They are not getting paid anything in this case. Usually they get paid by the state when doing work there, but since they were federalized they are under federal juridistion now and won’t get paid by the state for deployment. And Trump isn’t providing federal funds, hence them sleeping on the floor, having to pay for food themselves, using their own equipment.

Great admin team, public finances, reasonable rules, good defederation policy, data is hosted in the EU.

lemmy.zip would be my recommendation.

How many of them were a rich white dude? That’s the difference.

• Inside Luigi Mangione’s extremely wealthy family that’s been dubbed ‘beloved’ Baltimore royalty: ‘It’s a shock for all of us’

Most journalists are still sitting on Twitter or those that got kick out from Twitter are on Nazi infested Substack.

Any as long as it’s in English.

I specified written. Independent news commentators are everywhere since video format is still a profitable model, but they all rely on written news sources or random social media posts.

EU has a similar program called Horizon Europe, which spent around €95.5 billion so far. Though it’s broader in scope, not limited to just software, but includes various open source research too.

Useless. Unless you are dumb enough to trust the result without verifying it yourself. And if you do verify it, at that point you spend more time than just doing a regular search.

In 2020 Google claimed it was supposed to be limited to a single region in partnership with a single carrier. And was never meant to be put up on Play Store.

A spokesperson from Google reached out to clarify some details about the Device Lock Controller app. To start with, Google says they launched this app in collaboration with a Kenyan carrier called Safaricom.

Google has confirmed that the Device Lock Controller app should not be listed on the Google Play Store for users in the U.S., and they will work to take down the listing.

Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-device-lock-controller-banks-payments/

Of course, it was a lie since it’s still on Play Store an of today and in use.

Otherwise, all that gesticulating about the ‘international rules based order’ and all that outrage at Russian war crimes is just empty posturing. And justifying war crimes because the enemy has committed them renders the Geneva convention meaningless.

Yet it is meaningless in the context of nuclear countries. International law works more as a suggestion as you can’t forcibly enforce it against country that just says no to you.

But yes if confirmed by 3rd parties that Ukraine is responsible for the death of the journalist in the manner Russian Foreign Ministry described there should be consequences.

I think it’s a distraction from the actual interactions. Same way karma is.

I’m all for supporting instances and open source developers, but any kind of reward for a donation creates wrong incentives. Donation is called a donation because it’s a gift without expecting something in return.