Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Anton Shepelev Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Strange user interface design Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:50:33 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: <20250320125033.453a3a95415fbf6d35f83d23@g{oogle}mail.com> References: <20250317141926.d82203a9e2325ad6cb6555eb@g{oogle}mail.com> <82c05bcf-01da-750b-21c5-6415b25d07e0@example.net> <20250318144502.b3fad3c1a59eb4ede7f92336@g{oogle}mail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:50:37 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0335d92e2dd23ae1e2b1b7a453b7c9dc"; logging-data="3086047"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/6JovPcmxj5yHeBSikRx9NbwoVRGr9Mmc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:zxYC0mkHQJ+ZiOTTGnlH9ZtQkNE= X-Newsreader: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) Bytes: 2754 D to Anton Shepelev: > > I don't know, but if he does fall, we are going to have > > some bloodshed, so I fear that moment, especially while > > Russia is at war. > > So you don't think he has prepared a mini-Tsar to take > over? Mini-tsar?! No, I think this a problem with both Putin and Lukashenko: by preventing any real legal opposition and competition, they have removed any strong future candidates, as well. But Lukashenko at least publicly admints that he is a "outgoing politician". > Or will there be an all out war among his crown-princes? Not an all-out war I think, but some criminal wars are possible, what with the Prigozhine mutiny. And once it starts, foreign armies may invade Russia as well, exactly as it happened during the so-called Allied Intervention. > > The economy is only too good, seeing how much money is > > wasted on reconstructions in my hometown, &c. > > Exactly what I suspected! A lot of businesses are done > through the dirka-dirka-stan countries according to an old > acquaintance who has relatives there. You mean parallel import to bypass the sanctions? This is just one of the factors. > How is the inflation? Quite high, thanks to the colonial policy of our Central Bank. Did you know that /nobody/ was punished for letting the West steal $3e12 of Russian reserves, by keeping them in the banks of our geopolitical enemies? -- () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments