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  • They have also been installing solar powerplants at a lightning rate. They installed more solar in 2023 than the US has in total according to an article I read a few months ago.

    It's not about saving the planet though, they import the bulk of their fossil fuels, moving to renewables reduces their fuel import dependency

  • Pirated software send information about the fact of piracy to developers, the developers sues. How can this be prevented?
  • You don't need to give the VM network access to download the software if you have a linux host. You can directly mount a virtual box drive from the host, copy the file(s) onto the drive and then unmount it and start the VM as per normal.

    Search for qemu-nbd iirc (network block device) - I have the how to details saved on my host (ie not on me) so ping me if you want them. Note it's a qemu app that works for vbox

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    Major European think-tank urges Western allies to seize Russian sovereign assets to financially support Kyiv’s war effort
  • There's a simple reason the assets haven't been seized, we have a legal system in Western Europe. There needs to be a legal basis for seizure of assets and a legal process that allows the on-payment to Ukraine.

    It is blatantly fair and just that the assets should be handed to Ukraine, but if we don't carefully follow our legal principals principles then courts will unfortunately overturn the attempt.

    It's easy to say "Russia has broken international law" it's a tougher task proving it and working it through the courts then paying those damages to Ukraine. It needs to be done though.

    The only alternative to legal judgement and payment via that judgement is for laws mandating the asset seizure to be passed by the governments of the countries where the assets are held.

    The problem with that route is many constitutions forbid or severely restrict the ability of a government to seize assets.

    Those restrictions are there for a reason, it curbs the ability of nascent dictators (Orban et al) to seize private property on a whim or to punish enemies

    TL;DR freezing assets has a clear and well established precedent which thus has been done. Seizing assets however, while ever we have rule of law is rightly constrained

  • What are you reading/listening to this week? (February 8th, 2023)
  • Back in a hospital bed again so continuing a theme and am now doing tgeb"Witches" sequence. This is:

    "Equal Rites", "Wyrd sisters", " Witches abroad ", " Lords & Ladies", "Maskerade" and "Carpe Jugulum"

    I've just finished Wyrd sisters, I'll do a summary when I've finished the sequence

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