merthyr1831

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[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

I saw footage of one explosion and it was pretty powerful. I've seen lithium batteries explode before and they seem way less violent. Guess they're chunky (and cheap?) batteries

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I never said who would be fighting the US military. But there's more than a few groups who are more ideologically driven (and more dangerous) than the typical NRA member.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whether you see it as brainwashing or principles is irrelevant when they're still capable of effective military resistance against superior nation-states.

If anything, you're right; people who are ideologically driven for their cause are the bane of a professional army; ideology is much cheaper and much more motivating than a paycheck and promise of a cushy pension.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

China has announced a ban on Gacha game mechanics (and lootboxes, predatory discounts, and gambling) which should hopefully ripple out to Europe and the US soon.

A lot of these mechanics were adapted from the Chinese gaming market and I think the same will likely happen in the reverse.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Vietnam was as much a modern war than an insurgency. The Chinese/Soviet govts supplied the PAVN with modern weapons including air defence, armour, and an air force. The Viet Cong were the irregular militia forces that supplemented that. At least by the time of US deployment.

Though then again, that started with a unit of 23 people equipped with a machine gun and two revolvers. It really doesn't take long for any militia to achieve some serious weaponry if it can get the attention of sympathetic states.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

No one said you wouldn't die lmao this ain't call of duty.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

We had to convince my brother in law (13yo) to not spend his birthday money of £85 on Genshin impact skins. Kids are fucked by advertising man

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago (18 children)

Every time this fucking meme is made I'm reminded that the US military is currently being embarrassed in the red sea by a non-state actor with zero air superiority, which began itself with a thousand-or-so civilians with AK47s.

That or how Israel is currently struggling to achieve any kind of military victory against two groups of lightly-armed militias which rely on scavenged and hand-made explosives to defeat state-of-the-art tanks.

Let's not even remind ourselves about the Taliban.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Intel was struggling beyond the oxidation stuff. ARM and RISC are gonna make them obsolete even if AMD doesn't.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I pray people with a victim blaming complex like this seek therapy before it's too late.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Thing is, even if they can control musk they can't necessarily control other companies that are trying to compete. There's more than a few sources of radio waves in LEO now, starlink is just the largest for now.

And if there isn't, nothing is stopping any government with the funds from stuffing a bunch of high powered radio transmitters to satellites to blast X or Y region to deter stealth aircraft

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