neoromantique

I don't know, I have car from 1991 so I'm just observing the trainwreck.

Also speedometer, which is hardly a convenience feature.

I don't, however, think that we're anywhere near being replaced by the AI overlords.

Buuuuut, there's also modern Opel engines where timing chain is guaranteed to kill the engine if not replaced every 100k km.

So it really depends on the engine rather being simple chain vs belt.

So I got a 2001 VW Golf to drive over the winter, and same story, but less charm.

(both are 1.8 petrol)

...and now I feel even safer living near NPP.

I sadly moved away for unrelated reasons, but I'd move to a similar place in a heartbeat. Turns out that requirements to actually build a NPP(access to water, seismic activity etc) are quite strict and make for a good place to live overall.

Don't US(or any other country for that matter) laws discriminate based on nationality all the time?

Google Photos had better hooks previously, and I can't tell if new iOS limits that shaft NextCloud also affect Google Photos, since I don't use it for a while.

That's easy to say when you are living in a country with access to a healthy financial system, this is a luxury, not norm.

There are quirks from time to time, their disk system has been nightmarish for a while, but they've recently had a major overhaul there and we didn't really have any major complaints since. It is very decent for the price, I would say.

I have already moved my plex to a home server prior to this, but this anti-consumer bs is just enough of a final push to move over towards the better alternatives.

Good riddance

It can also be (easily) argued that Z-Library is a definitive net-benefit to the humanity as a whole.

The audacity to compare Ukraine, which has incredible level of transparency during this invasion in every aspect, welcoming auditors and investigators from all over the world to Russia is very telling of your biases.

I am Russian, I am well aware of nuances, but to even begin to compare the two is insanity in 2023.

Russia and Russian Military have a long and proven track record of lying without any shame or remorse, so I don't really care what the "official" standing of these units is. They are fed by Russia, armed by Russia and controlled by Russia, everything else is "Пыль в глаза".

Without downplaying the troubling beginnings of Azov (who aren't the worst offenders by a mile if you look at 2014-2015, to be honest) -- it has little bearing in 2023.

Ukrainian army went a long way cleaning up their ranks and becoming a professional army since then, they had trials and punished their own soldiers for committing crimes in ATO, which Russian side not only did not do, but encouraged.

The World is holding Ukraine to an impossible standard right now, magnifying every individual case and person to paint the whole country in bad light while turning the blind eye to one to Russian atrocities (See HRW about Cluster munitions for Ukraine vs silence on Russia using all sorts of forbidden weaponry).

edit: Over a stolen phone, no less, not even a person being in danger.

I wanted to verify sources a bit further myself, but alas: https://i.imgur.com/YxG58lR.png

To be fair, it is silly to even separate them as they're all fighting hand in hand with regular Russian army with Russian army supplies, so for all intents and purposes they were both part of it.

But seeing as the person I was responding to is touting about "powerful Russian military" and "weak Europe" from the comforts of the western middle class, I don't really want to engage in discussion any further.

lol, I'm done.

Edit: Looked through comment history and it makes sense now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30731180

You're a joke, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

You can possibly claim that it is PMC rather than direct Russian military, but then there is the recent ultimatum given to Wagner troops -- Join Russian military ranks or leave.