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CitizenVectron

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  1. Czech Republic turning out to be the OGs of Europe. Not only have they found support to get the original 800,000 shells for Ukraine (funding is secured)...they've also found another 700,000 shells from non-NATO sources that can be purchased for Ukraine: To paraphrase someone elsewhere: some Czech warehouse inspectors with flashlights are doing more for Ukraine than Germany or France* *obviously they are doing a fair bit—but I would argue that 1.5 million shells is worth far, far more to the actual war effort than the equivalent in some of the gear Germany is providing. The total for this 1.5 million shells is $3.3 billion.
  2. Great video with Hans Zimmer on how he created the score for Dune Part Two (which imo is the best film score in over a decade): Also confirms at the end that he's been working on Dune: Messiah's score since the second day of filming for Part Two.
  3. Just breaking from multiple internal sources: Looks like they will likely start outsourcing animation to other countries via contractors to save money, similar to Illumination. Executives saw the massive success of Kung Fu Panda 4 and thought "yeah my bonus was great...but imagine if we'd only had to pay half to our staff!"
  4. You mean Dune Part 1? The two movies are a single story, so you need to watch the first before the second. And yes, the first is amazing as well.
  5. Russia hit Odesa last night with a missile strike that has so far killed 16+ civilians, including children. After the first strike, they waited 30 minutes and hit the same location again, killing first responders (one of their strategies). Russia claiming to have killed military leaders, but it was just a civilian area.
  6. Greece negotiates deal with Czechia for ammunition transfer to Ukraine - Euromaidan Press EUROMAIDANPRESS.COM Through a deal with the Czech Republic, Greece will supply Ukraine with 2,000 Zuni rockets, 180 anti-tank rockets, 90,000 projectiles, 4 million bullets, and 70 howitzers without depleting its own...
  7. lol. Ukrainian weapons technicians after this war are basically going to be Fremen, capable of adapting any advanced weaponry to any other system. I can picture the stereotype of a shaved-headed man naked Yevhenii with a cigarette drooping from his mouth idly screwing a tank barrel to a civilian helicopter.
  8. Also, the Freedom of Russia legion (anti-Putin Russia soldiers that are based in Ukraine, and "invade" border towns) have been scaring people in Belgorod the last few days. They've attacked a few small outposts, and have caused some people to flee the city of Belgorod itself through announcements they are going to take it. At most they have 1,000-2,000 soldiers, so unlikely to do any real damage, but they've been able to take out at least one RADAR site and a few Russian emplacements. Mostly just psychological.
  9. A few more videos floating around of Ukraine hitting gas/oil refineries in Russia with drones. Sounds like their refining capacity is down about 15% due to strikes. That's not a huge deal by itself, but the bigger issue for Russia is that it means that crude oil is continuing to pile up, and they have limited storage. They will likely have to stop/cap a few wells soon to slow down the crude, and that comes with risks due to lack of replacement parts from the west for restarting them. Macron gave a big speech about the importance of Ukraine, and also used a little more forceful language about having "our boys" in Odesa, if needed. Unlikely, but it's important to push the envelope with language so that more options are on the table. 300,000 shells have been paid for from the "Czech" find (likely from an African country like Angola, etc) and should be in Ukraine in the next 2-3 months. Another 500,000+ are also ready to be purchased, if western nations commit. And finally: EDIT - For the AASM HAMMER missiles (similar to US JDAMs), France announced in January that they'd deliver hundreds to Ukraine, likely at a rate of about 50 per month. So that's cool.
  10. Top Democrat Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace - ABC News ABCNEWS.GO.COM Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Israel to hold new elections
  11. At the same time...every single actual election that has occurred has resulted in Democrats seeing +5% to +10% compared to polls.
  12. I can't sleep on flights either, and it definitely messes with the first day of a trip, depending on the time change.
  13. Nice little nugget from the article below: Longer-range ATACMS are closer to being delivered thanks to their replacement finally entering US stocks. wsj.com WWW.WSJ.COM
  14. Yeah, a lot of speculation as to why. He's deleted all his social media and Disney isn't commenting...so I am assuming something behaviour-related.
  15. It's like if two clones need to run a 100m race to get a job, but one clone got spit out of the vat as Chris Christie, and the other is Usain Bolt. Also, most examples I see of "unfair" hiring (usually women or POC over a cis white man) are cases where: - Both candidates meet the requirements - The cis, white man scored 99.9% and the other scored 99.8% I hire people all the time, and I can tell you with 100% certainty that the people "most qualified" for a job are often the biggest assholes and you don't want them on your team. You want someone that meets certain base requirements, and then you want other non-tangible things that will help the team succeed. That includes diversity of experience and background to bring different insights to a group.
  16. As one of the first official changes: ‘Make the RNC White Again’: GOP Ends Minority Outreach Program WWW.THEDAILYBEAST.COM With Trump allies taking over the RNC and cleaning house, one of the casualties was a minority outreach program that seemed to be working for Republicans.
  17. I've fallen off BG3 with the release of Helldivers 2, but I plan to pick up where I left off in the next couple weeks! I think I paused at the start of Act III with my current build (Dark Urge but good), so still have probably 40% of the game left at my pace, lol.
  18. Honestly I'd rather they just pass a digital info protection law that prevents companies from collecting and using info to push content algorithms onto people.
  19. Also, those Russian "Freedom" legions (the ones that have taken a few towns in Belgorod before) are back in action, are claiming to have internally captured a few Russian towns in Kursk and Belgorod. Not a major threat by any means, more a distraction.
  20. Tesla, rivals get low marks for automated-driving technology WWW.CTVNEWS.CA Tesla's TSLA.O Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and nine other assisted-driving systems marketed by major automakers received "poor" ratings from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a new study released on Tuesday. Some of those warnings from Autopilot occurred under one second before crashes, of course.
  21. I can find examples of doctors fondling patients under anesthesia, but that doesn't mean it's an accepted practice.
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