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Dune part 2: the spoilers must flow (Spoilers for the movies)
Loge replied to Kalbear's topic in Entertainment
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Press agencies refuse edited photos for good reasons. Press photos are usually meant to document certain events, and once a picture has been touched by photoshop its documentary value is zero at best. Kate can post as many photoshopped pictures on Instagram as she wants but the press shouldn't touch them with a tentpole.
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Her name is already out: Fiona Hewitson. She was Horner's personal assistant.
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Rumors about Marko being sacked. And Max Verstappen heading for Mercedes.
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Everybody wonders why Scholz doesn't want to give Ukraine these missiles. There's some kerfuffle in Germany about a conference (not sure if it was video or audio only) that has been wiretapped and published by the Russians. Four generals of the German air force discuss Taurus and if the Ukrainians could use it without German service personnel being involved. Apparently it's possible (Sholz claims it isn't), but would take some extra effort and time. They also imply the presence of UK and US service personnel in Ukraine. The Russian propaganda makes a big fuss about their discussion of how to destroy the Kherch bridge.
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Hewlett Packard was a great company. Then Carly Fiorina came and decided that you don't need expensive R&D when you can make money selling overpriced ink cartridges. Other companies that went under are Digital, Silicon Graphics, and Cray. But in those cases the demise was caused by competition from cheap PC hardware. As for Americans studying science and engineering, the country has always relied on importing brainpower from Europe and Asia. Look at who runs Microsoft and Google.
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It's a bit more complicated. Dietrich Mateschitz owned 49% of the company but could run it as if he owned 100%. When he died his son Mark inherited the 49% but not the right to run the company. The other 51% are owned by Chalerm Yoovidhya, the heir of the Thai co-founder, who wants a say in the running of the company. Looks like the folks at Fuschl headquarters don't like that. As for the F1 team, Horner has Yoovidhya's backing, but not that of the Austrian faction. Meanwhile, Jos Verstappen has openly called for Horner's removal.
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The Russians are obviously getting more reckless. Putin's reelection is less than four weeks away and he wants to see some success.
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Actually, Russia could be ready for the next war in six years. https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/preventing-next-war-edina-iii
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Russia may not claim Poland as a province (though large chunks of it belonged to the Russian empire), but definitely a client state with limited sovereignty. Thus the 2021 ultimatum for NATO to pull back to its 1997 borders.
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Well, cellular networks can be used to keep a connection with the drone over long distances. Russia has been doing it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/12/02/russias-new-exploding-drone-piggybacks-on-ukraines-4g-cellular-network/ Looks like either Ukraine is now using Russia's cellular network or the Russians suspect it.
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Tears of Lys reacted to a post in a topic: Goodbye to AM radio?
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That's EU regulations at work.
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DireWolfSpirit reacted to a post in a topic: Ukraine War: David And Goliath
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Well, those are strategic bombers from the 1950s. Russia uses them to launch mid-range missiles because the land-based variants, of which a lot existed during the Cold War, were banned by the INF treaty and subsequently destroyed. That treaty is no longer in force but Russia's inventory is still mostly post-Cold War, so most missiles are launched from planes or submarines. From what I have read, those planes are quite expensive to maintain, too, each flight requiring three days of preparation. What's remarkable about the recent strike is that Russia used ten Kinshal missiles, one of Putin's much bragged-about wonderweapons. Not only are these missiles quite expensive and meant to carry nuclear warheads, they were all shot down too.
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wiedzma reacted to a post in a topic: Ukraine War: David And Goliath
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No mystery there. From Wikipedia: