absentbird

absentbird , 17 hours ago to mildlyinfuriating in I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

I think the UK still uses pounds for money. Pizza is one of those weird things that is frequently measured in inches even in otherwise metric nations.

absentbird , 17 hours ago to news in US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan

By France not supplying AC to all the teams, it makes it so the competition does include heat tolerance, but only for nations that can’t afford to bring their own cool air.

absentbird , 2 days ago to noncredibledefense in Why doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?

It could potentially be in the red sea.

absentbird , 4 days ago to programmer_humor in It's easier to remember the IPs of good DNSes, too.

Ah, that makes sense. I just knew it was unavailable. Apparently .lan is fine to use, I think I’ll try that next time.

absentbird , 5 days ago to programmer_humor in It's easier to remember the IPs of good DNSes, too.

I don’t get why ‘.local’ isn’t a top level domain for LAN hosts.

absentbird , 7 days ago to world in Chinese cars are pouring into Mexico — and the U.S. is worried - Autoblog

That makes sense. Though it’s not unheard of for breakthroughs in battery chemistry to lead to increased energy density, which would increase range without increasing weight.

absentbird , 7 days ago to linuxmemes in So what are we drawing?

Pinky and The Brain almost sounds like euphemisms for dick and balls.

absentbird , 7 days ago to linux in Let's Try BSD, Part 1 of 7: Introduction (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD)

Love the analogy of visiting Canada as an American to explain how BSD is different from Linux.

absentbird , 7 days ago to world in Chinese cars are pouring into Mexico — and the U.S. is worried - Autoblog

If you’re not adjusting for inflation you’re just betting that EV range won’t come down in price faster than inflation. Seems like a bit of a technicality, but I still wouldn’t bet on it myself. I have a feeling 350 miles of range is going to be pretty common in a few years.

absentbird , 9 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Who started firing first? Russian-led militants took the town of Debaltseve by force six days after the agreement was signed.

The shelling was in response to Russian-led forces in Donetsk launching attacks with tanks mortars and artillery that also killed civilians. It seems like you’re upset about Ukraine defending themselves while hand-waving the role Russia played in instigating and perpetuating the conflict by invading sovereign territory with their military.

absentbird , 9 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Sounds like we’re in agreement that Russia broke the ceasefire by invading.

As for the stationing of troops and equipment, it’s well documented they were sending shipments of equipment in weekly.

In regards to Ukraine arming themselves, no shit, they had just been invaded. There was nothing in the Minsk agreement that said Ukraine couldn’t defend itself from future invasions. Russia was party to the Minsk agreements, and required to remove their forces and military equipment, but did the opposite, sending more. Germany was not forbidden by the agreements to assist Ukraine.

absentbird , 10 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Russia invaded for territory. It’s not unprecedented, it’s one of the most common reasons for a country to invade a neighbor, and they’ve done it before.

absentbird , 10 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Russia broke it by stationing soldiers and military equipment in Donetsk and Luhansk. They also broke the ceasefire by invading.

absentbird , 10 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Russia is the one engaged in ethnic cleansing. Ukraine was strong armed into signing the Minsk agreement, and Russia dissolved it before their invasion. It’s almost like ceding territory to Russia for ceasefires is a futile process of appeasement that will result in piecemeal conquest by the invaders.

absentbird , 10 days ago to technology in Mozilla restores Firefox add-ons banned in Russia

Did you read past the headline? They’re restoring add-ons banned by the Russian government, defying Russia.