@Free_Press Not just the flags of the Russian Federation and the USSR, but also the flag of the Russian Empire.
You'd think they wouldn't display all three as they have entirely different political ideologies, but I'd argue that you'd be wrong to think so. All 3 of them are different reiteration of a common core: Russian imperialism.
Was über die ukrainische Gegenoffensive bekannt ist
Die ukrainische Gegenoffensive hat begonnen und Russland leistet erbitterten Widerstand. Dennoch meldet Kiew erste Erfolge und zeigt Weltpresse einige zurückeroberte Dörfer. Experten gehen aber von langandauernden Kämpfen aus. Von R. Barth.
@pasci_lei Unabhängig von den Fortschritten und Erfolgen der Ukraine vor Ort halte ich es nicht für klug, den russischen Widerstand herunterzuspielen. Die Ukrainer haben eine harte und langwierige Aufgabe zu bewältigen, und die Verharmlosung des russischen Widerstands bedeutet auch eine Verharmlosung des Opfers, das die Ukrainer für die Freiheit ihres Volkes bringen.
Dubbed "lex Babiš" in reference to former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s vast media ownership, the amendment prohibits politicians from transferring media assets to close associates or trust funds.
Refreshing to see member states learning from past mistakes. Based Czechia.
@stairjoke Seeing the state of the Russian army, I'm starting to heavily doubt those numbers Russia keeps tossing about.
Sure, they have nukes, but I don't think they have as many as they claim they do.
Following the abduction of three police officers by Serbia, the conflict with Kosovo continues to escalate. The EU invited the two heads of state to a crisis summit....
Nine survivors from a migrant boat that sank were arrested Thursday on suspicion of smuggling as hope faded for hundreds of missing passengers and attention turned to Greece’s failure to act before the…
yeah, the Americans went to sleep, lmao
I've noticed that when it's like 9/10/11 PM for me and 2/3/4PM for Americans the server starts to throw errors.
That schedule works for me tho, lol. Whenever the site starts becoming slow I know its time for me to go to sleep.
Afrikanische Delegation in der Ukraine: Auf der Suche nach Frieden
Eine afrikanische Delegation besucht derzeit die Ukraine und Russland, um bei der Suche nach einem Ende von Moskaus Angriffskrieg zu helfen. Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj lehnte Verhandlungen bis zu einem Abzug ab. Von Peter Sawicki.
The spokesperson to the President of South Africa 🇿🇦 lied. His delegation spent more than an hour in a bomb shelter in Kyiv while the sirens were ringing, this was confirmed by Reuters and the Economist
@maynarkh
Romanian here: correct, but not in a way that Americans might think of.
Here's how it went. When I was young (in the late 90s - early 2000) computers were becoming more and more of a thing. We were poor as shit so we got really crappy ones, Pentium 486, 586, I, II, that sorta stuff.
Now, being dirt poor meant that we could barely convince our parents to get us computers, there was no way in hell they would be convinced to pay for an expensive internet connection.
So what we did instead was we chipped in and bought network gear and then drew cables from one apartment to another, from one bloc to another and form tiny local networks in between us so we can share pirated movies/games/music/porn and also play network games.
Then we chipped in money so that one of us got an internet connection and share it in our tiny little local network (unless you had a rich neighbor who could afford it by himself and you could beg him to let you use his internet connection).
Of course, the primary motivator for that was: piracy, gaming and porn.
These local networks happened in every city, all over the entire country. Lucky for us, the government didn't intervene at all, they just completely ignored everything that was happening.
Gradually those tiny networks started communicating with one another and some entrepreneurial people saw that as an opportunity. All sorts of neighborhood companies sprung up and started offering cheaper internet connection using as a base the existing infrastructure that we created with those tiny little networks.
The competition between these companies was so fierce that it became ingrained in the culture, cheap and good became such an expectation that people had that it carried over to mobile phone services too. And even though nowadays we no longer have small companies competing with each other, but a handful of large companies, that expectation for cheap and good services is there.
That's how you get 1Gbps internet connection for $9 (tax included) - the idea of a data cap on a broadband connection is not even a thing, doesn't exist.
You'll get data caps for mobile internet, for example Orange's current offer is for $6.6 you'll get unlimited calls/sms + 20GB internet or for $9.7 you'll get unlimited calls/sms/internet. But if you want something really cheap, there's other available for example Digi's connection: for $2.2 you get unlimited network calls/sms, 200 minutes with other networks and 50GB internet.
Am I on beehaw? This is so confusing. Can someone explain to my dumb ass?
No, you're on kbin. Kbin and beehaw continue to be federated. But beehaw and sh.itjust.works have ceased to be federated.
So it's like having a group of friends that all talk to each other: Mary, Joe and Mark.
Mary talks to Joe and Mark.
Mark talks to Joe and Mary.
Joe talks to Mary and Mark.
Then one day Mary and Joe decide to stop talking to each other. Mark however continues to talk to both Mary and Joe.
So basically us (kbin) have no current beef with any of them, we continue seeing posts from beehaw, sh.itjust.works and lemmy.world, regardless if some of the ones that we federate with decide or not to stop talking to one another.
We're pretty much that friend who is liked by everyone (so far, lmao)
I hope I didn't say anything wrong. If so, anyone is free to correct me. Ty.
Liveblog: ++ Selenskyj erteilt Friedensinitiative eine Absage ++
Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj ist von einer Friedensinitiative afrikanischer Staaten nicht überzeugt. Russland hat laut Präsident Putin die ersten Atomsprengköpfe nach Belarus geschickt. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog.
@tagesschau Niemand ist von der Friedensinitiative der afrikanischen Staaten überzeugt. Erst vor wenigen Wochen hat der südafrikanische Präsident versucht, sein Land aus dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof herauszuholen, nur damit sein Freund Putin zu Besuch kommen kann, ohne dass man ihn verhaften muss. Das ist eine Schande.
The EU Parliament has passed a new battery directive that contains requirements with a view to greater sustainability. On the one hand, batteries are to be increasingly collected and the materials they contain are to be recycled. Secondly, portable batteries must be easily replaceable in the future....
not entirely sure about the difference, but as far as I know built-in batteries basically mean glued ones/hard to remove. The terms seem to be used interchangeably
Ending China trip, PA’s Abbas backs Beijing crackdown on Muslim minorities (www.timesofisrael.com)
Czechia takes step toward tightening ban on politicians' media ownership (www.expats.cz)
If passed, the updated law will prevent members of parliament from broadcasting and publishing print and online news.
Berlin Risks Water Shortages in Fallout From Germany’s Coal Exit (www.bloomberg.com)
An unintended consequence of climate reform means the Spree River may get 75% less water
Union Square, Oradea, Romania
US Representative Demands Release of Kosovo Police Officers (www.zeit.de)
Following the abduction of three police officers by Serbia, the conflict with Kosovo continues to escalate. The EU invited the two heads of state to a crisis summit....
Hope fades for missing migrants in deadly shipwreck in Greece (www.france24.com)
Nine survivors from a migrant boat that sank were arrested Thursday on suspicion of smuggling as hope faded for hundreds of missing passengers and attention turned to Greece’s failure to act before the…
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Me, trying to get used to Lemmy (media.discordapp.net)
c/w (lemmy.world)
::: spoiler spoiler it's a fatburger :::
FCC chair to investigate exactly how much everyone hates data caps (arstechnica.com)
an update to defederating from sh.itjust.works
hey folks, here's a quick update on our decision to defederate from sh.itjust.works! (and here's sh.itjust.works's side of this update)...
Erik Prince, Founder of Blackwater, Faces Indictment in Austria for Trafficking Arms to Libya in Violation of UN Arms Embargo - BNN Breaking (bnn.network)
New battery regulation: EU bans built-in batteries in laptops or notebooks (www.computerbase.de)
The EU Parliament has passed a new battery directive that contains requirements with a view to greater sustainability. On the one hand, batteries are to be increasingly collected and the materials they contain are to be recycled. Secondly, portable batteries must be easily replaceable in the future....