Not quite. They merged with a spac, which is an empty financial vehicle traded on a stock exchange that has the specific purpose of merging with a legitimate company later, allowing that legitimate company to go public much faster (3-6 months vs 12-18 months).

Yep, exactly the same. Has saved my ass on an occasion or two when changing the uplink config.

I don’t think Fico will veto that. Slovakia, and his governments, have been and still are very dependent on European money. He wouldn’t jeopardize that flow of money and this would put him and Slovakia in the crosshairs of the EU. Fico doesn’t care about Orban or Slovakia, he cares about Fico. And Fico needs EU funds to keep his cronies happy.

Xanthates, Sodium Isobutyl Xanthate (SIBX) to be exact. Originally they planned on dumping 250 million tonnes of the stuff, but after revising their processes they are now planning a “significant reduction” of that, but not specifying how much exactly. Based on that revision they were granted an environmental license in 2020.

The exact impact on marine life is speculative, but I wouldn’t eat anything from that fjord or go swimming there for the next 50 years. It’s pretty toxic stuff.

It breaks down in carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide, hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen peroxide.

Edit: Here are some sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20221230071002id_/https://www.scirp.org/pdf/gep_2022122715084300.pdf https://open.uct.ac.za/items/f198e26b-097d-47db-b064-12cd7f306de2 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-016-7905-5 https://www.waterquality.gov.au/anz-guidelines/guideline-values/default/water-quality-toxicants/toxicants/xanthates-2000

And info about the mine itself by Nordic Mining: https://www.nordicmining.com/operations/engebo/

Prepare to have your mind blown: https://alchemist.dk/

What’s your source on the spacex team distracting him? I can’t find anything supporting that. I do find some interviews from anonymous employees saying it’s calmer now that he’s so focused on twitter.

The history of Russia has always been rightfully summed up with the phrase “And then it got worse.” So this is really just par for the course.

Absolutely. Like in the brexit referendum of 2016, which had a 72% turnout. Not like that referendum you are referencing, which is… Which one exactly?

A traditional sour cabbage soup called Kapustnica, followed by homemade pork schnitzels with potato salad. For drinks we have boiled plum wine with spices.

That’s a very black and white view. There are good comments in this thread, but yours is not among them.

The EU is not an alliance, so not being an ally is a moot point.

That would probably improve the infrastructure and economy of that region, so I don’t think they would mind that much. It’s scarcely populated jungle now, so the roads they would put in alone would be helpful.

I think you would’ve been fine in the Roman empire during the Pax Romana.

So, basically twitter…

Ah, that hits close to home. I have spent a lot of time and energy to get my direct bosses onboard with following best practices and doing things right from the start. To their credit, they got onboard with it and are pushing that message themselves now. Of course, the board doesn’t care about that and just jams random projects with strict deadlines without any thoughts given to the IT aspects of it up our asses, but our head of IT has apparently grown a spine and started pushing back, with some moderate success.

The MO of my company has for years been: do a POC and then as soon as it works, push that POC in production. I’m still cleaning up the mess of idiotic shit like that from 15 years ago.

I saw a comment about kagi.com two days ago in a thread complaining about duckduckgo and decided to try it out. The search results are spot on every time so far, so I might keep using it and get a paid account.

Well, I learned something new today. Now I’m happy I don’t have a tail.

Where I live (Slovakia) you need a license to own firearms. Getting that license is a lengthy and rigid procedure and needs to be repeated every 5 years. Fully automatic rifles are forbidden for civilians. The most commonly owned firearm is a hunting rifle. If you happen to own a firearm, but don’t have a license, you are required to have it stored at a police station, for example when you inherit your grandfather’s hunting rifle. For that you pay a relatively low storage fee, but you still own it.

I think these laws are fine. I don’t own a firearm myself, but I do know one guy who carries a 9mm on him at all times for defensive purposes (his daughter had a very bad experience, after which he decided to carry a gun). I like the fact that a license is always only valid for 5 years.

Do you always turn the faucet to the max or what?

“Its diplomatic missions do not receive money directly from Pyongyang, but instead sustain their presence from construction and IT, as well as illegal trade, smuggling and money laundering.”

So this “IT” is not exactly innocent either. The North Korean IT workers hide their identity to get hired by western firms as consultants and funnel that money to Korea: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-announces-seizure-17-website-domains-used-by-north-korea-it-workers-2023-10-18/

Not to mention North Korean state sponsored hacker groups like Lazarus being active in ransomware, digital bank heists, data ransom, and the list goes on. Just like in Russia, the North Korean government is basically a criminal organization that managed to seize a country.