sloppychops

joined 4 months ago
[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Ah! That makes a bit more sense.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I fear that Europe, as is tradition, will fail to capitalise on this moment due to internal division, with China reaping most of the benefits as a result.

I would love to be wrong. I hope I am. I feel like an EU at the centre of global trade and geopolitics is the least awful option at this point in history. Although with the continued rise of the far right in France and Germany that may not be the case for much longer.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What benefit is there to British people protesting US government austerity programs from Trafalgar Square?

Not that I don't agree with the idea that what trump is doing is callous; it's just that I fail to understand why foreigners would protest the US government in this way when their own government is in the process of cutting welfare, healthcare etc., all while being extremely cowardly in their response to trump.

trump barely cares what Americans think of him. Imagine how much less he cares what a few thousand Brits think. Starmer is quite literally just down the street and at least with him there is a chance you will have your voice heard.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

Although it's not insurmountable with the advent of improved battery storage technology, this kind of dramatic change is an issue for existing baseload infrastructure. The French grid is basically designed around a nuclear baseload which many would already consider 'green.' Nuclear also comes with a very high capital investment, typically from public funds, and energy prices dropping below a certain threshold could impact repayment, public debt and interest costs etc.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Same complaint. Reddit posts with 100s or 1000s of replies were mostly a few good comments drowning in spam.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Their lack of scruples is a skill in itself.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tesla Chrome and Android by X incoming.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, quite different. The Civ style hex based grid took a bit of getting used to.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago (6 children)

That's the problem with 'deplatforming.'

The crazies migrate to another platform and then that platform gets bigger and crazier and perhaps eventually competes with the original, more mainstream platforms.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

The crazy conspiracy guy I know uses Brave, so that already put me off.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

Only on the Sunday shows?

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