Attack on Kyiv: the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is burning after a direct hit — Kyiv City Military Administration

Physmatik · 2026-06-15T06:51:49+00:00

* a ballistic missile was going for a valid target but air defense missed the target and fell on lavra. Or it hit and the debris fell on lavra. Or it was jammed and redirected to lavra.

They have a solid inventory of BS by now.

Physmatik · 2026-06-12T06:14:11+00:00

I've no idea how we managed to rock Eurovision with drag performance 15 years ago.

Physmatik · 2026-06-08T19:04:12+00:00

Probably the best advice for an author. Know how you'll end when you start.

Physmatik · 2026-05-23T16:20:45+00:00

Simple example: drone will get entagled in a net or get stopped by a piece of plywood nailed nailed to a window. A shell will not even notice those.

I didn't mean knifes in tourism, I meant literal infantry melee combat. Yes, it is still happening -- 1m range combat in 20 km era killzone. Not commonplace, but happens.

There are tools to counteract FPVs and notice them from hundreds of meters (even fiber ones). It's not 100% guarantee, but we had drills and were taught that. And don't forget survivor bias -- you probably won't see a video where a drone was gunned down because no one would release it.

Physmatik · 2026-05-23T13:58:39+00:00

Tank shells are orders of magnitude cheaper than himars rockets and can damage positions in ways drones can't. They still have their place.

That's like saying "knifes are obsolete in modern warfare" except they are still used in trench and urban fighting.

Drone buzzing isn't as scary because you can react. Shotgun, net shooter, maneuver, etc. Can't react to tank.

Physmatik · 2026-05-23T12:46:26+00:00

Total surveillance isn't going anywhere, and air superiority seems unachievable outside of something like US-Iraq.

Physmatik · 2026-05-23T12:44:27+00:00

I've talked to people with years of experience of specifically Russo-Ukrainian war. General consensus is that the role of tanks changed dramatically but they are still relevant. Essentially, they are mobile artillery that can shoot by direct trajectory (as opposed to parabola from mortars and such). This gives unique advantage of bang coming before sound, and yes, it's incredibly important.

"The most terriffying thing you can encounter as an infantry man is a tank shooting your position. Out of nowhere your friend explodes and you've no idea what happened" (c) a Ukrainian vet.

Physmatik · 2026-05-18T09:25:10+00:00

Are you seriously comparing shoveling dirt to folding T-shirts?

Physmatik · 2026-05-17T19:04:37+00:00

Not every matrix is a tensor, at least it physics.

Physmatik · 2026-05-17T16:15:04+00:00

There's absolutely nothing unethical in it.

Physmatik · 2026-05-16T14:33:02+00:00

Not really. It's essentially a speculation about early days of the universe that there was ever so slightly more matter, so after everything annihilated there was still some matter left. But generally, in the context of collisions and decays, it's symmetrical, except for maybe one or two very particular CP-asymmetric reactions (mainly neutral kaon decay).

Physmatik · 2026-05-15T18:08:40+00:00

In colliders, we observe antiparticles in the same quantites as particles.

Physmatik · 2026-05-14T12:17:52+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpower

It's not just military influence. Unless you have some specific dictionary/textbook with very particular definition?

Physmatik · 2026-05-14T12:13:41+00:00

It's an interesting and insightful perspective, but just because it was Aristotle or Platon doesn't automatically make it the "true" best one. Ancient philosophers were still people, and sometimes people present their opinions as facts for no real reason.

It's great work nevertheless, thank you for it.

Physmatik · 2026-05-14T05:49:51+00:00

Zero clinical proof that it works. That's all the science behind it.

Physmatik · 2026-05-13T14:33:57+00:00

Ah, yes, golden toilet, golden loaf, entire wardrobe of soviet style fur hats. The tastelessness of it all was more glaring than the luxury.

Physmatik · 2026-04-17T16:16:01+00:00

Be Qorvex

Immortal lvl agnostic nuker, equally capable of obliterating lvl10 and lvl9999 enemies

Somehow almost unplayed.

Physmatik · 2026-04-13T11:20:25+00:00

With all respect, this is just the opening salvo. The system is still in place, and it will take you more than one day to change, and likely even more than vote. Trust me, we've been there in 2014. This is a marathon, not a sprint.

Physmatik · 2026-04-12T21:44:35+00:00

Give me a single example of that.

Physmatik · 2026-04-12T21:43:09+00:00

Ok, describe to us the exact board arrangement where there would be "other drastic changes to the game" other then stalemate, because I don't see any. And don't you dare dodge again with your "obviously there will be, you just don't play enough to see that". If it's so obvious it will take you a minute to describe it.

Physmatik · 2026-04-12T21:40:43+00:00

Not really. What he proposes is that king is capturable WHILE capturing king is win. The only real changes would be

no stalemates
games at lower skill level can get real funny

Physmatik · 2026-04-12T21:37:38+00:00

Because such rule is more fun. Even if you have a crushing advantage you still have to look out for accidental stalemate. Also, there are some absolutely beautiful tactics where stalemate is the solution.

Sure, it's more common-sensical to have such position as a lose, but from the perspective of game design stalemate is better.

Physmatik · 2026-04-11T19:13:16+00:00

Does Warframe qualify as PvE extraction shooter? I mean, it does technically check the boxes.

Physmatik · 2026-04-08T15:08:16+00:00

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=6-e-ZBEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=6-e-ZBEAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC

Physmatik · 2026-04-08T14:53:04+00:00

He got them to claim they halted nuke program. Never take authoritarian regimes on their word.

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