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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

That is not the argument stated in the article

Sánchez argued that Spain doesn't need to spend 5 percent of its GDP to fulfill its so-called capability targets, meaning new objectives of weapons inventory agreed by NATO defense ministers earlier this month.

He also wrote that a 5 percent defense spending goal would jeopardize the country’s welfare system, force the government to increase taxes on the middle class, scale back commitments to the green transition and curtail international development cooperation.

“It is the legitimate right of every government to decide whether or not they are willing to make those sacrifices,” he wrote.

Rushing to 5 percent would also force Madrid to buy off-the-shelf equipment instead of fostering its own industrial base, as well as take money away from welfare policies, Sánchez also wrote.

The Spanish Socialist party is in a coalition with the junior left-wing Sumar party, which opposes increased defense spending and whose members are expected to attend a counter-summit for peace in parallel to the NATO summit.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Your stuff is more likely to get scanned sitting in a VPS with no firewall than behind a firewall on a home network

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 15 points 1 month ago

"Breyer is leading an insurrection and must be put down!" /s

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 13 points 1 month ago

According to Calyx, the issue is that AOSP does not support any phones out of the box anymore, even though AOSP 15 supported Pixel phones out of the box. Graphene speculates that this may be a proactive measure preparing for an Android/Pixel split in a future Google antitrust break up.

It's not the death of Calyx and Graphene, but it is a symptom of the dire state of AOSP. OSes like Sailfish, Purism, and PostmarketOS need to see better support and provide viable alternatives to proprietary OSes like Android and iOS.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can we stop letting chatbots make economic and administrative decisions, thanks

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 2 months ago

Stockholm and Shanghai all that remains

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From the license:

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the person who associated a work with this deed makes no warranties about the work, and disclaims liability for all uses of the work, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name -1 points 2 months ago

Ok, but then I'm just gonna give your car a little kick so you know you're hurting my ears.

Kidding, but yeah it can be really annoying, and also many drivers don't blip their horn like you're saying, and instead give a full honk. Anybody walking nearby gets an earache, and anybody living or shopping nearby has to deal with the noisy environment created. Probably better to just flash your highbeams or be more patient. The horn is not meant to police other drivers or signal noncritical information, you don't see people honking every time someone is texting while driving, or driving with their lights off.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name -3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Real talk, don't honk unless there is a danger of crashing.

Yes, the driver in front of you should not have their phone out. No, that does not give you the right to take your rage out on everyone in the surrounding neighborhood because you're mad about having to wait 10 seconds to start driving again.

Don't drive into a city and act like you have the right to be as loud as you want.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah could just be word autoformatting

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's pretty impressive, is there an article I can read about this?

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 2 months ago

solving the first problem is probably easier than explaining the complex physics to everyone with the current education system. A more inclusive government would also improve the education system and lead to better understanding, too.

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