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• Commented on Quantum of Nightmares: spoiler time!
  Charlie Stross @520: Oh, here's something else: as I said, Russia failed to modernize economically since 1991 (or indeed, the USSR failed since about 1973). This is actually not that bad of a take given how British foreign relations view...
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  Greg Tingey @2179: Oh, rather like "Liberating Sudetenland", eh? Somebody has to learn better from history, since occupation of Sudetenland has been a joint operation perfumed by both German and Polish regimes, and followed by decisive action of Hungary in...
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  Greg Tingey @2166: Russia invaded Georgia & displaced thousands of people We prefer to use term "peace enforcement". Peace has been enforced 3 more times since then - fortunately, it didn't require a major displacement. Unfortunately, all of these incidents...
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  Damian @2133: I guess it's like the way I like to insist on the word "capitalist" being used to refer to practitioners of capitalism (small c) while Capitalism is what you get when you put your capitalists in charge of...
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  SFReader @1923: This is an old document - if anyone knows of a more recent document and status, pls post. Well it seems like the proposal was rather toothless attempt at saving dying languages across the world, which certainly cannot...
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  David L @1895: Way to jump to a conclusion about my mind set. There's no need to conclude much about mindset of average NATO supporter because it is the same mindset that is all too familiar to people in Europe...
• Commented on Omicron
  (On a side topic, I've had a good rundown on No Country for Old Men analytics. There is original in Russian, but I found a similar video in English) to Paul @1501: But half way through I accidentally closed the...
• Commented on Omicron
  On the other hand if, as sleepingroutine claims, the LIO program was implemented properly but failed anyway, then there will have been no warnings until after failure became evident. That is a very fascinating story but the assumption that it...
• Commented on Omicron
  to Troutwaxer @1438: "World War II is Stalin's fault" comes under the heading of whack-job conspiracy thinking, and it's probably aimed more at ignorant people in the U.S. than anything else, along with the idea that "Hitler was a communist."...
• Commented on Omicron
  The crony capitalism practised in Russia is a cargo-cult version of the real mixed-market capitalism that underpins the LIO; it has all the forms and symbols of capitalism, but without the substance. It is better understood as a form of...
• Commented on Omicron
  to whitroth @1405: I don't like the whole gulag system... but then, I don't like the literal genocide the US used against the Native Americans. And then there were the slaves... and before I can criticize Putin... I've read that...
• Commented on Omicron
  Really? In the US/Canada and I suspect Europe the Christmas / New Year's holidays tend to create spreading events. I would also suspect the same in south of the US border all the way down. That's because for US/UK/EU (and...
• Commented on Omicron
  to Toby 1383: "poor secret police, evil prisoners"? I'm going to have to write it down.. for future reference. to Paul @1387: So arguing against official policy is still dissent even if discussion of it is not forbidden. Well, the...
• Commented on Omicron
  Are you talking about the OW? Or something else? No, it is you who are talking about OW. I'm talking about static image. OW is about dynamic image which cannot be considered without static balance of opinions. Whenever the executive...
• Commented on Omicron
  If they succeed, at least 10 million people will die, possibly much more. Does that count as shouting "fire in a crowded theater"? Should it be protected speech? It turns out, even though World War has major historical importance in...
• Commented on Omicron
  I've been checking the Johns Hopkins Covid tracking site regularly and it looks as though Russia and Ukraine have very similar patterns. A major source for knowledge here is Yandex Datalens portal on COVID which mirrors most reliable sources for...
• Commented on Omicron
  Having sold a short novelette and a short story to a SFWA-qualified market, and had the novel published by a small press, I'm at least semi-professional. I'm really sorry if I'm confusing the terms here or implying that your writing...
• Commented on Omicron
  You seem to be saying (if I understand you correctly) that the freedom to speak about politics can be limited by government because it depends on the culture and the country and freedom of speech doesn't work for everyone. That...
• Commented on Omicron
  I took a bit but to figure out where it's published but I found it. I'm going to read it, if only for the reason that I want to study more examples of, um, amateur novel writing to finish my...
• Commented on Omicron
  Paul It is not the job of a government to decide whether or not to tolerate dissent or to grant freedom of speech. Pigeon @1323 Er, yes it is. One may have one's own views on what the answers ought...
• Commented on Omicron
  to Nojay @1300: If you're referring to Sputnik V, that is/was a two-dose vaccination using two different existing coronavirus vaccines rather than anything targeting original-version Wuhan SARS-nCoV-2 coronavirus I thought that after 1,5 years after vaccine introduction to the public...
• Commented on Omicron
  How it started: I have no idea how the link got messed up but there's the actual one. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/12/10/moscow-communists-spread-coronavirus-vaccine-misinformation-reports-a72301...
• Commented on Omicron
  Oh well, the paragraphs are all messed up. I hope it gets better now. Two. The QR code screening campaign is the same as vaccine promotion campaign, of course. Except it is something that everyone is experiencing on personal level...
• Commented on Omicron
  to Heteromeles @1059: There are limitations of western view of Russia because in their judgement the mass-media prefer to depend on consummate liars, bootlickers and stooges with little sense of belonging. The answer reveals a great deal about the true...
• Commented on Omicron
  to SFReader @1073: I do still visit this site about once in a month or so, and I guess I can provide some POV. Don't think I wrote anything at all since 2020, and I don't even remember if...
• Commented on A Quick Infomercial
  Troutwaxer @580: Keep in mind that Biden has been in office less than a month, that not all of his appointments have been approved, and that he has enormous amounts of work to do simply to clean up after his...
• Commented on A Quick Infomercial
  I have spent some time today to observe situation around Taiwan today and it doesn't look any better than it ever was. And thanks to mdive for reflecting US stance on the matters. mdlve @497: Anything but total capitulation generally...
• Commented on Covid on Mars
  to whitroth @987: Sounds intriguing, I would like to try out....
• Commented on Covid on Mars
  To continue. Years ago I have had a great time reading Eclipse Phase rulebook, because there was a time when they still dared to experiment with ideas. (Oh, the times have changed). It has a lot of ideas about future...
• Commented on Covid on Mars
  I'm not questioning that Musk wants to go to Mars, but I do wonder why he wants to go to Mars. If he is not going off the deep end completely and just feigning a certain degree of madness for...