I thought that they checked to make sure people were psychologically stable before giving them special-forces training…

He’s not wrong about the squirrel…

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I’m seeing $30,000 per ton there (as of 2018) so wouldn’t the cubic meter cost about $645,000?

It’s a bold move but I don’t see it changing the outcome of the ongoing war. If Ukraine could build long-range ballistic missiles in the near future, I think they could regain the advantage even without any nuclear warheads. Nuclear warheads would not be useful without those ballistic missiles.

(What would happen if Ukraine did have nuclear-armed ballistic missiles but Russia refused to withdraw from Ukrainian territory? I don’t foresee Ukraine actually nuking Russia, even in those circumstances.)

The apartment I bought had cabinets with fake, decorative drawers on them. Except it turned out that one of those drawers wasn’t decorative. It was just stuck.

Inside there was a full set of silverware (as in literal silver) from the 60’s complete with the original receipt. It’s worth thousands of dollars. I guess whoever lived there before me was in no condition to pack and the people who packed didn’t know about the silver…

outline looks like a bolt-action

I don’t even.

Yeah but then what are the cat ears?

Why would Internet Archive have people’s passwords stored?

The bad news is that you have an Internet Archive account, your username and email could well have been captured by the site’s attackers.

Oh so it’s not a problem for anyone without an Internet Archive login?

If it’s stupid and it works…

Hide and seek champion.

This is why I don’t carry my Starlink terminal in my pocket.

We read the ingredients on shampoo bottles and we liked it!

When you’re flying an A10 and you see an enemy vehicle…

scooter technical

You’re cleared to engage!

anything else

Turn back, you’re outmatched.

What about the lower-profile Warsaw Pact tanks? Are they safer to drive around small children?

Hold out until the quad-mounted 50 cal is brought back.

They managed to fit something into the trunk of a BMW coupe? I thought that was impossible.

always chooses the cheapest option

quality isn’t great

Capitalism is to blame!

It took them years of intense warfare to run out. NATO stockpiles would last a few months. That’s not indefensible because NATO doesn’t intend to fight an artillery war, but the limited industrial capacity is still concerning. I suppose that many other factories would be refitted for the production of weapons if a major war actually broke out, but I do worry that Western Europe has gone soft after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Again, that’s not indefensible because spending vast amounts of money on weapons in the absence of any enemies that would pose a serious threat is not prudent, but rearming now seems like the wise course of action.

(Not noncredible enough? Too noncredible? I’m only qualified to comment because I played StarCraft a lot.)

It doesn’t have to be an outright ban. You could have tariffs on imported oil, subsidies for domestic oil production, or loosened regulations that make domestic production less expensive. Reducing oil use is important, but so is reducing reliance on foreign oil. While the former also helps accomplish the latter, increased domestic oil production could still be beneficial.

(I generally think that international trade is a net benefit, but there’s a lot to be said for avoiding dependence on not-so-friendly foreign governments for the supply of economic essentials.)