tmnvix

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by tmnvix 7mo ago
> Iranian government’s issues with Israel are of ideological nature (according to the regime) Opposition to the oppression of Palestinians is not ideological.
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
A not-unlikely outcome in this war is the fall of many gulf monarchies. A great outcome for some. A terrible outcome for others (such as Israel and the US).
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
> ...they always have the Samson Option of nuclear-tipped missiles from silos and submarines. At which point Israel is over. I have no doubt about that.
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
I haven't seen imagery of damage to Israeli airbases, but plenty of imagery showing damage to US military bases. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0cIOMVBSbU . Worth keeping in mind that in the case of Israel, cens
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
> On the other hand, there is no way to "destroy Trump's career". The US system doesn't have confidence votes. You're stuck with him. If they lose the senate, then impeachment becomes possible, no?
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
> And what other leverage do they have besides them keeping the straight closed? They also have the potential for Houthi involvement - threatening shipping in the Red Sea. In addition the Houthis or Iran themselves are more than capable
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
> “For the purposes of this market, an ‘official ceasefire agreement’ requires clear public confirmation from both the United States government and the government of Iran that they have agreed to halt military hostilities against one ano
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
> either US/Israel starts it or Iran starts it - when they get the upper hand Iran's modern history doesn't suggest this at all. Quite the opposite - they have been continually invaded. To me, theirs seems like an explicit
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
> they have no moat beyond expertise and some tech advancement See my sibling comment. Their moat is the scale and structure of their industry. Some parts of rare earth processing are dependent on that.
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
As I understand it, some of these processes also require a sufficiently large industrial base to be even remotely economical due to a reliance on industrial 'byproduct' (for want of a better word). Because of this, some of these p
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
Australia and New Zealand too.
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
That decision was out of self interest. The US will do whatever it can to try to stop Iran succeeding in their strategy to raise the price of oil. So no. Not proved wrong in my opinion.
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
Well here's hoping they don't decide to take the US approach to 'living nicely': an absolute sense of entitlement to other people's resources all so they can have bigger vehicles and airconditioned forecourts to ref
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by tmnvix 7mo ago
And then look at how little distance you need to travel to produce 1kg of CO2.
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by tmnvix 8mo ago
People drive because it is convenient. If there are fewer parks it becomes less convenient and fewer people will drive. Why do we prioritise the convenience of those that want to park a car over those that need a place to live?
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
Quite possibly because they don't want to become the US and Israel's useful idiots - contributing to calls for war that could easily lead to the deaths of millions if past experience is anything to go by. If the US were serious ab
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
I'm beginning to feel this way about the US. Much more comfortable with Chinese foreign policy at this point. At this point, going on the past 50 years or so, it would take something quite extraordinary on China's part to convince
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
> We have been trying to fully automate lettuce harvesting for almost 64 hours, but we have not succeeded yet. Years, obviously. But it gave me a chuckle.
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
To an extent I agree with you. Some places and lifestyles (e.g. means of earning a living) don't make cutting back on driving a viable choice. However, these things can and do change (introduction of public transport and saner planning
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
How does cultural change happen? I would say it's often because people see individual examples in action. Some people follow those examples. Then more do. You are more influential than you think.
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
My point is that in terms of personal responsibility nothing comes remotely close to driving but a vanishingly small proportion of people are willing to consider this.
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
If only. Given how power and influence works currently, I would guess that those that have real control over these currencies would most likely use that power as they do now - to further their exploitation and pillaging of the earth with en
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
I was under the impression that there have been multiple large extinction events in the past caused by excessive anaerobic decomposition underwater that led to the oceans becoming swamps and giving off nasty toxic gasses.
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
Drive less. CO2 output per person in the US (all sources including industry, etc): ~13-14,000kg Average distance driven per year per capita in the US: ~20,000km Average CO2 output of current private vehicle fleet: ~250g/km Therefore, o
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
There is more than just one person behind Venezuela's misfortune. The external pressure to undermine the country has been immense and shouldn't be discounted. As always, not black and white.
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
Can't see it described as the world's biggest instrument on the wiki page - only the biggest pipe organ. Is it really bigger than the biggest carillon?
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by tmnvix 9mo ago
Very disappointing to see some of the arguments being put forth in favour of this blatant aggression. After reading through quite a few comments I'm left with the impression that very many people seem to hold some pretty dubious opinio
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by tmnvix 10mo ago
> Such as? I honestly can't think of anything. Jacques Baud, recently sanctioned by the EU for promoting conspiracy theories. https://data.europa.eu/apps/eusanctionstracker/subjects/1802...
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by tmnvix 10mo ago
One definition of authoritarian is "enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom". It would seem to me that the recent spate of sanctioning individuals - e.g. for 'disseminating misinformation&#x
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by tmnvix 10mo ago
A curated web directory. Kind of like Yahoo had. The internet according to the dewey system with pages somehow rated for quality by actual humans (maybe something to learn from Wikipedia's approach here?)

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