Yeah I guess if we’re doing hypotheticals then perhaps the US could suddenly overhaul its naval shipbuilding capacity, recruit thousands more sailors, and march through North Yemen within a week.

Yup. Some are pretty advanced now.

I saw footage of one explosion and it was pretty powerful. I’ve seen lithium batteries explode before and they seem way less violent. Guess they’re chunky (and cheap?) batteries

I never said who would be fighting the US military. But there’s more than a few groups who are more ideologically driven (and more dangerous) than the typical NRA member.

Whether you see it as brainwashing or principles is irrelevant when they’re still capable of effective military resistance against superior nation-states.

If anything, you’re right; people who are ideologically driven for their cause are the bane of a professional army; ideology is much cheaper and much more motivating than a paycheck and promise of a cushy pension.

China has announced a ban on Gacha game mechanics (and lootboxes, predatory discounts, and gambling) which should hopefully ripple out to Europe and the US soon.

A lot of these mechanics were adapted from the Chinese gaming market and I think the same will likely happen in the reverse.

Vietnam was as much a modern war than an insurgency. The Chinese/Soviet govts supplied the PAVN with modern weapons including air defence, armour, and an air force. The Viet Cong were the irregular militia forces that supplemented that. At least by the time of US deployment.

Though then again, that started with a unit of 23 people equipped with a machine gun and two revolvers. It really doesn’t take long for any militia to achieve some serious weaponry if it can get the attention of sympathetic states.

No one said you wouldn’t die lmao this ain’t call of duty.

We had to convince my brother in law (13yo) to not spend his birthday money of £85 on Genshin impact skins. Kids are fucked by advertising man

Every time this fucking meme is made I’m reminded that the US military is currently being embarrassed in the red sea by a non-state actor with zero air superiority, which began itself with a thousand-or-so civilians with AK47s.

That or how Israel is currently struggling to achieve any kind of military victory against two groups of lightly-armed militias which rely on scavenged and hand-made explosives to defeat state-of-the-art tanks.

Let’s not even remind ourselves about the Taliban.

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Intel was struggling beyond the oxidation stuff. ARM and RISC are gonna make them obsolete even if AMD doesn’t.

I pray people with a victim blaming complex like this seek therapy before it’s too late.

Thing is, even if they can control musk they can’t necessarily control other companies that are trying to compete. There’s more than a few sources of radio waves in LEO now, starlink is just the largest for now.

And if there isn’t, nothing is stopping any government with the funds from stuffing a bunch of high powered radio transmitters to satellites to blast X or Y region to deter stealth aircraft

Not just killed US air superiority, but potentially made thousands of soviet-era launchers capable of cheap modernization to counter 5th generation stealth craft.

It would make it possible for dozens of non-state actors to recreate the Yugoslav Nighthawk incident.

based Elon??

doing a small shop while lifting so you have a valid receipt, a valid excuse (oops I forgot to scan xyz) and largely avoids suspicion. most people have a stereotype of how a lifter looks or acts which gives you an instant advantage if you just act like a regular customer

Broke: Israel being founded in 1948 Bespoke: DPRK being founded in 1948

Yeah I get the frustration the GPL can make, especially how it doesn’t require downstream to provide source in a coherent format. The GPL is a pain in the ass to manage, even if I’m a fan of it ideologically