PonyOfWar
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- Comment on What would happen if USA invades Canada? 3 weeks ago:
You think a U.S. military base isn’t getting kicked the fuck out of a foreign country the moment they are declared an enemy?
No, or rather I don’t think many countries would immediately be willing declare them an enemy. Europe shies away from armed conflict and quick, decisive actions unfortunately aren’t our strong suit either. I’d fully expect a drawn out political shitshow before anything actually happens.
Or do you have such a little opinion of everyone else that you think a couple of military bases will immediately take over every European county at once?
Take over? No. But I do think they’d be a deterrence factor, especially considering they also carry nukes.
- Comment on What would happen if USA invades Canada? 3 weeks ago:
What would be the reaction of the Canada King (Charles III is the king of Canada)?
Absaolutely nothing. Maybe some strong words. He has no power.
The Commonwealth? NATO?
Tough to say. Getting actively involved in a war in North America would be very difficult logistically for the European countries or the Commonwealth, so I don’t think there would be an immediate military reaction. Possibly a Ukraine-type situation where the NATO countries try to aid Canada with equipment as best as they can. But even that will be difficult across the Atlantic ocean, which the US can probably blockade. Local politics would be absolute chaos, with an ally that many countries have relied on suddenly turning enemy. With the US having military bases everywhere, they could also threaten countries into keeping out of the war. I think the situation would unfortunately be quite bleak for Canada.
- Comment on Is it possible to design a social media app or service that rather than focuses on farming engagement, it tries to promote quality content? 2 months ago:
Sure. But will it be profitable and will enough people want to use it? I think most likely the answer is no.
- Comment on HORI Steam Controller releases in the USA in December 3 months ago:
No rumble is a deal breaker for a $60 controller. I think I’ll stick with 8bitdo and maybe wait for a new Valve controller.
- Comment on Cloud Imperium quietly steal Star Citizen developers' weekends from under them with mandated overtime in the lead up to Citizencon 5 months ago:
Unfortunately par for the course in game development.
- Comment on All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch 5 months ago:
I have a Z flip and while it’s far from perfect, foldable flip phones are great and I’d choose them over a same-spec regular phone every day. Much more convenient to carry in my pocket compared to a slab and basically having an included tripod for photos is pretty nice as well.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
Google Glass was not AR. They were “smart glasses” with severely limited functionality for an extremely high price. That’s mainly why they failed, not the privacy backlash. The majority of people don’t care about privacy, just look at what information people put on the Internet.
- Comment on What prevents Linux from being installed on mobile devices? 5 months ago:
Nothing really. Someone else already wrote that Android is technically Linux. But you can also get “regular” Linux on mobile devices, it’s just a matter of using a distribution with mobile-friendly UI as well as getting driver support for the phone’s hardware. Ubuntu touch exists for example, but only works on a limited number of devices and even on supported devices it’s not really good enough for the average user yet.
- Comment on It genuinely upsets me that Valve spent their time and resources on another Dota variation 6 months ago:
I’d love to get another singleplayer game as well, but I’ve accepted that Valve is just unpredictable. I’m sure they haven’t given up on Singleplayer and we’ll get another singleplayer game… at some point. Their previous game was the fantastic Half-life Alyx after all.
- Comment on Netflix Hit With One of the Worst Anime Leaks in History - Dan Da Dan, Ranma remake, Terminator Zero, Mononoke TV + movie, 6 months ago:
Nope, just Mononoke, which is an anime series from 2007. Quite good as well, though not quite Miyazaki-level.
- Comment on Most important map 7 months ago:
Unilever‘s ice cream brand has various different names in different countries.
- Comment on Why Britain is the world’s worst on homelessness 8 months ago:
Comparing a city to a country doesn’t really work.
- Comment on EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control 8 months ago:
Source? In Germany at least that’s not the case, it’s mainly the conservatives who push for it. In the original vote, only the greens clearly opposed it. Later on, SPD (center-left) and FDP (liberal) changed course to also oppose it. Couldn’t find results for other countries though, so I’m genuinely curious.
- Comment on EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control 8 months ago:
They can just give it a new name and change some details to propose it again. Like how they made it “voluntary” this time (but you can only send text if you don’t agree).
- Comment on EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control 8 months ago:
Nice. I guess they didn’t expect to get a majority to support it anymore. Definitely a win for now, but I’m sure they’ll try again.
- Comment on Not only are they watching you, they're judging you. 10 months ago:
Those 2019 people were just another year away from finding out what an actually crazy year looks like.
- Comment on We are in Brave's search results! 1 year ago:
Odd that it’s an obscure Basque instance though.
- Comment on Maybe Lovecraft wasn't as talented as people think? 1 year ago:
Yeah, safe to say he didn’t have an issue with the racist name.
- Comment on Maybe Lovecraft wasn't as talented as people think? 1 year ago:
Nah, his racism is well documented. Though if we want to talk about the cat in particular, it’s not known if he named it himself, when it went missing he was only 14.
- Comment on Maybe Lovecraft wasn't as talented as people think? 1 year ago:
The wizard was called “Le Sorcier”. Lovecraft wrote that story when he was 17, so I think we can cut him some slack that it wasn’t a masterpiece.
- Comment on Is it immoral, unethical, or illegal to use movie prop money for collection plates, tip jars, beggars, and strip clubs? 1 year ago:
It seems, at the very least, deceitful. If you don’t want to give money, just don’t and don’t pretend otherwise.
- Comment on Hard platformers with banging chiptune soundtracks? 1 year ago:
VVVVVV is pretty great.