HobbitFoot

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 6 months ago

I realize no one has asked this bluntly. You have a return ticket, right?

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As long as you can read English, you can navigate almost any airport. Almost all airports have English on their navigation signs.

You will likely be interviewed both in Europe and in South Korea when you fly. This is routine for all passengers. You should have your return ticket information, otherwise you are going to get flagged as a human trafficking risk.

Download the airline's app before flying; it will help get updates from the airline and will update your ticket if there is a change in gate.

Bring an external battery for your phone with you to keep your phone charged. Also, have an idea how you are going to have phone data in Korea; airport WiFi may be spotty.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 6 months ago

Outside of cloud services, all governments would need to do is define service contracts based on number of users, which isn't that different from other support contacts like Microsoft 365.

I feel like building European owned cloud servers are going to be the biggest problem.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 6 months ago

Somebody once told me the world was going to roll me.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 6 months ago

It is rare that studios reboot a failed property.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 6 months ago

A lot of companies check references and certs.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 6 months ago

Why do you want him to return his gift? "A bit too much" can mean a lot of things.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 6 months ago

I've had people think I'm Italian; I don't have any Italian heritage that I know of.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 6 months ago

I have had very serious conversations with family members regarding vacations and them worrying about where I was going.

Went anyway and had a great time.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 6 months ago

I don't know of a political movement yet, but I would guess the following:

  • Without Russia, the new St. Petersburg country could engage with more trade with the EU instead. The region is one of the more advanced parts of Russia, so they may figure that they could do better trading within the EU customs union than being frozen out.
  • While a lot of resource wealth goes into Moscow and St. Petersburg from some parts of Russia, there are a lot of other areas that rely on massive Russian subsidies to maintain their standards of living. If resource wealth gets cut off, St. Petersburg may not want to subsidize these backwater areas.
  • The Wagner Group is located in St. Petersburg. It is possible that a future civil war between the Wagner Group and the Russian government may lead to the Wagner Group wanting independence from Russia to keep its pseudo colonial riches.
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 14 points 6 months ago

It would likely be the end of Russia as a country.

The conquering of St. Petersburg was central to the modern formation of the Russian identity. After that, the lands were made integral to Russia. A post-Soviet Russia would never allow such a key part of the country to break away.

A post-Russian Eurasia would likely see at least four independent countries; potentially more. The eastern part of Russia would likely fall into China's sphere of influence immediately without much resistance from the rest of the world.

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