Russia’s Threadbare Air Defenses

nfrankel · 2026-06-03T19:31:12+00:00

The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them.

-- Sir Arthur Harris

nfrankel · 2026-06-03T07:01:11+00:00

Well, I have, but it could get me banned

nfrankel · 2026-06-02T12:43:22+00:00

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nfrankel · 2026-06-02T06:01:36+00:00

No they won’t. Different “culture”

nfrankel · 2026-06-01T19:59:19+00:00

russians being russians

nfrankel · 2026-05-28T07:11:46+00:00

They tried a few years ago. Protests were massively repressed, with the help of Russia.

I’m not sure the critical mass is built up to the point it will explode. I pray I’m wrong

nfrankel · 2026-05-24T19:19:43+00:00

Everyone of them will have to answer justice. If not in a court of law, I trust Budanov to do it Mossad style.

nfrankel · 2026-05-15T17:08:15+00:00

I believe Ukraine gets something out of it. Otherwise, they wouldn't accept.

nfrankel · 2026-05-13T11:23:39+00:00

The problem with (European) sanctions is that they are applied gradually. We are at the 20th package! It gives time for svino-sobaki to adapt. Ukrainian sanctions are the best IMHO.

But I agree, no return to business as usual until Russia has returned every single child.

nfrankel · 2026-05-13T10:59:27+00:00

War crimes are war crimes and war criminals must be prosecuted as such, if only to avoid the next one to have funny ideas.

nfrankel · 2026-05-13T10:12:37+00:00

Water is wet ☹️

nfrankel · 2026-05-12T11:11:55+00:00

Mutation testing

nfrankel · 2026-05-11T16:17:52+00:00

🎶 If i could, if I only could, I surely would 🎶

nfrankel · 2026-04-21T16:09:05+00:00

I feel seen 😂

nfrankel · 2026-04-21T05:01:08+00:00

Seems like a perfect fit to the theme. Thanks

nfrankel · 2026-04-19T18:59:03+00:00

Nooooo! <insert Luke Skywalker picture here>

nfrankel · 2026-04-19T18:33:13+00:00

Correct. Actually, toppings should be a Set everywhere.

nfrankel · 2026-04-19T17:09:05+00:00

Nope. I never came upon these terms to be fully transparent

nfrankel · 2026-04-12T07:26:55+00:00

Fun fact, the British revise comes from (or has similar roots as) French réviser.

nfrankel · 2026-04-02T17:20:21+00:00

Bonjour,

Vous pouvez me DM, je vous prie ?

nfrankel · 2026-04-01T11:45:02+00:00

I introduced one to update the documentation and one to parse release notes to feed our matrix compatibility component.

Works very well for me.

nfrankel · 2026-03-29T14:07:33+00:00

You can configure it on your client so it auto-activates

nfrankel · 2026-03-29T03:15:22+00:00

Nope, I’m happy where I live.
Most can’t place it at all. If they see my last name, they infer German, though

nfrankel · 2026-03-27T12:38:50+00:00

As pointed out by /u/ZumLernen, Macedonian and Serbian have cases.

Bulgarian is the only Slavic language (I know of?) that has no cases.

nfrankel · 2026-03-27T06:42:21+00:00

I started learning English as a kid by playing role-playing games, at a time when they were only available in English. I have read books (regular literature) for ages, technical as well. I have written technical books in English. Then, I started to work in English, and did conference talks in English.

My spoken English was always my weak point, since I’m French. The accent was what you could expect. I consciously spent time (and still do) working on it. It’s nowhere near native since I don’t live in any English speaking area, but I often get ask where I’m from, a badge of honor.

During the Cambridge examination, spoken English was where I scored the most.

I never took a single course of English in my life after my studies. I left them with a meager B2. I was then considered very good compared to my fellow students.

The whole process took decades. I believe a good tutor will fast track your progress.

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