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Social housing in the London area is only occupied by 47.6% foreign born nationals, which is technically not a majority. But that figure is from 2021, rather old, and in 2026 this figure may actually be a majority. Less than half (47.6%)
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China's Grey Market for Cheap Claude Tokens(chinatalk.media)
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A spaceport will probably use less water /s On a more serious note, the Cape Canaveral area / Kennedy Space Center has a large amount of empty land to build space infrastructure. The island has been dedicated to space facilities s
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Yes, the linked space.com article has an error. The launch is happening Tuesday the 19th.
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This war will be a large regional conflict but it won't expand past that. Neither of Iran's allies (Russia and China) care to join the conflict and defend Iran militarily. Iran is also a pariah state after firing drones and missil
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The article's conclusions are bunk. It's too US-centric and does not consider the political stances of other Gulf states. The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain have all explicitly rejected the toll as a political positi
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This is a silly article. It assumes the situation in the Gulf is finalized, calling the current situation "checkmate". It implies the game is finished, even when all sides know the status-quo is unsustainable. Neither side agrees
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The current state of VPNs in Iran right now: Somewhere in the country, a person with a smuggled Starlink terminal has it running and connected to a server. That connection is then shared (via VPN) with dozens of other customers. People buy
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> Can I just point you to the first line of Wikipedia's definition of law? Law is what's enforced, not the rules by themselves. Sure, and this is the first line of Wikipedia's definition of law [0]. Law is a set of rule
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The primary benefit of Plex/Jellyfin over using VLC is realtime video resolution transcoding. I can save the files at 8K resolution on my NAS, then configure the output resolution depending on the client device. I can watch content at
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Obviously. The point I'm addressing is that Iran does not have to maintain hostile relations towards Israel. The two countries had friendly relations for decades prior. Iranians themselves also want to end hostilities with Israel. Poll
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You've invented an argument I didn't make and then attacked it. That's a classic strawman. I never mentioned a Western-backed dictatorship, the Shah, or any conditions about Israel recognition. You invented that. My argument
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And replaced with the deeply unpopular Islamic republic? The current regime is extremely unpopular in Iran. The regime has around a 12% approval rating. Over 60% of Iranians want regime change. Ever more (69%) believe that the Islamic Rep
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When I first learned that Iran-Israel used to have friendly relations for decades, I was shocked. Genuinely surprised. Here's the relevant part of the wiki [0]: After the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948, Israel and Ir
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Sure, but Lebanon attacked Israel first (in 1948). Lebanon was the aggressor. Assigning blame to only one side is meaningless when both sides go tit-for-tat for decades. Both Israel and Lebanon are complicit in this mess.
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> the UN security council, which is both the judge, the appelate court, the supreme court and the enforcement mechanism of maritime law, has publicly declared they won't do anything about it. In any other legal situation, if the sup
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Iran does not have full sovereignty over the strait of Hormuz. Ownership of the the strait is split between Iranian and Omani territorial waters. Iran has sovereignty over the waters on its side, but Iran does not have sovereignty over the
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Very interesting, I wasn't aware of the full legal mess occurring at the strait. I found this detailed article [0], written by a law student, which discusses the Hormuz strait situation in the context of the past century of maritime la
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nit: The strait of Hormuz is not considered international waters. It's split between Iranian and Omani territorial waters. The strait itself is classified as a "transit passage" under Articles 37–44 of UN Convention on the La
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By "control" Iran doesn't mean they will operate or maintain these cables. They mean "pay up, or we'll destroy these cables when we feel like it". Modern day piracy.
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Nope, it's an invalid complaint. You stated "they [Japan] swipe up every single criminal they can, plus a bunch of random people" which is utter bullshit and a total fabrication. If you didn't invent lies, then your co
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The issues with your comments are: 1) You obviously don't understand the Japanese legal system. 2) You're very comfortable lying, and making up false claims about the Japanese legal system. 3) You don't address your lies when
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> In the US it's closer to 93% Yeah, you have no understanding of the systems you are talking about, nor any understanding of the numbers you are copy-pasting. You are comparing apples to oranges. The United States federal convict
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Github is struggling because AI-boosted coding increased the number of commits 14x in the past year, and the pace is still accelerating. The site is struggling to keep up. Github's COO confirms it here: https://x.com/kd
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Yes this is confirmed. Github activity surged about 10x in the past year: https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878 Platform activity is surging. There were 1 billion commits in 2025. Now, it's 275 mi
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Mentioning Kessler syndrome, especially in the case of Starlink LEO satellites, is the classic midwit signal.
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Banning Starlink is inadequate and won't change anything. China is building its own larger version with 25,000+ satellites. Russia is building its own network. The EU is building its own network.
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Starlink has been so successful, it is facing a lot of competition in the next few years. Every major power wants their own, national starlink network. China's state-backed starlink competitor GuoWang is putting 13,000 satellites in or
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What you wrote is very delusional and I suggest you read about Iran/Israeli relations pre/post 1979; as well as Iran's stance on Bahrain and the UAE. Read up about Iranian territorial ambitions. Also, read why Iran and Saudi

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