Lvxferre [he/him]

There are four imperatives you could use here:

• kauf or kaufe - used with “du” (informal, singular)
• kauft - used with “ihr” (informal, plural)
• kaufen - used with “Sie” (formal, sing. or plural)

All four would be grammatically correct here, but using the informal forms towards someone who you aren’t acquainted with sounds a bit too bossy, too rude. So I’d recommend using the “Sie” forms instead.

I also recommend changing the verb. As @superkret@feddit.org said, the Nazi used the slogan “Kauft nicht bei Juden” (don’t buy from Jews), and the association is still strong.

What if you were to say instead “buy from Europe”? I don’t speak Lithuanian but “pirk iš Europos” sounds a bit more succinct.

Italian: “compra europeo” sounds better. Two reasons:

1. wrong verb - “acquistare” is more like “to acquire, to get”; “comprare” is closer to what you want.
2. wrong conjugation - you’re telling someone what they should do, that requires the imperative, not the infinitive.

The Portuguese one sounds okay. For the dialects spoken in Europe “compra” would probably sound a wee bit more casual, but “compre” is still 100% fine.

“So, those guys generate positive advertisement for our games. How do we stop it, and make sure that public opinion shifts to «Nintendo is cringe and you’re a loser if you play this shit»?”

Also, what the fuck is with Japanese law, criminalising modding?

The focus of what Torvalds said is the concept of tech singularity. TL;DR “nice fiction, it doesn’t make sense in a reality of finite resources”. I’ll move past that since most of the discussion is around cryptocurrencies.

Now, copypasting what he says about cryptocurrencies:

For the record, I also don’t believe in crypto currencies (except as a great vehicle for scams - they have certainly worked very well for the “spread the word to find the next sucker holding the bag” model of Ponzi schemes). Nor do I believe in Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, or the Easter bunny.

For those who understood this excerpt as “Tarvalds thinks that cryptocurrencies dant ezizt lol lmao”: do everyone a favour and go back to Reddit with your blatant lack of reading comprehension. When he says that he doesn’t believe in them, he’s saying that he does not see them as a viable alternative to traditional currency. (He does not say why, at least not in that message.)

And for those eager to babble “ackshyually ponzi schemes work different lol lmao”: you’re bloody missing the point. He’s highlighting that a large part of the value associated with cryptocurrencies is speculation, not its actual usage. Even cryptocurrency enthusiasts acknowledge this.

I apologise to the others - who don’t fit either category of trashy people I mentioned above - for the tone. Read the comments in this very thread and you’ll likely notice why of the tone.