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@14th_cylon they're using duckduckgo though.
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New Coradia Stream train during winter
(i.postimg.cc)
First train in a batch of ~30 or so, ordered from Alstom. So far, 3 trains have been manufactured, all undergoing testing for quicker authorization (these are some pretty new models, so they need all the specific tests, which took a year so far). They will all go in equal number to the state and private train operators, on routes connecting the major cities in the country. These are the first new trains ordered in 20 years. If I'm not mistaken, they will also be the first EMUs operated by the state operator, CFR Călători.
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Waiting for a train in Comana, Giurgiu county, Romania
(libranet.de)
Edit: some context needed; the station is on the line connecting Bucharest (the capital of Romania) to Giurgiu, a city on the border with Bulgaria, right next to Ruse, across the Danube. The line was the first rail line opened in a Romanian country (not the first on the current Romanian territory though), in 1869. In 2005, the rail link closed due to a flood which crushed the bridge over the Argeș river, near Comana (where the pic was taken). Since then, trains going to Giurgiu had to take a detour to Videle, which extended the travel time to as much as 4 hours, for a distance that was no longer than 60 km in straight line, and sometimes with a change.
This year, after almost 20 years, the works on the line were partially finished, so Bucharest is finally connected to Giurgiu directly. However, the story is not over. Due to terrain issues further down the line, only smaller Siemens Desiro DMUs are allowed to go on this route. International trains, including the famous Orient Express, are still required to take the detour route on the way to Bulgaria and Turkey. Around 2026 the line will close again, this time for consolidating that part, as well as for doubling the tracks and for electrifying the whole line. Only after, all trains of all weights will be allowed to go through again.
@user68k I think this will be the first GTK3 app that will have an actual options menu instead of a tucked away hamburger menu with options. I think it's gonna be interesting.
@gencha No reason at all. It was probably wrongfully flagged by Google's AI based on some stupid wrongful training data. At least that's what I think though, because folks at Pushbullet (remember the app?) seem to be having similar problems about "not mentioning that they upload user data to their servers" even though they clearly mention this when the app is opened for the first time.
@Enkrod I see where you are going, but Eastern Europe generally has a lot to go in order to get inclusion right. Like, right now, one of the two larger far right parties in here (yes, we have two and we sent them both to Brussels) are heavily promoting an initiative to add into constitution the fact that a family can only be composed of a man and a woman, as well as the right to pay with cash (yes, I know how crazy that sounds, it doesn't matter what happens in reality). And we're already in both the EU and NATO.
I think this means allowing the listing of third party app stores inside the Google Play Store - so you could search for F-Droid in Google Play for example instead of downloading and installing the .apk manually.
@hedge Wow, this is big. Fedi needs more macroblogging options to compensate for the domination of Mastodon and other microblogging platforms. And also it being another corporate actor like Meta, but smaller, will create the incentive for Meta to play more fairly in the long run and not EEE the Fediverse with Threads, just like it did with XMPP by integrating it under Facebook almost a decade ago. This is exactly what we need to become and stay mainstream.
Wouldn't it have been better to just selhost an instance? Like, they'd have more control...
@hedge I dislike Facebook, so that's why I am here. But if the only way to stay in touch with people I know irl is on Threads, so be it. Either my server federates with Threads, or there's one more Threads user in this world.
Well, at least that's what many people would choose, imo. On the flip side, if Facebook itself would be federated and my server would federate with it, I would simply delete my Facebook account. Period.
I get that Meta is an outrageous organization, but people seem to forget the purpose of these platforms altogether - which is communication. And communications happen when other people use the same platform as well. And okay, let's say I have a managed Fedi server (which is the most hassle-free option of self-hosting, leaving money and legal stuff aside). What am I gonna do if, e.g. I get a Tinder match and the girl is asking me for my Facebook or Insta? Should I say something like "hey, I don't have either, but make an account on this random-ass website where only a few hundred people are there as well, and you don't know anyone of them personally"?
If people want to get people to leave the Meta platforms for Fedi and whatnot, then federating with Threads and educating people this way would actually be a better option imo.
@CoderSupreme This would sadly also be easier for any interested party to block it. i.e. ISPs could block it easier, copyright holders could have an easier time suing the platform owners and have it shut down and if the platform gets big and popular enough (like, for example, how YouTube is for videos of any sort) some content that would be hosted exclusively on that platform would likely be gone for good.
For a platform this big to survive and serve its original purpose, unhindered by DMCAs and stuff, it would be really, really hard.
Plus, the internet now is more regulated than it was 20-30 years ago when nowadays popular names like Piratebay first appeared.
And I personally don't mind going to a few dozen websites that only a handful of people on the internet know in order to get my stuff. If any of that website gets too popular, it risks closure. Better to only have 1 website of these closed instead of all these.
@0x815 I always when I see news like this I sit and think whether in a similar situation it would be worth risking my life, my integrity, my career etc. just to make a statement against the government.
I don't think I could resist after some point.
I have huge respect for such people!
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@tanakian afaik they do. Transnistria is still a territory internationally recognized as part of Moldova so elections were held there as well. What was curious is that Maia Sandu and the pro-EU camp got more votes than Găgăuzia, which is just an autonomous territory.
@tardigrada