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HurlingDurling, in What's a webcomic that should just end already?
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Nonameuser678, in We've already started this year off with crazy shit. What else do you guys think will happen this year and why?
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More war. Not necessarily WW3 but an increase in the number of proxy type conflicts.

Gork, (edited )

Let’s see… Major ones are

  • Russia-Ukraine in Eastern Europe
  • Israel-Hamas in the Middle East
  • Civil war in Myanmar
  • Azerbaijan-Armenia

Possible flashpoints are

  • Taiwan-China (roping in the US)
  • Russia-NATO (Poland or the Baltics)
  • Iran-Israel (not entirely sure how that’ll work since they’re not directly adjacent)
  • North Korea-South Korea

I see the world coalescing into two major axes of power: “the West” and Western aligned/allied nations comprising US/UK/EU/Australia/Israel/Japan/S. Korea on one side. Largely Democracies or Parliamentary systems.

On the other: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran. Largely Autocracies, and one Autocracy with Chinese Characteristics™. All four have beef to pick with Western countries. They might press their advantages if they see that Western support for each other wavers (Ukraine and Israel). We’re already seeing them warm in relations with each other (Putin/Kim visit, arms deals between Russia/China and Russia/N. Korea). They might form their own NATO style Bloc which would be stronger than the paper tiger that is the CIS. Combined, they may very well have the ability to split the West’s priorities if internal division is strong.

I think it’s going to get even more tense the further this decade goes on. The dice that is the US Presidential election may decide the next big moves of these nations.

someguy3, (edited )

Don’t forget Pakistan and India and their weird alliances. Though I think the possible war part is on hold because of the floods.

As for China they are probably shitting their pants when they saw what corruption did to the Russian military. They have to crack down on corruption, make sure their military is up to actual snuff, which pushes back any invasion hope.

weirdbeardgame,

And don’t India and China have beef?

intensely_human,

They do, so their soldiers get +2 protein per turn

weirdbeardgame,

Hey, don’t knock that curry spice. It’s strong stuff

intensely_human,

Two big factions fighting at many points across the globe is called a world war though

LibertyLizard, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

None. I can’t believe how much money people spend on these things.

HonoraryMancunian, (edited )

Same. I’m just not a TV watcher. YouTube’s enough for me.

Edit: ahh I forgot about Spotify. So one.

toiletobserver, in What do normal people look at on their phones?

text.npr.org

It’s a breath of fresh air in an otherwise chaotic Internet user interface.

200ok,

🏅

moistclump,

Thank you!!!

clay_pidgin,

Hey, nice. Thanks.

Lauchs,

Oh that’s fantastic, thanks for sharing!

imkali, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

Netflix.

Cancelled Disney+ when it nearly doubled in price, as we’d only bought it because it was only A$8/mo anyway. Also cancelled Kayo when they tripled the price over about a year without informing us that well.

Heliumfart, in What do normal people look at on their phones?

Hacker news

WeLoveCastingSpellz, (edited )

I can’t find a goood rss feed for it :(

Heliumfart,

I just use harmonic app… I’m sure that’s not the coolest most hackery way to access it, but I’m too busy working on my sawmill to piss around…

habanhero,
WeLoveCastingSpellz,

thanks

SendMePhotos, (edited ) in What do normal people look at on their phones?

Lemmy. Or Google news… Or like… Snapchat I guess… Snapchat maps is cool to see what people post all over the world. One night I spent like a few hours over Hawaii and Japan snaps.

People in Saudi Arabia mostly post themselves driving with loud music.

WeLoveCastingSpellz, in What do normal people look at on their phones?

I look at lemmy or mastodon but I am very much less than normal.

Atin, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

Netflix, Disney, Amazon, YouTube, kayo sports.

blazeknave, in What's the funniest mishearing of song lyrics you've had?

One of the earliest websites I remember was like scuse me while I miss this guy dot com and it was people sharing what you’re looking for. Check the way back machine

someguy3,

One I heard was “scuse me while I kiss this guy”

blazeknave,

Autocorrect on my comment. This is correct.

blazeknave, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

Netflix, Disney/Hulu, Max, YT Premium?

z3rOR0ne, (edited ) in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?
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None. NewPipe/Sponsorblock for phone, for Desktop, yt-dlp with Sponsorblock with rss feed for subs, mullvad vpn for high seas sort of shit.

gregorum, in What do normal people look at on their phones?

How the hell would any of us know?

uriel238,
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Some of us have millennial and zoomer kids.

gregorum,

Mazel tov

FordBeeblebrox, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

Used to have Netflix, prime, Hulu, Disney, and sometimes Fubo for sports.

Now I have a couple big hard drives and a VPN, and zero commercials.

stoy, in How Many Streaming Services Do You Have?

None, I refuse to sign up for any subscription, unless it can be done through gift cards, so I know that I will only spend a static ammount of money when I can afford it.

TheDoctorDonna,

You can use gift cards for your Netflix subscription, I did that until I got it wrapped in to my internet package.

stoy,

Yep, I did that for a while untill it just wasn’t worth it to me any longer.

Nastybutler,

Have you heard of Privacy? It’s an app that sets up virtual credit card numbers and you can specify how much or how many or how often that number can be charged. I mainly use it for “free” trials that want a credit card to bill if you don’t cancel after the trial period. I set a $1 limit so the company thinks it’s a real card when they do the small feeler charge. Saves me the hassle of remembering to cancel.

You can obviously use it for other purposes, like when you might be dealing with an iffy vendor.

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