u/sudneo

I think you are greatly underestimating what someone controlling the tech (note: here you don't need cyber attacks) for critical infrastructure can do.

Shut down power and water and the war finishes before it even starts.

Let alone communications, payment systems, banking systems, government websites and all the other services that depend on cloud (i.e., mostly US companies).

The new directive (DORA I think? In get confused with the names) does include for a reason the mandatory exit plan for cloud providers ready.

The same principle of strategic independence though can and should be applied to everyone, including China and the US. It's clear that US is not a reliable ally, it was very clear when they shut down F-16s remotely in Ukraine to bully them into submission. Nothing is stopping them from shutting down power grids if these are in their hands to push EU to do whatever is not in its interests.

It's not like the risk of invasion is the only criteria to use for deciding to be independent on core technologies.

Oh, I guess different school systems, so that didn't even come to mind to me.

At least in my country high school is from 15 to 19, I think lots of people thankfully mature and change after teenage years.

1. Yes

2. Generally yes, but it depends. If I feel like my intervention can actually be useful, sure. For example, if anybody in my acquaintances would be doing that or be a victim of that. "Intervene" also would most likely be reporting or providing shelter, I am not Batman.

Note that both the answers are independent on whether the stalker is a man or not.

Yes, because "men" is such a stringent definition for a hedgemonic class.

Half the population on earth, across different social statuses, nationalities, wealth, race, age, and so on. Honestly, claiming this is the "group in power" is absurd.

A completely poor analysis, what there is to reflect on?

Ironically that poster is an Israel supporter. By _their own logic_ every Israeli should be victim of default "suspicion" and be treated like an IDF war criminal, since everyone has the "potential" to be one.

Actually, this argument would be even more compelling since Israel does have elections and you can emigrate/renounce to your citizenship, both not possible in case of manhood.

It's bizarre that someone could come up with such a poor argument that ultimately boils down to: "people should be accountable for the actions of other people in the same demographic", without realising there are tons of way you can divide people in demographics.

What places do you go? My pool is super chill, I have seen all kind of uplifting moments.

Maybe certain gyms have a selection bias? I don't know.

Precisely. It's completely different from doing that in your group of friends, where confrontation is a way to establish common values, and in an internet cesspool where anyway I am going to be moderated out.

Just yesterday I was reading a great article about how social medias compare to TV when it comes to feeling part of a group. "Calling out" people in such places wouldn't be anything else that virtue signaling (to yourself) to reaffirm your own identity (I stand up to sexism), and at the same time allow those people to reaffirm themselves (I get confronted because I am speaking truth).

Basically it would be at most a performance.

So you need a coordinated effort of thousands of people who will get continuously moderated, banned or censored. OK, I admit that it's possible, but I think I'd rather invest my time in other ways...

because at least all men share the potential to act out problematic gender roles

Everyone (literally) has the potential to act out problematic gender roles, women included.

protect other men from female criticism because "they are different"

This sentence is legit incoherent. If a criticism doesn't apply to someone, protecting against said criticism is quite literally preventing discrimination.

If men want to get rid of the collective suspicions

Or maybe we can criticize unfair collective suspicion in the same way summary judgments based on other categories are crticizised.

I really can't see how this argument does not lead to racism, sexism, etc.

Being a man is not being part of a club, you don't decide to join, you don't subscribe to any value, you don't have a steering committee that decides how "manhood" is by vote. Why tf anybody should be responsible to change a group that they are part of simply for biological reasons?

Several studies also describe the backfire effect, I.e., people getting more entrenched in their position when confronted with opposing arguments. I doubt I can ever succeed where a decade+ of education system failed.

Also why would I ever recognize a space like that and not run away. "Calling out" is still participation, and why would I want to participate (incl. from the legal perspective). I have the moral obligation to do that because...I am man? As if being a man was being part of a club.

Worth adding that yesterday morning the national alert system was used to broadcast a message to every phone in Rome, with some informatin about the disruption.

Nice, does it depend maybe on the terrain as well (NL is flat, but I was in southern towns and they were a bit hilly).

Anyway, I 100% agree that safe infrastructure is a necessary condition for bike usage. But I look at Rome for example and I can't imagine elder people biking (even if there was infrastructure) without ebikes, due to so many hills - let alone smaller towns in the inland.

I went biking in NL last summer (great vacation!) and I was completely amazed by the number of elders biking using ebikes. Ebikes absolutely make cycling available to a vast range of people who wouldn't or couldn't bike otherwise.

I do have and use a traditional bike, but I will consider in the future a (cargo?)ebike.

It is generally used similarly to "life goes on". Even if with more pessimism about the fact that certain things don't change (sometimes for good though).

It is still going to be a big deal for a few weeks though...

A very old one indeed.

It's never certain how conclaves will go.


Looking online OVH has 10x the employees of hetzner and probably as much revenue, just to give scale. OVH also has like 43 datacenters. I think hetzner has maybe 5 and I am not even sure they run their own everywhere.

OVH is quite big actually, I have used them too for some stuff (same for Scalaway, I think they are also quite bigger than Hetzner).

Way too small compared to the other ones mentioned. It's great (and I use it), but they are tiny. I think you already have to contact support for having more than 10 machines or something like that, to give an idea.

I am confused if this is a low effort trolling attempt or if people's ideas are legitimately this easily swayed by internal propaganda.