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If customizability is your concern, then Arch might be a better fit. Arch is almost as customizable, without the build step. The recent Gentoo binary repo is also equivalent.

I use Gentoo too. But it's for another reason.

Even the bigger ethnic groups are facing the heat under the ruling party's racial supremacist bigotry. Smaller ones like this one stand no chance.

We knew his death was certain. But is it possible that he actually died just due to the poor conditions there and not due to a deliberate attempt? On the other hand, they wouldn't have hidden his body if that was the case.

Or perhaps an attempt at torture that went too far?

Since it's so hard for some people to read two sentences together, let me explain my first reply:

Navalny was most likely killed by Putin's goons. But the story that his body had injuries is most likely someone's creation - either for fun or as propaganda. It's not just Russia who indulges in propaganda. It's naive to think that the other side doesn't. As for Navalny's body, there are several ways in which he may have been killed. Even if it was by physical torture, it's very unlikely that they would have exposed his body to anyone who's likely to report it to the international media. This story has an emotional angle - it can outrage the readers easily. That's why I suspect its source.

I can't believe that people would reach the conclusion that I'm a Putin apologist, rather than the above from my previous reply. I mean, does it take that much intelligence?

Can you believe this? I don't understand why people can't put just two sentences together to understand the intent. And then insisting on stuffing words into others' mouth.

You are getting obsessed on the wrong point here. I'm not here to defend Putin.

Honey, the REAL answer is such tech ALREADY EXISTS! Your cynical snark doesn't make you smart or right. It just makes you one ignorant fellow. I'm not even going to bother answering you, because you aren't here for answers. You are here to insult, annoy and pick a fight with strangers. Go look for it elsewhere.

The latter - targeting from ground. While that sounds daunting, it's already possible. Sats can aim data laser beams at other sats at even higher relative speeds.

Beam decoherence is a pretty big problem when you are lasering through the entire atmosphere, and both scenarios require an astounding degree of precision.

Beam coherence is the only problem with targeting sats from the ground. But remember, these sats come with big telescopes to collect as much light as they can. It may not take a lot of radiative flux to overload their sensors. I wonder how much it will take to completely fry them.

I wonder how much laser power its sensors can withstand.

Navalny may very well have been murdered by Putin's goons. But this particular story is most likely somebody trying to create a viral sensational news for fun or as propaganda. There's no reason to trust this source.

They're talking about myocarditis, not pericarditis. I don't know how bad the latter is, but I've heard that the former is a health emergency. It can apparently cause arrhythmia, tachycardia or even cardiac arrest in worst cases.

Having said that, the news headline does sound a bit alarmist. Nobody ever claimed that vaccines are absolutely safe. It's always a tradeoff between the risks associated with the vaccines vs risks associated with the diseases it's trying to prevent. Side effects like myocarditis are handled on a case by case basis.

I took the vaccines and never contracted covid-19. I didn't suffer any side effects either (apart from the expected fever) - likely the same for the huge majority of vaccine takers. Had I known about these risks then, I would have still opted for the vaccine. The effects of long-covid are that horrifying. Unfortunately, articles like these are giving ammunition to antivaxxers.

It's also worth noting that there's a higher chance of getting myocarditis from covid than from its vaccine. In fact, we lost a friend to myocarditis and septicemia caused by covid. His blood had shown signs of a bacteria that's normally found in the lungs. We later learned that this was due to the severe lung tissue damage caused by covid.

That's what moderates in any religion says about the extremists in it. But the fact is that a religion cannot deny its responsibility in crimes committed in its name - because religion is the instrument used for indoctrination and radicalization. At best you can say that your religion is being misused.