“Say, you have a nice piece of kit there. It would be a shame if something were to break and it neded repair”

Break-up? If only… I hate these stupid exaggerated clickbaity titles.

It’s hardly more than a realization of their toxic relationship. But that is indeed the 1st step of change.

👆Here is an idea👏

I’d very much welcome clarity. Just like with a cancer diagnosis, clarity gives new impetus for dealing with the threat.

Sounds like a last desperate attempt of a loosing autocrat. He’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel here trying to provoke any reaction that he could use in his doomed campaign.

Anyone calling for external intervention is basically towing his line. With a bit of luck this garbage will take itself out in a few weeks.

Not true. Cutting reliance on gas - of whatever origin - is of the utmost importance. I mean anything energy related. Natural gas has other uses besides burning it to generate power, not talking about that. Renewables + energy storage tech are good enough substitutes that should prevent any new investments in last century’s tech.

I have no idea who blew up ns2 nor have any interest in speculations. It would be important to know, but without any convincing evidence this just distracts people from more important stuff. At some point we’ll know. Whatever has happend, AFAIC it was the right outcome for the wrong reasons.

Bit of a nitpick, but according the quote they “problem” Google puts forward is about “…reducing dependence on American tech companies…” not adoption of free software. Their problem, it seems to me, is that they don’t want competition and with that a more level playing field. If the EU would promote or even finance local alternatives, it would only would hurt their bottom line.

As a reminder, Google itself is built and continues to operate on free software. They themselves have released and maintain important software such as Go and Kubernetes conform the open source model. They are also major supporters of governence organizations such as The Linux Foundation. But this is of course b/c they are smart in recognizing their own benefit.

I sympathize with people who have close family there. Besides them, I don’t see the problem. Why would anyone choose to voluntarily visit a country, where they can refuse you at customs for not wanting to share your life story with the regime. There are so many other completely nice destinations, where visitors don’t get tackled by the local sturmtruppen for looking foreign.

Sure. EU rules are lacking, perhaps because the rule makers did not (want to?) anticipate willfull sabotage by a member state. That’s on them. So it took way too long for the EU to stop propping up this regime.

As for any kind of super majority I sincerly hope people will not make that mistake again. Way too risky. AFAIK this is what enabled this lot in the first place.

Anyway, best of luck!

Eye for an eye is very biblical and perhaps the root cause of the regime’s brutality. So no. Better off focusing on the root cause of the societal decay of the last decades. Laws that are set up for oligarchs to circumvent and masses to be keep under control with debt and barriers to organize themselves.

Exactly. If anything jabba the hut is the result of people being fed up from the entire corrupt political system.

I sympathize and wish you strength and opportunity to change your circumstance. But in the end it is the Hungarian people who need to take action to change. Being “locked under tyrants” was not someone else’s doing.

I’m confused, Musk is saying we’re heading to abundance and work being optional. Merz is saying we need to work more. I don’t know which overlord to listen to. They really need to compare notes at the next “rule the pawns” meeting…

The projection is astonishing; accusing others of the very thing they are guilty of must be a coping mechanism

Pathetic

You sound not yet ready to unplug 😃

But to provide another perspective, havent used a Samsung phone for 10yrs. I generally buy a cheap phone with as little as possible preinstalled spyware. Except for browsing and messaging, every app I use daily comes from fdroid.

I expect pandemic-levels of stubbornness, pettiness and relentless bitching.

After decades of passivity and lack of decisiveness, EU as a political entity is running out of moral credit. So they better get start getting their shit together. Having said that, even the glacial pace of re-taking the initiative since 2022 gives some hope.

Having agency with regards to the software the entire EU bureacracy and societies use is a fundamental step. Look forward seeing more of this.