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@wolf480pl We are living in a free society. Individuals and companies are free to "apply sanctions" as they see fit, there is nothing wrong about it - as far as they are also wiling and prepared to bear the consequences of those decisions. I am not obliged to do business with people I don't like, or don't want to do business with. Is it stupid from somebody's perspective? Maybe. Silly? Perhaps too, but that is how freedom works. I don't need to coordinate with my government on that.

Whether I am interested in not alienating ordinary Russians is also besides the point. They do the job better than I ever could (c.f., e.g., https://nitter.it/JuliaDavisNews, or francis_scarr's feed).

@piggo

@wolf480pl I agree. But either way, it's on us, the civic society to check on them too - after all, money tends to trump morale, so relying on the govt only is probably naive.

@piggo

@piggo That's a great shame indeed. For now there is a significant push in the country to "move something" about this, but I wouldn't have high hopes for it to go anywhere. We'll see. Ostrich politics at work in this little land of innocent and ignorant.

But let's not pretend it's all rosy elsewhere. I recommend reading kamilkazani's twitter - it is very instructive - the guy is stirring the pot on German, Czech and other military exports to Russia quite a bit (especially Rheinmetal et al). For instance this thread (and related ones from September) are a good start: https://nitter.it/kamilkazani/status/1567882093585203200#m

And his findings lead to news stories later picked up - for instance that Czech stuff ended in October in mainstream press in CZ and the German connection findings too.

@wolf480pl

@piggo you miss him, right?

@pony But that's a silly comparison, isn't it? VPS vs. metal, inflation, etc. Anyhow, ca €500/yr for a state of the art server you do not even need to switch on, is quite a good bargain. And if it's too bad, you can still get the tiny VPS for breadcrumbs money.

@staalmannen Nice intro. A large portion of it I could have written myself :-). Welcome.

@pony Looking at machines I care about, it was just a couple of bucks across the board. When I carefully look at it, it seems it was almost precisely 10% price hike. Given their pricing, I think it's still a bargain. Do you see some drastic changes in your monthly bills?

@rglueckler welcome @fediscience.org

@shahaan@eldritch.cafe Indeed I greatly miss my red Nokia E63 (I only put it to rest in 2017!).

@bodomenke

There is no concept of "Warmmiete" in NLD as far as I know. When you rent an apartment, you simply arrange your own water/gas/electricity/Internet connections yourself. And when you leave the rented place, you simply stop the contracts (or notify them of a move elsewhere) and the next renter chooses their own providers again. In turn, the energy provider has always a direct relationship to the person/family/entity who lives in the dwelling. Of course there may be some exceptions, but I never heard of them. This is how it works "normally".

@isotopp

@worldsendless not sure about your model there (SHR240?). Stuff like this puts you at $4.95.

@worldsendless Take your headphones model number, go to aliexpress, look up spare parts for that model and most likely you'll find a replacement not only for the headband, but those old cushions too. There are spare parts for surprisingly old models of headphones there. Good luck.

https://nitter.it/MikaLoukkonen84/status/1574954665430908929#m

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