the small minority of retards did the salute

The words “za dom spremni” are the salute, and everyone participated in that, Thompson initiated it.

There was little to no actual anti-communism at play at that point (although it was still relevant symbolically). Both sides were already capitalist. Yugoslavia had been on the path of liberalisation for quite a while before the breakup.

Btw, that excuse that Thompson and his fans regularly use is bullshit, the phrase was picked by Croatian extremists (especially the paramilitary HOS) in the 90s because it was used by ustašas (fascists) half a century earlier in the first place.

unless the ustashe independently invented it

They did, they weren’t instructed by German nazis on what words to use. Not that it makes any difference, ustašas were just the local variant of fascists.

This is mainly why I signed it. I honestly don’t care about new games, and the whole narrative around the campaign is frankly infantile, but it should at the very least be a start towards fighting such practices in general.

I never said editing registry files is “common sense”, but in the grand scheme of things it’s very simple and, yes, quite idiot-proof (go here and here, create file this and that, set value to 1). That may count as pro to some but I’m pretty sure it’s not enough to actually work with Linux (which one of my family members uses so I see it in practice).

Besides, considering this comment

Most of those registry keys are not documented, and it’s very hard to be completely sure about what you are touching.

Maybe it’s precisely the fact that I’m brazenly tinkering with registry files that renders me not-as-pro as some might think.

I’ve no idea what that means but ok

By default, LibreWolf deletes the user’s cookies and history when the browser is closed,

I’m not sure if these devs have the same priorities as me D:

Until the next re-bloating update where your settings get reverted

As a Windows user, I’ve had this problem with Firefox browser a number of times, and never with Widows.

I didn’t know I’m already a computer pro by following a couple of idiot-proof steps I found by googling.

“some” = the one that’s the basis of and technically closely tied to the one you’re using right now

(you know who I’m talking about)

(I don’t)

It can have effect when the opposition is relatively weak, e.g. individual small companies or govts that aren’t powerful and authoritarian enough to ignore massive protests.

Sounds like bullshit. Just in recent memory: look at Belarus 2021, look at the massive Serbian protests that have been going on for over half a year and the govt is still not relenting.

Tbh a lot of the torrenting terminology is quite metaphorical and doesn’t make sense without understanding all the mechanics. Seeding? Leeching? Ports? Clients? And even the central concept - “torrent”?

I’ve pirated books that are so rare their used copies cost hundreds of euros. Also there are the English academic publications, which have insane prices even by default, and boy do I love hoarding them. In general, I’ve pirated so much I have no idea how I’d even go about estimating the theoretical total cost.

OTOH I’ve also recently been thinking about how much money I have spent on legally obtaining media, going to concerts and film screenings and plays and exhibitions and everything else… Should be solidly in the four-digit area.

It’s fucked up that RT and similar sites with their ratings are so important for so many filmgoers. I would guess it’s because film theatre tickets have become more expensive so people are trying to be as selective as possible with what films they spend their money on.

So people listen to the “average”, go to the movies based on predigested opinions, and end up making their own filmgoing experiences, horizon and taste closer to the average as well. The risk in filmgoing is being minimised (which kind of mirrors the behaviour of the film industry so it’s not without reason that the audiences behave like that, I guess; but it still sucks).

knitting scammers

Wait… what?

Wow, you have a whole account dedicated to attacking Wikipedia. That’s pathetic.

Public companies have to account for the shareholdres’ expectation of, well, making money (and more money, and more money, and growing the numbers as much as possible). Shareholders have some degree influence on how the company works, depending on how many shares they own, e.g. they can vote for the CEO. This usually leads to the company to introducing more aggressive ways of making money off the users/customers, enshittification, etc., as it has to satisfy the shareholders and not so much the original customers.

Oh yeah, the death of an 88-year-old man who has been suffering from serious medical issues for months is so odd and unexpected that it is more reasonable to propose that the vice-president of the US personally killed him.