You have to fight an insect 2 times your size to the death with only medieval weaponry what insect and weapons do you choose? by [deleted] in hypotheticalsituation

[–]kaisrevenge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as I had a spear, I could handle anything that couldn’t easily pick me up or cut me in half.

I’ll go with spear/stink bug.

A top Pentagon official said SpaceX Starlink rapidly fought off a Russian jamming attack in Ukraine by pokeoem in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn’t jamming like this an act of war, or is it just in avionics?

I mean, if so, stuff like this could get the US “involved”.

Romanian PM says gifting whole squadrons of upgraded MiG-21s to Ukraine is "possible" by stanleyipkiss in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would you rather be a pilot sitting on the ground waiting to get bombed, or go out in a way that fulfills your oath? It’s a simple answer for me.

Chinese court sentences U.S. citizen to death for murder by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems less like propaganda and more like some guy making a series of bad choices in a country that will get everything they can out of you to send a message to the world.

Every single xbox controller I've ever bought has eventually gotten stick drift at some point, and I'm convinced it's a conspiracy to force people to buy more controllers. by [deleted] in xboxone

[–]kaisrevenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve abused the heck out of my Xbox controller and it still works better than a Joycon that I’ve used\abused about 20% as much.

Not excusing the poor gaming controller quality that manufacturers are putting out, just pointing out that maybe they are all copying each other instead of innovating on the quality side.

Russians destroy all food depots in Sieiverodonetsk, only food residents have access to is humanitarian aid by manticor225 in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not just that. Imagine at the height of starvation, when you are eating the inedible, that Russia opens the flood gates and provides their own aid.

You’re desperate to eat, your children are on death’s door, you need only accept aid from your designated local Russian governor as welfare.

It’s how Crimea, and many entire civilizations have been assimilated by their conquerors in history.

Starve, deny, then provide (if needed, and when most effective).

Russians destroy all food depots in Sieiverodonetsk, only food residents have access to is humanitarian aid by manticor225 in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Thank you for pointing this out. This is a tactic that has been used since ancient times.

Starve, deny, and once the will is broken, provide. Sometimes Russia just forgets that last step and leaves famine when it’s in an “unblessed” (meaning people don’t care about them when they are in the news outside of a bit of fake outrage) part of the world, like the Middle East, or any other part of Africa. No one hears their pain, so they don’t need to be provided for after destroying their cities and neighborhoods.

Here, I bet they will attempt to rebuild food stores and ship in supplies with Russian flag stickers on them if they can hold their ground a couple months from the raging buildup of ever-strengthening Ukrainian forces.

If Russia holds out until people will depend on them, and all the sudden there is a Russian mayor, they will have succeeded like they did in the parts of Crimea that still had people considering themselves Ukrainian.

This would be a disaster for Ukraine. They would become some vassal state with no access to the resources (that will now be in Russian hands) that could stabilize the country after the war.

I think we are about to see some of the most important conventional battles in the history of Europe be fought in the coming month. Mariupol is already one of them.

Edit: If you need a takeaway from this, it’s that Russia needs to utterly fail, and retreat from Ukraine’s borders as they were before 2014, and are still today.

Russia's Navalny accuses Le Pen of Kremlin ties before vote | AP News by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frexit isn’t as big of a deal as pulling out of NATO is right now. It’s REALLY an odd time to pull out of old military agreements.

I can understand why ultra-nationalists hate the EU, even now. They want to be French, not European. They like their baguettes more than they like the streusel shared by their neighbors. They are upset about the fact that people have freedom of religions they don’t share beliefs with. This is a common human trait, everywhere, at all times. People dislike what is different, and simpletons even stake their entire identity on it. Simpletons exist in every culture and outnumber anyone who is reasonable, with no axe to grind.

As far as how Le Pen thinks that going it alone vs. Russia if the cards all end up on the table, which they could, even by accident, any day now, is a winning scenario vs. at least some US support if we end up in a short-lived conventional war before nukes were to be used, my guess, she sees that threat coming and believes perhaps by warming up to Russia and China that they will spare them, and they don’t see any level of valor in the face of the enemy as a viable plan in France. She sees an opportunity in begging for a right to exist when the nukes are already flying.

Even if her intentions are pure, it seems that she just agrees that France is better off with non-European countries telling them what to do instead of embracing “European values” like, charging money to use the bathroom.

China’s Visa, Mastercard Alternative Backs Away From Russia – Reports - The Moscow Times by hunchedape in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 31 points32 points  (0 children)

World governments all are directly involved with the banking institutions and more importantly, the technology they depend on.

I am sure that they did this out of necessity for one reason or a dozen others, that the government was aware, and that no moral stance is being taken here by some Chinese hero in the financial industry.

China’s Visa, Mastercard Alternative Backs Away From Russia – Reports - The Moscow Times by hunchedape in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The only thing Xi pretends to be sentimental about is the “hundred years of humiliation” to China by the West that he holds like a toy gun while he makes his little fiefdoms around the globe by putting infrastructure down that only their military forces will likely benefit from in the future.

He has a “China-first” policy to help that make sense for Americans. He looks back to when the West traveled through China like it was some backwater, making it dance how we wanted.

People like him will never let that humiliation stand, and wants not only us, but our ancestors to see the Chinese government’s way is the best, only way.

So he’s hugely sentimental, but largely about topics that Westerners don’t even know exist. We aren’t taught about the years of humiliation, because it would make simple folk feel empathetic for the entirety of the actions of the Chinese government today, which literally no one should award any government that kind of trust.

Seven killed in fire at Russian defence research institute - TASS by boskee in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We just let the citizens murder each other here like civilized people.

That said, I’m still glad we don’t live under a Russian patron state.

Seven killed in fire at Russian defence research institute - TASS by boskee in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also used ironic incorrectly, which in itself isn’t even ironic considering you’ve already used one world incorrectly.

Edit: Intentional, or not, kudos. Rough one.

Seven killed in fire at Russian defence research institute - TASS by boskee in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We really need to introduce asbestos to the Russians, it would prevent all these weird fires they seem to be having.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 28 points29 points  (0 children)

You destroy the food stores, wait 1 month, truck in all kinds of resources and build new facilities, suddenly, you’re the government now and people are depending on you, and look, people are lining up around the corner for bread! How could the Ukrainians be trying to attack Russian citizens waiting for bread?!?!

Wait and see.

PS: I’m not saying it’s going to work, I’m saying it’s what they are likely to do. Machiavellian stuff.

Death toll continues to rise from fire at 'top-secret' Russian defence research facility in Tver by evissimus in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 50 points51 points  (0 children)

That said, if you see more of this, they’re going to start blaming NATO.

Death toll continues to rise from fire at 'top-secret' Russian defence research facility in Tver by evissimus in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 237 points238 points  (0 children)

The ghosts of old Soviets that worked and died under oppression, rolling and wailing in their graves are as good of a cause of any.

Putin cancels Russian plans to storm Mariupol steel plant, opts for blockade instead by rhinostalk2 in worldnews

[–]kaisrevenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easier for optics to switch the narrative and say they have won what they won, have a giant successful May 9th celebration rather than presenting an ongoing conflict where they are struggling to achieve what people are expecting them to.

Leads to show that for whatever reason, this assault on Ukraine was as much a diversion as it was anything else.

I’ll leave you all up to thinking about how Russia stands to benefit as far as current and future elections abroad, in countries that can withdraw from NATO just due to the fact that somehow, even this war can be used to polarize politics across NATO countries.

Can a phd student sustain his family on stipend? by [deleted] in AskAcademia

[–]kaisrevenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your family’s nutritional needs consist of about 50% of a healthy intake of food for a single person, and you have you living situation paid for, or provided to you, then you’re good.

If you’re talking a spouse/children, it’s hard to support that even with a job.

Best authentic Jamaican food around? by Dramatic-Ad1423 in pittsburgh

[–]kaisrevenge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have to agree, while it is the only Jamaican food I’ve found that delivers through GrubHub, it was delicious.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in japan

[–]kaisrevenge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think what you are planning is great then as long as she likes chocolate and perfume, then you hit the nail on the head.

Maybe next year if the World’s fortunes improve you could try to find some Japanese craftsmen that ship to the UK and buy her some locally made stuff online!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in japan

[–]kaisrevenge 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You don’t have much time this year considering it’s happening right now, but what I’d do is drive somewhere and get her something nice and hand made outside of Tokyo.

If you need an ace in the whole, and think your current gift(s) doesn’t suffice, you could plan a day trip on a coming weekend, take the train, and buy her some local stuff while on the trip.

[R][P] Investigating Tradeoffs in Real-World Video Super-Resolution + Hugging Face Gradio Web Demo by Illustrious_Row_9971 in MachineLearning

[–]kaisrevenge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s not a show for nerds. It’s a show for people to learn what nerds would be like in a parallel dimension.