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  1. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    How far did you get last time you played it, and what made you stop?

    How far did you get last time you played it, and what made you stop?

  3. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Maybe a dumb question, but why are you trying to finish a game you don't seem to enjoy?

    Maybe a dumb question, but why are you trying to finish a game you don't seem to enjoy?

  4. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    What was the new ability you unlocked?

    What was the new ability you unlocked?

  6. Comment on Volodymyr Zelenskyy ready for 'honest' work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back in ~society

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    I can understand why communists supported the Soviet Union during the cold war, but do they believe that today's very not communist Russia still aligns with their ideology? Related, before...

    Mr. Bentley called himself a Communist and became something of a folk hero in the Donbas, according to Western news media, including Texas Monthly and Rolling Stone, which interviewed Mr. Bentley during his years in the region and described his life in the United States and after he moved to the occupied territory. One of his trademark phrases was “I hate Nazis.”

    I can understand why communists supported the Soviet Union during the cold war, but do they believe that today's very not communist Russia still aligns with their ideology?

    Related, before annexation the two separatist republic called themselves Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. Did they actually aspire to be communist nations, before joining the very not communist Russia?

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  7. Comment on Volodymyr Zelenskyy ready for 'honest' work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back in ~society

  8. Comment on A new Jolla phone has reached the required pre-order crowd-funding amount in ~tech

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    Ah, that could be an issue actually. The Android compatibility of Sailfish tends to identify as several versions behind the newest version of Android.

    Ah, that could be an issue actually. The Android compatibility of Sailfish tends to identify as several versions behind the newest version of Android.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 1 in ~society

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    Trump criticises Democrat he pardoned over not switching political parties (BBC)

    Trump criticises Democrat he pardoned over not switching political parties (BBC)

    Donald Trump has slammed Democrat Henry Cuellar's "lack of loyalty" for not defecting to the Republican party after he was pardoned by the US president.

    In issuing his pardon on Wednesday, Trump said the Texas representative - who was charged last year with bribery and money laundering - had been politically targeted by the Biden administration after he "bravely spoke out against Open Borders".

    Hours after he was pardoned, Cuellar filed for re-election as a Democrat, dashing Republicans' hope that he might switch parties and pad their narrow majority in the House of Representatives.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Hmm, then probably PUBG is your best bet, the OG encroaching wall shooter.

    Hmm, then probably PUBG is your best bet, the OG encroaching wall shooter.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Finland cut Russian energy imports and closed the shared border, erasing €12 billion in trade. The shocks deepened the Nordic nation's deficit, already strained by defense and welfare spending. in ~society

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    One of the selling points of globalisation was that countries would stop attacking each other because the lost trade would be too economically painful. This might be the first time this principle...

    One of the selling points of globalisation was that countries would stop attacking each other because the lost trade would be too economically painful. This might be the first time this principle is really put to the test, and we need to prove it true. China is watching this war with great interest, and the more it hurts for Russia, the less likely China will invade Taiwan. But it will also hurt all of Russia's trading partners, so it's important we stand together and support each other.

    18 votes

  12. Comment on A new Jolla phone has reached the required pre-order crowd-funding amount in ~tech

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    In general, an Android app will work on Sailfish unless it requires Google services or libraries. I don't see any obvious reason why messaging apps like Discord or Slack would be reliant on such,...

    In general, an Android app will work on Sailfish unless it requires Google services or libraries. I don't see any obvious reason why messaging apps like Discord or Slack would be reliant on such, but developers do have a bad habit of adding a whole bunch of more or less unnecessary libraries to their applications.

    (Also worth mentioning that Android app support is a premium feature only in the paid version of Sailfish OS. If you download the community version and install on a third-party device, Android apps won't run.)

    2 votes

  13. Comment on A new Jolla phone has reached the required pre-order crowd-funding amount in ~tech

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    If I recall correctly, 3G in North America uses a different technology than most of the world, which would require them to build two lines of phones with two different 3G modules, and that was the...

    If I recall correctly, 3G in North America uses a different technology than most of the world, which would require them to build two lines of phones with two different 3G modules, and that was the reason why they never made the original Jolla Phone available for sale in North America. I'm not sure if 3G is still relevant, but I think most European companies are a bit wary of doing business in the USA at the moment.

    6 votes

  14. Comment on A new Jolla phone has reached the required pre-order crowd-funding amount in ~tech

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    Which device are you using currently? I used Sailfish as a daily driver for several years, first the original Jolla Phone and later one of the Sony Xperias. The user experience was far ahead of...

    Which device are you using currently? I used Sailfish as a daily driver for several years, first the original Jolla Phone and later one of the Sony Xperias. The user experience was far ahead of Android at the time, at least in my opinion. I also bought the C2 because I wanted to support them, but that was an underwhelming device, so I hope this one is much better.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US in ~tech

  20. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    My favourite Fortnite-like is Call of Duty Warzone. It's also free-to-play, so you can try it out for free. It's a lot more casual and forgiving than PUBG, but probably less casual than Fortnite.

    My favourite Fortnite-like is Call of Duty Warzone. It's also free-to-play, so you can try it out for free. It's a lot more casual and forgiving than PUBG, but probably less casual than Fortnite.