Lithuania is considered, along with Latvia and Estonia, to be a developed country now. It really took a step forward after being freed from the chains of Russian subjugation.

certainly the man is due respect

How about no?

The term includes those devs who carry water for the Silicon Valley vulture capitalist crowd as well.

Yeah, whataboutism is essentially telling on one's self; an implicit recognition that one has no better arguments than to try to distract.

The ultimate STEMlord misunderstanding of culture; something absolutely rife in the Silicon Valley tech-sphere.

Something I will say about War and Peace that's rarely mentioned - probably because it is a work that is meant to mark one out as a cultured person - within the first 50 pages of the book, there's a scene where a group of the main characters tie a policeman to the back of a bear. For some reason, it's the part of the book that's stuck with me the longest in association with its story.

Not using blockchains, for a start. Blockchains centralise by design, because of economies of scale.

First of all, not American.

Second of all, nine-dash line and neo-colonialism in Asia, Africa, South America and Europe says very differently. As does the Han supremacism that Xi surrepitously perpetuates.

It's also worth noting that the same VCs who backed cryptocurrency have pivoted to generative AI. It's all part of the same grift, just with different clothes.

There goes the "will they, won't they?" of Red Bull taking all of the wins this year. Good work from Sainz, Norris and Hamilton; that was a bit embarrassing from Russell.

Unless their will is to tie blocks of concrete to their feet and get in the sea, I can't see how.

something something don't threaten me with a good time