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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trains (electric) or pipelines generally won't, but pipelines aren't everywhere you need them and trains can't be used for anything else in this case. Effect is the same: local shortages

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

so the way i understand it, at first refinery strikes had little impact because other refineries still had slack capacity. but even before that slack capacity was gone, it had a further effect that now fuel was not prepared in places it used to be, so it had to be hauled longer distances. meaning logistics is strained and some fuel is used to haul it, and also now fuel production is more concentrated

at some point that slack capacity was gone and fuel went from not where you need it to not existing at all. there already were shortages in some regions. that and still large demand for fuel for farming caused decrease in exports. there was a refinery that only produces products for export, and its output wouldn't be directly usable as fuel (they only distilled crude into fractions, still high in sulfur etc) but it was also hit so exports from it don't matter because these are none

at any rate these developments are on borrowed time because it only takes maybe half year to repair more advanced parts of refinery, so under certain droning intensity they can just roll on. everyone involved knows that, and looks like situation will get worse for russians

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago

oh no, how come my own actions have consequences

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

aluminum bars, they won't be able to work it into things like with iron. even if they do, they can't make more

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

…and that means retirees will literally starve and live on the streets? I don’t think it will. It will just be less luxurious.

you might think that japanese boomers have generational wealth in form of real estate. this is not really the case, especially for rural population. houses aren't built to last, lose value like motherfucker and are commonly demolished after 20-30 years, in part because people don't like second hand, in part because there's no point of building anything sturdier if typhoon or earthquake takes it. there is some newer construction that is intended to last longer, but it's not a very common thing. so a reverse mortgage type thing won't exist there, and yeah lots of people will get shafted by these conditions

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 4 weeks ago

Radio transmission doesn't require state-level capacity (yes there are other barriers like cost or skill) and waves don't care about borders. Receiving foreign radio was a big thing and it doesn't require special equipment

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action. were all these apps vibecoded?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago

beats lignite i guess

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

New-ish EU national IDs have NFC capability and certificate in them so you can probably sign something with that if you figure out how

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

thoughts and prayers if you're lucky, best that they can do now is vagueposting

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