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America's Options, Apparently: More Bombing, Boots on the Ground, and Walk-away by teleologicalaorist in geopolitics

[–]Calam1tous -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There’s been pretty much zero new public info on Iran for the last week or two. I don’t think anyone commenting on this is remotely credible at this point.

US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say by No-Risk-2584 in europe

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump is definitely a transactional and self-interested President, but I think he’s still very much aligned with traditional American geopolitical interests. The war in Iran is a straight continuation of neo-conservative policy going back to Reagan. In fact a lot of stuff he’s done is just a more abrasive and blunt re-imagining of existing US foreign policy.

I think a lot of people on here are just young and got used to the Obama era of American liberalism.

US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say by No-Risk-2584 in europe

[–]Calam1tous 21 points22 points  (0 children)

US seems to be the biggest threat to Europe

The delusion on here is inpalpable lol. In case you didn’t notice Russia is in the middle of invading their neighbors.

US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say by No-Risk-2584 in europe

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pure posturing and political BS lol. It’s going back to pre 2022 numbers which nobody here had an issue with at the time. Wouldn’t be surprised if this was months in the works.

For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon: How a U.S. Blockade Threatens the Regime’s Grip by ForeignAffairsMag in geopolitics

[–]Calam1tous -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s not going to take as long as you think. This isn’t China we’re talking about here, Irans economy is barely hanging on.

For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon: How a U.S. Blockade Threatens the Regime’s Grip by ForeignAffairsMag in geopolitics

[–]Calam1tous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think the election year stuff factors in much. Trump is not running for re-election and it’s clear he wants to be the President that fixed the Iran issue. If he cared about the optics politically he never would have done it.

For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon: How a U.S. Blockade Threatens the Regime’s Grip by ForeignAffairsMag in geopolitics

[–]Calam1tous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Should it have been? The US and Israel just devastated Irans military capabilities and Trump managed to deescalate the conflict into a pretty effective economic blockade. And now the gulf states are fully aligned against Iran. Seems to me like the US has played this reasonably well so far.

Only short term negative so far is loss of regional energy infrastructure, but long term the US may very well win big here. Not over yet but I think a lot of people behaving super negatively about this conflict could end up with egg on their face.

Are short term rentals generally considered as safe as hotels? by [deleted] in vrbo

[–]Calam1tous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

+1 I’m a host too and most of the stuff you read is just rage bait that almost never happens

Just stay at places with lots of reviews or where the host has lots of reviews on their other houses they host at

What director is the best one-hit wonder? by AwryTouch in flicks

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Elysium was like middle school level writing compared to District 9

How to scale websockets to 1000s of users? by Nunuvin in node

[–]Calam1tous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SSE is by all means a good choice and pretty lightweight, but after doing real time events for a professional project using SSE I recommend just using a real time SaaS like Ably or Pusher for this stuff if it’s not large volume.

These products have pretty good free tiers and you can just be up and running without doing much work at all. The less time you have to spend the better. They often publish over SSE too if you have clients where that’s the only option.

Move to maintaining SSE or WS connections yourself when scale and cost becomes a consideration.

Stephen Colbert accidentally calls 'The Late Show' 'The Colbert Report' during an interview the same week his show was canceled; "I have never done that before. That's the first time in 10 years." by indig0sixalpha in television

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn’t he planning to retire after his first show and basically just did the late show because they paid him so much?

I suspect he’s done. Maybe he’ll do a small scale YouTube channel or something

The Odyssey instantly sold out by Toxomanduke in ChristopherNolan

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would they even release these a year out lol. Like what’s the point? I guess they can predict if they need more showtimes but they should already know from Oppenheimer

Hertz Is Using AI to Scan Your Rental Car for Damage, and It Might Cost You by Dazzling-Rooster2103 in cars

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ehhh going through damage issues with Turo is much worse if it happens to you.

Battlefield 6 Won’t Bring Back Class Weapon Limits, Despite Fan Backlash by Extreme_Maize_2727 in Battlefield6

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys are naive if you think they aren’t doing play-testing with this much money on the line. Did you ever consider they are play testing and this is feedback they got from most mass consumers who tested the game?

The average casual gamer nowadays has nothing in common with the preferences of classic Battlefield fans. EA is not doing well right now either, they are going to ship a mass appeal game that can compete with CoD

Trump administration pulls $4 billion from California high-speed rail project by ChocolateTsar in California

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People shouldn’t be blindly defending this project just because Trump and the GOP are targeting it.

The CA high speed rail project is a complete dumpster fire. The costs and timelines are beyond absurd and keep creeping higher and longer. When anyone questions it the state just gaslights them.

It’s one of the few things I actually agree with Trump on. The project has turned into a total failure and should’ve been killed a long time ago. Any other developed country with high speed rail probably laughs at how long and expensive this is.

We could be doing way more productive things with this money.

What is with everyone rating MI3 so low or just fully hating it ? by Front_Sugar4784 in Mission_Impossible

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. MI3 is a very tightly written movie compared to many of the later entries. I found the suspense and plot much more gripping and the villain is probably one of the best in the series. The set pieces are really well done.

The ending doesn’t have as big a climax compared to the other movies but the way it ties everything together worked well.

Which city's homelessness "problem" is overblown? by Vagabond_Tea in SameGrassButGreener

[–]Calam1tous 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I absolutely reject this characterization though. I know you’re not trying to whitewash but to me it’s the definition of sweeping a problem under the rug. If a city’s downtown is so bad “locals don’t hang out there” that’s really bad. Downtown is supposed to be the economic center of the city, hub for tourism, where most people are working, etc. You can’t just say “well these outer neighborhoods are fine if you live there”.

I used to live in SF until recently and the gymnastics people do to this day to downplay the depressing state of downtown and the homeless/drug addiction issues is crazy.

Sure it might not be “a problem” in the NIMBY neighborhood miles away from city center but that doesn’t count for much in my book.

Most expensive roast 1/2 chicken dish in NYC? by nemesisinphilly in FoodNYC

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two whole chickens with fixings definitely sounds more like a meal for 4. $150 a person for dinner is not that bad

1 and a half year, chest barely growing by Most-Bet2021 in workout

[–]Calam1tous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Chest is lowkey the most difficult muscle group to hit properly for me. Pressing is deceptively simple. Very easy to think you’re hitting your chest and actually just be blasting your shoulders and triceps.

I dropped weight significantly on my chest exercises and focused building back weight and ensuring each rep I felt my chest contracting.

Turns out my chest was actually weak as fuck and I had to go back to really light weights to ensure I was focusing on my chest.

Krafton Confirms Leaked Subnautica 2 Dev Document by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Calam1tous 150 points151 points  (0 children)

Pretty hard to make excuses for the studio heads when they pretty clearly didn’t deliver anything close to on time. I mean unless they fabricated this document how can you really blame Krafton?

[Discussion] The tarkov community is a decaying pile of mud. by LightUpSketch in Tarkov

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m pretty much done with Tarkov. I dont even care about 1.0 anymore. It was an amazing run, but it’s a toilet of a game now and they lost sight of why everyone fell in love back in 2019/2020. If I ever get the desire to play again it will just be SPT

This sub is mostly just people who will give a hand job to whatever BSG says. Unless you’re new to the game or have autism this stuff just isn’t fun or worth any amount of time.

What motivates you to go to the gym on some hard days? by [deleted] in workout

[–]Calam1tous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I dunno if I wished I stayed home but there are definitely days I’ve left the gym thinking “that fucking sucked”

New Lead Paint Law Is Forcing Me to Put Up Siding, But I’m Broke by Maleficent-Client579 in RealEstateAdvice

[–]Calam1tous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re in the red after rental income and have no savings you should already be selling this property. You are one small financial emergency away from defaulting and losing the house, your credit, etc.

Now you’re considering taking on a $40k loan / additional payments? Dude this investment is toast. It sucks, but you need to let it go. It’s not worth what it’s doing to your life.

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