I think the article is clear about what it means by that. It mentions that technically Russia was slowly gaining territory, although at a cost that might not be sustainable. And now those gains have slightly reversed - at least for now (and hopefully that trend will continue).

Says the idiot who can’t understand anything I wrote, and/or refuses to read it.

I didn’t start this shit, asshat, you did. I read the article. I’ve explained myself well. Ohers understand, just you fucking don’t, so fuck off and stop being a prick.

I know more about the world than you ever will, little boy. Now fuck off.

If lemmy was any larger, I’d suspect you of being a bot. You certainly sound like AI.

Nothing you’ve said has ANYTHING to do with anything I’ve said, and it’s clear you have in no way comprehended anything I’ve written. And others certainly have, as we’ve had a discussion about it.

So, whatever, dude.

Have a day.

I did read the article. what it is that you thought you brought to the conversation that I was not aware of?

“For an additional fee”

I don’t think they’re allowed to take past money like that, though. They can increase monthly fees, sure.

but of course as we all know, laws don’t matter in this instance.

In rereading my comment, my ADHD didn’t allow me to note that I was intending them to be canned, perhaps buying time from another cannery not operating at full capacity.

I think if we had programs to look for excess produce, it might make sense. We already have logistics out there. I think it could still economically make sense - supporting farmers, still low cost food getting to food banks (who order food wholesale from somewhere, since monetary donations go further, so we know they use money to purchase things. Maybe agreements with local grocery stores to have these things delivered there… or wherever they pick up the wholesale food from).

Even if it did make sense, we still wouldn’t do it. I just think it might be something we could figure out had we the will to.

Apparently, never put your peaches in a can if the company goes bankrupt. :(

My uneducated take: Leaving the trees means you can’t plant something else to make money. Leaving the harvest just means peaches will eventually drop on the ground and rot because there’s no reason to harvest them since there’s nobody willing to buy them.

It’d be nice if they could organize some sort of program to harvest enough to send them out to food banks everywhere and figure out how much they needed to do that. Or even figure out how to buy them at a price that makes sense from the farmers - this final season, adn then perhaps help them to get new crops going. Or maybe wind it all down over a few years, paying to can and send them to food banks…

…but we live in a nation where the party in control absolutely will not help anyone in need, and even our other party takes enough money from corporate interests that they will only help us as a last resort. Sooooo… there’s that.

I hate you. But I upvoted you.

But I hate you. ;-)

Peaches came from a can

They were put there by a man

But the factoryyyyy is no mooooore

Apparently it’s the Oranges of Kerosene. ;-)

Ah! I hadn’t heard about Del Monte. That’s a loss. I may only be buying store brands these days, but still, they’ve been a staple during my lifetime. I hope this is not the harbinger to further damage to our food chain - food is already expensive right now.

That is absolutely fucking hilarious.

I also don’t think contracts work that way, otherwise that shit would be WAY more common. heh. But I’m also pretty sure nobody will see a penny back anyway.

I’d feel bad for them if they weren’t fucking in the middle of turning our nation into a fascist hellhole.

Back in 1995, I did “0300” work for AT&T - customer service for residential long distance customers. We used Xerox machines of some sort. I don’t remember all that many details, but it was probably a successor to the Star systems. There was a GUI and windows, although almost everything we did used terminal-type windows, connecting to various systems to look up information and make necessary changes. I do remember there was a GUI-type app for the ANI - automatic number identification - that basically gave us caller ID (number, no names) when we got a call. It didn’t always give us the number, but usually did.

I was so young and hadn’t learned yet (with my then-undiagnosed ADHD) that phone jobs were NOT a good fit for me… I’d log in each day to customize the colours and sizes of things, which it wouldn’t save once I’d logged out. But I couldn’t stand the defaults, and also it slowed me down getting on the phones (although it counted against me and was part of the reason I lost that job - time spent outside of the queue. heh)

Toma.toes

Ah, man, I would give so much to register autoexec.bat lol

You’ve inspired me. I’d pick , and watch the world fucking BURN. :)

i think we’re pretty much past that era, honestly.

Taco Bell wouldn’t know what to do. :)