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Ukraine says it can't fire more than 2,000 shells a day as Western allies fail to meet pledges: report
  • headed by the gal who cleaned up Romania.

    While Kövesi did a bunch of good stuff and got some convictions, Romania is far, far from clean as far as corruption goes.

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    Has also maintained an active playerbase for 1500+ years
  • Yes and this isn't necessary because the two sides are completely identical. No differences in pieces or terrain or anything so there's no need to change a piece to make it stronger or weaker.

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    Hasbro Seeks to Sell IP “DND” and Has Had Preliminary Contact with Tencent
  • I don't know about this case, but private companies also have shares and can sell them out/issue them to other parties just like public companies. It's just that it doesn't happen via a stock exchange and a lot of what they do doesn't need to be publicly disclosed.

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    Microsoft lays off most of Activision Blizzard esports organization
  • This is good imo. Blizzard's been rotting from the inside for years, and for this Microsoft deal to bring real change they need to let lots of the older employees go. Let's see how it plays out.

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    Anon thinks about titanic
  • I think the post is dumb but the logic is that it reflects on other women because millions of them think it's a good love story (as per the post).

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    We are running out of time to build defences against Russia, warns Norway's commander in chief
  • Nope. Ukraine was a lone wolf and Putin thought it'd be easy pickings (though I'm sure he realized pretty soon how much he fucked up), but no way he's going up against nations that are part of actual defensive pacts.

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    We are running out of time to build defences against Russia, warns Norway's commander in chief
  • Except that's not true, and Russia had precedent already from 2014. Oh and also Ukraine is not in NATO or the EU. So not really that surprising that Russia tried something.

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    Is it just me, or have the comments on Lemmy become extra aggressive over the past 3 months?
  • Yeah, that's definitely what the conflict brought to light. Not the fact that people and most nations are happy to allow or even support literal genocide and ethnic cleansing as long as it's done by people they like against people they don't like.

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    A billionaire wrote this letter to Google a year ago. How likely is that Google's layoffs and actions since then are at least partly because of this?
  • I think asking for lowered compensation is definitely shitty and he should be condemned for that.

    However, can someone explain to me the vitriolic opposition to downsizing/layoffs whenever this topic comes up?

    I don't see how anyone has a right be hired and work at X company. It is, after all, their company and their decision. Surely we can all agree that sometimes companies make strategic mistakes in terms of hiring and need to correct them later on. Also, circumstances could simply change, products be canceled or no longer need as much manpower etc.

    What am I missing?

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    Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set
  • That's an unfair comparison.

    If someone hands you a gun that by all accounts should not be able to fire a bullet that can injure or kill, in a highly controlled setting with a professional armorer, and that gun kills someone when you didn't even pull the trigger you should not go to jail.

    The gun was apparently modified and had real bullets, both of which were the fault of the armor (the mod was seemingly done by someone else but the armorer should have caught it). Sure, you can speak about blame over hiring an incompetent armorer on everyone involved on the production and certification side, but that's a different matter and not what's being discussed here.

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