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They could have been a factor, but the Soviets also had an agreement with the Allies that they would declare war on Japan before August 9. They declared war a few minutes before midnight on August 8

Yes. The content is sometimes interesting, but he so enjoys having a good erudite rant, that I fear accuracy takes second place.

It's his own personal blog, and a fan echo chamber. So that's fair enough. But it's tiresome.

Does this mean foreign governments are free to hack US servers if they believe any of their foreign laws have been broken?

I hope it was Banksy who called in the complaint which got it removed.

4 hours was approximately the duration of the CME according to the times under one of the videos.

I was thinking of the 1989 CME, which had localised effects in Canada. But that was much smaller

As the event lasted only 4 hours, does that mean it would have had different levels of effect on different regions of the planet? Countries on the far side would be better shielded.

All dropped, except the Maryland case, which isn't being tried yet and could also be dropped when the time comes

Humans can already fall in love with computers and virtual personalities, so we're halfway there

I wonder if it would be an effective gaming strategy to build momentum for my posts by upvoting them myself, and hope to reap a profit when other people add their votes