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- Submitted 1 week ago to technology@lemmy.world | 72 comments
- Comment on Silenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory 2 weeks ago:
The “”“protests”“” were deeply unpopular among the majority of the residents of Hong Kong
I don’t think I ever read that when I read about the topic. Perhaps it could be true, but it could also not be true.
writing their protest signs in English (the most obvious tell that a “”“protest”“” is actually for the benefit of foreign audiences rather than being an organic movement of local people)
Just because they want to get the attention of English speakers, I don’t think that means it’s not an “organic movement of local people”. In Spain there are anti-tourism protests and they write “tourists go home” in English, because they want English speakers to receive the message. That doesn’t mean the protests are organised by some shadowy English speaking cabal, rather than Spaniards themselves.
In the first three days of the George Floyd uprisings, US police arrested more people than HK police had in six months.
Okay… I didn’t mention the US though and I don’t believe the US is a perfect country. I just think it’s plausible that some people in China (whether in Hong Kong or on the mainland) want to live in a democracy. Maybe not all of them want a democracy. But some may well do.
persecuting Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the Donbas region
Is this true? I know that Russia has alleged that Ukraine did such things. Maybe there are some Ukrainians who have done such things. Russia suggests that the Ukrainian state is responsible for such persecution though, and I haven’t come across anything suggesting the truth of that.
your white chauvinistic ass
You don’t know what my ethnicity is. You’re obviously upset about the UK for whatever reason, but that doesn’t automatically mean that your views are correct or moral. All you’re showing is that you’re very emotional.
- Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new reportwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 18 comments
- Comment on Silenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory 2 weeks ago:
Do you have evidence to support the idea that pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong were “CIA-backed stooges”? Maybe they were just ordinary citizens who wanted to live in a democratic society?
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- Comment on Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class' 2 months ago:
He spends quite big sums on healthcare I think? I’m not saying he’s a perfect guy. Maybe the world would be better if taxes were such that nobody could be a billionaire. I just think I prefer Bill Gates to other billionaires, especially the prominent South African one.
- Comment on Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class' 2 months ago:
At least Bill gives away a lot of his money, and his stance on politics seems relatively sensible and measured. Whereas the South African billionaire gets a kick out of being stupid and damaging to the US (and beyond the US if you look at his comments on foreign politics).
- Comment on Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class' 2 months ago:
I know people want to hate on Bill for being rich, and I can understand that, but I still prefer him to a certain South African billionaire.
Maybe some people will say that’s like comparing a giant douche to a turd sandwich though.
- Comment on French newspaper: The British elites always talk about their special-relationship. They claim the americans are their lovely cousins. But do US elites actually respect them ? 2 months ago:
I know Brits like to joke about the French but I like France. And they’re a pretty similar country to the UK from a geopolitical standpoint. Both countries have their own nukes, both are permanent members of the UN Security Council, and both have very similarly sized populations and economies (both have about 68 million people, while Germany has 83 million people).
So maybe France is a natural European ally for the UK. And of course France is right next to the UK.
- Comment on French newspaper: The British elites always talk about their special-relationship. They claim the americans are their lovely cousins. But do US elites actually respect them ? 2 months ago:
Maybe we need a new special relationship…
A photo of Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron standing next to each other
- Comment on UK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16s 2 months ago:
They do those things to some degree, but those things remain banned for under 18s, which I suppose reduces harm, even if it doesn’t fully eliminate harm.
- Comment on UK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16s 2 months ago:
By that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.
- Comment on How chaotic gang of British 'geeks' launched one of most lucrative gaming franchises of all time [Grand Theft Auto] 2 months ago:
That would be great. “Get tae fuck ya wee bawbag” (I think that’s the kind of thing Scots say)
Unfortunately I think they’ll stick with the USA
- How chaotic gang of British 'geeks' launched one of most lucrative gaming franchises of all time [Grand Theft Auto]news.sky.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 9 comments
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- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 months ago:
In both cases you have a person doing something that many people would consider bad. Then this person gets mad when others find out about their behaviour. If you don’t want people to find out you did something, maybe just don’t do it in the first place.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 months ago:
I think it’s pretty comparable. The guys in the OP are getting mad at Derek but they’re the ones who said bad things in the first place. Their actions caused this. All Derek did was let people know the truth, and maybe it’s good when people know the truth.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 months ago:
If you find out that someone cheated on their wife, do you have to keep it private to protect the cheater’s “privacy”?
Maybe it’s better if that person’s wife knows the truth.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 months ago:
Good guy Derek
- Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. 2 months ago:
Maybe Lemmy is a 2020s version of phpBB (the forum software, which is open source like Lemmy is). Lemmy and phpBB can both be hosted by anyone, but of course the interesting thing about Lemmy is that Lemmy servers can share their content with each other.
- Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domainsfortune.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 148 comments
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- Comment on Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys? 3 months ago:
Fair enough. I don’t think I’m convinced of God’s existence myself. But I think freedom of belief is important - we should be free to believe or not believe in God, because I don’t think anybody knows the answer for certain.
- Comment on Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys? 3 months ago:
What evidence is there that proves God’s existence?
- Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys?www.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 3 months ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 29 comments
- Comment on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row 3 months ago:
Fair enough. I will try to read more stuff about encryption.
- Comment on The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry? 3 months ago:
I listened to more of their stuff on YouTube, it’s pretty cool, I can respect the guy’s anger and pissed off attitude.
- Comment on Starmer says he wants to increase UK defence spending to 3% - and announces foreign aid cut 3 months ago:
I think the 3% target is intended for the next parliament though. The target he wants to hit in this parliament is 2.5% from 2027 onwards.
I guess raising defence spending makes sense so that the UK can better protect itself from threats like Russia.
- Comment on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row 3 months ago:
Fair points. That open letter is interesting. I didn’t mean to be annoying with my responses, I was just giving my view.
I do think the oligarchy in the US is pretty worrying. As for encryption, I should probably learn more about it. I guess my understanding at the moment is only pretty basic.
