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  • Oh, can someone explain this? What is wrong? I kinda don't understand what is happening here. Did someone cut out a piece of carpet to lay under the toilet so it doesn't damage the floor in the bathroom? Why did they do that?

  • The take here, I believe, is that if politicians were to receive higher salaries, greater expectations would naturally follow. Currently, the sentiment seems to be: "They earn 150 grand a year; can we really expect them to be intelligent? Of course not. No intelligent person would work for that salary." The preferable scenario would be: "If we pay them 1 million a month and they still lack intelligence, we should replace them with more capable individuals!"

    For the same reason, I believe that all taxes should be transparent, allowing people to see exactly how much they are contributing. In Russia, where I reside, taxes are concealed, and individuals are unaware that they are paying 40-50% of their income to the state. Taxes have consistently been advertised as "just 13%", leading people to believe they have the lowest taxes globally. In reality, they are paying European-level taxes.

    In conclusion, higher salaries lead to increased competition, attracting more intelligent and competent individuals to these roles. Similarly, transparency in government and financial matters leads to greater public expectations and demands from the government.

  • Wow. Yeah, it doesn't work anymore. I tried a similar thing (printing numbers forever) about 6 months ago, and it declined my request. However, after I asked it to print some ordinary big number like 10,000, it did print it out for about half an hour (then I just gave up and stopped it). Now, it doesn't even do that. It just goes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... and then skips, and then 9998, 9999, 10000. It says something about printing all the numbers may not be practical. Meh.

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  • I personally never met this CAPTCHA, but my friend did during our phone call. It was utterly hilarious to hear him slowly going mad to the point of screaming at the computer. I was laughing my ass off. This is too dystopian to be true.

  • March 1st? Right before the presidential elections? No way they're that stupid. Right after the elections, though, it's gonna be inevitable. If people will vote for Putin one more time, Russia will quickly turn into North Korea.

  • The site that comes to mind is Ian's Shoelace Website. The ultimate guide about shoelaces. The most impactful/important thing for me was Ian's Knot, the fastest and most correct way to tie a shoe. I discovered this website in the mid-2000s and have been using his method since. Anyway, it's a fun and comprehensive website about shoelaces. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

  • Then, why are you here and not on Reddit? Serious question. I'd like Lemmy to be like Reddit too, and I'm here because Reddit doesn't feel like Reddit anymore. I can't even say why; it just doesn't.

  • I genuinely appreciate your willingness to engage in a thoughtful conversation and consider different perspectives. It's refreshing to see open-mindedness in discussions like these. Your message truly made my day, and I'm grateful for your understanding. Thank you! ❤️

  • I'm not protecting someone's feelings, at least not intentionally. I'm just trying to stop hatred towards people based on their nationality. Care to take a guess who historically propagated such nationalistic hatred?

  • My intention was not to upset you, but rather to offer a perspective that looks beyond a blanket condemnation of a whole country. I believe in addressing issues by holding those in power accountable for their actions while recognizing that not all individuals within a nation support or approve those actions.

  • True, but propagandists don't care. They pick facts that support their view and discard ones that oppose it. So, for everyone who says "FUCK RUSSIA," they answer with "SEE, SEE, WE ARE RIGHT, WE SHOULD RESIST AND FIGHT BACK." They will just pull your words out of context.

    So, if you are a responsible citizen, I ask you not to spread hatred towards our country, but to support it on the way to sanity, normality, and democracy. Please spread hatred towards propagandists, war criminals, and usurpers instead.

  • It's sad to witness the animosity towards Russia. The responsibility lies with Putin and those who actively support him - they seized power and manipulated the populace, and commit war crimes. Not all Russians do that. Despite his suppression of independent media and the severe penalties, including up to 15 years of imprisonment, for engaging in not only "anti-war" but even "pro-peace" protests, a significant number of people continue to oppose the war.

    Putin's narrative revolves around the notion that "in the West, they harbor hatred towards us, attempting to dismantle us." By uttering "fuck Russia," unwittingly or not, you're just endorsing Putin and his propaganda. Please don't do that. Instead, say "fuck Putin".

  • Although I am also very much against government control over things and believe that for every one good control law from the government, we get 5 things that infringe upon our rights, I believe this particular legislation is a good one. I don't think that phone manufacturers maliciously make irreplaceable batteries (although they do many other malicious things, so who knows), but there was a race for thinness back in the mid-2000s when irreplaceable batteries were "invented"; now it's just inertia. In any case, I can see a demand for fully repairable items and believe that the market is moving in that direction; governments are just pushing it a little.