Malcador

Trying to finish Chaos Gate but it's so boring. Every mission is an uninteresting slog I find, but a mission assigned is a mission completed.

Man, people on Twitter are gullible idiots.

I realize I could be replaced by one. My task today is literally waiting for a file to be uploaded to run a stored procedure.

Well, cannons might not be effective. RCAF dumped a lot of rounds into one once and it didn't work. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/weather-balloon-canada-china-1.6737831 Sidewinder is just the cost effective example, I guess

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/14/flying-objects-shot-down-balloons-white-house Surprised they missed a shot.

https://www-spiegel-de.translate.goog/politik/deutschland/boris-pistorius-spd-panzerkoalition-fuer-ukraine-laeuft-nicht-ganz-so-berauschend-a-34da9cf5-c947-43dc-afb3-fb79995fe4d4?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp "According to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, plans for the rapid delivery of dozens of European Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine are progressing slowly. It doesn't look "quite so exciting - to put it mildly," said the SPD politician on Tuesday at the sidelines of a meeting of the international contact group for arms deliveries to Ukraine. In addition to the German commitment to deliver 14 Leopard 2 A6s, there has only been an announcement from Portugal that three such tanks will be made available. More A6 are currently not in discussion, said Pistorius. Leopard 2 A4 tanks from Poland may have problems in terms of tank condition and serviceability."

Was briefly on the news here. https://globalnews.ca/news/9482709/ohio-train-chemical-explosion-east-palestine/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/13/us-ukraine-war-critical-moment/ "“It feels like we are playing for a long war,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. “I think it’s at odds with what so many people would hope for, that we’re actually trying to help Ukraine win militarily.” She added, “It feels like a moment of really high uncertainty.” Biden and his top aides say they are determined to back Ukraine as long and as fully as possible. But they warn that the political path will get tougher once Ukraine has exhausted the current congressional package, which could happen as early as this summer. Some Western leaders have harbored reservations about sending certain types of heavy weaponry to Ukraine, worried about a direct confrontation with Russia, especially after Putin signaled a willingness to use nuclear weapons."

Is how I get through the work day

Ukraine shot one down as well

Yes, in honor of

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/2/13/russia-ukraine-live-kyiv-says-energy-system-withstanding-attacks NATO head Shang Tsung Jens Stoltenberg proclaims "It has begun"

Just don't pick one from a currently popular TV show. Choose one from a 70's popular TV show.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-10/russian-missiles-aimed-at-ukraine-crossed-romania-kyiv-says Ukrainians sure jump the gun a lot.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/what-russia-got-wrong-moscow-failures-in-ukraine-dara-massicot Interesting read on what the Russians screwed up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/ukraine-himars-rocket-artillery-russia/ Was wondering what gain is there in advertising the US' role being hands on to that degree with their long rang weapons, but was reminded that this is marketing for ATACMS.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-curbed-ukraines-use-starlink-internet-drones-company-president-2023-02-09/ "SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military, was "never never meant to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C. "However, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement," she said."

Seems making grinding progress near Bahkmut. Getting mauled in Vuhledar, guess that goes to show how hard assaults are going to be in either direction. This was amusing fear mongering too

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream Skeptical, but will be amusing to see what abuse Hersh cops from this

US politics is going to end up like chat in Counterstrike

https://www.pcgamer.com/shadows-of-doubt-is-deus-ex-for-incorrigible-snoops-and-you-should-drop-what-youre-doing-and-play-the-demo-right-now/ Played the demo a bit, seems interesting if a bit janky

Thought he died or something when I got a BBC alert, was just some generic propaganda speech