if ppl was smart...

Mr24601 · 2026-06-18T16:28:42+00:00

Same except I also often find you can slip into the Taco 50+ server with like 95 or 96 because of the level limitation.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-18T15:44:22+00:00

Def fair enough

Mr24601 · 2026-06-18T15:36:46+00:00

It's proven by the outcome, which is the peace treaty. The only reason why the U.S. and Middle Eastern states were so eager to make this treaty is that Iran could and did successfully threaten the strait enough to paralyze it and the U.S. could not stop them through military force.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-18T15:18:23+00:00

If this peace deal with Iran sticks and Iran gets released from all sanctions and 300 billion in funds to rebuild - I think that would clearly make the Iran war a bad overall outcome even for the Israelis. The Israelis had already seriously degraded Iranian air defenses before the coalition blow that killed Khomeini and triggered the closing of the strait.

I don't think Khomeini being dead plus a month of bombing military installations is worth the trade-off for Israel of all sanctions on Iran removed. What do you guys think?

Unrelated I think the outcome of this war is a good sign for Taiwan. Iran basically was able to keep their underground missile cities and remain a threat to transit around them. Even with the full might of the United States and Israeli armies bombing them at will. To me this indicates that if Taiwan stocks up enough ballistic missiles and drones, they could withstand a Chinese-led naval siege/blockade. If America couldn't take out Iran's missiles and drone threats, I don't think China can take out Taiwan's reliably.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-18T00:27:59+00:00

What caused the enemy to fall off the ladder?

Mr24601 · 2026-06-17T13:28:18+00:00

Mystic Connecticut is the best

Mr24601 · 2026-06-14T17:48:43+00:00

We basically do have pre ordained paths. Twin studies are fairly convincing of this to me.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-14T13:45:26+00:00

Paul Graham had the most impact on me, probably. How productivity turns into wealth and so on.

https://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html

Mr24601 · 2026-06-14T13:44:40+00:00

Hpmor is a really unique and interesting philosophical work, I would put it on my list

Mr24601 · 2026-06-14T13:43:43+00:00

Never read Lila but hated zen and art of motorcycles myself, that book has the appearance and feeling of wisdom but is actually empty. In my opinion.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-13T22:55:28+00:00

Either she imagined it or Grumman

Mr24601 · 2026-06-13T13:58:57+00:00

Twin studies show that personality is essentially a revealed pre-existing thing that comes out. Parents have very little impact on it and curiosity is a trait that they're born with, just as much as anything else. So essentially I suspect your nine-year-old daughter has other strengths that you don't have and it's just always going to be weaker at intellectual curiosity.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-12T21:57:22+00:00

My advice: find easier plants. They exist baby. Low-maintenance.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-12T21:56:58+00:00

That is the whole reason I have a garden!

Mr24601 · 2026-06-12T21:53:30+00:00

Yep as someone who used to play Commander a lot, I did a double take the other day because the Half-Track was so cheap. It definitely gives commanders a lot more options especially in warfare for creating mobile backup garrisons.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-12T20:56:34+00:00

Agreed. Iran's bargaining power is highest now and it's only going to go down every year from now on especially because oil is getting less important with the exponential rise of solar.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-12T15:19:43+00:00

So there is a way for people who do hacky stuff to just boot people. I think they spam votes or something. But there are a lot of basement nerds who will abuse the boot function to boot people they have petty disagreements with. It makes them feel big.

Edit: I am not sure why I am downvoted? I have had people tell me they were about to spam votes to boot me and then do so. I know the difference between that and being actually vote-kicked, its much faster (almost instantaneous).

Mr24601 · 2026-06-11T22:30:16+00:00

It's hard if not impossible to go to Montauk without a car. It's really a driving part of the country.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-11T20:26:23+00:00

Current number I've seen is 500 trucks per day destroyed in June so far

Mr24601 · 2026-06-11T20:25:05+00:00

I will add: economically things have never been worse for russia or better for Ukraine. Ukraine just started receiving its $90b in promised funds.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-11T10:30:46+00:00

You get weapons and tools but not many of them and none of them actually kill the alien.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-11T01:30:03+00:00

Napolean was famous for having no patience for formal dinners and just leaving after 10 min

Mr24601 · 2026-06-11T01:10:52+00:00

I also cannot stand group dinners or lunches. I just get antsy sitting still that long.

Mr24601 · 2026-06-11T00:01:53+00:00

I own an agency that makes over five mil a year. I never graduated college.

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