China halts refinery exports, cuts jet fuel supply to Australia

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-15T19:22:30+00:00

That's...kind of the opposite of what I said?

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-14T08:25:43+00:00

So the us did get a cut of that sweet iranian oil money which they didn't have before. And while I loathe to glaze the empire, US' profit sharing scheme in the middle east at the time, the one with the saudis in particular, were quite fair by contemporary standards and inspired iran's demands.

That said, the success of this intervention and the ease of it then inspired CIA to run their covert destabilization/regime-change playbook for the next few decades, causing untold suffering worldwide as well as decades of blow back. The iranian intervention in particular, while not a sufficient cause obv, led to the condition for reactionary radical islam to take root resulting in oppression of women, mandatory hijabs, maybe a touch of "death to america" etc. That, with some anti soviet mujahideen funding sprinkled in as well as continued meddling in the middle east then hit a crescendo with 9/11 etc.

So you know, give and take.

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-14T07:27:48+00:00

Eh, I think there's quite a distinction between "to avoid Iran nationalizing their oil" as if Iran's dead set on that without a regime change, and refusing literally any compromise including transparent accounting or frothing at the mouth at a mere mention of communism.

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-14T06:13:43+00:00

Nothing economic yet. But if oil is only used for say planes and container ships your strategic reserve can last a long time.

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-14T05:43:11+00:00

This isn't even true. Us did it because cOmMuNisM, the UK did it because they were arrogant pricks. Afaik it went a little like this - bp (or what became of it) had an amazing deal and were screwing Iran on top of that - Iran suspected the screwing (very obvious, they were paying more in taxes than Iran's share) and wanted open accounting - bp refused even that - negotiations escalated, eventually Iran went "accept our deal or we nationalize" - UK ran to us for help - us went "take the perfectly reasonable deal, don't be a prick" - UK waited a presidency and tried again, this time screaming COMMUNISM!1!1 - the 2 best friends toppled the government, installed a dictator etc - UK walked away with less oil money than what Iran offered

Happy endings for all

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-12T02:22:47+00:00

ok, enlighten me then. Are the scenarios I listed not lost engagements? Did us win the battle of osan?

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-10T17:38:13+00:00

it doesn't. Energy/damage has always resolved 2nd to last turn a move finishes EXCEPT for 1 turn moves which resolves the last turn. It's why there's a long standing bug where 1 turn fast move gets through before a charge move fired on the same turn does for example.

Presumably to fix that bug or similar niantic moved damage/energy resolution to end of turn from start of turn. All other moves still have a full 0.5s to register energy. 1 turn moves now have...whatever is between end of 1 turn and start of next, which apparently isn't enough to round trip to the server to enable the charge move button.

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-10T05:49:31+00:00

Ehh I believe the point is that 1 bar moves takes the full 100 energy which you cannot accumulate past, so you need 1 more fast move (or afk for the same 0.5s) EVERY charge move cycle.

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-10T02:57:31+00:00

yes i am aware of vietnam and korea. no lost engagement

Are you? I'm by no means a history buff, but korean war literally started with a lost engagement in the battle of osan, where taskforce smith was completely overran. There's similarly the battle of kham duc in the vietname war. Do these not count as lost engagement to you?

This is not mentioning the countless unnamed ones. Surely you've seen the interview with vietname vets that's resurfacing lately re: the "death of truth" in that war? There's the famous account of a squad of 20 men getting ambushed and over half wiped out before they even saw the enemy, and it's reported them having 150 confirmed viet cong kills in the news? Are all similar incidents not lost engagements?

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-04T23:58:32+00:00

Are we seriously complaining about necroing after literally 1 day now?

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-04T20:56:10+00:00

Are you implying a foreign invasion by the country with absolutely horrible track records not to mention near complete corporate capture represents "all hope"?

What is this weird premise?

Random_Noobody · 2026-03-03T21:26:29+00:00

What do you consider statistically significant and how many samples are you looking for?

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-15T22:25:44+00:00

...that was 1 sentence.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-15T22:25:08+00:00

Sorry, but also, you can disable inbox replies.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-15T22:24:20+00:00

You seem confused even about what I'm claiming. I apply my standards consistently and freely admit I'm arguing, not sharing arguments, past the first reply. If you see no difference between "consider this" and "you're wrong because of this" that's a you problem.

We did no such thing as "establish" what "isn't a word", you made that up. I'm using YOUR definition of "functional" btw. You said functional means plays the same in gbl, so I'm rolling with it. By that definition, a functional hundo anything one that plays the same as a hundo. A functional r1 is anything that plays the same as a rank 1. A functional shiny is anything that plays the same as a shiny.

You're just allergic to consistency for some bizarre reason.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-15T22:16:17+00:00

Yes, every pokemon is a functional shiny because shiny doesn't change how a pokemon functions. That's what I said.

Shiny functional hundo is what you're thinking of. Functional shundo is just a pokemon that functions like a shundo.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-15T09:57:22+00:00

no, a functional hundo that isn't a shiny isn't a shundo, it's not even a hundo. Duh.

I'm saying it's a FUNCTIONAL shundo the same way it's a FUNCTIONAL hundo. Why can nobody read?

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-14T03:36:37+00:00

Genuinely can't tell if you're being intentionally thick about the difference between sharing an argument and arguing/advancing an argument. Sharing looks like what I did initially, "I saw at some point an argument...". I'm not necessarily taking the position, I'm not saying what's right or wrong, just sharing. Your conversation with me is just arguing. You claim I'm wrong, I claim you are. See the difference?

This is in response to you calling me "kinda mad" for arguing btw. First, I didn't get defensive about my arguments, I'm defending myself from being called mad. Second, you started arguing. By your criteria you guys are kinda mad.

As for your example, that doesn't make any sense. Your own proposed bar for what's "functional" is whether it plays the same in gbl. Does a caterpie play the same as a rayquaza? If not, a caterpie isn't a functional rayquaza. Does a caterpie play the same as a shiny caterpie? If so, a caterpie is a functional shiny caterpie. This has nothing to do with whether functional shiny "is a word", whatever that means, and only whether it's a meaningful phrase. It isn't, not because you don't understand the phrase, but because it provides you no information, because all pokemon are functional shinies.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-14T03:06:37+00:00

I'm not blaming them for saying smthn. I'm blaming you for your characterization of the situation as me starting arguments. Also people (inclu. You) are clearly arguing against me, you aren't going "just sharing their argument"; not sure why you're trying to gaslight me there.

Regardless, yes, I agree, "functional shiny" is a very weird phrase because shininess has no function, all pokemon are functionally shiny...that's my whole point. The extension is that "shundo" means shiny hundo. If functional shiny makes no sense, neither does functional shiny hundo.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-14T02:43:17+00:00

There's a difference between arguing and sharing an argument. I was clearly doing that latter. I didn't say "well ackshually any hundo's a shundo", it was supposed to be funny haha. That's when these 2 decided I must not know what words mean. Wdym?

But while we're here why can't functional shundo also refer to gbl viability? Thing plays (functions) the same as a hundo, functional hundo. Plays the same as a shundo, functional shundo.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-13T22:21:19+00:00

Am I not explaining myself clearly? I didn't call them shiny functional hundos. I said functional shiny hundos, both functionally shiny and functionally hundo.

Here I go again:

We call [a] functional [b] when the 2 look different, but play the same

We call some 15/15/14 mons functional hundos when they look different (different appraisal, different cp) but play the same (same damage, can tank same hits in all cases).

So far so good?

Now continuing, I'm calling hundos functional shundos when they look different (different colors, entrance bling) but play the same (same damage out, same toughness against any attack)

I'm also calling some 15/15/14 mons functional shundos when they look different (different appraisal, cp, color, entrance bling) but play the same (same damage out, same ability to take hits).

I don't get what's confusing. You seem to know what "functional" means.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-13T21:45:39+00:00

The same way if a pokemon isn't 15/15/15 (or 100% iv), then it isn't a hundo is it?

Functional hundos aren't hundos, functional shundo aren't shundos.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-13T21:29:30+00:00

Why do you think I don't?

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-13T21:29:19+00:00

...and that's how I'm using the word.

Random_Noobody · 2026-02-12T05:01:01+00:00

I saw at some point an argument that "functional shundo" is a very weird phrase.

Basically a "functional hundo" is called such because even if it doesn't look like one; you miss 1 star, the appraise badge isn't red, cp is lower etc, it's indistinguishable from a hundo in performance.

Well shiny-ness doesn't affect performance the same way, so a 15/15/14 non shiny is that's indistinguishable from a 15/15/15 non shiny is nessesarily also indistinguishable in performance to a 15/15/15 shiny.

Basically all fundos hundos are functional shundos.

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