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As an extreme example, everyone knows about Germany hyperinflation in the 20s. Fewer people are aware that 1929-1932 was a period of massive deflation in Germany that led to the Ge…

This phased out obsolescence (where people who care can create an account to archive old content before the site's deletion) should be the new norm!

What a shame the his post requires an account to view...

The only time a sitting president has led an army in the field.

They are good. Can you name a better game in the same genre? The only competition I can think of is Uncharted 4. The older Tomb Raider games are too many generations behind to run …

Starving is the main problem they face though.

Harvard and it's peers are some of the very few academic institutions that have need blind admissions and generous need-based financial aid. For poor students, Harvard and its peer…

It takes a LOT more calories to power a horse than a biker.

It is right next to NATO airspace as well as an active war instigated by Russia. Also, do you really think the Russians scramble their strategic bombers to Alaska because it is nex…

Maybe, but in the past we've used fighters to shoot down Reapers after losing positive control over them (e.g., in Afghanistan), so it's not clear that they are very self destructi…

Thanks for the correction. It looks like it was the longest siege ever against the British. Certainly a massive qualifier there I forgot.

Does anyone remember where the longest siege ever in history was waged? Hint: It was in the American Revolution. Second hint: Not Yorktown or Boston. Answer: Correct! The siege of …

They landed 32,000 men at New York, the largest British fleet ever assembled up to that point. The idea that they were playing on easy mode is a delusion.

>> if not all Pardon? He forced the British to vacate Boston, and won decisive victories at Trenton and Yorktown. His worst defeats were delaying actions around NYC, where, in each…

The American Revolution was not a Guerilla war. It was primarily fought with pitched battles between opposing armies. This was the case from the first shots (at Lexington, and subs…

It's an impressive number indeed, although comparing it to the GDP's of the (at best) regional powers you mentioned is not particularly relevant. Defense spending as a percentage o…

The Taliban achieved their war goals, but they didn't eliminate or degrade the US ability to conduct offensive operations. They failed to put a dent in our tank fleet or airforce (…

Or you can link sitting down and starting work with drinking coffee. This is pretty common. Still not 100% sold though.

Could it be that you and your countrymen are expats, or do the Ukranians also consider themselves to be immigrants?

London and Paris are low CoL relative to the Bay Area.

Title should be 1791.

Is it? The claims of this book are disputed, but in general I see no issue with stating that those who collaborated with the Nazi regime are responsible for the consequences. Those…

It's not a romance language, rather a west Germanic one.

It sounds a bit like you're arguing that people can't have nice things because it will make others feel bad? It's definitely an unfortunate truth that our brains are wired to compa…

In that the US won the Cold War, yes, it did indeed work out very well. It’s worth mentioning as well that most of the Taliban’s weaponry by the time the US invaded in 2001 was Sov…