Ha, rich people problems.

google products are banned on my work phone

Including Play Store?

Does it? The ‘anything goes on the high seas’ system has led to anarchy and piracy. I don’t know if Iran’s approach is the solution, but there needs to be some regulation.

Surely it’ll work this time.

International law is whatever countries agree to. There was a notion that primary schools aren’t legitimate missile targets, until, suddenly, they were. This is similar.

[reform] public procurement … and financial control

So, fire-sale public assets to BlackRock?

the general opinion of Lemmy go from “Slava Ukraini, fuck Russian Nazis, here’s some footage of Russian teenagers getting blown up with drones, Trump bad for not wanting to give aid” to “Zelensky is a fascist war criminal and also a Nazi and dumb American liberals are bad for siding with them” seemingly overnight. The switch happened a while ago but it was apparently unanimous.

Lemmy has always had people who took the second position, and still has people who take the first position. There has been a general shift, but it was neither sudden nor unanimous.

Most people who live in the US for even a few years get this very distinct ‘American’ accent, even when they are speaking their mothertongue. I don’t know how to describe it; I would say that the vowels get sharper. If you are from the US, listen to a German or Russian speaking English, and then take the opposite of the difference you hear.

Chinese is the most popular ‘foreign’ cuisine in India, and some popular ‘Chinese’ dishes were actually developed by Chinese merchants living in India.

Also Southeast Asia has a lot of Indian influence, except Vietnam, so that’s a bit wierd.

and being treated horribly there out of spite / revenge.

Very unlikely, unless they keep acting entitled. Yes, the ‘kuttae’ stereotype is there, but in the end they’re just people who tried to get a more comfortable life.

Accent, mostly. And most Asian-Americans do not learn their respective Asian language.

1. Different countries use different technologies and bands, so you’ll need to check what works in your country.

2. If you want a cheap phone with long support and just want to text, call, and be able to hot spot, your options are either getting a used (or old) flagship (better specs and build quality, fewer years of support) or getting a new entry-level phone (lower specs and build quality, but longer support).

For used flagships, I would suggest older models of Sony or OnePlus. Fairphone or Pixel would have longer support in theory, but the specs and build quality are worse so this rarely matters.

For new entry-level phones, I would suggest Xiaomi’s Redmi or Poco lines. The UI is bad, but specs are good and they are less locked down than most other companies. If you want a better UI, try Nokia / HMD but be prepared for worse specs. Avoid Samsung like the plague.

Enabling genocide is unpopular? What a shock!

Do you expect me to remember how to spell boorshwaasee? Also, ‘Epstein class’ is much more clear about the problem - it is not just that some people are obscenely rich, but also that the money has insulated them from people to the point that they have lost all humanity and social sense and behave like wild animals.

It’s the regime against the people

Iran is bordered on one side by Afghanistan, and on the other side by Iraq. Anyone with two brain cells can see what happened there after the Epstein regime invaded. Trying to help the Epsteinites kill your own people goes beyond even treason; it is some sort of death wish or misanthropy. I cannot blame the Iranian government for cracking down on this.

Also the sanctions are international

No they’re not; they were imposed by the Epstein coalition with the threat of secondary sanctions, and sometimes even violence.

the regime could get rid of them at any time

Yes, but the Epstein regime wants those sanctions, so as to hurt Iran’s economy.

It’s just that war and nuclear weapons are more important to them.

Nuclear weapons are, sadly, one of two things the Epstein regime fears, so they are a necessary evil if you want to be a sovereign nation.

And we all know who started this war.

Plus they run a very corrupt and inefficient economy anyway.

A very corrupt and inefficient economy that somehow produced enough weaponry to drive the biggest military in the world out of West Asia. I suppose when your efficiency stat is too low, it underflows and becomes insanely high?

Apple stuff are mostly Veblen goods, whose demand increases with price. That’s why this is interesting.

he was clueless that a skull and crossbones was a Nazi symbol

You don’t need to be a historian to guess that a skull and crossbones isn’t exactly a peace symbol.

I’ve heard Google use Debian as gLinux and I feel many other giants also use it and sponsor it and I’m not comfortable choosing it as my distro.

They use Debian for the same reason all heavy industry is built using steel and not whatever flashy new composite is in the news today. It works. Debian is slightly harder than Ubuntu / Mint to install and set-up, but probably the easiest to maintain since it is extremely stable and forgiving. It will also work on just about any hardware.

And don’t worry about the sponsorships. Debian is run by the community; the sponsers don’t get to decide anything.

Have you tried switching your government off and on again?

Devaluing the US dollar benefits the US and hurts countries that hold a lot of dollar, such as Japan, the UK and … China.