”…existing app marketplaces you have downloaded to your device will stop working if you leave the EU for too long… and any apps you previously installed from an alternative app marketplace will no longer be able to update themselves.”… Petri Kajander Mar 6, 2024, 4:51 AM
”Russia has identified Germany as the weakest link in the alliance and Scholz as a useful idiot to take Germany out of the equation.”… Petri Kajander Mar 6, 2024, 4:34 AM
”The mere act of observing the bead at one moment in time changes where it will be at a later moment when the laser shines the second time. If the rules of quantum mechanics hold, the bead may sometimes be found at B, but sometimes it won’t be.”… Petri Kajander Mar 5, 2024, 2:51 PM
”Telling customers to invest 1% of their wealth in generic assets stored in Oracle databases isn't just a category mistake; it's downright reckless. All sorts of wild financial stuff appears on Oracle databases, including sports bets and zero day options.”… Petri Kajander Mar 5, 2024, 2:42 PM
”When I was a foreign correspondent in West Berlin during the dying days of the Cold War in 1988, a British spy gave me a vivid insight into the state of Germany’s intelligence services. ‘If you want the Kremlin to take something seriously, give it to the Germans and… Petri Kajander Mar 5, 2024, 6:12 AM
”The German officers believe it would take 10 to 20 Taurus missiles to bypass Russian air defences and destroy the bridge in an aircraft operation. “There’s no real reason to say we can’t do it …We know Germany is pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence so it just demonstrates… Petri Kajander Mar 3, 2024, 6:12 PM
Threads is the new Facebook. It’s Nostr or Blueskye if you’re looking for decentralised social media.… Petri Kajander Mar 3, 2024, 5:49 AM
”Drivers of vehicles with Russian license plates must apply for Lithuanian registration, or leave the country "and the entire territory of the European Union" by March 11. Beyond the deadline, drivers of vehicles with Russian registration are subject to a fine and confiscation of the car.”… Petri Kajander Mar 3, 2024, 5:42 AM
”Western countries only need to allocate 0.25 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) to Ukraine to allow it to win the war… The reality is that things get worse before they get better. Then they get even worse. And then they suddenly go completely crazy. And only then… Petri Kajander Mar 2, 2024, 6:49 PM
“The East Air Command confirms the downing of a Su-34 fighter-bomber. Unfortunately, it was only one,” the Air Force wrote on Telegram. Ukraine now has "tools" to destroy planes "at quite long distances," explaining the recent uptick. Russia's total losses during the Petri Kajander Mar 2, 2024, 6:41 PM
”Russia considers itself at war with the West. Within the mental framework of this undeclared war, all relations between Russia and the West must be zero sum. Anything that harms the West helps Russia, without limit to location or scope… Russia does not accept the West’s basic idea that… Petri Kajander Mar 2, 2024, 6:19 PM
”Czechia said it had received commitments from Canada, Denmark, and other countries that do not wish to be identified. Belgium has also allocated 200 million euros ($216 million) to the initiative, while the Netherlands pledged 250 million euros ($271 million).” #ukraine #eu… Petri Kajander Mar 2, 2024, 12:03 PM
”Europe could someday be competing against three autocracies: “Russia, China, and the United States.” When he said that, it was my turn to shake my head, not because I didn’t believe him, but because it was so hard to hear.”… Petri Kajander Mar 2, 2024, 6:04 AM
”The company is working with a limited number of partners including social tools like Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Social News Desk, Hootsuite, tech news board Techmeme, and a few other developers.”… Petri Kajander Mar 1, 2024, 7:01 PM
”Wirecard, the German equivalent to PayPal…with a valuation of $28 billion… COO Jan Marsalek wasn’t just responsible for Germany’s largest financial fraud in history. He was also a decade-long Russian spy.”… Petri Kajander Mar 1, 2024, 2:12 PM
The UK offered solutions to Berlin’s resistance to sending them, including a swap deal that would see Britain supply Kyiv with more of its own Storm Shadow missiles, and Germany then restock the UK with replacement long-range missiles.… Petri Kajander Mar 1, 2024, 10:13 AM