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The Netherlands Built a Nix-Based Linux Desktop Because Microsoft Cut Off the ICC (itsfoss.com)
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When the U.S. government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in early 2025, the consequences were far-reaching yet quickly enforced.

The restrictions cut off the ICC chief prosecutor's access to Microsoft services, including email, followed by a freezing of his personal and institutional bank accounts in affected jurisdictions.

While this was happening, the Dutch government was watching, coming to the bitter realization that access to essential services depended on decisions made in the U.S.

Hence, their response to this is DAWO, short for Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid, or Digital Autonomous Work Environment for Government in English.

It is a framework that looks to tackle the government's digital stack, covering the OS, an office suite, collaboration apps, cloud services, IT management tools, and AI, with all of it being built around a NixOS foundation.

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[โ€“] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Trump single handedly removed like 30% of US soft power. Iran deal? Fucked.UN where they have permanent veto? Fucked. USAID? Fucked. American image abroad? Fucked. Ukraine assistance because of Europe allies? Fucked. American tech hegemony? Fucked. American military export to Europe? Fucked. Interceptor missiles stockpile reserve where you want to be on the good side to buy? Fucked (just gone). American energy transition for cheaper exports? Fucked. US Canada relations? Fucked. Trustworthyness? Fucked.

There might be some other stuff I don't remember from the top of my head but this together makes staying on US good side just not that appealing because the benefits are largely gone.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    30% ? You're optimistic. I'd say it's way more than that.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 month ago

    It's very hard to estimate the number. US still has the US Dollar, AI, most tech companies and entertainment industry as well as a lot of what I listed above still even though it's been reduced. Texas is becoming a green energy hub and California is still continuing the transition

    Trump is working hard on the USD though by attacking the reserve and running an insane deficit and you can see treasury yields climbing. I would estimate that the USD dollar and military exports are more than 20% each. The leverage that US has on countries just by deciding who to sell and not to sell army stuff to is massive. Also having the global reserve currency and being able to largely cut countries off from foreign currency and banking is huge as well.

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