Interesting Links for 17-03-2022

[andrewducker]

Why comments are usually terrible, and how to make them better

(tags:comments web )

I can see 29 distinct colours. How about you?

(tags:colour eyes genetics )

The happiness of love turns to sadness when unspent.

(tags:love dogs death sadness grief )

Disney employees are staging walkouts over company's response to the 'Don't Say Gay' bill

(tags:Disney LGBT )

Ukraine-Russia peace talks make significant progress as 15-point plan to end war drawn up by officials

(tags:Ukraine Russia war )

Americans overestimate how big minorities are (I'd be very surprised if Brits didn't think the same)

(tags:USA minorities polls demographics viaJennieRigg )

His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.

(tags:Jews singing religion computers death lgbt )

UK sets out action plan to tackle inequality based on recommendations from a commission that concluded there was no systemic racism in Britain.

(tags:UK racism )

Why Russians Support Putin's War Against Ukrainians

(tags:Russia Ukraine war polls )

France ends gas heaters subsidies, boosts heat pumps in bid to cut Russia reliance

(tags:France heating electricity Russia )

Russian war in Ukraine 'largely stalled on all fronts', UK claims

(tags:russia ukraine )

In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware

(tags:surgery airplanes )

Comments

[andrewducker]

Yup. Russia wouldn't be bargaining if it thought it could actually win this. And if we give it to them then I think that would be a mistake.

But promising that you'll do something while the enemy are shelling your cities doesn't feel like something that should be binding.

I'm not actively convinced that they *can* remove the ability of the West to harm them through sanctions. I think that doing so would mean they were a much poorer state, and that this is further than they are willing to go in the long term. (A few months, sure, but permanently moving to that?)