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$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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Post by swiftcoder »

mitthrowaway2 wrote: post #495
swiftcoder wrote: post #493

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> Nobody starts a revolution for funsies I mean... we're 4 years into a little Russian jaunt that was supposed to be over in a matter of weeks. And a certain someone just picked a war with Iran pretty much for funsies I don't want to underestimate the level of arrogance/stupidity that might be involved in sparking a revolution at this point

I wouldn't call either of those a revolution; they're both top-down directed foreign offensives. A revolution is generally domestic and sparked by widespread popular internal unrest, even if it's sometimes led by elites.

Yes, my point is more that entering into a war for funsies is a similarly stupid decision, and we have a whole bunch of guardrails that are supposed to prevent it, but somehow it just keeps on happening

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

harimau777 wrote: post #444
ericmay wrote: post #437

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In the American context, hopefully it never comes to an actual revolution, because life for everyone will be much, much worse with little prospect of anything being better afterward. We should do what we can to avoid one, especially because while it's fun to fantasize about your side being the one to start a revolution, there's no reason to think that the other side won't also think the same way and maybe they'll bea…

In order for that to happen, there has to be a way for regular people to live good lives without needing a revolution. Unfortunately, the Epstein class has and is doing everything in their power to get rid of those alternatives.

Fuck that. South Korea constantly worked toward progress and went from generals to democracy.

America won a Civil war against traitors like the Epstein class, but we want to just give up today because democracy is hard and what, hope the new dictator class is more benevolent? When has that ever been the case?

The US is ours, Democracy is ours. That is why they constantly undermine it. Why would we give up the stronger position that is easier to win from just because they keep trying to undermine it? That makes zero sense.

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Post by temp8830 »

applfanboysbgon wrote: post #455
Forgeties79 wrote: post #448

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Everyone with the “only solution is revolution” mentality needs to read this comment. Anyone salivating over/romanticizing armed conflict has never experienced it and can’t fathom how awful it is. I know I can’t, and that’s why I don’t want to find out.

Anyone salivating over/romanticizing surrendering to a dictatorship hellbent on committing genocide has never experienced it and can't fathom how awful it is. I know I can't, and that's why I don't want to find out.

With attitudes like this, Americans might just go from exporting revolutions to domestic consumption within a generation!

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Post by littlestymaar »

applfanboysbgon wrote: post #461
ericmay wrote: post #437

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the American context, hopefully it never comes to an actual revolution, because life for everyone will be much, much worse with little prospect of anything being better afterward. We should do what we can to avoid one, especially because while it's fun to fantasize about your side being the one to start a revolution, there's no reason to think that the other side won't also think the same way and maybe they'll bea…

> hopefully it never comes to an actual revolution, because life for everyone will be much, much worse with little prospect of anything being better afterward. In the situations a revolution comes to exist, it is because life for everyone is already getting much, much worse with little prospect of anything being better. Nobody starts a revolution for funsies, so you're supposing a false dichotomy where the choice is…

Counterpoint: no matter how bad you think your life is, it's nowhere near as bad as it would be if a civil war occurred in your country.

Even people living a quite miserable life have a lot to lose.

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Post by mlsu »

throwa356262 wrote: post #397
throw0101d wrote: post #392

On the defensive side, see perhaps this phased array radar system with a 20km range: * https://github.com/NawfalMotii79/PLFM_RADAR

What a time to be alive. In fact, I think I now have all I need to start a war with my neighbours.

Don't worry, US government's already got you covered!

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Post by pydry »

pasquinelli wrote: post #476
pydry wrote: post #457

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It didn't exactly matter in the end. Russia eventually encircled them with artillery and pounded them until they gave up and brokered a deal. Their fighting skills and spirit have since been added as an asset on the Russian military's balance sheet.

it doesn't really matter in the end because the human species will one day be extinct. would the chechens be in their position now had they never fought? impossible to say, counter-factual conditionals are all unconditionally true. though i'm not sure why you'd assume so...

In exchange for two brutal wars they got 9 years of de facto independence. That's not even very long.

You dont need counterfactuals to ask if it was worth it or compare 9 years to the age of the universe.

Armed revolutions are often lionized and glorified because they form part of most countries' national mythos - the binding agent holding together most national identities.

But, the ugly truth is that most of them are just a tragic waste of human life. Chechnya was very much that.

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Post by cjbgkagh »

swiftcoder wrote: post #424

When everyone started working on 3D-printed guns, I was sitting here thinking that if it comes to actual revolution, one is going to need anti-tank/anti-air a whole lot more than (relatively easy to acquire) small arms... Nice to see movement on this front

It’s not about combatting the state and more of supplanting the state. Where the state has abandoned the streets to crime a local neighborhood watch can pick up the slack. People can then pay their neighborhood watch and vote to cut their local government taxes. The state is strangely ok with a high degree of street level violence in that it mostly affects those without power and provides a continuing justification for increased state powers - actually fixing the problem would undermine the justification. An example of this would be in South Africa where private security is playing an ever increasing role in policing. Once private security becomes large enough they become a real threat to the government as they are usually better organized and suffer less corruption.

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Post by mothballed »

pjc50 wrote: post #475
mothballed wrote: post #458

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From my experiences with the YPG in the Syrian Civil War --- You'd be surprised how many people that have seen combat absolutely loved it. There was one guy that would go in a state of ecstasy while being shot at, literally expressing happily "ha ha they try to shoot me" and this is a guy who had seen many of his comrades die. Once you accept you are dead it's actually far less mundane than normal life, while at the…

This is a large component of the alt-right, isn't it. > much less complicated than say something like trying to juggle a dentistry practice while driving the 2 kids to school events and then going home to patch drywall on the house There is genuinely a group of people who'd rather fantasize about mass murder than do chores. Every now and again one of them actually picks up a gun. Then some school kids never have to g…

>This is a large component of the alt-right, isn't it.

I couldn't tell you. YPG was dominantly left-wing and looked up to the former communist 'Apo'. I imagine the phenomenon is fairly politically universal.

>There is genuinely a group of people who'd rather fantasize about mass murder than do chores. Every now and again one of them actually picks up a gun. Then some school kids never have to go to events, or anywhere, ever again.

Yes there are people like that. Although most of the Kurds I met started fantasizing about fighting ISIS only after Islamic theocrats starting murdering and raping their population. I doubt many of them who gained a taste for combat were doing chores one day and started fantasizing they could live under a tyrannical regime so they'd have an "excuse" to "restart" the war.

Personally I don't think soldiers in need of a war have to fantasize too hard to come up with a morally acceptable outlet. I wouldn't look down on those who fought against the Russians in Ukraine or against ISIS in Mali because they need an outlet for their escape from civil life.

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Post by nickff »

subscribed wrote: post #443
Thrymr wrote: post #419

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How is DIY radar regulated by the FCC?

Emitting in the regulated part of the spectrum must comply with the regulations, regardless of the origin of the transmitter.

There are actually a few exempted categories, such as test and measurement equipment (because something like a signal generator can obviously generate whatever the user selects).

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Post by shepherdjerred »

bagels wrote: post #428
Thrymr wrote: post #419

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How is DIY radar regulated by the FCC?

You need a license for most frequencies.

I wonder if there’s an argument to made regarding the second amendment
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