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  1. Comment on Tildes Survey #4: What languages can you speak? in ~talk

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    Thats a very good, broad and big question. I'm not a historian or sociologist, so, I can just explain my observations/impressions. Results of revolution in 2014 imho was mostly political. Idea was...

    Thats a very good, broad and big question.

    I'm not a historian or sociologist, so, I can just explain my observations/impressions.

    Results of revolution in 2014 imho was mostly political. Idea was to remove russian oriented president from govt. (I remember that Yanukuvich election campaign was about Euro-integration, so when he choose russia instead people are of course become quite pissed).

    In my opinion practically until the start of the full scale russia invasion russian language was used daily by half (maybe 40%) of the population. Currently I belive it's maybe 5% or smaller.

    In 2000s Ukrainian culture is of course influenced by russia. I am from the west of Ukraine so my impression is skewed, but.. most popular book authors are russian, most movies are come from russia, and most abroad art comes translated in (surprise! russian language). It's not like there no good authors or singers or movie directors in Ukraine, it's just russia in broad sense have more money, more people, more broad market for all these things. Also because Ukraine was part of USSR for a long time.

    To be honest there was a lot very good unique creators in Ukraine, it's just if you want to have a really broad audience at that time you forced to use russian as language, and forced to use russian market as a mediator.

    3 votes
  2. Comment on Tildes Survey #4: What languages can you speak? in ~talk

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    Erm, just to be clear, my response will be language that I can speak and want to speak. Technically (as a Ukrainian) I can speak russian but I will not.

    Erm, just to be clear, my response will be language that I can speak and want to speak. Technically (as a Ukrainian) I can speak russian but I will not.

    11 votes
  3. Comment on When Richard Dawkins met Claude in ~health.mental

  4. Comment on Why I find woke criticism of veganism and effective altruism so outrageous in ~society

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    Yes, he definitely quite brave, imho.

    Yes, he definitely quite brave, imho.

    2 votes
  5. Comment on Why I find woke criticism of veganism and effective altruism so outrageous in ~society

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    Sidenote: All I know about effective altruism I read from Scott Alexander. From what I understand main idea is "if possible, make a donation, to help others in maximum way now or in the future"....

    Sidenote:

    All I know about effective altruism I read from Scott Alexander.

    From what I understand main idea is "if possible, make a donation, to help others in maximum way now or in the future". Help can include donating money to charity by your choice, donating kidney to stranger in need, or helping in some other way. He (Scott Alexander) sometime post a list of charities/fonds to which he thinks make sense to donate. Sometime it's different medical research facilities, AI safety groups, and other research fonds.

    I see nothing wrong here? In the end it's just a donation, and nothing wrong with idea to try to do a maximum good with it. It's your decision to donate or not, and donate to whom in the end.

    8 votes
  6. Comment on Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent in ~tech

  7. Comment on Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent in ~tech

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    It's funny to read this comment. Because it's just appears to me that I have Chrome installed but I used it last time few month ago.. at least now I have a proper reason to finally ditch it. I...

    It's funny to read this comment. Because it's just appears to me that I have Chrome installed but I used it last time few month ago.. at least now I have a proper reason to finally ditch it. I have Vivaldi and Edge anyway, heh.

    Upd : nope. Still want to use Chrome Remote Desktop feature.

    1 vote
  8. Comment on Space Hauler | Announcement trailer in ~games

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    Color me sceptical, but I will be happy to be wrong. In general game sounds really interesting, especially with VR support.

    realistic aerodynamics

    Color me sceptical, but I will be happy to be wrong.

    In general game sounds really interesting, especially with VR support.

    2 votes
  9. Comment on Do you play knock-offs of celebrated indie games? in ~games

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    Please do it, just one point: it's not completely finished. Last patch should be published somewhere this year, so if you want to have a complete game maybe it make sense to wait a bit.

    Please do it, just one point: it's not completely finished. Last patch should be published somewhere this year, so if you want to have a complete game maybe it make sense to wait a bit.

    2 votes
  10. Comment on Do you play knock-offs of celebrated indie games? in ~games

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    Oh, that's a good question! Where is a edge between "knock off" and "inspired by"? My beloved Fields of Mistria is directly inspired by Stardew Valley but it's more polished and cozy (personal...

    Oh, that's a good question!
    Where is a edge between "knock off" and "inspired by"?

    My beloved Fields of Mistria is directly inspired by Stardew Valley but it's more polished and cozy (personal opinion) so in a sense it ruined Stardew Valley for me.
    If game is knock off but expanded and devs really cared about it, I see no issues to play it. If it's quick and dirty mess of bugs with ads and a lot of p2w... Yeah... No.

    15 votes
  11. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    Thanks! Make sense, definitely.

    Thanks! Make sense, definitely.

    2 votes
  12. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    Thanks, you explanation is superb, now it's clear for me. Thanks for detailed answer, and sorry for bothering ) Now I understand it a bit better. Thanks!

    Thanks, you explanation is superb, now it's clear for me. Thanks for detailed answer, and sorry for bothering )
    Now I understand it a bit better. Thanks!

    3 votes
  13. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    Non american here, can you please elaborate? Why getting on most IPO is dumb, and why it's dumb for a Reddit too?

    Non american here, can you please elaborate?
    Why getting on most IPO is dumb, and why it's dumb for a Reddit too?

    2 votes
  14. Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk

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    Yeah. For me it's been never clear where exactly East Europe ends and West Asia starts. Especially with all post soviet countries.

    Yeah.

    For me it's been never clear where exactly East Europe ends and West Asia starts. Especially with all post soviet countries.

    3 votes
  15. Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk

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    Depends on definition of Eastern Europe, heh.

    Depends on definition of Eastern Europe, heh.

    3 votes
  16. Comment on Brave Origin (Nightly), a paid, bloat-free version of Brave in ~tech

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    Oh, that's definitely! I have feeling that Vivaldi buggines steadily decreasing with each year, but with amount of customization I'm not sure will it ever be on level with other browsers....

    Oh, that's definitely! I have feeling that Vivaldi buggines steadily decreasing with each year, but with amount of customization I'm not sure will it ever be on level with other browsers. Personally for me it's ok, it my main browser for last 6 or 7 years.

    1 vote
  17. Comment on Brave Origin (Nightly), a paid, bloat-free version of Brave in ~tech

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    I`m just thinking out. Brave and Vivaldi both chromium based. In both browsers crapware is disabled at maximum. Vivaldi is free, but not strictly opensource, its source-available. I`m pretty sure...

    I`m just thinking out.

    Brave and Vivaldi both chromium based.
    In both browsers crapware is disabled at maximum.
    Vivaldi is free, but not strictly opensource, its source-available.
    I`m pretty sure that Vivaldi is much more customizable than Brave.

    Anyway, I`m pretty happy that now we have new alternative, and I really-really love one-time purchase financial model.

    7 votes
  18. Comment on Control Ultimate Edition released for iOS and iPadOS in ~games

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    Reductio to absurdum? Also you forgot to add "in my opinion" at the end. :) I believe you can play Genshin without spending money, yes, progress will be slower and yes, you will not get all your...

    It has the mechanical depth of pong and some of the cringiest writing around.

    Reductio to absurdum? Also you forgot to add "in my opinion" at the end. :)

    I believe you can play Genshin without spending money, yes, progress will be slower and yes, you will not get all your heroes, but that's just gacha. And it's free, big and polished game with interesting, beautiful world and stories.

    Do you have in mind game that similar to Genshin but better and without gacha mechanics maybe?

    5 votes
  19. Comment on Is Norway really a war profiteer? The country is facing pressure from its neighbours to share increased energy earnings to support Ukraine. in ~society

  20. Comment on Tildes Survey #1: How old are you? (Results) in ~talk

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    Good for me :) Btw, are people not logged to tildes can answer this survey?

    Good for me :)
    Btw, are people not logged to tildes can answer this survey?

    7 votes