Here’s you making excuses for removing all the Russians from the contributor list: “Russia invaded a sovereign nation…but that’s a petty dispute…are you sure you’re on the right instance? Sounds like you need to recreate your account here on ml…”

Where is that a excuse? I was pointing out that it’s not a petty dispute, russia is trying to wipe out Ukraine…the fuck.

Your logic, if you can call it that, is that if the country you’re from invades a sovereign nation, it makes sense to get kicked off the list. Guess which country invades sovereign nations every 3-6 years.

Ooo oo, I know this one…is it…whataboutism again for $400 alex?

To make another point, of course the US is relevant, its government is the one making this exact thing happen.

Yea…no it’s not, russia is doing that on their own.

No more excuses, champ. Gotta look reality straight in the face.

Ok. Reality, russia is a fucked up authoritarian state that willfully sends it’s people to rape, murder and commit war crimes, like it got its war plans from the viking era. How’s that for some reality. Champ.

lol no it isn’t.

Yea…yea it is.

Yes we all know this.

Sweet…are we getting somewhere…

The US has invaded at least 4 sovereign nations in the last 21 years. It has bombed far more in that time, including couping Libya, turning it from the highest HDI country into a failed state with open air slave markets.

Ahhh nope apparently not…still humping about the USA.

The RF has been comparatively less harsh on civilians. Look at what the US, NATO, and Israel do to civilians. They bomb residential buildings, pharmaceutical factories, hospitals, schools, buses, civilian infrastructure. Millions died in Iraq, about half children, in the 90s due to the US systematically destroying civilian infrastructure and then coordinsting tight sanctions.

Hahahhaha holy fuck…o wait you’re a tankie…

And do you know what preceded the RF invasion? Ukraine ramping up its civilian shelling campaign in Donbas.

And a russian apologist…man this is just hilarious…you really are following the .ml tankie guidelines.

Given what the West does with its power that is a smart position to take.

Lol for all the west’s faults, we’re still not even half as murderous as the authoritarian dictatorships you love.

Yes and? You’re just admitting that this is a chauvinist political move headed by the United States.

Yea no…

It’s not a security risk at all, the Linux team has tight review procedures and all of these people have been making contributions as maintainers. There were zero concerns raised about their code.

Because it’s easier to just use sanctions as the reason. The idea that a authoritarian state wouldn’t force their devs to create backdoors for their state is hilariously naive, but you won’t see it that way because you’re a brainwashed tankie.

PS the US is not entitled to the world and every international project.

Yea no shit? Who said they are?

Native, but yeah sure, and when we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, I agree with you, but Iraq and Afghanistan didn’t have a bunch of devs that worked on an OS that the world uses. It’s a security issue more than anything.

It’s a security risk is how it’s being looked at as well.

No this has nothing to do with the USA right now. It’s a strawman to whip out the “but the USA” card. Russia has sanctions, they invaded a sovereign nation, and are willfully targeting civilians. They’re fully against the west at this point, allowing them continued access to help build tools the west uses, is not only against the current sanctions, it’s also a dumb security risk as well.

A full scale war on a sovereign nation is not a random petty dispute…the fuck is wrong with you?

The USA isn’t in this discussion right now. Russia invaded Ukraine and is trying to kill Ukrainians to take over their country. Iraq and Afghanistan wasn’t a petty dispute either. You tankies are shitty people.

Russia invaded a sovereign nation…but that’s a petty dispute…are you sure you’re on the right instance? Sounds like you need to recreate your account here on ml…

1: Germany has strict laws about “slap a badge and call it a day”, mainly, you aren’t allowed to do that.

The fuck are you taking about, no they do not. All manufacturers do this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_badge-engineered_vehicles

A good percentage of the car has to be unique. That’s why the Z4 and the Supra have different bodies and suspension - which going from a convertible to a hard top drastically changes how a car behaves.

Cool, no one said they weren’t setup different. It’s still a z4 hardtop which BMW built. That’s why the Toyota techs had to be trained with BMW and they order parts from bmw…

2: Car mags nothing, the Toyota lead engineer that worked on the project, as well as video documentation, says otherwise.

It’s called marketing, they didn’t magically do shit to that motor, it’s still a B series.

3: You didn’t get a Mk.5 anyway, so do you know the difference?

Yea, it’s still a BMW. I don’t know why you’re so upset about this.

Or did you roll in a Z4 and assume it’s the same? Can you tell me how they “felt the same”? Is it just the BMW active diff wiggle under power? Or are there other tells?

How it drives vs what and who designed it are two different things. You’re basically trying to say “if your point held any truth, then all BMWs would handle the same”. That’s not what anyone is saying. It’s built by BMW, using BMW parts, from a car they already had. It’s a hardtop z4, with a Toyota badge and nothing will change this.

No it’s not lol the entire car is BMW, Toyota put a body kit on the z4 and called it a day. Saying they put different suspension and engine tune is hilarious… I didn’t BPU+ my supras and say I collaborated with Toyota lol

The B series has been around for a long time, Toyota didn’t do shit to the z4 version, that info is from some bullshit that some of the car mags came up with to help hype the car. A lot of us who are OG owners didn’t buy the MKV because Toyota didn’t do shit for it, it was a huge letdown to the majority of us.

Don’t get me wrong it’s a nice looking car, but it’s not going to live up to its name. Toyota should have pulled a Nissan and went over the top like they did with the GTR, which took the R series bar and raised it to mythical status. Toyota had the cash and the ability, but opted to just rebadge a pre build. They built the damn LFA, they could have even spit something out that was 10% LFA and it would have been amazing.

It’s a rebadge… it’s not a damn collaboration. The Mark iv was a collaboration with a bunch of companies…this is a damn BMW, looks good but it’s a BMW.

https://skyrim-together.com/

The same team(dev) is also building fallout together for fallout 4

Console coop is tough, if you ever get into PC gaming. There is a lot more coop games available, even Skyrim has a coop mod, which works pretty well now.

I’m one of those that will check if a game is coop first before anything else. Games are just better with friends.

Edit and you’re absolutely right, even a shit buggy game can have us rolling in laughter for hours.

I’m betting the majority of us older gamers enjoy coop games with friends more than anything.

That’s insane for how many bugs it has. What are they spending this money on? It’s clearly not development time

Sure thing kid.

Lol ok tankie, I provide links and sources and you provided tankie shit talking points.

What type of response is that…if you have proof from a factual source, then post it. Stop talking like you’re some wise tankie jedi.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/chinas-coal-country-full-steam-ahead-with-new-power-plants-despite-climate-2023-11-30/

The fuck are you talking about, they get 70% of their power from coal, they built 6 new plants in 2023. What the hell makes you think they’re going to fullfil their agreements?

Lol China didn’t start the fire, but they’re literally pouring gas on it… it’s those damn western capitalist faults.