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The Internet will go to the Arctic. Russia has a crazy plan

  "The Russians are laying optical fibers in the Arctic. This will make the Internet available for the first time in this region. The Kremlin is to use it to build a military advantage," reports Reuters. The Polar Express, the name of the Arctic submarine communication cable, operated by the state-owned company Morsviazsputnik, is part of a government project to bring high-speed internet to remote but hydrocarbon-rich areas in the north. Moscow is striving to build the necessary infrastructure not only to exploit the deposits there, but also to strengthen its military presence.

 The optical fiber is to be laid by 2026 and will connect the village of Teriberka on the Barents Sea to the Far East port of Vladivostok. Arctic bases and ports, as well as cities in Kamchatka and Sakhalin, would use the Internet. The implementation of this project is to cost the Kremlin nearly $ 890 million."

 Let’s send a broiler to the Arctic. He will stink there, doing nothing and will ruin the mood of the Russians.


 

Pekinas puola Tencentą: „intelektinis opijus“ Kinijos jaunimui

 

Beijing attacks Tencent: "Intellectual opium" for China's youth

"No industry should benefit from destroying an entire generation." A Chinese state media attacked video game providers with fierce accusations. The stock market reacted in panic, Tencent promised changes. 

The Chinese government is continuing its campaign against the country's tech companies. The next victim is Tencent, one of the most valuable companies in the world and the largest corporation in the country. Gustav Theile Editor in business the news site Economic Information Daily, which is part of China's official Xinhua news agency, published a report in which, according to media reports, video games were initially referred to as "spiritual opium" and "electronic drugs". In the meantime, according to the Bloomberg news agency, the text has been taken offline, the drug comparison is no longer in the currently accessible version. 

"No industry and no sport should benefit from wiping out an entire generation," a scientist at a national research institution is quoted as saying. Otherwise, it is also a violent attack on Tencent. According to the report, the company controls more than half of the € 36 billion video games market. The tech giant's share price fell by almost 11 percent at times, causing the stock market value to drop by up to $ 60 billion. Later the minus went back to about 7 percent. 

Tencent then announced a number of measures to protect minors and prevent addiction. 

8 hours a day Honor of Kings 

The report cites "shocking data" on video game addiction among minors, according to a translated version of the article. According to surveys, almost two thirds of minors would often play online. A student is quoted in the translated version as saying, "Some classmates sometimes play 8 hours a day Honor of Kings," a multiplayer video game from Tencent Games that, according to the article, has more than 100 million daily active users. Another student reported a “feeling of dominance” because she successfully played “Clash of Clans”. The father complains that his children's school performance has suffered from their online addiction. The children would have skipped breakfast to save money and secretly buy new cell phones. In other cases described, children even attacked their parents with knives because of their video game addiction. "The excessive use of online games has a double negative impact on the physiology and psychology of minors," it said. The physical fitness of the children is suffering, the nearsightedness is increasing. 

The industry hires professionals who try to exploit the psychological weaknesses of the players. The companies are called upon to improve youth protection and addiction prevention. 

The entire industry is affected 

Tencent responded to the article on Tuesday. Minors should only be allowed to play one hour on weekdays and no more than two hours on weekends and on days off. In addition, children under the age of 12 should no longer be able to make in-app purchases. For the entire industry, the company believes a total ban on video games for children under 12 is possible. In the past, the Chinese government had repeatedly expressed its skepticism towards video games and introduced rules to protect children from gambling addiction. Tencent is now the most prominent victim, but the entire industry is affected. The share price of smaller competitor NetEase, which is also mentioned by name in the article, also fell significantly. Korean, Japanese and European video game providers also fell on the stock market. 

The government in Beijing has focused on a number of industries and companies in the past few weeks and months. Measures were taken, for example, against the transport service provider Didi, which went public in the USA, private education providers, Bitcoin mining and, in November, against the tech group Alibaba and its financial services provider Ant Group. The reasons for the steps were mostly with antitrust and data security concerns." 

Applying for asylum is a sacred thing in international law, so pushing the migrants back to Belarus doesn't pass the smell test

 "Agnė Bilotaitė, the Minister of the Interior, who signed the order, allowed the migrants who crossed the border to turn around this week. As a result, Lithuania has not received any reaction from EU countries, but peace may not last long. General Jonas Žemaitis Lithuanian Military Academy Associate Professor Vytautas Isoda probably has difficulties deciding how to react to Lithuania's actions. 
"The order of the Minister of the Interior to turn migrants is contrary to EU values," Isoda told Lietuvos Rytas television. According to him, an ambiguous situation has arisen: "Lithuania seems to have  the finger pointed at for not coping with this crisis."  We may lose a number of cases before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and even pay compensation to migrants who have lodged complaints. "Applying for asylum is a sacred thing in international law, so pushing the migrants back to Belarus doesn't pass the smell test."

 


Prieglobsčio prašymas tarptautinėje teisėje yra šventas dalykas, todėl migrantų apgręžimas atrodo nelabai skaniai

  "Apgręžti sieną neteisėtai kirtusius migrantus šią savaitę leido įsakymą pasirašiusi vidaus reikalų ministrė Agnė Bilotaitė. Dėl to Lietuva iš ES valstybių kol kas jokios reakcijos nesulaukė, bet ramybė gali ilgai nesitęsti. Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademijos docentas Vytautas Isoda svarstė, kad Vakarų politikai patys turbūt neapsisprendžia, kaip reaguoti į Lietuvos veiksmus. 

„Vidaus reikalų ministrės įsakymas apgręžti migrantus prieštarauja ES vertybėms“, – „Lietuvos ryto“ televizijai kalbėjo V.Isoda. Jo teigimu, susidarė negera situacija: „Lyg ir reikėtų pagrūmoti Lietuvai pirštu, kad nesusitvarko su šia krize.“ V.Isoda įspėjo, kad Lietuva, kaip ir kadaise migrantų neįleidusi Vengrija, gali pralaimėti ne vieną bylą Europos žmogaus teisių teisme (EŽTT) ir net sumokėti kompensacijas skundus pateikusiems migrantams: „Prieglobsčio prašymas tarptautinėje teisėje yra šventas dalykas, todėl jų apgręžimas atrodo nelabai skaniai.“"


Hysterical rulers

 "A. Zuokas also said that most of the ruling politicians are artificially creating hysteria and looking for enemies. "The problem with politicians today is the desire to show that he is doing something. ...> [These] are too complicated conflict people who built their political capital only during the conflict and only in the conflict do they shine. Let’s take the same current foreign minister, Mr G. Landsbergis. Let's take Deputy Minister Mantas Adomėnas, these people can only cause war, and even when the representative of the same party is the Minister of National Defense ... Of course, here is [Gintanas Nausėda's] mistake "In reality, this was his biggest strategic mistake. 

We can also see changes in the ruling coalition. "I think that the coalition should change in the autumn, because as far as I understand how much information I have, such things are happening," he said in the show "Conversation with Daiva Žeimyte-Biliene"."

Isteriški valdantieji

 "A. Zuokas taip pat sakė, kad dauguma tarp valdančiųjų politikų, jo vertinimu, dirbtinai kuria isteriją ir ieško priešų. „Šiandien politikų problema yra noras pasirodyti, kad jis kažką daro. Tam reikia kurti aštrią žinutę, todėl kuriama isterija ir priešai. <...> [Tai] yra per daug sudėtingi konfliktiniai žmonės, kurie savo politinį kapitalą sukūrė tik per konfliktą ir tik konflikte jie šviečia. Paimkime tą patį dabartinį užsienio reikalų ministrą, G. Landsbergį. Jis per daug konfliktiškas, aišku, dabar palaiko kitą kalbėjimo toną. Paimkime viceministrą Mantą Adomėną. Šitie žmonės tiktai karą gali sukelti. O dar kai tos pačios partijos atstovas yra ir krašto apsaugos ministras... Be abejo, čia [Gitano] Nausėdos klaida, kad jis atidavė vienai partijai užsienio reikalų politiką ir krašto apsaugos ministeriją. Tai buvo didžiausia jo strateginė klaida. Realiai jis sau pasiliko tik vidaus reikalus, į ką dabar konservatoriai jį ir bando nustumti“, – kalbėjo A. Zuokas. Pasak A. Zuoko, rudenį galime pamatyti ir pokyčių valdančiojoje koalicijoje. „Manau, kad rudenį koalicijoje turėtų bręsti pokyčiai, todėl, kad kiek suprantu, kiek turiu informacijos, tokie dalykai ir vyksta“, – laidoje „Pokalbis su Daiva Žeimyte-Biliene“ sakė jis."