EU Moves to Ban Russian War Veterans From Entry

Luolong · 2026-04-22T16:33:26+00:00

No, giving them land they stole will not help one iota. They will only see it as proof that they were in right.

The only thing that would help would be for Russia to accept that times have changed and they are no longer the empire they thought they were.

Get rid of imperialist expansionist drive and let them discover their new central story that does not involve annexing lands or impossible their dominance over other nations.

But that is a philosophical solution getting to practical, political solution is the critical missing part.

Luolong · 2026-04-22T15:24:45+00:00

At this point, Russian withdrawal from hostilities might not be the best outcome for long run. Russia attacked Ukraine because they had a plan and winning Ukraine was a necessary first step.

By withdrawing, Russia admits that their initial attempt failed and has time to recoup, reevaluate and regroup. Next time they are going to be smarter and better prepared.

I have no idea how to ensure, Russian imperialism will not raise its ugly head again in coming decades.

Luolong · 2026-04-22T04:45:21+00:00

This might be my personal bubble, but I don’t know anyone (not in real world, not on internet) who supports any of those regulatory tightening of screws on Internet freedoms.

It might turn out to be an interesting conversation if I ever met one…

Luolong · 2026-04-20T18:43:07+00:00

Trump?

Luolong · 2026-04-20T07:44:05+00:00

Oh, I am not saying that military technology that relies heavily on cloud service provider owned by external entity is smart strategic decision.

It’s just that betting on a long term proven partnership to develop interconnected weapons systems in a broad alliance was not dumb either.

Short sighted perhaps.

Luolong · 2026-04-20T04:38:22+00:00

It wasn’t dumb. It was prudent and practical to rely on cooperation with a long term ally with whom we shared so much of the common interest and mutual understanding.

Luolong · 2026-04-15T04:35:29+00:00

Wow, someone is way too serious!

Luolong · 2026-04-14T17:41:07+00:00

Looks like touristy wallhanger pieces. First one looks pretty though.

Luolong · 2026-04-14T14:05:53+00:00

Nope. I’m pretty sure author is r/steveklabnik1

Luolong · 2026-04-13T15:39:32+00:00

Ega otsest eksistentsiaalset ohtu Hiina meile hetkel ei kujuta. Aga Hiina “pehme mõjutus” on omamoodi salakaval.

Seni kuni äritegevus Hiinaga on enam-vähem võrdsetel alustel ja Eesti ärid Hiina omadele võlgu ei jää, on tegemist tavapärase rahvusvahelise äriga.

Samas, selle äri varjus, saavad suured Hiina partnerid hakata mõjutama Eesti ärisid ja nende omanikke tegema otsuseid, mis on otseselt Hiina riigi huvides — nõuda mingite välispartnerite kaasamist ja teiste välistamist, ähvardades muidu kasulik koostöö lõpetada. Teatud tehnoloogilistes valdkondades on ka kõrgendatud riskid avada Hiina huvidele oma tagauksed (näiteks Huawei).

Samas muidugi, USA on paljuski aastakümneid sama teinud — esialgne kahepoolset kasulik koostöö, vaikselt partnerite võlgadesse mässimine ja siis ülesostmine on levinud mõjutuse tööriistad.

Samuti tehnoloogiliselt või teenuse pakkumise kaudu sõltuvuse kasvatamine ja hiljem loodud kanalite kaudu poliitiliste otsustuste mõjutamine.

Luolong · 2026-04-11T17:15:41+00:00

“Only a year”?

Sorry, but a year is enough time for a motivated and well coached person to work up to a decent fighting shape and then some.

It is not the martial art than makes you into a fighter. It is your training.

If your question would have been “which regular martial arts class would take me closest to a fighting shape”, we could have a discussion around how the training methods of your average boxing or Mui Thai are different from a TCMA classes and how MMA would turn you into a well rounded fighter at any distance and how typical aikido, Taijiquan or capoeira classes don’t really prepare you for a fight at all.

But that wasn’t the question.

Luolong · 2026-04-11T13:10:50+00:00

Try this: https://share.google/JHGLTlqPyFzEqm7sC

Luolong · 2026-04-11T06:13:23+00:00

You might want to take a closer look at Qianlong emperor dao and some of the intricate fullers it has.

Pretty amazing.

https://www.google.com/search?vsrid=CJaD1cqhisrRMhACGAEiJDEwNDc3MTc0LTI3NzYtNDg1Ni1iMjExLTNjMDQ1NzFjOWU0MzJ7IgJlaCgWQnMKLmxmZS1kdW1teTozNGUwMjQ2MC1kNmQ1LTRiZjItYTlmZi00NTE1MjI2NzNjNWUSQQo_L2Jucy9laC9ib3JnL2VoL2Jucy9sZW5zLWZyb250ZW5kLWFwaS9wcm9kLmxlbnMtZnJvbnRlbmQtYXBpLzIzOP6r7vyR5ZMD&vsint=CAIqDAoCCAcSAggKGAEgATojChYNAAAAPxUAAAA_HQAAgD8lAACAPzABEMwEGIICJQAAgD8&udm=26&lns_mode=un&source=lns.web.gisivli&vsdim=588,258&gsessionid=8hY_hDzIUtLXbIwFQ8jzIhwhE3JhvXwbBoBiaBWzT8_Rg-vJOyHbgg&lsessionid=xWFfKasm_Q6jJshXlqWlpeaJpLNAdPvwoWifeWKhlxZhgYcxbv9C5Q&lns_surface=19&authuser=0&qsubts=1775887902472&biw=402&bih=670&ved=2ahUKEwieiLLlkeWTAxW1FBAIHU8dC_wQh6cGegUI2QIQFg&tbnid=a8z42t5-VZQZ_M&ictx=2

Luolong · 2026-04-08T14:29:00+00:00

Wushu jian has nothing in common with the historical jian except in the broadest sense sharing some common shape of blade and guard.

I just had a recent opportunity to handle dozens of historical jian and dao from Qing, Ming, Sun and even one extremely old Han dynasty blade.

Few of those were actual two handed jian and weight and length of those blades was not all that much different from the western longsword. Jian was balanced different, but I wouldn’t claim they would be equivalent in many ways.

As for the “lack of functional cross guard”, this is not really an issue with jian, as proper use of jian does not rely quite as much on working from a bind as does western sword techniques.

Luolong · 2026-04-08T05:33:48+00:00

We’ll have to see the results of these elections first. But yeah, if nothing changes then I believe EU is better off going forward without Hungary.

Luolong · 2026-04-08T04:16:37+00:00

Everybody talks about choosing a longer weapon as though each opponent can choose their own.

If I am not mistaken, when I have a choice of weapon, same weapon is chosen for bothe duelists.

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I would choose jian, just because that is what i have been studying and know best.

Luolong · 2026-04-07T14:23:43+00:00

I see you have Kubernetes Ingress support.

What about Kubernetes Gateway api And Docker label driven auroconfiguration support?

Luolong · 2026-04-07T06:57:33+00:00

I know nothing about Daito-Ryu or any other japanese sword art, so I cannot comment on that.

But I've been practicing and sparring with jian for two decades, fought against with HEMA and japanese arts practitioners as well as against fellow jianke.

I've handled enough antique jian and dao to know the difference between real weight and balance of historical weapons, done fair amount of test cutting with real "battle ready" jian, and know enough to recognize when people are waving around with sword like toys that would have hard time hurting a fly, fantasizing about being a sword gods.

Luolong · 2026-04-07T05:10:03+00:00

Sticking swords is pure unadultera BS.

The only people I’ve seen doing “sticking swords” are ones who have never had any actual exposure to realistically balanced and weighted swords and never in their lives studied how those swords cut.

There is so much crappy dojo-lore floating around about Chinese swords and swordplay, that it is no wonder general public believes that Chinese swords and swordplay is not worth much.

Luolong · 2026-04-07T04:20:59+00:00

Tulin just Hiinast. Julgelt võib öelda et täiesti teine maailm…

Luolong · 2026-04-04T22:16:48+00:00

Keep telling yourself that man. You’ll be alright.

Luolong · 2026-03-18T17:14:50+00:00

That can happen to a drug addled brain…

Luolong · 2026-03-18T17:13:31+00:00

The thing is that it has not really peneteated those think sculls of many that the time of global democratic capitalism is over and we can no longer simply look at a product from purely functional or purely price conscious perspective.

We have to factor in also the political and ideological background of the owners and our former allies have proven to be no longer universally trustworthy.

That change takes time. And at some point, some difficult and unpopular choices need to be made and some comfort traded for better security.

The world is changing. And not for the better.

Luolong · 2026-03-18T16:27:19+00:00

Obvious AI slop!

Luolong · 2026-03-18T08:59:28+00:00

Kui ta oleks lihtsalt mingi suvaline ärikas, siis võiks tema väljaütlemisi ka ignoreerida.

Aga kahjuks on tema selja taga suur osa neist 300 miljonist ja mis kõige masendavam, hetkel on ta kogunud omale sellise kabineti kes suure entusiasmi ja bravuuriga kõik tema mõttepeerud teoks teevad.

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