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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% |
| dragonfly |
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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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If you are out of shells, your guns can't blow up in your face. guy_tapping_head.jpeg
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Apr 17, 2023 21:21
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Regarde Aduck posted:gotta love how neoliberalism has just accepted overt theft as part of the end of history Dollars are just the casino chips you have to buy to play in the financialized world economy; they were never yours to begin with
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Apr 17, 2023 21:22
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Russian lefty youtube channel did a summary of recent budget figures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjfGEwlc2BU quote:In the first two months of 2023, the Russian budget deficit was almost 2.6 trillion roubles. The budget for the whole of 2023 has a planned deficit of just over 2.9 trillion roubles - in the first two months of the year, the authorities have almost reached that figure. Expenditures have grown by 51% over the same period last year, while revenues have fallen by 24%. The state finances have not been in such a state for many years. Anyway, also mentions that the output of finished metallurgic products is up like 30% or something compared to the previous year.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:22
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I am not watching that half hour video. Looking at that YouTube channel's history, I'm sure the author is the quintessential eastern European liberal fanboy. The liberal way to call down big guns is with extremely expensive and sophisticated guided missiles called down by private military contractor tier one operators, the educated experts of the battlefield. *blows up hospital anyways
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Apr 17, 2023 21:22
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Turtle Sandbox posted:Why does anyone think Ukraine coming out of this intact matter to our geopolitical ends? 
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Apr 17, 2023 21:23
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Lmao I got a message from an old army friend thats still in the system and he told me the cyber awareness training is going to be updated and its going to be every 6 months instead of yearly I'd thank him for his service if I could.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:23
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Lostconfused posted:Russian lefty youtube channel did a summary of recent budget figures Nobody has ever ended a war because it went over budget. Running out of steel has ended wars though.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:24
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I'm regretting listening to this, apparently Iran is helping Russia win the war so Russia can help them invade Iraq, for??? I don't know. Also apparently Russia isn't producing artillery shells or replacement barrels, because reasons??
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Apr 17, 2023 21:26
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tazjin posted:I found this sentence difficult to read and asked GPT-4 to write a more readable version: Apologies, I should have proof read it a little closer for fat thumb typing. Honestly I've seen the result of what's supposedly happened and it's not a lifted turret, it's a heavily damaged recoil system with the gun being fully run out (compressed) it's then put in the clamp and driven to armourers who go through hours worth of checks, the cage on the bottom of the turret would have been ripped off in order to get where it's sitting, it would also have ripped all the cables that go through a rotary base junction box that connect the turret to the hull. The multi ton weight of the turret wouldn't sit like that with the barrel in that position, it would have been recovered in situ back to wherever they operate out of, I would expect a lot more damage to the turret cage, not ruling it out as stranger things have happened.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:29
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Lmao I got a message from an old army friend thats still in the system and he told me the cyber awareness training is going to be updated and its going to be every 6 months instead of yearly lmbo. Do they even do vulnerability testing against the staff? Anyplace I've worked at that takes cyber security seriously regular tried to phish their own employees. I got owned pretty hard by a email about free coffee in the cafeteria. Both owned and disappointed.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:31
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You should have complained to HR about not getting free coffee. Edit: Also this vulnerability wouldn't exist if your work provided free coffee in general.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:32
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Not So Fast posted:I'm regretting listening to this, apparently Iran is helping Russia win the war so Russia can help them invade Iraq, for??? I don't know. Also apparently Russia isn't producing artillery shells or replacement barrels, because reasons?? Not watching but Iran's finally getting some Su-35s and probably some nice deals, help in sanction busting. First real IRIAF acquisition since they stole mig-29s from Saddam IIRC
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Apr 17, 2023 21:35
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Panzeh posted:it's good to send weapons to defeat an imperialist power op thanks for your opinion guy named after a nazi tank
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Apr 17, 2023 21:35
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:lmbo. Do they even do vulnerability testing against the staff? Anyplace I've worked at that takes cyber security seriously regular tried to phish their own employees. I got owned pretty hard by a email about free coffee in the cafeteria. Both owned and disappointed. Any company that does not already offer free coffee, is both bad for its employees and bad at business.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:38
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Al-Saqr posted:also i dont have a girlfriend and likely never will
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Apr 17, 2023 21:41
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super dumb question how is any counter offensive going to be much of a surprise? it's not as if there's a question of IF ukraine will ramp up after mud season. russia has abundant aerial surveillance, and otherwise. any and all materiel buildup will be seen. they're literally at war, so everyone has active countermeasures ready and are free to fire... what does it matter if there's a powerpoint leaked with a date?
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Apr 17, 2023 21:42
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:super dumb question Whatever the military need would usually be for secrecy or surprise, in this case it's far eclipsed by the political need to telegraph, well basically trumpet, the location, objectives and timelines of any offensive to western donors, due to the specific situation Ukraine is in.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:47
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OctaMurk posted:Any company that does not already offer free coffee, is both bad for its employees and bad at business. Agreed. Even the most frugal business I've worked at had free coffee. This place had free coffee and cheap cafeteria meals, but sometimes the cafeteria does special things like seasonal desserts or a really nice free coffee! Email about invoices? Scrutinized like it's the dead sea scrolls. Email about free treats? Clock without hesitation.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:49
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Frosted Flake posted:Lots of firepower is bad because (word salad). complete self-delusion is the only way you can keep nodding along to this stuff without theatrically tugging at your collar
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Apr 17, 2023 21:51
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Honestly I think the problem is that a lot of people confuse the question of "what ought America do, assuming we were trying to do the best thing for the world" and "what is America actually doing." The objective of American foreign policy is not to bring peace and justice to Eastern Europe, it's to keep us in and the Russians out. Doesn't matter at all if that means we accidentally do something right.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:53
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 this Adam guy really wants to play nuclear roulette huh
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Apr 17, 2023 21:53
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Frosted Flake posted:Whatever the military need would usually be for secrecy or surprise, in this case it's far eclipsed by the political need to telegraph, well basically trumpet, the location, objectives and timelines of any offensive to western donors, due to the specific situation Ukraine is in. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1648000712981504001?s=20
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Apr 17, 2023 21:54
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Lostconfused posted:Interesting, but what if it's that nazis have the worst tanks and are dumber than pigs? I just watched a video about how when Hermann Goering committed everything the Luftwaffe had to Operation Bodenplatte during the Battle of the Bulge, he neglected to inform any other branch of the German military what time the aircraft would be launching, and by this stage of the war the concept of "large formation of friendly aircraft overhead" was so alien to the Wehrmacht that they blanketed the Luftwaffe with flak as they flew past... and then flakked them again hours later when they came back (in dramatically reduced numbers). SUPERIOR GERMAN MILITARY DOCTRINE 
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Apr 17, 2023 21:55
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Frosted Flake posted:Whatever the military need would usually be for secrecy or surprise, in this case it's far eclipsed by the political need to telegraph, well basically trumpet, the location, objectives and timelines of any offensive to western donors, due to the specific situation Ukraine is in. i understand that, and it makes sense. maybe a better way to phrase it: is a surprise counteroffensive of any real significance even possible, if it were desired to be wholly unexpected
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Apr 17, 2023 21:57
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Regarde Aduck posted:neoliberalism again That’s a pretty good summary of the Metal Gear series. The neoliberal order desperately trying to make copies of the one person who is good at war.
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Apr 17, 2023 21:58
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all this and the narrative that Russia somehow didn't crush the original Ukraine army is still going Like we're supposed to believe Ukraine lost 5 men and a jeep but they also desperately need all this other stuff, just to make sure?
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Apr 17, 2023 21:58
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ok who's the whale quote:ppps. ukraine thread posters with lego and barbie avatars, sorry. i was counter-whaling whoever was the piece of poo poo spamming thread with red texts at the time, out of my pocket, and the "free forums avatars" gallery i was copy-pasting everything from to beat the hooligan on the clock had the most insane mix of things possible
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Apr 17, 2023 22:04
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Panzeh posted:it's good to send weapons to defeat an imperialist power op Personally I'm not sold on sending Hamas nukes, but maybe you're right.
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Apr 17, 2023 22:07
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genericnick posted:Personally I'm not sold on sending Hamas nukes, but maybe you're right. wtf why wouldn't you
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Apr 17, 2023 22:10
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lollontee posted:wtf why wouldn't you Just give them no sell
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Apr 17, 2023 22:11
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Slovakia joins Poland and Hungary in halting Ukraine grain imports Bulgaria is also considering a ban.
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Apr 17, 2023 22:12
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Panzeh posted:so you don't think the rusich battalion is a nazi organization? This might blow your mind but two things can be bad at the same time, especially when both are Nazis
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Apr 17, 2023 22:13
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maybe this has been posted already, but hersh is reporting ukraine is doing business with russia behind the scenes and zelensky is personally enriching himself https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/1648048068187639814
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Apr 17, 2023 22:14
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:maybe this has been posted already, but hersh is reporting ukraine is doing business with russia behind the scenes and zelensky is personally enriching himself yeah it rules how much Hersh still has insane scoops like this
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Apr 17, 2023 22:19
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But have u considered that the guy who's made his career out of revealing massive us war crimes is wrong about this war that i care about??????
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Apr 17, 2023 22:21
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:lmbo. Do they even do vulnerability testing against the staff? Anyplace I've worked at that takes cyber security seriously regular tried to phish their own employees. I got owned pretty hard by a email about free coffee in the cafeteria. Both owned and disappointed. They did but not as frequently as they should. Also we would get an email from the regional NEC telling us someones computer had been compromised occasionally which meant we had to call the user and tell them that their computer had been disabled and they had to turn it in for re-imaging AND they had to take the cyber awareness challenge to re-active their account. Which was fun while I was at west point because just about everyone that did this was at least a lt colonel.
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Apr 17, 2023 22:21
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:i understand that, and it makes sense. The Ukrainians' greatest advantage here is Russian politics. Russia very clearly has a ceiling for casualties they are willing to take, and will give ground where they have to rather than allow themselves to get put in a position where they have to go toe to toe with the Ukrainians on equal terms. That means if the Ukrainians pile on somewhere, they will achieve some level of local success because, in the time before Russian fires can be massed from elsewhere and brought to bear, local commanders will break contact and withdraw. Ukraine gains some territory on the map, and the casualties they suffer under the rain of shells never makes it to western reporting. With no reporting on casualties, it's easy to make all of these look like major wins. Russia is trading space for losses, and absent that last bit, it's just Ukraine gaining space. Now, you could argue how sustainable this is etc etc but what we've seen is that Ukrainian military and political leadership is committed to... whatever the gently caress they are doing.
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Apr 17, 2023 22:22
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Apr 17, 2023 22:27
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:maybe this has been posted already, but hersh is reporting ukraine is doing business with russia behind the scenes and zelensky is personally enriching himself Vladimirs... they're all the same
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loving love to look at the scraps the west is giving us while my men die hopelessly, it means I can continue skimming from the top until I have to flee the country and take refuge in miami
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