Weird how there are endless videos from Ukraine of this happening and not a single one from Russia.

Just imagine having a brain the size and shape of a marble.

Seriously, who gives a fuck if it’s just going to be another proprietary social media platform.

huh?

I doubt anything will come out of it. The US is likely trying to get a freeze again, and Russia obviously isn’t going to go for it.

Agreed, tanks are now used as mobile communication hubs, artillery support, and mine clearing tools. We’re unlikely to see large formations of tanks rolling around going forward.

That’s also possible, it’s too early to tell at this point. If tanks can carry a lot of anti drone munitions, and the AI systems can target drones reliably then a few tanks together might be able to fend off a lot of drones. There’s also stuff like EV warfare and counterdrones as well. All this stuff is evolving rapidly.

I agree, the whole view of life being a binary is kind of silly in my opinion. It’s a continuum from inorganic matter that simply reacts to the environment to self organizing living matter. Living things take input energy and then instead of resolving energy gradients directly as basic chemical reactions do, they channel this energy through metabolic pathways which allows maintaining some internal state. So, in a sense, it’s kind of like a battery which facilitates delayed energy gradient resolution.

Historically, a counter is developed every new weapon. Looks like that’s already happening. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2026/08/10/russias-fpv-stopping-arena-system-for-tanks-gets-combat-debut/

sources

• https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aef3128
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02461-1
• https://theconversation.com/rain-may-have-helped-form-the-first-cells-kick-starting-life-as-we-know-it-238291
• https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aed8749

at this point the only time I see ads is when I go outside

As somebody who lives up there, I can tell you that all this is very performative. It doesn’t move the needle on the general trade imbalance. If Canada wanted to actually get serious about this then we’d be creating crown corps to kick start domestic industry.

It’s even worse than that, it’s the orphan crushing machine packaging its horrors in a way that makes them seem positive and heartwarming.

Trump’s golden age

After doing a bit of posturing needed to placate the hoi polloi, Canada will cave to everything the US demands. The reality is that the US accounts for a far bigger percentage of trade for Canada than the other way around. So, the damage to Canada is proportionally much higher, and there’s no way that the capital owning class will accept losing that much profit.

yes, this is a huge risk for the Anthropic IPO

nuclear reactors are basically fancy steam engines

I just love the capacity Americans have for externalizing all their problems. It can’t possibly be that the country is rotting from within and is the cause of its own problems. It’s all these nefarious external actors who are at fault.

My point is that there’s a global shortage of oil, so whatever oil is available on the market will be put to direct use. Meanwhile, the US is doing the opposite of refilling the strategic reserve right now, they’re draining it in a desperate attempt to stabilize the price. And no, there aren’t magical places where oil grown on trees where you can just go and get more. That’s not how anything works.

RIP Canada