GreyEyedGhost

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure what your point is. It is completely orthogonal to mine. In the same vein, no, you aren't responsible for other people's choices, and yes, rabid dogs (or people who act like them) are unlikely to listen to reason. Neither of those are good reasons to start fights, and that statement neither says that all fights are avoidable or that one mustn't defend oneself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, and the vast majority of scenarios where that is the case is where one party made completely unreasonable demands or turned to violence as the first option.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You're correct, there aren't always non-violent solutions, but those are often due to people who insist on engaging in violence, whether it be invading another country or taking offense at someone pulling into their driveway.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I once had someone get in my face and say, "Are you man enough to fight me?" I responded with "I'm man enough to find non-violent solutions to my problems." Why should someone be proud of the problem-resolution method of choice for 3-year-olds?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

So they would have to have a white-list for Ukraine and a process for getting on the white-list. That doesn't seem that complicated. Somewhat intensive, sure, but a very simple solution. And I would think militarily advantageous equipment would be more controlled in a war zone than normal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Most people don't feel loyalty to the country they betray. It isn't a requirement to be a traitor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Geolocation is very different when you use an omnidirectional antenna passively listening to multiple signals rather than a directional antenna connecting to a satellite for a bidirectional communication session. And all of this ignores the simple fact there are sanctions against some countries and a war going on in another. They are the seller of their antennas and could easily limit who is allowed to change the region of their antenna to work in the white-list zone. Starlink knows the exact equipment I bought from them, and they will know if I move it, and if I change ownership to another person (who actually uses it). Yes, none of this can happen without some administrative or programming work, but that's the case for many companies if they don't want to break the law.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's the difference between my first and second marriage in a nutshell. Moving away (psychologically, not physically) from all the horrible shit I grew up with and thinking that was normal to having a better understanding of what I want to have in my life and some idea of how to get there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Tough place to be. Really, who's going to give away a working Brother printer?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

...any I happen to get for free and I have no other working printers. I have a Brother color laser, so they have nothing I want.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

But, again, all they can prove is that you signed up to Signal and when you last signed in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The suicide bag uses a similar process as the suicide pod, but is very much DIY. Shouldn't be too uncomfortable unless you're claustrophobic.

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