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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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12 | 2.97% |
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67 | 16.58% |
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94 | 23.27% |
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14 | 3.47% |
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87 | 21.53% |
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-chemical-attack-gas-douma-robert-fisk-ghouta-damascus-a8307726.html Hang the gently caress on, are you saying a us state department funded NGO exploited a real event to twist it into something usable for propaganda against a geopolitical enemy of the US?! What are you, some kind of conspiracy theorist??? - gbs war profiteer guy probably
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Feb 27, 2023 11:40
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ItohRespectArmy posted:i liked your earlier work Lmao
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Feb 27, 2023 11:42
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Cuttlefush posted:if anyone wants to read this and found that nyt wised up to some of the usual paywall bypasses: https://archive.ph/Cnxor Yeah, usually what comments there are from the US treasury they have are usually misleading. They claim "the most talented people have left the country" when 80% of the IT people that left are working from home. That Russian oil/gas revenue are down substantially from Feb/March 2022, when Brent peaked at $123 in March, everyone's revenue is down a year later. Or, that the average price of a Russian barrel of crude is not substantial lower than international prices at $74. That Russia's budget deficit is somehow unsustainable at 2% of GDP. It is just boilerplate. Also I guess the Chinese are shipping them bad chips or something.
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Feb 27, 2023 11:44
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Nix Panicus posted:Gotta love artificial scarcity! i would agree but energy bills are now starting to go out for the winter quarterly period, and mine had just quadrupled since last year lots of people over the next few weeks are going to either have their entire months salary or savings wiped out, on top of basic living expenses being a third more expensive already
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Feb 27, 2023 11:46
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sum posted:Speaking of anecdotes about Ukrainian casualties, the Economist published the anonymous diary of a Ukrainian volunteer about a week ago. It was written over the summer and it's pretty grim reading, but there's some choice quotes: this is all very grim but the way it's written - maybe just the way it's been translated and edited? - makes this feel like 100% creative writing. not because of the portrayal of the state of the AFU, but just how perfectly structured it all is and how it follows an arc and has distinct characters and foreshadowing and payoffs and so on
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Feb 27, 2023 11:47
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Irony Be My Shield posted:I imagine they felt vindicated when Russia's offensive ground to a halt a few months into the invasion Artillery shells are famously useless in protracted trench warfare
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Feb 27, 2023 11:51
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Cuttlefush posted:wide variety but the us stuff that's export controlled is usually basic rear end stuff that any embedded system is going to use. not sure how great this article is but these examples are generic enough https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-missiles-chips/ Basically, the whole microwave/appliance chip thing was based on the fact that Russian missiles use a common older TI DSP that is in a ton of different equipment. But, a Tomahawk missile isn't using the latest chips in it either, they aren't designed for ray-tracing. It was making a big deal out of absolutely nothing, a common occurrence in this war. John Charity Spring posted:this is all very grim but the way it's written - maybe just the way it's been translated and edited? - makes this feel like 100% creative writing. not because of the portrayal of the state of the AFU, but just how perfectly structured it all is and how it follows an arc and has distinct characters and foreshadowing and payoffs and so on I wouldn't be surprised some of it is embellished. A lot of volunteers have claimed tall tales, but it doesn't really make sense they would lie across the board about casualty rates (that are often admitted by the AFU itself in roundabout ways) rather everyone wants to spicy their war experience up more than "yeah I sat in a trench, once in a while we lost a guy." Ardennes has issued a correction as of 11:59 on Feb 27, 2023 |
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Feb 27, 2023 11:55
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he could be the new hemingway actually
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Feb 27, 2023 11:59
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Nix Panicus posted:Artillery shells are famously useless in protracted trench warfare
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Feb 27, 2023 12:02
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Indeed - if Russia still had ammo stockpiles to burn through like they did at the start of the war then they would likely be making a lot more progress. If I was in charge I'd have just built 20 mammoth tanks and rushed the enemy construction yard.
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Feb 27, 2023 12:04
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lmao such cope
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Feb 27, 2023 12:08
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Indeed - if Russia still had ammo stockpiles to burn through like they did at the start of the war then they would likely be making a lot more progress. Would they? It seems like there are plenty of shelling occurring on a daily basis. Also, in terms of this war, progress is measures in bodies (unfortunately). I mean there has been plenty of claims of the Russians running out of shells, but it never seems to show itself in terms of the effect of artillery on the ground. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 12:17 on Feb 27, 2023 |
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Feb 27, 2023 12:14
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John Charity Spring posted:this is all very grim but the way it's written - maybe just the way it's been translated and edited? - makes this feel like 100% creative writing. not because of the portrayal of the state of the AFU, but just how perfectly structured it all is and how it follows an arc and has distinct characters and foreshadowing and payoffs and so on Yeah, that'll be the editing: most people have no idea how to tell a story and ramble back and forth all over the place. The journalist is there to assemble it into a structured narrative that people might actually want to read. It's probably been written up and put into a coherent chronological order from a bunch of hastily scribbled diary entries.
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Feb 27, 2023 12:28
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Pistol_Pete posted:Yeah, that'll be the editing: most people have no idea how to tell a story and ramble back and forth all over the place. The journalist is there to assemble it into a structured narrative that people might actually want to read. It's probably been written up and put into a coherent chronological order from a bunch of hastily scribbled diary entries. But it has probably also been slightly punched up here and there to make it flow better. "They sway in rhythm as though they are playing Wembley stadium." probably started off as something cruder and blunter but with the same general sentiment
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Feb 27, 2023 12:43
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Jel Shaker posted:the only recent stories i’ve read about chips being 40% defective are when chip companies tried to diversify out of china/taiwan and set up chip manufacturing in india or the usa india is too retarded to do chip manufacturing. We are loving up making iphone casings (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Feb 27, 2023 13:08
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Tankbuster posted:india is too retarded to do chip manufacturing. We are loving up making iphone casings Isnt Apple moving manufacturing to india?
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Feb 27, 2023 13:10
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possibly assembly but that's way different
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Feb 27, 2023 13:17
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In worrying news: the Big Mac has returned to Russia, they finally broke the code.
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Feb 27, 2023 13:24
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Ardennes posted:In worrying news: the Big Mac has returned to Russia, they finally broke the code. I cant believe they figured out the secret to pretend meat covered in ketchup-mayo slop
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Feb 27, 2023 13:36
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Al-Saqr posted:I cant believe they figured out the secret to pretend meat covered in ketchup-mayo slop I know it is shocking. We need to get our economy in gear to fight this thing, add some garlic to the sauce , do something!
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Feb 27, 2023 13:39
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Al-Saqr posted:I cant believe they figured out the secret to pretend meat covered in ketchup-mayo slop ketchup/mayo/relish is in-and-out's sauce. big mac sauce is mayo/mustard/relish with paprika for color
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Feb 27, 2023 13:57
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Al-Saqr posted:Isnt Apple moving manufacturing to india? nup https://twitter.com/Eazzayyy/status/1628311164240134145?t=kEVpObLiXCRy2c-yhf38rw&s=19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgDm7z7B1dc
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Feb 27, 2023 14:09
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Indeed - if Russia still had ammo stockpiles to burn through like they did at the start of the war then they would likely be making a lot more progress. No you see Russia didn't run through it's stockpiles of cruise missiles and artillery shells. It's firing 50% less artillery shells today than it was firing last April because there's less nazis now and the war is going really well. They're definitely not just firing at the rate that production can keep up with. Nix Panicus posted:Artillery shells are famously useless in protracted trench warfare Yeah, it's a good thing you can run your logistics through trenches to and from the front
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Feb 27, 2023 14:14
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kronix posted:No you see Russia didn't run through it's stockpiles of cruise missiles and artillery shells. It's firing 50% less artillery shells today than it was firing last April because there's less nazis now and the war is going really well. They're definitely not just firing at the rate that production can keep up with. you are painfully dumb
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Feb 27, 2023 14:17
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Indeed - if Russia still had ammo stockpiles to burn through like they did at the start of the war then they would likely be making a lot more progress. Why? is it a race? Do you get a cheevo if you conquer Ukraine in under a year?
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Feb 27, 2023 14:18
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Al-Saqr posted:Isnt Apple moving manufacturing to india? look its gonna take a decade+
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Feb 27, 2023 14:18
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Hearing "artillery isn't useful in a protracted war" from a military contractor helps me understand why the Americans spent 20 years losing to goat herders with homemade weapons.
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Feb 27, 2023 14:19
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Ironic that Apple is getting something accomplished in India after Jobs never could.
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Feb 27, 2023 14:19
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kronix posted:Yeah, it's a good thing you can run your logistics through trenches to and from the front With geniuses like you working for the US MIC at least we know that WW3 will have JDPONbros gloating for 15 minutes until the nuclear war starts.
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Feb 27, 2023 14:20
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Seriously, American advice on how to win a war is like a turtle's advice on how to fly.
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Feb 27, 2023 14:20
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why would Russia still be shelling in places where they aren't fighting like, wouldn't a reduction in shell expenditures be just as well as explained by "the front is a lot shorter compared to last April"
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Feb 27, 2023 14:21
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Tankbuster posted:With geniuses like you working for the US MIC at least we know that WW3 will have JDPONbros gloating for 15 minutes until the nuclear war starts. oh stop they already said that they didn't help do the things that killed people, cut them some slack they only helped the killers to get properly paid and make the killing more functional
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Feb 27, 2023 14:21
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50% of a lot is still a lot though
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Feb 27, 2023 14:22
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Is anyone really good at war
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Feb 27, 2023 14:22
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apropos of nothing you absolutely can discuss boring NATO history in this thread, adjacent or not!
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Feb 27, 2023 14:23
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Blitz of 404 Error posted:Is anyone really good at war polacks.
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Feb 27, 2023 14:23
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Blitz of 404 Error posted:Is anyone really good at war funnily enough, the orks are great at war. They have never been defeated, because if they win they win, if they die they're dead (doesn't count), and if they run away it's just so they can come back later for another go
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Feb 27, 2023 14:24
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kronix posted:No you see Russia didn't run through it's stockpiles of cruise missiles and artillery shells. It's firing 50% less artillery shells today than it was firing last April because there's less nazis now and the war is going really well. They're definitely not just firing at the rate that production can keep up with. Even if it is 50% less (who knows) that is a massive amount of firepower being continually dropped on the AFU during a relative quiet period of the war. If they can keep even that level of production up the Ukrainians going to be taking unsustainable casualties. This is compared to the Ukrainians who are being told to conserve ammo because there isn’t much more coming.
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Feb 27, 2023 14:25
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kronix posted:No you see Russia didn't run through it's stockpiles of cruise missiles and artillery shells. It's firing 50% less artillery shells today than it was firing last April because there's less nazis now and the war is going really well. They're definitely not just firing at the rate that production can keep up with. Hey dude quick question what makes you morally better than the most rabid russian war criminal considering you actively participated in the same thing putin is doing.
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Feb 27, 2023 14:26
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Al-Saqr posted:Hey dude quick question what makes you morally better than the most rabid russian war criminal considering you actively helped pull off the same thing putin is doing. america good country democracy russia bad country authoritarianism
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