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by T-A 5y ago
Note even close: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html Global (reported) weekly cases are down to about half of the giant Omicron peak, i.e. still twice the previous record level (spring 2021).
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by T-A 5y ago
At least they are not threatening to leave him outside the ISS, as in "Ghost Fleet"...
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by T-A 5y ago
> and you know that how It's obvious, as already explained: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30621764 In the unlikely case that further elucidation really is needed: Poland didn't need to move the MiGs in o
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by T-A 5y ago
> Curtain 2.0 looks to be forming only around Russia And Belarus.
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by T-A 5y ago
> You can fly to the border, land in front of crossing, push planes over the border and let Ukrainians do whatever they want. That doesn't solve the real issue, which is, AGAIN, that Poland does not want those planes crossing into U
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by T-A 5y ago
> Fly them through Poland That means Ukrainian MiG-29s crossing into Ukraine from Poland. If Poland had simply handed over the planes to the Ukrainians in Poland, the result would have been... Ukrainian MiG-29s crossing into Ukraine from
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by T-A 5y ago
> Logistics were never the issue Of course. > transfer the migs themselves Again: how?
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> You're missing the point No, I'm underscoring it. > The planes can then go to Ukraine from the US How?
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The Polish proposal is so strange I find it hard to believe it's in good faith. Look at a map: Poland has a long common border with Western Ukraine, but instead it offers to fly the other way, to Ramstein, more than a thousand kilomete
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by T-A 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incid...
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Deepfakes, can you spot them?(detectfakes.media.mit.edu)
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> There are footages going around them turning (you can tell from the patches they wear) citizens away from checkpoints as they try to leave Do you suppose that may have something to do with things like https://www.newsweek.co
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Do you see anything about a signed agreement anywhere? All you have there is one sentence uttered by a British minister at a press conference, and for all you know, "military" assistance could mean exactly the same as for Ukraine:
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Pretty much. There is definitely no "formal guarantee", just a sound bite from a press conference: https://www.thelocal.se/20220304/britain-promises-military-a...
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by T-A 5y ago
> mainlanders do not see much to envy This is a classic case of citation needed. It's easy enough to do for the reverse, i.e. that the Taiwanese are not overly enthused by the prospect of "reunification": https:/&#x2
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> "thriving" is quite generous considering their economy https://www.statista.com/statistics/727592/gross-domestic-pr... https://www.statista.com/statistics/263775/gross-dome
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by T-A 5y ago
Fixating on TSMC is for myopic tech geeks. Yes, it's important, but not nearly as important in the grand scheme of things as: - A thriving Chinese democracy showing the mainland that no, they are not intrinsically incompatible with fre
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In 2014, after I’d just emigrated from Russia because of my opposition to the Crimea annexation, I bristled when Ukrainians told me the move didn’t erase my responsibility. I was sure I couldn’t have done anything to change the nature of t
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The Lithuanian ‘Elves’ Fighting Russian Disinformation(time.com)
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520/DEFCON/
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Viverse – Open, Secure Metaverse for Any Device User(vive.com)
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Russian nuclear “de-escalation” of future war (2019)(tandfonline.com)
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I wouldn't characterize it as hatred. He's actually trying to come up with an explanation grounded in history for how Russians can be doing what they are doing to his country, and for this: https://www.levada.ru/en
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There is also pretty nice "James Webb Space Telescope Virtual Experience" in VR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/891960/WebbVR_The_James_W...
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by T-A 5y ago
> The real rivalry will likely be something most Americans aren't even thinking of: India. You might enjoy this story then, if you haven't read it already ("2034: A Novel of the Next World War", co-authored by James S
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It's not hard to come up with scenarios where it happens. Here's a fairly realistic one, though this may not be the best of times to enjoy it: https://ken-follett.com/books/never/ As for the tech, it&#x2
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by T-A 5y ago
Minor nitpick: your yield numbers are a bit high. The highest-yield nuke in the US arsenal is the B83: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B83_nuclear_bomb It can be dialed up to max 1.2 megaton. Yields have come down since
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> The link you posted says the opposite of what you said Not at all. The claim I responded to is that "Afghanistan had a secular, left-leaning government in the 1970s - the US armed and funded the mujahideen, the radical Islamic jih
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There are a few steps between sneaking away from your unit and securing political asylum in Europe. Do you sneak away at the front? The opposition is hunting infiltrators, will they ask questions or shoot first? Do you sneak out behind the
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by T-A 5y ago
> You mean other than a policy of neutrality, much like Switzerland and Finland (and, to a lesser extent, Ireland) have pursued? Out of those, only Finland borders Russia. And they are having plenty of second thoughts: https:/&#x2F

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