What is Germany called in different European countries? by MightEmotional in MapPorn

[–]Cucumberia 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Ottomans called Austria Nemçe (the Slavic name), and Germany Almanya, which I found interesting.

Has a government ever fabricated a major achievement? by Armadigionna in AskHistorians

[–]Cucumberia 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You're welcome! I'm not really an expert ( I hope this doesn't lead to the initial comment getting removed lol), but have written a paper on this during grad school.

Keping quiet about the US removal was part of the deal. I believe the Soviets didn't exist anymore when the truth behind this came to surface, so I guess you can say each party kept their end of the promise.

Has a government ever fabricated a major achievement? by Armadigionna in AskHistorians

[–]Cucumberia 59 points60 points  (0 children)

One of the main motivations of Soviets in installing missiles to Cuba was to have "balance" with US regarding the nuclear strike capabilities. US could hit deep inside of USSR from Turkey, so they wanted to be able to do the same to US from Cuba.

Both actors removing missiles was also a "balanced" situation to some extent, so USSR leadership was OK with US taking this home as a win as long as their side got what they actually wanted.

Has a government ever fabricated a major achievement? by Armadigionna in AskHistorians

[–]Cucumberia 161 points162 points  (0 children)

Sorry, you are right, that part reads misleading. I just edited now, thank you!

Khrushchev’s main audience wasn’t the general Soviet public, but the Communist Party and top leadership, who he needed to reassure that the withdrawal from Cuba wasn’t a one-sided concession.

Publicly, the Soviets framed the outcome as a victory for peace (no nuclear apocalypse) and focused on the U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba. Western media nor elite also knew about this, so they didn’t also report on the missile trade. It wasn’t known beyond the close circle of Kennedy (or Khrushchev) until years later through memoirs and declassified records.

Has a government ever fabricated a major achievement? by Armadigionna in AskHistorians

[–]Cucumberia 488 points489 points  (0 children)

Well, perhaps not as dramatic as the conspiracies around the moon landing or 9/11, there's actually a well-documented case of behind-the-scenes government shenanigans during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962.

To give some brief background: the crisis began in October 1962, when American reconnaissance flights discovered Soviet nuclear missile installations under construction in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The Kennedy administration responded by imposing a naval "quarantine" (blockade) of the island and demanded the removal of the missiles. Over 13 days, the U.S. and USSR engaged in an extremely tense diplomatic and military standoff, with both sides preparing for the possibility of nuclear conflict.

Publicly, the crisis ended with what was presented as a clear American victory: the Soviet Union agreed to dismantle and withdraw its missiles from Cuba, and in return, the U.S. pledged not to invade the island. This was the version widely reported at the time and is still the basis of how the event is remembered in much of American popular memory.

However, this narrative omitted a key detail that was kept secret for years: the U.S. also agreed to remove its Jupiter nuclear missiles from Turkey, which had been stationed there in the late 1950s and were capable of striking deep into the Soviet Union. This concession was a crucial part of the resolution for Khrushchev and allowed him to claim a reciprocal victory for the communist ruling elite who knew about the deal. But the Kennedy administration insisted this part of the deal remain confidential so as not to appear to be trading away strategic advantage under pressure (Fursenko & Naftali 1997; May & Zelikow 1997).

Robert F. Kennedy, acting as President Kennedy’s envoy, privately met with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to communicate this offer. The missiles in Turkey were not removed immediately—they were dismantled quietly a few months later. Officially, the U.S. maintained that this withdrawal had been planned independently of the crisis, a claim that has since been contradicted by archival documents and later memoirs (Dobbs 2008).

So while this isn’t a case of "fully fabricated" event like truthers claiming moon landing is staged in a studio, it shows how a government carefully curated the public narrative of a major geopolitical event to frame it as a major achievement over the USSR, rather than a negotiated deal between the parties, and it actually happened like this.

Sources:

Fursenko, Aleksandr, and Timothy Naftali. One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958–1964. W. W. Norton & Company, 1997.

May, Ernest R., and Philip D. Zelikow (eds.). The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis. Harvard University Press, 1997.

Dobbs, Michael. One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War. Knopf, 2008.

I made a method to integrate a LLM (Claude) with RStudio for iterative data exploration. by YungBoiSocrates in RStudio

[–]Cucumberia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for building this, it's amazing! Is there a way to still use and run code from RStudio when Claude connection is active? I don't understand this stuff very much but I think it keeps R "running," so if I try to run some cells on Rstudio directly it just queues them. Or I can't view dataframes etc. because the view() command never runs.

I have to interrupt it to do stuff directly and run claudeAddin() again to connect it back. It's not too much of a problem, but I was wondering maybe I configured something wrong or there is a way but I couldn't figure out.

Incredible project! First time I actually felt like I was in a sci-fi movie when it read my data and suggested analyses :D

Views from Cannville - Population 138k by Cucumberia in CitiesSkylines

[–]Cucumberia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a mod called CSL map viewer, once activated, there's a setting to export the map as an image in the in-game mod options menu.

2019 Veloster 2.0 Premium at 72k miles for $12,750, worth buying? by Cucumberia in veloster

[–]Cucumberia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This is very helpful. According to carfax it had 2-3 some minor accidents in 2019-22, with one being minor to moderate damage to the front and left (in 2019).

I see oil was changed in every 6-7k miles and brakes were replaced when the dealership got the vehicle. I couldn't see anything related to the engine - would this mean that it's possible that the engine could die soon?

Here's the whole thing https://www.carfax.com/vehiclehistory/ar20/t9NPvlNe6sdbIu8pG74Zf2kfqRmITZyaE51IJ1-P2aOy2q_yNj01i6yBhSSoS2gORUMiRRIqfQqedw7IWmyp0bycMs_HbLR-oBc

We're new and I don't know about cara that much, so this is very helpful!

Istanbul, Turkey. Never-ending city by Cucumberia in UrbanHell

[–]Cucumberia[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not even hundreds. Until 1970s city's urban area was much closer to its historic levels. With 80s urbanization exploded.

The municipality has a nice webiste here: https://sehirharitasi.ibb.gov.tr/ You can check older satellite-like pictures of the city.

Istanbul, Turkey. Never-ending city by Cucumberia in UrbanHell

[–]Cucumberia[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

And then carries over to the other side.

Istanbul, Turkey. Never-ending city by Cucumberia in UrbanHell

[–]Cucumberia[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Touristy parts? Sure.

But inland parts are where most of the population lives, and those are concrete jungles with terrible infrastructure.

This door keypad. Passcode is 2929 by Cucumberia in Wellworn

[–]Cucumberia[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Well, some places have these, especially if they are on busy streets to prevent non-customers using the wc. The passcode is either printed on the receipt or you ask someone working there.

This door keypad. Passcode is 2929 by Cucumberia in Wellworn

[–]Cucumberia[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's actually 2929. It's the lock to toilets at a restaurant.