All things being equal, the Memorandum of Understanding marks no victory for the United States. It is no “major win” for the United States, much less an act of “unconditional surrender” by Iran. Instead, it confirms the Trump administration’s faulty planning and management of the war, and its bungled diplomacy to end it. It is a stopgap measure, a face-saving solution. It averts capitulation and conceals humiliation. It provides political cover for a strategic retreat. In other words, it serves all the functions of the Paris Agreement, the progeny of a lost war. warontherocks.com/from-vietnam…
Wars rarely end in a single act of diplomacy. More often, they pass through a succession of ceasefires, frameworks, understandings, as well as provisional
I’ve decided to add a number to my posts titles just to see how public I can be. I don’t want to spam the server too much, but I also don’t want to occupy the space if I have nothing to say. It’s a way for me to know if I should have a blog at all.
Speaking of which, after my first post I actually got spooked seeing that someone read it and reacted (・_・;). Even though my IF "game" isn’t complete yet, I am already scared of people judging it. I wager most creative minds are haunted by the phantom “I am afraid to disappoint others” to the point that their creations either remain hidden or unrealised forever.
Well, I let myself dwell on that fear for a moment too long, and then I decided to ignore it ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ. It will never go away for me, but that doesn't mean I should just give up on everything. Usually, to motivate myself I look at other creators that I follow, the ones that continue working on their projects no matter what. And their immortal advice is "write/work even just a little every day", it doesn't have to be perfect, all it needs to be is an attempt at making progress. I think they are right, it's the small steps that make a difference in the end.
Do not worry about spamming the server. The Virtual Private Server (VPS) that I have for the Instance is sufficient for thousands of users and we, at this time, have less then 100. This has been true for the two years I have maintained the Instance. As long as your posts comply with the Rules and TOS then feel free to post as often as you like, the Instance can handle it 😉. If you have any question about the Rules and TOS then feel free to ask. The most significant I to you would be my no marketing rule. Keep in mind that I allow individuals to promote their own and their friends and family's personal creative work as long as that does not promote a commercial product by a corporate entity. I cannot imagine anything you have mentioned so far would be in violation. I only bring this up so that you know that your own creative work would not be a violation.
@Unus Nemo Unus Nemo, thanks for clarifying. I didn’t know this sever existed for two years already. There aren’t many Friendica servers in existence. And most of them are shutdown or simply don’t respond to new signups. I wonder why?
We (this Instance) currently federates with 56,861 other Instances and 581 of them are Friendica. Friendica Instances tend to be better at staying up to date than most others though there are still many Friendica Instances running outdated to ancient versions of Friendica.
Why you have not been able to find them? I do not know. Some will not have open enrollment and some may choose not to advertise their Instance in the Global directory. I have been on a few that were just to unstable to use. Which was why I decided to setup this Instance. There have been ups and downs though I have learned and most of the big issues have been resolved though there are little issues that come from the Friendica code base that are still being worked out.
Many people these days seem to prefer Mastodon though I hate the micro blog format so it is not an option for me.
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You run same from flathub and it breaks ya system makes it no cursor nothing else to do than shut it off and relog, with a mod however serving (means pay monthly) makes it playable this way by installing from CLI...
Every single time I see a "Spiderman" publication/movie, I read the UI word "Twip" as "Thwip" for weeks afterward. Once I even accidentally said it in a meeting!
Per the HR employee evaluation website, on average I spend 25% of my week in technical or project management meetings. I spend another 20% trying to translate waterfall designs and deadlines provided by customers into tiny chunk tasks, each representing "a day's work", while I have to learn a new project management tool (or new interface to an old tool) every six months. I actually accomplish something productive for about 20 hours a week, all said and done.
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"You did that on purpose!" "What did I do?" "You named that table!" "It's a perfectly fine name!" "You didn't have to suggest that name. You know Jim is a religious nut!" "Look, 'Boolean Flag Translation Table' was just unwieldy. It had to be shortened." "You named it '[B-Trans]' on purpose to cause trouble. Then you started using it like a verb, and telling Jim he 'should B-Trans... that data'!" "We use all kinds of identifiers as verbs as a shorthand!" "Which you knew when you planned this!" "I really have no idea what you are talking about..."
Verse 1 (paraphrased meaning): The singer takes on the role of a controlling dance instructor he wants to lead the dance, insists everyone let themselves be "controlled" a little, and promises to show them how it's done "correctly." He describes forming a nice round dance where "freedom plays on all the violins," music comes "out of the White House," and "Mickey Mouse stands in front of Paris." Verse 2 (paraphrased meaning): He claims to know useful steps and to protect his followers from missteps; anyone who doesn't want to dance "doesn't yet know that he'll have to dance." He'll show them the direction "Santa Claus comes to Africa," and again "Mickey Mouse stands in front of Paris." Coca~Cola, somebody's war
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After 106 days, six collapsed ceasefires, and a global energy crisis, Iran and the US have reached an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Here is what the deal contains, what it defers, and why this one may finally hold.
Chat GPT told me to keep drinking as long my lifestyle is ok well, I made it tell it in fact.. Claude Fable5 try out for free then cancel prescription! In time..
Listen, left-folk. I know you don't like guns. I know you think banning things works, despite the results of Prohibition and the "Drug War".. I know you think it is better to trade essential freedoms for a little bit of perceived safety. But christ, for the bajillionth time, look where your authoritarian attitudes will lead!
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You may want to try that upload again, it has happened to me a few times as well though re-uploading has always fixed it for me.