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Pseudo-history lecture (feddit.de)

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I sometimes listen to Russian radio and run it through Google translate. It's endless pseudo-philosophy that just goes on for hours and hours. Feels like it's a trope in the Russian world.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Can you share your process for doing that? I've been trying to figure out how to live (or close to live) translate TV and radio, but a lot of the tools I've come across seem to be geared towards cross-language conversations.

[–] Num10ck 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://github.com/davabase/whisper_real_time

[–] flyboy_146 2 points 9 months ago

That was surreal. 😶

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Google translate app (at least in Android) has a Transcribe button after you click the microphone. It works in some languages but not all.

[–] uis 2 points 9 months ago

TV

For your own sanity don't watch anything other than science and tech channels and cartoons channels.

[–] uis 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not all of them. https://youtu.be/N9eW-QRiamA

On blackboard you can see "#no war"/"#against war".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm referring to medium wave radio I can receive here in Helsinki. I don't expect licenses are granted for dissenting voices even if they exist.

[–] uis 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It had license until 2022. But its editor is known for pushing and protecting Moscow's ДЭГ where protocols are made up by Sobyanin.

Don't know what you can receive in Helsinki. Probably something from SPb.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/N9eW-QRiamA

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting 42 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Was it actually that crazy? My fragile mind can't handle direct exposure right now, but if you've seen it I'm eager to hear about it

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Putin is famous for dodging questions by rambling about random shit, but this time he really outdid himself by starting rambling not even a minute into the "interview" and going on for 2 hours straight.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 9 points 9 months ago

So basically it was an evil version of Harmontown

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

I'm only 20 minutes in so far but it's all been drunk history with Vladdy P. so far. Dude just really loves telling bad history. Calls the Kievan Rus "Russian", says that Ukraine is Russia, and blames Poland for starting World War 2.

The BBC had a pretty good summary that captured the context of the propaganda piece pretty well:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68248740

[–] Jtee 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I saw a clip and it just looks and feels like Russian propaganda

[+] [email protected] -71 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Don't listen to them. First thing putin asked was "do you want a talk show or a serious conversation?" You don't need to agree with him but the whole interview was a reasonable and civilized attempt to show the russian perspective to western audiences.

[–] Feathercrown 48 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And you're just going to believe Putin at face value?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I believe that he believes in what he's saying. He's been talking and writing articles about this for years. He's that out of touch with reality. Remember, he doesn't even use internet.

[+] [email protected] -28 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I'm gonna listen to what he has to say and make up my mind.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago

What he has to say is that Ukraine should be destroyed and ethnically cleansed. Why on earth would you want to hear more of what he has to say?

[–] Fades 24 points 9 months ago

Putin is the invader if he leaves the war ends. What more do you need to hear from the guy

[–] Tyfud 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nah.

You don't need to do that with someone like Putin. You're basically saying you're cool just listening to this generations Hitler and taking him at face value.

That makes you an idiot, a piece of shit, a Russian sympathizer/asset, or likely, all three. But you're definitely not a person who should be listened to or followed in any way. The entire point of your posting that is to try and create the illusion that Russia isn't the bad guy here.

So, and I mean this sincerely, go fuck yourself.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

You accuse someone of all sorts of things, and never give them a fair chance to defend themselves through dialog. Tell me again how this is a fair aproach. Sounds like you just want to shut down someone for fear of them being right and you wrong.

[–] Benaaasaaas 42 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Except for the fact that he's making a lot of shit up, I'm from eastern europe and none of his stories about Poland, Lithuania and Kievan Rus were accurate at all.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even if they were true, his point is that "we used to own Ukraine so we're going to kill people until we do again"

You know, like fascists do.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also Wonder if he lost a word about the Kievan Rus' which would give Ukraine a stronger claim on russian territory than what Russia claims for Ukraine belonging to it. Not that you should go there but that whole line of arguing doesn't even work for itself

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Of course he did not. That's why they removed the word Kievan from that term in History textbooks, it's now just Rus, no Kiev

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

~~russian perspective~~ Warmonger's perspective. Ftfy

[–] Freesoftwareenjoyer 39 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

But did they ask him how to patch KDE2 under FreeBSD? https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-does-one-patch-kde2-under-freebsd

[–] uis 2 points 9 months ago

Is it anime chat?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

busting

Very different use of busting from my perspective.

[–] Harbinger01173430 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Love how the Russian is white and blonde while the American looks like orange man with Hispanic hair 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Hispanic hair

[–] Rustmilian 1 points 9 months ago

You can easily make this about NK.