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Given the atrocities the Russians are committing, I would say the Ukrainians would be remarkably restrained in just shooting them in the legs to render them non-combatants. Assuming it was true, of course.

It's a matter of preference, I prefer to buy my goods and services from countries that are not mass murderers. Sometimes I have no choice, granted. McDonalds and KFC certainly follow the money, so their cessation of operations in Russia is really saying something. As does banks shutting off Russia from the SWIFT system. Who in Ukraine will be getting richer? If Putin wins, he will have stolen an entire country. If he loses, I expect the ones who get richer will be those helping with reconstruction. Tell me, who do you think is using the Ukrainians?

I don't mind ignorant people, not many people have the benefit of a tertiary education in science. Even fewer have any training in thermodynamics, it is too hard a subject for most. It's when people are willfully ignorant, and feed their confirmation biases on social media with equally ignorant falsehoods, denying facts by calling them BS, that I conclude it is a waste of time talking to them.

You, sir, are no gentleman. A true gentleman would allow his GF to do the dismounting.

Recovering from a torn hamstring. Exercise, 20 minutes before breakfast, 20 minutes before dinner. Going on to a low-carb diet, eliminating sugar. Swimming. Want to lose 5 kg. I'd hate to think I was wasting my time by being disciplined, but it is what it is. I am really p$$$ed off that many things I like are bad for me, when I used to be able to wallow in them.

Business is business, why would you expect the extra profits of private industry in Australia to be donated? In case you missed it, like most other countries Australia is sending military equipment there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ukrainian-president-requests-australian-armored-vehicles/2022/03/31/33da9d7c-b0ca-11ec-9dbd-0d4609d44c1c_story.html

You have zero understanding of the facts of climate science, which are based on observation. Fact 1. Carbon dioxide levels have been increasing steadily since the Industrial Revolution. Fact 2. Sea temperature is rising, coral bleaching is increasing worldwide. Fact 3. The Larsen Ice Shelf is melting at unprecedented rates. Fact 4. The Vatnajokull Ice Cap has lost 400 sq km of its surface area. Fact 5. About 13,000 sq km of the Amazon rain forest was deforested in 2020-2021. Fact 6. Natural gas is just as polluting as coal. When it comes out of the ground, it contains up to 30% carbon dioxide. Fact 7. The intensity of storms worldwide is increasing, a demonstration of the First Law of Thermodynamics. I won't bother going into what albedo and clathrates mean to climate science, you just don't want to understand. Classic climate change denier, goodbye.

This is what the kleptomaniac Putin really wants: This is why Ukraine matters. It is the second largest country by area in Europe by area and has a population of over 40 million - more than Poland. Ukraine ranks: 1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores; 2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves; 2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves); 2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons); 2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves; 3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters) 4th in the world by the total value of natural resources; 7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons) Ukraine is an important agricultural country: 1st in Europe in terms of arable land area; 3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume); 1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil; 2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports; 3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world; 4th largest producer of potatoes in the world; 5th largest rye producer in the world; 5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons); 8th place in the world in wheat exports; 9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs; 16th place in the world in cheese exports. Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people. Ukraine is an important industrialised country: 1st in Europe in ammonia production; Europe's 2nd’s and the world’s 4th largest natural gas pipeline system; 3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants; 3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km); 3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment; 3rd largest iron exporter in the world 4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world; 4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers; 4th place in the world in clay exports 4th place in the world in titanium exports 8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates; 9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products; 10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons). Ukraine matters. That is why its independence is important to the rest of the world.

And another: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-04/ukraine-accuses-russia-of-massacre-city-strewn-with-bodies/100963106

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2022/04/04/russia-ukraine-bucha-massacre-war-crimes/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning News - 20220404

Is proof of a negative ATK test required prior to boarding aircraft for domestic travel within Thailand? Planning to travel return Chiang Rai - Suvarnabhumi after Songkhran. Thanks.

It just says you can use Google, and cherrypick what articles suit you. It's called confirmation bias. Reading through those links carefully, it would appear PSA testing is not recommended for men older than 70, or under 55. Mainly because it may lead to painful biopsies which either turn up nothing, or cancers that are so slow -growing the patient will probably die of something else. Those links do not invalidate PSA testing for all situations, it is simply one of the testing tools in a range of techniques. Of course, MRI testing is much more profitable than a PSA test, but that's just me being cynical.

My policy is always to volunteer as little information as possible to any financial or government body. With data matching, they will soon be able to tell us what we had for dinner last night. To keep an account active, my method is to make a small purchase on Amazon, Lazada or the like every month or so.

Quote me the 4 Laws of Thermodynamics without resorting to Google. They are facts as well, and no-one has succeeded in trashing them. They are the key drivers of anthropogenic climate change. There are others, it is not just CO2 alone. I suppose you would say gravity is a theory too. That works very well until you step off the balcony of the fourteenth floor of a condo, and become strawberry jam in a few seconds after gravity takes over.

Have cooling here, have to have heating somewhere else. Check out heat patterns in Australia over the last few years.

My desktop is reasonably recent, did an upgrade 6 months ago when the SSD decided to go doolally. My laptop would be 8 or 9 years old. I don't do any gaming at all, I prefer real life activity. I'm retired, so work is not an issue. Microsoft did a great marketing job to the vast majority of businesses, I'll give them that. Linux does everything I want on both systems, like you why would I change? Horses for courses.

What bugs? Linux Mint has worked trouble-free for me since the pandemic started, or thereabouts. On a desktop AND a laptop, which is a bit more than good luck. An answer in the English language would be appreciated.

Windows may have improved in security. Having said that, when I would boot up my laptop, and then sit around for anything up to twenty minutes while Windows faffed around applying updates and patches, it p$$$ed me off. Usually, Linux Mint takes under a minute for updating. Just did one, 16 seconds.

New lows reached by retreating Russians: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2022/04/03/ukraine-conflict-latest/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sunday Best - 20220403

It rained most of yesterday, quite cold south of Chiang Rai. IMO it's probably unseasonal rain is clearing the air, not many try lighting fires when it is wet.

Now you have me wondering what has happened to the English language.

Could you get people put in jail for 15 years?

No, I don't know how to compile a kernel. I don't need to. I gave up on Windows after they produced the abortion called Vista. I am much less likely to get hacked in Linux Mint. I won't have my system hijacked by Microsoft as it attempts to plaster another patch on its vulnerabilities. Linux is polite enough to ask me first before it upgrades. I do everything in LibreOffice that I would need to do in whatever gee-whiz fatware Microsoft has currently, and guess what - I don't have to pay a cent. I use free online software for compiling and editing videos. Posted courtesy of Linux Mint, which has been my OS for a couple of years. Had Ubuntu prior to that.

My understanding is he was fired. An added reason was the loss of the submarine contract with Australia, Macron was pretty furious about that.

I don't think Zelensky can be accused of bombing hospitals and civilian apartment buildings, although granted prior to the Russian invasion he was fighting an insurgency in the Donbas. I remember a passage from James Clavell's novel Shogun. Toranaga says there are no extenuating circumstances for rebellion against a liege lord, and Blackthorne replies "Unless you win". It's a sign of Russia's desperation Putin is bringing in mercenaries from the Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine. It's also a sign the atrocities will get worse, because mercenaries are not bound by any war conventions.