Youtube comments of Archangel M127 (@Archangelm127).

  1. To me, Iran's history since 1900 is an embodiment of the phrase "this is why we can't have nice things." :(
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  2. Props to the supermarket employees for not taking any chances with the weird noises and acting decisively. That's not as common as one might wish.
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  3.  @l4nd3r  I hate how correct you are.
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  4. This puts the border tension between Belarus and Poland in a new light. A distraction, maybe?
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  5. Real humility requires the barest hint of self-awareness.
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  6. As an IT worker, this story hurts my soul. These problems are all SO solveable.
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  7. Put an engineer in charge, someone who gives zero f*cks about getting into fights with suits or shareholders.
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  8. Turns out you can't just steal 70+ years of institutional expertise. Who knew?
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  9. If you made the bingo card look a bit cleaner and more professional, it would make a FANTASTIC workplace safety poster. No joke.
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  10. Stop. Pushing. This. Scam. ❤
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  11.  @H3LLS.GARAGE  You have NO idea how many different types and styles of hat there are. You don't see it until you start looking.
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  12. And once the French have that data, I see no reason for it not to be passed around like dip at a party.
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  13. The acronym for why people become spies is M.I.C.E. -- Money, Ideology, Conscience, Ego.
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  14. Dear Creative Assembly: Please get working on "Total War: Empire 2" for the sole reason of giving Sweden these special units. Thank you. <3
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  15. Seriously, next time you go to a cave, bring somebody with you. You never know what might happen.
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  16. 00:45 - The guy's obviously not American; why would he have heard of Rosa Parks?
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  17. Probably because it was portraying an actual strong woman from the real world.
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  18. On a big pile of Russian money, between his wife and his daughter.
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  19. You can do something quickly, or you can do something well.
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  20. I never thought I'd be living through this sort of crap in my own country in my own lifetime. It's terrifying.
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  21. I have never, ever been the only Matthew in anything I have ever done
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  22. I think you nailed it. Russia's first and last concern has always been getting as much of a buffer around its heartland as it possibly can.
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  23. The eternal catchphrase of Russian history is: "And then it got worse." 😕
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  24. I'm surprised at how many of these guys hardly changed at all. It's also interesting to see that for some of the more recent ones, their smiles obviously weren't learned. Obama stands out the most in this regard; exact same smile in both pictures.
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  25. I'd heard about the Aral Sea disaster before this. As I recall, the original Soviet plan included diverting a river or digging a canal or something to replenish the Aral Sea. That replenishment plan was scrapped, but they went ahead with the rest of the project anyway. Go figure. I did not know about the bioweapons or the human rights abuses involved with Uzbek cotton production. Thank you, Shirvan. :)
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  26. To be clear, for a state acting within their own territory, there's no need to physically cut the cables. All you have to do is seize the shore station where they come in and turn off the routers etc.
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  27. This is a game of Civilization V, and we're deciding whether to declare Freedom or Autocracy as the world ideology. You can't make this shit up.
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  28. Don't be sorry, Sal. You're rapidly becoming an important influencer, and it's important to use such platforms to say what needs saying. ❤
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  29. You should also be worried about your Chinese-made EV spontaneously catching on fire.
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  30. Remember, though, the CCP has set itself the deadline of 2047 to retake Taiwan; they've stated several times that they want to celebrate their national centennial as a "united" nation.
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  31. I'd rather have accurate data slowly than nonsense quickly. Keep taking your time, Jake. ❤
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  32. I have no idea what the actual Russian objective is, but the rhetoric on both sides seems to boil down to that old paradox of "a gun in my hand is a defensive weapon and is therefore no threat to you, but a gun in your hand is an offensive weapon and is therefore a threat to me."
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  33. As a longtime Waffen-SS reenactor (alongside many other impressions), I can confirm the problems with many events in recent years. In the reenacting community, there is generally a taboo against portraying the political aspects of the SS, but the actual military wing is considered fair game. However, there are hard limits. For example, you never, ever give the party salute, even if that would have been historically accurate (on pain of death) for the time and unit you're portraying. At the end of the day, we have to remember evil of the past so we recognize its like in the future. And for a reenactment battle... well, someone's got to be the bad guys. ;) (Yes, hanging out with a Waffen-SS reenactment unit is basically a neverending stream of "are we the baddies?" jokes.)
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  34. As far as a flying object ejecting a very hot/molten object, what comes to my mind is a heat sink. In some sci-fi settings, ships will shunt as much heat as possible into ejectable items when they need to lose a lot of heat in a hurry. /shrug
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  35. Amazing how much better the CDC's work is when it's actually doing science instead of politics.
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  36. Giving in to a bully is a mistake.
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  37. I've heard "not my circus, not my monkeys" all over the place. Didn't know it was Polish in origin, but that explains why I hear it so much from my Mom's side of the family.
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  38. 04:55 - Fun fact -- the original M1 Bazooka featured rockets that actually finished their burn before they exited the tube. That's why the thing didn't need any blast shields etc, in contrast to the Panzershreck.
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  39. Again. 😕
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  40. So the commenter was correct for modern tanks, but not necessarily for WWII ones. Cool.
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  41. Just FYI, the word "corps" is pronounced the same as the word "core." Also, at least here in the USA we usually pronounce "Seoul" the same as the word "soul"; I'm not sure if that's correct, though. Excellent work as usual! <3
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  42. Womble Hunter 2019
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  43. For an undergrad paper, that's pretty damn good.
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  44. "You just can't have people or civilization without food." Well, not with that attitude. ;)
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  45. As a New Englander, I refuse to acknowledge California as part of my country. Straight up.
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  46. Fun fact: the F-16's engine puts out more thrust than the airplane actually weighs. This means it can do some very interesting things, like accelerate while going straight up. 😈
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  47. Anyone: "Hey US Military, how much firepower do you want?" USM: "Yes."
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  48. I'm actually into geopolitics, not shipping per se, but combining your amazing info with Sub Brief and a few other places sheds a surprising amount of light on what's going on around the world. The sea touches just about everything, after all.
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  49. What do you do when the Sith seem to legitimately believe they are Jedi?
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  50. FYI, "Boise" is pronounced BOY-see. It's a city in the northwest part of the USA. :)
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  51. India really deserves a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
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  52. "The party's over." Cute. 😂
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  53. Objectify everybody! Everyone is somebody's fetish.
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  54. I want to see you gentlemen engage in a full-length, prepared debate on this topic. ❤
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  55. That is some amazing family lore. :)
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  56. I used to work low-end security, and my boss would have killed me if I'd walked around with my shirt untucked like that. Appearance is the whole point of the job.
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  57. Drac, consider following Ian's example over at Forgotten Weapons and creating a specialty publishing house to produce books that you think valuable and nobody else is willing to publish. His is called Headstamp Publishing, I believe.
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  58. If you want more dust explosion stories look into silo fires here in the US. It's been a problem for decades as far as I know.
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  59. Honestly, props to the operators for acting as quickly as they could. My only criticism is how long they took to realize they'd lost their source. After that it seems to my inexpert eye that they did everything right.
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  60. If you haven't already, you should talk about the high rate of these PRC-made EVs... just catching on fire. It seems to be happening a LOT.
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  61. If you look at the US Navy's steadily increasing numbers of 20mm and 40mm anti-air guns on all their ships over the course of the Pacific war, even at the cost of removing ARMOR, you'd swear there was at least one Ork in an advisory capacity. This has led to Dracinifel, among others, adopting the term of "American levels of firepower" (meaning roughly "all the dakka") as a matter of course.
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  62. 28:00 - The phrase I've always heard in US military media and once in a while from veteran friends is "No one gets left behind." Subtle distinction, at least in my opinion. Great work as always! <3
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  63. Seems to accord with the conduct of Allied forces. Soviets were perfectly fine with all three.
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  64. The references to mom, sausage, and pinups tells me this was probably written by an actual field soldier, not somebody who fought their whole war from a chair.
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  65. I can't picture anybody involved with this shitshow knowing what cortosis is otherwise.
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  66. As long as the techs are proficient in Xi Jinping Thought, the rest will surely sort itself out. Surely. 🤣
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  67. FYI, Shirvan, the English word "corps" (as in a military formation) is pronounced exactly like the word "core." (I'm sorry. For English.)
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  68. 1:05:00 - Very minor but interesting point. I'm a WWII reenactor, and we have quite a number of M1 Garand rifles to outfit people at events. One of the ones we've acquired has this checkering pattern carved into the wood of the foregrip, and for a while we couldn't figure out why. It was obviously done at a factory. Turns out it's a naval-variant M1; apparently the Navy was concerned about keeping hold of the rifle if it was damp or wet.
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  69. I'm going to send my congresscritter on a free vacation to China ASAP!
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  70. In many respects, the US military has actually been saving money by giving stuff to Ukraine; most of the gear we've given them was actually slated to be removed from service. It would cost more to dispose of the stuff than it's cost to ship the stuff off to kill Russians. I'm not sure if this will continue to be the case going forward, but still. Talk about a win-win situation for the USA.
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  71. I believe the technical term is the "Dollary-doo." 🤣
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  72. They actually named their surveillance system SkyNet... okay, then. Somebody needs to hold a mass screening of the first two Terminator movies for top CCP officials. (Somebody needed to make the joke.)
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  73. One time at an Old West reenactment I met a lovely lady who had no less than 10 of these concealed around her person. You'd never know, given the elaborate dress favored by ladies at the time. Really cool bit of living history.
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  74. In the man's own words: "When things get tough, they send for the sunzabitches."
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  75. They surrendered to him, then moved immediately to collaboration.
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  76. The sweater thing is Zelensky's whole visual brand. I must say, it synergizes with his actions wonderfully.
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  77. If I'm not mistaken he was also a kiddie-fiddler. No joke. Girls. (Not 100% on this, only about 95%)
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  78. The new Axis Powers need to start Finding Out much more frequently and firmly. This is fantastic.
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  79. If I didn't already have a bad vibe from the guy, closely associating with LP would have given me one, yeah.
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  80. 1:40 - FYI, the term you want is "airhead." It's what you call the area seized by paratroopers, analogous to a beachhead. :)
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  81. Insert lizard people joke here.
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  82. Yeah. What's really scary is that I might do the same thing. How is a normal person to even think that some random thingie might be intensely radioactive? Brrr.
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  83. Yes, during the Chechen Wars.
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  84. Seconded. I'd love to see some really egregious fakes or just weird rebuilds like this one.
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  85. I'd buy this thing for $20 and build a Metro cosplay around it. It's the only conceivable function for the piece that I can see.
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  86. I'm glad the narrator doesn't sound tranquilized anymore. ❤
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  87. Pretty much any time I hear the word "deserve," I tune out. It means that the speaker is either trying to sell you something or is being entitled. Or both.
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  88. That and crazy people like to take US diplomats hostage now and then. We don't care for that, and design accordingly. ;)
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  89.  @command_unit7792  Having nukes only prevents you from being nuked. It doesn't automatically rule out conventional warfare, and especially doesn't rule out economic warfare. (Although interestingly, the scale of conventional warfare has evidently shrunk since the dawn of the nuclear era.) Geopolitical goals are largely dictated by geography (hence the term), and unless I missed something Russia's geography hasn't changed in the past few centuries. :)
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  90. Excellent start to the series. I learned a lot, and I look forward to more! :)
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  91.  @ASocialistTransGirl  Given your handle, that doesn't surprise me; you're likely more aware of civil rights history than the average person. But if you went out on the street and canvassed a bunch of random people in Oz, how many would have heard of her, let alone be able to identify her role in history? Seriously, now I'm curious. :D
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  92. The fact that Musk's priority was media attention at such an early stage of the company's development says everything about his character.
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  93. High five to whoever wrote that in correctly. :D
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  94. Knowing a bit about the man, I wouldn't be surprised if he already acted like he was in middle age.
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  95. My friends and I are running a tabletop campaign in our own blend of mostly real (aka "legends) canon sprinkled with the good bits of the new stuff. Fuck Disney, we know Star Wars and we're making our own. ❤
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  96. We all assume KK has some major dirt on one or more important people at Disney.
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  97. FoL: "I'd recommend watching all of my videos. Twice." Me: "Way ahead of you, buddy."
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  98. Just note that if it's not crypto, it may still be a scam.
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  99. Just as a point of pedantry, back in the Age of Sail the difference between warships and merchant ships was very little. Partly so merchants could defend themselves, and partly because a nation's merchant marine doubled as its naval reserve. Once you hit roughly the Napoleonic era, the gap between naval and mercantile construction starts widening, and it's only grown ever since.
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  100. Everyone can now see that the Bear is limping. Wounded. Dying. The wolves will gather, then strike.
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  101.  @Alehzinhah  Oh? The UK and the USSR get left out as usual, I see. So unfair.
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  102. I have never served in any capacity, but I do have some experience as a WWII reenactor. Most of my work there is in garrison, but I have been out in the field when I was younger. One of my most vivid memories of my entire time on this earth is lying in the mud next to a trail in the pouring rain, wearing Wehrmacht battle kit. One of a squad of 5, all lying in a line just off the trail. We'd heard somebody coming and hit dirt. Literally about 4 dozen Soviets (this was an Eastern Front event) come down the trail, ready for combat, expecting to be ambushed. There's just the five of us, so we put our faces in the mud and stop breathing. (I had no training, no real experience, no nothing, by the way. Second event.) We were so filthy and our field grey uniforms and helmets blended so well with the New England mud that these nearly 50 alert, nervous Russian reenactors walked right past us. One of them actually stepped on our sergeant's hand, nearly broke his fingers. Even though I knew for an absolute fact that nobody would hurt me in any way if we were caught, this was the most terrifying experience of my life. By far. (I have not lived a very dramatic life otherwise, and I count myself very lucky.) The point, if I have one at all, is that even with zero training and zero clue, you can be surprisingly invisible in the field. With proper training, experience, and practice I imagine it's infinitely moreso.
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  103.  @looinrims  Ein Nebelwerfer: it werfs nebel! 🤣
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  104.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  Don't apologize. English is a weird language, with lots of these homophones (that's the fancy term for when words are different but pronounced the same). I guarantee you that my occasional attempts to speak some Polish (my family's Polish on my mother's side) would make your ears bleed. ^_^
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  105. I'm sure there's a few whacky stories along those lines from any military if you look. I'd love to hear them all. :D
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  106.  @eriklans8139  No, because the Cherokee only ever controlled a tiny part of it. Perhaps "former British colony"? ;)
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  107. I agree. Even in Last Crusade, Indy's dad--a bookworm with no experience in adventure at all, really--shows himself to be resourceful and decently badass in his way. I imagine the real Indy would still be quite dangerous even in his old age. Certainly enough so to show a smug child how it's really done.
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  108. I've long since lost faith in every authority figure below the level of God. Edit: except my parents. They haven't f***ed me over yet.
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  109.  @Locutus494  Congress banned plasma weapons in 1976 after an incident at Groom Lake or some damn place. I think that ban is still in force. :)
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  110. There's shitloads of REALLY good anime coming out right now, much of it immediately dubbed into English and many other languages. All different genres. I'd suggest looking there, see if anything strikes your fancy. :)
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  111. Honestly the whole thing seems above-board and legit to me right up until they tried to skew the results and avoid taking financial responsibility.
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  112. Note to self: plan to vacation in Munster in 5 or 6 years. ;)
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  113. Speaking as Joe Citizen here in the USA, it's time for the gloves to come off. I don't think a formal declaration of war is needed, but if we don't already have large numbers of US troops "going on vacation" to "volunteer" in this war, we need to get that going in one big hurry. And if some of these US military volunteers happen to figure out a way to bring their Abrams tanks or Patriot missile systems or whatever with them... well, we can only chalk it up to American ingenuity.
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  114. Why do I keep picturing a family where the grandparent founded a business empire and the spoiled, clueless grandchildren are literally trying to destroy it?
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  115. 2:10 - The Allied paratrooper stories from WW2 are mainly due to the Dramamine they were made to take to combat motion sickness. Though there is also some truth in what Herr Raths says. :)
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  116. Exactly. It's just like playing tabletop: play your f*cking character, and don't break the fourth wall. 🤣
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  117. There is no distinction between tactical and strategic nuclear weapons. Anyone who says otherwise is either bluffing, uninformed, misinformed, or nuts.
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  118. There HAVE been catastrophic accidents. Several of them. Ask the folks on the Black Sea coast.
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  119.  @kunalghosh8852  Mao's adage that power grows out of the barrel of a gun is sadly one of the few things he got exactly right. :(
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  120. That is such a guy thing to say 🤣
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  121.  @MarkMark  Considering how he let Big Z walk all over him, clearly he does not know his business. 🤣
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  122. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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  123. I pray for the safety and health of everyone affected by this weather. <3
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  124.  @MilitaryHistoryNotVisualized  Good point. The term "airhead" when used of a person (in America, at least) does not refer to drug use, but to somebody who is vapid, or just plain stupid. The word especially brings to mind the stereotype of the very pretty woman with no apparent brain activity. ^_^ Edit: we do have a number of similar terms that do refer to drug use, such as "pothead" or "crackhead." I actually reenact the US 502nd Parachute Infantry regiment ca. 1944-45, and "airhead" is a term that comes up when you read about the doctrine of vertical envelopment. I forget offhand if I've ever seen it in a primary source, but it's been used in several historical works that I've seen. It is, of course, an adaptation of the term "beachhead." :)
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  125. Chernobyl was not caused by a "safety systems test." It was an ill-conceived experiment that required disabling all of the safety systems. The phrasing here makes it sound like it happened during a routine operation.
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  126. I want to get Peter together on a stream with Sal from "What's Going On With Shipping" to talk over the Jones Act, the US Merchant Marine, and also this whole mess.
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  127. Whoof
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  128. History became legend. Legend became myth.
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  129.  @Redrally  I'm pretty sure the consulates in various cities handle passport issues, or used to. Also, you should know that it's "Briton." <3
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  130.  @WALTERBROADDUS  Go play "Metal Gear Solid" ;)
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  131. Well-constructed as always. However, I find your choices of what to devote time to curious in certain places. Doubly so since you covered the entire war in only 90 minutes.
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  132. The lack of honor (or whatever characteristic) makes someone all the more desperate to maintain the façade of that characteristic.
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  133. What concerns me about the 40K project is that, of necessity, both Amazon and Games Workshop will be involved in some way. Both organizations have a long record of high toxicity.
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  134.  @user-kj6ul3rl8l  The Bastard's muzzle doesn't fly off. Not yet for me, anyway.
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  135. True, but there is the self-imposed deadline of 2047 to retake Taiwan to consider. It might be a hollow boast, or it might not.
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  136. I hate to be negative, but the new narrator's delivery is... soporific. His voice and enunciation are actually quite good, but there's so little energy it's hard to pay attention properly.
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  137. After playing a fair bit of U-Boat lately, which does simulate duds, I can appreciate the tiniest bit of the world-ending rage they must have felt.
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  138.  @proosee  Far too clear and far too few buzzwords to be a real quote from a corporate manager. XD
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  139. Putting soil over pavement like that is a terrible idea. It will flood out at the first substantial rainfall, which I presume is bad for the plants. I know this because one time I camped out on the apron of an old airfield with some friends. It turns out it was just sod over old tarmac, and a light rain flooded us out of our tents.
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  140. Be fair: they'd sell their 'integrity' for access to any market.
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  141.  @dwaneanderson8039  It would make an interesting conversation piece. I mean, we're all here.
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  142.  @belenjayson3332  Those three dots are called an "ellipsis." It's a punctuation mark representing either a longer pause when speaking, fading in, or trailing off. Hope that makes sense. If you google "ellipsis" you'll get a much better explanation of its use. :)
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  143. All you had to say was "Infowars" to completely discredit the notion.
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  144. 'Oversight'? That sounds like it costs money. Get rid of it!
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  145. Pending major technological advances, VR is fundamentally a gimmick.
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  146. In other words, the sky is blue and water is wet.
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  147. Always remember: "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing. 😕
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  148. Who did Boeing hire to do the hits? Agent 747. 🤣
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  149. "Hey, gunner! You are now a pilot." I had to pause the video I laughed so hard. <3
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  150. IIRC siege warfare was more of an exact science during the Napoleonic era than at any other time in military history. A video about this--siege artillery, sapping, fortifications, etc--would be very interesting. :)
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  151. I know, and I'm sorry. I literally can't make the right sounds.
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  152. This new AI voice is far too obviously AI-generated. I suggest going back to the previous AI/narrator (I genuinely don't know if the normal voice is human, but regardless he/it does a good job.)
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  153. Good to see you back, dude! As for what I think, I think that we need to slap Russia down before things really get out of hand. Of course, that's easy to say sitting in my chair on the other side of the world. :-/
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  154. Considering the knock-on national security ramifications for the USA if Ukraine folds, I'm genuinely surprised that Johnson is still alive.
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  155. I'm a WWII reenactor, and when I used to do WSS we quoted that ALL the time. Like, constantly.
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  156. Superbly split hairs, my friend. I approve. :)
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  157. 02:10 - "Invited to drink tea by the police" -- is this a euphemism for being hauled in for interrogation, or is there some other meaning I'm not familiar with? :)
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  158. I really want to sit you down with Dr. Sal from What's Going On With Shipping and have a no-holds-barred debate about the Jones Act. ❤
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  159. After this, I'd say the King's Cross fire should logically come next. All the horror of this terrible story, with the added nightmare of being stuck underground. 😕
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  160. I can't help wondering if those clothes had been recently worn. Because otherwise wouldn't he smell that it wasn't a human?
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  161.  @TheNorthie  Yeah... we get the occasional idiot who turns up. They either leave on their own very quickly, or we make them.
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  162. Pretty sure there was a card taped underneath the dollar bill. Great prank, though.
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  163. Depends on how you build them, as I understand it.
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  164. Looking forward to the new series! :)
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  165.  @curocurovic6675  Feel free to start making sense, dude. (Not saying you're right or wrong here; I'm saying that I have no idea what you're trying to say.)
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  166. This whole thing sounds like an episode of "Yes, Minister."
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  167. There's probably lots of paper in them.
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  168. Everyone knows the Russians use trained giant squids; it's NATO that uses trained dolphins. 🤣 (If you're not familiar, this is a reference to the video game "Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2")
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  169. "Everyone wants their independence... until they run out of money." --Sir Humphrey Appleby, "Yes, Minister"
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  170.  @nickkennedy9034  It's not a guarantee of a positive work culture, though. I mean... Ubisoft. To take one example.
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  171. The USA and Europe should already be thinking ahead to helping Ukraine rebuild after they formally win. As the channel Perun put it, we must put together a Marshall Plan for Ukraine. If we fail to do so and leave the country a devastated wreck, it will radicalize and cause no end of trouble for the entire region. If we help them rebuild and solidify their newly annealed nation, we will have a loyal ally in a key geostrategic position for the next century at least.
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  172. N02: "It's weird that a virus from China made it all the way here." Me: "There's these newfangled things called 'airplanes'..." (Sorry to be so facetious, but c'mon, man. ^_^)
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  173. Good to see the assets from Pharaoh: TW being used for something fun. Because by all accounts the game mostly... isn't. /shrug
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  174.  @barrybrodin7085  Thank you, but just for the record I was just shitposting. I have no reason to think what I said is the literal truth. ;)
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  175. It costs $400,000 to fire this gun... for twelve seconds.
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  176. Did they ever get back to you about your role in John Wick IV, Ian?
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  177. Magnificent. I think you've found a winning formula for a series, Sean! I don't always agree with your perspective from a personal level, but your facts are straight, your arguments cogent, and your reasoning has always been impeccable. I couldn't ask for better. ❤
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  178. I like the term "bag-of-dicks diplomacy." Very descriptive and visceral.
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  179.  @MSmith-ib1du  Colonialism ultimately gave the world the USA, so they're forgiven on that count. Happy Independence Day! ❤
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  180. When you stand in the middle of the road, you get hit by traffic from all directions.
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  181. Or, in modern terms: "MORE DAKKA!!!!!"
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  182. Korea. That's about it.
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  183.  @shingshongshamalama  That just brings in a different set of problems.
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  184. "The sinews of war are infinite money." --Marcus Tullius Cicero
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  185. How did the Soviets get their soldiers to charge? They told them there was bread at the Finnish line.
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  186.  @dreamdancer8212  Good point. I stand corrected. But I will stand by the assertion that it was basically endorsed on the Soviet side--notably in the second-echelon forces, if memory serves.
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  187. What's Russian for "shit happens"? :-/
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  188. Okay, interesting. Do all these technical details invalidate his actual point here? If so, how? Please use small words; my expertise is in IT, not heavy industry. :)
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  189. Insert the "Aaaand it's gone!" joke from 'South Park' here. :-/
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  190. I've said this before, but drawing down our (USA) armed forces, especially our Navy, so far has been an epic mistake. I'm not sure we have time left to correct it, especially in the naval sphere; building ships takes years, and building fleets takes decades.
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  191. Yay for a sponsor that isn't a scam. :)
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  192. I've never seen a break-action revolver that opens from the bottom like that.
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  193. Is it just me, or is the concept of law and order becoming increasingly passé in the United States?
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  194. The first video reminds me of a moment in some video game when an orc raiding party sets a wooden bridge on fire... then starts driving loot wagons across it while it's burning.
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  195. How is a guy that young making E-6 is what I want to know. He looks like a baby.
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  196. Maybe we can send proper Internet infrastructure Down Under, and you folks can send us some sense about HVAC.
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  197. Crikey!
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  198. 11:15 - For future videos, the term "Mk." is short for the English word "mark" and is pronounced as such when read aloud. So in this instance, "mark-82 bombs." (Yes, I'm being pedantic, but this sort of thing bothers my OCD.)
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  199. Emperor Xi has lost the Mandate of Heaven and must be replaced.
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  200. I can hear Ian's heart break a little when he says that they aren't his.
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  201. 58:00 - Given that the 501st PIR did in fact drop in Market Garden with the rest of the 101st Div, the gentleman in question would have been a replacement trooper. I imagine that makes it even more of a crapshoot in terms of identifying what ship he might have been on.
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  202. I would love a badge along the lines of "all the guns, please" for the USN <3
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  203.  @intractablemaskvpmGy  Firstly, I don't believe Peter referred to any specific instance. I can think of several accidents and "accidents" within the past few years. Secondly, "Houthi." It's not that hard.
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  204. And we're supposed to be quaking in our boots in fear of this country's military. Sure, Wilbur.
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  205. More to the point, all the fake drains
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  206.  @somethingelse516  I don't know who that is. I can tell you that the ones I know are largely military vets, and that nobody I know is a neo-Nazi or anything like that. Keeping accurate memory of something or someone doesn't mean you approve of it. Evil must be remembered alongside good, so we can recognize it when it recurs. Besides, the German uniforms are surprisingly comfortable. Not even kidding.
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  207. I read "Helter Skelter" years ago and I was astonished by how cogent its author made the tale, considering how close he was as the prosecutor. I am equally impressed here, as I usually am by your work. 😊
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  208. This sort of situation would be a s***show in the West; I can only imagine how bad it'll get here. My prayers go out to all the stranded travelers.
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  209. This and soap are the yardstick of civilization. Also, you didn't mention the quart of brandy that Daniel Webster would have probably consumed alongside his share of the oysters. ;)
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  210. Not to mention giving you an IR signature to rival the sun.
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  211. Libel lawsuit when, Mauler? 🤣
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  212.  @DomyTheMad420  They were trying to see if the generators could provide enough current to maintain core cooling during a shutdown, until backup diesel generators could come online to take over the cooling. This was in the event of a loss of grid power. (Fission plants require power even when offline to keep the core within safe temperatures.) Unfortunately, the methodology of the test was incredibly botched, but pushed ahead due to pressure from Party authorities (surprise, surprise). For a full discussion of the event by somebody who actually knows how this stuff works (as opposed to me), there's an excellent lecture on the MIT Open Course Ware channel here on YT.
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  213. Well, he is the new czar.
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  214. I think Caspian Report has at least one video on this topic. His angle is geopolitics rather than pure military, but he's a great resource. :)
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  215.  @sebastianearick4488  I stand by my opinion that Crystal Skull is not a bad movie. It's merely not-great, and entered into one of the greatest franchises of all time ex post facto. That is its sin, not its intrinsic quality. I particularly love the Soviet lady as a bad guy. Very good acting.
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  216. The more I hear about the US Bureau of Ordnance, the more I think its official motto should have been something along the lines of: "Because we say so." This directed both at the armed forces and at reality in general.
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  217. Your wardrobe definitely works for your new title, Sal. :D
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  218. That can never be diverse enough. The problem is that Peter's clarity of expression rather spoils you.
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  219. Yeah, I thought the Russian program was all about mind-controlled giant squid.
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  220. Running to prepared positions when it starts raining metal is only common sense.
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  221. Good point. Who's to say the FSB originated the attack; they could simply have chosen not to foil it. The presence of modern-variant AKs makes my ears perk up though. Very curious.
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  222. "Heh-cah-tay," Ian. It's not that hard. ^_^
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  223. Indeed. It's been obvious for several years that Emperor Xi has lost the Mandate of Heaven.
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  224. You know it's German if it's meticulously in ordnung and thoroughly overcomplicated. ^_^
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  225. Also, just FYI Shirvan, the "c" in "indicted" is silent. :)
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  226.  @sethjr9815  Agreed. You can be a cop, or you can be a soldier. You can't be both. The UNPKF wound up being neither. I can only imagine the rage the poor soldiers must carry in their hearts, not even being allowed to try to resolve things.
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  227. Behold the power of f*cking crazy ❤ (Edit: Not talking about Joan's visions, but about the military aspect. Sometimes being crazy enough to continue is all you need to win. Other times it gets you all killed.)
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  228. This sounds so natural at 1.25x speed, I can't help wondering if that was about the speed of the original recording. If so, don't slow it down. If that is the way you talk, Lewis, you need to work to develop a smoother rhythm that emphasizes words and phrases in a much more natural way. Your actual diction and enunciation is quite good, so with a little more work you'll be a very good narrator/presenter. :) (I make a living by public speaking, for whatever that's worth.)
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  229. Sounds good! We can start by sending Mr. Musk on an indefinite vacation to Leavenworth.
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  230.  @donsanjino  I agree, but the UN wasn't really meant to be a democracy. /shrug
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  231. Rule 34 isn't just for sex.
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  232.  @Pyrrhic.  Don't feed the trolls, especially the inept ones. ;)
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  233. If you're not retaining people, it generally means you need to increase salaries. Just a thought.
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  234. Yeah. When Iran came up on the list of nations that has no US embassy, I went "yeah, I wonder why." The building's still there last I heard, and the US still claims it as their property.
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  235. Speaking as an American, I feel bound to point out that even when we question the validity of our election results (spoiler warning: we ALWAYS do), we don't take up arms to redress the situation. Even in our Civil War, it was certain states wanting to leave the country, not impose their will by force. This is not to say our system is perfect. In fact, it's pretty damn messy. But that's the nature of democracy/republic, and you have to grit your teeth and bear with it. Especially when it's unpleasant. On the basis of the information presented here, my only attitude towards the heads of the Myanmar military is contempt.
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  236. 29:40 - For a detailed discussion of why Russia's training (and a lot of other things) was so lacking, I highly recommend Perun's video "How Lies Destroy Armies."
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  237. Me: "Now let's not jump to conclusions."
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  238. The eastern corridor brings good ol' Cecil Rhodes to mind.
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  239. The "Mk" in weapon names is short for the work "mark" and is pronounced as such. <3
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  240. You see, Adolph? This is why we can't have nice things!
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  241. Excellent video. But nobody likes to talk about the giant issue with electric cars: the electricity has to come from somewhere. Mostly, that means coal, oil, or nuclear.
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  242. Even if the West is unwilling to openly join the hostilities, I see no reason not to deploy our own "Little Green Men," i.e. NATO special-warfare operators stripped of identification and dressed in Ukrainian uniforms. Such forces would have a disproportionate positive impact, both in terms of actual fighting and of advice and morale-boosting to Ukraine's military. What's good for the bear is good for the eagle or the lion.
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  243. These smaller countries are presumably trying to take advantage of the tension between Washington and Beijing, similar to how the Third World basically financed itself (or rather, its governments) during the Cold War. But when doing this, it's important not to get too close to either side for a variety of reasons. It's a tightrope.
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  244. It was Sunday, IIRC
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  245. 49:30 - Given that Marxism-Leninism functioned much like a state religion, I see the political officer on a Soviet ship very much in the role of chaplain, though with far more authority and duties than we would consider normal. The regular political meetings held aboard ship were eerily similar to church services.
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  246.  @keyboarddancers7751 Nah, they're metal. But there's just bare dirt under them. Seriously. There's a zillion videos.
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  247. Or even better, an early steam tractor. Go full literal steampunk 🤣
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  248.  @spxram4793  Well, he is a politician, so it's safe to assume BS by default. All I'll say is between Big Z and Tsar P, at least the former seems sane. ❤
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  249.  @sisyphusvasilias3943  Interesting. Sources, please?
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  250. I just do the 'knot' trick to keep extension cords from coming separated from each other.
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  251. I can never see past the apt description of the Scud as "a flying trash can with explosives on the end." I forget where I heard it.
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  252.  @carnifex17  Pro tip, dude: "less bad" is not the same thing as "good."
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  253.  @Hiznogood  There's no such thing as "race" except as an artificial social construct.
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  254. 12:30 - It could be worse. Every single Hellenistic Pharaoh of Egypt was named Ptolemy. Every. Single. One.
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  255. Looking at history, each Great World Power has about a century before someone else takes the top spot. If we say that the US took over from Great Britain in roughly 1945 (though that's highly debatable), then we have another 20 years or so before China takes over. Though Great Britain itself is an exception to the hundred-years rule, they were dominant for much longer. So who knows? What I do know is that we in the USA need to start massively expanding our Navy NOW if we are to have any hope of retaining our current hegemony. Building ships takes time.
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  256. That's one of the ones that kinda makes sense on its own, though.
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  257. I do think the narrator switch was a good idea, and Michael actually has a good voice IMHO. It is a bit gravelly, as people have said, but that's not a bad thing. That said, Mike, your delivery this episode was a bit flat. Not droning, but I would suggest developing more of a varied cadence. It makes for a better listening experience. This is something that simply takes practice, so just work on it as you narrate more videos. <3
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  258. Excellent work. If anybody wants further depth on this history, IMHO the definitive work is still William Schirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." Try to find the original non-condensed version. I've studied WWII most of my life, and my prime takeaways from the rise of the NSDAP are as follows: - Beware of anyone who participates in political process and does not respect the spirit of the rules. Marginalize such people if you can; they are profoundly corrosive to the political process they are subverting, regardless of their ideology and motivation. - Reason will not spontaneously break out if you do not speak up as loudly and forcefully as you can in opposition to crazy people. (Whatever kind of crazy.) - Wherever you are, it CAN happen there, and it WILL if you ever let it.
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  259. Stefan's czechnological research is first-rate.
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  260. You'd think such a "great businessman" would understand the massive reputational damage that comes with a blatant and public breach of contracts.
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  261. Down here in New England, we've been getting our snow in march and april the past decade or two. Maybe you'll get yours then?
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  262. As a veteran Arma 3 player, my finger keeps twitching for the "3" key on my keyboard as I watch this. ^_^
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  263. It works surprisingly well. 😕
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  264. 9:25 - I'm a little surprised that you didn't mention the ransom of the city and the "vae victis" incident. To my understanding, this had a profound impact/trauma on the Roman zeitgeist that lasted indefinitely.
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  265. Also, don't use the Feed. Just read your Notifications on YT.
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  266. Waste of inventory space, IMHO, but yes. (Note: NOT a bad gun in vanilla RE4, just not worth giving up that much inventory space considering that you already have your pistol, shotgun, and sniper in the mix, to say nothing of various explosive options. It's just superfluous. Again, the way I play (slowly, carefully, poorly).
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  267. What about them? A navy is the helmet on a nation's willy, and exists to be waved around. However small said willy actually is.
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  268. WW2 historian note about Operation Sealion: even if the Luftwaffe had achieved air superiority, an invasion was highly improbable due to the German lack of naval power. (They lost about half of the Kriegsmarine's surface power in the invasion of Norway.) Lots of other factors, too. Check out the video that Military History Visualized made on the subject for a pretty good breakdown.
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  269.  @angelachouinard4581  I can think of a few other public-facing Americans I'd like to send Putin, provided they stay there.
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  270. When a bully starts being nice to you all of a sudden, it either means they're setting you up for something or they're desperate for your help. I believe this is the latter case.
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  271. The great thing about precedents is that you can make your own. ;)
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  272.  @mr.admr1016  It'd be more correct to say "all Nazis are fascists, but not all fascists are Nazis." Of course, it doesn't help that both terms are constantly misused to hell and back.
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  273. I don't know about Bitcoin specifically, but the NFT/blockchain market has completely collapsed. Good riddance.
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  274.  @raykettel1837  Ironsights can be incredibly effective if you know what you're doing, and they're not vulnerable to saltwater corrosion. Not sure if that's why their rifles are they way they are here; this is just my two cents.
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  275.  @riseupagainstthenwo9995  Your troll skills need work, bro. ;)
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  276. The story I always heard growing up was that the Romans drank warmed wine out of lead goblets, enjoying the sweetness. Even at the time, there was a strong counter-narrative right alongside it.
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  277. #theskydontlie
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  278. "Quantity has a quality all its own," as we Americans used to say of the Red Army etc.
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  279. When I saw the title I thought we had another car carrier fire. 🤣
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  280. Not opium. Fentanol. Most of it comes from China, or so I read.
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  281. I thought I was the only one who remembers SMAC. <3
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  282. I love the silent-movie style commentary during the firing. Very entertaining. :)
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  283. One can only hope.
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  284. 01:56:05 - Sounds like you're writing your own series of books/mongraphs. You may want to consider publishing them in written format as well, though I realize that's another bucket of work.
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  285.  @deankruse2891  The PRC fought several border actions that I would term small wars against the USSR back in the 70s (I think?). Not to mention the Korean War. They were kinda involved in that. Mao's only son got killed, along with a couple million other Chinese kids.
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  286. I'm the voice you hear, and I didn't write the script. I did take great pains to pronounce Kyiv correctly, though. Glad I got something right for a change. ^_^
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  287. This was a Phillipine-owned ship originally of Chinese manufacture, that was sunk in an exercise ("SINKEX"). The video headline is very poorly phrased.
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  288. Historically speaking, Finland is kinda Russia's kryptonite. So yeah, let's bring them into NATO. ^_^
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  289. Same.
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  290.  @LoganChristianson  If I'm not mistaken, a thermonuclear device relies on a fission detonation to trigger the fusion detonation.
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  291. ​ @andrea-dawn  "Influencers" aren't just stupid kids on Tik-Tok, hon.
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  292. Sources plz?
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  293. I can always count on Peter for positive, uplifting news. Or failing that, interesting news. :P
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  294. Thank God that's not a thing or I'd be flat broke
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  295. All such hearings should be on the public record as a matter of principle.
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  296. Given what (little) I know about what a modern torpedo like a Mk48 ADCAP can do, I'd argue that self-guiding torpedoes were drones before drones were cool.
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  297. You say that like it's nothing. That sh*t matters to people, which is why it's done.
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  298. You forgot "Company Blames Victim" on the bingo card. The whole bit about most damage being due to 'poor build quality' falls squarely in that, well, square as far as I'm concerned. :)
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  299. Happy Canada Day to all of our northern brethren! <3
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  300.  @blastergoon4185  True enough. My point, which evidently escaped you, is that it was the UK and USSR screwing Iran over in the former half of the 20th Century. We Americans only took over in the latter half or so. I like to ensure credit is given where credit is due. ❤
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  301. Excellent point. I wonder if there's any OSINT on that.
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  302.  @bidenator9760  Clue in, buddy. Times have changed.
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  303. Rot at the core spreads outward.
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  304. Workplace safety poster.
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  305. Actually yeah. I wonder if anyone ever went looking.
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  306.  Alexi Malenkov  Not cool, bro.
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  307. The greatest invention in human history was alcohol, for a whole host of reasons. I guarantee you that booze came first, then they needed stuff to store it in.
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  308. I concur
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  309. Fascinating as always! :)
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  310. That actually kinda makes sense. Or it could, anyway. If powers can arise during one fundamental change to your biochemistry (puberty), they could arise during another (menopause). /shrug
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  311. Fascinating. I'm going to watch through your back catalog, and sub. <3
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  312. 23:00 - The "stormtrooper blaster" is the E-11 medium blaster rifle, and the "rebel blaster" is the DH-17 blaster pistol, both produced by BlasTech Industries. Please refer to energy arms by their proper designations to avoid confusion. 🤣
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  313. Understatement of the week award.
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  314. I have to say, their way of dealing with the sick is actually pretty sensible for a culture with no medical knowledge or practice.
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  315. Maintaining civilization, in this case.
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  316.  @StefanMilo  That does make me feel better, but as you found out with the ice, it's not just the cave itself. Plus car rides are much less tedious with company IMO. <3
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  317. I'm American, but I know just enough about Brazilian history to be very curious as well. :)
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  318. To quote Nick Moran ("The Chieftain") - "The solution to tank losses is always combined-arms." The Russians appear to be failing at this.
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  319. It'll either be him or you. Either way, I'll be laughing. ❤
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  320. I'll stick with Patreon for now, but it's good to know I can still support you if YouTube completely caves to the fossil media.
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  321. Business is business. It knows no nation, creed, culture, or ethnicity. 'Twas ever thus.
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  322.  @Snarknado5  I've seen it used that way, yes. I prefer this version. /shrug
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  323. We must start thinking ahead to helping Ukraine rebuild after they win this war. This will require a new Marshall Plan, and it's critical to get those funds allocated now, while public interest and therefore political will are strong and focused.
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  324. 21:00 - To say the Russian airline industry has "problems" is quite the understatement. If anyone's interested, Wendover Productions did an amazing deep-dive into what's happening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrTrpwzVt4g
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  325.  @ORLY911  No bet.
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  326.  @ForOne814  Just play ArmA 3, you can have all you want
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  327. I agree 100%. Whenever I see some idiot say things like "they couldn't have aligned the Great Pyramids so precisely without alien assistance," I want to punch them. They had very smart people then, just as we do now, and they had a monarchy with the wealth, resources, and inclination to set these smart people to work on great projects.
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  328. I can't help thinking of CSAT from the "Arma" series.
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  329. Someone needs to make that porno. :D
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  330. Food for thought. Thank you!
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  331. Chris: Don't you know anything? NIH: We don't even suspect anything.
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  332. Ever notice how a light bulb goes super-bright just before it burns out?
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  333. Oh, I'll be there. Out of pure freaking spite.
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  334.  @Skyberg21  He tends to be skeptical about how quickly bleeding-edge technologies can be deployed at scale, and whether things that make impressive tech demos will work well on a widespread basis. Generally a sensible position. It takes time for most ideas to propagate, and even more for them to be implemented... where they can be.
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  335.  @BVasquezp  Touche.
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  336. Was he just that bored, or what?
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  337. I can't help wondering if that extends to trucks in the age of motorization/mechanization.
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  338. Knowing the Romans, I'm genuinely astonished that the army wasn't decimated.
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  339. She'd need a bigger security detail than the President.
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  340. I usually like videos from creators I subscribe to before I forget.
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  341.  @antonystringfellow5152  Two out of three here. Good enough. 🤣
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  342.  @ForgottenWeapons  Now if that isn't proof that Hollywood is in decline, I don't know what is. <3
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  343. Let's pick a city and get testing! (Not even kidding. And yes, I'd be happy for Lowell, MA--the city I live next to--to be the test bed.)
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  344. 06:40 - I can't help thinking of how brightly a light bulb shines just before it burns out.
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  345. Rather too much so in the "hands-on" sense, but otherwise I agree with you. (Speaking as a 100% civilian, for the record.)
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  346. I've said this before, but I have a spare Yeti with some accoutrements sitting around that Mr. Sutton is most welcome to have for free.
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  347. You say "itty bitty states," I say "reasonably sized states."
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  348. Now now, girls. You're all pretty.
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  349. If you have a mastery of the material, extemporaneous speaking like that isn't actually as hard as you'd think. It takes practice, of course. I do this every day in my job as a technical trainer (albeit my subject matter is FAR less interesting). :)
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  350. ​ @michellelewis3063  He obviously puts a lot of thought into the topics and his backgrounds, and he has a performative streak, but as far as I can tell he really does shoot these things by himself on his phone. If there's signs I'm missing I'd be obliged if you'd lay them out. :)
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  351. The History Channel is dead and has been these many years.
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  352. Depends on if the purpose of the conference is external, or purely internal. If PR is part of the job, they should absolutely invite Sal and anyone else in this space.
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  353. If you're going the Patreon route, fine. Shut up about it. All the regulars know by now. Anyone who hasn't subbed by now either can't or won't. Put the info card at the end of every video and that's it. Constantly e-begging is a bad look. Trust me.
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  354. I assure you, the average skull thickness is just as high here in the USA.
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  355. NYC types liked being able to get to Europe quickly.
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  356. As much as we whine about it, and as much as it is corrupt in some instances, I am so glad to live in a country with an actual legal system beholden to actual laws (specifically the USA).
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  357. As my favorite geopolitical commentator puts it: "high-end chips are made exclusively in Taiwan and the USA. Mid-range chips are made across Southeast Asia. If you want a chip to make your toaster sing, you go to China."
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  358. He was; if you look back on the channel there's a video.
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  359. I usually wind up being the driver when we use tanks in "Arma 3" (nobody else wants to), and yeah, you can't see ANYTHING. So I guess the vehicle modelers got that right. Next time I will crank the heat in my apartment way up for an even more immersive experience. ^_^
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  360. Your description of this "Double 11" thing sounds like something from the Cyberpunk universe. I honestly feel a little nauseated hearing about it. :-/
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  361. I don't fucking blame them.
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  362.  @shawnryan2197  Learn to troll, honey. That was pathetic. ❤
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  363. HMS Victory can't sail anymore, Michal.
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  364. So many jump-cuts that I can't tell WTF is going on or trust that this presents an accurate picture. You get this a lot with what the Ukrainians are releasing. I don't blame them, but it makes the footage useless for anything except explosion pr0n.
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  365. There's always a bibliography attached to the scripts that Hubert sends me. I'm not sure if they're available to non-Patreons, though.
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  366. I don't think "boarding a ship" and "being brought aboard a ship" are quite the same thing. ^_^
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  367.  @RandomDudeOne  Oh goodness yes.
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  368. MIRV. Multiple Indpendent Re-entry Vehicle. And yeah, Natasha was cool.
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  369. Looks like a pretty standard arrest, except that the suspect wised up and started cooperating a lot faster than many I've seen (at secondhand). Clean and professional, to judge from this edited footage at least. :)
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  370. Lindybeige made an excellent video ruminating on her role as Queen and why she was so "good" at it. Highly recommend.
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  371. "That which is not just is not law." --William Lloyd Garrison (among many others)
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  372.  @GrandTheftChris  It isn't German anymore. It's entire (fairly large) population is entirely ethnic Russians. Stalin saw to that. Nobody wants that headache inside their own borders.
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  373. ​ @johndoh5182 please remember that what's obvious to you is not obvious to someone without your knowledge set. I have to constantly remind myself of this in my IT work, and yes it's very frustrating. However, being a sarcastic ass makes most 'normal' people ignore what you're saying. It's not what you say, it's how you say it. 😊
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  374. Signs point to "no," Charlotte.
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  375. You missed "cost cutting" on the bingo card. I'm no engineer, but I'm pretty sure that's why the upper floors were built with such little reinforcement.
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  376. They also have a very bad habit of catching on fire.
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  377.  @trp2413  It's a real phenomenon, at least with old-school incandescent bulbs. It's also a good metaphor for this situation, and many others in life.
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  378.  @RrRr-or5tw  I think you're overthinking it. All we need to do is send in our own "little green men" stripped of all personal identification and wearing Ukrainian armbands. As long as we can officially deny it, it's not grounds for war.
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  379. Look on the bright side: fusion power is only 20 years away 🤣
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  380.  @Sodacacik  That would make far too much sense.
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  381. This video was particularly interesting to narrate, as my late paternal grandfather served as a tank commander with the US forces during this war.
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  382. I've talked to a guy who was on the USS Vincennes (sp?), and he sure as hell thinks it was an accident. He had nothing to do with any of the systems or stations involved, and he still feels torn up about it to this day. (Or at least the day I spoke to him, about 10 years ago. Haven't met him again since.)
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  383. As a longtime Waffen-SS reenactor (alongside many other impressions), I can confirm the problems with many events in recent years. In the reenacting community, there is generally a taboo against portraying the political aspects of the SS, but the actual military wing is considered fair game. However, there are hard limits. For example, you never, ever give the party salute, even if that would have been historically accurate (on pain of death) for the time and unit you're portraying. At the end of the day, we have to remember evil of the past so we recognize its like in the future. And for a reenactment battle... well, someone's got to be the bad guys. ;) (Yes, hanging out with a Waffen-SS reenactment unit is basically a neverending stream of "are we the baddies?" jokes.)
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  384. I think "aqua discotheque" means an aquatic nightclub, like the one from 'John Wick 1.'
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  385.  @elvisionario9466  Don't engage the bots. ;)
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  386. As a WW2 re-enactor, I am displeased to report that Myth #1 is alive and well among the general public. You guys might be happy to know that we go our of our way to dispel this myth when we talk weapons during living history events.
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  387. I'm having flashbacks to every failed game of "Banished" I ever played.
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  388. You do realize he's not the one entitling and uploading the vids, right? He has a whole firm for his consulting stuff, this is just an arm of that.
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  389. Hallelujah, brothers and sisters! :P
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  390. We did. We won. Nobody cared, as it turns out.
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  391. God bless you, dude. Stay safe.
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  392. In my homeland of America, the use of what amounts to distilled water for medical purposes is still quite widespread. I believe the term for this primitive practice is "homeopathy."
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  393. The world's greatest superpower, ladies and gentlemen.
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  394. Holy shit, you're right
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  395. No. It's the Gulf of Mexico. Let me explain why. America (both the continent and the country) have a truly vast coastline. Calling a body the "[whatever] of America" really doesn't narrow anything down. By contrast, when you say "Gulf of Mexico," it tells everybody right where it is, since there's only one side of Mexico that qualifies, geographically. Also, I don't think the President has any such authority to rename geographical features unilaterally. It's not like the Gulf is US territorial waters or similar. Also also, it's a dickheaded, jingoistic move that will do nothing but confuse people and antagonize our biggest trading partner.
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  396.  @elliottwitt5369  Beat me to it.
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  397. I was going to say, did these guys coordinate?
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  398.  @billydiesel8520  There's a few variations on it, but that's the one I like the best. :)
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  399.  @emilschw8924  If you can, get yourself a proper filter, one that can handle raw water from a river or whatever. Preferably a large one, so you can use it at scale. Prepper stuff. 😕
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  400. Two words: hydraulic despotism.
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  401. No noise on my end. /shrug
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  402.  @GreenFlame16  Pretty sure I heard a "blyat" in there, which I don't think is particularly polite. (Feel free to correct me.)
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  403.  @imbetterthanyouis  I see what you're saying, but back in the day you could grab just about any merchantman, stick more cannons and/or a bunch of soldiers on it, and be good to go. You can't turn a modern cruise liner into a modern cruiser. Not without several years of yard time, anyway. ^_^
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  404. As I like to put it: "there is no Right to Life for business entities."
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  405. Xi is 69 years old? Nice.
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  406. Side question: I've noticed that most British officers seem to have gone by their first two initials and then their last names. Is there any particular story behind this practice, or was it simply the fashion of the time?
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  407. I had the same thought.
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  408.  @blastergoon4185  WW2, they took over the north half of the country. Brits took the south.
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  409. God yes. Gimme that sweet 2mmEC goodness <3
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  410. My old Underwood Portable doesn't have a "1" character either; the lowercase "l" character does double-duty.
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  411. The terms "right" and "left" are always relative and ever-shifting.
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  412. I keep hearing that Russia must be depleting its stocks of these and similar missiles rapidly, but I haven't heard any numbers. Does anyone have any official or OSINT estimates to hand?
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  413. Top. Men.
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  414. Unless they have the proper connections in the CCP, yeah.
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  415. It has terminal cancer. Just wait it out for a bit.
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  416. The correct plural of "phenomenon" is "phenomena" <3
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  417. 1:03:00 - Unless you want to see various stuff along the way, NO. You do not want to drive across the USA. It's a minimum of 2 days (more likely 4+) of pure boredom if you're driving straight from coast to coast.
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  418.  @protorhinocerator142  Weeellll... it is a finite resource. We do keep finding more of it, but only so many critters have ever lived and died in the circumstances required to create the stuff. What we really need is to establish a genuine alternative to fossil fuels before we actually start running out. We have much longer than we previously thought, but at the end of the day our petrochemical supply is indeed finite.
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  419.  @geekstradamus1548  Not just gold and diamonds. South Africa is one of the great geological treasure houses of the world.
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  420. You win the Internet for today, FukuokaZoomer. Congratulations. ❤
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  421. My main concern is whether the IRS and the New York Dept of the Treasury will assess this settlement as if they were wages paid normally over the past 13 years, or whether they'll treat it like lottery winnings and try to take a bigger chunk of it. That would be unjust.
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  422. A gun in my hand is a reasonable defensive measure; a gun in your hand is a needless provocation.
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  423. You absolute madlad. <3
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  424. 09:50 - The Wehrmacht was like saying 'Reich Armed Forces' or something similar. The 'Heer' was specifically the army. To avoid confusion I usually call it the "Wehrmacht Heer" when referring to it without prior context.
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  425. I've cast my write-in for Trump, but only because he's not the "looney left." I consider them more dangerous than the "looney right" at the moment. I have a degree in history, and actually living through such a period of instability has given me a totally new perspective on all this stuff I've read about over the years. The scary thing is that I know full well just how bad this could get, for everyone. 'Normal' Americans are caught between extremes, and if we can't reign these people in very bad things will happen. Not sure what exactly, and I really don't want to find out.
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  426. George Orwell, eat your heart out. Holy shit.
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  427.  @pamike4873  I don't think I was implying any such view when I suggested that the Aussies might ship us some of their common sense in regard to HVAC matters in general.
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  428. 12:00 - FYI, Shirvan, the term is "case in point." In other words, a case that illustrates the point under discussion. Great work as always! :)
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  429. Agreed. Any book. I'm not picky
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  430. This is darker than any fucked-up joke or parody I've ever seen. And I have a black-on-black sense of humor.
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  431.  @kateyanjames9040  Pretty sure your subways aren't exploding. We had somebody drive his car off a parking garage and crash through the skylight into a subway station here in Boston last year, though. That was pretty metal.
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  432.  @ricardokowalski1579  I remember. Also as Drac went through the Solomon Islands campaign and reads the AARs from CV-6 USS Enterprise, where this one officer becomes increasingly in favor of what we today would call "m0ar dakka!!!" Great stuff.
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  433. Question: have you ever actually read a history book?
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  434. Plainly: "...coroners cutting hands off victims for later identification." Me: "You did say London, right? Not Moscow or Beijing?" 😱
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  435.  @Skullair313  Eminently reasonable. My interest in the matter only extends to the fact that I hate being a tall person squeezed into a tiny seat, so a plane I only have to sit on for half as long would be nice.
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  436. I hope Dr. Grossman employs a good team of bodyguards. The people on the other side of this debate don't hesitate to employ violence.
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  437.  @annach109  Yeah, I know. I really do try, if it helps at all. The hardest part is finding a reliable reference for many place names or for people who aren't front-page famous.
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  438. This absolutely came out of the WIV. That said, I do not believe it was intentional in any way, shape, or form.
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  439. In Soviet Russia, fox bree... ew. Nevermind. Honestly, that's not the worst fake Russian accent I've ever heard.
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  440.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  I look forward to it! A channel called Covert Cabal (much more grounded than the username suggests) has great analyses on missile systems etc, you may want to check him out. :)
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  441. I've wondered whether the audio is AI-generated for some time. Now I think it's either that, or the narrator simply doesn't care and reads exactly what's in front of him.
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  442. Without a VASTLY improved battery chemistry, EVs are a dead end. They're also substantially more dangerous than FFVs, specifically in regard to vehicle fires.
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  443. Clearly this was planted by Ukrainian Intelligence. 😂
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  444. Just starting, and my gut reaction to the question is: "best general for what mission?"
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  445. AFAIK, "Qing" is pronounced more like "ching."
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  446. I've heard it said (I think in "Red Storm Rising," actually) that a radio is the deadliest weapon known to man. So in a broad sense, comm and recon satellites are definitely weapons. So is the GPS constellation, at least before they made the high-res iteration public.
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  447. Has anyone gotten together the reasonable voices from all sides of this discussion and started drafting proposals for what the needed reforms might actually look like? If not, that seems to be a logical next step. Remember, if everybody's unhappy with the proposal but everyone can live with it, it's a good compromise.
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  448. My guess would be a little Column A and a little Column B. Russians just don't seem to do maintenance (in general, not just at sea), and everyone in the world kinda hates them right now. Especially some yellow-and-blue folks who are proving quite adept at asymmetrical warfare.
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  449. Same
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  450. Control.
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  451. Same here.
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  452.  @puraLusa Red herring to blame Ukraine with?
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  453.  @Coffeezilla  I guess it takes a criminal to catch criminals. 🤣
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  454. Protests in 69 cities? Nice. #sorrynotsorry
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  455. This is starting to sound like the plot of some cheap dystopian novel, where one region (North America) dominates the world, and everybody else is basically just screwed and impoverished. Speaking as an American, I don't actually like the sound of that.
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  456. The strike, and especially the corporate response to it, is so f*cking cliched that you'd get laughed out of even a modern writer's room for suggesting it. I love reality; it's so endlessly stupid.
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  457. Yeah. How's the electricity supply where you live these days? Haven't heard an update on that whole thing in a few months.
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  458.  @emilschw8924  Glad to hear the power situation's a bit better... but the water thing is truly concerning. Leaving aside dehydration or whatever, bad water is how you get diseases. I'll throw a few more prayers your way. <3
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  459. At first I thought this was about that Pemex disaster where the pipes were so corroded the soil got saturated with gasoline. I forget the name of the city.
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  460. Nope.
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  461. Only practical use for the full-auto setting that I'm aware of.
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  462. 26:00 - Considering that the angle stays steady for so long, I think the cameraman made the very sensible decision to secure the camera down by some fashion, leave it running, and get under cover. Old-school video cameras could be left running on their own as long as the film lasted, right? Or did they need constant attention?
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  463. Sustaining operations. How long have they been there and how long will they stay? That will be the measure of whether Peter has been correct in that assertion.
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  464.  @Penta_Penguin_237  If you are a firmware dev as you say then surely you can toss up some links to (non-classified, non-proprietary) papers or what-have-you so we can see how correct you are? Seriously asking. :)
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  465. I like the Gulf of Margaritaville. I'm going to use that until further notice. Thanks!
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  466. Hearing the presenter guess that the accident was due to power loss and the 'failure' of the diesel generators to start makes me kind of cringe. If I'd walked into Langley at this time and told them the Soviets kinda did this to themselves while running an ill-conceived experiment and bypassing the plant's safety systems to that end... I wonder if anyone would have believed me.
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  467. I'd love to see a similar video for Age of Sail warships, assuming there were any themes or consistency whatsoever. :)
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  468. 03:55 - Is that the same yellow tower crane from the earlier video, I wonder?
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  469. Why is America's hat trash-talking us? ;)
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  470. It doesn't matter what any of these cabinet appointees think. If they dare to push back against Trump on anything, they will be fired. We saw that during Trump's first term. The only thing that matters is what Trump thinks. That's not great.
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  471.  @wgowshipping  Every public speaker naturally develops their own catchphrases. Just don't lean into it on purpose, and otherwise don't worry about it. ;)
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  472. I was thinking the height of European colonization, especially the British trying to create a railroad from Cairo to Cape Town... but wow, you're right. The more things change, I guess. ^_^
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  473. As the meme goes: "Sheer. F*cking. Hubris."
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  474.  @Blak22390  Self-awareness is a death penalty offense. Or soon will be.
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  475. How do you think I feel here in Massachusetts? FML.
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  476. 00:52:00 - Why on earth wasn't the man relieved, when he was basically being constantly insubordinate?
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  477. One of the guys in my reenacting unit has a kriegsmodell (sp?) Kar98K that he picked up for a song from a dealer who thought it was busted.
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  478. I'm sure you know and just didn't want to get into it, but whenever you speak so casually about the Pope being "infallible" by doctrine, it perpetuates this really damaging stereotype that Catholics think of the Pope as some sort of oracle or something. The doctrine has only been invoked twice that I can think of (there's probably a few others), and both times it was to basically get everybody to sit down and shut up regarding a theological issue that was threatening to split the Church. The two instances in question are the primacy of the Roman Pontiff (i.e. the doctrine was invoked by the Papacy to make everyone actually do what they say) and the Assumption of Mary (which was threatening a schism, if I recall correctly offhand). Anyway, as I said I don't expect you to get into theological niceties in an (amazing) video such as this, Sean. I just wanted to complain a bit, and maybe even dispel the myth in one or two minds. :)
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  479.  @andreasferenczi7613  Choosing the leadership of a money-making organization by demagoguery of the employees is hilarious, I grant you, but utterly impractical.
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  480. /rimshot
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  481. Wow, you can spot basic patterns. Congrats! 🤣
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  482. Bab-el-Mandab. There you go. Drink up. ;)
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  483.  @andersjjensen  I was actually thinking the same thing. And speaking of postwar elections, remember that Churchill got the boot almost immediately after V-J. It'll be interesting to see who the Ukrainian people choose in that first postwar election. 😁 (I have no horse in that race. Not my circus, not my monkeys.)
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  484. I concur.
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  485. At least nowadays, I think miners actually make pretty good money. One would hope so, anyway, given how much skill and danger the work involves.
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  486. Superlative analysis. Clear, cogent, and comprehensive. Well done as always!
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  487. If they do find the wreck, steps need to be taken to protect her from looters. Probably kinetic steps.
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  488.  @muffinman4544  Illuminati confirmed XD
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  489. You shouldn't take sponsorships from mobile games, dude. At least not any mobile game with a 'currency' you can buy for cash. <3
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  490. Ah, but are these leaks or "leaks"?
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  491.  @michaelblacktree  Very well said.
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  492. It would have cost us money to dispose of most of this stuff, so giving it to Ukraine actually saved a small shitload of money.
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  493.  @SUPERPOWERCHINA_  Either top-tier satire or a troll bot that desperately needs to be put out of its misery. Either way, you made me giggle. ❤
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  494. As an avid fan of anime, I find Chapek's assertion that animated content is by definition only for kids to be short-sighted and foolish. A medium is not intrinsic to a certain audience.
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  495. @OP - Just FYI, posting a bunch of textual quotes without any context or point seems less than helpful. I'm not saying don't post stuff like this, I'm saying tell us what point you're trying to make. ;)
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  496.  @joso7228  Yeah. I like the way OP thinks, but it's sadly not feasible.
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  497.  @tancreddehauteville764  The two instances I know of where the officers were indifferent or even encouraging were French officers with colonial troops and the Soviets (respectively). Rape and such occurred in all forces in all theaters where there were civilians, of course, but generally it was punished quite harshly if the authorities had any sort of evidence. Or so I understand. I'm sure that, like everything in WWII, it varied dramatically by time and place.
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  498. Here's a great story I never get tired of telling. I'm a casual WWII reenactor, and my CO (retired USAF, retired cop) has a small armory in his basement. One of his dozen-odd Kar98k rifles is a late war 'kriegsmodel,' one made with all possible features omitted... including the safety. This story is about how he got that rifle. So basically he was at a swap meet and happened to see this on a table with half a dozen other bolties. My CO assumed that this relatively rare example of a kriegsmodel Kar98k would go for a premium, and he didn't have that much money to spare that month. So he just picked it up to take a look at it, and offhandedly asked the seller how much he was asking. The seller quoted a price that was about 60% of the going rate for a normal Kar98k at the time. (Don't ask for numbers, I don't know.) The seller explained that he couldn't in good conscience ask full price for a rifle that had obviously been so abused that it had even lost its safety. My CO immediately bought the rifle at the quoted price. Once money was exchanged and paperwork was fully signed, he explained in brief what the seller had actually just sold him. The seller took it with good grace. The rifle now serves as a fantastic piece for weapons lectures to the public, and the rifle you don't want to get stuck with if we're reenacting German today. (We do both German and American, as needed.)
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  499. I think it may be time for some mysterious explosions in various Russian ports. Big ones.
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  500. Praise the Omnissiah.
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  501.  @svenblubber5448  That makes more sense, actually.
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  502. Let us know how it goes. <3
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  503. True to mythology at least, if I recall correctly.
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  504. Corruption
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  505. Incorrect. The term "gun" is very general and can refer to all sizes of firearms. The more technical term for what you describe is (most commonly) "cannon." Depending on the specifics it might be more properly described as a "howitzer" or even a large "mortar," though. I'm sure there's other types of artillery that I don't know or can't remember.
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  506.  @williamjenkins4913  Nonsense and other comments. That's an excuse used by corporate lawyers trying to guarantee a supply of work.
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  507. Benny Hill would be very proud. <3
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  508. That and the first thing they'd do is contact the lawyers, who would tell them to STFU and stay that way.
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  509. "It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it." --Robert E. Lee
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  510. 24:30 - This is probably just a misspeak, but "shrank" is the past tense of "shrink." There's no need for an -ed suffix. <3
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  511. My bet is that the Russian Med squadron moves to Libyan waters until they can get refueled. I think they still have ties there, right?
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  512. What did they do for water? A human can only (barely) survive for ~72 hours without water, and IIRC they were down there for ~173 hours, plus however much of their shift they worked beforehand. Were there stores of water and food cached for such situations?
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  513. Hubert intends to post daily videos for the foreseeable future.
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  514. Same
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  515. 37:00 - The dynamic of critic-score and user-score being polar opposites is becoming extremely common in the video game space as well. It's getting to the point that if the "major" game news sites like a game, I assume it's crap, and if they hate it I look into the game more. At least by default; the dynamic is not 100% reliable.
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  516.  @fathead8933  I think this is a case of the old adage that "no unit fit for combat will pass inspection, and no unit fit for inspection will survive in combat."
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  517. A gorgeous Austrian man and a gorgeous German man talking about tanks for 20 minutes straight. Who needs Pornhub? :P
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  518.  @shannonpincombe8485  Any sort of organic dust seems prone to some sort of fuel-air explosive phenomenon.
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  519. I am legitimately looking forward to the Victory Day Parade this year. 😂
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  520. All too true.
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  521. Absolutely magnificent. <3
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  522. Judging from another comment, they did actually drop the word. So I guess somebody involved actually saw something related to Star Wars at some point? /shrug
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  523. Swap the ushankas for ballcaps and translate the lyrics into English, and this is pretty much identical to what I'd expect from some areas here in the USA. This is awesome, but also makes me sad to think how everyone is always fighting when we have so much in common, even half a world away.
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  524. I want to object... but you're right.
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  525. "case in point," Shirvan :)
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  526.  @aurorajones8481  I believe there are both software and hardware ways to cut somebody else out of using a comm satellite you own. Also bear in mind that a satellite's bandwidth is much lower than a landline, much like you can get far faster data transfer at home with a Gigabit or 10Gig ethernet cable vs even the latest wireless. (Is 802.11ac still the latest? I just realized I'm not sure.) Anyway. This is more of an issue for civilian users than government or military ones (who would naturally get top priority on the smaller-bandwidth satellite backups), hence Peter's talking about the service element of the economy etc if I'm not mistaken.
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  527.  @intractablemaskvpmGy  Wow. I don't know or care how old you are, but maybe grow up a bit.
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  528. Looks like you're a loyal cartel customer 🤣
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  529. Reality really needs to become more ideologically sound. It's a positive scandal, I tell you.
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  530. Nevermind the far future. What matters is what Taiwan, West Taiwan, and the USA can build and deploy to the AO by ~2027-2029
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  531. The video title + the thumbnail gave the distinct impression that 'Rings of Power' had been put out of its misery. Clickbait is fine, being misleading isn't. Please be careful. ❤
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  532. Delightfully Orwellian.
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  533. @lzydwg You win the Internet for today. Congratulations! <3
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  534. Thanks for the info on the mine collapse, folks. I figured it was just another day in Florida. 😂
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  535. Thank you <3
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  536. A measure of how pathetic my life is: as soon as they came on camera, I said aloud "where did Jonathan get a BlasTech DH-17?" 🤣
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  537. It's fear because fear gets watch time and (supposedly) makes people more controllable.
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  538.  @TheSegert  What I don't get is the point of this latest wave. The things they're saying don't seem calibrated to get people to go to whatever fake channel. The assbots kind of made sense... these ones really don't.
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  539. To get politicians to increase military spending, just develop a ravenous military-industrial complex. Worked for us here in the USA! :)
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  540.  @Orion-e4m  1. I refer to the PRC as "West Taiwan" to be a troll. 2. About 50% of the company I work for here in the USA are Chinese nationals, including the CEO. Not only do I know a lot of Chinese folks, I love them. Very nice people. ;)
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  541. Hey, the Mk1 Eyeball doesn't need batteries and is less likely to get smacked around by a passing branch or whatever.
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  542. Dooku had his shit wired pretty tight on a moment-to-moment level. He just made some truly stupid strategic choices.
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  543. As a video gamer, I can't help giggling at "it just works." ^_^
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  544.  @thegodfather_8455  I don't remember specificially, but there was basically an unboxing vid of one of the crates with Ian helping them. If you search for the company name or Ethiopian in the channel history it will likely come up
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  545.  @儚いキリン  Yep. I believe it was Mao himself who observed that power grows from the barrel of a gun. 😕
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  546.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  Congratulations, then! That's definitely a good excuse. ;)
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  547. So "self-propelled artillery" is actually a male tank? I didn't know there was such a difference between the sexes in this species. Truly majestic and inspiring. :D
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  548.  @NORTH02  Looking forward to hearing all about these guys from you, N02 :)
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  549.  @saltminedevelopment  Not all of these are filmed the day they're posted.
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  550. The more you look into just about anything, the more complex it gets. Not just in history.
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  551.  @tristanbarton2959  I'm just the narrator. But from my reading of the script, just because people have cited it as an idea, it doesn't follow that the government is seriously considering it either publicly or privately. /shrug
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  552.  Jesus is LORD  This is neither the time nor the place, honey. Blessed be. ❤
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  553.  @vladtheimpala5532  I'd trade our latest presidents in for somebody who didn't have to win election in an age of visual media, as opposed to speeches and writing. I think that shift has dramatically lowered the quality of our candidates, among other factors.
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  554. If you could stop giving the foreign despots ideas, I would appreciate it.
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  555. Now I know how to make a living after society finishes collapsing. Thanks!
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  556.  @WildBikerBill  I believe Margaret Thatcher was on record as saying it was her favorite TV show, precisely for that reason. I do know that she wrote a short sketch of herself, Jim Hacker, and Sir Humphry; you can find the script if you Google it. XD
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  557. Nobody should be living in Gaza. There's nothing there. It's basically a prison camp. Everyone should ideally be relocated to someplace worth living... but where? I have no idea. 😕
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  558. Please do one of these on the term "Personal Defense Weapon" (or PDW), so I can finally get the concept across to @21Kiloton. ☢
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  559. This shit is not canon
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  560.  @jetty92487  Well said, Sir. :)
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  561. War. War never changes.
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  562. The US killed far more Japanese (and German) civilians with a combination of high-explosive and incendiary bombs than we ever could have with nukes. (We had a very limited supply of fissile material at that time, only enough for 4 or so bombs. We could have done one more, and it would have been quite a stretch.) Anyway, look up the word "firestorm" on Wikipedia for an explanation and an itemized list of attacks.
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  563. My reply to Russian threats to attack a NATO country (as joe citizen here in the USA) boils down to: "f*** around and find out." Probably a good thing I don't work for the State Department. ^_^
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  564. 04:00 - Two of my favorite modern ones that I've heard are a pair of US CVNs. USS Theodore Roosevelt = "The Big Stick," and USS John Stennis = "Johnny Reb" :P
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  565. The new narrator continues to put me to sleep. 😕
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  566. Amen amen, I say to you: you know not the day nor the hour. ❤
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  567. The crowbar thing loses its luster by the third crate. Trust me.
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  568.  @ntsecrets  Actually, the Great Molasses disaster would be a superlative video. The best single source I know is a book entitled "Dark Tide." I forget the author.
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  569. Sadly, most of Africa doesn't have much money. :(
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  570. Definitely in Texas and Montana. Not sure about other states.
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  571. My solution to looting of underwater war graves are to toss down a few small depth charges on 'em. The looters, I mean
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  572. One word: "kimchee."
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  573. I just hope they don't fall into civil war or anything like that. The Russian people have suffered enough in the past few centuries.
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  574. 18:00 - This sounds like a round of "Space Station 14" 🤣
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  575. You had me at "historiography." ❤
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  576. Shout-out to Mrs. Drac! <3
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  577. 47 grand per year for a professional, high-skill position? What the hell are they smoking?
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  578. It's too late. The Jedi are extinct. Their fire has gone out of the franchise. Our bittersweet memories are all that is left of their religion.
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  579. 05:17 - There's a split second where a passport number is visible (box fades to black instead of starting full black). Suggest a fix ASAP!!!
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  580. They won't be able to tell the difference on the air pollution front.
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  581. I'm no expert on this stuff, but I think your analogy to the historical Q-Ships is bang on the money as far as the practical use case for such systems on container ships. The role of the Q-Ships was to act as sheepdogs in sheep's clothing and give a nasty surprise to commerce raiders, u-boats, etc. In the coming era when state-sponsored piracy and privateering (and probably independent piracy as well) are going to make a sharp comeback, I can absolutely see several of the actual merchantmen in a convoy or perhaps all of them being armed with supplemental missile systems like this. A convoy with only two or three warships escorting it might turn out to be an absolute hornet's nest of SSMs or SAMs, perhaps even antisub systems. Anybody who shows up to collect the juicy target gets one nasty surprise. And just the potential for any merchantman to be armed like this gives an opponent a lot to think about and plan around.
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  582. Kessler Syndrome is hardly forever, but it can do a hell of a lot of collateral damage and can persist for quite some time depending on various factors. Or so I understand.
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  583. 14:00 - I checked, and the soft drink "Dr Pepper" was invented in Texas in 1885 and nationally marketed in the USA starting in 1904. So I'm guessing this attack pattern was in fact likely named after the drink, though I must admit that I don't see the connection. /shrug
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  584.  @GroundHOG-2010  That makes perfect sense. Thank you! :)
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  585. Yeah. How on earth did somebody that young make E-6?
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  586. Yeah, I was wondering that too. No judgement without knowing the context. Still, the guy has MOVES.
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  587.  @mikefleek9259  I believe he did, yes. He feared that overpopulation would lead to more mouths than China could physically grow enough food to feed.
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  588.  @saulofontoura  Yep. 🤣
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  589. Press X to doubt.
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  590. I trust you will all remember this as the day that Captian Juan Sparrow almost escaped. Take them away.
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  591.  @kenaar  If you can still think coherently, you're not "far far" anything, buddy. Don't label yourself. Just stand where you stand and be open to new ideas as and when they come. ;)
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  592. NOTHING in history is simple. Ever. If anything seems simple, you're not looking at it very closely. ;)
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  593. I love her radio callsign: "Starbase."
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  594.  @Jimmietwotimes  🤣🤣🤣
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  595. I'll take just about anyone with a molecule of sanity and/or integrity at this point.
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  596. I don't recall any instances of cannibalism by Japanese troops. The other two, though, definitely. Not to mention what would have happened to the females on board.
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  597. Fantastic ship-post at the beginning of the episode, Sal. ❤
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  598.  @zygmuntlllwaza5773  Biden comes across as far past his prime, possibly in the early stages of senility. (No disrespect to the man, but he's only human.) I think the Democrats nominated the weakest possible candidate among their frontrunners. They need a breath of fresh air (as you rightly say Trump was last cycle) and instead we get The System made flesh. Not smart.
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  599.  @no1DdC  I agree; he's needs a plaid sport coat and a faded necktie. And more airtime. :D
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  600.  @solarsailor1534  Beat me to it.
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  601. "Aaaaand it's gone!"
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  602. Bird's nest? That's a food ingredient?
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  603. If these skeletal remains are actually common here in North America, I would encourage those who believe in them to actually go find some. With real, physical evidence you can blast it far and wide. Make sure to have hidden people filming things in case the excavators get attacked by ninjas, though. Then you'll have hard evidence of the cover-up. ^_^ Seriously, folks. Hard evidence or GTFO. Great work as usual, N02! :)
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  604. Easy to get the number of balls. Number of crew aboard, multiply by 2.
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  605. I just need to point out that the "JFK mystery" is not a mystery at all. We know exactly what happened in that instance.
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  606. If you're a Pole of any avocation advocating for a return to Soviet rule, YOU NEED YOUR F*CKING HEAD EXAMINED.
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  607. Too recent for this channel, but the Littoral Combat Ship program is a contemporary shoo-in for the "disaster" category.
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  608. Well, Sal is a gorgeous, gorgeous man. 😂
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  609. Taiwan's technical name is the Republic of China.
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  610. It's hard to make a profit on hydrocarbons that almost nobody on earth is willing and/or able to buy. It'll be even harder after they have to shut down the permafrost wellheads and the taps collapse. Russia doesn't have the expertise to start them up again, and Halliburton et al have already left.
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  611.  @tjampman  He does not look it, at least in those videos.
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  612. This is more akin to an 18-wheeler sideswiping another; one expects more of professionals.
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  613.  @JohnMichaelGodier  Gunpowder and explosive residue is amazingly persistent. I'm a WWII reenactor and one of my compatriots has a German Teller mine (one of those big round anti-tank mines with the large pressure plate in the middle), which had its explosive filler quite thoroughly removed over 70 years ago before being sold as a curiosity. We've learned not to bring this particular item to events with high security, as bomb-sniffing dogs go straight for the thing and alarm the bomb-squad officers. :D
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  614. I imagine it's to absorb vibration
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  615.  @paulc2548  I didn't make it up. Not sure where I first heard it. A Tom Clancy novel, maybe? Anyway, do share it around. ^_^
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  616. Brace for a global famine of truly horrific proportions over the next decade or so. It will not be evenly distributed. 😢
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  617.  @why_wait  How would you get the tanks there? Look at a map. I approve in principle, of course.
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  618. IIRC cortosis is more fibrous, making it difficult to incorporate into armor or weapons. On top of being as rare as rocking horse shit. That's purely from my faulty memory, though, and I can't be bothered to check the wiki.
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  619. Hi there, CCP monitor! :P But seriously, it's all a matter of perspective, like most things in geopolitics.
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  620. No, Russians use giant squid for maritime ops. The war bears are with the land forces.
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  621.  @billgalactica2982  Exactly, excellent point. This is one of the upsides of the Internet; let's take full advantage of it!
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  622. So we have "What the Ship" and "What the Truck"... someone needs to start a channel/show/podcast called "What the Haul" next. 🤣
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  623.  @rhysbaker2595  The latter is definitely worse.
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  624. This thing wouldn't last a day in the wilderness. It's a shop prototype that's been mostly user-proofed.
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  625. 11:00 - Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you mixed up MI5 and MI6. If I'm not mistaken, MI5 was concerned with counterintelligence (defense), and MI6 with operations (offense).
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  626.  @PhilipThompson  It happens. You got them right for the rest of the video, FWIW. Love your work! ❤
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  627. It's happened to me at historical sites once or twice.
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  628. When you need to take out a Metal Gear but don't have a Stinger launcher.
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  629. Stop e-begging at the beginning of every video. It's pathetic. Just whap the slide at the end of the video and put the Patreon link in the description.
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  630. If it worked properly, we'd all be dead.
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  631. And the grapes of wrath ripened...
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  632.  @joelobryan1212  You give the missile a geographic "basket" to look inside. In wartime, countries post notices telling people "we have naval operations going in [huge geographic area]. If you're in this area, expect to be sunk." It's called a Maritime Exclusion Zone, if memory serves. So I'm not so worried about what you describe because a) the missile is only going to look in the designated area, and b) everyone not shooting will run for the proverbial hills.
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  633.  @quintrankid8045  Sure, but the supermajority of government funds actually do stuff. Most of it is even useful to some degree.
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  634. "Eh, there won't be anything released at that altitude. Stop worrying."
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  635. I've always heard it pronounced more like "Dishka." Is that just Americans being American with the pronunciation, or is it a po-tay-to po-tah-to situation, or what?
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  636. "People go bankrupt slowly, then rapidly." --Mark Twain
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  637. Immediate counterattack is practically a German trademark, historically speaking. More often than not, it works.
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  638. Get out of the PRC if you possibly can.
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  639. So the pharma companies can both sell vaccines and then sell meds for this heart condition? Brilliant! Win-win, amirite?
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  640. If you want a very easy-to-follow breakdown of what Peter said about first-past-the-post voting and why it inevitably leads to two parties, this short little video from CGP Grey is still the gold standard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo
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  641. Not dull, Ian. I come here for the history, since I'm too thick to understand the mechanical stuff. ^_^
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  642.  @Christopher.Bingham  The upcoming competition will be very stiff.
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  643.  @SilverStarHeggisist  Yes, just like airliners.
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  644. Given its mission and scope (as far as I'm aware) the Chinese MSS is much more aptly compared to the Soviet KGB than to any Western agency.
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  645. FYI: "Aircraft" is both the singular and the plural in English. <3
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  646. Given that they apparently planned to replace the pillars, I'd say "Temporary Fix" should be checked off on the bingo card too. 😕 (My mind is still blown on the "knock out pillars and replace them later" thing. Just... wow. I thought I was clueless about architectural engineering. Wow.)
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  647. There was an almost identical saying in the USSR: "so long as the bosses pretend to pay us, we will pretend to work." :-/
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  648. You win the Internet for today. Congratulations. <3
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  649. If we're talking ancient Mediterranean contact with the New World, what's the actual archaeology/research behind the Mystery Hill site in New Hampshire, USA? I've heard claims that it strongly resembles a Phoenician temple, but these sources were... less than reliable, shall we say.
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  650. Honestly, the thing that gives me the most hope is Russia's sheer incompetence and decrepitude.
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  651. Stop taking sponsorships from better help. It is an out and out scam.
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  652. I wish at some point Indy had just unceremoniously shot Bridge's character like that sword guy in Lost Ark. 🤣
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  653. However distasteful this was, I believe it was necessary. They shouldn't have treated the subjects quite so well, though, at least in private.
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  654.  @kellychuba  It's certainly living on a pensioner's income these days. 🤣 (Sorry, couldn't resist a cheap shot. No, I didn't actually mean it.)
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  655. I looked up 3 different pronunciation videos made by French people and tried to imitate them. But yeah... I've never felt so American, for better or worse. :P
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  656. That was my conclusion too. If the drone had an explosive payload, why not blow up the plane's radome? Makes no sense. This seems like a pure flex.
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  657. That Assad "palace" looks like the hotel room I stayed at last time I went to Vegas for a trade show.
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  658. I'd like to see a like analysis for my own country, the USA
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  659.  @JohnSmith-ti2kp  How interesting. Evidence?
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  660. Turns out that kidnapping and torturing people's fucking children makes them mad at you. Who knew?
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  661. I'm surprised you didn't assume Taiwanese cooperation as well as Japanese. Still, fantastic analysis! :)
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  662.  @ricojes  Thank you! It's actually stolen from the TV version of "A Very British Coup." ;)
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  663. Fascinating as always. I love the way you lay out your ideas and evidence as much as the content itself. You're very easy to listen to and understand. :)
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  664. Why on earth would they go to the areas that don't fit their narrative?
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  665. I feel bad for those kids who didn't even know who their parents were, and now are condemned to live in Russia. 😕
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  666. Before this tech can eclipse conventional firearms, it not only needs to lower weight and raise impact, but also needs to be reliable, field-proof, soldier-proof, and on and on and on. But yeah, baby steps. Props to David for not overselling this model or the technology in general.
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  667.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  He's not kidding. Nobody's sure how this works yet, but it's a BIG problem.
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  668. Aren't VPNs illegal in West Taiwan?
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  669.  @julosx  Yes. That's how I know about it. ;)
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  670. That sounds entirely plausible. I'm reminded of the Doolittle Raiders fitting painted-black broomsticks in place of the machine guns they dumped from their B-25s to save weight.
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  671. Or mysterious third parties with no insignia. That's hella risky though; if somebody (or their corpse) gets captured, you have a diplomatic crisis or maybe a bigger war.
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  672. I would love to see much more on this topic. It's criminally underappreciated, and you just can't find good info on it without diving into that literal mountain of technical stuff Drach mentioned. A middle ground like this is wonderful. :)
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  673. I seem to recall that at least one US Army road was corduroyed in Confederate rifles as a flex more than anything else. I don't have any source for it though.
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  674.  @miralande220  Oh I don't doubt that. But acquired how? I'd lay equal odds on official Russian sources vs the black market.
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  675.  @StevenJackson-re6qm  I'm not quite that dumb. ;)
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  676.  @Megalomaniakaal  There are volunteers and "volunteers." Again, turnabout is fair play.
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  677.  @supertesla47  That falls under "ego" per the way I heard it.
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  678. Jake: "Russian ships seem to be incredibly flammable." Me: "That reminds me, is the Admiral Kuznetzov on fire today?" 🤣🔥
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  679. It looks like we all overestimated the intelligence of our fellow Americans. Here we fucking go, boys and girls...
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  680.  @puraLusa  I concur.
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  681. The real question is whether RFK will turn the equation one way or another in any state as a whole, and especially in enough of them to swing the electoral vote. That's what matters at the end of the day. (I don't have an answer, by the way.)
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  682. Just for context here, the GR-1 lists at $3,375 USD on Arcflash's website. Out of my budget, but hopefully not out of yours. :)
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  683.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  Completely agree. We made an incalculable mistake in downsizing our military in the 1990s. Some cutback was fine, but the "Peace Dividend" is bearing us bitter fruit indeed.
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  684. The convoy stops for nobody. As I understand it (please correct me if I'm wrong, folks), you were basically fucked. Especially in the north Atlantic. :-/
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  685. I wonder what the elapsed time was between the first local authorities being notified and somebody in the US Army Chemical Corps (or whatever it's called) going pale and saying "Oh, SHIT!" 😂
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  686. 6:45 - Stage 1: print tons of money / Stage 2: ... / Stage 3: Profit
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  687. Allah bless Al Jazeera for having the balls to call out one Satan's biggest current projects, i.e. the CCP. And in high style, I might add.
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  688. Swans as "gentle animals"? Clearly you've never met one. :-/
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  689.  @jacksonparrott9838  NGL, posting the multi-posting makes you pretty sus. Beep boop? 🤣
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  690. You just call ahead on the radio. You don't need the global maritime transponder system to identify yourself to another party.
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  691.  @runningbird501  Took the words right out of my mouth.
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  692. FYI, in the video description you talk about "altercations" to artwork. This is a fancy word for a fight; the word you want is "alteration." ;)
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  693. Until it does. Guessing when that will be... that's the trick. 😕
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  694. 04:50:00 - Not to dump on Jeremy Clarkson, but using logs as ground anchors was very common back in the day for descending mountain passes and similar situations where you were taking your automobile down a steep gradient. I know this from incidental accounts of tourist areas in the northwest of the USA renting logs for this purpose in the early 20th Century.
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  695. One very important point that I think you missed is that if the US put a sanctions package on the PRC like the one they just put on Russia, the PRC's economy would evaporate overnight. Something to think about.
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  696. The only difference between a boy and a man is the pricetag of the toys. ;)
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  697. I'd gladly trade in every single one since Ike, personally.
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  698.  @vladtheimpala5532  A good place to start would be the educational system.
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  699. As an historian (by training, though not by profession as it turns out), the best way I've found to explain source bias to laypeople is that old movie quote: "Everybody's got an angle." ^_^
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  700. I would suggest finding a pair of models--male and female--and creating new ideal test images with all the desired technical characteristics that are similarly attractive but not sexual per se (i.e. both subjects are clothed). In particular, make the lady's image as similar to Lenna's pose, composition, et cetera as the technical requirements permit. This would allow the continuation of the tradition without sacrificing the efficacy of the images.
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  701. Clickbait works.
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  702. 17:00 - That made me literally laugh so hard my side now hurts. I'm in the IT field, and one truism here is that "storage is cheap." XD
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  703. You do good work, N02, but you do realize that there's a LOT more copyright-free music available than the "Skyrim" soundtrack, right? Here's one good source among a great many: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwF4bAx_W482_AQu-mv1vWg
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  704. Got any grapes?
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  705. They were a lot more common, and nobody reenacted back then. Collectors were few and considered kooks.
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  706.  @grantsmythe8625  Vaya con Dios.
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  707. I believe it was Lenin who once predicted that the capitalist powers would compete to sell the USSR the rope with which it would later hang them all. That didn't work out, but I can't help but think that the CCP is proving him correct all these years later.
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  708. I gave up on teaching this to people years ago. >_<
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  709. The politically correct term for this country is "West Taiwan." ;)
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  710. Good to have you back on YouTube, mate! <3
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  711.  @Smytjf11  Supposedly they think that DLSS 3.0 is enough of a draw to keep gamers in their ecosystem. I currently have a GTX 3090, but unless something drastically changes my next card will probably be an AMD. I don't care how far behind the curve it puts me.
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  712.  @jdunnatl  Okay, you've got me there. XD
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  713. "Ben Franklin advocating for the American cause in France" = "sleeping with most of the noblewomen in France." No, I am not kidding. He seduced all the women, made friends with their husbands (who didn't care, apparently), then got the nobility to lean on the young and somewhat insecure Louis XVI. Thus flow the tides of history. Ain't it grand?
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  714. What, never played "Starbound"? 😂
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  715.  @cuttingbored4195  Also way cool with the currency symbols. Definite artifact of empire there. ;)
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  716.  @spraynpray  What planet are you on?
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  717. Considering how horrible West Taiwan's gender imbalance is, on top of their destroyed demographic structure, you think they'd be doing everything possible to treasure these young women and promote family creation. But of course not.
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  718. 🥁
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  719. I knew that the 1980s weren't great in England, especially the northern part, thanks to the game "Landlord's Super" of all things, but holy cow.
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  720. And this is why I've cut "the news" out of my life.
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  721.  @katrinabryce  A). Regulation-enforced standards. B). You don't, but proper planning and a long lead time can mitigate a lot of it.
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  722. You forgot the plans for New City Hall in Boston being approved. 😂
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  723. I've heard it said by sensible commentators that the transition to an artillery war favors Russia, as this is historically their best military arm. Hopefully the Ukrainian Armed Forces can withstand Russian attempts to systematically destroy everything in defended areas; after a certain point one basically has to either retreat or be obliterated in place.
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  724. 19:30 - I'm going to have to dock you 5 Internet Points for not including an 'inconceivable!' cut from "The Princess Bride," Drac. Sorry. <3
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  725.  @nehcrum  Thanks, that makes a bit more sense now.
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  726. XXL: .50 AE
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  727. I'm an historian by training, and that's mostly how I've heard and seen the country referred to throughout my life. However, now that I know better thanks to you and other commenters, it will not recur. :)
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  728. 11:05 - BTR-60, if I'm not mistaken.
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  729. I agree.
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  730. 'Tis.
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  731. North Koreans specifically, or like anyone who pays for a room?
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  732. Why do you never recommend dog videos, Sean? Are they just too good for the undesirables? 🤣
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  733. If Xi is dumb enough to kill Nansi Pelosi I will buy him a beer. Firstly for ridding us of one of our worst politicians. Secondly for greatly accelerating the timeline of the CCP's collapse.
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  734.  @ajc5479  Something something Monroe Doctrine :D
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  735. Correct. It simply doesn't work according to all the reliable data.
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  736. Novelty target shooting? /shrug
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  737. The Dark Side it is, that you feel.
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  738. Well, we learned in Syria that when Wagner operators come up against elite Western troops they get their asses kicked six ways from Sunday. And that was before all their most competent people were tied up in Ukraine. So I'm not worried about any altercations with Wagner itself.
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  739. She's cheap, reliable, and effective.
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  740. 'Murica.
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  741. Is this an unusually high rate of groundings lately (this, Greenland, Suez, etc) or is this normal?
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  742.  @whiteowl4097  I did a double-take as well, but it's definitely the same guy.
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  743. Really Yotta do that, Carl! 🤣
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  744. That comment of "it's the most fun to play the villain" is actually true, at least from my limited experience with theatre and amateur film. In RPGs (computer or tabletop), I prefer to play the hero funnily enough.
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  745. We can hope. But I doubt it.
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  746. Can't wait for the 1943, 44, and 45 editions! ❤
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  747.  @TS-zl7wl  It's an aerospace manufacturer, not an airline. ;)
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  748.  @BishopStars  Inheritance of power by family lines is the rule through human history, not the exception.
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  749. Take your "logic" and "expertise" and get outta here, Sal. 🤣
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  750.  @tBone20082  Depends on the design and size. If the CCP wants USVs/UUVs that can seriously threaten the USN, they would need to be of considerable size to have the required range and endurance. Edit: I should think that, anyway. I'm no expert.
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  751.  @sircroydonfacelift9389  We do tend to be a bit trigger-happy on any silhouette we don't instantly recognize as ours. We're still sorry about those incidents, by the by. :(
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  752. There's lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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  753. Oh, is that what that is.
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  754.  Beaverish Buck Teeth  Pretty sure the company as a whole is still headquartered just outside of Paris.
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  755. Speaking as a sane-ish American, I would be perfectly happy to pay you guys all you want to get Greenland, but any sort of coercion against a longtime ally is flatly unacceptable.
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  756.  @asimplepie2279  🤣🤣🤣
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  757.  @808bigisland  Either learn to troll properly or seek some counseling.
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  758. Go check out the channel Sub Brief; IIRC one of his videos from within the last few weeks went over the history of the South China Sea claims in decent detail.
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  759. I didn't know it was rude. Please accept my apologies; it will not recur. :) I'm an historian by education, and most cold war sources and histories refer to the country that way; I always figured it was like saying "The Congo." Never really thought about it until now TBH.
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  760.  @MrChickennugget360  I stand corrected.
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  761. 1:03 - If it isn't obvious, the long things sticking out of the soldier's carrier are extra RPG-7 rounds. Different colors on the end that goes into the launcher muzzle indicate different types of round, I believe. Couldn't tell you which is which.
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  762.  @FallenPhoenix86  Knowing dolphins, the type of war crime I'd expect from them rhymes with "grape" 😕
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  763. Providing clear guidelines would defeat the point of these "laws."
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  764. That's the spirit :)
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  765.  @BerkeyFilms  Peter skews left and right on different issues. When it comes to business he seems pretty conservative, because (I assume) he makes a lot of his money from larger businesses hiring him. When it comes to social issues I get the feeling he's more liberal, but as you say he's smart enough not to state his own opinions and at least try to seem neutral. How right he'll turn out to be about anything... /shrug
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  766.  @StuffandThings_  There's a world of difference between being a patriot and being a jingo. The former is praiseworthy, the latter ranges from pathetic to dangerous. It sounds like you're very much the former. ;)
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  767. Thank you <3
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  768. It was worth trying for a major breakthrough, but if the Russians have a minimal act together the Ukrainians are better off digging in and trying to bleed them white while minimizing their own losses.
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  769. Holy shit. Trump actually said something I 100% agree with. I guess even the most broken clock is right twice a day. 😂
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  770. How on earth did the Canopus' captain not know his chief engineer's mental state and relieve him? If he hadn't noticed it himself, one assumes that another officer or a chief would bring it to his attention.
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  771.  @timonsolus  Thank you. Sounds like a multinational corporation these days.
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  772. My theory is that they want their jobs at Sea World back. 🤣
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  773. Insert a Long March joke here.
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  774. That just means Plainly has made it as a YouTuber! 😂
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  775. That is indeed the word I said, and the one in the script Hubert wrote. Is it the wrong one? I admit I don't know much about soccer beyond the basic rules of the game, so I don't know what a "relegation" is. Please explain? :)
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  776.  @thehardliner9760  tyvm
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  777. None. They physically do not have the capacity for what's technically called expeditionary operations (if I'm not mistaken). Basically their navy can't both get that far and fight. Sustaining operations far from bases is actually amazingly hard. As far as I know, only the USN and the JMSDF can still do it. The Royal Navy (UK) I'm not sure; they maintained that capability at least into the 1990s. But that's it, unless someone else has made major strides I haven't heard about.
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  778. Did they have access to VX? I don't recall that being one of the substances they worked with, but I admit I kinda blocked the details from my memory. 😕
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  779.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you can resolve your crazy people peacefully. We're failing pretty hard at that over here. :-/
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  780. Holy cow this comment section is a shitshow. :P
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  781. You do very good analysis, but you're horrible at hiding your leftist bias. Not sure if you're trying. If so, try harder. If not, carry on. ❤
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  782.  @rustymcewin915  Okay, honey. I wasn't going to say anything, but here we go. Calm the heck down. Spamming the comments section with emotional arguments does nothing but show that you are insecure in your own beliefs. If you want to convince people like me or N02 of something, show us evidence. By which I mean actual, physical evidence. In this case, that would mean bones. (My same reply when it comes to any cryptid: show me a body, and I will believe.) "The Bible says so" isn't a valid argument when you're discussing matters of the physical world. (Spiritual matters are a whole other kettle of fish, and fall outside the realm of science.) I believe in God, but I also believe that He gave us brains with which to figure out how things work in this wonderful world He made for us. This is what science is for. Please do Him the courtesy of employing the reasoning abilities you've been given a little more. Or at least behave like a good Christian insofar as not harassing people who disagree with your beliefs. Thank you very much and have a nice day. :)
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  783. I remember playing "SimCity 2000" when I was little. Whenever you took any budget away from transport infrastructure, the advisor would tell you: "YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS." And of course he was right. Made quite the impression on my 8-year-old mind.
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  784. Sounded more like a cheering audience to me, at least at moments. /shrug
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  785. 24:00 - Ol' Donny boy isn't looking too healthy or lucid in that clip, standing off to the side. Probably just bad lighting. 🤣
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  786. 2:45 - Are you positive that isn't a meth lab? It looks like a meth lab.
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  787. How adorable.
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  788. I'd love to hear your analysis of the role logistics played in Halsey running his fleet straight into Typhoon Cobra, as well as the decision-making more generally (as you did in this video). I've read "Halsey's Typhoon," but I'd love to learn more. :)
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  789. I for one welcome our new alien lizard allies.
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  790. The FoS is up in the Arctic. Peter lives in Colorado. Read a map, bro. 🤣
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  791. If Sasha has any brains, he will embezzle a crapload of money into a Swiss account (if he hasn't already), vanish into a deep, extremely comfortable hole somewhere, and pull it in after himself.
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  792. Damn, we got close to a cover-all bingo there. 😕 Also, what's the point of having self-rescue equipment if nobody knows how to use it? That's not safety equipment, that's just dead weight.
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  793. Greenpeace and similarly stupid 'environmental' groups are one of the most successful psy-ops in history. From Russia, if you didn't know. (Note: I'm rather "green" in that I'm pro-conservation, anti-pollution, pro-sustainability, etc etc. But the whole anti-nuclear thing is insanely stupid if you actually learn about it and think for about five minutes. To say nothing of some of the other self-sabotaging agendas these groups hold as Gospel. In short, don't start with me. I won't respond.)
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  794. I remember watching reruns one drunken night in college, when that episode came on. I had to explain to my mostly-blasted, non-history-major friends that A&F used to be very different. Hard, since I was three sheets to the wind myself.
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  795. I generally forget to check my email, so please drop a short video or something when the course goes live. ❤
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  796. STOP. E-BEGGING.
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  797. I feel you. The conclusion I came to is that if I was ever to write fiction, it should be sourcebooks rather than novels. In practice, I put my creative energy into GMing; it forces me to focus on the next session.
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  798. I wish I could post an image here; there's this one computer wallpaper I love. It's artwork depicting the Waffen-SS of the popular imagination. It's totally silly to anyone who knows anything about WWII, but it's such a cool image and it's a great capture of a bit of the world Zeitgeist.
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  799.  @petersouthernboy6327  Not quite. I find it interesting how things are perceived in retrospect versus what they actually were.
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  800. Basically, the Powers That Be wanted to know if a plant of this design could put out enough power as it was spinning down to continue to power the cooling systems. (Nuclear reactors require power for cooling even when they're not operating.) The idea was to test an emergency plan for if the plant had to shut down and the diesel generators and grid power were both unavailable. So not a stupid idea in that respect. The problem is that, in order to run this test, they had to turn off all the safety systems and redundancy. The irony was, because the reactor design was actually pretty decent, it didn't want to be in a dangerous situation like they were forcing onto it. The operators, under a political mandate to do this test, ignored all the many warning signs of trouble and basically blew up their own reactor as a result. There's all sorts of excellent presentations, papers, and books on what happened. Just search around the 'Net. What's interesting is to compare Chernobyl with what happened at Three Mile Island and Fukushima and see the different failures that occurred in each case.
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  801. Michaelmas greetings to you as well! <3
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  802. As an avid "Arma 3" player, it's rather creepy to see the first steps being taken towards the creation of a real CSAT alliance.
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  803.  @katherinelok7689  Yes. A very, very famous author. His most famous work is probably a toss-up between "1984" and "Animal Farm." Both are must-reads for every human being.
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  804. The near second collision has me very curious indeed.
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  805. FYI: "precipitous" is pronounced "pre-SIP-it-us," at least with an American accent. <3 "susceptible" is pronounced "sus-sept-i-bull" (small "i" pronunciation; not like the word "eye")
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  806. You win the Internet for today, friend. ❤
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  807.  @colgatetoothpaste4865  Given that I have no other way to assist, I choose to do what little I can. <3
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  808. Or a porno.
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  809.  @OttomanSultana  Yep.
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  810.  @OttomanSultana  Feedback and suggestions always appreciated. ^_^
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  811.  @NGC-catseye  Unless you've watched one podcast on one particular gaming channel, then not on YouTube. :P
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  812. I'm told you spend the first two years getting kids to walk and talk, and the next 16 getting them to sit down and shut up. ^_^
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  813. Ian looks so happy! ^_^
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  814. QQ: Whatever happened to the "Tac Ops" podcast? You guys did a great job with that. :)
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  815. You'd think somebody in the USA would be willing to help a few folks get home to friggin' Mexico. It's not that far.
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  816. As long as you're still allowed to remold the way they think into the pattern of your respective service, yeah. That's a sine qua non for any effective military.
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  817. Who cares what the audience thinks or wants? The world revolves around Hollywood. Obviously.
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  818. I don't grab the popcorn for these updates. I grab the hand lotion. 😉
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  819. 06:30 - In that photo of the Akula you use, is its conning tower rusty? Or is that just a coating or a trick of the light or something?
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  820. If this dude is a reenactor, he can't be all bad. ;)
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  821. Links or GTFO. (Seriously, links; Google yields nothing so I think you're full of it.) Also, it's "Iraq." <3
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  822.  @ptrsrrll  I never knew that. Now I need to go learn about koala bears.
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  823. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the WEF the body handing out the guidelines ratings on this nonsense? If so, the fact that it's mostly Americans makes it more likely to be a front for our internal culture war, not less.
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  824. I'm mildly disappointed that you didn't mention the central role that embassies play in every country's intelligence operations, legal covers for field officers and all that. It would need a separate video to deal in depth, but it's an inextricable part of embassy life AFAIK.
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  825. I've got more than that socked away, but it's directly in banks and capital funds.
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  826. The phrase is to toe the line.
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  827. You missed a re-take at about 1:35, Drac. <3
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  828. 04:30 - I just had a thought. Should we expect a higher incidence of cancer in the local population over the coming years from all the various burn products leeching into the soil etc? How long will they persist as people begin rebuilding their homes? I know that firefighters have been suffering massively from long-term health complications due to this phenomenon.
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  829. A story as old as war.
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  830. NGL, I would watch that and laugh my ass off.
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  831. I concur.
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  832.  @kuatojones6950  Luxury resources go for 7 gold per turn. No less.
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  833.  @MrGiselbart  I can absolutely see what you see. The USA is definitely giving its old equipment to Ukraine, massively upping their troop quality. 🤣
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  834.  @UnfollowYourDreams  Or maybe he was focused on telling this specific story rather than the fine points of Cold War history. Just a thought.
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  835. Like every genuine badass I've ever met, M. Prouteau looks incredibly ordinary. ❤
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  836. I'll marry and have kids when I meet a woman who isn't already married, a lesbian, or completely psychotic. 🤣
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  837. All very interesting, but how do you do it *illegally*?
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  838. If the USA has the balls to defend Taiwan, the PRC cannot hope to win. If not, Taiwan cannot hope to win.
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  839.  @uelibinde  Haven't played it myself, but for a Total War game to have a Mixed review score on Steam... not a good look.
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  840. It's spelled "'Murica!" 😂
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  841. QQ: Whatever happened to the Tac Ops podcast? <3
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  842.  @capt.bart.roberts4975  So I've heard. 😂
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  843.  @morstyrannis1951  It works... for a while.
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  844. Interesting. Is there a specific term for both intestate and heirless, does anybody know?
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  845. 08:25 - WITNESS! WITNESS!
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  846. 38:00 - The trenches etc sound more like some sort of geological phenomenon to me, though what that could be I have no idea offhand.
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  847. I note how the American flag on your wall indicates a state of general distress. Apropos.
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  848. Living next to Franco, that makes sense.
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  849. For hemorrhagic fever, a mortality rate of only 25% isn't all that bad. Those things basically melt you from the inside out. 😕
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  850. That is both wonderfully English-arrogant and highly amusing to my American self in one breath. Bravo! <3
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  851. We do this sort of sh*t all the time in "Arma 3." What I can tell you for serious is that if they connected with anything near the engine, an Mi-8 (which is what the silhouette looks like to my inexpert eye) is going DOWN. Those things are not terribly sturdy vs. battle damage.
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  852. Pretty much, yeah. Charging ports and fuel ports work much the same way from what I've seen.
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  853. I actually believe that China will meet its emission pledges... but only because it's going to (involuntarily) mostly de-industrialize over the next decade or so. 😕
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  854. "Whatever you have, spend less." --Dr. Samuel Johnson
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  855. So has HK shrunk, or has the rest of China's GDP grown?
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  856.  @st3pp3nw0lf86  I understand. I make tutorial videos for my day job, so I've developed a cadence that seems to work well for that. I'll try to emote a bit more without losing a sense of gravitas. Much as I respect the guy, though, I am not going to try to be an American version of Simon. ;)
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  857.  @AllNighterHeider  Thank you :)
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  858.  @douglaschamberlain9773  Damn. Thanks for expanding on this for us. 😕
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  859.  @Porty1119  Makes perfect sense. Thanks!
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  860.  @D__Cain  Learn to spell, and learn to troll. That was pathetic.
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  861. The chain and ballcap look makes you look like some idiot kid from the 1980s, C-Milk. Just FYI. Thanks for keeping us informed! ❤
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  862. Rather than a full state, I would be thinking more along the lines of an "inner Commonwealth" or whatever you might call it. Strengthen defense ties further (especially the respective navies), but no point in fully unifying, as you say.
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  863. "The Bloody Finally! Tour"
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  864.  @glennricafrente58  Ooo, following from that, perhaps "a London Englishman in King Neptune's court" XD
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  865. Looks like an Mi-8 (aka flying box) to me, but it's far too blurry to be sure.
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  866.  @kummer45  ...what?
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  867. I'm loving the way you end videos lately, Peter. ❤
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  868. 04:15 - I'd say that hypersonic tech with conventional payloads may have some significant effect on dynamics in the naval sphere... but yeah. We're talking about the interior of Eurasia, so carry on. :P
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  869.  @Nick-hi9gx  I didn't realize. One could see that as a parallel to the moral decline on display here. Not to advocate for mass murder, mind.
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  870. "chaos"
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  871. Yes, that's the distinction between a privateer and a pirate. However, a privateer from another nation is considered just another pirate by the target nation. The letter of marque only carries legal power in the issuing nation and any allied nations that choose to recognize it.
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  872. China is catching up to California. 🤣
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  873. 24:00 - Likewise, the German units using wooden bullets (particularly in Normandy) was actually training ammo being pressed into frontline service.
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  874. You put far too much stock in electric motors to "save the environment." The electricity still needs to come from somewhere, and as a practical matter that currently means either fossil fuels or nuclear fission reactions. So either the fossil fuels are just burned en masse at a central location or we get even more nuclear waste. You do raise a valid point about noise pollution and air quality, though. Hadn't thought about that. So removing the burning to remote, centralized locations might be worthwhile. :)
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  875. Anything that shortens the time I have to be trapped in a pressurized steel tube when traveling gets my vote.
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  876. I never cared about Rey, but seeing them abuse my girl Ahsoka hurts far more than I'd care to admit.
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  877. Please stop taking sponsorships from unethical businesses.
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  878.  @MG-sv6qq  TL;DR - Raid is the supreme example of predatory monetization practices that are pervading the video game industry, designed to take advantage of children and vulnerable adults. It's the same psychology behind casinos, only without any legal or ethical limits. Look it up if you want to know more. This problem has been spoken about ad nauseam by just about every reputable gaming commentator for over a decade now.
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  879. One word: paintball
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  880.  @naitruan  Nice comeback! I'mma steal that. ;)
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  881. And I was so proud that I didn't completely butcher the pronunciation... :P
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  882. It's almost like the evil, totalitarian surveillance state doesn't care about its own citizens.
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  883. You win the Internet for today! ❤
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  884. Thank you and everyone else in the OSINT community worldwide for your hard work! ❤
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  885.  @fly463  A cause of stress.
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  886. My crappy Star Wars TTRPG campaign is a fucking masterpiece compared to this shit
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  887. All I can picture is the Transportation Dept advisor from "SimCity 2000" yelling "YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING!!! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" 🤣
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  888. lmao
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  889. Random question that occurred to me when you talked about how camera-shy some subs are: have you ever accidentally found and used classified information (believing it to be public domain) in your published work? Or are there any countries (aside from, say, North Korea) whose classification rules you choose to disregard? If you just flat-out don't want to answer this, I totally understand, but I thought I'd ask. :)
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  890.  @nathanzylla4961  "Well who are 'they'?!!!" 🤣
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  891.  @panzerabwerkanone  HA! :D
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  892. Hi to Rep. Auchincloss from Chelmsford (next to Lowell). I like the things you say, but talk is cheap. Show the Commonwealth that you have the balls to say such things to the tyrants' faces. Be a pain in the ass. Don't be polite. Go full Masshole every minute you spend in DC from now on. Pull every lever, use every trick in the book, and RESIST. We are watching. ❤
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  893. I thought that movie was quite yiffy, thank you very much. :P
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  894. Ukraine can't afford a 1:1 casualty exchange in the long term. They must inflict 12-20 to 1 to have a prayer of actually forcing the Russians off. This may be feasible, but it will be extremely difficult.
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  895. The quote is widely attributed to Plato, but 5 minutes with Google tell me that George Santayana is the more likely source.
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  896. Actually yes. I'm not laughing at them because I know that NASA has done this at least once I can recall.
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  897.  @Saeronor  Absolutely. They're also as reliable allies to the USA as such things get these days. My only point is they actually do make a more plausible enemy than the PRC for a conflict fought in the Indian Ocean, assuming any reference to current affairs at all. :)
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  898. I learned that money = energy from Frank Herbert novels when I was about 8yo
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  899. Who did the various reenactments? They're fantastic!!!
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  900.  @andyjackson3414  Exactly. If this is cribbed from a movie, I want to know the title so I can go watch it!
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  901.  @leechowning2712  Oh really? I thought I'd binged the entire catalogue, but apparently not. If you'll excuse me... ;)
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  902. The legacy media isn't dying. It's committing suicide.
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  903. I can't wait for the Putin interview. Unless somebody's managed to wrangle him and tell him what to say, it's going to be another epic mess like the Carlson interview. 😂
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  904. That reminds me: is the Admiral Kuznetzov on fire today? 😂🔥
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  905. This is nothing as far as TDS goes. Either Type-I or Type-II. Just saying.
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  906. Two dying nations are pretending to play nice. Cool.
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  907. Take note of the program's failings, learn from them, and move forward to a better future.
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  908. Thanks for that. >_<
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  909. I'm gonna steal that one!
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  910. I never knew that. My opinion of A&F just jumped about 5 notches. (Can't STAND the man.)
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  911. I wonder if the drone was actually weaponized. If it was, why not blow it on top of the plane's radome? Those things are VERY difficult and expensive to replace.
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  912. 14:00 - US subs keep "Zulu Time," i.e. GMT
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  913. Any civil engineer worth their salt over designs stuff by at least a factor of two
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  914.  @SonsOfLorgar  Would that it were, my brother. Would that it were. ^_^
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  915. "Treason" is very precisely defined in the Constitution, precisely to stop abuse of power.
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  916. Happy Festivus!
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  917. I'm an historian by training, and that's mostly how I've heard and seen the country referred to throughout my life. However, now that I know better thanks to you and other commenters, it will not recur. :)
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  918. At the macro level, Russia's actions are quite rational. Evil, but rational. Allow me to explain (noting first that I didn't figure any of this out for myself, but it passes my BS filters): 1. Russia wants the territory beyond Ukraine called the Bessarabian Gap, where it can fortify and realistically defend its core territories. Russia does not have the ability to conduct a mobile defense on the Eurasian Plain. This is one of several such chokepoints around the perimeter of Russian territory; these points are in fact why Russia is so physically large. 2. Russia's first choice would have been to dominate or assimilate the Ukrainian people. Much cheaper in resource terms. Hence the narrative about "Ukrainians actually being Russians," the kidnapping of children, et cetera. 3. When this mostly failed, it is better to displace a hostile population than have to control it. Therefore the goal has become depopulating Ukraine. 4. The attacks on civilian infrastructure are quite deliberate. The goal is to force the Ukrainian population to self-segregate. Those who cannot fight would be forced to leave, and are no longer a problem. Those who remain are by definition combatants and can be shot on sight. It's amazing how simple and logical the plan is if you can just make the mental leap of casting aside all decency, morality, and civility. 😕
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  919.  @KBergs  They're vastly harder to put out, if I'm not mistaken. You can't put out an electrical fire with conventional means (i.e. lots of water/foam.)
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  920.  @KBergs  Cool. Does it still take shitloads of pollution to produce the raw materials to make these batteries?
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  921.  @KBergs  Primarily the process of refining lithium, not to mention the terrible practices usually involved in the mining itself. You seem to be very blinkered to stuff that occurs outside the First World. The environmental devastation is occurring in parts of the world that don't enforce their environmental laws. Most notably the PRC.
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  922.  @KBergs  True enough, but until the battery tech improves and the grid actually goes green, that's all it is: potential. I'm not saying EVs are a dead end. I'm saying the tech simply isn't there yet to be able to abandon FFVs.
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  923. WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
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  924. I thought the vanilla M3 charged from the bolt, and the M3A1 had the charging handle. Did I have that backwards?
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  925.  @alisonwilson9749  That would seem sensible, yes.
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  926. This MUST be made into a short movie. ❤
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  927. I miss the old intro music. Much more fitting.
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  928. She is absolutely leaving in disgrace. Everyone knows it.
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  929. It makes total sense for the Ukrainians to mount Diskas rather than M2s on their vehicles. Between their own inventory and all the guns they've been pulling off dead Russian vehicles, they have Diskas for days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcYSdzUs3cQ&t=0s&ab_channel=FRANCE24English
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  930. Which actor played Henry? All the performances here are excellent, but his is especially good IMHO.
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  931. Is that still a thing? If so, I'd love to learn more about it.
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  932.  @ZOMBIEWINEGUM  "Everyone wants their independence... until they run out of money." --Sir Humphrey, "Yes, Minister"
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  933. I'd be curious to hear the full account of the airplane from Henderson Field whose guns jammed or ran dry or something, so he lowered his landing gear and used them to smash up a Japanese plane from above. This was during the Solomons naval campaign; Dracinifel mentions the incident in passing in one of his videos. :)
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  934. Actual Russian saying (or so I've read in several places): there were two major newspapers in the USSR, Pravda ("truth") and Isvestia ("news"). Apparently the Soviet people used to quip that "In news there is no truth, and in truth there is no news."
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  935. There probably is.
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  936.  @jwenting  Theft vs legal seizure of assets is basically a matter of perspective.
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  937. We can't check it off without documentary evidence but I wouldn't be surprised if the "no training" space should be ticked as well. 😂
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  938. What is the dumbest thing you've seen a country do in the last 20 years? Now I'm curious.
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  939. Considering their background, the Putin clique seem awfully unsubtle and sloppy in their assassinations. You can send a message to the right people without broadcasting it to the entire world.
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  940. How many days did you spend filming in the Gray Room anyway, Ian? It's the gift that keeps on giving <3
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  941. We can drink margaritas anyway. It's 5-o-clock somewhere, after all. ❤
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  942. Unironically, this needs to be a short movie. 🤣
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  943.  @abcdef-l2c8t  All they need are one or a handful of CIWS-like mounts. Push button, watch turret blow the shit out of whatever you targeted. Not much risk to the operator.
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  944. Can somebody please teach Boris Johnson how to use a comb? It's embarrassing.
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  945. I may be mistaken, but IIRC East Germany was part of the Warsaw Pact but was not a member of the USSR.
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  946. Dwarves don't have bread. We have beer.
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  947. I didn't think Iran had more than about 10 F-14s still airworthy, so hearing that they have 40 is honestly pretty impressive after all this time. Hearing that they've homebrewed their own version of the AIM-54 is even more impressive. Credit where it's due.
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  948. It's called research. Not being sarcastic. Research, in the academic sense, is a skillset and methodology that anyone can learn.
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  949. Another tour de force. Thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon spent listening to this while playing "Crusader Kings III." ❤
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  950. If China gets any poorer, Xi won't be able to afford yes-men anymore. He'll have to settle for maybe-men. 🤣
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  951. So CUTE! Oh my goodness <3
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  952. Amen.
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  953.  @georgeburns7251  You do realize that Peter only does YouTube as a sideline to boost his consulting business' profile, right? In other words, he is a serious professional as well, albeit coming at the world from a very different perspective. That's precisely why I'd love to see the two of them debate/discuss.
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  954. This sort of load should have been assigned to a C-5 Galaxy.
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  955. If you want so desperately to be offended, be offended about Warthunder's predatory monetization model. This shit ruins lives.
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  956. Russia doesn't sponsor terrorists. They are terrorists. ;)
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  957. Gallium, definitely. Germanium, not so much. ;)
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  958.  @ishitrealbad3039  Depends on where in the country you are. I live in MA, and that's actually not as common a sentiment as you may think. People who disagree keep their peace so they won't be hounded to death.
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  959. I think the greater long-term significance of the Titanic disaster was the imprint it made on the news media. It was the first major disaster of the modern media era, and in retrospect it formed the blueprint for how all crises/disasters are covered to some degree. That said, I find your thesis quite compelling as well. Well reasoned. ❤
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  960. It was a common mistake at the time, too, or so I understand.
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  961. If you are literally penalized for some idiot driving into your rig while you're parked, then something needs to change. If you are genuinely not at fault, justice (as a principle) demands a legitimate avenue of recourse.
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  962.  @Hybris51129  Well, I'll add that to the list for after I take over the world.
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  963. I know you're being sarcastic, but still, please fuck off with that nonsense. Thank you. <3
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  964. What really cracks me up is when Brits say things like "The I-95" in reference to our Interstate Highways, since they refer to their equivalents as "The M-4" or similar. :P
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  965. Having administered half of a weeklong reenacting event by myself with nothing but a typewriter and a pencil, I too would be fascinated by how they managed inventory etc at scale. It's something you don't think about much in this computerized age... until you do, and you have an attack of existential dread.
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  966. If it wasn't next door to Russia, I'd want to move to Finland.
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  967.  @kentslocum  The UN is a talking shop and a convenient forum for nations to diplomatically snub one another. No point getting rid of it, but you don't want to give it any actual power either.
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  968. These psychotic people. Can destroy. Your. Life. And they do. THAT'S why it's brave. Duh.
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  969. Any new battery tech doesn't have to be 100% safe. It just has to be as safe or safer than a plastic tub full of flammable hydrocarbons.
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  970. 1:46 - Typo; should be "OFF the field." :)
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  971. One assumes. The professional governing body found multiple people guilty of negligence, so I would hope that comes with stripping of licenses and such.
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  972.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  I concur, especially if we build the newer types of nuclear plants which, while more expensive to operate, have substantially less chance of killing people.
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  973.  @TDH_1962  Losing? Debatable. Badly? Absolutely not. Not at present, anyway.
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  974.  @wayneantoniazzi2706  Yeah. It wasn't roadfill in the same sense IIRC, they just used the rifles instead of logs to make a temporary corduroy road.
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  975. Llamas! ❤🦙
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  976.  @alexturnbackthearmy1907  I do not remember this. When was it, so I can look it up?
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  977. First Justin Bieber and now this. For shame! 😂
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  978. I love how people are still scared of China when it's dying before our eyes. That said, I agree with this initiative 100%.
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  979. Shouldn't include CCP propaganda. Just saying. ❤
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  980.  @ThisPartIsAndrew  You too? Awesome! :highfive:
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  981.  @angrynapolean3820  A fair question. The answer is several-fold. Firstly, if we leave the place as a destroyed shithole, it will be a continual source of regional instability for who-knows-how-long. Secondly, as the other side of that same coin, if we help them bounce back we'll have a loyal ally in a key geostrategic position for the next century or so. Third, we need to demonstrate that it's worth allying with us (i.e. the West). This rebuilding program should not be a US-only endeavor. Look at Germany, France, and Japan as precise examples of the kind of thing I'm talking about; despite our ups and downs, all three countries remain reliable allies almost 100 years after we helped them rebuild from complete devastation.
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  982. WHY IS THIS NOT A MOVIE.
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  983. More likely to be used. Use = escalation = likely use of strategic weps. That's the gist of it.
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  984. As an American, my only comment is "good work if you can get it."
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  985. I've been using it since Sal proposed it. Pisses off absolutely everybody, which makes me a very happy boy. ❤
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  986.  @paperandmedals8316  Yes. I have a sneaking suspicion that they agree on more than they disagree about. I'd be curious to get down to their actual respective points of disagreement, then see where a reasonable, intelligent conversation goes. :)
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  987. I have a spare mic and accoutrements sitting around that you're welcome to have. Not sure how to contact you (I don't use Twitter), but if you have a secure mailing address or something I'd be happy to ship the stuff at my expense. Should work with any system, USB plug-and-play stuff.
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  988. Now all Zelensky has to do is live up to the hype. He's been doing a virtuoso job thus far.
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  989.  @Lukeasz096  whoof
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  990.  @Dave-the-adequate  The USA is currently the world's preeminent naval power. Our entire economy depends on global trade, whose safety we in turn are obligated to guarantee. Great Britain had exactly the same role before WWII. The wisdom of basing our entire economy on said global trade is of course debatable, but it is what it is. Right now our Navy is too small to handle a real global crisis adequately. Our ships are very powerful, but if we lose but a few we have massive gaps in coverage. Not to mention that crews tire out and lose effectiveness if a crisis drags on. All of the domestic issues you mention have nothing to do with military expenditure or lack thereof. They're the result of idiotic and counterproductive policies in our Federal government and many of our state governments.
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  991. Just so you know, Ian, I'm always far more interested in the history behind the guns than their mechanics. I don't expect you to neglect the latter for the sake of the former, but please don't leave the history out! <3
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  992. Reading between the lines of the subway's statement, I think it was probably an e-bike
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  993.  @icemann4699 That's because it was never about economics for the USA. It was about national security. Specifically combatting the USSR. We basically bribed most of the world into siding with us against the Soviets. Specifically the bribe was twofold: firstly, we would guarantee free and safe ocean travel for all nations at all times. Secondly, we would open our domestic market to all comers, even at the cost of our own economy. We can afford it, after all. It worked. Now that the USSR is no more, the system has continued on inertia. For how much longer is anyone's guess.
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  994. Re: the NJ law -- this is why we can't have nice things.
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  995. I don't think deglobalization will be a full systems collapse like the Bronze Age thing, at least not in all areas. Unless we get a few more hammer blows like major natural disasters or God knows what. The narrative around the Bronze Age Collapse that I've seen centers on the fact that it wasn't one or a handful of things that caused it, it was a sort of perfect storm of events that all compounded each other.
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  996. We could start by paying our uniformed personnel of ALL services decently. Just a thought.
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  997. Re: the white paint scheme - There's always the USCG. ^_^
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  998. Good advice. I would note that I haven't been out of my apartment in months and haven't interacted with anybody without a mask for over a year, and I just got my usual winter cold. So YMMV as far as incidental infections. :P
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  999. Wise-ass. <3
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  1000. That lady looks way too pretty and healthy to have a long-term drug habit.
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  1001. The French swallowing their ego? I'd sooner expect Putin to paint his face blue and yellow and sing the Ukrainian anthem on national TV.
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  1002. Yeah, depending on mods, Arma3 will take most of this into account. Trying to command multiple units via radio (ACRE) is very difficult and imprecise. Especially if you turn off data sharing (aka Blue Tracker) on the map. I've actually taken to using a real headquarters staff for large operations. Each staffer has the radio link to one or two specific squads, and we spend almost all our time during an engagement with our maps open. My staffers talk to their linked squads and mark the map as best they can. I examine the picture they build and give orders through them. Lots of fun once we find a rhythm, and it really works from a command & control perspective. One thing I learned the hard way: don't forget a couple of HQ guards. We have to be relatively close to maintain radio contact, so we set up a forward HQ in a forest or whatever. At first it was just us... until one night an AI squad came from an area we thought was clear and slaughtered the 4 of us while we had our noses in our maps. Naturally, this was in the middle of a complex multi-squad maneuver; Charlie never got the word to take the enemy in the flank, and by the time the guys realized we were dead they were defeated in detail. Steeling ourselves to not warn people via Steam Chat was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.
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  1003. Depends on the game. ArmA is really more of a simulation than a game when you get down to it.
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  1004. Six years on, and we're up to 919K... ^_^
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  1005. I knew the scientific community was corrupt in some respects (journals especially), but Jesus Christ.
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  1006.  @Isolder74  Indeed! Thanks for the insight <3
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  1007.  @kemarisite  Yikes. RIP <3
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  1008. Well, living under commie rule is enough to drive anyone insane. May as well dress the part.
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  1009. To the best of my knowledge, that's incorrect. Or rather, that's only a side benefit to the CCP if it's anything. They have no other tool than lockdowns to manage COVID deaths; their vaccine doesn't work, and their own hypernationalistic rhetoric prevents them from using foreign vaccines. These lockdowns are literally the only thing they can do to prevent mass-casualty events. Not trying to justify what the CCP is doing, but given their particular brand of crazy this is the only option they will accept.
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  1010.  @HakanMB  Boop boop beep!
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  1011. Throwing around threats like this is a great way to get hurt, Teddy boy. Just saying.
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  1012. Kudos for naming the CSS Virginia correctly. <3
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  1013. Too funny.
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  1014. Why don't the business owners pay the police or some other thugs to, ah, forcibly evict these folks? (Edit: I'm only calling CCP "police" thugs.)
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  1015. How about instituting "minutes watched per episode released" as a metric? That's calculatable from the available data, at least.
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  1016. Wait, a starship powered by coal? Seriously? What is this, "Starbound"? 🤣
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  1017. I'm sorry, but given the exact nature of the derailment, I must ask: MULTI-TRACK DRIFTU?!!!
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  1018. 3:40 - New York? Don't you mean Washington DC? Or were you referring to cultural centers rather than political ones?
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  1019. Don't forget that disposing of the surplus equipment we've been giving Ukraine would have cost the DOD a significant amount of money.
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  1020.  @Myemnhk  Yeah, I assume they're cutting out other elements of the tactical situation that they don't want to disclose. TBH my main issue with the jump cuts is that they make me motion-sick sometimes. This one definitely did.
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  1021.  @АндрейБ-е1ь  Hello there, TASS. Always good to see you. ;-)
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  1022.  @АндрейБ-е1ь  I was just being sarcastic. Apologies if I hurt your feelings; that wasn't my intention. The Cyrillic username doesn't help the perception, FYI. I thought you were another generic troll and therefore didn't take the time for a proper response. Giving said response now, you do actually have some good points. The truth is, as always, probably somewhere in the middle. It is also important to remember that even though they are firmly on the moral high ground (even before the recent revelations), the info Ukraine releases is most definitely propaganda and should be judged as such.
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  1023.  @АндрейБ-е1ь  I agree that's what we need, but take it from a trained historian: that's not going to happen. 😕
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  1024. Russia just wants to steal anything that might be useful for their war effort, is my guess.
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  1025. Also, it wasn't explicitly stated, but I'd be shocked if "Cost Cutting" wasn't a big factor in the slapdash construction. Likely "Temporary Fix" too.
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  1026. Given that the consequences of inaction on the Ukraine issue include NUCLEAR WAR, I'm astonished that some nice people from somewhere in the depths of The Establishment haven't put the fear of God into Johnson and company. Or if that didn't work, that they haven't had "heart attacks" or something. Seriously. I'm not normally in favor of such things--at all--but when literal national survival is at issue, the rules change.
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  1027. Put the e-begging at the END of the video.
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  1028. Just looking at the showrunner, her eyes her expression her everything... she looks incredibly dim.
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  1029. And yet again we see that the Romans were the real barbarians all along.
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  1030.  @kingace6186  Exactly. We basically have a killswitch for their entire economy. Or what's left of it.
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  1031. It almost has to be.
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  1032. Not that the new one is horrible, but the old intro music was far superior IMHO. ❤
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  1033. In an ideal world, the USA or somebody championing democracy would slip a commando team into the country to assassinate these generals and other key people behind the coup, and open the possibility for it to be overturned. Of course, that sort of operation has a very small chance of success and almost complete chance of dramatic failure. I'm just fantasizing, really. ^_^
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  1034. We need to get some insurance companies to offer meteorite insurance for individuals and property, just to get them to crunch the numbers on the probabilities involved. Nobody does probability statistics better than actuaries.
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  1035. Somebody please please PLEASE make an Arma 3 mod of this pistol. I'm sure we can tap Ian for the sound recordings. <3
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  1036. Don't drink any polonium tea, comrade! 🤣
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  1037. One day we will teach you how to dress properly, Sal. ❤
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  1038.  @tristanbarton2959  I am also a Patreon supporter, so you weren't wrong. ;)
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  1039. Good stuff. :)
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  1040. ​ @jungbolosse3034  Do you not?
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  1041.  @jungbolosse3034  Ignorant. I was lightly teasing you for not understanding the commonly used expression "I was into X before X was cool." (Always said with irony unless one is totally insufferable.) The takeaway here is that talking down to people on the Internet doesn't usually end well for you, one way or another.
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  1042.  @vladtheimpala5532  He's among the most evil we've had, but I don't know about the worst. He was competent at the actual job, unlike some we've had... even leaving out anybody in living memory.
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  1043.  @vladtheimpala5532  The whole charter thing is wide open to abuse, but basically privatize all schools via voucher. Problem solved.
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  1044.  @vladtheimpala5532  There's been quite a few that have either been basically scams or were managed with pure incompetence. Look around a bit and you'll find the stories.
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  1045. Dockstorming. ;)
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  1046. 06:45 - He was trying to sell you a transformer + install costs, bro.
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  1047. Let's all sing the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song, boys and girls! 😕
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  1048. 03:00 - "byoo-air"; "air" and the prefix "aer" are pronounced the same, at least in American English. Can't speak to anyplace else.
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  1049. Foreign troops entering combat in Ukraine = Russia launches nukes sooner or later. That's why they aren't already there.
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  1050. 🎵And we'll all go together when we go... 🎵
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  1051. Re: the lack of big-name movie stars -- there have been some real contenders, notably Henry Cavil, but they all get driven out of Hollywood for one reason or another.
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  1052. Pro tip: the word "chassis" is pronounced like "chassy" (which is not a word, if you're wondering).
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  1053. If you think you're anonymous and then get a letter from the US government with all your personal details telling you to knock it the f--- off... that's decently scary. To me, anyway.
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  1054. FYI, the correct plural of "referendum" is "referenda"
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  1055.  @andreahighsides7756  🤣
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  1056.  @taxirob2248  There's lots of better beaches all around the Mediterranean. I grant you that the area might play host to a modest resort community in a perfect world, but it's no place for a large settlement.
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  1057.  @taxirob2248  They shouldn't have been forced to be there in the first place, is my one and only point.
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  1058.  @Mike-ukr  I'd say it's a weapon issued for primarily the purpose of self-defense, to those personnel who are not frontline infantrymen. What you describe is how most modern PDWs tend to go, but a pistol issued for this purpose also counts. The M1 Carbine as employed by the US Army during WWII also counts. That's my opinion, anyway.
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  1059.  @Mike-ukr  & @BleedingUranium I'd argue that a PDW is a role rather than a distinct type of firearm. Every "PDW" can be fitted neatly into an existing category; it's just employed (and often designed) with the PDW role in mind. This is the crux of the debate/argument/confusion surrounding the term. For example, I'd argue that an M1 Carbine is intrinsically a carbine. A P90 is intrinsically an SMG. A Skorpion is intrinsically a machine pistol. Again, this is my view, shaped mainly by the answer Ian gave when I put the question to him in a Q&A probably years ago now.
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  1060. Also, unless there's some new stuff I don't know about, I don't see hydrogen being practical on a large scale. For the use cases you mentioned at the end, namely commercial trucking, buses, etc, I think a much more viable tech is hot fuel cells. You can run all sorts of fuel in them with slight design variances if I'm not mistaken. Their main downside is that they take some time to heat up between being turned on and being usable, but for commercial applications that's not really an issue. Wouldn't work so well for a consumer market though.
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  1061. Enjoy your trip! <3
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  1062.  @NORTH02  In this case, I'd say music with a Nordic theme juxtaposes badly in a documentary about Greece. But hey, it's your channel. ^_^
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  1063.  @kchall5  Very succinctly and well put. :)
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  1064. I hope the Belarussian leadership check their food for Dioxin. :-/
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  1065. "THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated." --Thomas Paine, 'The Crisis,' 1776
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  1066. Something something 'Kelly's Heroes.' 😕
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  1067. 10:00 - That's a controlled demolition if I'm not mistaken. You can see the charges blowing in deliberate patterns before the building starts to collapse. I'm not an expert though, so if I'm wrong someone please explain what I'm seeing and why.
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  1068. Great work as always! Any plans to continue the Tac Ops podcast? I miss that. <3
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  1069. Considering that the next step after Ukraine's fall is inevitable nuclear exchange between NATO and Russia, I continue to be astonished that Johnson is still alive.
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  1070. Peter, the French aren't short. You're frickin' tall. ❤
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  1071. Didn't realize you live in MA too. Greetings from Chelmsford! <3
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  1072. Also, I think this definitely qualifies for the "Risks Ignored" bingo space. ;)
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  1073. Hitler never issued formal orders for the Holocaust, either. He just wound his people up and let them loose. The difference in the result is that Germans are incredibly organized and efficient. Also, they actually managed to take territory and hold it for years.
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  1074. Why? They're not in the business of power projection, and I don't think that will change even after they win the war.
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  1075. When my evil plan succeeds and I rule the earth, I will command you (and any assistants you need) to design a proper electrical grid, connectors, et al to be forcibly implemented across the world.
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  1076.  @rolfs2165  True enough. I would not characterize the zampolit as fulfilling the counseling aspect of a chaplain's job. More of the larger-scale elements, such as the aforementioned 'services.'
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  1077. The irony is that what everyone was so concerned about (Communism) is, at the end of the day, what is most obviously threatening to destroy America. Not atomic weapons.
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  1078.  @grantsmythe8625  Honestly, the story is so interesting. And the whole horrid mess must be remembered, so we can recognize its like when someone tries something like it again.
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  1079.  @davidfans5852  If you mean army camo life, absolutely.
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  1080.  @ShellShock11C  Two reasons. Firstly, there's a general feeling that it's a step too far. Secondly, we want to draw a thick black line between legitimate reenacting groups and neo-nazi groups.
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  1081.  @78bollox  Precisely to educate members of the public like your good self. Stories must be told, especially cautionary tales. Same reason people reenact the Confederate Army from the US Civil War. If we thought it was necessary to tell their story, yes, we might just portray members of an Einstatzgruppe. But there's all manner of literature, film, and academic study about them, and aside from the (terrifying) sociological implications their study leads one to, there isn't really any nuance in their story. As for the Waffen-SS, it was extremely complex and its various units comported themselves in all manner of ways. On one end of the spectrum you have the 6th SS "Nord," who spent most of the war in Finland; when the Finns made a separate peace with the USSR, they were redeployed to the Western Front during the final days of the war. The Allies facing them were shocked by the chivalrous behavior they displayed; they'd come to expect nothing but barbarism from SS-marked units. And rightly so, for on the other end of the spectrum you have the 12th SS "Hitlerjunge," which as the name implies was a handful of hardcore psychos leading masses of fanatical teenagers. Both sides dubbed them "the murder division," and for good reason. And everything in between. The point is severalfold: 1. Not every SS-mann was a psychotic murderer; bear that in mind when judging individuals. 2. Those who weren't evil were in fact obeying evil out of, in many cases, genuine patriotism and a desire to fight against the Comintern. In other words, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. 3. The Waffen-SS is the poster child for the danger of any military or paramilitary under the command of a political party rather than a legitimate government. Such organizations should never be allowed. I could go on, but if you've actually read this far then hopefully you start to see why this story is so important to tell.
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  1082.  @78bollox  Suit yourself. But just FYI about reenacting in general, I highly recommend it at least once or twice if you want to understand combat a little better. No substitute for the real thing, obviously, but even experiencing a facsimile teaches you a lot of things viscerally that you just can't appreciate from books alone. I didn't start reenacting until I was in my early 20s. I'd grown up reading everything I could about WWII since I was about 8, I think? My first tactical reenactment put SO much into focus, about the nature of movement across a battlefield, the need for a command structure and trust both up and down, the fragmentary nature of information, the absolute MISERY of mud, and above all the terror of combat. Even knowing everyone was firing blanks and that nobody actually wanted to hurt me, having people 'somewhere out there' hunting you is scarier than you'd think. And I don't frighten terribly easily.
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  1083.  @78bollox  Ah, so you're trolling. Well done. Go away now. <3
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  1084. I'm hoping to buy a house when the market settles out here in New England, and you're giving me ALL sorts of ideas... :D
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  1085. Source?
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  1086.  @jasonmorse6746  Okie-dokie. Have a nice day, Crazy Internet Person! ❤
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  1087. I guess sh!tposting is timeless.
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  1088. Pro tip: until these so-called "secessionists" start forming an army, don't worry about it. That was one of the key factors that enabled the US Civil War to actually happen.
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  1089. If your dirigibles aren't full of Nazi vampires, I'm not interested. 🤣 (If you don't get it, don't worry about it.)
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  1090. Get the "return YouTube dislikes" extension for your browser. The data is still there.
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  1091. Did anything ever come of Tokayev's shoot-to-kill authorization to the CSTO forces? (I hope not.)
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  1092. This is cool, but I still prefer the classic BFG-9000
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  1093. In the consumer gaming market, Nvidia are being absolute pricks at the moment, pretty openly gouging everybody. They think they can get away with it because of their technical edge... and they may be right. :(
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  1094.  @zbigniewmalec4816  I don't describe it, since it's not my market. But yeah, from what you describe then "monopoly" sounds about right.
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  1095. I'm sure it can circle the earth in about an hour and also operate in lunar orbit without support.
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  1096. I feel like you've been bringing us a lot of bad news about car carriers over the past few months. Are there just lots of these things on the sea?
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  1097. I concur.
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  1098. I do not get the hate for Voyager.
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  1099. We are the Bridge% 🤣
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  1100.  @MarkFeltonProductions  Thank you. ❤
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  1101. Has this been modded into ArmA 3 yet? :P
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  1102. Since when has it been "The" Galilee? I have never heard the area referred to as such in my life.
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  1103. The grapes of wrath are ripening on the vine.
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  1104. "If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author. As a nation of free [people], we shall live forever--or die by suicide." --Abraham Lincoln
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  1105.  @curocurovic6675  Bring it. <3
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  1106. I had no idea the Jacobites were still a thing. Talk about a blast from the past!
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  1107.  @red3here  If you're right then he needs to go back to the more forceful style of delivery. My point is that the switch in narrator/style (whichever) is materially detrimental to the channel's content. Which is tragic, because their video work is amazing.
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  1108. What happened with that rumor that Russian marines refused to embark for an amphibious assault? Was it just a rumor, or has anything emerged to substantiate it?
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  1109.  @jjs8426  It's only because you are. ^_^
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  1110. Mad respect to the Russian central banking people for holding this collapse off about 2.5 years longer than they should have been able to. A shame to see such talent serving an evil cause, but credit where it's due.
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  1111.  @occashares  Maybe read the source material before mocking it? Just saying. ;)
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  1112. Not physically, no.
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  1113. "An issue with bicycle equipment." Translation: somebody's e-bike caught fire, which set off God-knows-what other materials.
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  1114.  @Master10k2  At least Drac will be pleased. XD
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  1115. You really shouldn't take sponsorships from predatory mobile games, Shirvan. Just saying. <3
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  1116. I believe the appropriate expression is "penny wise, pound foolish."
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  1117. This is probably a silly question, but why not just install taller landing gear to let you mount bigger engines?
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  1118.  @aagupta8074  Thank you ❤
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  1119.  @cuttingbored4195  I think mine has a specific glyph for the top half of an exclamation mark, but yes you backspace and add the period. Or vice versa. Same with a question mark IIRC. I can dig it out and check if you like but my field desk is buried in a bunch of other crates right now.
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  1120. I'm curious what time you would consider to be good, or at least better. 😂
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  1121.  @istvansipos9940  Correct, it's a homophone (different words pronounced the same) as "sent." In other news, English is kinda f***ed up. ^_^
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  1122. You would not believe how easy it is to talk your way into many supposedly "secure" facilities, even nowadays. Actually, especially nowadays. You just need a little forethought and a lot of nerve. Pro tip, though: don't try this anywhere the guards are both armed and likely to actually shoot you.
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  1123. Were they really tortured, or was it just makeup? No bets either way. Edit: the word for this type of operation is "Maskirovka." I don't doubt these attackers were ISIS operatives, but they were most likely recruited/inspired/whatever by FSB or some similar organization within Russia.
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  1124.  @Draber2b  Hat goes over brain. Hat is not brain. ❤
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  1125. Why hasn't this story been made into a movie?
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  1126. So what's the deal with the tit-for-tat tanker seizures?
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  1127. They should've gone old-school cartoons vs humans, a la "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." And have the characters act like everything's normal. It would give some intrinsic comedy value, if nothing else.
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  1128. Whenever I hear "no-clip rifle" I just think of a rifle that lets you walk through walls.
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  1129. As somebody quipped on a Good Times Bad Times video recently, it seems that Germany is still adhering to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
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  1130. It's just Twitter. You don't have to qualify yourself. ❤
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  1131. Unless they liquidate the entire population of that super-prison, in several decades El Salvador will become a narco-state.
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  1132.  @immortaljanus  Or an umbrella tip 😂
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  1133. At least here in New England, all the women I meet near to my age (~40) are either already married, psychotic, or gay. Makes it hard to start a family.
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  1134. The original gun in HL1 was a straight-up MP5, which was then changed to an M4 carbine in the HD texture pack. For HL2... I dunno. It could be this? Maybe? Sorta?
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  1135. Yankees suck! ❤😉
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  1136. Dogfighting isn't a thing and hasn't been for many decades.
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  1137. No taxation without representation! :D
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  1138.  @botondhetyey159  My heart and prayers go out to you and your compatriots, Botond. ❤
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  1139. Good to know that Ukraine will get so many more tanks donated soon.
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  1140.  @oleksiy_r  Historically, the Russian and the Red Armies have been artillery-based armies if you look closely. Whether that will hold true... we'll see. There's also the comment that I heard that "Russia always underperforms in the first year or two of every war it fights." Something to consider; what happens if the Russian Army actually gets its shit together over the next year?
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  1141.  @oleksiy_r  I'm just speaking as an historian here. I do hope you're right, but we'll see what happens.
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  1142.  @youraverageimperialguard7932  I didn't know that. That's awesome! :)
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  1143. It's an illusion they create by printing money and fudging figures. The PRC's entire economy is a dead man walking. Most of the country will likely have returned to an agricultural state within the next decade or two, and it may or may not remain a single country through this process. You want to be literally anywhere else in the world right now.
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  1144.  @theflamingone8729  I've been pondering whether it's a good or a bad thing that the various Peacekeepers didn't go rogue. I genuinely have no answer. I'd be curious as to your opinion, since you were there.
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  1145.  @theflamingone8729  Yeah. I guess the ideal solution would be people empowered to enforce the spirit of the law, rather than its letter. But people being people, that would last less than a moment before becoming its own form of oppression. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes and all that. 😕
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  1146.  @sethjr9815  Sounds about right considering how the UN operates in general. Thank you for your service, and for all the headaches you apparently endured.
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  1147. I agree. I do draw the line at "Death to America," though. You can't always get what you want. :D
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  1148. Where are the Rwandans getting all this top-tier kit to equip their proxies with? They must be buying it from somewhere...
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  1149. "We do not encourage or support X" is a very polite way of saying "we don't give a shit if you do X; just leave us out of it."
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  1150. Can we have actually good female characters again? That would be great. Thanks.
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  1151. Can any Taiwanese viewers maybe contact the Fourth Arsenal and see if they have any records or insight on this piece?
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  1152.  @fathel9221  It's already happening right now. Epic mass unemployment. Look up the various channels here on YT that post news out of China (and are not based in China).
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  1153. Real heroes generally don't wear capes. I guess in the PRC they wear blue and yellow. :salute:
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  1154. Stick around. He's no savant, but he tends to be right more often than not.
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  1155. I know there are waterproof variants of the MP5, but I don't know about Western ARs. If you can do it to an AK, though, I'm sure you can do it to the standard Western platforms. /shrug
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  1156. 09:00 - The commonly used term is "The Rape of Nanking." I understand why you wouldn't want to use such an inflammatory name, but given what happened I don't think it's an exaggeration. :-/
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  1157.  @alanparsonsfan  Those same vids are what made me aware of the problem.
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  1158. Right? It seems Putin backed up the dumptruck full of money in the last few days. Or something worse, I don't know.
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  1159. Just to be fair to the Pope, I'm pretty sure he meant "raise the white flag" in the sense of officers approaching enemy lines under a flag of truce to negotiate with their opposite numbers. (And if the Russian government was in any way reasonable or trustworthy, I would agree with what I think he meant.) However, these words were VERY poorly chosen, since most people think of white flags only as instruments of battlefield surrender by soldiers.
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  1160. Insert "Final Fantasy VIII" joke here ^_^
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  1161. Okay, seriously: was this designed for a real, actual purpose, or just for cool factor? The latter is totally a legit reason to make something, but Ian wasn't clear on that point.
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  1162.  @Aristocles22  Yeah. We don't call it the People's Republic of Massachusetts for nothing, but... yeah. /smh
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  1163. So that's why we (USA) have been fighting in Afghanistan for so long. I can't believe I didn't think to look into resources before. I feel stupid.
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  1164. Not trying to exonerate the stupid articles, but if you look into the materials science behind the textiles in modern underwear (both male and female) it's surprisingly crazy.
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  1165. Seconded. You see it in every video game ever, but I don't know a thing about it.
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  1166. What the ship, what the haul, what the truck? 🤣
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  1167. Don't think too deeply about this nonsense, Disparu, or it will drive you insane too. <3
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  1168. I might have actually believed the crypto-mining thing a few years ago... before that industry collapsed.
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  1169. I'm wondering how much control Dave actually had over this mess. Sounds like a KK project
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  1170. Churchill was exactly the man Great Britain needed at the time, but I would not call him a truly great leader. In particular, he shared Hitler's delusion that he was, personally, a great strategist. This caused no end of annoyance for both British and German military commanders. In Germany's case, it led to the loss of the war. In Britain's case, it led to the ultimately useless Italian Campaign and the loss of most influence the UK originally had over their American counterparts. In turn, this lost them their Empire far sooner than would otherwise have been the case.
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  1171. Just listening to your sarcastic summary hurt my soul.
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  1172. Dude, this is small ball. A cow once burned down Chicago. (Note: that whole story is *NOT ACTUALLY TRUE.*)
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  1173. I believe the British Army used this gun right through the Falklands, though I may be mistaken. It's certainly aged very well IMHO.
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  1174.  @GrandTheftChris  It's a tactic as old as the Bible (literally). And it works. :-/
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  1175. Also, I think the cover plates thing may qualify for checking off the "Temporary Fix" bingo spot. :)
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  1176. I think "dafuq?!" about covers my reaction.
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  1177.  @SeanMunger  Fair enough. I for one am curious about the statue, just FYI. ;)
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  1178. I always assumed that "salting the earth" was a symbolic thing. Even if you actually do it, it's to make a point not to permanently destroy land.
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  1179. I can't wait for a full-dive episode on the Meredith Victory! ❤
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  1180.  @erwin669  Was that the one with the Wehrmacht unit attacking through the forest?
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  1181.  @erwin669  Don't think I've seen that one then. I'll go look for it.
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  1182.  @vanpallandt5799  Fair enough. There is one WSS unit over here which used to be like that, though they've since mellowed out a fair bit. And they never talked it up outside themselves from what I gather; I only know about this by reputation. Still, they were/are the exception that proves the rule in our case. /shrug If your unit was full of nutcases, you were right to leave. Just like any other volunteer group.
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  1183. It hurts to see one of my favorite YouTubers promoting an unethical business. :-/
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  1184. Just for comparison, does anyone know ballpark costs per megawatt-hour from conventional power stations in the same markets?
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  1185.  @tidal-oceancurrents7552  I was thinking each in turn. And again, same markets to eliminate as many variables as possible. :)
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  1186. 07:20 - I've never seen anyone do the "shun the nonbeliever!" bit from 'Charlie the Unicorn' unironically IRL. Wowch.
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  1187. Uzi does it. 😂
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  1188. Looking at dictionary definitions online, the word "allision" seems to pertain to a vessel striking an intrinsically stationary object, like a rock or a reef or whatever. Even if it's at anchor, striking another vessel strikes me as a collision. /shrug
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  1189. The ground is nice and hard for tanks etc in the winter.
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  1190. Independents tell pollsters to f*ck off. I do, at least.
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  1191. 🤣
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  1192. 1:00 - Geez, spoiler warning! :P
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  1193. Who else keeps getting flashbacks to "The Birds"?
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  1194. You mentioned an "SS commander," but all I see are Wehrmacht uniforms. Who goofed?
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  1195. Now this doesn't bother me at all. They're not trying to misrepresent history.
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  1196. But if we put an actual blockade in place, Russia pushes the Big Red Button, right? And that's why we haven't sent troops to Ukraine in the first place. Right? So I don't see a literal blockade happening unless there's something I'm missing.
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  1197. The drone evasion demo reminds me of the team hiding from those crows in "The Fellowship of the Ring." Eerie stuff.
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  1198. I spent the whole video having "Metro" flashbacks. :P
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  1199. And historians the world over will know better and rage about the false public perception of history more or less loudly, but nobody will listen to them. Because to be an historian is to suffer the Curse of Cassandra.
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  1200. IIRC the final entry on the Evil Overlord List (life advice for aspiring evil overlords) is to give your subjects free unlimited internet to keep them in a mindless trance.
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  1201. I think I've had a stroke. It's an improvement.
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  1202. "You in the hoods. Put down the weapon of mass destruction and come out with your hands up. You are under arrest." 🤣
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  1203.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  Yeah. Every time I don't have the energy to challenge some "woke" idiot I kick myself so hard.
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  1204. My favorite phrase in regards to this comes from David Atkinson, who wrote about matters of naval logistics being ill-understood outside of "a small, briny priesthood" of senior admirals. 🤣
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  1205. Please do, preferably before you sire children. ;)
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  1206. "Metro Exodus" called; it wants its post-apocalyptic AK back. ;)
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  1207. They're trying to get ahead of their economy imploding. Hopefully it doesn't work.
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  1208. Don't go to work for the US Federal Government. Everything is algorithms there, or so I'm told. :P
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  1209. Nevermind Persian names, please for the love of God learn how to pronounce the word "nuclear."
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  1210. Coolidge's silent thing reminds me of one of my favorite pieces of wisdom from "Yes, Minister": "When you have nothing to say, say nothing. Better still, have something to say and say it, no matter what they ask. Never answer reporters' questions; just make your own statement."
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  1211. Coffee's just running victory laps.
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  1212. The difference between civilization and savagery is nine square meals.
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  1213.  @tomroberts1105  I concur. Long-term, we have to get off Earth at scale. This could mean either a settlement exodus (probably to a constellation of artificial habitats around the sun) or just bringing resources back from across the solar system to the population here on earth.
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  1214. Also, please do just a few excerpts from the hearings with sock puppets. That would be worth doing just to make a point. 😂
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  1215. Maybe they gave him one of those to afford more drugs?
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  1216. Hydrogen will leak through ANYTHING in great quantities because it's so tiny.
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  1217.  @Metapharsical I don't care what the PRC has to say about anything. I'm talking about what I see as actually being useful in the real world.
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  1218.  @Metapharsical Okay. Imagine a convoy of oil tankers or whatever from Country A. They only have a few warships as escorts, so Country B (or its unofficial agents) show up in force to 'encourage' them to give up the tankers. However, they find that they're facing down a lot more missiles than they thought, and the balance of power is actually against them. Simply knowing this can happen is enough to affect any decisions along these lines. To return to the example in the title of the video: during WWI, it was typical for a U-Boat to surface and use its deck gun when engaging a lone merchant ship. This is fine if the merchant is unarmed; what are they going to do about it? The Q-ships, which appeared to be unarmed and lone merchant ships, were actually bait for the U-Boats. They'd wait to be attacked, then whip out concealed deck guns and blow the U-Boats to kingdom come. Knowing that this could happen forced the U-Boats to use torpedoes (which are much more limited in quantity and expensive generally) to engage even the most helpless-looking targets. Hopefully that makes a little more sense. If not, I apologize for not explaining very well. I'm rather tired at the moment. :)
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  1219. Not sure if this changes any conclusions here, but one huge difference between US and European cities is that almost nobody lives in the city center in US cities (certainly in Boston), while city centers in Europe are both residential and wealthily so.
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  1220. Is there still a "fanbase"? Seriously asking.
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  1221. These West Taiwanese trolls sound like NPCs... because they are basically NPCs in the game of life.
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  1222.  @drmodestoesq  I never knew that. What should I google to find out more about this English expedition?
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  1223. As fucked as America often is, it's still the best place in the world. If living here becomes unviable, I'd rather die fighting against whoever happens to be oppressing me.
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  1224. 12:00 - Why don't you deorbit geostationary satellites? Less junk in orbit generally seems like a good thing on its face.
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  1225.  @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731  What are the other two? Always looking for more info.
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  1226. It's not often that a video's title makes me literally double-take.
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  1227. The track at the end is perfect background for a sci-fi or cyberpunk nightclub ❤
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  1228. I always think of logistics as sharing conceptual similarities to plumbing, in terms of pressure and backwash and stuff.
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  1229.  @kiwinz8268  Blue-on-blue is a fact of life. All you can do is your best.
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  1230. 2:20 - Sorry to be pedantic, Ian, but when you have a sec check the difference between "precedent" and "precedence." <3
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  1231. I want to loan one of these to Paul Harrell to shoot at the Meat Target. Probably won't do all that much damage, but I am very very curious.
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  1232. Si vis pacem, para bellum. Or to put it in modern vernacular, the "fuck around and find out" doctrine.
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  1233. "Cyberpunk" eat your heart out.
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  1234. FYI, the English word "corps" is pronounced exactly like the English word "core." ❤
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  1235. By 2050, there won't be a China as we know it. There won't be enough people left. Look at their demographics.
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  1236. The good news is (I'm fairly sure) that getting the thing back from the bottom of the elevator shaft is actually pretty simple, if you have the keys to the system.
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  1237. 2:20 - I think the most accurate label for Belarus vis-a-vis Russia is "vassal."
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  1238. Let me remind everyone that the real (original) name of "RedNote" is "Little Red Book."
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  1239. Who would take Kaliningrad, do you think?
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  1240. What I'm hearing is that this Grimaldi company is the BP of the maritime transport industry. Is that an accurate portrayal?
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  1241. Melanin count aside, she honestly looks the part. Looks. Nothing else. 😂
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  1242. Pick any cause or hobby or whatever that you deeply care about. Ask yourself "who am I if this thing went away?" If the answer is "nothing" or "almost nothing," you need to diversify your life experience ASAP. Basing your entire identity around one or two things is a recipe for being... like this.
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  1243. Precisely correct. Their vaccine doesn't work, they won't use the ones that do because ego, and if they try for natural immunity they'll have millions of deaths in a short amount of time. This self-destroying policy of lockdowns is the only option the CCP can accept given their particular brand of crazy.
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  1244. 35:00 - The Claw...
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  1245. @ I agree with everything you just said. I would merely note that recognizing highly consistent patterns and acting accordingly is also scientific behavior.
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  1246. So does that make this episode Panamax or Suezmax or what? 😂
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  1247. Hey Achmend... wanna cook?
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  1248. I'm surprised they're not going to tow the vessel out into the middle of the Red Sea or wherever and scuttle it after it's fully cleaned. Given how old and decrepit it is, I wonder why anyone wants to bother refurbishing it. /shrug
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  1249. ​ @visitante-pc5zc Probably much less painful to use for long periods
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  1250.  @M.Y.B.A-p4d  Thanks...?
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  1251. D&D is basically a wargame, attempting to simulate small-scale combat, survival, etc. in a world with fantasy elements.
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  1252. Next time you're in Boston, MA check out the haberdasher I use. The name of the shop is Salmagundi Boston. Two locations, same selection at both. Wicked cool store. :)
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  1253. There is no such f*cking thing as an "assault weapon." Anyone who says different needs to be edumacated.
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  1254. One word: STEAMPUNK.
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  1255. Everyone just remember the "I like trains" kid from ASDFMovie. ❤
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  1256.  @bluemarlin8138  Yeah. Also Churchill was honestly a complete pain in the neck to everyone around him, and was wrong about more things than he was right about. 😂
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  1257. Life, liberty, and property. :usa:
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  1258. Peter, or RFK Jr?
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  1259. If only we hadn't gutted, underfunded, and generally neglected the naval auxiliary services...
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  1260. Right now you are down and out And feelin' really crappy And when I see how sad you are It sorta makes me... happy Sorry Disney, Human nature-- Nothing I can do. It's Schadenfreude! Making me feel glad that I'm not you.
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  1261. 07:00 - I believe you're confusing Rudolph Hess and Rudolf Höss, if only in pronunciation of their surnames. Otherwise, superlative work! <3
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  1262. There's no such thing as "race." I think the concept you're referring to is "culture." (Whether your point is right or wrong I can't say.)
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  1263. The idea of suing over this is ludicrous. If anything, firearms companies should be tossing game studios a few bucks to use correct names and models of their products in video games as cheap advertising.
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  1264. The valley seems to be flooding out alright on its own, TBH.
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  1265. Situation Normal; All Fouled Up. :P
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  1266. Prepare for entirely foreseen consequences.
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  1267. Re: Boston's participation in the American Revolution -- Uh, Peter? Boston won, and won quickly. We picked a fight, and then we WON so hard that the Brits took the war to points south. New Englanders were on the front lines of Washington's army at least (and several others as well) for every battle of that war. Of particular note was John Glover's regiment, hailing from the town of Marblehead. For full context, I recommend reading the excellent book "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer. Takes you from Bunker Hill through Trenton and Princeton and a bit after. If you want to know how things started, the prequel (so to speak) is entitled "Paul Revere's Ride." Now, as far as sports? Your metaphor is totally valid there. :)
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  1268. Okay, so if I'm in a tunnel with a fire, try to head down. Got it.
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  1269. They already are. Remember the semiconductor sanctions?
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  1270.  @HISuttonCovertShores  I hadn't heard about this French boat, so I'd be very interested in a quick rundown. :)
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  1271. Let the Russians try to retaliate against the US Military. Go on. Try it, you wusses.
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  1272.  @OttomanSultana  I agree, for what it's worth. ^_^ Michael is still very much involved with the writing.
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  1273. Nobody learns anything from apologism or revisionism either. Grow the fuck up.
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  1274.  @derwake1  Excellent point; I will do this from now on.
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  1275. Emperor Xi has lost the Mandate of Heaven and must be replaced.
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  1276. How'd it turn out?
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  1277. Please look up the difference between the word "amount" and the word "number." You have them backwards. <3
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  1278. What kills me is that a lot of these idiots talking tough in DC are probably coked up to their eyeballs every weekend. /smh
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  1279. Ayup
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  1280. The "plan" seems to be to force Ukraine to accept all of Russia's demands. This is, of course, unacceptable.
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  1281. I'm no fan of Vance, but from the actual anecdote as described I would not say he ever actually "thought he was gay." A child being confused by a preacher's sermon on things he didn't yet understand does not constitute a shift in identity. Unless there's more to the story, everyone please move on to the parts of his background and character that are relevant (and often objectionable).
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  1282. Artillery has been the queen of the battlefield for centuries.
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  1283. True enough, but we need to find a middle ground between not destroying our environment like the PRC has on the one hand and actually getting stuff done on the other. All I ever see are extremists on either side, which is not helpful. :(
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  1284. "[Americans] used to say: 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read that as: 'all men are created equal except Negroes.' Soon we will read it as: "all men are created equal except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When this happens, I shall emigrate to some other land--to Russia, for instance--where despotism may be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy." --Abraham Lincoln, ~1855-1860 (I don't recall the exact date offhand) Edit: I'm not actually sure if this move constitutes tyranny or enforcement of the global rules or what. I just think this quote is interesting vis-a-vis Hubert's analysis and the situation generally, especially with the offhand reference to the Russia of yesteryear. ;)
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  1285. Fascinating! My biggest takeaway is: thank Christ this didn't happen.
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  1286. 06:00 - Just FYI, your figures on non-nuclear submarine endurance are waaay out of date, Matt. With modern batteries and especially Air-Independent Propulsion systems (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2QS_aEsVuw), SSKs and the like have frankly incredible endurance. They're still not even remotely close to SSNs in terms of fuel life, though, so the actual point you were making isn't affected. Covert Shores (the channel I linked) and the channel Sub Brief are both great resources to learn more about submarines generally. :)
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  1287. Look up the song "Holiday in Cambodia" by the Dead Kennedys if you're not already familiar with it. 😂
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  1288.  @MrWuggles  Beat me to it.
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  1289. Body heat adds up quicker than you'd think.
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  1290. I feel incredibly dirty after listening to all of these puns.
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  1291. How common is it for a pilot to find they prefer being First Officer to being Captain, and voluntarily deciding to stay a FO for their entire airline career? I'm curious.
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  1292. Cue the "the front fell off" meme. 😂
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  1293. I'm surprised that you didn't talk about V-Mail in that last question, but given how tired you must have been I forgive you. <3
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  1294. You magnificent bastard! ❤
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  1295.  @IgorMgtowandVideoGames  On the contrary. If the Great Powers had stepped in early with Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan, WWII may have been forestalled. We need to end this nonsense before it metastasizes.
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  1296. I'm a big fan, Peter, but I assume you make quite enough money advising the movers and shakers of the business world.
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  1297. Losing the Ticos without any replacement is a big. Friggin. Mistake. Mark my words.
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  1298.  @WALTERBROADDUS  Part of the same systemic problem.
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  1299.  @toddnelson7651  Oh, I don't know. Maybe doxxing the entire staff of the Central Intelligence Agency, including field officers? Just for starters? If I understand the news correctly, anyway. Read some news. From all sides. Decide for yourself what you think.
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  1300. If they wanted a change in the European security architecture... well, mission accomplished. :rofl:
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  1301. Three meanings if you count certain interrogation/torture techniques. ;)
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  1302. That sounds amazing, but Drac is loaded to the gunwales as-is. Might be a good basis for your own channel, though. ;)
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  1303. I wish I could just make up shitloads of money out of thin air and buy whatever I want with it.
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  1304.  @samsonsoturian6013  Yep, and it could still happen if we let it.
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  1305. Young guys doing dumbass stuff to impress each other and/or girls is very, very human. 😂
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  1306. You forgot the Freemasons. 🤣
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  1307. Why not use the more primitive slug-target method of inducing a fission detonation, i.e. the Little Boy method? That seems much more achievable, though I realize the yield and scalability are far lower.
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  1308. Hurricanes. I assume.
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  1309. If they're subsidizing the crap out of these rail routes, the least they can do is lower the prices to make them affordable to everyone. That would seem to be a political victory at least.
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  1310.  @susanavenir  Interesting, thank you for the insight :)
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  1311. If the pilot wasn't there to work, he should have left the flight deck. Or better yet, the aircraft (before it took off, obviously).
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  1312. If you wear a sport coat over a Hawaiian shirt, you must discuss global shipping. 🤣 (If you know, you know)
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  1313. I forget who said it, but it's said that you have never really been to war until you've fought the Germans.
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  1314.  @johnreynolds7996  So then why are you here? If you have better sources, stop wasting your time on Peter. ;)
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  1315.  @johnreynolds7996  Apparently I prefer to waste my time engaging with pathetic trolls in YouTube comments. So blame to go around, I guess.
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  1316. I think you get one of those play button things when you hit 100K. <3
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  1317. In other news, Sony is finally releasing Ghost of Tsushima to grown-ups (i.e. the PC) in May. Nice dovetail.
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  1318. For the last. Bloody. Time. The hydrogen did not start the Hindenburg fire. The doping compound used to weatherproof the canvas was ROCKET FUEL. The ignition came when at least one (more likely several) panels didn't ground properly and their charge jumped to others, igniting the doping compound. The hydrogen burned, sure, but it did not cause the fire. To be clear, not advocating the use of H2 in airships at all when He is available. I'm just sick of the inaccuracy of the popular narrative.
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  1319. I'll be writing-in a vote for Chewbacca.
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  1320.  @waremblem8837  The important thing is to show up, even if you only cast a blank ballot.
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  1321. I only trade in Eurodollars or Nuyen.
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  1322. I agree. And at the end the person asking assumes they can go ahead and do whatever, and the avoidant person pulls out a gun and shoots them for doing it. (Not sure if that's funny or not, but that's where the metaphor takes me.)
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  1323.  @assertivekarma1909  I'm from the USA, and we run this crazy joint. (Kidding, kidding.)
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  1324.  @aalb1873  That defines what you need for the "para bellum" part, yes. ^_^
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  1325. I don't think I've ever seen you this obviously angry. And rightly so.
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  1326. Love the new channel icon!
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  1327. I keep hearing capacitors brought up as a complement or partial replacement to batteries generally. Is that just people talking or does that make sense?
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  1328. Alright. Enough bullshit. What are we Americans actually going to DO to resolve this situation? We can't wait this one out.
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  1329. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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  1330. Don't forget the unforgivable BS going on with the GOP at the moment.
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  1331. Iran doesn't have nukes.
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  1332. Any Finn who would voluntarily travel to or through Russia right now needs psychiatric help. 😂
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  1333. 16:40 - What the $^@! am I even looking at?
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  1334. I'm looking forward to civilian-grade CWIS systems. That will produce some fun footage... and shennanigans.
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  1335. Re: Wakandan military tech -- if the "Civilization" series have taught me anything, it's that spearmen can defeat any other unit, no matter how advanced.
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  1336. I've heard it joked that the concept of paranoia was invented in Russia.
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  1337. Fashions are often cyclical
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  1338.  @urbanimage  I'd buy an RPG for my daughter, if I had one. Not pink, though; too easy to spot.
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  1339.  @urbanimage  Absolutely. Boy cheats on her, she can blow up his car. :D
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  1340.  @urbanimage  I'd prefer an AR or AK for that, unless they're all bunched together at pep rally or something ;)
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  1341.  @urbanimage  Aaaand we've gone from being silly-funny to silly-unfunny.
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  1342.  @urbanimage  Shoo.
    1
  1343. What's the Chinese expression? "If you can cheat, then cheat"?
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  1344. Something something the parable of the scorpion and the dog.
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  1345. I agree. No idea what happened with the mass shooting, but I doubt it was this. Unfortunately.
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  1346.  @DanielCrain-l3j  I agree, but propaganda is propaganda. Take their biases into account when you listen to their reports. :)
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  1347.  @randacnam7321  The US petrochem market is taking off like a rocket, and with the collapse of fertilizer availability worldwide (and globalization generally) the US will be one of very few countries still able to produce agricultural surplus. The two other big ones off the top of my head are France and Argentina.
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  1348.  @TheMangoman72  Only a little over 200. Do remember how young we are as a country.
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  1349. Also, friendly warning to all civilians in Ukraine: messing with Russian military equipment (i.e. nicking air-defense systems with tractors) gives Russian troops every right to execute you out of hand under the laws of war, if they catch you at it. Please be aware that you take this risk under the legal laws of war, nevermind what some Russian criminal paroled into the army might feel like doing. If you still wish to take this risk... Godspeed. :ua:
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  1350.  @sleepyjoe4529  Oh is that who's behind this? It's obviously anti-CCP, but I wasn't sure what the exact perspective was.
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  1351.  @SeanMunger Fair enough.
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  1352.  @danielch6662  Fascinating! Thank you for the explanation. <3
    1
  1353. Also, basically what happened is that Zelensky told Trump "you don't get the money until I get the stuff." And Trump was unable or unwilling to supply the stuff, and so pretended Zelensky reneged on the deal.
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  1354. 11:00 - So they went back to the 17th/18th Centuries, with people buying shares in privateering voyages. If it ain't broke...
    1
  1355. Just to be clear, C-Milk, these are not NK's "best men" in any way. It's about 10K expendable, near-useless slaves, and a few officers and their bodyguards to observe the effect of their weapons systems. The former will never be returning to NK, one way or another. The latter probably will, if they live.
    1
  1356. If I recall correctly, Eisenhower asked for Marines for Operation Overlord. The Navy's response was something along the lines of "HAHAHAHAHAHA no."
    1
  1357. Maybe Russia's coastal communications cables for their own use need to start having sections go missing. We have plenty of equipment that can do that.
    1
  1358. Whip Inflation Now
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  1359. That's not new news. It's been going on for years and years now. All the Phillipines have to do is run out the clock on the PRC.
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  1360. The seal kind of looks like the seal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from the crusades, but it was four small crosses rather than a pair each of crosses and crescents. Is there a sigliographer in the house?
    1
  1361. This and the Judge are the only Taurus arms I've heard about. Are they representative of the company's products as a whole, or are they just anomalies? Merely curious.
    1
  1362. I think the first-cut CGI Sonic was less horrifying than these "dwarves." Somebody fetch the Damaz Kron and some ink!
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  1363. The DPRK special forces troopers are probably there both for propaganda, as you say, and also to guard the non-cannon-fodder. "Guard" in both senses of the word.
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  1364. The only difference between a boy and a man is the size and cost of the toys. <3
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  1365. It's not smart to dual-wield without the appropriate perks. ^_^
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  1366. Any open fight between the US and its allies and the PRC would be completely one-sided... America's way. The only fight I can see going China's way is if somebody was retarded enough to invade their mainland. They'd win that hands-down.
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  1367.  @n4ughty_knight  An actor can do whatever they want on their own time. What's on the screen is the character, not the actor, and should be respected (or disrespected) as such. At least in my view.
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  1368.  @n4ughty_knight  Well, that's the beauty of the free market isn't it? ;)
    1
  1369. Depending on which way it whips, that could easily cut people in half. /shudder
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  1370. I kinda doubt it. Nukes are one thing you make damn sure to keep track of.
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  1371. Well done to the new narrator, but please don't over-emote. It distracts from the information you're conveying. ❤
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  1372. 5:10 - For everyone's information, the correct gender neutral term is "police officer."
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  1373. What was it trying to accomplish? MONEY.
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  1374. If he doesn't come back, we'll know what happened.
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  1375. 13:00 - Hustling "friendly" contests is a long and proud American tradition. ;)
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  1376. BGS has always hated that the two best Fallout games (Fallout 2 and FNV, in that order) had nothing to do with them. FNV in particular makes them feel extremely inferior. For good reason.
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  1377. Palpatine v20 didn't work for Dark Horse and it didn't work for Disney.
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  1378.  @thebranch3874  a) There are actually studies that suggest otherwise b) Learn to troll. <3
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  1379. Trust me, that wouldn't be very exciting. It was pretty much normal food per the respective cultures, only mostly out of cans.
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  1380. I always assumed the MP9 was an H&K product because of its name. Huh.
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  1381. Go read up on the 1960s and especially the 1970s in America. Really lends some perspective on today's problems. ;)
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  1382. I wouldn't buy a Colt commercial gun, no matter how good, because by all accounts their customer service (to retail customers) is abysmal. It makes sense if you consider that their primary client is the US Military and similar entities, so the focus of their CS efforts go there.
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  1383. You can't do a line in zero-G. The little particles of cocaine would just float off before you got them into formation. They'd also play hell with instrumentation and stuff, just like bread crumbs. You'd be inhaling tiny bits of cocaine for months if not years.
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  1384.  @GoodTimesBadTimes  Good point.
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  1385. As a landlubber, the idea of taking these giant ships through these very tight passages never fails to impress and slightly terrify me.
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  1386. Evidence? I haven't seen any compelling evidence for who did the Nordstream bombing. Everyone's a legitimate suspect. And it kinda doesn't matter who did it.
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  1387. Another commenter said there's already a mockup of the turret and top-hull of the USS Monitor at the Newport News Naval Museum. But I imagine it would depend on how detailed/functional you wanted your replica to be.
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  1388.  @420folife  I don't know the incident you're talking about, but look up what the US puts pilots and similar personnel through in SERE Training (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape). It is absolutely brutal. If they didn't know exactly where he was, if he wasn't injured, and the countryside offered good cover, I'd give 50/50 odds of a downed pilot getting back to friendly lines.
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  1389.  @colingravon9810  Seems about right, in broad strokes. I'm wondering if Hong Kong will petition the UK to take it back over. That'd be hilarious. Not sure the UK actually could at this point, though.
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  1390.  @brianjones7660  Yeeeah...
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  1391. Good luck, man. I'm pretty sure rural air freight is a thing, so what you describe is hopefully possible. :)
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  1392. ​ @richardvsessions1302  ...your point being? [confused]
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  1393. I hate to be That Guy, but the marking on the rifle is "BradFIELD," not "BradFORD" <3
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  1394. I believe you on the fatigue factor, Sal, but taking the ship's master into custody while they clear him only makes sense. I do hope that they're holding him someplace decent and didn't chuck him into prison though.
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  1395. "If a service is free, then you are the product." -- That's not actually an original saying. My mom told me that about radio and TV when I was 10. It's very, very true of course. ^_^
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  1396. Mark Felton is not somebody to aspire to.
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  1397.  @sabrekai8706  And those kids were not protesting what we in the West assume they were. It was a very strange situation that I still don't fully comprehend.
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  1398. Emperor Xi has lost the Mandate of Heaven and must be replaced.
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  1399. Ignore the CCP propaganda. China's economy is dying.
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  1400.  @akshaysharma3809  Joke's on you! I'm typing from a desktop PC. Whose components were made all over southeast Asia, most likely. Even 2 years ago, you'd have had a point. ;)
    1
  1401. Wait, you have a possum?
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  1402. I'm starting to think the UK naming system for these things was designed on the principle of "security through obscurity."
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  1403. Seconded.
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  1404. The acronym for why people turn spy is M.I.C.E. - Money, Ideology, Conscience, Ego.
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  1405. Laser guidance?
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  1406. There are a very few products/companies that are kinda like that in the USA, but it's not really the same thing. (Harley-Davidson comes to mind, for instance.)
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  1407. @Joël We'll kill them with physics glitches :D
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  1408. It should be easy to immigrate to the USA legally. It worked out pretty well for my not-so-distant ancestors.
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  1409. This parallels the degradation of video games into a similar cesspit of predatory gambling.
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  1410. If I had to go back to high school and start the rest of my life over, I would probably become a metrologist.
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  1411. Please see yourself out. ❤
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  1412. Flipping huge, cross on the grip... this is Alucard's old revolver, isn't it?
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  1413. Stop. Fucking. E-begging. Everyone who can or will sign up in the near term already has. Just whap the slide at the end and put the link in the description.
    1
  1414.  @OttomanSultana  Thank you very much :)
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  1415. You sing?
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  1416. 03:55 - If I'm not mistaken, the words "marque" and "mark" are pronounced exactly the same.
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  1417. This is his full-time job now, so... /shrug
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  1418. A fellow devotee of "Yes, Minister" I see. ❤
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  1419. I recall a minor kingdom named "Media Andropotine" being mentioned in Historia Civilis' video about Marc Anthony's war against Parthia. Do you happen to know if this has anything to do with this subject, and if so what?
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  1420. You forgot to mention the Stinger's premier role as an anti-Metal Gear weapon system. :P
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  1421. Just FYI, John, we Yanks don't say "the I-95" when speaking of Interstate roads. It's just "I-95." Basically the opposite of how we say "in the hospital" and you fine folks say "in hospital." Isn't it fun to be divided by a common language? 😂
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  1422. Apparently President Biden just dropped out of the upcoming race.
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  1423. Complete failure of employee training/education. People need to understand why procedures exist, or they have no reason to respect them.
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  1424. Both Gotham and Metropolis are visions of NYC through very different lenses, so y'know... /shrug
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  1425. The man with the rifle shoots! The man without the rifle follows him! When the man with the rifle gets killed, the man without the rifle picks up the rifle and shoots!
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  1426. Like, wow! That's, like, so totally interesting, y'know?
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  1427. #theskydontlie
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  1428. When you said "academic mermaid expert," my reaction was "cultural anthropology, then?" In other words, I can see there being an expert on the various legends and myths about mermaids across history. That would actually be legitimate.
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  1429. I don't know if he'd want SecTrans, but I'd surely put him in charge of MarAd whether he wanted the job or not :D
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  1430.  @cheddar2648  We have a Department of Commerce, I believe.
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  1431.  @shockcat5988  Sounds about right.
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  1432. This must have really affected you. I almost don't believe you actually want me to go away this time, Drinker. ❤
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  1433. I think the silver wall thing is in his home studio, so yes.
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  1434. 1:30 - Should've thrown the Tidus Laugh into that mashup ;)
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  1435.  @kirara4953  That's the USMC, isn't it? 🤣
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  1436. You'd think the pregnancy rate would go up if people are confined together with nothing to do.
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  1437.  @TokyoTaisu  I've been happily single for 37 years now, so I'll take your word for it. ;)
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  1438. Oh eww. I am not into geriatric pr0n.
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  1439.  @kenergixllc527  I believe I mentioned small words. Forgive me for not having the same body of knowledge as you, but I'd appreciate a layman's explanation if you have the time and inclination.
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  1440. Well, it was nice knowing y'all.
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  1441. Something we thought would be shit turns out to be not-shit. That's what I call a good day.
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  1442. Any comment I could make as a Westerner would come across as extremely condescending.
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  1443. Turns out you can't get something for nothing. Who knew?
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  1444. Paul, it's not so much the content of your videos that's had a profound impact, but your absolutely-no-BS approach to things and how you stay absolutely grounded. Seeing that and seeing how much we all appreciate the lack of BS has, I think, had a calming effect on the firearms creator community. So there's a bit more info going around, and a bit less drama and/or showmanship.
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  1445. Not funny.
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  1446. Mark, I don't care how dumb you think your politicians look in those photos... nobody on either side of the pond will ever top Mike Dukakis. 🤣
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  1447. Never send a European to do an American's job. (In this case, the job would be excessive firepower. Nobody does that like America. ^_^)
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  1448.  @Rietto  Yep. China is the land of shortcuts and facades.
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  1449.  @MyMomSaysImKeen  Nope, because good farmland is not equally distributed and we do not live in a one-world government as of yet.
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  1450. Totalitarian regimes draw their thugs from two sources: bullies and mindless functionaries. Both are quite cowardly.
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  1451. I always meant to read up on this. Now I don't have to. Thank you! <3
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  1452. Dirty Harry 2. No discussion.
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  1453. Don't you mean TG34.x, rather than TG38.x? I thought Task Groups were numbered after the Task Force they helped comprise.
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  1454. 01:15 - It was ignored because the Ordnance Department was pretty much always opposed to any change in anything throughout its history, as near as I can tell.
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  1455. Please, please Jake. I can only get so aroused. 😂
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  1456. Does anyone else think it's amusing (and instructive) that the communists are ignoring the people and the capitalists are not?
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  1457. Why the heck didn't they just line the canal? /smh
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  1458. As far as equipment, IINM more than 90% of all the physical equipment that the USA has sent to Ukraine so far has ALL been slated for disposal. This would have cost MORE than shipping the stuff to Ukraine. Therefore, sending Ukraine our surplus equipment has SAVED the United States money.
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  1459. That's easy to answer: "Because they're stupid and/or corrupt"
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  1460.  @travisadams4470  It's actually very hard to "stroll through" a huge empty desert, or so I understand. I've never tried.
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  1461.  @travisadams4470  Okay. I'm from New England, so I make no claim to personal experience with the area. ;)
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  1462. You seem tired, Comrade. You need a rest. Please report to your local Office of the People's Benevolent Commissariat for counseling and reeducation. 😂
    1
  1463. Check behind portraits of Hitler to find Nazi gold. Everyone knows that. 🤣
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  1464. When I saw the title, I thought of the Bill Mauldin cartoon of the sign "leave vehicles in care of guard" behind an MP holding the leashes of over a dozen mules. 😂
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  1465. The thing sounds so weird on the range.
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  1466. I have legitimately had to proofread fanfic by 14-year-old kids that was far better structured than this. (It still sucked; it was a favor for a friend's kid. She cried, but she also learned a lot from me tearing her stuff apart. Behold the power of being an asshole.)
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  1467. So... written by committee, or a clueless "writer" with no oversight? What do we think?
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  1468.  @Novastar.SaberCombat  I will check it out
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  1469. Unless you became born-again or something, you have my attention 😊
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  1470. Almost sounds like Sid Kagano, the Eminence in Shadow himself! 🤣
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  1471. No longer. The minute Biden left the gloves came off.
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  1472. Kwaii desu ❤
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  1473. Businesses have no right to life. They are not human beings.
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  1474. I can't see Trump winning this coming election. His supporters are very loud, but they are the minority. And I think, in our quiet way, moderates like myself hate the man and his politics even more than vocal Democrats.
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  1475.  @stastu6484  OP is being a wiseass, honey.
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  1476. It's not.
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  1477. /rimshot
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  1478. I keep expecting to hear about a destroyer torpedoing the ship, and then I remember this is a civilian vessel in peacetime. (I watch a lot of Dracinifel vids.)
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  1479. Scan 'em and send a PDF to Drac for the site. :)
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  1480. I don't hate this thing, but I find it hilarious.
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  1481. The concept of 'paranoia' might as well have been invented in Russia. And to be fair, they have been invaded several dozen times at greater or lesser scale. Also, fears don't have to be rational to be acted upon.
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  1482.  @ChinaObserver0  That's a surprisingly genteel expression for a regime that (so I'm told) bills your family for the pistol round used to execute you.
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  1483. This is known as "tofu-dreg construction," and is sadly normal in the PRC. The reason 'they build things so fast' is that things are built terribly. All sorts of structures partially or totally collapse on a DAILY basis throughout the PRC. It's pathetic.
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  1484. You do know that Orcs weren't based on anything IRL, right Mr. Vendramini?
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  1485. Never give up! Never surrender!
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  1486. As far as the Polish farmers (i.e. Russian plants or dupes) destroying cargos of food... Poland has riot cops, right?
    1
  1487. If you haven't already, look into the history of the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority) here near Boston, MA. It's a bit of a shitshow, and has been for quite some time. I'm sure there's all sorts of incidents to analyze.
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  1488. FYI, Shirvan, "would-be" is written with a dash. Fascinating work as ever. Thank you! <3
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  1489. I have faith that The Emperor's Light will protect Henry as he moves forward. 😂
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  1490.  @vojake100  Yes.
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  1491.  @scottyfox6376  If you say "Viper" in think the AH-1Z gunship. I've always heard the F-16 simply referred to as the "Falcon." Granted, I was never in the service. /shrug
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  1492. Also, Jake, DO NOT GO INTO POLITICS. The machine will eat you up and spit you out.
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  1493.  @ollielong630  Somebody did a great video recounting the War of the Roses and captioning it from Game of Thrones... matches up exactly. There's additional stuff going on as well in GoT, but yeah.
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  1494. IRL Antistasi campaign 🤣
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  1495. That's not correct pronunciation of many words even by our standards. Drives me crazy sometimes, but still. Good content. :)
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  1496. If you want nuclear hand grenades, play "Paranoia" ^_^
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  1497. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. 🤣
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  1498. Just lie down on the couch and tell me what's bothering you, Ian. There's no need to torture yourself. <3
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  1499. Nice.
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  1500. If Putin wants California, as far as I'm concerned he can have it. My only condition is that he doesn't allow all the liberals to flee into the USA. (The few sane Californians remaining are, of course, welcome.)
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  1501. Too bad we can't just move some of China's surplus housing to where I live (New England, USA). We could use a bit more supply in our residential real estate market.
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  1502. This was deliberately made to bait hate-watching. Do NOT watch it. Or it you must, fucking pirate it.
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  1503. I wonder how long until people start putting concealed CIWS units or whatever on their commercial ships. 😕
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  1504. What blows my mind is how this Ghorbanifar wasn't immediately killed by the Americans when he welshed on the deal, or even seriously threatened. Whenever you're dealing with a covert agency for something like this, the unwritten rule is that if you screw up or back out your life is forfeit. Or so I understand from other such stories. Seems sensible to me.
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  1505. Why is nobody talking about how racist Amazon is being against Dwarves by portraying members of the Dwarven race as clean-shaven? That sort of mysdwarfist, racist, despicable nonsense will get you an axe to the face in any decent tavern I know.
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  1506. Well, anime is currently in a fucking golden age. Come join us on the weeb side until Western entertainment gets its shit back together.
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  1507. Yes, please
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  1508. What's the purpose of the dummy gun in the holster, rather than the real gun?
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  1509. This was brilliant. More please! <3
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  1510. It appears that Emperor Xi has lost the Mandate of Heaven.
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  1511. Assuming the PRC even exists in any recognizable form in a decade or two.
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  1512. Oh God. I'm gonna have to start reading the newspaper again. Too many things are happening to get all the important stuff by osmosis anymore.
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  1513.  @KainWT  We still can... we just choose not to. 😕
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  1514.  @rapator9270  You do still see steamboats on the Mississippi River here in the USA, though entirely for their novelty/nostalgia value. :)
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  1515.  @rapator9270  I'm not sure they're actually steamboats, but the same paddle-steamer style definitely. /shrug Google "riverboat casino" and similar and I'm sure you can find out easily enough. :)
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  1516. My gut reaction to the title was to say aloud: "because they're not fucking suicidal?"
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  1517. With the imminent collapse of the global supply web (over the next decade or so), locations of source materials for different techs is also a critical factor in assessing which ones are best.
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  1518. "Not all crypto is fraud... some of it is just a pyramid scheme." XD
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  1519. If I was Bezos or Musk or somebody like that, I'd hire Blackwater and see if I could just... take over. See if I can make something nice(r). I mean... it's free real estate. 🤣
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  1520. 10 minutes in the Punalty Box.
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  1521. Remember, "FBI" stands for Famous But Incompetent. Typical Hoover. /spits
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  1522. Please stop with the e-begging at the start of every video.
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  1523. Is there anything specific in my delivery that's bothering you? If it's just a matter of taste, I take no offense. ^_^
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  1524. Never forget that--BY HIS OWN ACCOUNT--Joey Goebbels learned everything he knew about propaganda from observing Hollywood.
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  1525. Socialism in action.
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  1526. True. His hair is truly magnificent.
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  1527.  @nbell5050  I was somewhat snarkily referring to the collective annoyance/threat of Russia, the PRC, Iran, and North Korea.
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  1528. Musk is a threat. Trump is merely a clown.
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  1529. It was a different time. But yeah, I do agree with you.
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  1530. The reason I've never worried about the PLA is just from looking at the quality of just about anything made in the PRC. It's all crap. Shortcuts, half-measures, constant breakdowns. Why would their military gear and ships and planes and stuff be any different?
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  1531.  @moonlily701  No I did not. Please edumacate me. :D
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  1532. I actually commented myself, we do this sort of thing all the time in Arma 3.
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  1533. Please refer to the Flavian Amphitheater by its proper name. <3
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  1534. My favorite history YouTuber returns! I assume you have a great deal on your plate, but just FYI I am still hoping for an eventual return to the Medieval Warfare series. ❤
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  1535. Props to Mr. Zebra for his mad dance moves ❤
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  1536. Does the truck catch on fire randomly like Chinese-made EVs do?
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  1537.  @as7river  I agree that hybrid setups are probably the best solution in the short term. What we really need are two things: a. An actually green power grid at scale b. Better battery chemistry (or capacitors, whichever) that can be mass-produced at scale without world-ending levels of pollution. As far as Chinese-made EVs, I'd be genuinely curious to see the stats on car fires from your local fire department or district. How many were there over the past year, how many were FFVs vs Hybrids vs EVs, and if possible a manufacturer-specific breakdown on each. Hell, I'd like to see this across the entire US. If we had that, we could actually argue based on a set of data rather than rumors and counter-rumors, which is where we're at right now. 😕 As things stand... I've seen a hell of a lot of videos. /shrug
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  1538. These expansions to The Sims keep getting weirder and weirder. ;)
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  1539. I thought Alex got his prophecy at Delphi... after roughing up the oracle. (The oracle was closed part of the year, and the kid wasn't having it.)
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  1540. Yes, TikTok should be banned. No, we should not turn the USA into a techno police state.
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  1541. Things can get SO much worse than this, and they probably will before they get better.
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  1542. The front fell off.
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  1543. That's probably where it'll start, but not necessarily where it will end.
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  1544. Why the hell didn't Barnett have bodyguards?
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  1545. As a WWII reenactor who portrays a company clerk, I never get bored talking about typewriters. Seeing the Selectric in action makes me insanely jealous; I can't use anything that wasn't widely available by 1945.
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  1546. I don't really consider it nepotism when the beneficiary is actually good at their job.
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  1547. There's lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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  1548. I can't help thinking of Tom Lehrer's "MLF Lullaby." 🤣
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  1549. Oh shit. We need to raise money through the Black Pants Legion to get Mr. Tex the tank he's always wanted! 🤣
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  1550.  @vividshock  'Once they develop all this complicated, space-consuming stuff at an affordable cost'... sounds like something that's currently a gimmick to me. ;) Not saying don't use it or don't enjoy it. Just that it's still a very immature technology and should be regarded as such. Personally, I think it would have to be something like a Cyberpunk-style braindance or a Ghost in the Shell-style MMI to really gain wide adoption.
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  1551.  @williamritchie693  I agree. Personally I think a true mind-machine interface is the end game with the idea. Of course, that opens up a whole can of nightmares as well, but that's a whole other discussion.
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  1552.  @Eskoxo  I play a lot of video games and have tried a fair number of VR implementations. They're expensive, disorienting, and require large amounts of physical space that most people don't have in their homes. That's what I mean by "gimmick." There's a future here, but the future is not now. :)
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  1553. I agree with AZ Explorations. I know a lot about WWII, and I had to stop and think for a second. I was about to start Googling until I read the other half of your comment.
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  1554.  @arizonaexplorations4013  This is why I reenact German; our wunderwaffe mostly worked. ;) Edit: Also, the uniform is much comfier to wear. No joke.
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  1555.  @arizonaexplorations4013  The black-and-silver one was the Algemeine-SS, the political wing. We (Waffen-SS) wear feldgrau, just like the Heer. Same uniform, different insignia.
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  1556.  @arizonaexplorations4013  The latter. The SS camo ponchos are reversible, with two standard patterns.
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  1557.  @phatbackbeat6553  Sure, I believe you. (Hey guys, it's an alien! Grab it!)
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  1558. We can't have a male in the story that the audience might like! What are you thinking, bringing up an actual character that people actually like? Report for reeducation, Comrade.
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  1559. Bearing in mind that the government was permitting and approving the building work at every microstep along the way.
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  1560. Well, my grandmother always told me "two wrongs don't make a right." So there.
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  1561.  @phils4634  Fun!
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  1562.  @zyamadeadborn1785  Interesting. We Americans call the M2 Browning "Ma Deuce" in a similar vein. ("Ma" being short for mom/mother and "deuce" being a slang term for the number two, especially in reference to playing cards.)
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  1563. 40:00 - I'd rather go to Room 101, thank you very much. ^_^
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  1564.  @KannabisMajoris Thanks, I'll check it out!
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  1565. I come to this through an interest in geopolitics. I've found that many stories that interest Sal also interest me, because of how central shipping is to the modern world. ❤
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  1566.  @buddyclem7328  Missing the point, but I stand corrected.
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  1567. I think it's time to call in the auditors.
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  1568.  @jackcat3745  Because I see it written so much in video titles, and it's not that hard to remember. Compare to the name of Turkey's president, which I can pronounce but not write.
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  1569. Nothing wrong with being a loudmouth, Sal. Just don't accept any position that involves a security clearance, is all. 🤣
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  1570. I hope not. Once was quite enough.
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  1571.  @FirstLast-tp8bm  Please tell me you're exaggerating. [existential despair noises]
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  1572. I'm no metallurgist, but presumably that's why you have to take the stuff out during refining? /shrug
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  1573. Given that the likely consequences here include NUCLEAR WAR, I'm amazed that none of these idiots have had a "heart attack."
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  1574.  @obee1kanobee  I take no credit; it's a game mechanic in "Elite: Dangerous." So credit to whatever genius came up with the system for the game. :D
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  1575. USA's concern about oil prices is not about our domestic market. We are a net oil EXPORTER and have been for years. This is about our allies, primarily in Europe.
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  1576.  @yurilytviak9066  When they have something we want, sure we are. ;)
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  1577. Since law and order are optional in California, let's get a gang together and break into WB's vault. We grab the film, get it copied/digitized/whatever, post it to PirateBay, then mail the originals back. Who's in?
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  1578. What's wrong with regular low-velocity ammunition? (Seriously asking.)
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  1579.  @SpyCollectionChannel  Thanks!
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  1580. If I recall correctly, a Confederate horse lost its life during the bombardment proper. I do not recall the details.
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  1581. What's the point of a rifle grenade that doesn't go boom? :P
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  1582. All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
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  1583. I'd be curious to learn more <3
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  1584. Remember how concerned we were with how much the Clinton sex scandal would debase the office of President of the United States? /smh
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  1585. We need to get you and Dr. Sal from 'What's Going On With Shipping' together for a long-form discussion/debate on the Jones Act. ❤
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  1586. I see what you're saying, but I'll take safe and ugly every time. Exactly as you say, my car is merely an appliance to me.
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  1587. 1:16 - I prefer "THOSE WHO WOULD PROFANE THE DEAD ARE JUDGED TO JOIN THEIR RANKS..." ^_^
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  1588. 9:03 - Don't you mean the Secretary of Defense? If this is not a mis-speak, why would this issue fall under the Department of State rather than of Defense?
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  1589. I've pretty much given up on pronouncing French things properly after listening to the completed video. I usually do at least a little better. ^_^
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  1590.  @davidlouis1068  To quote a famous movie: "all we can do here is die"... :-/ Basically, the houses offer no protection. Better to take a chance running to shelter than stay where you know you have none. That's how I read the situation as a civilian, anyway. Any soldiers reading this please correct or confirm. :)
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  1591.  @eviljagtech  Russia says the same thing in some of their manuals, but I've yet to hear about mushroom clouds over Ukraine. Just saying.
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  1592. Take your "logic" and get out of here, Jesse. 🤣
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  1593. I am in favor of whatever prevents the destruction if irreplaceable historical artifacts. A close second is making them easily accessible to serious researchers and enthusiasts.
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  1594. At the very beginning, I thought that was a NSDAP brassard on Ian's arm, and I was just staring dumbstruck. Then he showed the rest of it and I was like "oh, I'm stupid."
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  1595. At this point, these things are just funny rather than upsetting. 😂
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  1596. If this pans out, it will be huge.
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  1597. Slow down, Miss. Take a breath. It's hard to absorb all the info when you talk so quickly. ❤
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  1598. Guessing it's a PRC-owned ship based on the name. Go figure.
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  1599. Gratz!
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  1600. Our civilization is not declining. It is being murdered.
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  1601. I thought this might be the more recent incident where (IIRC) a train derailed and then they deliberately flared off its toxic cargo as part of a rapid clean-up. /smh
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  1602. I'm ready to write in for Dr. Doom at this point. /smh
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  1603. Well, I at least am looking forward to Andor Season 2. The first season provided massive amounts of fodder and world building for my Star Wars tabletop campaign.
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  1604. I didn't know the word for it, but I recently experienced 'completion bias' for myself in a rather visceral way. (Everything turned out fine, but still.) Knowing it's a documented phenomenon just made a few things snap into place in my head. So thanks! :)
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  1605. I grew up a little ways south from here. I remember this event quite clearly.
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  1606. You want nuance on the Internet? Seriously? SERIOUSLY? 😂
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  1607. I'd bet a great deal of money that the "confiscated" food is being eaten or sold by the quarantine crews. Shameful. Edit: I'd also be willing to bet that human trafficking rings are having a field day kidnapping 'merchandise.'
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  1608. Who else expected this story to be about New Zealand?
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  1609. Channel ban incoming in 3... 2... 1...
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  1610. When did we get to InRange? Not that I'm complaining, mind you. ❤
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  1611.  @es6544  It's a handle, not a title. ;)
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  1612. The Russian media idiots may be referring to the recorded instances of Harris laughing and smiling about using false evidence to convict innocent people during her time as a district attorney.
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  1613. Also better battery/capacitor chemistry
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  1614. Shout-out to Terminal E and its stupid yuppie mall. ❤
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  1615. Maybe if Russia pays us back what we paid them for Alaska. At adjusted rates. Can they afford that? I doubt it.
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  1616. To be more precise, Musk is about 30 years out of date. That argument about NATO held some water back when the Soviet Union had just collapsed and we had a chance to help Russia become a real, free country. We (the Free World) squandered that opportunity, and everyone (including ordinary Russians) is now paying the price for our sloth and hubris.
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  1617. From a purely economic and logical point of view, it makes total sense for the various Canadian provinces to each join the USA as their own states. Each one does far more trade with the USA than they do with each other, primarily due to geography. That said, any such movement MUST BE INITIATED BY THE CANADIAN PEOPLE THEMSELVES. Which isn't going to happen for a whole host of reasons.
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  1618. I have not watched either movie and I don't plan to, but seeing the random clip montages you use for filler all I can think is "shit Star Wars."
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  1619. I don't think any American is pro-Biden. But about half of us are anti-Trump.
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  1620. Pro Tip: Do NOT accept sponsorships from mobile games, especially RSL. It destroys your credibility in many quarters.
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  1621. Jake: "Make this make sense for me." Me: They're all crazy, lying, or both. And you already know that, brother. ;)
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  1622. 12:00 - Great little story, dude. XD
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  1623. I didn't know the Society of Friends was still a thing in the UK. Now I know! :)
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  1624. "Nobody votes for the vice president." Except for that one time (FDR/Truman), and we're most definitely not in the same situation. ;)
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  1625. Also WWE of all things is going from strength to strength now that they've finally got Vince McMahon out of the driver's seat. Pure drama with no point or outside context is something I've been sorely missing.
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  1626.  @robertavadani5946  Calm. The fuck. Down.
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  1627. Claire Redfield sends her regards <3
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  1628. Sal, the Dali situation got mainstream play because a collapsed bridge makes for dramatic visuals. None of the commentators understood or cared about the impact on the port, shipping, or any such thing. This is a single fatality, no video, and a Chinese-owned ship. The knee-jerk reaction in many quarters is still not to say anything bad about the PRC.
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  1629. What's funny is that Russia will implode within the next 5-10 years. What will happen to this region then?
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  1630.  @CaspianReport  They're doing everything they can to slow things down. Can't blame them a bit.
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  1631. I could swear I'd heard the guy's name somewhere before this, but for the life of me I can't remember where. I'd certainly never heard of any of his companies. Regardless, it's always a pleasure to spend time with you, Sean. I love the way you approach topics and walk through them in a very clear, methodical way. It's quite inspiring to me in my work as a technical trainer. :)
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  1632. Even though I know better... please tell me you're being metaphorical with that hacksaw comment.
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  1633. The moral of the story in my mind is that it's better to die on your feet than try to live on your knees.
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  1634. Aziz, light!
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  1635. We're not allowed to make fun of George W. Bush for saying dumb things anymore.
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  1636. On all sides. As ever.
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  1637. Seriously.
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  1638. I think we can easily mark "Easily Preventable" off on the bingo card on account of the stop buttons. You'd think the big red emergency stop button would be the very first thing you'd show somebody learning to operate a ride. Ay yi yi.
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  1639. One word: famine. 😢
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  1640. Isn't an SMG pistol-caliber by definition? (Seriously asking.)
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  1641. I imagine this was one of the inspirations for the AAF mini-tanks in "Arma 3"
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  1642. @Sheev Palpatine  @andx6006  Good to know, thank you :)
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  1643.  @Lorian667  A fair point.
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  1644. Or to put it more bluntly, we must transition from a parasitic existence to a symbiotic existence or our host will die. :-/
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  1645.  @seandelaney1700  Thank you for the feedback! As you can hear, I am not a professional voiceover artist. My day job is actually making tutorial videos for a software platform. I will definitely take what you said under advisement, but I can't promise there will be any noticeable improvement in the regard that you're talking about. 🙂
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  1646. They're all over the place in the Western world, usually as art installations and/or museum pieces.
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  1647. In fairness, Japan actually has a global operations navy and knows how to use it. China doesn't, much as they pretend otherwise.
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  1648. Christ.
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  1649. On the bright side, fusion power is only 20 years away. 😋
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  1650. I agree. It's important to keep the sharks fed.
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  1651. I agree.
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  1652. When I was little, I thought the SS-manner in war films were all communications officers, because my child brain associated lightning with radio and telephone. 😂
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  1653. I'm surprised that flight altitude is still thought of in feet, even though the threshold is clearly based on a metric measurement.
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  1654.  @tongobong1  Just for some context, dude, the death of the tank has been prophesized at least three major times that I can think of since WWI, including when ATGMs first became a thing. Yet they persist. Tanks have never been able to operate without combined-arms support at any period in time. Even the legendary Panzer divisions of WWII carried their own organic infantry who were trained to work closely with the armor. What we're seeing is Russian tanks inadequately supported and therefore easy meat for Ukrainian infantry.
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  1655.  @tongobong1  They won't be obsolete until their battlefield capabilities can be provided by other weapons systems. For a discourse on this subject by a guy who actually knows what the hell he's talking about, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUyAPQEb01Q
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  1656. That's not "can't." That's "won't." ;)
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  1657. 07:15 - If I recall correctly, GIs in WW2 referred to this sort of loudspeaker broadcast as "hog calling." 🤣
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  1658. I take my escapism in electronic form. I can get hundreds of hours of high from a $20-50 hit. 😂
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  1659. It's okay. Fusion is just 20 years away. ;)
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  1660. Also, you are vastly overestimating the PRC in multiple respects. Just saying. (This isn't to say that we don't need to massively up our game in the USA. Even if we were in a world without the PRC or Russia or whoever, we are currently unacceptably slack in so many ways.)
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  1661. "The US is so crime-ridden and dangerous, you guys!"
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  1662. Force = Mass x Acceleration. 😕
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  1663. Never got around to watching this movie. Every time I hear about it, I'm reminded of why. I don't like to get as drunk as I'd have to be to make it through a whole movie like this...
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  1664. 00:20 - "Too much of a good thing is wonderful. " --Hedy Lamar
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  1665.  @Cecilia-ky3uw  The real test will be if the PRC falls to bits within the next 10 years.
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  1666. So they didn't go hire a Greek actress, I take it?
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  1667. For full context on what Peter's talking about, I recommend anyone to review the literature/documentaries on the Western Allies' agonies with the German Ruhr dams during World War II.
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  1668. I think the variety and force of reactions has to do with how there's no right answers on any side here.
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  1669. The singular of "millennia" is "millennium."
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  1670. Hell, any one of Brazzers' pr0n parodies is far better written, acted, and produced from what I can see.
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  1671. Lowell, MA
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  1672. Never believe your own hype.
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  1673.  @intractablemaskvpmGy  When a random person on the Internet starts with all the coherence and calmness of the proverbial drunken hobo on the corner about points not relevant to either the video or my comment, then my response is to be a bit condescending and then to ignore them, yes. Or if I'm bored at work, as now, I may engage in a minor flame thread to dull said boredom.
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  1674.  @guiwhiz  The former isn't so hard. The latter...
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  1675. 04:00 - "You can't have a modern state without a modern army." Well... unless you're Iceland. :P
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  1676. I'm not saying it's not aliens... but it's NOT aliens.
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  1677. Sith only leave the top spot feet-first, after all.
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  1678. That's one name I consistently struggle with. If you can link a native Turkish speaker saying his name slowly and clearly, I would be deeply appreciative. (Can't promise that I'm physically able to say it right, though. I've pretty much given up on French in that regard; no idea about Turkish yet. :P)
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  1679. I don't think they're sharing. Their grid is far more nuclear-focused than ours is. I forget the proportion, but it's pretty high.
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  1680. The handy-dandy acronym for why people betray their country (or whatever) is M.I.C.E. -- Money, Ideology, Conscience, or Ego.
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  1681. Well. Now you jinxed it. Thanks, Peter! 🤣
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  1682.  @MaxxTrajan  It's just hungry and big. And has never been civilized.
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  1683. 16:50 - Wait, they can't get repair work? Doesn't the USN have a huge backlog of scheduled maintenance? Or is that just the submarine fleet?
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  1684. My first thought before watching was a swarm of HARMs. Glad to see I'm not a complete idiot. ^_^
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  1685.  @lawz7787  If anything it's less. As their census data emerges, it seems they were overcounting, especially the number of women. We knew their demographics were f***ed, but it's worse than we thought.
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  1686.  @LRRPFco52  Oh. Oh dear.
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  1687.  @r.menzel8020  Fair enough. Although I've met quite a few flesh-and-blood people who just flat out can't (or won't) pronounce certain words correctly. My pet peeve is putting that Y sound in "nuclear."
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  1688. You have a lot more faith in Russia's capabilities than I do, buddy.
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  1689. Dude should get onto Wall Street. He'd fit right in.
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  1690. If you take an IP and truly "set it free," you wind up with something like Arfenhouse.
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  1691. Ah, Reforger exercises. Classic!
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  1692. That is the best straight-man performance I have ever seen.
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  1693. My personal reaction as a US citizen, responding to the CCP's overtures of friendship: f!ck off.
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  1694. Elon: "Everybody's gonna want a household robot." Me: "Can I fuck it?" 🤣 (Mostly sarcasm. Mostly.)
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  1695. I actually agree with Trump (I can't believe I'm saying that) that the US and the West generally share some responsibility for not scaring Putin off from invading in the first place. Also not helping Ukraine and other Russian victims decades ago. We could have nipped this shit in the bud.
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  1696. As several other commenters have noted, it needs a bayonet mount. (Because fuck you, that's why. <3)
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  1697. ​ @Gelatinocyte2  While Tesla surely has its share of battery fires, the rate there isn't nearly so bad as any PRC-made brand. Their statistics are shocking. Why? Quality control. (Tesla has it, the others don't.) The tolerance for an EV is much lower than in a FFV. So I say again: 1. We need better battery chemistry. 2. We need a green method to generate power at scale for all areas of the world. (Solar, wind, hydro, and geotherm are only economical/possible in certain places. Realistically this means fusion, which I am confident we will develop.) 3. We need a better solution for EV fires (which will occur at some rate no matter how well-made they are, because life) than submerging the entire vehicle in a box full of liquid and letting it burn itself out. Once we have these things, I will join the cult of the EV. Until then, I will continue to call a spade a spade. In the meantime, any net reduction of carbon release in the manufacturing chain as a whole remains worthwhile and should be pursued with all possible diligence. Shifting carbon release from one place to another (i.e. from the actual vehicle to the production of the battery and its raw materials, or from the actual vehicle to the hydrocarbon plant that generates the power to charge it) is merely self-delusion. Now do you see where I'm coming from? :)
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  1698. If anyone wants a more technical military analysis of this faceoff, Covert Cabal did an amazing job back in May: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkG4-QVXVPw
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  1699. I for one enjoy my bigot sandwiches. 😂
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  1700. If taking off one's helmet is such a no-no, why does the redheaded lady always have her helmet off?
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  1701. Please tell me you'll be holding watch parties for the Biden show, Jake! 😂
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  1702. The logical thing to do is pool all travel costs through the NFL as a whole and make equal contributions. The league can afford it.
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  1703. I didn't know Drac was a leftie.
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  1704. Watching the debate replay while drunk in an airport was... an experience.
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  1705. Episode 100 HYPEEEEE! ❤
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  1706. It's about a bunch of white guys. Hollywood wouldn't touch it with a 20-foot sweep. 🤣
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  1707. Does the PRC have the equivalent of army/navy surplus stores?
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  1708. Fair pay for Jake! 🤣
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  1709. Stop with the e-begging at the start of each video. Just stop. It turns people off. Just whap the Patreon slide at the end of each video for about 5 seconds and put a link in the description.
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  1710. All that Comrade Kim will earn is daddy's belt.
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  1711. The fact that this story is so plausible is as much an argument for the Butterfly Effect as its truthfulness would be.
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  1712. Unless we nuke ourselves to death. Happy New Year! :)
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  1713. They know they can't take Taiwan now from looking at the situation in Ukraine. Ukraine doesn't have a moat. Taiwan does. Ukraine doesn't have a mountain range to fortify and defend. Taiwan does. Ukraine was only preparing for war for like 8 years, I think? Taiwan has been preparing for a PRC invasion since the late 1940s. If they try, it will be nothing but a bloodbath, even if the US Navy doesn't get involved... which it will, because TSMC.
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  1714. I want a Star Wars blaster based on this frame. It looks way cool!
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  1715. Where was the designer from? I'm guessing Germany from his last name and... well. This thing.
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  1716. 00:35 - When they tell you to always wear your seat belt on an airplane, this is why.
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  1717. Drinker, switching from German to English makes a statement more world-dominating. I mean, the British succeeded where the Germans failed in that department.
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  1718.  Ryan Clarke  Dude, learn to tell the difference between actual dickwads and people who are just being goofy.
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  1719. In regards to MSC, I will observe for the zillionth time in history that amateurs are concerned with gear and tactics, while professionals are concerned first and foremost with logistics. What does this say of those making overall policy for the US defense establishment?
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  1720. Well, between their economy going bye-bye as we speak and their demography being irrecoverable, we won't have to worry about this communist hellscape for much longer. I just hope all the real, normal people can survive the coming horrors.
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  1721. If you want more info, check out the channel Dracinifel.
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  1722. 04:00 - I'm sure the USA could spare a B-2 spirit to fly over there and flatten the place.
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  1723.  @bjornlinde2669  Sell everything you own, buy a plot of land in the middle of nowhere, and go back to nature. Nothing's stopping you.
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  1724. All love to Big Mamie. She's a beautiful lady, and I'm proud she's named after my home state. <3
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  1725. They have no other tool; their vaccine doesn't work, and their own hypernationalistic rhetoric prevents them from using foreign vaccines. These lockdowns are literally the only thing they can do to prevent mass-casualty events. Not trying to justify what the CCP is doing, but given their particular brand of crazy this is the only option they will accept.
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  1726. Iran doesn't have nukes.
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  1727. I would strongly suggest clipping out your explanation of gun barrel creation and posting it as a separate video to make it easy to find. Great stuff! <3
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  1728. If Hell is other people, it seems that Peter has found Heaven.
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  1729. AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!!! :usa:
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  1730.  @shanestachwick4784  Considering that they've literally been taken to court recently, I think that'd be all the grounds a decent lawyer needs to get you out of it.
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  1731.  @pete904ni  I use AdBlock, of course, but I'm not familiar with Sponsor Block. Please explain! :)
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  1732. 23:00 - I think during the height of the "trust" era (as in industry-spanning monopolies, known as the "x trust" or the "y trust") business control of the Federal and many state governments was far more blatant. But this is getting to the same level.
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  1733. As a Technical Training Engineer, the fact that they rushed this new tech out without waiting for a proper training regimen to be developed and delivered breaks my heart... and doesn't surprise me one single bit. 😕
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  1734. 7 years later, and this is the only sensible explanation of the crisis that I've seen.
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  1735. As a natural-born US citizen, I can say that we absolutely have problems. Lots of them. But we don't really seem inclined to address the actual problems in a meaningful way. That said, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the world.
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  1736. Please feel free to start making sense.
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  1737. Whether the Houthis are the legitimate government of Yemen or not, it's still piracy. If they're legit, it's state piracy. If they're not, it's just piracy. It's a distinction without a difference, really. ;)
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  1738. Not only is it not an actor's job to react to stuff about an upcoming project on social media etc, but I'd say it's very much their job not to, except as dictated to them by the marketing department.
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  1739. Who on earth would take a jumbo jet covertly like this, then ditch it in the middle of absolutely nowhere? Why? Terrorists would have claimed credit; that's the whole point of committing the act. Clearly whoever did it at least intended to survive ditching the plane. Did they rendezvous with a ship?
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  1740. I'm just a civilian casual, but couldn't we start by just paying people decently? Being a military service member isn't an unskilled job anymore, and of course neither is being a merchant mariner. These are high-skill professional positions, and they should get commensurate pay and benefits etc.
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  1741. I never thought about this, but now that you say it it's so blindingly obvious. /facepalm
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  1742.  @blue4491  I first heard it being bandied around by people who are generally reliable. I recall locating an actual source, but Googling now I can't find it. It might help if I remembered where exactly that source was. I'll keep at it, but at this point I may just be full of shit for all I know. /shrug
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  1743. You didn't say Bab-el-Mandab. I was hoping to get a buzz on! 🤣
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  1744. Sometimes a verbal fuckup is just that: a fuckup. Just ask George W. Bush.
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  1745. All hail God-Emperor Drinker! ❤
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  1746. Well, if Ethiopia are going to be dicks about the whole situation... :(
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  1747. Always good to examine fine Czechnology.
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  1748. "The US' affinity for secure borders"... I had to laugh. I know what you're getting at, but given the whole illegal immigration issue, I had to laugh. ^_^
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  1749. I hope you actually get your money for promoting this thoroughly unethical product. They're getting a name for ghosting smaller creators.
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  1750. "DC fans will be happy with the outcome." They all burn to death horribly in Episode 1, then?
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  1751.  @yungspaghetti1685  Well put.
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  1752.  @ericragnar3069  It's quite true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipcP8voanyo
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  1753. "Control the coinage and the courts; let the rabble have the rest." --Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV
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  1754. 05:15 - Thanks for the blue balls, Bismark. <3
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  1755. Methinks thou doth protest too much, Stefan. Do you have anyone besides the car and the crisp packet who can alibi you? ^_^
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  1756.  @jacksmith-mu3ee  Learn to troll, n00b ❤
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  1757. The painting over of the insignia makes me suspect that they actually hit the right target. But what was this "asphalt plant" in reality, then? Calling all conspiracy theorists!
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  1758.  @jelkel25  You are, of course, correct. I was mostly curious to see what people would come up with. :D
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  1759. Re: the submarine's anechoic tiles (the stuff peeling off): what you said about drag and more probably getting pulled off is true, but it also makes the sub much more vulnerable to detection, at least by active sonar. Whether that stuff matters at all for passive detectability (aside from the flow noise across the uneven hull, maybe?) I have no idea. Somebody ask Aaron over at Sub Brief.
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  1760. HA!
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  1761. Get a haircut. Shave. That look is not working for you, my dude. I say this with all love and affection. ❤
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  1762. Go the local hardware store with a paint sample. They can match anything, at least in terms of precise color. If it will match the chemical properties...? Probably not.
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  1763. I thought it was a PPSh at first glance.
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  1764. The USA never signed the Geneva Convention, IIRC. We do lots of other, worse things in violation of the Convention too. (The use of napalm and white phosphorous comes to mind. Again, going from memory here, so correct me if I'm wrong.)
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  1765. Also, if you're being difficult like that, pretty sure the NYPD would kick your ass and then cuff you before formally reading you your rights.
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  1766. 4 downvotes, presumably from the Kamchatka. 🤣
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  1767. Excellent work! Thank you as always. <3
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  1768. Stories about possessed and/or haunted warships, obviously.
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  1769. 2:00 - Catholic = anti-Jesuit at this time? Can somebody please explain?
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  1770. Two gorgeous men talking about guns? This is verging on pr0n territory. <3
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  1771. Historian note: extensive surveys have failed to confirm attribution of the term "useful fools" (aka "useful idiots") to V. I. Lenin--or anyone else. It's entirely plausible that Lenin coined the term, but there's no primary source to verify it that I've ever encountered.
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  1772. Re: question 1 -- Call them "SSH" perhaps, for "Submarine, Host"?
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  1773. My pronunciation came out more like "kreeve" (written phonetically per American English). I hope I got it somewhere close to correct.
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  1774. The debunking is even simpler: Apartheid ended how long ago? Anyone who was not personally involved is NOT. LIABLE. For any crime. Ancestral guilt as a concept is fundamentally uncivilized.
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  1775. Sick. <3
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  1776. 02:30 - One thing you learn about Slavs in broad terms (including Russians, Ukrainians, everyone) is that they just don't seem to give a f*** about health & safety.
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  1777. I've never thought about the synchronization of my turn signals, either with themselves or with anyone else's car. So yeah... my OCD thanks you.
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  1778.  @joehowe9532  Not with our current shitty battery chemistry. Once we get truly viable batteries (or long-term capacitors, I'm not picky) and practical fusion, we're golden. I'm just praying we get there before the oil actually runs out.
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  1779. "There are no unsafe airlines." Proceeds to describe a HIDEOUSLY unsafe airline in painful detail.
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  1780. Wow, C-Milk. Tell us how you really feel. ❤
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  1781. If the perps have any brains, they'll be calling the US State Department to arrange return of any US Citizens they've taken. Under the table, of course, but yeah. The last thing they need is that carrier group being let off its chain.
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  1782.  @BFLReyes  QQ: How many of your sample actually expressed who they intend to vote for at all? What I'm getting at is: did a majority the people who expressed an intention say they were voting for Trump, or a majority of the people *as a whole*? I'm genuinely curious; each would lead me to a different conclusion about your sample set.
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  1783.  @heynsenene  Good point. How do you assess the intentions of "the silent majority" prior to the actual election?
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  1784.  @BFLReyes  Interesting. Thank you! 😊
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  1785. This is what happens when you found cities in late-game. Any Civ player will tell you this. If you want it to get anywhere, you need to invest craploads of gold to get stuff built.
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  1786. May I ask why? I'm trying to consume as many different viewpoints as possible prior to the election.
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  1787. What design standards you use aren't worth a spit if you don't build the damn drains.
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  1788. "People go bankrupt slowly, then rapidly." --Mark Twain
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  1789. I'm creating my own hybrid canon as I GM a homebrew campaign for my friends. And yes, with Sabacc and hookers. Literally. 😂
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  1790. So long and thanks for all the fish. ;)
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  1791. Trump is all about ordinary people... which is why all the work has been going into tax breaks for the 0.1% under the cover of a stream of insane pronouncements.
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  1792.  @soakupthesunman  Enlighten me, then.
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  1793. Shirvan over at CaspianReport is worried that Russia may resort to the use of tactical nuclear weapons (kiloton range). Do you think this is likely, and what will be the probable result if it does happen?
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  1794. As an American, I can say this without any hesitation: it's the Gulf of Mexico. Also, it's Twitter. You can't just rename shit because you feel like it.
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  1795. 14:10 - Or unless that Japanese person plays a lot of Final Fantasy. ^_^
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  1796. Won't somebody think of the money launderers!
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  1797. Why on earth did Harrison Ford agree to this? I genuinely don't get it.
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  1798.  @archstanton9073  He's gotta be richer than sin. Right?
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  1799. What is the name of that classic "hold music" at about 1:15? I want to get ahold of it for something I'm doing.
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  1800. Looks like I'll need the drool bucket today... damn. <3
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  1801. This is why we can't have nice things.
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  1802. Nani?
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  1803. I've heard/read the same.
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  1804. Worst-case scenario, we can all join the French Foreign Legion.
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  1805. Apparently Peter hasn't played a video game in 10-20 years. Which is fine.
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  1806. Why can't they set it up with a single trigger that only fires one barrel at a time? Still a silly novelty, but slightly more practical.
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  1807. Who?
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  1808. "War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it'll be over. War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." --Gen. William T. Sherman
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  1809. At that distance? I think not.
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  1810. The virus was the result of gain-of-function research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and funded by the USNIH. So it's the product of artificially accelerated evolution, not engineering per se. The release was almost certainly an accident.
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  1811. This is why the US Constitution goes out of its way to very precisely and very narrowly define "treason" as a crime.
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  1812. Also, don't be fooled. Trump's interest in Greenland is entirely about seizing raw materials for personal enrichment. We (the USA) can already do whatever we want in Greenland for defense purposes.
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  1813. This is why most civil engineers overbuild everything by a factor of at least two.
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  1814.  @RevkaDKQ  Exactly! Now stop making sense; that's toxic, apparently.
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  1815. Thank you for the reasonable and rational analysis we need a lot more of this kind of stuff
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  1816. ​ @boblupart862  His voice and enunciation are fine. The problems are: a. He's talking too fast, which is very normal if you're not used to narrating b. He's emoting for drama when he should just be stating facts like the other two narrators. If he grows out of these newbie faults he'll be great. (For context, I make technical training videos for a living.)
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  1817. "Inflight Safety Officer"? Is that what they call Sky Marshals now? Lame.
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  1818. Shut up and clap for the Dear Leader, peasant.
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  1819. "Nit-picking." As in picking nits (a type of parasite) off of someone. Also, I 100% agree. :)
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  1820. Am I a madman, or am I the only sane one left?
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  1821. Kinda, yeah
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  1822. Trillions for defense. Not one cent for tribute.
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  1823. "Power grows out of the barrel of a gun." --Mao
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  1824. Whatever happens, we win. We either get good movies or an unintentional comedy show. Or both!
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  1825. More like the Vatican Secret Archives. (Yes, that's a thing, though slightly misnamed. Look it up.)
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  1826. I can't help thinking this is good karma paying the German people back for taking a moral stand on the Ukraine War. Probably just wishful thinking on my end, but it's still a nice idea. :)
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  1827. It's worth noting that South Korea has a history of military coups. Glad to see the populace actually standing up for themselves, unlike their forbearers.
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  1828. Here in the USA I see signs for "Known Crewmember Access Point" at many airports. I always wonder what they do with unknown crewmembers. 😂
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  1829. The PRC is basically a cyberpunk dystopia.
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  1830. I make tutorial videos for a living, and from one pro to another: you must watch your videos through carefully once they're finished encoding. I know you never want to think about a video again after you're done editing, but no matter how careful you are you will miss cuts and stuff once in a while. A final watch is the only way to catch these goofs. I've learned this the hard way. Love your work! ^_^
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  1831. In this context, a privateer would be if say Canada issued permits for Canadian carjackers to come to the US, steal cars, and then drive them north of the border to be sold/chop-shopped/whatever.
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  1832.  bimmebeau  More like a cynical PR exercise. Which might be the same thing? lol
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  1833.  @ishitrealbad3039  Fair enough. I was mostly being sarcastic with my "advice," if it wasn't clear. ^_^
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  1834. Well, the eternal child can't fuck up Disney any worse than Iger has. So what the hell, let them have a crack at it.
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  1835. The quality of video from that pen just blew my mind. 😱
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  1836. Gorgeous German/Austrian men sitting on a beautiful tank, talking about tanks. Who needs Pornhub?
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  1837. We need to send Paul Harrel back in time to do a Meat Target test for the Dutch parliament.
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  1838. Hey Mark, in the American lexicon at least, there is a big difference between having a "shoot-off" and having a "shoot-out." Accordingly, the video intro confused me for a bit. 🤣
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  1839.  @apveening  Whenever the CCP passes an inconvenient rule, people bribe officials to ignore it.
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  1840. Wunderbar.
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  1841. Greetings from Lowell, MA <3
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  1842. 07:00 - They did salvage the turret of USS Monitor, as I recall. Judging by the few minutes of video footage I've seen of the recovered elements... yeah. No.
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  1843. Disparu: "If your entire character is built around breaking the fourth wall, you have a bad character." Me: cough Deadpool cough
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  1844. If you ever pick up a lightsaber, remember that THE BLADE HAS NO WEIGHT! If you swing it expecting weight, you can easily maim yourself or others. Classic rookie mistake that I'd prefer you all avoid.
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  1845. In fairness, Disparu, if a royal line runs dry you can always just put some other butt in the seat. The Saxe-Coburgs--sorry, the Windsors--are what, the third? fourth? more? family to occupy the throne of England. This goes double in a constitutional monarchy, where the king/queen just needs to not look too doofy and keep their mouth shut. Also, we Americans appreciate royals so much we threw two wars to get rid of them. Cheers! ❤
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  1846.  @zerozeroru  Interesting. We will see what we will see. Over here in the USA I spend most of my time banging my head on my desk when I think about our geopolitical "strategy"
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  1847.  @zerozeroru  We're losing our dominance because of inconsistent and incompetent national leadership more than anything else.
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  1848. Looks a lot like the AR in the newer 'Deus Ex' games.
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  1849. It's all a fantasy. "De-dollarization" is not currently possible, because there are literally no viable alternatives.
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  1850. How does one become an Air Traffic Controller? If we need more of them, let's encourage kids along the applicable paths now.
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  1851. Sound is only through the left channel for some reason.
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  1852. "Dogfighting" is simply not a thing, and hasn't been since BVR (beyond visual range) air-to-air missiles became reliable. That alone should tell you this CCP television program is 100% horseshit.
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  1853. As opposed to who? Countries aren't run by nice people. Ever.
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  1854. Computers. Don't. Think. If we ever make a machine that actually thinks, it won't be a computer. It'll be something entirely new.
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  1855.  @BIGTHANKSHEESH  I'm sure smarter people than me can come up with technical stuff, but I will fall back on the famous quote about art: "I may not be able to define it, but I know it when I see it." ;)
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  1856. Most normal people from anywhere anywhere are perfectly nice.
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  1857. Jesus T****F***ing Christ.
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  1858. You should get banned from Twitter (it's easy!); the thing literally reduces your IQ. I know you've got a lot to spare, but still.
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  1859. As long as your comments aren't damaging to the great socialist future of America, Comrade.
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  1860. Sounds about right. Actually reigniting the war makes zero strategic sense for NK.
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  1861.  @fayenotfaye I don't know about the former but my basic knowledge of chemistry can testify to the latter. For the former, I suppose it would depend on the quality of the design and the build of the respective vehicles.
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  1862.  @hoilst265  I think he's far more savage to his own here in the USA than he is to anybody abroad.
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  1863. If you haven't seen some really good atlatl throwers, you haven't been looking. It's a whole thing. Props to the guy for making his own kit, though.
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  1864.  @jay1jayf  Good expression. I'mma steal it.
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  1865. Quite.
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  1866. I am a die-hard Star Wars fan. That said, this crap isn't Star Wars. There's been very little actual Star Wars made for decades now.
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  1867. What's the good of a communist government if there isn't at least universal healthcare? (Rhetorical question; no need to answer.)
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  1868. Concur
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  1869. I agree. An option for at-cost printing would be lovely.
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  1870. @ No, it's not, whatever some idiot says. Just like how it's "Twitter." There's what the moron in charge says, and then there's the reality that the rest of us morons live in.
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  1871. I'll probably be reaching out for advice when the real estate market here in New England corrects enough for me to consider buying a house.
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  1872. Perhaps have a mysterious explosion, preferably while it's empty
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  1873.  @WALTERBROADDUS  China is dying. Literally. Their demographics are apocalyptic, i.e. almost no children. And that's just the start of their problems.
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  1874. "The sinews of war are infinite money." --Marcus Tullius Cicero
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  1875. China is the land of shortcuts and facades.
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  1876. Debris from space launches falling on rural people happens all the damn time in the PRC. The CCP does not care. At all. This incident was only unusual in the complete failure of the launch, the fact that it was filmed, and that the film managed to get out of China before being censored.
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  1877. Stay calm, Z. Don't punch him.
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  1878. Pretty much any time I hear the word "deserve," I just tune out. Regardless of context.
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  1879. I never expect (or really want) any extra rewards for supporting content creators. What I want is for the actual content to keep coming. :)
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  1880. FYI, Eagle, the words "cash" and "cache" are pronounced exactly the same way. The E is silent. Yes, it's annoying. Sorry. ❤
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  1881. What is life, you guys?
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  1882.  @4jopattix  That is another version, yes.
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  1883. Light fuse, run away.
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  1884. To answer your last question, the answer is "Tomahawk through bedroom window." Conventional payload. ;)
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  1885. If the man has any brains, he'll bug out of Belarus to an anonymous retirement somewhere obscure ASAP. Else he'll find polonium in his tea or goodness knows what.
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  1886. The phrase is "The customer is always right in matters of taste." That said, I 100% agree about America being the best country in the world.
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  1887. I still consider touch-screens generally a bad idea. I'm looking forward to holo-haptic interfaces. :)
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  1888.  @arch1107  It may be because of my large fingers or my being accustomed to high precision in my computer controls, but I can't stand touchscreens. As far as haptic, I was actually referring to a (currently) sci-fi concept where you either wear special gloves or have tiny implants in your fingertips. These allow a holofield to see where your fingers are and allow you to interact with a holographic projection as if it was real. Tiny bits of haptic feedback from the gloves/implants would assist with making the GUI elements in the projection feel "real." This idea was most prominently seen in the "Mass Effect" universe, but I've heard it kicked around several places. Way outside current tech capabilities, but that's my ideal future.
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  1889.  @rickgrinston8385  Best and coldest analysis I've seen of who's "winning": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH0xWWSJL00 Draw your own conclusions.
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  1890. On the plus side, we are in a no-shit golden age of anime.
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  1891. Removing Trump by, ah, 'unconventional' means sets a bad precedent and must not be allowed. But unelected traitors like Musk? Let's get creative. Very creative.
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  1892.  @michaelt.5672  You're probably right.
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  1893.  @mikegoodie7905  But it's very clear that Peter doesn't get along with the MSS. 🤣
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  1894. The fact that this kid is still alive and at liberty is definitive truth that he is doing God's work. :salute:
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  1895. How topical.
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  1896. One bright spot is that these EVs probably won't explode. 😕
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  1897.  @tonysu8860  And who are these 'true experts,' pray tell? I can always use more stuff to read/watch.
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  1898. I think the more correct term is "accidentally-on-purpose." :D
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  1899. In my experience, eggnog is like mayonnaise: either you love it or you hate it.
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  1900.  @VileGecko  I'm an historian (by training, not profession) with something of an obsession with WWII. So when people use those terms I apply the factual, historical definitions to them. Needless to say, I drink a fair bit. (Not really.)
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  1901. I had to get a smartphone for 2FA stuff for work. I hate the damn thing. I want my flip-phone back.
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  1902. Don't meet your heroes, I guess. 🤣
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  1903. I keep forgetting that Denmark owns the Faroes.
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  1904. Looks like I'm not the only person who plays mindless video games while I'm on conference calls as a non-presenter. I haven't yet left my mic hot unintentionally, though.
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  1905. 2:20 - You do NOT, repeat NOT want to fire even a .45 pistol inside a bunker unless the muzzle is outside the firing port. You will blow your eardrums into your skull and they will collide in the middle of your brain. I imagine the same principle pertains to armored vehicles, but I don't know from personal experience like I do with bunkers.
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  1906. It's the CCP. The change of acronym is just to try to throw off search engine results and hide their bloody history.
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  1907. 14:00 - You are the man. <3 <3 <3
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  1908. In reference to the opening clip, the poster on the right is wrong; white phosphorous can be put out, but it's incredibly difficult. The only reliable way I know is to smother it with dirt. If you get a burning bit of WP on you, brush it off ASAP -- do NOT use your hands for this purpose. If it gets on your skin, it will start burning into you (yes, literally). To stop it, either get a knife and dig the bit of WP out ASAP (whatever damage you do, it'll be less than if you let the thing burn down to the bone and out the other side) or smother it with a wet compress; very wet mud is favored. Keep in mind all of this is from things I've read; I was never in any military service. This crap should not be used against human targets, and most especially not against civilians. It's barbaric.
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  1909. Take your "logic" and get outta here. 🤣
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  1910. 09:40 - It depends on the intended rate of fire, but usually every 3 to 5 bullets is a tracer when used in a machine gun.
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  1911.  @caiolugal  I hope that still holds true with the world fertilizer market going bye-bye. 😕
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  1912. Truly a most... shameful display. 😂
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  1913. These phantom projects are becoming a menace. :rimshot: 🥁
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  1914. Yeah. We're working on dialing in the settings.
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  1915.  @guillermoelnino  Nice! I'm gonna remember that one. <3
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  1916. Disparu, if you put a ball on the tee for me to make a dirty joke, I am going to pull out my driver. So no, I will not leave it. ❤
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  1917. Far out, man.
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  1918. I kept having "Crusader Kings" flashbacks listening to this 🤣
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  1919. 1:01:00 - Always double-tap. ^_^
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  1920. Q'apla!
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  1921.  @dirckthedork-knight1201  Declaring war and then fighting tooth and nail across the entire globe for the next six years constitutes "nothing"? Good to know.
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  1922.  @frank-mp3bq  Logical.
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  1923. If they were in open water when they were hit, the end would have been pretty quick. Those whose compartments were breached would have died or drowned very quickly, if not instantly. If any compartments remained intact, they would have died when the sub sank below its crush depth. A slow, lingering death scenario only happens when the sub can settle on the bottom without getting crushed, as with the Kursk for instance. Unless they were close in-shore of an island, I can't see that being likely in the western Pacific. So that's a tiny bit of cold comfort, I suppose. 😕
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  1924.  @geeesejeeeze6055  Exactly. Look at freaking Argentina.
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  1925. You win the Internet for today, EV. Does that satisfy you? <3
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  1926. The really funny thing is that China's economic rise was and is 100% due to the US Navy ensuring global free trade. We quite literally made the modern PRC, and we can unmake it in a month.
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  1927.  @kellywiewall4928  They've been sponsoring all the anti-CCP youtubers lately. Makes perfect sense.
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  1928. Does "streetwalker" mean the same thing in the UK that it means here in the USA? If so, I have questions as to your phrasing...
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  1929. 1:35 - More like "Disintegrate" :P
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  1930. Sorry Peter, but the young lady in the green dress at about the 3:00 mark stole the show this time. :D
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  1931. Serious question: why didn't Colt just adjust the license fee to account for the number of M16s the ROKs wanted to make and take their money?
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  1932. It's telling that these people are approaching things from a perspective of faith rather than a perspective of knowledge.
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  1933. Could you sometime put together a quick primer on things like short vs long rates and other common industry terms that those of us not in the industry don't really know? I think I understand, but I'd much rather hear a short explanation from an expert to be sure. ;)
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  1934. I have never understood the appeal of either of the Paul brothers. The way they present themselves just disgusts me on every possible level, let alone these persistent crimes.
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  1935. I love this series. Very well-produced, and great to share with people who aren't already into this stuff. <3
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  1936. The other noteworthy thing about Azerbaijan is that it's the home of Caspian Report! 😂
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  1937. War. War never changes.
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  1938. 1:22:00 - That's a painting??? Holy crap. I thought it was a photo, or more precisely a very good photoshop of a photo of a single first-rate. Just... wow. Where can I get a print?
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  1939. Ha! You make me laugh. Go to Gulag.
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  1940. Sooo... this "smykalka" thing is just the Dunning-Kruger effect scaled up to half a continent. That's what I'm hearing. Am I correct?
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  1941. A lot of people seem allergic to money. Especially in the business world. It's quite bizarre.
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  1942. Wow, I don't think I've ever actually seen you angry before, Coffee. Totally warranted.
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  1943. Really? All those idiots are leaving us? HOORAY!!! 🎊
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  1944. You know how sometimes when you go into a hotel lobby or something, and there's a shelf with all these nice-looking books? And if you open one, you see it's something that nobody was interested in, even when it was published, so a decorator got it for like 5 cents? Why didn't the CCP just pack their showpiece libraries with stuff like that? Because the Great Leap Backward and all that's come since.
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  1945. I remember Musk going to considerable expense to help Ukraine at the beginning, with the whole Starlink thing. So when did his position change? Why did it change? Does anybody know?
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  1946. I spent like 2 minutes just laughing at the absurdity of the video title before I could watch. No offense to whoever asked, but... :roflcopter:
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