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New comment by Swenrekcah in "Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?"

Swenrekcah — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:07:21 +0000

I don’t see it as making fun of the situation per se, rather the people responsible for it.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Rack-mount hydroponics"

Swenrekcah — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:51:57 +0000

If you look closely enough, everything is government supported. However farming is explicitly government subsidised everywhere.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Without America to rely on, EU gearing up to be a global power in its own right"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:46:40 +0000

It seemed like it was the past, but it might become so again. Europe will never trust the US for defence again, which means it has to build up all defence capabilities internally. This will take many many years, but it seems almost inevitable now that it will happen.

When enough time has passed with Europe self sufficient in defence, there might arise cases where US and Europe has a conflict of interest that results in an armed conflict. Perhaps at first via proxy states depending on the type of conflict.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "DOGE Track"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:26:32 +0000

This much is true, like most things coming from Trump this move mainly benefited Russia and China while actively harming US interests.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "99% of adults over 40 have shoulder "abnormalities" on an MRI, study finds"

Swenrekcah — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:21:45 +0000

I have used an iPhone for 8 years and a macbook for 2 years. Every year the experience gets worse, like on schedule. This theory might explain what is happening!

New comment by Swenrekcah in "EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear"

Swenrekcah — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:56:45 +0000

It seems to me that is exactly what could be enabled by this law. It is forbidding the destruction of last year’s winter coats.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity"

Swenrekcah — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:41:03 +0000

You might be interested to learn that both of those statements are very wrong.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified"

Swenrekcah — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:28:18 +0000

In that case he would just approve wind farms that fuck with people he dislikes.

It seems to me this is very much intentional to keep oil demand up and prices high.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "US destroying its reputation as a scientific leader – European science diplomat"

Swenrekcah — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:00:40 +0000

Nothing would please our enemies more than people not being able to talk to each other. This decline of trust is not accidental.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "US destroying its reputation as a scientific leader – European science diplomat"

Swenrekcah — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:44:56 +0000

It wasn’t exactly those countries choice, but since the US seems hell bent on sabotaging itself one can only hope the rest of the western world picks up this slack.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

Swenrekcah — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:54:41 +0000

I am, but still it sounds bad to me to expose them to the road elements on the way home.

And food in packaging, it is usually in boxes or other containers most of the time in supply line transit. Individual items only get unpacked in the store, so I would think this practice adds considerably to their “dirtyness”.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "EU household real income per capita up 22% since 2004"

Swenrekcah — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:17:52 +0000

Keep in mind this is adjusted for inflation. However I agree it should have been more during this period.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "EU household real income per capita up 22% since 2004"

Swenrekcah — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:11:28 +0000

In the higher income countries the hours worked have fallen, however it may be that in lower income countries they have increased.

That is to say, due to more work opportunities more people have gotten jobs that count towards measured work hours and GDP. Including households who used to have one person working jobs that count towards metrics now have two.

I don’t have numbers for this though, just an informed guess.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

Swenrekcah — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:39:17 +0000

Still, the packaging then presumably goes into the fridge and cupboards? And I would imagine there would be fresh produce in the bag as well?

Maybe it makes sense, it just sounds unpleasant to me.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

Swenrekcah — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:17:12 +0000

Wait do people put their groceries they intend to eat on the bed of their trucks, exposed to exhaust, asphalt, tire rubber and all other forms of road pollution?

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:59:54 +0000

That is true and we have certainly seen our fair share of that.

Adults are however also better equipped to deal with that, especially if they have not been subjected to such abuse as children. It is worth noting that online bullying is however not the most serious matter here, rather (in my mind at least) it is the systematic targeting of kids/teenagers to get inside their head and get them to perform violent acts against themselves or others around them.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:15:37 +0000

True, I didn’t mean it was routine but it was somewhat normal. I just wanted to show the incredible range of professional behaviour that has disappeared.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:49:26 +0000

This is demonstrably false. Previous administrations have not. It used to be normal to do things like keeping cabinet members appointed by their opponents or not put up a mocking picture of your predecessor in the white house.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:36:18 +0000

That is true. The ubiquitous mobile internet and social media I should have said.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:18:35 +0000

Bullying is not new and was performed via sms before the internet. Social media however allows for easier targeting especially for bad actors that are not in the kid’s friend/acquaintance group.