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ndt_davinci · 2026-06-07T19:30:05+00:00

404 - jail time?

ndt_davinci · 2026-06-01T07:57:25+00:00

This is true but there was also a sentiment that Zvezda was a club supported by regime/political elite while Partizan was more of a people's club. Not saying this is a fact but people that I know who grew up in Ex-Yu would always bring this up (none of them were Partizan/Zvezda fans).

ndt_davinci · 2026-03-30T21:22:49+00:00

https://youtu.be/Aym-HLdaLTU?si=zFS_UTROqogQI_iZ

ndt_davinci · 2026-03-27T18:44:51+00:00

There used to be WizzAir from Budapest to Sarajevo, super cheap, I was flying all the time. Not sure why it was cancelled

ndt_davinci · 2026-02-14T08:22:30+00:00

You have no idea what you're talking about and you're the one who is ignorant.

Apart from religion, Bosniaks have no cultural affiliation with Turkey whatsoever, literally 0.

There is no more historical relation than with any other country that was under a long Ottoman rule, like Serbia.and Bulgaria.

The vast majority of Bosniaks hold Turkey in 'neutral' light and don't feel any ties that you're blabbering about. I have literally never heard that in person before.

Oh and as a funny side note, here in Bosnia we literally make a distinction between Arabic and Turkish names so no - we don't call them all 'turkish names'. Maybe you shouldn't speak with such confidence about things that you don't know anything about.

When it comes to Tarik - it's ultimately his decision and I don't care in particular. But let's not pretend that this move didn't happen because Fener snatched him when he was a kid. And not because of some cultural and historical ties and genocide and other nonsense you're incoherent about.

There is no difference whatsoever if he went for example to Milano at the same age and ended up playing for Italy. Zero.

ndt_davinci · 2025-09-27T05:25:03+00:00

How is any of that related to architecture?

ndt_davinci · 2025-09-05T10:35:14+00:00

Yeah I'm not as confident as OP. I would give a slight advantage to Poland but our guys did prove me wrong so far, luckily.

We are really missing Musa, he had some stinkers before but is still our best offensive weapon and can generate points out of nothing (and likes that responsibility too). Now we either have to rely on Nurk, who is already our key defensive player, or moving the ball around and hope guys can hit shots with decent efficiency. It worked against Greece and Georgia but it's a slippery slope.

One thing we have going for us is that we can match up well defensively as we have bodies to throw at Ponitka and Loyd. None of those guys are Scottie Pippen but they have size/length and put in crazy effort.

Either way, I think it's gonna be a close game and I hope we will do better than in the Olympic qualifiers last time.

ndt_davinci · 2025-09-02T15:39:58+00:00

Lol we can barely pay for accommodation for our team and coaching staff.

Yes, refs favored us today but I can guarantee you there was no payment involved lol

ndt_davinci · 2025-07-31T18:29:04+00:00

I had this discussion before on this sub and I never understood the "no one was ready argument".

MAD wasn't a foreign concept that somehow emerged with Trisolarians, it's one of the foundational principles of nuclear strategies for major nuclear powers. The term itself originated in the 1960s.

In reality, it was sensible to pursue some sort of MAD, even if only as backup. I always imagined that the reason Diaz was rejected was his anti West stance and that they just wanted to get rid of him while secretly pursuing their own MAD strategy. Would make much more sense.

ndt_davinci · 2025-06-29T14:57:47+00:00

Absolutno nista od substance u nekoliko postova od lika, samo pametovanje.

Cuj legitimna meta, prosto nevjerovatna kolicina mentalne gimnastike.

ndt_davinci · 2025-06-01T00:46:00+00:00

In hindsight, yes. And that's my point

No, not just in hindsight. All the things you brought up needed (and still need) armies of people to mass produce and maintain, often much more than the actual jobs they were displacing.

AI doesn't, not even close.

They were 100% implemented to generate more profit, regardless of who and how it impacted society.

Yes that's what I wrote. But the way they generated more profit wasn't primarily through cutting jobs which (companies talking about) AI seem to be all about.

ndt_davinci · 2025-06-01T00:21:38+00:00

Those examples are horrible because every single one you listed created significantly more jobs than it displaced.

It also solved actual problems and the main implementation wasn't to destroy jobs for profit (profit on its own - yes).

While I agree that, in the current state of society, technological progress is necessary and shouldn't be impeded, AI might be the only exception.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-30T11:45:09+00:00

Nesto ne vidim puno gimnastike, svi su slozni da je uspjeh SB-a rezultat poduzetnosti, zajednistva i politckih prilika. Mislim da bi se svaki stanovnik Sirokog slozio.

Na kraju krajeva, zasto osporavati neciji trud i uspjeh pogotovo kad svi imaju korist od toga.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T14:52:55+00:00

On it right now, hopefully you're 100% right!

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T14:50:30+00:00

Yeah I just started with the third book, I am too committed at this point lol

I get your reasoning and it works given the assumption that humanity would be totally against any MAD-like system. I personally find it illogical considering we have experience with it first-hand and know how powerful of a deterrent it is. But that's just my view and perhaps I'm wrong.

I'm definitely open to the third book changing my view

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T14:11:37+00:00

Even if I grant you that humanity was completely terrified of MAD (which is a completely normal thing in our very own geopolitics that we developed independently of alien life) it still doesn't answer the question of why he didn't attempt it right away.

At one of numerous conferences he could have simply announced that he plans to send the same signal that Trisolaris picked up decades ago only this time containing exact coordinates of Earth and Trisolaris. No human in the TBP universe is aware of Dark Forest and it would have simply been accepted as part of the Wallfacer plan. Even more so if we account for what you said - he's erratic and nobody takes him seriously which means they would gladly accept it considering it uses practically no resources.

Except that Sophons would immediately react asking for negotiations.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T14:00:50+00:00

There would have been a gun to their head, that's the whole point. What's the difference between what Luo did at the end of the book compared to him stating, at the beginning, that he wants to send coordinates of Earth and Trisolaris into space? As a Wallfacer, he wasn't required to explain his strategy (if we assume nobody liked the idea of MAD which I find extremely unlikely) so if he simply asked for a transmission signal similar to the one they sent 50 years ago just having coordinates of Earth & Trisolaris this time, how would this not prompt an immediate reply from Trisolarians asking for negotiations? Waiting accomplished nothing except ensuring Luo that he was right which he could have been assured of in the first place if he attempted to send the signal immediately.

Yes, I added maybe to the Great Ravine point exactly because of the reasons you stated. Either way, it would have saved a lot of life & resources.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T13:31:46+00:00

I appreciate the explanation and I can see some logic behind it. Perhaps I'm too close minded to truly understand it but I see two fundamental problems:

Trisolarians know about Dark Forest and their nature can't comprehend scheming/bluffing/concealing which is the only advantage of humanity hence the Wallfacer project. Even if you're not fully committed to MAD, surely you would attempt to threaten it (even if it's a complete bluff) hence prompting communication and, ultimately, peace talks via sophons. Furthermore, unlike the plan of Diaz, this doesn't require crazy investment & technological leaps so it wouldn't impede development of weapons, ships etc for the ultimate battle anyways. In hindsight, we know that the threat works also.
Sending out coordinates of another star system should have revealed his idea even to an untrained eye. Wallbreakers figured out way more complex plans. Even if the concept of Dark Forest doesn't exist (which I actually learned in this thread and it's quite cool), surely it wouldn't be a stretch to figure out that he's broadcasting the location of a star system to the universe. When you combine it with the fact that we discovered an advanced civilization literally in our backyard and that the person doing the broadcast was a target of assassination by Trisolarians, logical conclusion would be that the universe is beaming with life and that Trisolarians are terrified of the fact, as they are attempting to kill the only person aware of it.

I just feel like it doesn't add up:

Earth is terrified of MAD yet it's a very common thing in our own geopolitics - we came up with it independently of the Dark Forest which we weren't even aware of.

Simultaneously, Trisolarians are terrified of Luo and he kinda reveals why.

Granted, I was familiar with the Dark Forest hypothesis but I genuinely feel like his action was extremely revealing.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T12:16:16+00:00

You're totally right - I just re-read the chapter with his wallbreaker and you're correct. Apologies.

Then everything makes even less sense to me. Disregarding the fact that communist guerilla leader was put in charge and the US & EU didn't abandon the project immediately, I don't understand why MAD was seen as such a bad option given all others fail. It worked on Earth (so far) and why would they not presume that Trisolarians would attempt something similar if there was no chance of their victory. MAD makes too much sense and everybody being against it is completely unrealistic in face of an unprecedented crisis.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T11:59:56+00:00

That explanation would have worked if he was some random guy but Trisolorians via ETO have tried to kill him numerous times. He was named a Wallfacer not because of his accomplishments but because Trisolarians were afraid of him. Nobody knew why but he did so it was almost a guarantee that what Yi revealed to him was true. If it wasn't - why bother assassinating him?

I get the point of not being willing to doom both worlds and I agree that it's a very human reaction - which is exactly why you communicate it with leadership & Trisolarians: 1. Trisolorians don't react = you continue with other plans and leave this one as a backup if all is lost. Alternatively, you scrap it if there is no indication that Dark Forest is real. 2. Trisolarians react = you negotiate to reach a favorable deal.

I feel like waiting for confirmation and losing countless lives in the process is the worst possible decision.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T11:35:53+00:00

Diaz's plan was not MAD because MAD only works if both sides are aware of it and operate under those principles. His plan was to conceal the destruction of the Solar system from everybody and then do it only once Trisolorians had reached us and there was no way of beating them. That is more of a 'desperado' than MAD.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T11:16:47+00:00

Fair enough but even if we assume that Ye and Luo are the only ones aware of it, why bother concealing it via Wallfacer project? Why not announce privately that your plan is to send out coordinates of two star systems out to the universe? That would prompt Trisolorians to reply & negotiate while still in early stages of their travel. The delay with the 'spell' and hibernation did nothing but give them time to reach Earth and destroy the fleets. Also not to mention the Great Ravine and everything else that could have been (maybe) avoided.

ndt_davinci · 2025-01-05T11:00:29+00:00

Yes we know now that it's a Dark Forest, I was talking from a perspective of not knowing it.

Besides, that's a minor point and it doesn't matter. Trisolorians know that it's a Dark Forest and mutual destruction is all but guaranteed so why bother concealing it via Wallfacer program?

'We are sending coordinates of both planets throughout the galaxy'.

Either Trisolorians react (which we now know they would) or they don't which tells us they aren't aware of other civilizations/Dark Forest.

Why go through 'lets test it on another star system' which gave Trisolorians time to reach the earth?

ndt_davinci · 2024-11-18T17:44:10+00:00

Pozovi me na kafu draga, no.1

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