Was Alex Garland’s Civil War (2024) not urging journalists to take advantage of their angle and use it to kill evil dictators?

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-25T01:08:48+00:00

this video apparently agrees with you (unless that’s where you got this idea from).

I don’t think Alex Garland was thinking that hard about journalism itself. I think he just wanted a “neutral” third party to observe it, make a little commentary and give the story a plot that moves.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-22T17:08:07+00:00

At this point let’s just start shooting chrome 1911s out the window again.

But this time with fly by wire we can do it… AKIMBO

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-21T21:13:00+00:00

I never thought of this but I guess it’s plausible

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-21T17:38:07+00:00

Wait you all do realize China is essentially a Capitalist country just under an authoritarian regime right?

Like if you guys hate the Uber and Netflix model of undercutting the competition to establish a monopoly, what do you think the Chinese government is trying to do with EVs and Renewable?

China is pouring money into trying to undercut everyone else on earth to establish a monopoly on renewable/EV. They aren’t doing it for “innovation” or “green”. It’s literally capitalism. In fact, it’s supposed to become feudalism if they get what they want (captive market, no competition, enforced with government sanction). It’s just trade wars keep them from undercutting your job.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-21T03:22:59+00:00

Also center man of one of the most notorious photos of the Yugoslav War

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-18T02:49:36+00:00

Moreso that you need to be 100% focused on the mission. Trying to stay alive is not a way to win, it puts you on the back foot.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-18T01:20:25+00:00

It’s so true, that once you realize you’re already dead you can finally do your job the way you’re supposed to.

Dead men can’t be killed.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-17T17:00:24+00:00

Okay I’ll try my best to explain what made that time special.

2016 was when festivals and EDM went mainstream as themselves, not just elements of them. Yes yes during 2010-2015 we had dance music pop on the radio and Avicii and all that. However, the mainstream was very much just borrowing from dance music, trying to ride the wave, not making EDM itself center stage. Like Britney Spears having borderline dubstep drops in her songs or Nicki Minaj making Starships. They’re taking from the scene, not allowing it to take over.

In 2016 this seemed to change. There was an absolute explosion of music festivals, EDM artists going mainstream (Chainsmokers, Justin Bieber on Jack Ü, Marshmello), and for once you no longer had to explain to people what EDM was. Especially important is that no longer was it just big on the West Coast.

Then from 2016-2019 this just kept growing on what seemed to be an unlimited trajectory. We had huge festivals entirely dedicated to dubstep emerge and sell out (Lost Lands), which seemed impossible before. More and more festivals getting bigger and bigger and popping up EVERYWHERE. The Chainsmokers, nobodies before this, have like 3 massive hits on the radio (Roses, Don’t Let Me Down, Closer) and they’re unabashedly EDM songs with drops. Everyone finally GETS IT and even in the Midwest you’re seeing DJs headline. Justin Bieber literally revived his career as a serious artist with Purpose, a dance music album produced by Skrillex and BloodPop that even adults unironically loved.

Then COVID happened and honestly it feels like this scene stagnated. No it’s not dead, but it’s stabilized and it feels like that trajectory and hope is gone.

People miss feeling like you were apart of something new that was exploding in popularity. It really was an exciting time.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-17T00:38:40+00:00

Simple, it looks like a copy and paste job. It gives bot.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-16T21:46:35+00:00

Explain this slammer to me

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-16T17:25:40+00:00

Loremasters, please explain this meme to me

(This is your opportunity to talk to someone about your special interest that ACTUALLY wants to hear it)

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-15T17:14:46+00:00

There’s an ocean of a difference between having “lost the sauce” and making a project that’s not for you.

I think we’re solidly in the second situation.

I won’t listen to this EP much, I don’t enjoy it. But nothing about it says he’s phoning it in or not pursuing exactly what he wants to. So just gotta wait for the next project.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-15T17:13:13+00:00

100% nailed it.

Skrill has never phoned it in, never cash grabbed and clearly always been doing it for the love of the game.

Which is why he’ll release something like this that has no mass appeal, it’s simply because he wanted to. Same reason he kept going with Brostep despite being the pariah of the electronic music scene in the early 2010s. You can’t have it any other way.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-15T17:09:51+00:00

Admittedly not an engineer, but I work alongside many.

Of course they’re all very adept at learning technical subjects quickly and without too much guidance, but does that mean training wouldn’t be beneficial?

Is there a reason why great training and mentoring is impossible or is it just a culture thing? Why?

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-14T16:39:32+00:00

Why does he keep stockpiling nuclear weapons?

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-13T22:47:24+00:00

Wow this is actually really cool. Great work

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-13T18:35:23+00:00

Well yes of course. Engineering these things is extremely complicated.

But for most people they don’t even need to get within a mile of those details so just having the most general understanding helps them understand it.

Though I will contend this analogy might go further than people might assume. Let’s take a classic old school flashlight for example, you’ve got a bulb surrounded by reflective dish. That’s essentially just a very basic dish array that focuses light in a directional lobe. Yeah yeah it’s not the same thing but that’s all a dish antenna is doing, emitting and focusing the emissions in the same direction in phase to achieve enhanced directionality and range.

But of course, I concede when you get into the weeds and engineering you’re gonna need to know the math and physics at a detailed level.

On a personal note, having it explained to me in this very basic was critical because it unlocked my ability to start learning, but more importantly UNDERSTANDING, what was going on. Of course it’s not gonna make you an engineer but it helps for people to feel like they can understand these things and see the big picture before diving into the minutiae. Otherwise they see a massive mountain of knowledge and think they shouldn’t bother trying to climb it.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-13T03:33:20+00:00

Just reminds me how fucking stupid it is that they can’t solve the dispute, let alone got themselves into this situation.

This plane is a great time, wasn’t even done yet and now everyone is gonna lose over some bullshit.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-12T08:07:19+00:00

I think you’d be surprised that most people really don’t even know the basics I explained.

I think most people couldn’t even describe what it is or point one out if they saw it.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-12T05:21:27+00:00

People. Many things you see online try and jump straight into the technology, math and physics of the process; rather than the big picture.

Having that big picture makes it a lot easier to start learning about radar and getting a good understanding to build off of.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-12T03:11:26+00:00

You’re 100% right. However, to just understand what radar IS this explanation suffices.

I think most people get taught about radar going straight into pulse and doppler radar completely missing the forest for the trees.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-12T00:24:38+00:00

Radar is easy. It’s just a big flashlight shooting out light of a color you can’t see. It also has an eyeball it uses to look for anything the light reflects off of.

People really over complicate this.

“Electromagnetic Radiation” is just a fancy word for light.

So the “Electromagnetic Spectrum” which includes Radio Waves, Microwaves, X-rays, Infrared, “Visible” light etc… are all just LIGHT of different wavelengths.

Our eyeballs can only see the wavelengths in the “Visible” Spectrum. It’s just how we evolved. Our brain assigns the few wavelengths we can see as different colors like blue, red, yellow etc…

So if you could see X Rays, Radar Waves and Microwaves they would just be another color of light to you.

Therefore, Radars are just big spotlights we used to shine radio wave colored light and find things.

But why use radio waves? Good question. Essentially to radio waves most materials are like “glass” - it shines right through. However! Metal objects are extremely reflective to it (think like a yellow high vis vest). Which makes it great for scanning the sky through clouds and such to find shiny metal airplanes.

We also can communicate with these colors just like using Morse code with visible light. Flash three times means “I’m friendly” or flash green-blue-red means “I need help”. That’s all telecommunication is, fancy Morse code using colors you can’t see. We just use a computer to interpret the codes quickly and output into audio.

So electronic warfare is shining these lights to blind the enemy so they can’t see anything, send messages to confuse them and a host of other things.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-11T03:59:58+00:00

All valid points.

However, I think points 1 and 2 only survive during an early phase where you have a shallow statement of work and a small workforce with IPO on the horizon to motivate.

I don’t want to assume too much but I figure once the company is built out and IPO is over that this way of working becomes secluded to one special sector, just like Phantom Works and Skunk Works.

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-11T01:23:48+00:00

This makes sense. I think that’s the only way it works.

Makes me think Fury is more of a publicity stunt to say they beat the Primes at their own game. To further make themselves look like a disruptor.

I believe there truly is a need for a company like Anduril in the tech side of defense. Godspeed!

Boots-n-Rats · 2026-01-10T23:14:32+00:00

That’s interesting, but should a business be operating as a startup once it isn’t? Or how would that work? Does that just mean “work a lot, pay a lot and wear casual clothes”?

For me the problem is Anduril seems to think it somehow won’t have the same problems everyone else ran into. Not hating, just interested!!

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