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Comment Re: good (Score 1) 24

I'm in the US, also likely illegal to do this. But it would have to be tested in courts.

But lots of stuff is totally legal here: free speech, religion, cannabis, guns, police brutality, etc.

America (US, Canada, and Mexico) is different than Germany in two important ways: Free refills and free toilets.

Comment Re: uh no (Score 4, Insightful) 138

Only that Putin has done a long string of wars like that before. The difference is that Ukraine has been able to fight back quite efficiently. I guess Putin got used to winning and lost contact to reality along the way.

So, no, this claim that Russia was provoked or had no choice is Russian propaganda. It cannot hold water on closer inspection. They just want some of that victim bonus, so they twist reality beyond all recognition to convince some useful idiots.

Comment Re:Pyrrhic (Score 2) 138

Yes. But the more support Ukraine gets and the less some really evil people with power sabotage Ukraine, the better for everybody. This war has to end. Obviously with Ukraine getting back all of its territory and Russia getting a deal bad enough that they will not try this crap again for a long long time, ideally forever.

Comment Re:$1500 hook up? (Score 1) 87

Your replacement costs are off. Fiber basically lasts forever (Wikipedia says 60-100 years), you typically replace it if you need a different fiber type. That will probably not happen with modern fiber. What you need to replace regularly (every 5 years or so) is the optical components and the switches, but that is a lot cheaper than laying fiber because everything is readily accessible.

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