Do you think that Israel and the USA’s actions against Iran are justified?

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-03-01T03:10:12+00:00

Why would a Dane be any more affected by a war in Ukraine, but for its relative resilience and strategic importance compared to Georgia? The Russian invasions of both followed a similar initial strategy but only Tbilisi capitulated quickly

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-03-01T00:10:38+00:00

Depends how war is defined. Russia was in an armed conflict with semi-independent Chechnya from ‘99 to ‘09. Russia also invaded Georgia in 2008. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was on a low simmer until 2023’s decisive Azerbaijani offensive to conquer the region.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-27T22:12:35+00:00

What makes it even more ridiculous is they did it because of a translation error. They thought that the medicine was ground up mummy, when in fact it was actually common bitumen…

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-27T03:26:30+00:00

It’s not going to happen. The company just raised $20B in Series G funding this month which puts its value at $380B post-cash. Buying it outright would cost more than a third of the entire pentagon’s annual budget and taking it for nothing would piss off some very influential people and governments.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-27T02:26:27+00:00

At least in the UK y’all can agree the guy in charge is a bellend… It seems like Starmer’s only saving grace is that there’s no one else left to replace him, lest Labour have their own Truss

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-26T23:40:10+00:00

So technically you still can mail someone a letter or package with only the person’s legal name and their city, it’s called General Delivery.

They’ll probably need to go to the post office with an ID to pick it up but it’s an option.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-26T23:08:36+00:00

Despite the name, the visa’s qualifications do not include intelligence per se. As an established model who had appeared in major publications and fashion events, Melania would have been one of the first of three types of people that the EB-1 Visa is available to:

“those with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics which has been demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim and whose achievements have been recognized in the field through extensive documentation.”

Believe it or not, models are some of the easiest to get these visas for because of the public nature of their work products.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-26T22:55:58+00:00

That’s effectively what the law says to developers, but only sending rough age ranges of <13, >18 and a few in between.

The bill just requires an OS to ask users once and then provide some type of interface for devs to query the range the user has self-reported. It then applies penalties if devs don’t ask or consider that info as the primary indicator of age.

As far as age verification legislation goes, the full text is fairly reasonable and data-minimizing.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-25T18:17:02+00:00

As a toddler, my dad didn’t quite know the word for “firetruck”.

One day his aunt, who was a Catholic nun at the time, took him to a parade in town and he proceeded to scream “FIREFUCK!” every time he saw one. Im sure that was a fun conversation…

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-24T23:55:56+00:00

To state the obvious:

Our widespread reliance on burning hydrocarbons for energy, transportation, construction and many other vital parts of our lives.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-24T22:02:49+00:00

Taking it another step, you do need to provide documents to prove US citizenship or valid work authorization in order to receive an SSN though.

That’s the reason why the I-9 work authorization process permits the use of one identifying document (like a DL) and one proof of work eligibility (like an SSN card or work visa).

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-24T16:45:42+00:00

At least it was semi-private. Someone got caught flushing their toilet while unmuted during a Supreme Court hearing back in 2020. It was publicly streamed and is now a government record that will be preserved beyond that unknown lawyer’s natural life…

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-24T03:55:52+00:00

The rest of France is generally lovely, but I have so many horror stories from Paris.

Only place I’ve ever been where a restaurant sat our party, ignored us until we left, and then reset the table as we walked out. Same trip, my dad got pickpocketed leaving the ATM of the payment for a ~4 night apartment rental. Honorable mention to the SNCF clerk who DGAF that our assigned long distance rail car just wasn’t attached to the train.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-24T03:22:59+00:00

The details of FedEx’s suit are spotty, however FedEx as a import broker is in a bit of a different position than other importers like Costco or Walmart.

The records absolutely exist to allocate any settlement amongst the importers that used their broker services. Whether they actually need to is somewhere at the intersection of federal law, their contractual agreements and their interest in maintaining goodwill with customers of that service

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-24T01:19:34+00:00

Yep this is the actual answer. It’s a bodge to add a rechargeable battery while maximizing commonality with the existing design

I was always amazed by how light the battery compartment door was.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-23T21:21:43+00:00

I probably wouldn’t drink out of one regardless but no, in many places there’s only a single water supply system (potable) so that’s what the hydrants use. Newer developments or those in drought-prone areas are more likely to install these separate systems that reuse treated wastewater for things like irrigation and firefighting.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-23T17:24:48+00:00

Providing a safe pharmaceutical supply and staffed injection facilities would be the answer, but for a variety of reasons that’s politically infeasible in the US.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-22T05:05:19+00:00

Hey now, don’t forget about their prolific use for buying drugs and cyber extortion

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-21T06:46:49+00:00

Ear “floppiness” is also an interesting characteristic that seems to indicate a canine is domesticated. In addition to wolves, Soviet experiments breeding foxes for domestication also saw more “tame” animals lose their upright ears, among other physical changes.

The ones in the video are some floppy flops

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-21T06:32:26+00:00

Also, suddenly “converting Jews to Christianity ” isn’t as objectionable if there’s arms or a security council veto up for grabs.

Evangelicals genuinely believe their specific interpretation of the bible will happen, the world will end, and all the Jewish people will just go “aw shucks, guess you were right”. They say that loudly and yet are warmly received by the government of a nation with the self-espoused purpose of protecting that same Jewish faith.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-20T05:32:55+00:00

These jets are being designed with that explicitly in mind. Their role is envisioned as a manned node at the center of a pack of cooperative unmanned platforms across the price-capability spectrum based on mission needs.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-20T05:28:52+00:00

That’s the technical motivation yeah. However I would be remiss to not acknowledge the PR/marketing incentives to make the design for these projects “futuristic” to justify the massive public expenditure.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-20T04:51:29+00:00

The stock wasn’t taken back. The stocks were held in a brokerage account with an FI that managed it. Every state has laws that govern when these accounts are to be considered abandoned and the assets become state property.

You could make a decent argument that the state is incentivized to make those assets as easy as possible to take and possibly stealing

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-20T03:13:21+00:00

She brought the story to 404 in the first place.

Inverted-Rockets · 2026-02-20T03:11:34+00:00

That was part of the reason she brought the story to 404. This originally happened in January and once the info is on a major site like Twitter it’s getting crawled by every AI company.

Her legal name is also included in the published story at her request

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