Orpo threatened consequences the last time the Finns party MPs did something equally as idiotic/racist. And then did absolutely fuck all.

This is just more of the same.

Being spied on by the US, China, Russia and the rest of the five eyes alliance.

I’ve expanded the scope of my job. From sysadmin to Information Security Officer etc. etc.

So you’ve never heard of the American Service-Members’ Protection Act, known informally as the Hague Invasion Act enacted in 2002. Which protects American war criminals by invading the Hague if necessary.

Hardly. US has been meddling in our elections for a long time. The meddling just hasn’t been as direct or as kinetic as in your cases.

It is a question of authorship. What I don’t approve of is zero effort AI slop. But the use of CGI in movies is OK because it serves the vision of the director. The usage of samples in music is OK if the use is transformative. Autotuning is pushing it but can be OK if use is limited or transformative. Even AI tools can be OK if authorship remains human. But an end-to-end pipeline of endless soulless AI generated slop is not OK. So it is very a question of degrees. AI generated/authored works should be labelled as such. Also the label should contain the degree to which AI was used. Not simply an either/or tag.

So you’re happy that you are being sold a lie?

Poor Yorick

Old tech never dies. It just decays.

Generally the more morally reprehensible a business is the better they pay.

You have to draw the line somewhere. The further from real harm the better.

I dunno. Lemmy.ml is pretty toxic too.

Thanks for this. I also learned more of the context of the conflict.

Effectively Ukraine is doing more to lessen the production of petrol than any other country.

The law governing underwater cables in international waters is a mess.

The court that has jurisdiction is in the vessel’s country of registration. A country that has no interest and/or means whatsoever to pursue this. These cases should IMHO be handled by the ICC. And if the country of registration is not a member of the ICC the nearest country to site of the incident. They have the prevailing interest in the matter. Finland/Estonia in this case. This shouldn’t extend beyond underwater cables/pipelines however. Because that is a whole another can of worms.

Also the Louvre. And many other mainly European museums.

Almost everyone has a sauna or at least access to one at or near their home.

Finland for those wondering.

As long as you don’t go the Russian historical route: “And then things got worse”

How about none?

Hopefully Ukraine continues this until it is felt Moscow and St. Petersburg. So far this has affected mostly the periphery of Russia.

This. The US seems incapable of understanding that others don’t see the US as the greatest, bestest country ever. And that there’s no way in hell that they want to be a part of that clusterflop.