Amazing. From what I heard Russia is the same, I’m wondering how is China (probably similar). Along with the known numbers, it also makes me think if there is even a credible threat to the US military’s dominance - probably not.

It’s also funny, how things like delegation of authority are very simple and proven concepts, yet it’s not used at a lot of places, even western companies. My squad only fights battles with ppts and clients, but I operate in the same way, often having weird interactions with other leaders, when I explain how I don’t hog power and information for myself unnecessarily.

Around 10k total I think

One of my parents was in North Korea multiple times in the 80s as a tour guide from the Eastern Block, I remember hearing the stories about it when I was a child.

Cameras being taken, poverty housing blocked off with walls, fake buildings and rooms, US soldiers watching them from the other side of the DMZ “negotiation building”.

I always took these stories for granted, and didn’t realize for a long time how special and unique these experiences were. When I tell my Western EU colleagues they always drop their jaws.

I find it unlikely that they couldn’t track and disable units if they are used outside of a permitted region. They can also compare locations to license / point of sales, e.g. if a unit sold in China gets activated in East Ukraine

By the way, does anybody have a credible take on the current status/outlook of the war?

I hear nothing about the Kursk offense now, but mainstream news mention recent Russian successes in the East. I understand striking deep into Russia with US weapons would be critical, but I think that is unlikely to happen before the elections.

I am (again) worried for Ukraine, and to our Western politicians f*cking this up.

BNE

(Big Nose Energy)

be me

Plato, philosopher extraordinaire

trying to write “The Republic” but keep getting distracted

student Theaetetus shows up

he’s like “hey Plato, when’s the last time you went on a date?”

tfw too busy contemplating the ideal forms to get a real girlfriend

tfw only girl interested in me is Socrates’ cousin who keeps asking about dialectics

”Maybe if you stop talking about cave shadows, girls will like you, bro”

Theaetetus thinks he’s funny

mfw dude has a point

try to go on a date

ask her if she’s ever considered how the soul yearns for true knowledge beyond the physical realm

she asks if I know a guy named Aristotle

apparently, he just talks about practical things, like biology or something

tfw getting ghosted by girls who want literal shadows over my allegorical ones

Don’t forget innovation:

“Shareholders need to get comfortable not owning their yacht”

Holy shit, the crypto bros are really triggered by this, out in full force in the comments. If the only argument you can bring for crypto is that you make/made money on it, that sounds a lot like a Ponzi scheme

The most depressing thing I’ve seen related to this topic. A small team that worked incredibly hard were lucky enough to achieve the impossible, and now they watch without any control as it is taken from them, for no other reason than greed.

Due to unchecked neoliberal capitalism, big companies like Sony already cover so much of the developed markets, that they have no way to naturally grow more. So they are forced to squeeze more out of what they already have, as stagnation is not accepted in this hellish system.

The line must go up, whatever the cost!

Edit: damn, Sony actually listened

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell”