Dont let Trump watch this

https://lemmy.world/post/24193435

Thats a basenji.

As automation/robotics/ai get better, humans transform from an asset to a liability. Fewer people means fewer protestors/rioters/revolutionaries/universal income recipients/whatever.

Can a random american citizen not run as an opponent to those senators in the US? Arent those senators democratically elected?

Can you do the same for Xi Jinping? Can a random chinese citizen run for office?

Do you think those 2 things are the same?

Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic don’t use the Euro. It’s really not mandatory

It is mandatory but some countries have opted to join it in the future. Only Denmark isnt required to join the Eurozone, everyone else is expected to join it(at some point). Denmark is the only EU country that has negotiated an opt-out.

The biggest issue with Canada is population, same as Ukraine and Turkey as of this moment.

Another issue is that any country can veto tax and foreign policies. Thats why Hungary is so problematic, with Orban blocking everything. Ultimately, the EU’s prime directive is the avoidance of war in a continent that has had way too many wars. You could argue for Ukraine and Turkey being relevant regarding that but i dont see Canada being relevant.

There is a process. First you need to join Eurovision.

Because one of them happened “recently” and the other happened thousands of years ago. Also the romans were so good/good at converting people, that most of those nations consider themselves as the continuation of the roman empire.

People living under the Eastern Roman Empire(aka Byzantine Empire) and then under the Ottoman Empire, kept on living without any significant improvement to their lives. The ottomans just kept things going as they were, for the most part.

The ottomans converted people too, thats how there are millions of muslims/self-identifying turks in the area nowadays. 90% of them are native people who converted to muslim/turkish identity. The turks were originally steppe people, yet almost noone in Turkey has “asian eyes”.

The greeks did it too. Anatolia(Turkey) was full of “non greeks”, people like Hittites. They were converted to persians and then greeks and then roman, then greek and then turkish. I dont think there are many hittite independence supporters nowadays, it is a dead identity.

Greeks themselves abandoned the greek identity and became “christians” and “romans”, because greek started meaning “pagan” and they were not pagans. Eventually the greek identity rose into prominence again, especially as the Eastern Roman Empire started becoming more greek and less roman(or empire). Even nowadays, “romios”(roman) means greek, in modern greek. Though the latin romans are called “romaios”, which is different.

History is written and interpreted by the winners and current status quo. Most modern countries were defined by the rise of national identity a few centuries ago. So their current identity is defined by opposing whoever governed them at that time.

There is nothing to get. It is even more basic than philosophy 101, yet it thinks it is some sort of insightful writing. It is cringe and embarrassing, kinda like a 15yo who just read a reddit post on /r/philosophy and then got high and wrote a movie script.

I do think it is a “so bad, it is actually good” kind of movie. It is almost like a sarcastic movie, making fun of pretentious movies. Maybe this will become the narrative in the future, especially once Coppola is dead.

It will become a cult classic, but not for the reasons Coppola wants.

It has one of the coolest trailers ever

https://youtu.be/hWnAqFyaQ5s

Actually there are greek numerals, which are basically the greek letters(with some weird additions)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals

So you can go up to any number you want.

Not exactly. Deflation basically slows down the economy. If you think your money will worth more tomorrow, then you are less likely to invest/spend them.

But the whole purpose of money is to be used. Money is a tool, the oil that facilitates trade and keeps the economy going. And while too much money(oil) can overheat the economy(inflation), too little money can straight up bring the economy to a halt(deflation).

Deflation, even in small amounts, is more dangerous, thats why ideally you prefer having a small amount of inflation.

You are right, i wrote a comment about iliad before and mistyped iliad here too. And you are right, it was a cultural touch stone for ancient Greece.

Iliad was not a religious text(or even a text for many centuries). It was just a story of a dude trying to get back home.

How many movies are there about the Odyssey?

There are basic versions of these stories with big drawings, mostly made for kids. Basically manga. When i was a kid(in Greece), 35 years ago, i had this

https://www.stratikis.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iliada-nea.jpg

This is Iliad and it was cooler than Odyssey. Badass dudes with almost divine powers fighting other dudes and entire armies on their own, while Gods are taking sides and fucking things up. Isnt that shonen.

Odyssey’s ending was cool though, even if it was a bit sad.

But they did shut down the dota 2 gambling. I dont know why cs is different.

Valve cracked down on dota gambling many years ago and since then, i dont think it is a thing anymore. However, normal gambling(for dota games or conventional sports) is the primary sponsor of most dota tournaments/teams.

I dont understand what you are trying to say. Too big to fail is used to describe something that is failing but cant be allowed to fail because it is too big.

As i wrote, the F-35 is far from failing, it is one of the most successful airplanes ever made, at least in terms of sales. Many european countries, which were big proponents of the Eurofighter and kinda ignored the F-15/F-16/F-18 platforms, are buying the F-35 simply because it is not only better than the Eurofighter/Rafale/Gripen, but it is also cheaper.

If the F-35 was bad or even medicore, those countries wouldnt be so willing to buy it, in mass quantities, with deliveries all the way into the 2030. Many of these countries also intend of creating a similarly featured plane but they wont be able to make one for another 10-15 years. So in the meantime, they are dependent on the F-35. They could use their older planes but they obviously see something in the F-35 that makes it a must have in the meantime.

Yes, the F-35 is so bad that literally every single allied country is ordering and is willing to wait for like 5+ years just to receive it. It is the best selling aircraft out there, with insane capabilities for its price. America cant produce these things fast enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Operators

More than 20 allied countries have bought/ordered it and in significant numbers. It is going to be the future backbone of the airforce of most of those countries. Just because it had issues, doesnt mean that it isnt good or that many of its serious issues havent been resolved.

Also the F-35 has built-in networking and infrastructure to work as a mothership for “drones” or other remote controlled/ai platforms.

I dont know anything about faucets other than using them. But not all faucets are the same. The mechanism, the design tolerances, the materials, the granularity, smoothness and its longevity can vary by a lot.

Grohe used to be amazing, i am not so sure how things are nowadays. I’ve heard enshitification has hit them. If you own a house, a faucet is something that you will use for decades, even centuries(your descendants). Something that you will interact with many times a day. It is worth spending a bit more money to get something good.