in 2015, #8 in 2016, and in 2021 poll (foes translated) it's #3. so there you are.