Accipitriform

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by Accipitriform 9y ago
Er, "The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War Perhaps NK shouldn't have been the aggres
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
'At least six J-20s are in active service, with tail numbers 78271-78276 identified. Another six were believed ready to be delivered by end of Dec 2016.[86] On 9 March 2017, Chinese officials confirmed that the J-20 had entered service
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
We certainly have done that in North Korea. We've given NK billions in aid in the expectation that the quest for nuclear weapons would end and NK would turn towards prosperity. No one said, "we'll just kill them". The go
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
"For the cost of a single death machine, the will for war could be bought: you just use it to deliver books and medicine and food, instead of death and mayhem and misery." We've done that for decades with North Korea, and you
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
Japan is also considering a F-35B purchase according to the article.
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
The claim is that the Chinese J-20 is "ready for mass production" and "combat ready", but the reality is likely different. It's also not at all clear how good are the stealth characteristics of the J-20. From the Wi
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
I have very little doubt the F-35s will excel in combat, largely based on this article: https://theaviationist.com/2016/12/08/four-of-the-most-exper... I think this quote from a Marine F-35B pilot regarding a
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
I agree except I might swap macOS with Linux, because there's a lot of helpful macOS-only software, a good selection of proprietary software, and I think macOS is generally easier to deal with. I recently moved to a job where my develo
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
"What's realistic about calling for a large-scale rollout of something which has never been built, in an industry where cost-overruns are typical? Shouldn't you build at least one before betting the farm on it?" (Sorry f
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
Actually one of the only realistic things you can do is advocate a large scale rollout of nuclear power to replace coal, primarily in the US, China and India. I'm not advocating dinosaur approaches like the AP-1000, but instead new, in
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
"Does the average f2p shovelware author really have the resources to implement a system like the one contemplated in this presentation? I doubt it." It doesn't matter. Take a look at Summoner's War, the top revenue MMO g
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
It's not happening much at all in NFL football, since it's a major penalty if caught, and it's hard to hide. I do hope helmet technology improves to handle inadvertent contact.
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
One claim is the near instant factoring of large integers...breaking a class of encryption that's widely used currently.
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by Accipitriform 9y ago
Hobbes put it best: "No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death: and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."