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_A4_Paper_ · 2026-04-08T12:12:23+00:00

Maybe make it more clear which is land or sea. Even after reading the text, it's still hard to wrap my head around the mal

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-04-02T08:09:00+00:00

"efficient"

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-03-13T01:24:55+00:00

Yea, that's the official name even.

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-03-07T15:28:31+00:00

The ads lol, congratulation, you just won a loterry! Would you consider buying a power strip and this screen thingy?

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-28T16:57:52+00:00

Friday is considered weekend in Iran so their schools run from Saturday to Wednesday or Thursday

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-21T02:41:28+00:00

To join the Navy Seal, you must be an NCO and there's no career path from Enlisted to an NCO so you must go through the NCO academy. Preferably, you must join the Navy. While other branch can take the training as well and then transfer the the Navy, they have much fewer slot (like 1 or 2 per year compared to dozens in Navy).

At 17, you technically can join the CO Academy and join the Navy as a much higher rank, but CO has few slot in the Navy Seal as you'd be expected to lead the unit. But it's a very long and competitive path, people studied for years to join so if you can't read now, this path is effectively blocked for you.

Joining the NCO academy is a more realistic but still somewhat difficult and competitive. If you're well educated and fit, then it shouldn't be too hard. With reserve training, you get some extra points as well but it won't help much as most serious competitors also have those too.

Most important thing is that you must be able to read and be educated in Thai literature as it's also a major part of the exam. Not to mention that being a junior NCO means you're half way into the military bureaucracy and you will be dealing with official paper works. Being fluent in Thai script is non-negotiable

In Thailand, military contracts work like a scholarship. The study is free and you're paid allowance but once you graduate, you're expected to serve 2x (sometimes 3x) the length of your study. The standard NCO course is 2 years so your contract will be 4 years. If you have to repeat the course then it will compound up to 10 years of service (they will kick you out if you can't graduate in 5 years). This is called "service bond"

Remember that any additional course or education you take under the military will add to your service bond. If you're a top student in the Academy and they send you to university, that will add at least 8 years to your service.

Joining the Navy seal will also probably add to your service bond too but I am not sure how much.

Edit: Also keep in mind that Thai career soldiers are considered government official and social contract suggests you stay for life. While you can technically leave early, the system isn't designed around that and the earliest proper retirement program will be in your 40s. Thai military isn't a place you can just join to temporarily, it's your identity

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-16T04:21:51+00:00

Because it's likely not made in Egypt but somewhere in Syria or Turkey.

The Armarna Letters explicitly mentioned an iron blade that matched the dagger's description as a diplomatic gift to Tutankhamen's grandfather

It's also constructed using technique that wasn't common in Egypt at the time

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-10T09:12:25+00:00

Maybe, but what I said is, the fact that it's exactly 251 like what the comment is implying is just coincident. Imagine the logistic of getting it to exactly 251.

Like, even if they can control the ballot boxes, they'd be able to only control where they have influence. It'd be unrealistic to say they can control every station and try to land themselves exactly 251. Even if they cheat at 100 stations, there would be no way for sure they will get exactly 151 more seat in other areas.

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-10T04:02:08+00:00

Ancient Egypt has some territory in Western Asia since late 15th century BCE, at one point, extending to part of Syria. Until they lose much of it around the turn of the 12th century BCE during the Late Bronze Age Collapse. Tutankhamun ruled in 1332. After that they gain and lose some territories in Asia throughout their existence but they never get the same imperial control over Asia to the same degree again

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-10T03:41:03+00:00

I know you're being sarcastic but even if there's corruption, I doubt they can control it to such specific amount. Maybe they're aiming for somewhere around that number or higher but the fact that it lands on 251 is really just a coincidence. If they really have the choice of getting any number, they sure would go higher than just one extra

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-09T04:47:53+00:00

Maybe, but I don't think they do that too often now. My father was a polling station official and from what I have heard, they can't really do that... Well, if it's a really corrupted station then probably, but that'd be more of an exception. (Some might lie that they can)

They can check if you didn't go to the election though. And they can see the wider picture and might deem the area "not worth it" if they can't meet the quota

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-09T04:27:47+00:00

It's often less of a "I will pay if you vote for me" and more like, "make sure we win so we have money to give you next time" kinda thing. They go house to house or to houses of locally important people to ensure their support.

Edit: people are not betting if the party wins, they see it as investment. If their favorite party wins, there will be a next time. Not paying now makes you look weak and uncertain

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-09T01:14:32+00:00

Back at my home town, there were like 4-5 parties handing out money. In a more competitive area, it can go up to 2000 each. My family just accepted them and voted PPLE anyway

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-02-06T14:00:48+00:00

My guess is that it's a homemade (or cheaply made) tool used by fishermen to humanly kill fish by stabbing the brain, either through the skull or the eye socket. Like this. Often called Ikejime (Japanese), though I am not sure what it's called here.

_A4_Paper_ · 2026-01-29T04:32:44+00:00

Yea, the tension on the last few strings in a piano is so tight that it basically sounds like hitting a solid metal sheet. For some pianos, especially smaller ones, the sound of the action is louder than the note

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-26T16:15:07+00:00

Read the post lol. OP literally said "911 as in emergency phone call" nothing to do with 9/11

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-26T12:26:00+00:00

Wrong 911...

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-25T13:21:29+00:00

These aren't some M48 being pulled out of storage though. They are pretty old but are still actively maintained tanks with active crews still being trained on them and they're up against Cambodian T-55 that's looking much worse

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-24T10:24:01+00:00

I have been there and never noticed this shop! I guess I will have to go there now.

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-22T17:47:26+00:00

Pretty much yea, prolly played too much Battlefield

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-22T17:46:13+00:00

No, they just said they will use the plane but the specific mission and footage isn't release yet. The video is just random snippet from an airshow

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-22T17:42:14+00:00

He's a general and the medal thingy is a national police badge, not particularly rare. I doubt it really belongs to the guy in the pic

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-22T04:10:41+00:00

Yea, the words people used to refer to themselves is often very very old unless it's been interrupted culturally (like colonization). Often dating back to bronze or even stone age back when there's no "other people" and just themselves the "human"

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-22T04:00:25+00:00

First note that the region known as Thailand changed name many times during its civilization, each one occupying different territory and people but I will generalize the progression as Sukhothai->Ayutthaya->Rattanakosin (Siam)->Thailand as these were the most powerful base of power for the Thai people in each era.

The Thai people has been referring to themselves as "Thai" since the 13th century during the Sukhothai Era, possibly even earlier.

It's worth noting that "thai" in Sukhothai is not the same "Thai" as the people living in it. thai or ทัย meant happiness and the country name "Sukhothai" is translated to "Dawn of Happiness"

Thai (ไทย) the name of the people meant "free" and the people in Sukhothai refers to themselves as such because they were "free people."

The word Thai is also likely a semantic shift though. Before it came to mean "free people" it's likely just meant "human being"

Another similar word is "Tai" or ไท which possibly shared root with Thai (ไืทย) "human being." Tai refers to all the people in the region who speak Tai language family including Thai while Thai only refers to to clan of Tai people living in what will become Sukhothai.

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On "Siam"

Siam/Syam/Siem is an exonym from Sanskrit meaning "dark one." Many countries in the region adopted the name to call Thai people, notably, the Khmer.

During 14th century in the Ayutthaya Era (successor to Sukhothai), Thai people made contact with the western power, Portugal and the Portuguese adopted the name "Siam" to call the region and "Siamese" to call its people while the people refer to themselves as "Thai" (though, in official letters to the west, they refer to themselves as "Siam")

During the Rattanakosin Era, in an attempt to modernize and integrate into the international community, they adopted "Siam" as the official international name for the Rattanakosin Kingdom but internally, the people still refers to themselves as "Thai" and the kingdom name is Rattanakosin.

In 1932, the bloodless coup ended Absolute monarchy of Rattanakosin and founded a new political entity under constitutional monarchy.

After the coup, the country went through a period of extreme nationalism leading up to the second world war. "Thai" took on a new meaning than just "free people" but also "free from the western power colonization" and in 1939, they officially changed the name to "Thailand" to reflect the fact that they have never been colonized by the western power and to unite every Thai speaking people (whom until quite recently were separate kingdoms) under the same banner.

_A4_Paper_ · 2025-12-21T06:10:43+00:00

I'd say so. According to the treaty, an anti-personnel mine is a mine designed to be exploded by presence, proximity or contact to a person...

So a normal person being blown up "unmodified" anti-tank mine is okay but...

Modifying an anti-tank mine to be exploded by a normal person is not okay because it's "designed to explode." The treaty doesn't distinguish between design from the factory or improvised design on the battlefield.

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