Oh yeah I agree there, but Russia would want to do it in a way where it doesn't directly escalate their own problems. I think sending weapons to Yemen is one of the most obvious moves. Another option would be to start giving more advanced weapons to DPRK because it further pins US forces in occupied Korea and might even force them to send more stuff there in response.
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Russia has established escalation dominance over Biden with its use of the Oreshnik missile, but itβs not the first time
(responsiblestatecraft.org)
I do suspect that the risk here might be too high as well, but I wouldn't rule this out entirely given where we're at now. Putin was very explicit in his statement that at this point Russia sees US and UK as being direct participants, that Russian citizens died on Russian territory as a result of a NATO strike, and Russia sees direct retaliation on NATO territory as perfectly justified. While there is a danger in Russia actually following through, there is also danger for Russia in NATO treating their red lines as a bluff, as that invites further escalation. Russia has been extremely restrained for the past three years, but that won't last forever.
There is pretty much zero chance that the US would start a nuclear war over Europe. Doing so would go directly against the US interests, and that would be the end of America. I'm quite certain that the oligarchs running the place would prefer not to spend the rest of their lives in a bunker. Europe would be left to hang if it came to that.
All that said, I agree that the most likely scenario is that Russia doesn't take the bait, and finds a way to respond asymmetrically in a way that would be unpleasant enough for US to drop the idea of striking within Russia. Ultimately, the best move is to respond in a way that will force the west to back off without inviting further escalation.
I mean Russia has a lot of options here. Hitting the UK would make a huge statement though because it would expose NATO as being a paper tiger. Of course, the risk there is is far higher than other options as well.
Oh yeah, people have warned about all these backdoors ultimately being used by everyone and their dog for a long time.
it's not an exhaustive list :)
Oh haha it's a bit tricky if you're not technical, the easiest way is to use docker, but that's a whole thing of itself. If you want just an app you can run, one of these is easier to get going with
Right, you can download any publicly available model and run it without using the internet. Caveat is that you do need a relatively fast machine to make it performant.
Privacy and ability to generate content you want. Using commercial services like OpenAI means your data is sent to their servers, so anything you query is known to the company, and their models are often restricted in terms of content they will allow you to generate. For example, Google's Gemini will refuse to deal with many political subjects.
I got the bypass paywalls plugin that does a good job, unfortunately the repo got taken down via DMCA
That's my hope as well, unfortunately they're also scared and desperate which tends to be a bad combination. At this point, the empire is like a rabid dog backed into a corner.
Exactly, and this means Russia has to walk a tightrope of avoiding WW3 while still achieving its objectives through force.
I feel like all the backdoors in western tech getting exploited isn't that much of a stretch to be honest. The only funny part in the article is that it makes it out like Chinese hackers did something extraordinary here when in reality everybody and their dog is likely doing this.