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All I know is that if I had to learn one, it would be Korean. Seems really easy.
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So what you are saying is that Japanese is basically just island Chinese.
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Random video game news... may the dice be with you!
Sarex replied to Gorth's topic in Computer and Console
Played a lot of sins, but its end game was very very boring. Hope they figure it out for the sequel. -
Random video game news... may the dice be with you!
Sarex replied to Gorth's topic in Computer and Console
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The TV and Streaming Thread: Summer Reruns
Sarex replied to InsaneCommander's topic in Way Off-Topic
To be a fly on the wall when they were pitching the idea for Primal... -
The TV and Streaming Thread: Summer Reruns
Sarex replied to InsaneCommander's topic in Way Off-Topic
Russian Doll. Not great, not terrible. Also giving Primal! a go. -
I mean I did say that it's trying to subvert every trope and in the weeb world the harem is one of the biggest.
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Cinema and Movie Thread: I like to remember things my own way.
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Thor L&T. The stupidest Marvel movie to date and that is saying something. -
Feeds on children's blood from what I heard.
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In that scenario I think they will become a NATO country (not even part of the EU) and will get a few NATO bases on the east front. Oh I 100% agree that will happen, I even said as much. I just do not know of how much help that will be for them. In the practical sense I don't think so, they will just exchange the boot for a leash. I mean yeah, the doors of capitalism and democracy will be opened to them, but I very much doubt that their corruption and mentality is going to change. (See Bulgaria and Croatia) One big question in case of an Ukrainian victory is what is going to happen to the Russian populace. I image it's going to be another ethnic cleansing like it happened in Croatia with the Serbian population, only that it will spill over to the surrounding states. Also what would happen to Kaliningrad. When it starts affecting their everyday lives, they will not care about political parties, only about the solution. People in the west are too used to comfort. @Elerond https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-08/most-accurate-us-artillery-shell-is-quietly-added-to-ukraine-aid To your point regarding only sending old weapons.
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I thought she would go after Charles.
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Ok, but if Ukraine wins then one would assume the total collapse of the Russian federation and as such there is no more versus Russia. Again if you are saying "aid", that to me just sounds as people are going to be on their own. Again, what you guys are saying doesn't sound like much help to the regular folks. I don't mean this as an insult, so please don't take it as such, but I think you guys are coming from a place of ignorance. I will give you an example that I think is pretty similar to what is happening in Ukraine. Kosovo is a definition of a vassal state, they "fought" against Serbia and "won", they also worship the ground the US walks on (Clinton has a statue there). Nowadays the standard of living is probably worse then when Kosovo and Metohija was under Serbian administration. They get no help to improve their standard of living, the only help they get is military and even that is pitiful. EDIT: They are also such a small territory, that giving them help would be such a small effort. It would also help bring the Serbian populace in to the fold, but they don't care. I can think of a few more examples, but they don't exactly translate well. Point being that I know of a lot of vassal states (to varying degrees) and I am not impressed with the rewards they got. Do you think the regular citizen who reads the news and sees "10 Billion package of aid on it's way to Ukraine" is going to make that connection when the lights start flickering? He is addressing my comment regarding current help being stopped. I think
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At this point, I think the ending of the conflict with the territory they gained, would be the bare minimum. That is very optimistic if you, what makes you think that? Even now people are starting to be against sending anymore financial support for this war. All it takes is for the world economy to start spiraling downwards (and it has already started on that path) and they would lose even the support they are getting now. Besides I can't think of any example of a country getting money poured in to it after a war.
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It's not as simple as that, there is a broad range of systems depending on the use and of course the price. Most cars/SUV with awd have open differentials, which means the power will take the path of least resistance, ie. to the wheel that is slipping. They usually handle this by applying the breaks to the wheel(s) that is losing or has lost traction. While this is better than 2 wheel drive it will not help you much in rough terrain or in extreme situations. More expensive variants of awd have either a limited slip differential, or a locking differential. A limited slip differential will, in basic terms, limit the difference in speed between the wheels and thus not allow the wheel without traction to be the only one spinning and will spread the power to the other wheel (s). A locking differential offers the ability to the driver to, as the name says, lock the diff and keep the speed constant between the wheels. This eliminates any power loss in case of loss of traction to a wheel. The negative side of locking the differential is that when you lock the wheels to the same speed you get wheel hop when cornering (when cornering the left and right wheels have a different distance to cross thus the speed cannot be the same on all the wheels), basically the car will keep making little jumps until you go straight. This is usually why most passenger cars either have an open diff, or a limited slip diff, as people do not know how to use the locking diff functions. There are also 4wd systems that have transfer cases with low range speeds, but I won't get in to that. This is a gross oversimplification of the whole matter because awd cars have 3 differentials and each of the 3 can be different. I guess my point is that something much better is coming with the advent of EVs. They have a much superior power delivery as they usually have one motor on each axle and in some cases one motor per each wheel. That makes power delivery infinitely adjustable and is something that will probably come to all passenger vehicles as the technology gets cheaper. edit: rear wheel steer is also something pretty nifty that will hopefully trickle down from the more expensive vehicles.