anikan_vader

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by anikan_vader 4mo ago
>> Poland was the first country to make a remarkable peaceful transition from a bankrupt, failed Soviet satellite state. In what sense? Czechia is richer per capita. Almost all of the former Soviet satellite states in eastern Europe h
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by anikan_vader 1y ago
Until someone calls your bluff, perhaps accidentally, and realizes much of the nuclear saber-rattling was just that. Of course, since it wasn't entirely a bluff, this is the easiest way to get a nuclear war going. (Get a country with n
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by anikan_vader 1y ago
To date, there have been no confirmed exomoon detections. So hopefully they'll do a better job than we have so far.
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by anikan_vader 1y ago
Due Process is being denied to US citizens, who are being removed from the country without the opportunity for them or their parents to consult an attorney.
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by anikan_vader 2y ago
The point is that the title and article misspell (in two different ways) his second name.
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by anikan_vader 2y ago
Got 8/15, best AI model got 7/15, and unigram got 1/15. Finally a use for all the wasted hours I’ve spent on HN — my next word prediction is marginally better than that of the AI.
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by anikan_vader 2y ago
Some sources do write ep after en passant captures. As you point out, it’s no more redundant than notating checks.
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by anikan_vader 2y ago
Well we certainly do agree that artillery will not be the primary weapon of choice in any naval war! I do appreciate your point of view, but I maintain that in a lengthy land war with a near peer, missile stockpiles would run low and 4th ge
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by anikan_vader 2y ago
It’s disingenuous to claim without citation that the US does not anticipate using artillery as one (of many) primary weapons in a land conflict against a near-peer adversary. The fact that thr US hasn’t had such a conflict since at least Vi
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by anikan_vader 2y ago
Atomic weapons emerged slightly before the first craft to leave the Earth’s atmosphere, but we’re still nowhere near interstellar travel. On the other hand, the difficulty of space travel is largely a function of the escape velocity, which
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by anikan_vader 2y ago
I’m sure you realize that Arnold didn’t get that big just through chicken and broccoli…
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by anikan_vader 2y ago
It is incredibly insulting to neanderthals to make an unsubstantiated comparison between them and politicians.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
The author does not even attempt to analyze the safety impact of removing the second stair. The only evidence they provide is that Western Europe has fewer fire deaths than the US. Which suggests that perhaps the US should be increasing fir
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
This only emphasizes the need for NATO to reinvest in radar-guided anti-aircraft guns. Frankly, it's a bit troubling that the Europeans have been so slow to respond to the war in Ukraine (e.g., EU artillery shell production still vastl
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
Oops! Definitely. It actually looks to have been a clever use of irony. The internet is such a hard place to be clever though, in that people tend to take things at face value.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
Cop kills someone (allegedly by accident) and then the police bury him in a pauper’s grave and don’t inform any relevant parties. >> These things happen. No, they really don’t. That’s why it has made national news.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
This is definitely a tricky venue to get into, but the prestige still makes submissions worth it.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
Venezuela’s (relatively sudden) refusal to honor its treaty obligations that admit the land is owned by Guyana is obviously due to oil greed. Guyana has almost no military, but the Venezuelan military doesn’t really have any offensive capab
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
Yes, they are considered not safe for work.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
It's free electricity, but a computing device still makes for a pricey space heater.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
Presumably an online pre-print.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
>> you’ve never heard of I suspect most Americans with a passing interest in nuclear deterrence have heard of this. Moreover, the article is almost entirely about the sentinel land-based ICBM program, which is only 100 B of those 1.5
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
It depends on your perspective. I would argue that the space race was fundamentally about two superpowers racing to develop the ability to accurately deliver munitions anywhere via suborbital trajectories. The fact that we got scientific pr
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
Sort of a narrow definition to call an intercept in space a battle but not to think of the typical deployment of ballistic missiles as a type of space battle. Still a major step forward on the path of missile defense.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
Not sure why this comment is being downvoted? Placebo medication is known to have massive health benefits that go far beyond pain relief.
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
This is the main reason I haven't switched to IPhone. Being able to drop my phone whenever I want without worrying about damage is too big a pro. Being able to blindly fumble for it in the dark is essential. And the point of a phone is
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
Thank you for the source, it has been good reading so far. Your comment about US SEAD operations in the past made me recheck my priors about the Gulf War. I was surprised to learn that Iraq had no strategic SAM systems [1]. [1] https:&#x2F
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
>> with an estimated strength somewhere stern that of algeria and chile? You have named two countries with credible and substantial air forces. Critically, both the Algerian air force and Chilean air force exist (the claim that I init
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
I agree that ground anti-air has played a larger role in denying either side air supremacy than fighter jets. But it is important to note that Russia failed to establish air supremacy over Ukraine during the almost year before western anti-
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by anikan_vader 3y ago
>> How is this useful if you can’t refuel or reload ordnance? You can. It is true that there are logistics challenges to provide fuel/ammunition to a vehicle that does not have a fixed base (such as an airfield). Similar logistic

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