The fact that this genocidal sack of shit was you lr ‘best’ president is the point https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-01-17/obamas-covert-drone-war-in-numbers-ten-times-more-strikes-than-bush

Oh hey, quick question. Did you know that Iran sells most of its oil to China? Guess what would happen if the Burger Reich tried to interdict Chinese ships. China will simply stop selling essential things to you like they did during the tariff war, and then daddy is going to have to beg Xi for forgiveness again so your economy doesn’t collapse.

What’s actually happening here is that Russia is grabbing the market early and undercutting the Burger Reich. Once they’ve secured customers then prices will obviously go up.

exactly

Basically, Trump is creating a hostage situation here. He’s saying he’s willing to blow up world economy even if it takes the US down with it. He’s basically bluffing trying to somehow convince other countries to join in the war on Iran through coercion.

Calling Ansar Allah rebels is kinda silly given that they’re the government that controls vast majority of the country. It’s the official government of Yemen.

I don’t really think escalation is a concern for Iran at this point. It’s pretty clear the US army is at the limit of what it’s able to do here. They can try put boots on the ground next, but that’s going to be a disaster for them. They could ultimately try using nukes, but I’m not sure even the US public would accept that. There are not that many options left. So, it makes perfect sense for Iran to start causing casualties to make this whole thing as costly as possible.

no disagreement there

You’re missing the point entirely there. WaPo is as mainstream American publication as it gets. The US mainstream media is now openly advocating for war crimes.

no prob

He acts as an accelerant to be sure, but same direction of travel would’ve been happening without him.

In a way, I find it preferable because he pulls back the curtain and shows the empire for what it really is. A more slick imperial asshole might’ve actually been smart enough to sell these atrocities in a way that western public would accept.

Yes, the bed and the environment in general is part of the world model. What I mean is that’s part of object identification and recognition of what objects to use for what task, etc. It’s a separate concern from dexterity. Think of it this way. If you’re thirsty, and you pick up a cup. You’re consciously thinking about moving your hand to grab the cup and bring it to your mouth. That’s what the world model is concerned with. You’re not aware of every individual muscle movement and all the micro adjustments that need to happen in order for the task to be completed. And that’s what the running illustrates. It’s the dexterity of the system in dealing with feedback from the world and making these adjustments in response.

Trump is just the front man.

kind of ironic with the BBC being the UK regime mouthpiece

Same with their military, it’s the whole mosaic defense system they came up with.

You absolutely do have the impact of random events when you’re doing anything in the physical world. You have wind, uneven ground, variations in weight distribution, and so on. That’s what makes this sort of stuff so difficult in practice. All the tiny little errors quickly add up, so you can’t just match expected input. You have to have a dynamic system that can adjust on the fly to the sensory data. Dealing with stuff like an uneven bed or a tilted surface is a completely separate problem of having a good enough world model internally.

And what specifically is it that you disagree with, but I’m just a software engineer.

I imagine Iran is just going through the motions to show that they’re not being unreasonable. When the US exposes themselves as they inevitably will, it’s going to be clear to the whole world who is escalating.

I think you may be overestimating how tethered to our shared reality Trump is here.