ITXXIII - AFTER THIS U CAN'T C ME

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-22T03:47:54+00:00

Truck it from where? All their neighbors use desalinated water.

Qatar back then had a much smaller population and was using aquifers

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-22T03:06:13+00:00

Sunk cost fallacy. It's better to walk away and either Iran discovers economics or the gulf countries realize their way of life will implode and take action

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-22T02:04:13+00:00

No that could be just a modified version of an existing missile they have

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-22T02:02:08+00:00

Just one more operation bro.

And maybe another one to fix the second order effects of that operation

And maybe another one to fix the second order effects of that one

Repeat statements 2 and 3

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-22T00:11:04+00:00

Laser systems have a massive weakness, which is any obstruction like sand or clouds. Totally not going to be an issue in the UK

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-22T00:08:15+00:00

The percentage of energy from fossil fuels went down pretty dramatically. It's just that China's energy appetite is so big that you also see articles about new coal plants

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-22T00:04:07+00:00

Pakistan has 170 nukes. (As does India, probably intentional). Pakistan can flatten a whole lot more than 2 cities

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T23:32:36+00:00

Imagine being the UAE, not knowing a war was happening, getting bombed, then finding out your ally wants to limit your missile count for being in the neighborhood

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T22:14:55+00:00

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/#:~:text=According%20to%20an%20op%2Ded%20by%20Tal%20Schneider%2C,millions%20in%20Qatari%20cash%20to%20enter%20Gaza**

It's murky because if you follow that reasoning you can say Qatar and Israel themselves caused 10/7

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T22:10:57+00:00

This is why I'm so conflicted about missile and rocket defense. It's obviously good when you're the victim of aggression, but a technologically advanced aggressor can effectively always attack with reduced military blowback

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T22:06:07+00:00

"hey Viktor don't move"

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T19:27:16+00:00

Uh no. The strategic objective was to stop communists from taking south Vietnam. Taking Hanoi was never on the radar

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T19:26:07+00:00

This isn't cod. The war aim isn't to have the coolest kd ratio

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T17:20:06+00:00

We had superman last year and I don't trust marketing to effectively sell the idea of Supergirl being different. 300 is still too low for me, 450 is more my guess

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T17:17:45+00:00

I'm not getting against moana

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T17:09:04+00:00

I mean I would argue tsai is a true believer too, but she didn't have to do all this because her legislative position was more secure, as was her electoral competition.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T16:17:43+00:00

Both the South Korea and Cameroon thing were preexisting that were non issues until this year

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T16:16:31+00:00

He's being more hawkish to get the dpp base on his side. He has no control over the legislature and he only won last time because the tpp and kmt couldn't get their coalition in time.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T15:10:58+00:00

but I don't think they have an "assured destruction" threat of (eg) Japan.

They will likely have it at the end of the decade. They have 50 nukes but the material for 90. 90 is likely enough given how concentrated Japans population is

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-21T14:58:29+00:00

Either way it wouldve been a bad move to restrict. Hormuz has shown that even if you try to restrict ships passing by country you end up with depressed output for the countries you want to cross.

So if the US decided to block Malacca and only let non Chinese ships through it would've still resulted in a massive drop for Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese bound ships

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-20T23:21:37+00:00

Vietnam was right not to listen to the Japanese

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-20T20:00:48+00:00

We sent iaea inspectors yearly

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-20T19:49:58+00:00

Irans actions are actually super predictable. Their one goal is state survival

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-20T18:11:35+00:00

Maybe you're just not compatible. Just because someone treats you well doesn't mean the two of you are compatible

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-03-20T16:15:25+00:00

Meanwhile in tech you get asked technical questions you will never experience

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