Well described. I had this feeling for like 40 years before I really understood that it wasn’t like a personal failing. Treating it now, and wish I had done so sooner.

Four. In one of them, literally only up to 10. The other 3, much higher.

How can you have a problem with Cowbee? They are the most well-read and patient poster that I see on Lemmy. I can understand disagreeing, but saying Cowbee is “pushing shit” isn’t accurate.

Please do it.

Nukes are almost solely a deterrent. That is, nobody invades a nuclear power. Absolutely nobody is going to nuke a country because they nationalized a port or something. You can’t seriously think otherwise.

The military is used to establish and maintain economic supremacy. See any time a country moves to nationalize US “interests”. Without the threat of military force (direct or proxy), the supremacy can’t be maintained. Maybe China will behave the same way at some point, but at this point it’s little more than projection to suggest so. Shrug all you want.

In the backwoods of Fennario, the black and bloody mire, the dire wolf collects his due while the boys sing round the fire.

Dissolve Israel.

Should have let the Brits keep it, I guess?

I don’t think that this is point of the thread. China isn’t looking to replace the US as the global hegemon. Australian mining companies also create ecological disasters abroad, but nobody confuses this with Aussie world domination.

I’m basing my view on current and historical facts. Yours seems to be a more vibes-based analysis.

Maybe you forgot that they don’t send it all over the world, unlike certain other countries.

Yeah that is terrible. It does seem like a common occurrence though when it comes to industrial mining, no matter who runs the operation.

Economic coercion requires the threat of military force. When I hear the phrase “boot on the neck” I’m imagining a soldier’s boot.

Care to explain? I have a difficult time imagining Chinese military actions in Africa.

I don’t think China has any interest in putting a boot on the neck of the world.

I’m surprised by the resistance to Jellyfin in this thread. If you are using Plex, you’re already savvy enough to use bittorrent and probably the *arrs. If you can configure that stuff, Jellyfin is absolutely something you can handle. If you like Docker, there’s good projects out there. If you’re like me and you don’t understand Docker, use Swizzin community edition. If you can install Ubuntu or Debian, and run the Swizzin script, you’re in business.

Hey @Soatok@pawb.social ! Just want to say that I really appreciate your blog, and that it has inspired some really illuminating discussion lately in my security-focused group chats.