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by tristanj 7mo ago
Because Costco is not universally cheaper. Costco discounts a few categories of products to lure you to shop there, but has higher prices in other categories. Fresh produce, meats, milk, and cereals cost more at Costco. Bulk packaged foods,
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by tristanj 7mo ago
Nope, Israel did stop its strikes on Iran. However, they did not stop bombing Lebanon. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-backs-iran-truce-opp...
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The ceasefire is over. Iran launched three waves of ballistic missiles at Israel after the ceasefire was announced; the first wave happened about an hour after the ceasefire announcement, then another 5 hours after, then another 8 hours aft
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A silly argument. The US and Israel also have drones. These drones can reach Iran. By your logic, the US and Iran have physical control of Iran.
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> their highest moral authority banned them from doing that This means nothing. Iran says one thing publicly, then privately does another. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country will not develop ballistic missiles with a range exceedi
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It's still a victory. It postpones Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities by a decade, and kicks the can down the road so another administration can come back and clean up the mess again.
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It is not possible to take your moral high-ground "war crime" argument seriously, when Iran is doing the exact things you are accusing Israel of doing. Iran is actively targeting: 1) Desalination plants (confirmed strikes) http
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Iran is already teetering on the brink of collapse, the country is suffering from a decade-long economic crisis, and massive riots nearly tore apart the country earlier this year. It is highly urban country, where 75% of people live in mode
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Iran's "toll booth" only functions because they shoot missiles at ships that don't pay up. If they didn't shoot missiles, nobody would pay. They have no legal ability to do this; the strait is split between Iranian
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It's a lack of compute. Anthropic is growing double digit % every month, and they're growing faster than they can acquire compute resources. Plus, they do not want to overbuild computer, like what OpenAI is doing.
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Those subscription plans are a loss leader. Anthropic would rather have you pay per-token for their API, where they actually make money. By cutting subscription limits, they push people towards using their API. And it's working, there
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The conflict is far from over, this ceasefire is unsustainable as neither side wants to agree to the demands of the other. A ceasefire mostly benefits the US, since it can bring in more military assets across the globe. Ships and troops are
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by tristanj 7mo ago
Ah yes, a comment from the morality police. According to international law, if the electrical grid directly enables Iran's military, then it is a valid military target. In every major conflict since WWII, electrical infrastructure has
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by tristanj 7mo ago
No, it would achieve the three primary goals of this conflict. It would cause catastrophic economic damage to Iran, and given how politically unstable Iran currently is (millions of people rioted earlier this year), the regime would not sur
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by tristanj 7mo ago
I disagree. Iran was about to lose. If this ceasefire had not happened, the US and Israel would bomb all of Iran's electricity and fuel facilities. That's what was supposed to happen today, and is what forced Iran to the negotiati
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by tristanj 7mo ago
Yes, Iran built underground caves specifically to store their attack speedboat fleet. The US and Israel bombed the entrance to one on Qeshm Island multiple times, and it's unknown how many boats are still functional. More information h
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by tristanj 7mo ago
I disagree. If this ceasefire had not happened, the US and Israel would bomb all of Iran's electricity and fuel facilities. That's what was supposed to happen today, and is what forced Iran to the negotiating table with an hour to
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by tristanj 7mo ago
I disagree. If this ceasefire had not happened, the US and Israel would bomb all of Iran's electricity and fuel facilities. That's what was supposed to happen today, and is what forced Iran to the negotiating table with an hour to
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by tristanj 7mo ago
You've got the wrong premise. Iran was actively developing nuclear weapons, and officials even admitted to it when interviewed. https://www.memri.org/tv/former-iranian-majles-member-motaha... Former Iranian Majle
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Completely untrue. Iran has no legal rights to Omani waters, and has no physical control over them either, since Iran doesn't have a navy.
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by tristanj 7mo ago
Those reports are old. IAEA inspectors have not been able to access any of Iran's nuclear facilities since the start of the 12 day war on June 13, 2025. Currently, nobody knows what Iran is doing with their nuclear material.
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Iran "controls" the strait by shooting missiles at any ship that passes through without paying them a protection fee. This includes ships that pass through Omani waters, which it has no legal control of. It's terrorism, and a
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by tristanj 7mo ago
Iran doesn't have legal control over the entire strait; approx half of the strait is Iranian territorial waters and the other half is Omani territorial waters. For Iran's toll system to work, they would need to strike at ships sai
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by tristanj 7mo ago
Kamala Harris would have started this exact same war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48DxQTPOouU Sometimes, it doesn't matter who you vote for.
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by tristanj 7mo ago
JCPOA was a really stupid, badly designed deal, it never placed any limits on missile or drone production. Obama wanted a deal badly, and it was rushed through negotiations without addressing this point for a quick political win. Iran kept
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Escalate, how? By bombing gulf countries infrastructure? So they cannot produce oil, gas, and water; extending the humanitarian crisis to the rest of the Gulf countries? Doing so does nothing to prevent Iran from being bombed itself. Iran (
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by tristanj 7mo ago
It will not happen. The only way Iran can enforce the fee is by actually shooting missiles at ships that don't pay. This is an act of war and terrorism; and in our current international order, is not viable solution. The UAE, Saudi Ara
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No chance. A nuclear strike on Iran won't achieve anything that a large number of conventional strikes would.
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by tristanj 7mo ago
I explained the primary cause of this war here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684632 This war is happening today, to exchange a future nuclear war with Iran with a conventional war today. The US and Israel can fight
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The USA and Israel could always win the war, at any time, by playing the "destroy all your power plants and fuel facilities" card. They've been sitting on this card the entire time. They don't want to play it, because it

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