2812481591 51m ago • 100%
Djibouti normally sells bases to any country who wants one, but they've kept a firm line that they will not recognize Israel until the creation of a Palestinian state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti–Palestine_relations
I guess that's why Somaliland looks like a more promising partner, though they've also been lukewarm historically.
2812481591 2h ago • 100%
I dunno, guys. I only have the energy to vote in one election, and I have a feeling like the election after this one is going to be the most important election of our lifetime.
2812481591 2h ago • 100%
America couldn't win a conflict with Vietnam, it still kneecapped the region and set them back decades.
2812481591 6h ago • 100%
concentration camps, murder, forced sterilization, and potentially slavery for undocumented migrants as the climate collapse causes their numbers to swell. Invasion of northern Mexico for a buffer zone. Completely ineffective federal management leaves most local governments fending for themselves. There is regional Junta that does nothing to help, and you only see them 0-3 times a year when they roll through your town with vehicles and equipment that look even more piecemeal than the last time to punish anyone suspected of disloyalty, then leaving abruptly. The return of absolute hunger and deaths from malnourishment. US Navy begins open piracy on food and aid shipments in southeast Asia.
I think this will come to pass around 2045. around 2035 is when the US will have finished gearing up to confront China, and what victory looks like in that conflict will doubtlessly shape the next decade to a large degree. I doubt China will dismantled given it's size and internal security, but the strategic destruction the US can inflict would be devastating. Even if they do sink the US navy, if they don't win fast, then they've lost.
2812481591 4d ago • 100%
Using AI to interpret Hydrophone arrays to detect and identify submarines or surface ships.
2812481591 4d ago • 100%
autonomous loitering munition:
anti-Stealth Radar:
Passive Acoustic Sonar filter:
2812481591 4d ago • 100%
South Korea has been freed from all ballistic missile limitation, and has just unveiled an enormous, 3000km, ballistic missile bunker buster, with a claimed penetration ability of 100m. additionally, the US B-21 Stealth Bomber program is progressing at an impressive pace, with basically production ready design and 3 airworthy units under testing, and can be deployed to bases in Japan or South Korea with the US's newest bunker busters. In China's Southwest, India also has robust and modern ballistic and cruise missile programs, including hypersonics based on Russian 3M22 Zircon, and has foreign buyers in the Philippines.
so, can someone tell me why is China building it's cutting edge, extremely massive and utterly immobile particle accelerator lithography machine in Xiong'an New Area instead of Xi'an? okay, the researchers are from Tsinghua University, but you also have 300km/hr trains running back and forth every day.
2812481591 1w ago • 100%
Japanese-Indian-American Sushi Consumers: 
2812481591 1w ago • 100%
it's fallen for the same pattern of all our other shitposting subs as being utilized by very unfunny posters, and therefore most people have it blocked. When you do come up with a good bit (this is one), it will only get the engagement it deserves on chapo.
2812481591 1w ago • 100%
When we have problems and the system isn't working for us, they're the ones out there marching and protesting
2812481591 1w ago • 100%
If this is just a warning to give visibility to the new policy, then alright I guess. I just don't want this comm filled with hexbear drama. Perhaps DredgeTank could work in the future? Alternatively, if you just need a place to get an explanation about a sus report or something, you could try PMing the user. I think that would probably be more likely to result in an aforementioned good faith discussion. I would've preferred for the record if you had just asked me in PM if you didn't understand why I reported your thread.
2812481591 1w ago • 100%
So in my report, I said it was a rule 6 violation, so you already know why I reported it, don't pretend it was because I like Misandry or imply I'm having a hard time understanding, that feels abusive as hell. It shouldn't be hard to understand this isn't what a typical Dunk Tank post looks like, and I wonder you had consensus of the other admins before you made this post, or you decided this was going to be the comm for public call outs and struggle sessions unilaterally, because that seems like an extremely poorly thought out decision that I have trouble believing the others signed off on.
2812481591 1w ago • 100%
It wasn't obvious to me. Do you think you can elaborate?
2812481591 1w ago • 100%
yes, ballots are private, they only see the record of if you vote or not. they're not paying you to vote, they're paying you immediately once you make a plan to vote.
If you're in an noncompetitive state, and aren't invested in any local elections, having a public record of not voting in this election may be more valuable than actually voting. This election, we have precedence: Cards Against Humanity is paying non-voters who are registered and "lean blue" (Registered democrat) to make a voting plan. therefore, le heckin Game Theory says you shouldn't vote. Next, Cards of Humanity is going to offer a bounty for every dead Cobra you produce. if you want to take advantage of this elections offer, and you vote, then they have no reason to give you an incentive next election. if you don't vote, you'll have shown bad faith and they also wont give you an incentive next time. but if they don't give incentives to people who didn't vote they last time they had an incentive, that basically makes it obvious they're buying votes, so their rules will probably say the incentives are for new applicants only.
2812481591 2w ago • 100%
Apparently, it's from a Poem by the Tang Era poet Cen Shen, who is Speaking to his service during the An Lushan Rebellion:
吾窃悲此生，四十幸未老。
一朝逢世乱，终日不自保。
胡兵夺长安，宫殿生野草。
伤心五陵树，不见二京道。
我皇在行军，兵马日浩浩。
胡雏尚未灭，诸将恳征讨。
昨闻咸阳败，杀戮净如扫。
积尸若丘山，流血涨丰镐。
干戈碍乡国，豺虎满城堡。
村落皆无人，萧条空桑枣。
儒生有长策，无处豁怀抱。
块然伤时人，举首哭苍昊。
早知逢世乱，少小谩读书。
悔不学弯弓，向东射狂胡。
偶从谏官列，谬向丹墀趋。
未能匡吾君，虚作一丈夫。
抚剑伤世路，哀歌泣良图。
功业今已迟，览镜悲白须。
平生抱忠义，不敢私微躯。
2812481591 2w ago • 100%
I think that happens in every ghost in the shell arc.
2812481591 2w ago • 100%
"Andor is the best Star Wars since Empire" mfers when they remember Empire's dark, mature themes of Luke fighting a yeti, beating a tank by tying it's legs with rope, and Han walking inside a space worm's mouth.
2812481591 2w ago • 100%
it's a YA Dystopian minecraft movie for gen alpha ipad kids which started getting ironically memed for it's absurd premise and recognizable YA and Shounen cliches.
It's shite being a parkour noob! we're the lowest of the low!"
2812481591 3w ago • 100%
if anyone is looking for their first E-reader, look for a $30 used one on ebay or someplace. You're not going to regret it. E-readers are just trying to replicate the features of a book, which is not complicated technology. Everything else manufacturers do to increase the price involves inventing needs. you wont miss a color adjustable backlight, you can read with a light. you don't need 50gb of storage when a book is 3mb and calibre manages your library. a 600 DPI resolution makes text crisper, but not substantially more readable than 167 DPI, since eInk dots innately have anti-aliasing properties that makes them look higher resolution than the specs suggest. a dictionary pop-up when you highlight words is also extra, but my nook touch had that 10 years ago, and it cost $30 back then too. A lot of people enjoy their E-readers most of all because of their simplicity and separation from other distractions, so it stands to reason, lots of people might be happier with a less featured device.
2812481591 3w ago • 100%
Cool, so president Harris will instruct the FDA to spend 3 years considering whether to reschedule it, and then in time for the 2028 election, the FDA will announce a plan to consider making a decision in 2029 after an open comment period, of course after new laws are passed to criminalize any BIPOC for owning a car or being parents while possessing hemp flowers. That probably seems demotivating to you, but I've also got an analogy where voting is like using a public bus to get closer to you where you want, which I assume checks out, I've never ridden a bus.
Damn, they phones literally exploded tho
all the mainstays like "FAFO" are here. If this was during peacetime, then sure, you could think of this as an overwhelming show of force escalation after being provoked... but this was a full-scale war, the Missouri should've been destroying any enemy artillery it encountered, whether or not they shot first. so what's going on, and why is everyone writing fanfic in the comments the kooky battleship captain itching for an excuse to cause extreme destruction? They weren't on some sleepy mission lacking for targets, according to the article, they were out blowing up tons of shit, mostly not even weapons: >"She bombarded coastal defenses, railroad tunnels, and bridges, making significant contributions to the United Nations’ efforts to push back North Korean and later Chinese forces." >"In addition to her bombardment duties, the Wisconsin served as a potent anti-aircraft platform, protecting carrier groups and other ships within the fleet from aerial attack. " So, yeah, there is a disconnect in the narrative between the physical reality; a minor tactical engagement by an overwhelmingly superior force, and the perverse interpretation centered on punishment and that's because the institution of orientalism deals with the orient through narratives about the orient, conditioning knowledge of the orient through a birds-eye view which places the knowing western observer as superior in every respect (more rational, logical, scientific, realistic, and objective) to the object of contemplation. This cannot be an Asian gun crew trying ineffectively to defend their homes from belligerant power. this **has** to be a barbarous ambush by upstart locals, daring to provoke those they should know are their betters while expecting the restraint of our superior culture to save them, only to be shown a righteous and firm hand by our captain who still maintains the correct attitude we need for dealing with the orient. anyway, if I could stomach delving more of this, I should curate a list of most offensive comments, but luckily sort-by-score already brings out some of the worst, so I can simply copy those: >[You know that captain had gone to bed saying “I wish a mfer would.” Then all of a sudden, a very faint tink was heard.](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fgo6vz/til_that_in_1952_the_uss_wisconsin_received_a/ln3ic20/) >[Imagine the guy with binoculars seeing not one, not three, but NINE guns tracking him](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fgo6vz/til_that_in_1952_the_uss_wisconsin_received_a/ln3hn3o/) >>[reminds me of a few middle eastern videos. One where (I think) a Houti shoot an rpg at an Saudi Abrams and the Abrams facetanks it then turns its turret to the shooter.](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fgo6vz/til_that_in_1952_the_uss_wisconsin_received_a/ln3r011/) ↵ >>[Another one in Syria where camera guy sees the tank stopping, elevating its canon and then shooting at his relative position.](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fgo6vz/til_that_in_1952_the_uss_wisconsin_received_a/ln3r011/) ↵ >>[Got another, ***funnier one***](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fgo6vz/til_that_in_1952_the_uss_wisconsin_received_a/ln3r011/) >[Military equivalent of "listen here, you little shit"](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fgo6vz/til_that_in_1952_the_uss_wisconsin_received_a/ln3g3e6/) >[Don't ↵Touch ↵The Boats!](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fgo6vz/til_that_in_1952_the_uss_wisconsin_received_a/ln3gauc/) [comment that finally seems to grasp people shoot each other in war, but still includes a weird fixation on self-defense, makes analogy with a boxer where the "aggressor" is at "Fault"](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fgo6vz/til_that_in_1952_the_uss_wisconsin_received_a/ln3ljzl/)
If a song doesn't have \**sproing** I don't want to hear it. - Dante Forget marvel shit, I need to know what's going on in the Zutomayo Cinematic Universe. Love the pixel art + lens distortions, This video gives such strong nostalgia for point and click games. probably my favorite song from this artist yet.
::: spoiler spoiler plz someone figure out how to make an emoji with this where you can actually read the text :::
I see this hypothetical sometimes asked in a way that holds no appeal: sure, you live pretty well for a few centuries most likely, but at some point of statistical inevitability, you'd end up in a fate as bad as spending billions of torturous years drowning under the ocean, conscious of every minute as your ocean plate is slowly subducted hundreds of miles underground. Is this hypothetical just supposed to be for people who want to feel clever by pointing that out, or is it meant to mark out the people with asymptotically severe time preference? Let's say you still have to live forever, but you can do or have done to you things that can plausibly end your consciousness. It's not a switch you can will to happen by thinking about it, you have no guarantee you can perform the procedure before your yacht capsizes or your jealous heir buries you alive to claim your inheritance. I'm talking it has to be a mundane method that causes brain death. You check out, while your entropy reversing body continues as a non conscious living organism like a sponge or coral, until the heat death of the universe and beyond. does that image alone cause enough existential dread to reject the deal? But you can't know the efficacy. Are there drugs that cause brain death? you should study them carefully to make sure they don't just leave you catatonic and unable to advocate for yourself. might your undying body, over billions of years, possibly heal itself enough to restore consciousness, even just slightly? or even a highly advanced civilization could decide to revive you. It might not even be your ego that's revived, but does that matter? you can't count on physical damage either. A shotgun lobotomy could still just fracture your consciousness into a hundreds of incoherent fragments looping in confused terror on immortal chunks of grey matter. If you're diligent enough, yeah, you could probably come up with a procedure that has a great degree of confidence in terminating all thought, but there is always a risk of it not executing properly or the people you entrust on performing it not following through. Try and enjoy your money and youth when every day you decide to not take the procedure is a day when something catastrophic could happen to you that would prevent you from ever doing it. still. It's failsafe to some extent. say something sneaks up on you and you're not able to end your consciousness on your own terms: Your Boeing disintegrates over the ocean on your way back from the Maldives. one expects that over some time period less than eternity, an extreme amount of trauma, boredom, or sensory deprivation would cause insanity that has to eventually resolve into the brain just shutting down, like a computer locking up. though if you're still alive, it's conceivable that your body would try to heal and reboot, and you might intermittently come back to consciousness for a few hours every hundred years. also, [here is a fun CYOA if you like thinking about stuff like this.](https://www.reddit.com/r/distressingmemes/comments/ydoeu3/a_fun_and_quirky_hypothetical/)
Idk if North Vietnam had the same diplomatic relations. Was South Vietnam considered a seceded sovereign state at the Paris Peace accords?
He should say "I've instructed my departments to compile a list of every communist, trans person, Palestinian, BLM activist, and I'm going to leave that list on my desk January 19th regardless of who's term starts the following day. Which president do you prefer has that list?" you know Blue MAGA would be ecstatic if he did that.
Drink a cup of filter coffee while eating a spoonful of dirt if you want to maintain the Ankara experience, but it is just a dumb guys failure at using an ingredient imported from Ethiopia than it is a style of coffee
This shit really shatters my fantasy of post gen x people fostering a genuinely more empathetic and moral culture. 
Pictured: Israel Epstein I want to volunteer and stuff, but that would also make them say "this guy is trying too hard, definitely a spy." hard mode: Assume I'm already married and can't remarry a Chinese citizen.