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gradenko_2000 posted:the Zumwalt-class destroyers actually are tumblehome designs God the wikipedia entry on that hulk is a pack of lies lol. It has [all this poo poo] oh really? Huh. Are you sure about that? Really sure?
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Maed posted:nah that'd be pretty drat funny tbh yeah all the explosions would be far away from heavily populated areas and a lot of the force and radioactivity would be absorbed by the earth around the silos. There would probably be a ton of radioactive dirt propelled into the atmosphere and we could get a year without a summer from it, but that's pretty good compared to those missiles hitting their targets
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Hatebag posted:i don't know how many nukes it would take to blow a hole through a foot of reinforced concrete but i found this amazing drawing from a 1990 paper from the army about dividing walls Explosives is the wrong path to take for breaking into bunkers, they're surely built to withstand at least some https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FRx7Uto-jc Can you imagine the fear in their soul after 3 days of drilling noises from outside finally seizes only to see hundreds of cracks beginning to form the day after? e; well, not soul, but the thing occupying the place where you'd normally find one fanfic insert has issued a correction as of 14:32 on Mar 21, 2024 |
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Source: Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/21/russia-titanium-exports-sanctions/ Two years after start of Ukraine war, Russian titanium keeps flowing to West By Adam Taylor March 21, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Western firms bought hundreds of millions of dollars of titanium metal from a Russian company with deep ties to the country’s defense industry following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to a review of Russian export data. The purchases illustrate how the West remains dependent on Russia for certain products despite pledges to break economic ties with Moscow. In the case of titanium, that dependence raises security concerns, industry and defense analysts say, as the metal is vital in the manufacturing of both commercial and military airplanes. “Russia could shut off the flow of these … materials and leave companies critical to national defense and civil aviation scrambling,” said William George, director of research at ImportGenius, the company that supplied the trade data gathered from an official Russian database to The Washington Post. After more than two years of war in Ukraine, Russia continues to export oil and gas that eventually reaches the United States and its allies, and Russian firms are still able to sell everything from diamonds to uranium because the West wants the goods and allows carve-outs from sanctions. The titanium firm, VSMPO-AVISMA, has not been placed under sanctions by the United States or the European Union despite being partly owned by Rostec, a defense conglomerate that owns hundreds of companies and is under U.S. and European sanctions. Rostec is led by an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sergey Chemezov, who has been personally sanctioned since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Roughly 15,000 tons of titanium worth $370 million were exported by VSMPO in 2022, the vast majority of it sent to Western nations that supported Ukraine, according to the export database, with Germany, France, the United States and Britain topping the list. VSMPO, which essentially is a monopoly in Russia, then exported at least $345 million in titanium in 2023, according to more-limited data for that year seen by The Post. Russian trade data was difficult to acquire in 2023, with the available data lacking most of the details that showed transactions with Western firms. George said ImportGenius could not comment on why certain details were no longer in the data... ... Ukraine is the only country to have placed the Russian firm under sanctions. In September, the U.S. Commerce Department imposed export controls on VSPMO, stating that it was “directly involved in producing and manufacturing titanium and metal products for the Russian military and security services.” Those controls prohibit exports of goods to the company in Russia, not of its titanium to the United States, however. “We think sanctioning titanium from Russia would be sanctioning ourselves,” Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury told reporters in June 2022. While no sanctions prohibit the purchase of Russian titanium for commercial purposes, the use of specialty metals for the U.S. military is regulated. This can cause costly problems: In 2022, the discovery of a Chinese alloy in the assembly of F-35 fighter jets led to a production halt and investigation. The Pentagon later issued a waiver for the alloy.... Struggling to find alternatives to Russia Titanium’s importance comes from an array of factors. As strong as steel but 45 percent lighter, it’s also more resistant to heat and corrosion, and can be used in multiple products from paint to body implants. Its most critical modern use is in aerospace as the industry has pursued ever-lighter aircraft. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Western governments encouraged aerospace firms to do business with VSMPO, which had enormous capacity after the end of the Cold War, and until 2022, the Russian firm was estimated to supply roughly a third of the high-grade titanium used by the aviation sector globally. Only after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, did Western companies begin to break these ties. Most significantly, Ural Boeing Manufacturing, a joint venture of Boeing and VSMPO, was canceled in 2022. In a statement, Boeing said it now “sources titanium predominantly in the U.S.” Major suppliers for Boeing have continued purchasing Russian titanium, however. The Safran Group, the French aerospace company that works on engines and landing gears for aerospace companies, including Boeing, saw its imports from the Russian firm rise in 2022, hitting over $20 million compared with $8.6 million the year before. As recently as November of last year, Russian trade documents stated that exports to France were going to the Safran-made LEAP 1B engines used in the Boeing 737 Max airliner. In a statement, Safran said that its purchases had increased in volume in 2022 but that “the share of Russian titanium in our purchases did not increase.” Executives with Rolls-Royce, a British company that produces engines for both Airbus and Boeing, said in the spring of 2022 that they would stop purchasing Russian titanium. Trade data suggests that imports from VSMPO continued throughout 2022, increasing from $5 million in 2021 to $6.7 million in 2022, with VSMPO deliveries marked for Rolls-Royce as recently as April 2023. “Rolls-Royce strictly adheres to applicable export control and sanctions requirements and we are securing alternative supply chain capacity to deliver our transition,” the company said in a statement. The continued reliance on Russian titanium by European firms is shown in European Union trade data. The bloc imported $244 million worth of Russian titanium in 2023, only 20 percent down from its highest-ever volume, in 2019. U.S. trade data for 2023 shows $47 million worth of Russian titanium purchases, almost 80 percent lower than the 2019 peak. Analysts said Western companies were probably struggling to find alternatives to VSMPO. One American who worked with VSMPO before the invasion of Ukraine, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private negotiations, said Russia’s lower overheads meant VSMPO could also offer discounted prices. “They have the scale that allows that cost of production to go way down,” the American said. ... While U.S. titanium firms can create aerospace-grade metal, after closures in 2020, they have been reliant on imports of titanium sponge, the first stage in making the metal. Roughly 80 percent of titanium sponge used in the United States comes from Japan, which has struggled to keep up with demand... ... Willy Shih, a Harvard Business School professor who specializes in manufacturing, said that the U.S. titanium industry could certainly fill the hole in the global market left by VSMPO, but that it would require significant investment and probably the embrace of new technologies to create cleaner, more-efficient titanium. “We tend to be short-term-focused and price-focused,” Shih said. “But if you really think of these things as being strategic, then you have to play the long game.”
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Yemen’s Houthis Tell China, Russia Their Ships Won’t Be Targetedquote:China and Russia reached an understanding following talks between their diplomats in Oman and Mohammed Abdel Salam, one of the Houthis’ top political figures, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing private matters. The Americans sent a naval fleet. The Russians (and Chinese) sent a diplomat.
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OhFunny posted:Yemen’s Houthis Tell China, Russia Their Ships Won’t Be Targeted lmao
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but i was assured by all the smartest commentators that china had to side with the us or they would be considered an ~unserious~ actor
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I have been wondering if the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was catalyzed by spooky agencies getting antsy about FPV and cheap drone development. There were other factors of course but I am beginning to think that was what did it
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Man, poo poo is crazy. Hey FF is there a way to ask you a question that isn't public? Also, yes this is unrelated but I'm not going outside of C-Spam and this is bugging me... I am bad at math and do not understand the following. Oracle tells citizens of Delos that they must replace an existing altar which is in the shape of a cube with one twice its size to rid themselves of a plague. This "problem of the duplication of the cube took a leading place in the formation of Greek geometry." Okay fine I don't know how to break that down with letters and numbers but why couldn't they have just gotten a stick, cut that to the height of the cube, get another stick and do the same, then wrap it in brass and tack them together. With the new double-stick they would know what height depth and width the cube should be. Why would the double-sticks not be a solution? Would this be insufficiently precise? Or was this just a ruse to get people more interested in geometry? Thank you and sorry.
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Sadistic Hamster posted:Man, poo poo is crazy. because doubling the sides increases the volume by more than 2x. a 2x2x2 cube has a volume of 8 while a 4x4x4 cube has a volume of 64
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they probably did that and then some smart rear end was like thats 8x the original cube not 2x, do it over!
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Raskolnikov38 posted:because doubling the sides increases the volume by more than 2x. a 2x2x2 cube has a volume of 8 while a 4x4x4 cube has a volume of 64 so if the thing has a volume of 1, the Oracle is looking for a thing with a volume of... 2 the cube root of 2 is [1.25992104989] [1.25992104989] to the third power is .... 1.99999999998 ... so something like that? I can imagine why that wouldn't be intuitive to Ancient Greeks who hadn't figured out cube roots and poo poo yet
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1 carrot 3 2 carrot 3 Cubed is in the name
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We think sanctioning titanium from Russia would be sanctioning ourselves,” lol the biggest thunk in the world
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if you got one block and put another one next to it you need 6 more to build that shape into a cube again. a very serious greek man probably killed hinself over this
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Sadistic Hamster posted:Man, poo poo is crazy. my man asking about surds.
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fizziester posted:Source: Washington Post hahahahahaha
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Admiral Bosch posted:no loving way please post a link about this Just make sure you set up some cool environmental storytelling before you do it.
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euphronius posted:We think sanctioning titanium from Russia would be sanctioning ourselves,” i remember when obama was just continuously poo poo-talking russia as a gas station that doesnt make anything anyone wants what a loving loser
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Raskolnikov38 posted:because doubling the sides increases the volume by more than 2x. a 2x2x2 cube has a volume of 8 while a 4x4x4 cube has a volume of 64 I hate these stupid problems that rely on ambiguous language to ensure that the jackass posting the question can smirk and tell you you're wrong. "Size" doesn't necessarily imply "volume" even if that's what was meant. Should have just dumped the Oracle into the nearest lake and gone about their business. In legend though it could well be another example of the theme "The gods are huge assholes," which seems super common.
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Punished Turtle posted:I really kind of doubt it. It was probably the least erotic half hour of my life. What I learned from it is that if you think you are possible about to become explosively owned in a really dumb way that you will probably just be sort of disassociatively melancholic. What about the next half hour though?
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If you have flat material to build a cube, it's pretty simple to calculate it with volume. For example use wood panels to build a sand bucket cube, and trail and error to a 2nd bigger cube that can carry twice the amount of sand. Now you can measure the size ratio between the first cube and the second cube. Bad tolerance doesn't matter because your building sized cube will have bad tolerance too.
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Thanks for the replies, I'd never have zeroed in on "surds" being what I was asking about. You're all probably familiar with them but apparently this 7 minute video does a good job of teaching them -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndU_cCbPAm4 I said I was stupid and I certainly feel it. If it weren't for elon musk proudly displaying his idiocy to the entire world every minute of the day I might have considered deleting my post (not really). Thanks for the 2x2x2 / 4x4x4 thing. That was a really stupid oversight, in my head I didn't even attribute numbers to anything I was just like double cube hmmm sticks yes. What you have said makes sense, volume etc. Those ancient greeks were certainly on some poo poo... how many cones can fit in a sphere, I don't know why is this important just measure it with something for fucks sake.
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Orange Devil posted:Just make sure you set up some cool environmental storytelling before you do it. *the vault dweller stumbles upon a shack. inside is a wooden table on top of which is a burnt out candle, an empty wine bottle and two glasses. seated at one end of the table is a human skeleton, at the other end the faded and decayed remains of a waifu pillow*
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The Greeks developed complex math to sus out a cube twice the size via proofs and logic The Rus simply used a scale and made the cube out of clay, knowing it's density empirically
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Skeletons last forever and are known for their excellent structural integrity.
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Loucks posted:I hate these stupid problems that rely on ambiguous language to ensure that the jackass posting the question can smirk and tell you you're wrong. "Size" doesn't necessarily imply "volume" even if that's what was meant. Should have just dumped the Oracle into the nearest lake and gone about their business. It was the gods way of gifting the Greeks with the concept of irrational numbers
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Orange Devil posted:Skeletons last forever and are known for their excellent structural integrity. Not once you reach enchantment 6 for wither bones spam
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https://x.com/starsandstripes/status/1770862938565279843?s=20quote:Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Nofziger’s love of all things Disney is so strong, his forearm permanently bears the image of Belle in her yellow dress and the Beast in a blue tuxedo jacket as they dance together and fall in love in the 1991 animated movie “Beauty and the Beast.”
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gradenko_2000 posted:so if the thing has a volume of 1, the Oracle is looking for a thing with a volume of... 2 the ancient greeks thought of numbers as ratios of lengths constructable via compass and straightedge it is impossible to construct the cube root of 2 this way, not that the ancient greeks could prove that likewise you can't trisect an arbitrary angle or construct a square and circle with the same area
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“tenacious” about advancing his career in Army public affairs
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gradenko_2000 posted:so if the thing has a volume of 1, the Oracle is looking for a thing with a volume of... 2 if you think the cube root of 2 isnt intuitive wait until you find out about the square root of 2
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Once America loses the ability to use the square root of -1 in equations, they'll lose ww3.
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ffs, its the Buster Bluth army experience https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUoNnX045A&pp=ygUgYnVzdGVyIGJsdXRoIGFybXkgaGFzIGEgaGFsZiBkYXk%3D
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Votskomit posted:Once America loses the ability to use the square root of -1 in equations, they'll lose ww3. i would expect radicals to cause more military problems than they solve
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Votskomit posted:Once America loses the ability to use the square root of -1 in equations, they'll lose ww3. that's unlikely to be a problem as many americans have entirely imaginary math skills
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fizziester posted:“We tend to be short-term-focused and price-focused,” oh, word?
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https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/04/14/air-force-looks-to-cut-nearly-50-of-tactical-air-control-party-jobs/quote:https://www.airforcetimes.com The Air Force is deciding they don't need more people who would affect the ground war.
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I like how they describe americas COIN conflicts as "traditional ground war"
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OhFunny posted:Yemen’s Houthis Tell China, Russia Their Ships Won’t Be Targeted Lmao
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