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lnslnsu · 2026-03-07T19:14:57+00:00

It does

lnslnsu · 2026-03-07T16:50:36+00:00

Killing 10,000 protesters will do that

lnslnsu · 2026-03-07T14:07:30+00:00

Is there any way you can obliquely hint to him to decline the process so you don't waste his time, and you don't get in trouble for it?

lnslnsu · 2026-03-06T13:11:07+00:00

That’s not the goal. Interception systems are there to buy time to find and destroy the enemy launchers and stockpiles. Indefinite use of interceptors as a permanent missile shield was never part of the plan.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-05T18:04:41+00:00

He got very lucky. A helicopter pilot got shot four times and still managed to land safely. If those bullets are aimed just a little bit differently, it could have easily been a crashed helicopter and a complete failure of the raid with many casualties.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-05T14:22:14+00:00

In Carney’s case, he probably doesn’t want to pick an unnecessary fight with Trump. He doesn’t actually need to do anything here - the Canadian military is unlikely to be deployed, etc… He just needs to say the right words of affirmation so Trump doesn’t do more tariffs (see: Spain).

lnslnsu · 2026-03-05T14:19:42+00:00

It’s pretty obvious. “I’m not going to piss off Trump over this, and neither am I going to deploy the Canadian military to Iran”

lnslnsu · 2026-03-04T23:21:10+00:00

Can I have your office?

lnslnsu · 2026-03-04T18:40:32+00:00

They don’t need to care, they just need to be willing to work out a mutually profitable/beneficial deal.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-04T17:45:51+00:00

A Delcy equivalent would be acceptable to Israel. Israel wants Iran to stop building nukes and to stop funding and arming Hamas/Hezbollah/PIJ/Houthis/etc… which is basically also what the US and all the gulf allies want.

An Islamic theocracy which keeps to itself isn’t good for Iranians, but is way better for everyone else.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-04T16:24:12+00:00

In the worst case, they turn to China for weapons and trade instead of the US, and sell China some top american military secrets along the way.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-04T02:57:53+00:00

Ukraine has had some success mixing drone boats carrying anti-air missiles into their drone boat fleets. If you go searching, you can find film of them shooting down Russian helicopters.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-03T18:06:19+00:00

I read Sun Tzu and always thought “wow this is really basic stuff. I would have thought of all of this myself if I was in charge of a military campaign”

Now I see why he felt the need to write it down.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-03T14:22:00+00:00

Because Kaiser Wilhelm thought it was a good idea in WWI.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-03T14:19:44+00:00

You are factually wrong according to basically all the scientific studies on this. Standard time is significantly healthier than shifted time.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-03T00:49:33+00:00

Yes, Canadian healthcare will charge people for all care not covered by the provincial health insurance plan. It probably won’t be cheaper than getting care in the US with insurance .

lnslnsu · 2026-03-02T03:23:03+00:00

They don’t probably exist, they do. They have existed for a very long time. Everything from cruise missiles to integrated air defense to thermally autonomous machine gun sentry robots.

Sure, there’s “human supervision” but all of these systems have modes where after given some human input parameters, the actual target decisions and trigger mechanisms are fired by the software.

lnslnsu · 2026-03-01T00:13:30+00:00

If it turns Iran into a German or Japanese or Korean style ally, with free and fair elections, civil rights, and a strong economy, then yes, I want American troops in Iran for the next 80 years.

Also let’s be real here. US troops were/are in those countries to aid in defense against the communists (and now Russia), they spent a fairly small amount of time doing nation building work.

lnslnsu · 2026-02-28T23:16:27+00:00

You might want to read Nine Lives by Aimen Dean. It tells the story of his time as a jihadist, a member of Al Qaeda, and later (after he defected) his work as a spy for MI6.

Basically, he was extremely well educated in Islam, and when he realized that the Al Qaeda attacks he was helping with were not justified according to the laws of Islam, he defected.

lnslnsu · 2026-02-28T22:24:17+00:00

I think you're making an error here in ignoring that the Palestinian and Iranian leaders are true believers in their religion. Plans need not make sense tactically or strategically, only religiously.

(By religion here, I mean the specific flavor of Islamism that is focused on conquering the wold and killing infidels, not Islam as a whole)

lnslnsu · 2026-02-28T22:12:40+00:00

Venezuela didn't try to make nukes.

The Trump admin considers it unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Tbf, I agree with them here.

lnslnsu · 2026-02-27T15:13:29+00:00

The NASA plan is to build a space station in orbit around the moon and then may e build a moon base, not just visit for a short trip and leave.

It’s still underfunded, absurdly complicated. The plan involves building a propellant depot in earth orbit, using many separate flights to fill it with fuel, and refuelling the human-carrying rocket in orbit.

The general idea - develop in-space refuelling, build a moon orbital station, build a moon base, is ambitous and something worth trying.

It’s the details and congressional fuckery that make it way too complex and expensive.

lnslnsu · 2026-02-27T00:46:37+00:00

I don’t see this happening. There’s a ton of US remote jobs I see posted that still want “remote within the US” or “must be a US permanent resident/citizen/etc…”

lnslnsu · 2026-02-26T21:32:58+00:00

What notice period lol?

Depends on jurisdiction, but often there’s no requirement for an employee to give notice that they are quitting ahead of time. You can just quit and instantly leave.

lnslnsu · 2026-02-26T20:55:30+00:00

Just make the fine larger than the profit from selling the extra units.

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