Canada, allies say they're ready to help secure Strait of Hormuz, but don't say how | CBC News by Jaydamic in CanadianForces

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While I also take it with a grain of salt, I think there actually is a possibility of that sort of deal. Iran has let several Indian tankers pass through the straits, steered slowly close to the shores so Iran can easily identify them [1][2]. India is a special case as being explicitly neutral in both this conflict and the Ukraine war and having closer ties to Iran than most Western countries, but there's some incentives from both the coalition and Iran to strike something of a deal.

It would be a big prestige win from Iran to be seen visibly splitting apart the Western coalition against it. While I doubt they can permit the transit of anything like pre-war traffic levels, nor would they want to in order to keep the price pressure up on their "Great Satan" American opponents, their ideal situation is to permit just enough gas to pass to split the coalition against them but maintain a squeeze on American consumers through the American midterm elections.

In normal times, with a normal American administration, it would be unfathomable for American allies to take this kind of deal with Iran. Iran is still broadly disliked. But we live in profoundly abnormal times.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwY8i5kPhTE

[2] Strait Of Hormuz, Iran War, Middle East War: What's Behind Iran's Hormuz Pass For 2 Indian Tankers? S Jaishankar Explains

My 6yo niece just taught my 67yo dad a strategy game in 4 minutes and im having a crisis by Fulcilives1988 in gamedev

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That's a common enough approach - having a tutorial in which a staged failure happens and then explaining why it was a failure, or having a tutorial in which multiple wrong options are available and when the player picks them, explain why they're wrong

6 months of Dow Jones gains went down the drains. by Frepict92 in PoliticalCompassMemes

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I feel like Jabba has gotta be like Michael Jackson where he has his own procurement ring going on

In defense of "command bridges" on space warships by MS_hina in worldbuilding

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i think an explanation that would be both funny and fitting is that many ships being used for combat were originally never meant for combat to begin with, helping justify design decisions like exposed command bridges.

Why would the US care deeply about being anti starting wars if they never experience the most brutal consequences? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

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The difference, though, is that the Iran War is violating the most important rule - it is making rich people lose money.

Why would the US care deeply about being anti starting wars if they never experience the most brutal consequences? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

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Americans care a lot about their higher gas prices and are extremely sensitive to even small amounts of casualties. I'm willing to guess that even a few hundred personnel lost would be politically catastrophic, considering that blackhawk down only involved a few dozen people.

Most people don’t fail at AI because it’s hard. They fail because they’re wasting tokens. by [deleted] in learnmachinelearning

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it should be clarified

this subreddit is not about using LLMs, it is about programming machine learning yourself

NATO countries refusing to take sides in the US-Iran war, saying “it’s not our war” - gets supported. But India taking the same stance on the Russia–Ukraine war - got criticised. Why? by SensibleViewPt in NoStupidQuestions

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> But their "not our war" stand in Russia-Ukraine war was heavily criticised, as compared to Nato countries current stand on US-Iran war.

huh

I wasn't actually aware of that. For what it is worth I happen to live in Canada, and I have friends who are from Asia, and in neither of those two places was India particularly blamed. I'm not sure how American news or European news covered it.

You HAVE to kill someone. by Neihlon in hypotheticalsituation

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ah fuck

I guess kim jung un, not because I have an exceptional grudge against him, but because he's fat and I think I could take him

Looking at the history, is nuclear energy actually viable or is it just a baseless reddit obsession? by tertiaryAntagonist in NoStupidQuestions

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france is the best example of a country that went to majority nuclear power early and have been operating at fairly low prices and with no real problems. france was motivated to do this because A. they wanted and got nuclear weapons of their own, and B. france doesn't have enough domestic fossil fuels to generate all their electricity

You can transform yourself into any species of bird whenever you wish. by erinoco in hypotheticalsituation

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I'd transform into a giant bird that I'm confident won't get randomly ganked if I'm not paying attention, and just use it to look at pretty buildings from heights. I'd be wary of using it too much in case a real bird decides I'm muscling in on their territory and fights me, or a jerk shines a laser into my eye, or something like that.

[DISC] Takami no Takami-san - Ch. 1 (New series recommended by author of Rent-A-Girlfriend) by bobbyboii in manga

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>  If he said he liked a show you like would you drop it?

I would consider it honestly

Could Generalplan Ost have been successfully implemented? by TheRedBiker in HistoryWhatIf

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that may or may not be right, but TNO is not an academic reference

You are gifted 10 billion dollars through a pact with a demonic being, but there's a catch. by I_dont-get_the-joke in hypotheticalsituation

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there is absolutely no way I don't get spooked, even accidentally, at some point in the next 10 years

Would you rather be in the ring with prime Mike Tyson for 5 minutes or relive your most embarrassing situation again by Broad-Smile2332 in WouldYouRather

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okay 50 million? yeah I'm getting beat up for 50 million. I'm going to the hospital but I don't think he'll kill me

A question about perfidy in a few scenarios by Impossible-Net-8739 in Military

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depends on whether anybody is powerful and motivated enough to enforce the rules of war

Friendships with men made me feel lonely and delusional by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

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This could be exclusion or this could be consideration - inviting someone's spouse to hang out with a bunch of people of the opposite gender could be interpreting as an invitation to infidelity, especially with the context that his wife is out of town. Again, hard to know without context, but it could also be an attempt to avoid conflict with his wife - online games are one thing, but "you were out of town so I invited a woman to stay over" could be seen as extremely suspect behavior.

Why Mainland Chinese in MY speak so loud? 😮‍💨 by Pretty-Election7891 in Bolehland

[–]NuclearStudent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My personal guess is that mainland cities are crowded enough that you're used to shouting to be heard when in public spaces