when you’ve known someone personally for that long you’re bound to get defensive, i think. and the question is worth considering; why?

not that i can find.

they don’t tend to see it like that from my experience. but yeah the chance is slim.

from the same paper that did the original reporting. swedish and paywalled unfortunately, but the first few paragraphs are readable.

he could be a rational human about it and see that it’s bad for the brand. considering he was willing to work with a guy that actively dislikes what he did he may have a few braincells left.

co-. the other founder is pretty pissed.

national bolsheviks. basically ultranationalist tankies.

there was an article today about the entire mullvad company being blindsided by this and a lot of people being upset. with any luck the guy will leave or get thrown out.

also i think they’re technically nazbols.

not if they don’t have any

“sovereign”. sure.

i worked with a belarusian on a project in lithuanua at the start of 2023. very nice guy. he told me that he and his family had basically left their newly-bought house unlocked and just walked to the border as soon as the invasion of ukraine started because he knew the position lukashenko would take. he believed they wouldn’t be safe. and it only took a month or so before there were russian troops stationed there.

if that’s your attempt at sounding sarcastic i’d hate to hear you when you’re serious.

gotta be the fetal alcohol syndrome then.

they were also the ones that passed the law which made cheap immigrant labour impossible by requiring a salary above the median for a work visa, disqualifying nurses, taxi drivers, carpenters, store clerks and so on.

then at least some more people will stop using them.

i’m with donny boy here. instead of limiting what people can do, push regulation that forbid corporations from building the kind of software that is bad for your mental health. ban infinite scrolling features, algorithmic feeds, and dark patterns. make the fines equal or higher than gdpr because now it’s about people’s actual health.

…that’s what they want instead, right?

it’s like those ai labyrinth honeypots, but for all traffic!

yeah i wonder what german law has to say about this

i’ve got a phev and lemme tell ya, those batteries are like three times the size (and weight) of the rest of the drivetrain combined, including fuel tank.

the bmw i3 rex is a pretty extreme example because it has a motorcycle engine, but they managed to cram the engine, inverter, gearbox and fuel tank into the space under the floor of the trunk, between the rear wheels, while the battery pack consists basically the bottom decimeter of the entire car. and that 9 liter tank doubles its range.

meanwhile the original chevy volt, a fwd car with an 1.6l i4, opted to keep the transmission tunnel and space where a rear axle would go to stuff them with batteries. really compromises the internal space, sacrifices a middle rear seat, and gives a whopping… 45km of electric range.

batteries and inverters definitely take up more volume than an ice drivetrain. the advantage is that they can be put in more places than the mechanical linkages.

only for a few more months!