Pelic4n

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by Pelic4n 4y ago
Never heard of a power bottom?
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
M E L T D O W N
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
Le Mépris, Pierrot le Fou, A bout de souffle, la Chinoise, Alphaville
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
You could even use rocket fuel-based drones for the superior range, speed and efficiency compared to electrical motors or jet engines. You could paint the target using a laser, with the rocket-propelled drones homing on to it. Or extremely
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
>It’s highly likely that a large number of sea skimming missiles would defeat a carrier group. I agree. But the only platform able to consistently engage a carrier group with this kind of firepower is another carrier group. Land-based ar
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
So, in your described scenario, drones are functionally no different than a missile barrage, except slower, cheaper and maybe easier to deploy. So: - Effective countermeasures already exists against this kind of threats, like CIWS. - Carrie
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
Source for the 93% figure: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr/status/1499470411964235781 On the video, the ukrainian tank is of course performing an effective ambush. I don't pretend I have the answers, but I
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
Correction: A guy hiding in a bush wasn't able to reliably defeat tanks before. Handheld old anti-tank weapons like RPGs with HEAT warheads were extremely unreliable, defeated by reactive explosive armors, successful only at very clo
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
>Do you (honestly) believe the US doesn't have tank armor that can withstand a (from the top) hit from a Javelin? If this exists, why did the USMC binned their tanks 2 years ago stating they weren't cost-effective anymore? I&#x
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
Reported kill rate of javelins fired against tanks in Ukraine is 93%. Just saying.
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
$4M tanks are defeated by a $40K NLAW. Much like cuirassiers cavalry who were rendered obsolete by muskets becoming rifles with increased penetration, it's not because tanks don't works, it's because it's so cheap to kil
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by Pelic4n 4y ago
I want to see the picture
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
Enforcing the No-Fly zone actually means running SEAD missions to take care of those, including in russian territory. That's why it would bring WW3.
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
Don't you love it when the once in a lifetime opportunity for generational wealth is also a great fundamental investment? In case the biggest short squeeze the market would have ever seen, with the potential to crash the US economy, so
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
>Heart disease is mostly a lifestyle disease based mostly on eating habits (e.g. eating too much cholesterol over a long time). This speaks volumes about the US diet. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31838890/ "
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
It seems that bored billionaires are either on their way to start a cult or they rape children.
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
>unironically quoting Pierre Sprey https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
A list of this exact kind of books is presented here: https://blog.fogus.me/2015/04/27/six-works-of-computer-scien...
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
I agree with you and don't have a cynical reading of the Prince at all! Machiavelli simply talks about what works and what doesn't. As he explains, as a leader, helding upon your promises for the sake of it is a liability. Why be
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
>Thing is, nothing you've just stated is fact. It's just a viewpoint. Which is fine, but let's not pretend we have some absolute truth in front of us. Absolutely! I would like to see a political entity led by Kantian ethic
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
I fully agree with you. Thanks for this shard of realpolitik in this discussion among people disappointed that their hero turns out to not be the hero they thought. Who would have seen that coming?
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
My own enlightenment was realizing that neither virtue nor the expectation of virtue was rooted in anything that I should concern myself with. From Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra, The Virtuous: https://www.gutenberg.org&
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
If you wish to acquire any kind of power, you cannot embarass yourself with right and wrong. Those who compete with you and won't do so will overrun you. Just like companies in a market or competing species in an ecological niche, you
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
>He's not trustworthy, he's a horrible manager of people, and he never pays off on what he promises. The man was running for POTUS. Do you expect the men who lead the world to uphold your own moral standard? From Machiavelli&#x
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
>If you don’t care about their goals, then the ethical decision is to quit. What if I don't suscribe to your "ethics"? Sure, if you own the company I'm employed at, you can fire me. But you can't force your arbit
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
Damn, the more you learn!! Thanks!
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
Lobster fed to prisoners was grounded whole, with the shell, which contains a tremendous amount of ammonia. Pretty close to eating a bowl of crab soaked in urine with small pieces of shell tearing into your gums. Edit: This post is wrong, t
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
Ritalin extended release, an empty stomach, lots of caffeine
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
Do your own therapy macrodosing MDMA you can buy from under bridges!
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by Pelic4n 5y ago
Because a person's worth is directly tied to how much value they can produce for their company's shareholders. And if someone mediocre ends up being able to do the job, the company's management may face the fact that they&#x2

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