Here’s an absolute classic unix koan about the terminal:

One evening, Master Foo and Nubi attended a gathering of programmers who had met to learn from each other. One of the programmers asked Nubi to what school he and his master belonged. Upon being told they were followers of the Great Way of Unix, the programmer grew scornful.

“The command-line tools of Unix are crude and backward,” he scoffed. “Modern, properly designed operating systems do everything through a graphical user interface.”

Master Foo said nothing, but pointed at the moon. A nearby dog began to bark at the master’s hand.

“I don’t understand you!” said the programmer.

Master Foo remained silent, and pointed at an image of the Buddha. Then he pointed at a window.

“What are you trying to tell me?” asked the programmer.

Master Foo pointed at the programmer’s head. Then he pointed at a rock.

“Why can’t you make yourself clear?” demanded the programmer.

Master Foo frowned thoughtfully, tapped the programmer twice on the nose, and dropped him in a nearby trashcan.

As the programmer was attempting to extricate himself from the garbage, the dog wandered over and piddled on him.

At that moment, the programmer achieved enlightenment

Source: https://catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/gui-programmer.html

2017-2018 should have been the wakeup call, considering Trump was openly treating NATO as a protection racket in his first term. The EU didn’t take it seriously enough at the time, and now we’re paying the price for trying to ride it out instead of preparing from that point.

Not in an image it doesn’t

I had some of that at an extremely early age. Addicted ever since. I still can’t go a day without it without feeling terrible.

Chill, he’s just being a fun guy!

The thing they’re worried about is the precedent. The logic is that if the EU can legally decide to confiscate your money as a non-EU state, then your money can be used as leverage by the EU. This means that countries will be heavily disincentivized from making large investments in the EU.

I personally think the fear is overblown and it should be clear to the wider international community that this is happening because Russia is a direct military threat to the EU, but let’s not pretend this isn’t a pretty huge precedent they’re setting.

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Definitely a million times more deserving of a spot than Israel.

Even food is problematic as a logistical issue. We have far more than we need to feed everyone, but actually transporting it to where it’s needed when it’s needed is an unsolved problem. Especially through land that’s causing famine: generally war, extreme civil unrest, plague, etc.

Won’t make a meaningful difference anyways. The Russia-Hungary pipes through Ukraine have been closed since Ukraine’s transit contract expired.

bludgeoning an armored foe to death with the pommel

Ah yes, ending them rightly. The practice of unthreading the pommel and throwing it at the enemy! That’s totally what that means.

In a world not run by the rich, for the rich this wouldn’t be an issue. Just tax large corporations over a certain size at a slightly higher rate and redistribute it back down to the poorest, turning it into a loop.

In most EU countries, if there really is a blowup over the budget (much rarer than the US), the old budget remains in place until a new one is negotiated.

Came to the comments to add exactly this. Am I predictable, or is this just the natural reaction to this image?

It is not bipartisan. The countries that take more than they send (primarily Republican states, I’m led to believe) would absolutely refuse.

Just like “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” (a literally impossible task), the original expression was “a few bad apples spoil the bunch”. In other words, rot spreads and all the good apples become bad apples by proximity.

National leader in this context doesn’t mean president. It just means somebody with clout that people listen to, and can focus public attention on specific issues.

Discussion on linked thread please, this is for voting

Discussion on linked thread please, this is for voting.