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New comment by trasz3 in "China’s BYD is overtaking Tesla as the carmaker extraordinaire"

trasz3 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:15:37 +0000

Emission checks for EVs?

New comment by trasz3 in "Google has already pulled six products in 2023"

trasz3 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:52:28 +0000

>It’s interesting to me that they continue to spawn and nix products like this despite the reputation damage it causes.

I guess this means a "reputation" doesn't influence their profits. Some companies aren't in impression-making business, or even pretending-to-be-trying-to-make-their-customers-happy business.

New comment by trasz3 in "YouTube-DL Hosting Ban Paves the Way to Privatized Censorship"

trasz3 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:48:52 +0000

So why is it hosted in Germany and not, say, China?

New comment by trasz3 in "YouTube-DL Hosting Ban Paves the Way to Privatized Censorship"

trasz3 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:47:43 +0000

Anything related to crypto/blockchain tends to be a technically very poor way of doing decentralisation.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:44:17 +0000

>Government-sponsored was not a US propaganda badge, it was a response to a serious concern about adversarial governments

For most people USA is an adversarial government. You've just confirmed it was a propaganda badge meaning "unamerican".

New comment by trasz3 in "Russia’s new law cracks down on citizens avoiding army service"

trasz3 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:40:30 +0000

Yes. I your car catches fire when parked, you probably want to grab a fire extinguisher instead of complaining, even though it's not technically your fault.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:36:37 +0000

And look how effective that was.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:28:46 +0000

So, does it? xD

New comment by trasz3 in "Russia’s new law cracks down on citizens avoiding army service"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:27:49 +0000

Well, your state is waging a genocidal war of aggression against European state and is losing. It's not supposed to be comfortable.

Although I feel you. I don't think (most) Russian citizens should bear personal responsibility for the invasion, same way US citizens were never held responsible for Middle East.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:04:53 +0000

s/employing/led by/. Yeah, pretty much.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:10:28 +0000

So here's where we disagree: to me, any institution led by Medvedev won't be independent; funding formalities don't matter at all.

Also, once again: there's a fundamental difference between "used to work" and "was a CEO".

New comment by trasz3 in "Russia’s new law cracks down on citizens avoiding army service"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:05:27 +0000

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/where-have-russians-bee...

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:04:38 +0000

Oh, definitely; it could be based on literally anything, or just effectively random. But it doesn't change my view of whether the outcome is positive or not.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:59:43 +0000

So if it was instead registered as a private company, with, say, Medvedev as CEO, it would be fine?

New comment by trasz3 in "Russia’s new law cracks down on citizens avoiding army service"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:57:28 +0000

And there is a way out. And there's been for over a year now.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:55:08 +0000

No, my argument is that an institution managed by past government officials cannot be unironically called independent from said government.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:45:35 +0000

Have you ever considered the possible difference between what's officially allowed and what's actually happening?

Nowadays, when information is abundant, individual stories don't matter all that much; what does matter is building the overall narrative. Allowing critical stories doesn't affect that.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:43:15 +0000

There's a subtle difference between "working with" and being the CEO.

New comment by trasz3 in "NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliated media'"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:41:33 +0000

>Musk's eye of Sauron fell upon NPR--and only NPR, not Deutsche Welle or Radio France or CBC or BBC

Well, sure, but you gotta start somewhere. At least this is a move in the right direction; let's hope for similar labelling for other media that deserve it.

New comment by trasz3 in "[dead]"

trasz3 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:39:33 +0000

I don't care about Lensing's bio, or even him as a person. What matters is, ex-propaganda (protip: https://www.wordnik.com/words/propaganda) bureau head is now leading NPR, an allegedly independent institution. Imagine what you wrote above but substituting China for US.