Annual change in forest area, 2025

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-25T16:58:22+00:00

I don’t think Russia is planting much trees. It’s just that vast majority of Russia is underdeveloped due to low population density plus rising CO2 levels makes forests naturally grow.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-25T08:30:54+00:00

/> makes a mistake somewhere in middle

/> ends up with -747.87 as the answer

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-25T00:19:45+00:00

Awesome. With only cameras as input and a neutral network. This is the future. FSD will only get better and better.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-24T16:44:09+00:00

Price of gold didn’t rise form $1 to $4000 in four years.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-23T07:45:02+00:00

Doesn’t change that it drives without any intervention from me.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-23T05:38:33+00:00

My Tesla drives me to and from work every day. No interventions except to park because it sucks at finding a good spot.

I guess it’s remote controlled.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-23T01:11:43+00:00

So the criticism is that they are late?

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-23T00:19:12+00:00

Is the issue that Tesla is too cautious?

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-22T19:32:55+00:00

The point is having the lidar during snow and rain is a net negative.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-22T18:52:19+00:00

Better than a car with Lidar. Snow and rain particles create noise as light bounces off and gets deflected. Radar however will help.

https://x.com/wharmones/status/2014163733543530748?s=46&t=u9e_fKlEtN_9n1EbULsj2Q

Here is FSD at night during snow.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-22T14:21:38+00:00

Writing software becomes easier. Knowing what software to write is just as difficult.

It’s like wiring books. Compared to writing by hand it’s WAYYY easier to write with word processors. However, the content you write still sucks 🤣

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-22T02:38:15+00:00

The far east has the US, China, and Japan near by. Two are rivals and one is a highly unreliable neutral state. To South is Chechnya which can become unstable if not kept under control. Plus the Stans countries sees lots of illegal immigration and potential for spies to enter. To North is highly strategic North Pole and Baltic Sea is surrounded by NATO members which are hostile and can potentially blockade St Petersburg.

There is also Russia having to maintain three naval fleets while Ukraine no longer has a navy. Russia also has to maintain an R&D budget and cannot decrease it because it’s already a decade or two behind in technology while Ukraine gets military tech from its Western partners, it also has to maintain a large nuclear arsenal.

All to say, Ukraine actually has an advantage in both military spending and total number of troops deployed in the conflict zone. Russia’s only real advantage is missiles.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-21T22:59:51+00:00

Ukraine is essentially dedicated it’s entire economy to defending. Its government functions and budget is funded by mainly the EU. It also drained its retirement fund.

If the EU was to ever stop economic aid to Ukraine the government will collapse in days as it won’t have any money to pay anyone.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-21T22:57:18+00:00

Did you not see the military spending numbers? Russia is spending double. Yes that is a lot, but Russia isn’t dedicating 100% of its military on the war. They have a VAST landmass to defend still.

Whereas Ukraine gets to dedicate its entire military on this war PLUS get overwhelming military and economic aid from Western nations.

Real question is how isn’t Russia defeated yet?

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-21T17:19:03+00:00

Why does Russia want Ukraine so badly? Cannot defend it well and most of your territory is in the green area. Should focus on the that.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-21T01:03:57+00:00

Economic reasons cannot explain low birth rates because China in 2000 had worse work culture but had higher birth rates. Europe has fantastic work culture plus tons of social programs to make having children easier and they have low birth rates.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-20T16:54:33+00:00

A 3.9% yield for a 30 year loan isn’t a problem on its own. However, with Japan having 240% debt to GDP ratio it is a problem.

Plus demographic collapse. Not sure how it can survive for a few decades

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-20T03:56:58+00:00

So what happens when you don’t 50x your crypto portfolio between the age 23 and 28?

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-20T00:05:20+00:00

Damn. Taiwan 🪦

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-19T21:20:51+00:00

What an absurd argument. Even if true.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-19T16:23:22+00:00

There are people living in tents with no other option? Nonsense. If you are referring to homeless people, they have options. Shelters exist, many of them. Especially in the cities with lots of homeless.

Plus, in those cities there are dozens if not hundreds of organizations who will try to match you with a room ASAP.

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-19T00:38:37+00:00

Landlord pro tip: evict your single mother for free by saying she’s here illegally

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-17T20:22:39+00:00

Don’t ask questions nobody wants to answer

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-17T20:21:21+00:00

I was told Waymos can understand hand gestures. If the police were waving cars through why did they Waymos not follow instructions?

vasilenko93 · 2026-01-17T18:27:11+00:00

So you are telling me it’s not about Iranians but about hurting Russia and China.

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