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by jopsen 2y ago
I doubt Denmark will get nukes, nor am I sure I'd be in favor of nukes. But I can see the argument that having the ability to nuke 50m Russians might deter them from attacking 5m Danes. And I'd personally hate to sit in a trench.
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by jopsen 2y ago
True, but rarely do you get an opportunity to wear down a principal enemy by donating equipment to a democratic nation defending itself. Without any requirements that the US puts boots on the ground. It's in the interest of most countr
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Lol, Russia has long sold Iran whatever it wants in exchange for drones.
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Wasn't that what we the west did during the cold war? Is it not just that media is more fragmented and we've underfunded the fact providing media since?
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Probably, maybe, who knows. If a collective west made transitive trade embargoes, anything could happen. But yes, the world is growing, and the west is a smaller piece of the pie than we used to be.
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The west isn't full of US puppet governments. That's just propaganda. Most of us like the US. And we knowingly elect politicians who will promote a good relationship with the US.
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> For the first time in modern history, we may see a system of alliances emerge that credibly counter American economic and military might. During the cold war, there were certainly planners in the west that thought the west would loose
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Doubly so if parts imported from the US are also subject to EU tariffs. But I'm not sure how much this will affect the costs of fabs?
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US action following a Taiwan invasion could be shoot a few missiles at the invasion fleet. Declare all coastal areas around China a conflict zone. Declare anyone trading with China can't trade with the US. If backed by allies, China co
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Maybe, it's also a good deterrent. And without it, Taiwan would probably press harder for nukes.
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You don't risk nuclear war by shooting a few conventional missiles and establishing a blockade. (A) China would suffer intensely under a blockade. (B) A few missiles could ensure chip facilities are surrendered intact. (C) Even a short
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There are parts manufactured around the world (including the US), and the lithography machines are NOT the only step with only one vendor. US/EU economies are too intertwined to be decoupled. Just distancing the US economy from China i
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No to mention that NAFTA was renegotiated under Trumps first term. Still it might be cheaper to just give him worthless wins with no follow thru.
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> If we face the reality: Taiwan is a vassal state. The decision makers are simply owned by the US. The thing about US "vassel" states is they don't have to do what the US says. And sometimes won't! It's a classi
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> What I don't get is, in what universe is any US president going to engage militarily against China across the ocean, let alone the current one? A managed escalation would blockade China, or at least ensure the rest of the free wor
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> Is it a given that the US would come to Tawian's defence now In practice, probably yes, officially probably maybe. Giving a security guarantee would allow Taiwan to do provocative things, so hence, why there isn't a formal on
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by jopsen 2y ago
Subsequent president might realize that America might want allies, and if so they'll attempt to appear reliable. Current administration is fast tracking nuclear prolifiacian. A future president might want to stop such trends.
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By that logic we should surrender because Russia has nukes and say they are willing to use them. Or we should develop secret nuke capabilities and launch a first strike. Russia lies extensively. We can't moderate our behavior based on
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by jopsen 2y ago
Fair point. It's just we often see these "outrageous" statistics without perspective. What has it been historically? Are we still better off than soviet Russia? It so easily becomes: capitalism = bad.
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Top 10% is actually a lot of people! Wealth equality is not really a goal, it better to ask if the bottom 50% got wealthier in absolute terms, which the author answers in another post: https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2024&#
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You probably do cool down the surrounding area. But my guess is that the 1w/m² quoted by GP is no where near the energy we get from the sun. Quick Google says sunlight in the order of 1kw/m² (sure that's dependent on where yo
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Russia is, was and won't be at risk of being invaded by NATO. That's pure fantasy. NATO is a defensive alliance.
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The US wants increased spending because many small European countries spend that money in the US. Honestly, the interesting thing question here is: (A) Does the EU have to political will to bankroll Ukraine. (B) Will the US keep selling wea
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If we're scared of that why don't the US surrender. If that's the fundamental issue, everyone needs nukes, every small country. You don't want that. Living in a small Scandinavian country, I.do think we should at least d
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> Ukraine doesn't have the cards. Oh, but they do. We (the west) can't allow them to be overrun. So if they refuse to accept a deal, what can we really do? Starving Ukraine for supplies would be extremely dangerous. (That said:
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> the US shouldn't be spending so much money helping Ukraine in the war Russia has been a principal threat for the past 75 years. Donating equipment is a cheap way to wear them down. Dirty cheap. It's absolutely in US interest,
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Other option is to encrypt totp secrets and put the decryption key on a yubikey you tjen bury the in backyard. This way the key survives a fire.
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I think we should be careful labelling everything an LLM does as stealing. And I'm not saying there might not be things worth regulating. Just that 2025 is way too early. The technology is still evolving, we barely know what it can do.
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AI regulation before we even know what AI is or will do? Is this smart? AI service provider may choose to simply not offer services in the EU, because compliance is complicated.
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Is gen ai app development really that important? Does it make real apps? Or only prototypes and trash? Do we need quantity or quality apps?

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