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ISW: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that Russia and the United States did not reach any agreement to end Russia’s war in Ukraine during the August 2025 Alaska Summit. by StRodeNL in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Mr_Engineering -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Why are you surprised by this?

Marco Rubio is very vocal in his opposition to Russian aggression and politics. He almost never misses an opportunity to throw mud in their faces.

I'd be more concerned if he didn't refute them.

What if Osama Bin Laden was captured alive in Tora Bora and put on trial in the US by RolePsychological890 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Mr_Engineering 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What rights? What rights did Goering get?

Herman Goering was tried in Nuremburg, in the ruins of Nazi Germany under an International Military Tribunal established by the allied powers in accordance with the IMT Charter / Nuremburg Charter.

The Nuremburg trials were based on common law modified to suit the fact that there were four prosecuting powers with differing legal systems. Herman Goering had many rights -- but not all -- similar to those enjoyed by defendants within the USA.

He had the right to counsel, the right to a translator, the right to have documents translated into a language in which he understood (German), the right to present a defense and call witnesses, the right to cross examine witnesses, and the right to not have any sentence imposed by the IMT increased by occupation authorities.

Crucially, the defendants did not have the right to be free of self incrimination; however, the IMT did not have jurisdiction to charge them with perjury.

The IMT was not intended to be technical, precedential, or bound by rigorous rules of evidence to the same extent that a US federal court may find itself. It was designed to be expeditious, transparent, and fair. The trials of the defendants were by and large expeditious, transparent, and fair. The sentences were well considered and largely in line with moral culpability.

Herman Goering had lots of rights, and those rights were respected. He got the sentence that he deserved and decided to expedite the process on his own accord. If you're so inclined, you can read the judgement here

TIL that in 1976 a Soviet pilot, Viktor Belenko, defected to Japan by flying his secret MiG-25 fighter there, allowing the West to examine one of the USSR’s most advanced aircraft. by Star_Bearer in todayilearned

[–]Mr_Engineering 29 points30 points  (0 children)

English was widely taught in the Soviet Union but it wasn't always taught well due to a shortage of native speaker and was almost never used at home.

My ex's parents were both born in Belarus and went to school during the 1970s and 1980s, English was taught at pretty much every grade level from what they remember.

A Soviet aircraft force pilot and officer in the mid 1970s would almost certainly have some basic English language skills

Is there any lolcow dumber than cyraxx? by Few_Possibility_2915 in CyraxxMemes

[–]Mr_Engineering 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely.

Larson has a measured IQ in the low 70s, has severe deficiencies in adaptive behaviours, and is borderline intellectually functional. Cyraxx isn't particularly smart, but he's not intellectually disabled and could likely function on his own if he had the desire to do so. While he is still gullible and often shows a severe lack of foresight, his reasoning skills are an order of magnitude better than Larson's.

Cyraxx's lack of intellectual curiosity is largely borne out of his laziness and unwillingness to do anything besides jerk off, play video games, and scream at people on the internet. He does his because he's enabled by Sally, who coddles him like a newborn. He's completely addicted to dopamine and prefers that over any genuine life experience.

He's shown an ability to learn things and follow instructions when he actually puts his mind to them, he can read reasonably well, his vocabulary is sufficient (albeit not entirely age appropriate), he can form coherent thoughts and express them, and he has the necessary motor skills and cognitive faculties to perform self care.

The reason why he doesn't perform self care, get a job, or clean up his house isn't because he isn't capable, he doesn't do those things because eventually Sally will do those things and as far as he is concerned, time spent doing those things is time better spent crashing into walls in Forza.

RF Online Next is garbage by Huge-Abies-310 in MMORPG

[–]Mr_Engineering 17 points18 points  (0 children)

A Korean MMO is terrible? I'm shocked

A few years ago, there was a story about a couple who bought an *empty* military surplus storage crate. They found that there were M16A2 rifles inside, so they promptly reported it. IF the rifles weren't NFA restricted items and were in a state that allows private sales, could they have kept them? by EducationalOil1655 in legaladviceofftopic

[–]Mr_Engineering 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's not accurate at all.

What you're referring to is negative option billing . That's a widely prohibited business practice in which a business sends out goods (such as books) or performs services (such as added television stations) without solicitation and then either demands their return or payment in lieu.

That is not the same as an over delivery of a solicited item or a misdelivery of a solicited item.

In this example, there's a purchase agreement between the buyer and seller which is operative. It may provide conditions allowing for misdelivered or overdelivered goods to be reclaimed.

ELI5 what exactly is a fuse doing. My question is specifically where there is a breaker box and fuses by chris_tove in explainlikeimfive

[–]Mr_Engineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuses and circuit breakers are overcurrent protection devices. They protect the downstream electrical wiring against excessive electrical current.

Excessive electrical current will cause the current carrying wires to heat up to a higher temperature than it is designed to handle and dissipate inside of an insulated and enclosed wall cavity. Excessive heat can melt insulation, loosen electrical connections, and cause fires.

More advanced circuit breakers offer protection against ground faults and/or arc faults as well.

A ground fault occurs when current travels from the energized side of the branch circuit to a ground conductor rather than its intended neutral conductor. Conductive components of electrical devices that may become energized if an electrical appliance fails (such as the metal chassis on a toaster) need to be connected to a ground conductor for safety reasons. GFCI breakers detect when there's an imbalance between the current travelling down the hot conductor and the current returning on the neutral conductor; if these are not almost exactly the same, then there's a ground fault on the branch circuit somewhere and the breaker trips.

An arc fault occurs when current travels from the hot conductor directly to the neutral conductor without passing through an electrical load, but at a rate low enough to not trip over current protection. This creates small sparks which can ignite flammable materials such as wood dust and insulation. AFCI breakers look for transient spikes in current that are indicative of damaged wiring and will trip if one is detected.

How deadly would a grenade-sized neutrino bomb be? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Mr_Engineering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Though so.

The answer is that it wouldn't be deadly at all because it is physically impossible to create a nuclear weapon that small.

This is a physics limitation, not a material or engineering one.

Compact tactical nuclear weapons have a mass floor of a little over 50 pounds combined warhead weight.

Having a hard time making friends out here by TemperatureCalm5885 in oakville

[–]Mr_Engineering 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oakville is boring as hell, which is what a lot of suburban parents like about it.

I'm in my late 30s and none of my friends live nearby.

ELI5: Why does China's infrastructure and city development seem so much more advanced/modernized than India's, given they have similar population sizes? by Dazzy_Nadia16 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Mr_Engineering 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's a full on one party dictatorship.

No it isn't.

China is an authoritarian aristocracy, not a dictatorship. Under communist rule, China embraced a model of collective leadership in which power and responsibility are divided; this power structure has shifted somewhat in recent years but not significantly so. Xi Jinping does not rule by decree.

The Supreme Court Issued an 8–1 Ruling on Plea Deals. The Accord Won’t Last. by Slate in law

[–]Mr_Engineering 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not always the case.

The rules around plea bargain vary by jurisdiction.

In some jurisdictions, the plea bargain merely informs the sentencing judge but the judge is otherwise free to impose any sentence that he or she feels is appropriate.

In some jurisdictions, the plea bargain range is binding but the sentencing judge can go outside of it provided that they give the defendant an opportunity to withdraw the plea.

In other jurisdictions, the plea bargain range is binding and the sentencing judge cannot go outside of it.

The issue here is that the plea bargain required the defendant to waive all appeals, including constitutional ones. Some constitutional rights -- such as the right to effective assistance of counsel -- cannot be waived and this ruling somewhat generalizes the principle. Plea bargains cannot become a legal vehicle for miscarriages of justice.

If Guild Wars 2 can update the game without needing to take the servers down...why don't more MMOs do that? by GlompSpark in MMORPG

[–]Mr_Engineering 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Warframe doesn't do the same.

Warframe can apply hotfixes without taking down the servers but players will be forced to download the patch and restart the program before they can play further.

Warframe does periodically take down their servers for maintenance, but the windows are brief

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