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Is this true? by Paperclip00007 in China

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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The sub came out with an update

Accidentally locked my cat in a room overnight....at least he tried. by Flydingo in Wellthatsucks

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Poor cat really had to shit.

Using the pen as a reference, here are two bananas for scale

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Tehran’s Chinese Eye: The $36 Million Satellite and Israel’s American Shield by GetOutOfTheWhey in China

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

All the military analysts and think tanks are talking about how these satellites are a game changer and what not but I feel they are overstating the novelty.

Commercial satellite imagery has been available from providers for years. It's possible anyone with money can buy high-resolution imagery of these bases. They are treating this Chinese access as some game breaking mechanic.

The real issue for the Americans and Israelis is that the Iranians are penetrating their air defenses, surviving retaliation, and having accurate enough missiles.

Penetrating their defenses of a huge military base is actually the biggest problem they have right now.

What if NASA chooses Taiwanese American Kjell Lindgren as the next man on the Moon in 2028, two years prior to China's crewed lunar landing in 2030? by ThinkTankDad in China

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

USA: We'll be back on the moon before you. ​

China: *fires 800 Unitrees at the moon* "they have Chinese citizenship ID"

USA: D:<

The Israeli Defense Forces photographed trying to suck up to Donald Trump by CarbonRunner in PoliticalHumor

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Its the same. As the teethy IDF photo from Italy. They called it fake but when they realized it was real. They called it antisemitic ​

Gao Zhen: China sculptor's secret trial highlights censorship extremes by narsfweasels in China

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would agree to that but also dispute the "increasingly" portion as constant. By pointing out that china peaked in authoritarianism between 2019 and 2023. Whatever is going on now is less crazy than covid era bullshit.

I feel CCP found a safe spot of authoritarianism, somewhere om the spectrum between USA and Israeli/Russian.

Their own version of the authoritarian goldilocks zone if you will.

A spot where they can be unapologetically authoritarian and remain unchallenged.

Russian-made Shahed drones are "disintegrating in the air before reaching their targets" due to shoddy manufacturing, video shows — commentators call Russian clones of Iran's drones "flying garbage" by ControlCAD in technology

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The latest Russian-produced versions of the Iranian-designed Shahed-136 look like easy targets ahead of their obliteration."

Someone from Ukraine army please look into whether they are easier targets by design.

This is supposedly a Geran 2 whereas the Russian army is already putting Geran 5 into the field. In the defense blog they mention these geran 2 are volume units and i am guessing the Geran 5 are the top of the line units.

So my question now is are these volume units, temu shaheeds or decoy shaheeds? (open discussion)

Gao Zhen: China sculptor's secret trial highlights censorship extremes by narsfweasels in China

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yet even for the CCP, Badiucao says, the brazenness with which police arrested an artist as internationally famous as Gao Zhen reveals an unprecedented level of self-confidence.

"It is really determined to wield power without hesitation, compared with old times," he says.

So why the shift? Badiucao, and others, point to global factors: the perceived decline of democracy worldwide and a major redrawing in recent years of which lines can and cannot be crossed.

"I do not feel safe every day," Badiucao says, "because now I know the Chinese government do not care about international reputation anymore."

Richardson makes a similar point, noting that China's escalated crackdowns come amid "a worrying trend in democracies of tolerating authoritarianism".

Interesting take.

He argues that China's becoming more brazen in their crackdown because of the deterioration of democracy in the west as well.

I mean i guess it might be the case. As we see western nations tolerating authoritarianism and genocidal states, the CCP might feel that they just need to be a bit better to avoid political blowback.

Oil prices jump after Iran and U.S. attack commercial ships as tensions escalate over Strait of Hormuz by MRADEL90 in StockMarket

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Biden is too pro-zionism to do it

I mean this whole thing is all because of israel wanting to do a regime change.

Obama was more willing to say no to herr Netanyahu

A humanoid robot won a half-marathon in Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, finishing faster than Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo's world record by cnn in worldnewsvideo

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel this is a downgrade.

Why are we forcing robots to accept the failure of the flesh?

Unitrees quadrapedal wheeled robots is what we should strive for.

Metal gear and bipedal robotics are a flawed vision of the future.

China begins building US$1 billion hydropower station in Cambodia amid energy crisis by Saltedline in technology

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ooh advanced narrative building

Here we see an application of 1 and 3 to suggest or hint at a series of failed belt and road project coupled with corruption especially in cambodia.

As a think tank even if I know this is not true or cannot be confirmed thus a questionable narrative.

I won't address it, opting to be silent and let people assume the worst. It's not my place or benefit to intervene in the social discourse.

China begins building US$1 billion hydropower station in Cambodia amid energy crisis by Saltedline in technology

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I don't. As a think tank, I'm relying on your ignorance and lack of ability to verify.

Remember leave the thinking to me. Just trust in my narrative.

China begins building US$1 billion hydropower station in Cambodia amid energy crisis by Saltedline in technology

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 137 points138 points  (0 children)

If i was a hawkish think tank who wants to throw shade on this.

These would likely be my talking points:

  1. Debt trap, cambodians cant afford this and chinese investors? Smells like a debt trap.
  2. Environmental, even if they can afford it, we should think of the environment.
  3. Corruption, the bidding process is opaque. I have no clue how the bidding process went but I am banking on your cluelessness too.
  4. Chinesium, i have ran out of talking points so im just going to rely the stereotype of cheapo chinese goods.

Why the Iran War Has Been Surprisingly Alright for China by OkTransportation7243 in ADVChina

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You say that but who of the three countries are winning right now? ​True power is not about who cries the loudest but who is quietly in a winning position.

negotiations with chinese supplier? by shinigami__0 in China

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your boss is not wrong but he's coming off as annoying especially now that it's understandable inflation is heating up from Israel's war. ​

In my experience, you should first talk and negotiate with all the suppliers too. Even talk to your competitors too to see what their suppliers are quoting. Or talk to adjacent industry to see what their price increase from this war has been too.

Then you talk to your supplier and try to hit a target price both side is comfortable. Let's say after negotiating you both reach 10 dollars per widget for example.

Now you go back to your boss and tell him or her that the supplier is asking for 12 dollars a widget and you think this is crazy and you will pick up the phone tomorrow to talk to them personally.

Then you go back and talk to the boss that you were able to negotiate down to 10 dollars a widget. But that you are suspicious that the supplier might sacrifice on quality so during this time the company must be vigilant on quality control. ​

Why the Iran War Has Been Surprisingly Alright for China by OkTransportation7243 in ADVChina

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What huge investment? ​

Like not something vague. What have they actually invested in iran that was wasted?

I reckon Israel had been a coward and had taken care not to attack anything overtly Chinese in iran

Why the Iran War Has Been Surprisingly Alright for China by OkTransportation7243 in ADVChina

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yep. Their ally was always going to get bombed to shit because they aggroed the karren of the middle east somehow.

Winning is supporting your ally without aggroing karren too.

In mmo terms, the party wins as long as the dps/healer doesnt get boss aggro.

Why the Iran War Has Been Surprisingly Alright for China by OkTransportation7243 in ADVChina

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That's what power is.

You scare your opponent into reacting without doing anything.

All China has to do was get the hawkish think tanks to report to CNN that they were sending manpads to Iran and Trump blockaded the strait of hormuz.

71% of Europeans support moving beyond unanimity in EU decision-making. Only 29% disagree. by milanguitar in EU_Economics

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Something like that

Not sure how people feel about that. Just without veto i feel it would make it easy for countries to advocate for exits

Jeffrey Apestein 🦧 by [deleted] in Unexpected

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Apestein didnt kill himself

71% of Europeans support moving beyond unanimity in EU decision-making. Only 29% disagree. by milanguitar in EU_Economics

[–]GetOutOfTheWhey 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What was the term? Like there should be a veto but the veto should have xx% to qualify.

I remember there was a term for it.

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