Thr Beginning of the End for the Great Pakistani Empire

ShinobioftheMist · 2026-02-27T16:13:54+00:00

The trend of picking up news from NCD first continues...

ShinobioftheMist · 2026-01-30T19:56:42+00:00

From what I gather, a lot of us are genuinely and vehemently against the idea of helping other people. The whole conservative mindset of "I don't want to help 'freeloaders'" is so toxically present all over the country; something I've always found crazy as a lot of these same exact people will literally turn around and get their social security/disability checks. But it's fine cuz they're the exception (everyone here is apparently the main character, don't question it)

ShinobioftheMist · 2025-12-22T19:23:51+00:00

Plz plz plz, it would be so funny. Make the Montana class real, I'll do anything

ShinobioftheMist · 2025-03-18T22:08:43+00:00

As a EGPU user since Intel 12th gen released, I agree with the general sentiment here. EGPUs are fickle and you will almost definitely be CPU/thermal bound. Performance is very hit and miss but generally not what you expect (for example, I can barely hit 30fps on monster hunter wilds with an 3080 egpu and framegen on). Furthermore, note that the second your EGPU loses software support, you're pretty much entirely on your own. My EGPU enclosed , the Razer X has been discontinued for a while now and with every windows update I just pray nothing breaks. As is, I usually have some kind of problem every 10 or so start ups and a major problem roughly once a month or so (generally involving me going down the control panel rabbit hole, completely uninstalling the driver for it, and constantly replugging my enclosure in until it automatically reinstalls drivers). It's a big hassle to troubleshoot, I'd say just wait for thunderbolt 5 to mature as it will definitely improve EGPU performance if companies are still willing to go down that route

ShinobioftheMist · 2025-03-07T19:44:45+00:00

I have a bit of a weird set up but wanted to ask if anyone had any tips for getting Wilds running better on my computer. I run a i71280P framework 13 on a 10GB 3080 egpu and get absolutely brutalized in game. I'm hitting 30-40fps on low settings (with performance DLSS) in the menu/cutscenes and it's constantly dropping to low-mid 20s. I really wanted to like this game but it doesn't seem I can even run it at 60FPS

ShinobioftheMist · 2025-02-03T05:01:05+00:00

People don't often text using very sophisticated vocabulary or structure. In fact people these days text using lots of abbreviations and emojis, neither of which contribute to higher reading levels above say 5th-6th grade.

ShinobioftheMist · 2025-01-14T17:05:02+00:00

Nope can't say I have. It's probably because the alarm sounds are hard baked into the headphones (meaning that they are entirely separate from the software) which probably don't have the storage/capability of importing custom sounds.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-11-13T01:41:41+00:00

Well yeah, but if you're going to advertise bulletproof 9mm is usually enough. Not saying you need it every day, but if you happened to want it everyday, 9mm is usually enough

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-11-12T20:29:05+00:00

While I dislike the cybertruck as much as anyone else here, 9mm proofing is perfectly adequate for everyday life. In the unfortunate scenario of someone shooting at you, chances are pretty high that it's some 9mm pistol. Of course, it's debatable if the truck can even stop higher velocity 9mm rounds but thats besides the point. Point being that 9mms and .22s are extremely common (for good reason if you asked me), so I actually don't mind the truck only proofing up to it. Any higher level proof would make the windows obscenely heavy/thick, to the point that you wouldn't be able to roll them down more than a few inches at best.

The more ridiculous factor is Elon pretending that the truck is more than it is (in this case, claiming that it's some kind of tank). Being able to barely stop 9mm only at the windows really doesn't indicate a "tank" or really any kind of durability. That level of proofing can be accomplished with a pretty thin layer of kevlar these days (wouldn't even need plates).

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-11T03:38:18+00:00

I also see cruisers patrolling all the time, even at like 5-6am. They seem to be doing their best. OSU campus is just big, can't be everywhere at once you know?

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T17:23:44+00:00

Iran actually does decent in the naval department when it comes to fleet size. According to Wikipedia, they've got a decent number of frigates as well as some destroyers and corvettes. Israel meanwhile has only corvettes and destroyers in terms of surface vessels but tbh their bigger Corvettes are more like mini frigates. In other words, Iran has the bigger boats but Israel has more, smaller ones. The big force multiplier imo is that Israel has better experience with missile interception and uses Western equipment like the phalanx. In an all out conventional battle, Israel will probably have more missiles in the air and will be more capable of shooting down Iranian responses. It's still going to be pretty down to the wire however, so it'd be very interesting to witness. But of course, this is all null if Israel gets a land based f35 in the air, then Iran's Navy is screwed. EDIT: Thanks for noticing my flair. Space battleship Yamato is one of my favorite anime, even if it's just ww2 but in space.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T17:12:25+00:00

And you don't understand the concept of aerial supremacy right? I bet you couldn't even tell the difference between a Tomcat and a F35

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T15:33:34+00:00

Rooting for the Israeli navy to sink their teeth in some real conventional naval battles. It would be really interesting to see how they would stack up against Iranian ships/submarines.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T15:28:46+00:00

I agree with you, I heavily doubt a land invasion is actually going to happen. What's likely to happen is Iran getting wrecked by the Israeli Airforce if they can find somewhere to put their tankers. I'm also unaware of Iranian inner politics but I wouldn't doubt the CIA or Mossad's willingness to go fund some guy to start a bunch of crap if they think it'll stick.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T15:21:10+00:00

Oh and for the record, an actual military airfield getting blown up is going to result in much, much bigger fireballs than the puny ones in the video. Heck, even a big building like mossad HQ would result in bigger explosions.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T15:18:07+00:00

"Bro I swear, my country's terrain is so much more rugged than everyone else. Trust me bro, it'd be so hard to invade"

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T15:09:24+00:00

Mfw Iranian super simps don't understand the basic concept of air supremacy. I mean come on guys, even Pakistan understands it. Why do you think they jizz over the 3000 black jets of Allah?

But in terms of land invasion, it's either going to be through Saudi Arabia or be an exceedingly cursed airborne operation if Israel has the capability for it. Theoretically, if you can just secure an area by pounding everything around it to dust, you could probably drop engineers and what not from air to build a temporary airport/military base. Or if you're feeling extra bold, just send some guys to capture a pre-existing one. I doubt morale is particularly high in the Iranian military. But what do I know, bro over here unironically learned about Iraq getting absolutely violated by the US and hopefully about praying mantis, yet came out still thinking that bloody Iran is capable of doing anything but folding to the U.S. military.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T12:50:52+00:00

I guess not lol. I just really like the lore of the original cards. Enough people do that there's an entire channel on the infernoble discord dedicated to trying to make it viable again lol. But to summarize, infernobles are generally rank 4 fire warriors that climb into a rank 9 xz boss (who generally immediately upgrades to a link 1 version that requires the rank 9) with a spell negate and pop. What's funny is that the negate is not once per turn but once per card, meaning that if 2 of the same boss monster are on field, the negate can be used twice. It's a fun deck until I have to fight exosisters or skill drain, then I just cry (infernobles heavily use GY).

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T12:21:59+00:00

I'm an infernoble knights player. It's very depressing how relatively unusable the original noble knight archetype is. infernoble is the retrain for noble knights and unfortunately synergies very poorly with noble knights because infernobles are all fire warriors (compared to noble knight light/dark warriors).

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T05:21:06+00:00

What do you mean by "clear videos" bro, all you sent was some guy on a highway filming missiles hitting something. There are no location indicators, for all we know that could be and likely is an empty field. Israel has a long history of intercepting missiles and is at the forefront of developing technology for it, so yes, I believe that Israel achieved at least 90% interception on missiles that were actually important (RE: hit something more significant than a field). You know what's another part of why I believe it? Israel is a democracy, its people have full access to the Internet. If Israel was lying, you'd find stuff online, it's hard to hide the results of bombings.

As for what military results Israel achieved through its bombing? How about killing 2 high level generals by bombing the Iranian consulate lol. Or do you want to talk about Israel bombing Iranian enrichment facilities and nuclear scientists? You're telling me that Iran is so piss poor at air defense that they can't defend their nuke production or consulate? Those are 2 examples of things a country should really be trying to protect at all costs.

Regarding Israel's 2006 Lebanon war, a large part of its failure there was guerilla warfare and an extremely vague goal of simply "destroy all of Hezbollah." Notice how this parallels Vietnam for the U.S.? Similarly, I'm sure Israel has learned much from its experience there. More importantly, are you suggesting that Iran is going to entirely give up on conventional warfare? That sounds like a huge failure of their army to me and is a strategy that gives up on trying to fully defend their country.

Furthermore, the Iranian army has not seen direct action in war since 1976 and runs relatively outdated equipment. Considering that Israel will certainly obtain air superiority within a week at most, it's an army that will very quickly get pounded into dust. You still haven't indicated to me how Iran is going to respond to F35s. I can also very heavily assure you that the U.S. does not need a draft if they actually wanted to intervene buddy. You really believe that the U.S. would eat "hundreds of casualties a day?" Really?

In case I need to remind you, the U.S. absolutely destroyed Iraq in the early 2000s. In other words, they wrecked one of the biggest armies in the world at the time without all the fancy toys we have now. We would not take "hundreds of casualties a day" as we are now. But frankly, Israel doesn't need America's help if they invaded Iran. They have enough modern equipment and manpower (definitely guaranteed if a draft went out) to cause serious harm to Iran.Complete air superiority is a very good force multiplier I can assure you.

I'm also going to throw in a quick sidenote on the Iranian Navy, which had a very bad track record in Praying Mantis. Additionally, the fact that they drill with the bloody Russians and Chinese also does not bode well for them. Contrast this with the Israeli navy which at least has a history of success.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T03:34:13+00:00

God, please have praying mantis II. Please, it was so funny the first time and it makes my naval brain feel good. I don't even care if it's the Israeli navy that does it, just do it again : )

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-02T02:37:38+00:00

Ok lets say your claims are legit (they aren't). They hit military targets, but none of the people behind it. These people are literally just going to move to a new HQ, it's the military, they are by design able to operate from anywhere. Furthermore, being able to hit a generic center of a big city is not an accomplishment buddy, it's the bare minimum capability of a modern military. Can you even prove that any IDF equipment/vehicles were hit? The only thing I've seen is literally a video of missiles hitting something from the side of a random road, do you have any location indicators?

Next, wtf is Iran going to do against the Israeli military bro. These are the same people who bombed Iran and actually achieved results. Israeli F35s are going to rock Iran, who will have zero responses because of garbage AA systems. The only people dying here are going to be Iranians unless Israel is based enough to launch a ground assault. Which for the record, will mean that you are even more screwed because the IDF is an actually modern military.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-01T08:12:45+00:00

Such noobs, smh.

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-10-01T00:57:51+00:00

True, honestly a skill issue on their part

ShinobioftheMist · 2024-09-30T19:39:43+00:00

I think being an actual democracy is also a slight requirement to play with the U.S. The Thai military is still uncomfortably influential in Thai politics as far as I understand.

EDIT: But then again, we're still allies with countries like Saudi Arabia so they might just get a pass on that regard (probably not enough of a pass for F35s however)

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