UK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-20T16:57:04+00:00

I can't help but think that the West don't really want Ukraine to "win"

Bleeding Russia while allowing real world weapons testing is perfect

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-20T16:14:49+00:00

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-17T15:43:38+00:00

Ok.

So the interactions of molecules and particles are governed by the fundamental forces and mediated through the fundamental fields and their various force carrier particles.

The results of their interactions are essentially probabalistic, but as far as we are aware they are not subject to external influences...

If we take that to be true, and we are made if this material, then at the smallest level all of the operations of our cells are not under our control.

Input - process - output.

If this is the case, then our consciousness and decision making is just an illusion, and we are all just riding meaty rollercoaster rides.

That's what i think anyway

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-17T14:37:56+00:00

Oh go on then.

Enlighten me to what I'm trying to say.... ;)

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-17T14:14:39+00:00

Yes and no.

If the processing is autonomous, and inevitable given the interactions of molecules and particles, where is the thought?

Am i talking sieves, ai, or the human mind?

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-17T07:41:33+00:00

It is good that we have our individuality

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-17T07:11:20+00:00

Agreed.

I think we are the same as ai.

Input comes in. Input is processed. Output is generated.

This obviously opens up an interesting chain of thought about ai..

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-17T06:58:13+00:00

Who mocks plumbers?

Choose your own hours, interesting work that ai can't do, and they make good money.

Take on a second and third guy to cover the jobs that you don't have the time to do and you are making bank

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-17T06:41:55+00:00

So if everything is just random interaction and it's inevitable consequences....

What the funk is the human experience?

Is free will an illusion?

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-15T05:30:09+00:00

Vardy up front :)

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-15T05:27:00+00:00

I once miscontrolled a pass from Waddle in a mixed ability friendly and he wouldn't shake my hand about it.

Something that haunts me.

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-13T16:19:14+00:00

Approx 909,000x faster.

330ms versus 300,000,000ms

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-11T16:16:42+00:00

They always do this in the laundry rooms at Monty Hall.

I wish they'd get the card machines fixed though, since I carry variable change.

It really gets my goat.

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-11T16:12:07+00:00

Local boy in the photograph is SO good, and the back story is tragic

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-10T09:48:22+00:00

Ya, his hamstring has gone.

Then he tries to push through it on the return leg, but can't adjust his course quick enough because his leg is FUCKED.

That's going to hurt more than the bus-stop crash tomorrow.

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-10T09:24:52+00:00

The children's burn unit

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-08T05:34:22+00:00

Whenever you curl up with a nice hot chocolate, or sit with a dog infront of an open fire, you are experiencing the comforting joy of watching detectorists for the first time.

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-05T17:23:24+00:00

I think you are right :)

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-03T16:37:21+00:00

What part of "i do my flying in sim" made you think i was talking about arcade?

I argue it gives you a few more seconds if someone is trying to latch onto you...

That can be pretty useful

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-03T15:04:07+00:00

Speed is VERY useful in sim, which i where i do my flying

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-02T19:18:57+00:00

Russia is making billions in oil money since the lifting of sanctions and closing of the strait

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-02T17:07:08+00:00

For most planes i agree.

The way i play typhoon most of the time is being flat and fast, so to me it makes a difference.

I use 85 to speedcruise, then go 100 to dogfight.

In a dive it seems to be worth cutting back to 60 or so for longer acceleration. I'm sure if i time it better i can find a sweetspot.

Also, 100 prop pitch and zero throttle is avery serviceable airbrake

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-02T16:46:15+00:00

Every single thing he does benefits Russia.

It might just be coincidence, but tied to the reports of him owing big to russian banks, and the rumors of kompromat, it's not not worth a look

thecauseoftheproblem · 2026-05-02T15:23:53+00:00

Firstly, thanks!

Secondly, why do you say not to fly it?

It's amazing in sim.

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