The competition is welcome

the 100% tariff enacted recently says otherwise

China cannot be trusted

just about as much as the USA cannot be trusted too

He was jailed in 2019. Are you telling me he still managed wikileaks from inside a prison in the UK?

Sounds instead like he realized he would never win the stalemate and was tired of house arrest

IIRC he wasn't under house arrest, he was at an actual jail

He wasn’t in jail. He was in the Ecuadorian embassy. It sounds like you really don’t know the details here.

what? I did acknowledge that:

It was just a conjecture of how Assange might have thought about. I never said that there really is any link between him and Russia. And it was long ago, when he was still hiding inside Ecuador’s embassy, when the hypothetical link between him and Russia was new.

and:

In 2016 he had already spent years hiding inside an embassy. It’s not that hard to conceive that hatred tends to build over time.

Okay, but you said it was short-term. That is not short-term.

It was just a conjecture of how Assange might have thought about. I never said that there really is any link between him and Russia. And it was long ago, when he was still hiding inside Ecuador's embassy, when the hypothetical link between him and Russia was new.

And as far as I know, Wikileaks is still very easy on Russia. So how long is this favoritism of his going to last?

I doubt he still runs wikileaks. Assange was in jail for years.

Why should that be what Wikileaks is about?

I don't know and I don't really care.

In 2016 he had already spent years hiding inside an embassy. It's not that hard to conceive that hatred tends to build over time.

That really is not an excuse for his relationship with Russia.

The enemy of my enemy is a short-term ally, that might be how he thinks, who knows. I have no side in this fight since I'm not a Assange fanboy and I have nothing but contempt for the USA.

The man has every reason to hate the USA. Helping getting Trump to power would surely be some sweet revenge, since another Trump presidency will be undoubtely be divisive and harmful

This is satire, right?

Google Ads takes no responsibility for any damage that may result from these oversights

...and there it is, the root of the problem. If this kind of thing did any damage to Google's bottom line, I doubt it would happen frequently

19699113... RIP

Not like people would give a fuck about slashdot otherwise

actually feels like a really nice ad

first time I've seen someone around here who actually liked and praised an ad

what the fuck is rabbit and r

It's basically just a scam

Very exciting stuff.

...NOT!

:)

EDIT: wow, no one got it? OP is named after a joke on Wayne's World

Obligatory just switch to Linux plug

Never understood how the third world pricing logic holds up for things like video games, since the hardware to play them costs pretty much the same no matter where you are.

logistics and taxes also play a role

As much as I’d like to switch to Linux, I don’t really see it happening because I like Apple’s hardware too much

Asahi Linux is a thing... check it out when you've got some free time

Indeed. And it's kinda hard imagining things getting better, since most politicians are corrupt fucks under the payroll of either national or foreign big money. The only hope I have is people's revolution, Marxist style... but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Maybe things will turn this way when our climate catastrophe starts to really rear its ugly head, but who knows? It might even go in the opposite direction, with the fascism blight we're suffering reaching critical mass.