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There's no reason to say that any war with Russia or China will have nukes. Russia has been bluffing with this all the time, drawing "red lines" which will cause nuclear war - givi…

The linked page already says that it reports on the constellation, not just GPS: "The map uses are color coded overlay to indicate low (green) to high (red) levels of interference …

It's basically the essence of aviation safety work. If one concentrates on blaming individuals, the system is not fixed.

In fact about 90 % of plane crashes are survivable and people read about their own accidenyäts.

Actual terrorists are, in fact, sometimes quite dumb and naive.

Certainly unrelated. And when compared to the biggest competition (Apotti/Epic) it's a shining light of sanity... though some other providers have better user experiences.

And Russia proudly picked up the pieces and wants to carry on. Even with the UN Security Council permanent seat, which is a disgrace.

The recent dramatic policy shift in Russia has brought out two Citizens' Initiatives in the Finnish government's net portal. Both are about NATO membership in the country which is …

District heating from nuclear used to be a no-no but has recently gained momentum in Finland (as an idea). Build an SMR near the city for electricity, and use the excess heat for d…

This is common in newer cars in Europe - if you brake so hard that ABS is activated, the brake lights will flash / pulse. I suppose regulations do not allow it in the U.S. but at l…

Indeed. What is the largest button I have in my Renault's dash? It's the triangle-shaped hazard light switch. Do I ever use it? I hope not. Do I want it to be that big? Yes, I do.

"Very close" is still rubbish. As that article of the recording says, "Mannerheim did not wish to greet Hitler at his headquarters, as it would have appeared like a state visit." B…

Finns and Germans definitely were not allies in 1939-1940: Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was in force, and when Soviets attacked Finland, Germany acted on its part and blockaded the Balt…

That's complete rubbish. There were German-minded Finns, also in government (eg interior minister 1941-1943 Horelli) but president from 1940, Ryti, was an Anglophile, and Mannerhei…

The French did attack within a week of the attack on Poland, using dozens of divisions and tanks and artillery, and came up with about 2000 casualties against 600 on the German sid…

And the Swedes did not attack German train transports because the traffic was according to a pass-through agreement. USSR and Germany forced these pass-through agreements after Win…

Herd immunity has been predicted since about May 2020 (in Sweden) and there is always far too optimism about it. We now know that a recovered infection does not produce permanent i…

Diabetes and obesity are not "almost non-existant" in China. According to National Health Commission report, more than 50% of adults are classified as overweight, and 16.4% are obe…

Yes, and generally the age risk is so high that proper assessments must be done comparing age cohorts, not the entire population vax/unvax rates.

I don't think so, but we can quite well follow it up here, for most developed and semi-developed countries. https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor... (As OWID…

Not really. With population vaccination rate nearly 90 % we have something approaching 30-40 % of hospital and ICU bed users vaccinated. The risk of ending up on ICU is about 30 x …

Even in countries with fairly good covid situation (I'm in Finland) we are going to see excess mortality over the coming years, because right now as we speak, elective operations f…

This theory of "killing means they can't spread anymore" doesn't really work out with diseases like sars-cov2. It might have worked in a medieval world where people travel by foot,…

You cannot "elect" to not get a vaccine and be just fine. You're just relying on your luck after electing not to reduce the risks. The risks vary with different diseases, and in di…

Not really laziness; it's about cost and feasibility. Syndicated reporting is nothing new and nothing that'd have come with covid.