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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

there's a couple of big failures in american defense industry (like shipbuilding) but F35 is not one of them. the alleged killswitch is not likely a thing because first, it could be used by the most probable adversary, and they already shown capability in EW; and second, it's not necessary because it requires constant stream of spare parts and maintenance. as if it's worth it, ask any remaining iranian radar operator for firsthand opinion

some countries switched to euro made jets anyway, but these aren't likely to be doing the job that F35 is cut to do anyway (SEAD)

there's already euro alternative in development, for which americans were explicitly not invited (GCAP, FCAS). there's also the everything else part of military, half of euro countries make now artillery (both tube and rocket) so these can be bought locally too

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 36 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

it's not listed because this is not what is happening

italy for example put bridge construction in that military budget (as critical infrastructure)

also the subtext was "spend that defense budget in america" and this is not happening either for variety of reasons, so it's partial failure already for them

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Horseshit. USAF doesn't need AIM-7 Sparrow or MIM-23 Hawk missiles, these aren't even in service anymore. But Ukraine can use these (Hawk missiles can be used on Buk launchers)

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 23 points 3 weeks ago

maybe check from openai didn't clear

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 4 weeks ago

this sounds more like another org with ties to a couple of conservative oligarchs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Congress_of_Families

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

well it's spacecraft, not aircraft, duh

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

80000 hours are the same cultists from lesswrong/EA that believe singularity any time now and they're also the core of people trying to build their imagined machine god in openai and anthropic

it's all very much expected. verbose nonsense is their speciality and they did that way before time when chatbots were a thing

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

bro tried to recruit jihadists in roblox (failed) and now screenshots from this all are a matter of public record 💀

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

it also helps if your air defense network doesn't collapse immediately because it turns out that in order to guard these nukes you need also regular capable conventional military

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah, who else. Nuking Dresden at that point would be useless

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you don't have to choose a side and you can wish everyone involved a very nice visit to hague

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