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871karma·659submissions·March 14, 2017
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> patrol boat dropping some depth charges on a time delay in the middle of the night That's also an option, but you would have problems with precision and deniability*. You could use some WW2 …
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Poland has an ideal device for this sabotage https://www.gospodarkamorska.pl/zdjecia/artykul/25081/135779... …
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This is really interesting. Russia knows (if we didn't do it then must be USA), USA knows (if we didn't do it then must be Russia). Germany would never know, but now they are fully dependent…
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Similar thing has happened on USA soil (Gas Terminal explosion)
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> Sabotage makes sense, but by whom? President Biden on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline if Russia Invades Ukraine: "We will bring an end to it." Initially I thought it's a mistake. Russian co…
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What is more US slave economy was worse. In Roman times you can become free. It was common for slaves to be paid wages, treated well, and given their freedom.
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> How did a blockade around Taiwan turn into a global maritime halt? Not a halt but increase of costs. 2/3 of world trade is near Taiwan. The insurance premiums will skyrocket. USA aka World P…
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> Geopolitics pits Germany and Moscow as geopolitical rival Only when the land between Moscow and Berlin is subjected to either state (division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Molotov–Ribben…
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> As for land transport becoming more efficient than ocean, that’s a pipe dream I don't remember exact numbers from 2019, but it was something like: Air: 1 metric tonne: $100, 24h Rail: $40; 1…
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> the deck looks stacked against a Beijing-Moscow-Berlin As of this movement, yes, but in the future USA won't be able to keep the hegemony. Right now there is a leverage on energy (oil and ga…
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I haven't said that. They want to go back to status quo ante, hence "French President Emmanuel Macron has sparked a new wave of criticism and incomprehension over his calls to avoid humiliat…
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Ukraine has a large deposit of uranium as well.
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Because of geopolitics, the rest is just hypocrisy. Germany and France wanted to build the Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok with help from Russia. That new Europe would became a 3rd power (after US a…
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The military application would be quite interesting. Nuclear powered aircraft carrier has abundant energy which could be used to produce jet fuel. It would simplify the logistics, which is critical in…
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for river shipping it would be better to have a train like traction system. It could be only placed on the one side of the river when you go upstream. Batteries would do the job for docking and going …
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The question is how warranty and insurance be impacted by it.
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> really wanted to make a difference most people don't care, they won't move for that. But Covid/Remote work/housing is pushing them, hence Rep. went all-in.
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Some voters may, but the main goal is to manage society. It's a perfect replacement subject for income inequality, debate about guns, foreign policy like isolationist movement. Because of the ele…
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> Nuclear isn't commercially viable in energy markets with very high levels of variable renewable energy True for cost per Watt, but there are other factors. A good replacement for burning fos…
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The average ago of nurses went from 46 to 55 in my country. The current retirement age is 60.
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https://soketi.app/ <- looking into this option Pusher https://pusher.com/tutorials/how-to-build-a-chat-app-with-vu... https://matrix.org/sdks…
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> Australia tried this with tragic results It's the opposite, worked like charm. Your main voting base, powerful people, developers, banks want price of properties to increase.
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You can use this approach http://lukasz-madon.github.io/Password-management/
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Can you not say that "this macbook and that car are company's property" and fulfil the capital requirement? the minimal capital in Poland is 5000PLN(1100EUR) and you just buy a laptop.
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Looking from the distance with very little information I can't comprehend the decisions that Hungary has made. Russian are a single point of failure. If there is a collapse or civil war in Russia…
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The title is misleading. 280 armoured vehicles. 93% sounds like a propaganda number. Good active protection system can get this number to a single digit e.g. Merkava thropy https://www.yout…
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I'd bet my money on corruption. They told the soldiers it would be a fast thing like an exercise. In that case I can burn more fuel to keep me warm, sell 1/5 to a local farmer. Old food rati…
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> Do you have a source for that? an interview with https://twitter.com/wolski_jaros Sorry, not in english.…
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> You're not responding to what you're quoting. It didn't make any mention of what proportion of tanks were destroyed by what weapon. The statement would only be not true if the Ukra…
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