Malcador

In NA, could have fooled me.

Yep, although not sure of the relevance. Excitement today was realizing the devs package the release for client A but all the release notes mention client B. Devs really are insulated from client interaction far too much.

Weekend work again, have to remember to log out of Youtube when my friend sends me all her Russian music. But on the bright side, I can more or less sing Любэ - Комбат by memory now.

Should just make the schools into jails you can check out of.

Putin should buy it.

People really like ICEs, I guess.

"I specifically inquired for a summary report on how many Russian missiles hit military targets, and how many engaged civilian ones. For comparison: since the large-scale aggression, there have been 17,314 strikes on civilian targets, and a little more than 300 hits on military targets" I am guessing that included artillery and such. 17k missile attacks seems surprising to me.

Maybe they could require pregnancies to be registered.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/republicans-block-senate-bill-abortion-travel-states/index.html I like the Republican quoted caring about the "right to live".

Trump. Ivana Trump that is.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62083196 Well, better late to find out than never, I guess, heh.

One of the more creative and amusing explanations was that the cops have been affected by all the BLM protests so that they felt they'd be slammed for using force. Probably more likely that than US cops knowing or remembering Beslan, though.

That's going to make it harder for the cops to deal with the shooter, no ?

I think they did, at 25 mins in they have one. Seem pretty lackadaisical with it, but the whole time they seem to be chilling. Even without it, they had a fair amount of guys present at that time. They had training in this situation, two months prior. Guess that stuck. https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/06/03/uvalde-cisd-police-hosted-active-shooter-training-in-march-that-urged-immediate-decisive-action/

Beats me, just disappointed not seeing more people using the Red Alert soundtracks. Kids these days..

Serbia planning to attack while the EU's weapons are in Ukraine, I see.

Well, that budget has to go somewhere. And wouldn't you want to look like a bad ass ? Maybe the cops there had been overmanaged to the point they lost all initiative, heh.

Definitely will be tonnes of arms smuggling. I did laugh at someone on Telegram saying Ukrainians were trying to sell a HIMARS.

https://www.ft.com/content/141a9e85-19ed-47d4-be48-bb9febc76c98 Article on the financial front, less sexy than videos of missile strikes to crappy techno but still.

Isn't that essentially the training they receive ? Be aggressive and engage the shooter ? The video as well, you can guess why the audio is so bad.

Sort of interesting bystander effect on that video.

Mass Effect LE is free on Prime Gaming for Prime Day, along with Jedi Knight 2, Jedi Academy, Republic Commando

Get well soon

Very unlikely. Sanctions aren't going away anytime soon - I think the condition from the West is pre-2014 borders ? So that's out, Russia's ability to reinforce and conduct military operations is probably set back by a decade or so now after all of this. Trying hybrid warfare and getting friendly politicians in NATO might work, will be very unfertile soil for quite some time to come, at least in most of Europe. I doubt Russian tanks sweeping in through Vilnius or something is going to yield no response from NATO members, definitely can count on the US to go blow stuff up with a clear moral reason - and a practical one as what point is NATO other than to defend it's members. Then again, if suddenly you see this guy in the Kremlin, we must be afraid.