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It seems Russia is also putting down land mines and fortifying themselves in a roughly 15 mile perimeter around Kyiv. This tends to signify their intent to dig-in and push forward from relatively stable regrouping points. I agree with the above. Their words mean nothing. Until they withdraw, they're lying.

Nearly, but not quite, zero. Nobody’s going to be charged with attempted murder here.

Would he have slapped Amy Schumer if she'd made the exact same joke? Nah, doubtful. Would the person slapping Chris Rock be in jail right now if they weren't Will Smith, especially if there were black? Yeah, probably. Why do people care at all? Mostly because we're a bunch of simpletons looking for easy distractions from the trials and tribulations of the world... moths chasing the light. Or... in this case... the light-hearted.

He wasn't actually wrong, despite all the dunking the internet has done. https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/paul-krugman-got-something-very-right-about-the-internet-the-fax-machine-and-the-economy "What people see as a major economic impact is really the social impact. From a true data impact, Krugman wasn’t wrong. “Productivity growth has been substantially weaker during the age of the internet,” Amarnath wrote. “The same deceleration is visible in terms of both nominal and real investment in software and even the broadest definition of hardware (information processing equipment). There has been some shifting and cannibalization of activity as a result of retail moving to e-commerce channels, and new media dominating advertising services at the expense of old media, but if we’re talking about macro impact beyond substitution, the burden of proof is with those eager to mock Krugman on this point.” You can see the chart here, showing that the era of the internet has not been an impressive one for tech investment. And we all know, of course, that measured productivity states have been mediocre. Furthermore, as Matt Darling, vice president of behavioral economics lab Ideas42, has pointed out, the quote came in the context of a big, national debate about how the internet would have some turbocharging effect on economic growth. There was for example a WSJ piece by Rudi Dornbusch that year arguing that we would experience a forever boom. <...> There was a considerable discussion at the time that the internet would fundamentally change something. Either lead to a perma-boom, or faster growth, or greater productivity, or something fundamentally new in how business cycles worked. And yet we've seen none of that. Instead we’ve had mediocre growth, long broad downturns, and declines in both productivity and general tech investment. So yes, for sure Krugman was wrong on the societal impacts, such as how much we all have to say to each other. But on the question of the difference between the internet and the fax machine, the data back him up."

What are the key differences you see between these two?

No

Oi

I’ve previously referred to this as the swarm of bees strategy. You release a bunch of bees into the space and people behind you start walking out carrying with them all of your valuables while you’re distracted. You also can’t really focus anymore on just one single bee, even if it’s the most important one (let’s call it the queen). Continuing the analogy of redirecting attention away from the point that actually matters… the swarm protects the queen.

Trump sues everybody. Litigiousness is kinda his thing.

The harm claim is a financial one. He alleges spending $24M in legal fees to defend himself, so of course is suing her for triple that amount and asking for $72M. It’s never about the actual legality or money though. It’s more of the strategy Steve Bannon described as “flooding the zone with shit” to distract the media, the public, and to keep the rabid base agitated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/

More detail from the Skimm: There’s Ginni Thomas. Yesterday, reports revealed the conservative activist — and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — worked to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Text messages show Thomas called President Biden’s win a “heist” and pressed then-President Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to “release the Kraken” and “help this great president stand firm.” It’s all part of the evidence Meadows gave to the January 6th panel before he stopped cooperating. And comes weeks after a court filing from the panel argued Trump and members of his campaign engaged in a “criminal conspiracy” to overturn the election. Recuse me?: Thomas has so far resisted calls to recuse himself from Trump-related cases — despite his family’s close personal relationship with the admin.

They’re making me sick. They’re making us all sick.

Meanwhile, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was texting with Trumps White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows at this time… she was pressing and directly advising them to overturn the 2020 election and reverse the results. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/us/politics/ginni-thomas-trump-mark-meadows.html

I support us proceeding in this manner

Is this one civilized enough?

My immediate thought is that we’re not seeing them because they’re covert (i.e. they very well may be happening outside of our awareness). Another thought is that humans are in short supply and very badly needed along the front lines. Basically, although they have teams of plumbers and electricians at the ready, right now the house itself is on fire so all hands are on deck trying to extinguish the flames first. They’re otherwise occupied.

Merged? Would've been better Moved... to the Trash Can

A better question IMO is what will be left of Russia

Russia also has escalation superiority over Ukraine in that circumstance. Ukraine shelling Russian cities would be seen as an escalation, and in response Russia could retaliate far more forcefully / devastatingly.

Didn’t realize I was on an IT forum dedicated to discussions about iOS updates

Another unpopular opinion: Trump would be better than many of the others. He and his cronies are mostly evil, but they're thankfully also mostly incompetent. Keystone cops comes to mind. Anyone with a bit more political skill, but with those same autocratic tendencies following the Trump model is likely to be far worse in terms of outcomes. Completely agree. Trump worries me far less than the millions upon millions upon millions of people who think he's the best representation of them, even after having 5 years to learn what the man truly represents (i.e. they aren't just being fooled and hoodwinked into thinking he's a great businessman).

It was a tv show. Not relevant in a technical discussion of reactors

Depends on which shot you get and when you get it. Much like the virus evolves, so too do our defenses against it. Active development efforts are happening as you read this

It also seems that Russian troop morale is VERY low right now since more than 7,000 of them have already been killed in less than 3 weeks (according to conservative US estimates).