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  • My very lay-person understanding is that generally there is a level of shit each country accepts, e.g. election meddling, hacking or taking of political prisoners as it is part of the “standard affairs” - and will respond to non-forcefully. (Please don’t see me as advocating or trying to downplay these activities, they are abhorrent).

    In order to respond with force or war, a lot of prep needs to go in to make sure that the action will be supported by enough allies to both achieve the goal/s and deal with any possible fallout from retaliation.

    I believe the EU and its allies sees that a war response to Russian meddling may bring in China more actively into the picture and the US may not come to back them up (unless China decide to re-take Taiwan). OR they see the long-term economic damage to Russia as significant enough to achieve long term regional impact.

    Therefore, the EU may not be confident of opening up conflict unless forced to.

    IMO Russia’s actions in the EU are a clear test of the EU’s boundaries and willingness to retaliate.


  • I’m running a home space with jellyfin and navidrome on a Pi5. Until now it’s been perfectly fine playing local and normally streaming to a single device at a time. The online support and off the shelf peripheries for troubleshooting the pi is also great!

    I went to plug a 5TB drive into the pi the other day and it unmounted the SSD that was already plugged in. To me this is a sign that it is not build to handle more rigorous tasks (e.g. streaming to multiple devices, whilat performing a back up).

    I probably won’t be swapping the system anytime soon, but I would go for a refurbed mini PC if I could go back in time.









  • since Trump is a Russian stooge who was put in office by Putin to deliver the victory

    I am unsure. Logic tells me Trump has had enough opportunities to completely shit on Ukraine and has not taken them. His position is IMHO unclear.

    strong demand for oil and gas benefits Russia proportionately far more than it does the US…

    I disagree. Income for gas exports has not risen LINK whereas US exports continue to do so LINK

    And “competitor” in what, exactly?

    Geopolitical influence overall (e.g. in the Middle East, Asia, Central Europe)