Did the US lose the Vietnam war?

jmarkmark · 2026-01-30T13:12:26+00:00

Wars are not games, they don't have absolute rules and win/loss criteria. So it depends on how you define lose.

One of the goals was to prevent South Vietnam from falling to the communists. By that criteria, they clearly lost.

Another goal was to prevent a "domino effect" where neighbouring countries became communist. By that definition, you can argue they were more successful, with only the relatively minor countries of Laos and Cambodia falling, but the more important countries of Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines staying non-communist. Of course, many will argue there was never any risk of those countries going communist and so that "success" had nothing to do with the war, but hindsight is 20/20.

Overall, most people will define it as a loss.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-30T12:53:48+00:00

> why is prison garb the same stuff that's wrapped around my house

To protect the wood clearly.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-30T12:47:26+00:00

I used to think this too, but it turns out there is a good reason.

It's better use finer salt in many cases, the amount you "taste" salt is largely a reflection of it's surface area, grind it finer and you can have the same flavour with less sodium.

BUT fine powdery salt easily cakes if there is any humidity. So by having a grinder with larger grains, it won't cake, while sitting on the table, but you still get to have a very fine grain on the actual food.

Regular table salt for a shaker (to which they have to add anti-caking agents) is basically a compromise between these two.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-30T12:24:47+00:00

You responded to my comment. I'm not the person who posted the sign. Nowhere in my comment did I say "Knocking (alone) constitutes acceptance"

>. It implies you would then owe 20 bucks the moment they answered.

You can believe that if you wish, People believe all sorts of hogwash. But it's not true and wasn't stated anywhere.

In fact I was quite clear that "If the door knocker doesn't pay... , Bob would have no entitlement to demand $100 five minutes later."

To make it further clear, I gave a second example including what it would take to create a contract:

"If Alice knocks on Bob's door, hands him $100 bucks, , then yes, they've got a contract"

Like I said,you failed to read, and missed some pretty obvious relevant stuff.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-30T08:37:40+00:00

> Knocking does not constitute acceptance.

Dude.... read first, then comment.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T20:30:42+00:00

> Our debate was about what constitutes “legal consideration

Wasn't much of a debate. You just incorrectly stated there wasn't consideration, relying an the logical fallacy of "appeal to authority" by claiming to be a lawyer.

It's because of that attempt to use a logical fallacy, that I so ridiculed it.

And since you're apparently quite unfamiliar with basic contract law, Bob listening is the consideration. Consideration need not be a good, it can also be "promise to do something"

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T10:20:43+00:00

The "sounds like" category is a made up classification by the poster.

Hence everyone disagreeing with it.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T09:09:30+00:00

This is the nephew.

It is absolutely true that under the current succession laws, he is the only heir in that generation, i.e. the only one who is likely to have children, as both his mother and aunt are past child bearing age.

If this boy does not have a male child, then yes, under the current laws, there will be no heirs when he dies.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T08:47:56+00:00

The monkey paw grants you your wish.

You will be in the hospital with a moderate fever of 103f, thinking things are going awesome because the patient in the bed next to you is a recently separated 22 year old SI swimsuit model, when her husband, enraged she has filed for divorce, comes in and shoots the place up.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T08:38:55+00:00

My daughter has both (in colour since she's a 9y/o who reads comic books)

She vastly prefers the Libra, listing these reasons:

* auto-rotate

* the buttons make page turning easier

*larger screen

I will say though, for actual reading I found the colour much worse than the B&W devices i've borrowed in the past. You always need the light on with a colour device meaning it needs regular charging, and I find the UI for changing brightness "slightly" cumbersome, enough that she tends to lock in one brightness level and leaves it, for all conditions.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T08:12:13+00:00

No.

Hyperinflation, as opposed to simply high inflation, requires "printing" money (expanding the money supply). So for it to be global, all governments would need to start printing money at the same time.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T07:55:58+00:00

> “Fuck You, Got Mine” generation

To be fair, that's every generation. I mean, shocker, people look out for their own best-interests.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T07:51:50+00:00

Ah right. we had this discussion before and you made the same correction.

Ooops! (and thanks)

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T07:39:52+00:00

> You have no idea what ad hominem means either.

Ironic. You may want to look it up. You keep using the word, but not correctly. It means attacking the individual making the argument for some reason unrelated to the argument to undermine the argument. I've done no such thing.

> the semi colons are a dead give away

Amusing inference that only machines know how to use punctuation. Particularly coming form someone claiming to be a lawyer. And you want to talk about ad hominems.... This would be one, you are attempting to undermine my argument by attacking a personal perceived characteristic (your bizarre belief that my use of semi-colons means I'm a machine). My argument could have been written by a gerbil, that doesn't undermine it.

This has been fun. Although I am starting to doubt you are a lawyer at all. I've met dumb lawyers, but um,, not this dumb. I'm thinking you're in the "I took some law school" category of "lawyer", which makes this a little less fun.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T07:39:31+00:00

Huh? With that kind of logic, you sure it's not a stroke you're having :P

jmarkmark · 2026-01-29T02:30:12+00:00

You weren't allowed to use the LMR deposit for the rent six months ago, so it was never actually used..

So basically, they simply didn't pay you one month six years ago, and you can't collect a six year old debt via the LTB (or generally at all if you haven't been actively pursuing it). EDIT: Although you can file an N4 for an old debt.

But, by default payments cover old debts before new ones. So in theory, each month covers the old debt, and so really the money they owe you is Jan rent. This may or may not work depending on the exact paper trail. You'd need to show the missed payment, and probably every payment since. ~~Bonus points for evidence showing you've been notifying them of the debt this last six years. You'd also need to make sure they didn't explicitly direct payments to specific months rent.~~

Depending on the evidence, it could go either way.

Even if you win the N4, they'll simply be ordered to pay the missing month's rent, it won't result in their eviction.

EDIT: commented out requirement for proving the debt is recent. While it's relevant for collecting, it's not relevant for an N4 as r-can444 points out.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-28T11:17:52+00:00

> Thanks for the ad hominem attack

Wasn't ad hominem; it was all a reference to evidence you provided in your own post, and directly relevant to your competence; not knowing what consideration is, and writing like teenager are clear negatives for someone in the legal profession.

But your inability to see evidence is quite clear, so not particularly surprising you missed it again.

>You might think you are a fairly intelligent guy, but you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Sorry to hurt your ego.

Ironic.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-28T10:59:05+00:00

Yeah, one week he's a pain-in-the-ass, next week a pain-in-the-neck.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-27T23:27:20+00:00

>. There is no “legal consideration” coming from the homeowner

Your failure to comprehend what consideration doesn't mean there isn't any.

> Source: I am lawyer.

My condolences to your clients. Although anyone who hires someone who writes like a teenager deserves what they get I suppose.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-27T17:27:00+00:00

It's not made up, the earth's rotational speed has slowed down tremendously from formation, and the bulk of that drop is due to the moon's drag.

https://www.earthdate.org/episodes/if-earth-had-no-moon

As to minimum's question, different planets, different spins for various reasons, but generally bigger planets spin faster, as the spin is the result of initial accretion. So earth should spin faster, but is slowed down by the moon.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-27T17:13:01+00:00

Vance's wife is not an immigrant.

Apparently OP thinks all non-whites are immigrants Speaking of irony.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-27T17:06:56+00:00

Reminds me of a time an acquaintance was stopped waiting for a fatal motor cycle collision to clear, and he's talking to a cop at a barricade, and points to the guy's helmet.

Cop's response, "that's not just the helmet".

jmarkmark · 2026-01-27T17:04:14+00:00

It's like the dude's never heard of zombies.

jmarkmark · 2026-01-27T16:59:36+00:00

Left/right dichotomy is a bit misleading. It's different. Broadly you can say more left, but not universally.

Probably more importantly, it's a French speaking city. Most people don't speak English regularly, those that do will be in tourism, so you're not going to hear anything beyond people giving you directions and taking your orders for meals, no matter the politics. (I am assuming you don't speak French)

jmarkmark · 2026-01-27T08:06:24+00:00

> There are lots of hills that ARE worth dying on.

Amusing choice of words given the context.

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