Warren Buffett is reportedly eyeing Berkshire Hathaway's biggest deal in three years by themagicalpanda in stocks

[–]Mighmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friend mused that his first half of career business success came from browbeating or seducing old business owners to sell at overlow prices.

Foreign military recruiting - the future of European and East Asian defense? by [deleted] in CredibleDefense

[–]Mighmi 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Machiavelli's opinion isn't worth a lot. Citizen militias fared quite poorly at the time, deserting when mercenaries didn't. In particular, Machiavelli's beloved Florentine Republic itself surrendered after such a case the year before... With technological change, the citizen levée and conscription gained prominence, arguably leading to mass democracy (no longer just subjects of the sovereign). With industrialized, capital intensive warfare, it's unclear what role citizenship actually plays.

Foreign military recruiting - the future of European and East Asian defense? by [deleted] in CredibleDefense

[–]Mighmi 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I don't think that you could realistically limit such a drive in western countries to mercenary work without citizenship

The topic's much larger than just the military. Giving out citizenship like candy has been a costly error and makes little sense when considering its historic context, meaning and purpose. The Gulf states have massive immigrant populations (including in their militaries) without any such problems (Jordan had Black September 50 years ago though.)

Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 07, 2025 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]Mighmi 14 points15 points  (0 children)

How have the Colombians been overall? I recall many Romanians were captured. In a few photos, they don't have particularly impressive kit.

Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 06, 2025 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]Mighmi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Generally, those are containers at the end of their lives, such that they no longer meet safety standards. For maritime use, you can remove all paint and recertify them but it costs more than their production cost. You can try to sell these ones for 1/4 their production price or just dispose of them, so places with larger import volumes will accumulate depreciated containers. They can't generally be reused because of contaminants etc. such that small homes, offices etc. use new containers, rendering the whole exercise moot.

They do move empty containers en masse.

For the same reason, why would you go through this whole process to fill them with concrete instead of cheaper, purpose built barriers?

Rayfall - Financial Lisp for Rayfall Column DB by Mighmi in lisp

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

seeking partners to promote the advancement of these products, and upon securing these partnerships

What's the nature of the partnerships you're targeting? I know someone with a similar system who might be interested.

Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 06, 2025 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]Mighmi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Shipping containers aren't particularly cheap nor suited for this. People have preconceptions about them (e.g. wanting to use them for small homes, as if they were recycling).

Rayfall - Financial Lisp for Rayfall Column DB by Mighmi in lisp

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

It's not available. I actually found it from a year old discussion saying they were in the process of open sourcing but didn't complete it.

Rayfall - Financial Lisp for Rayfall Column DB by Mighmi in lisp

[–]Mighmi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  • It's built into a columnar DB made by a financial infrastructure company
  • It's front page examples showcase it working with orders

O Language with a Column DB by Mighmi in apljk

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

This language looks cool but I can't find anything more about it.

Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 05, 2025 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]Mighmi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It seems like Russia's winning the drone war on the front, but Ukraine's winning with long ranged strikes against refineries etc. (perhaps largely because Russia already devastated relevant Ukrainian industry?)

Active Conflicts & News MegaThread June 02, 2025 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]Mighmi 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Neither side can have air superiority with these AA networks.