I don't think it's about SWIFT, it's probably the sanctions on the Russian central bank, which are unexpected and harder hitting.
So far it seems the war isn't going their way, the Ukrainian resolve is stiffer, and worldwide support is pretty decent ( in terms of armaments, financial, humanitarian, etc.). And sanctions have been quick and hard.
I wouldn't be surprised if a man used to getting his way is throwing a fit. Considering the invasion ( there's no way it ends well), it's time we stop assuming Putin is rational.
I hope there are people around him who can stop him.
This makes me sad, you are so confident that a government can never do the right thing, that the only solution you see is to prevent any progress, and anchor yourself to a local minima from the past.
Society needs it’s members to believe that they can improve it, that they are represented by a government, and that they can influence it’s path. Anything less is an authoritarian regime. Such deep seated cynicism shows that we are far down a bad path.
If you don’t believe that the government will accept regulations that protect its citizens, at the expense of losing surveillance, then the primary goal is to replace that government, not to fight a losing battle for the sunlit uplands of a disappeared past.
> These aren't engineering decisions, they're business decisions
All engineering (including "real" ones like civil or mechanical) is about fitting your requirements within budgets. When one's building a skyscraper, you try to build it in a way that minimizes the cost while satisfying all requirements (it shouldn't fall down given such and such conditions, etc.)
Engineering is largely the art of solving problems that fit in real-world constraints and one such [major] constraint it cost. When you build software, you're not given 10 years, a research team and infinite money. You're given just enough resources to build something that satisfies requirements and is the lowest cost (financially and temporally). There's always a way to build things "better" but that's not the point.
"We report the case of a 7 month-old girl that presented with acute anemia, generalized muscular hypotonia and failure to thrive. Laboratory evaluation revealed cobalamin deficiency, due to a vegan diet of the mother."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18293883
So far it seems the war isn't going their way, the Ukrainian resolve is stiffer, and worldwide support is pretty decent ( in terms of armaments, financial, humanitarian, etc.). And sanctions have been quick and hard.
I wouldn't be surprised if a man used to getting his way is throwing a fit. Considering the invasion ( there's no way it ends well), it's time we stop assuming Putin is rational.
I hope there are people around him who can stop him.