Of all ways to get rid of dictators you choose Lybia as a good example. I rest my case.
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Current events show that guns are pretty useless against dictators, people do just happily vote them in power. The right to free education would have been a better weapon.
ammonium@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Piers Morgan Asks Israeli Ambassador to the UK some questions.English2·1 month agoSure they can
ammonium@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Warren Buffett’s son is on track to donate $1 billion in aid to Ukraine this year—and pledges to continue despite Trump’s shaky relationsEnglish31·3 months agoBut would the current administration be the current administration without wealth hoarding psychopaths?
ammonium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Fire at Tesla dealership near Rome destroys 17 cars8·3 months agoHow is sticking a sticker on your car dragging other people into something?
ammonium@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Trump’s Team Calls Europe ‘Pathetic’ in Leaked Signal Group Chat MessagesEnglish38·4 months agoImagine if those people looked up to us, we’d have to really question our values.
ammonium@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•So bold are Putin’s ceasefire demands, it’s hard to believe he is entirely seriousEnglish5·4 months agoYeah, I don’t understand who’s still in doubt about Russia’s true motives
ammonium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog182·4 months agoAnything else than democracy is shittier
ammonium@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Former US general advises Switzerland to prepare for war.English5·4 months agoWhat I mean is the pivot to the east was pretty clear with Obama. With Trump? I think he sees China and Russia more as a role model than an opponent, but who knows what’s going on in his mind.
ammonium@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Former US general advises Switzerland to prepare for war.English111·4 months agoMaybe you weren’t paying attention when Obama was president? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration
ammonium@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Trump doesn’t seem to know why he launched a giant trade warEnglish5·4 months agoThe US has a trade deficit because everyone wants dollars, even though the US keeps on printing them. You basically get free stuff and complain about it ¯_(ツ)_/¯
ammonium@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Zelenskyy: No world leader has the right to negotiate with Putin on behalf of UkraineEnglish112·7 months agoIt’s not that hard. They don’t need aid to continue to fight, but they do need aid to be able to win.
ammonium@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Solar modules now selling for less than €0.06/W in EuropeEnglish11·8 months agoYou guys shouldn’t complain, you still have saldering (net metering) ánd get money for the electricity you have left which is still a huge subsidy.
I haven’t really used any other platforms so I can’t really compare but I have encountered enough audio issues too. Especially with new Teams and bluetooth devices.
ammonium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Scheme to cast votes on stolen mail ballots thwarted by Colorado election officials.27·9 months agoAt the cost of voter anonymity, which shows exactly what is wrong with voting by mail. It’s impossible to prevent fraud while preserving anonymity. Not silly billy at all.
ammonium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Scheme to cast votes on stolen mail ballots thwarted by Colorado election officials.15·9 months agoThey prevented fraud at the cost of voter anonymity, this is exactly what is wrong with voting by mail. You cannot protect both.
ammonium@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Scheme to cast votes on stolen mail ballots thwarted by Colorado election officials.236·9 months agoWhich is why we don’t do vote by mail ¯_(ツ)_/¯
ammonium@lemmy.worldto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Syncthing Android app discontinuedEnglish2·9 months agoWhy go through all the hoops if they are instead just could refuse patches? Open source doesn’t mean open to contributions, look at SQLite for example.
If they had the idea to release this open source they would have said so in clear words by now. They didn’t so I don’t have much hope, unless maybe if they get enough negative publicity to change their mind.
Why does VC need to ruin everything…
ammonium@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-SourceEnglish13·9 months agoHow is it fake news? They are moving functionality into a proprietary SDK and have a whole framework ready to get around the GPL.
Last year China installed more solar than the rest of the world combined, but they have less than 1/5th of the worldpopulation 🤷
There are lot’s of things you can criticize China about, their commitment to renewable energy isn’t one of them.