“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”
As any fule kno by now – or at least, one who has been paying attention – the much-vaunted German Leopard 2A6 tanks are now burning on the steppes of Ukraine. The Khreat Khokholite Khumvee Khounteroffensive khommenced last Sunday, but so far, it appears to...
Everyone has no doubt heard by now about the destruction of the Novaya Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, or Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant (KHPP). The result was pretty much what you might expect – a big-ass wall of water rushing downstream and flooding towns...
The whole “Pajeet” meme is a hilariously offensive term used to refer to Indians (or, more generally, people of Indian origin), originally coined as a specific racial insult that has since expanded somewhat in meaning. These days, tech types use it to...
There is a lot one can say about D-Day – the courage, the heroism, the terrible hardships endured by those men on the landing craft as they waited to storm the beaches of Normandy. There was every possible chance it could all have gone very, very badly wrong. In...
Welp. Here we go again. Monday is back, and I’m already tired. Actually, this one was not so bad, as it was considerably less crazy than past weeks have been. Things have calmed the hell back down at work a bit, which is always nice. Nonetheless, Monday remains...
4 Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2 And...
Two former American SPECWARCOM types, who are now in 404 – Country Not Found, training up the khokhol military, wrote an extensive piece in War on the Rocks about the complications associated with training and readiness of the entire Ukrainian Army. It is very...
First things first – yes, I know this one is bloody late. In between enjoying the summer weather – which is GLORIOUS, around these parts – and staring at data cubes until my eyes bleed, as you can see, I haven’t had much time to devote to...
Recent footage of American Patriot PAC-3 air “defence” missile systems “working” to “defend” Queef against Russian missiles in the Banderastan War has emerged, and is forcing some very serious questions about the effectiveness and...
Over six (!!!!!!!) years ago, I wrote a quasi-humourous post about how SkyNet wants to kill us all, on the basis of what happened when you tried to process images of various kinds through what were, back then, quite nascent AI/ML algorithms. The results were…...
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