Is there any evidence "Asahi Lina" is Hector?
At this point I suspect anyone who even asks that question of concern trolling. The evidence is overwhelming.
Readit Newsleadingthenet commented on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental lwn.net/Articles/1049831/... · Posted by u/rascul
OK, so show us your source that shows Rust has higher uptake.
leadingthenet commented on Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion nytimes.com/2024/12/10/bu... · Posted by u/jbegley
People have been arguing the same bogus free speech point in the UK recently because people have been arrested for saying things that are anti-immigration and offensive online.
People have free speech, but obviously that doesn't mean you are free to say things that could be considered hateful or factually untrue. If you go around tweeting hateful things about the Royal family and the courts find you guilty, don't be surprised if that costs you your freedom. It's pretty simple.
Alex is legally free to saying whatever he wants, but he had the wrong views on Sandy Hook and his wrong views hurt the families affected, therefore he deserves to lose his business.
> People have free speech, but obviously that doesn't mean you are free to say things that could be considered hateful or factually untrue.
So people don't actually have free speech.
leadingthenet commented on Trump wins presidency for second time thehill.com/homenews/camp... · Posted by u/koolba
Americans will do anything to be different. Christ! This is worse than the…better voting systems that are already battle-tested by other countries.
The actual outcomes of those different voting systems is still a dominant US that is increasingly leaving the rest of the Western world behind.
So maybe we should be learning from them?
leadingthenet commented on The Future of European Competitiveness commission.europa.eu/docu... · Posted by u/mxstbr
Those are big problems, but the issue is a lack of will, not a lack of military strength. If the will situation changed those threats could be gone within a week.
We are getting old, are having few if any children, yet our social contract is built on a series of Ponzi schemes that become unmaintainable under such circumstances. The temporary band-aid fix of mass migration is seemingly bringing many old and proud nations to a boiling point. We like our regulations, we like our welfare state, we like our extensive holidays and work life balance, and we’re not willing to budge on any of them, really. There’s too many contradictions in the system now. I’m not sure what it would take for this “will” to materialise, but I’m afraid if it does happen, it’ll come about due to some form of neo-fascism than a glorious rejuvenation of our current political order.
If the will doesn’t materialise, well, that’s exactly what civilisational collapse looks like in the historical record.
Either way, I’m not really seeing the optimistic outlook for Europe.
leadingthenet commented on EU ChatControl is back on the agenda digitalcourage.social/@ec... · Posted by u/rapnie
You are getting responses about expatriate voting. That's not what he did.
Before WWII, Hungary was much larger. After, a large portion was ceded to Romania. He used a sudden super-majority to grant those people the right to vote. Subsequently, his political party has even held political conferences in Romania.
Those Romanians are not Hungarian citizens. They mostly do not suffer the consequences Orban's policy decisions. Yet, they support him because he makes gestures to include them in the country of their cultural origin.
This is far different from allowing overseas voting. This would be like the UK allowing all Irish to vote in parliamentary elections.
> Those Romanians are not Hungarian citizens.
Those “Romanians” are absolutely Hungarian citizens, as it is a precondition to voting in Hungarian elections.
leadingthenet commented on EU ChatControl is back on the agenda digitalcourage.social/@ec... · Posted by u/rapnie
I still can’t get over that the UK arrests people over social media posts. Is the US the only place on the planet that actually has free speech?
We’re rapidly approaching that reality, yes.
Maybe Switzerland?
If they start doing that without clear distinction what is an ad, that would be a sure way to lose users immediately.
Once they all start doing it, it won't matter.
leadingthenet commented on PyPy has been working for me for several years now utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/spa... · Posted by u/throw0101c
By “some postgres thing”, you mean…pretty much the only way that one would connect to Postgres in Python!
There's also https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg
Given that you've dismissed said evidence provided in other comments as not compelling and/or you attacked the source without addressing the evidence, I think my concern was well placed.