Recent content by tymarsas

Iran hasn't been hiding this fact. They've been telling everyone that they are enriching uranium to these levels and cooperating with the international inspectors. I think that one of the reasons that they've been doing it to force the US back to the negotiating table in hopes of getting the...

Community notes says this is over Syria, not Iran.

This made me curious if there were many cardinals at that age. Apparently only 15 cardinals under the age of 60. And only 1 under that age of 50. Definitely limited selection in that age range. https://www.ewtnvatican.com/articles/meet-the-5-youngest-cardinals-taking-part-in-the-conclave-5161

Interestingly, iPhones is one of the specific examples of goods that Lutnick says they want to build in the US. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/cnbc-excerpts-united-states-commerce-secretary-howard-lutnick-speaks-with-cnbcs-squawk-on-the-street-today.html This is probably true, but NATO...

This is my understanding as well. Musk said the IPs originated in Ukraine. He also said that a large group or country was involved. I haven't seen him actually blame Ukraine. But saying those things will cause many people to blame Ukraine. It's good to be transparent, but I also think it is a...

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-halts-us-aid-ukraine-after-fiery-clash-zelensky-report-2039057

It's not too hard to imagine Putin's stance on Ukraine forming economic connections with the West. Euromaidan started because Yanukovych switched his stance on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement at the last minute. This directly led to this war. Basically the Ukrainian people revolted because...

It's interesting that the number 1 preferred destination is Canada. Because the opposite is true as well. Large numbers of millennial Canadians want to move to the US. The number 1 reason they want to move to the US is probably higher pay. Also this doesn't seem all that surprising to me. There...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/world/europe/ukraine-trump-minerals.html https://www.reuters.com/business/us-could-cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/

I don't think Putin will agree to have free elections in Russia. But I guess it doesn't hurt to ask in the negotiations.

Some theories: 1. He is escalating because Ukraine is escalating. Ukraine is now firing missiles into Russia and he is responding. 2. He wants to grab as much territory as possible since most peace proposals have Russia keeping the territory it has captured. 3. He has no intention of agreeing to...

Community notes works exactly as intended. There are a lot of useless proposed notes (generally with an agenda), but the stuff that does get approved is generally accurate and helpful.

This topic is pretty fascinating to me. I have this book on my reading list, but haven't read it yet. I'm sure that it is way over my head anyway. Due to the recent advances in AI, I've started to wonder whether we are just organic AI. Neural networks are inspired by our own brains. Are our...

They just about lost me in the first 5 minutes when she said "attack me with all your strength". Pretty sure I actually groaned at that one. But I'll stick around because the story seems somewhat interesting and I'm a sucker for any star wars.

The current supreme leader is 85 and Raisi was seen as the leading contender for the next supreme leader. Raisi was a hardliner who played a huge role in killing thousands of political prisoners in the late 80s.