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New comment by def_true_false in "Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened"

def_true_false — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:18:05 +0000

This website has nearly no moderation and attracts tankies, the alt-right and various contrarians, not to mention Chinese, Russian and Iranian bots.

I don't need to read our media (that's perfectly free, thanks for your concern), to have an opinion about Russia. Especially on this very day.

New comment by def_true_false in "Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened"

def_true_false — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:31:32 +0000

There are already NATO bases within 250 miles of St Petersburg. Pray tell, what's so special about Moscow?

New comment by def_true_false in "Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened"

def_true_false — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:11:08 +0000

Why do you only care about being fair to the Russians? It's not a two player game. This is not the cold war. Russia is a borderline failed state, not a superpower. Yes, they have nukes, but so does Pakistan and I don't see Americans talking about Pakistan's sphere of influence.

New comment by def_true_false in "Ox Alpha"

def_true_false — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:56:59 +0000

The US doesn't cut up dissidents for organs for one.

New comment by def_true_false in "Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents"

def_true_false — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:42:22 +0000

The government housing in communist countries didn't actually have tiny windows, compared to the housing stock available at the time.

New comment by def_true_false in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

def_true_false — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 13:16:11 +0000

You might want to look into opinion polling on Russia in the Baltics or Finland. The idea that only the right considers Russia a threat is ridiculous.

New comment by def_true_false in "My AI skeptic friends are all nuts"

def_true_false — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:57:13 +0000

Try Biomin-F or Apagard. The latter is fluoride free. Both are among the best for sensitive teeth.

New comment by def_true_false in "It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds"

def_true_false — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:30:50 +0000

The real problem with the resources deal was the lack of security guarantees.

New comment by def_true_false in "Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger"

def_true_false — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:46:13 +0000

Why are you repeating Kremlin's talking points?

Using the exact same reasoning, Churchill would be a dictator, too.

New comment by def_true_false in "How far can you get in 40 minutes from each subway station in NYC?"

def_true_false — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:24:09 +0000

Why can't you have trams travelling at 80km/h? That's around the max speed of some of the trams used in Europe.

New comment by def_true_false in "Where can you go in Europe by train in 8h?"

def_true_false — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:33:46 +0000

German trains are unrealiable because they spend like 5-10 times less per km of railway than Austria or Switzerland.

New comment by def_true_false in "Concrete clickbait: next time you share a spomenik photo (2016)"

def_true_false — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 04:13:37 +0000

The guy refers to himself in the third person? Lmao.

New comment by def_true_false in "Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use: study"

def_true_false — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:12:09 +0000

Does the word 'good' have a different meaning in the US? Your car manufacturers barely manage to compete in the segment protected by the chicken tax tariff... Some do a decent job in luxury EVs.

New comment by def_true_false in "Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use: study"

def_true_false — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:05:40 +0000

Shipping obviously broken stuff is a good way to discourage users from giving any feedback at all.

New comment by def_true_false in "A Plea for Fairness for Non-Profit Developers of Open Source Software"

def_true_false — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 22:41:59 +0000

The banking situation is like an MVP of the real thing. You can't easily get a mortgage in another country, some of the banks can't even serve you in English, etc.

As for taxes, in theory, you could have a unified system that exposes a bunch of knobs for each country to turn as they wish. Some might even set some of them to 0. You can do much better than the current mess. I guess you can also do much worse, especially for the people who've already found their niche tax-wise.

Everything is an even bigger mess when you are a company (not even an employer). E.g. recycling mess mentioned here: https://www.pcengines.ch/recycle.htm

New comment by def_true_false in "Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco"

def_true_false — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 01:22:21 +0000

If you listen to someone like Stoltenberg speak, you will find that he is very clear about NATO's commitments. No "each country would decide how much help", that kind of thing comes mostly from the German speaking circles.

New comment by def_true_false in "Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco"

def_true_false — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:41:40 +0000

Contrary to what some Americans think, Europe is not culturally homogeneous. The countries themselves tend to be, with some exceptions, but they do differ from each other, sometimes in significant ways.

New comment by def_true_false in "Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco"

def_true_false — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:36:18 +0000

Want to have your mind blown? The systems Americans call single payer are not all the same. And it's not a silver bullet either. The rest of your talking points is a little out of date -- the country most openly diplaying its imperialist mindset and also the one currently engaged in an offensive war is Russia.

New comment by def_true_false in "Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco"

def_true_false — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:12:14 +0000

It sounds like you might want to look into changing the voting system. The problem with this is that people who have most experience with other systems (immigrants) usually can't vote and have fairly easy exit to another, saner, place. I think Alaska and a few other states have experimented with other voting systems recently. I'm not sure where I've read about it, but there seems to be a subreddit about this: https://old.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/

Unlike other solutions, this one takes years or decades, but, on the other hand, it might actually work.

New comment by def_true_false in "Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco"

def_true_false — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:01:06 +0000

I don't get takes like this. What are you even suggesting? More friction on moving from one place to another?

Most rural US problems seem to come from unwillingness to build higher density. Europe has plenty of 5k-20k towns with relatively dense centers that have all the basic services. At the upper end of that range you can even get things like hospitals. And that's in a country with basically no property taxes.