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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 German economy collapsing, the Nazis siezing power, and 10 years later most of Europe being occupied by Fascists.

So it's pretty reasonable to be concerned about deflation.

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 on modern consoles.

Tomb Raider has become a major movie franchise, so it's not too surprising that the new games from the last decade are essentially movies.

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 peers are pretty much the only free college options besides merit scholarships.

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 next to their borders? They don't do the same to China or North Korea.

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 destructible. Flying it straight down into the water would probably cause a large amount of disintegration.

MQ9s have also been lost many times before, including over Yemen and Libya, so it's not clear how sensitive the wreck still is.

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 Gibraltar. Undertaken by France and Spain, the (largely inept) siege lasted more than 3.5 years and delayed the end of the war long past Yorktown.

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 case, he withdrew in good form.

I would attribute Howe's failures to incompetence rather than treason.

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 subsequently Concord and Bunker Hill) to the last at Yorktown.

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 of US GDP is actually relatively low by historical standards at 3.3%

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 (to name two components). In that sense, the two conflicts have been very different. Ukraine is waging a conventional war, whereas the Taliban used asymmetric guerilla warfare.

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 who shared information with the Gestapo about where Jews were hiding were knowing accomplices in genocide.

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 compare ourselves and our belongings with others. Still, it's kind of nice to have nice things.

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 Soviet in origin, e.g. SA-2s, SA-3s, a few MIG-21s. They were also receiving direct military support from Pakistan throughout the late 90’s.

The ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is indeed asking what is 6 multiplied by 9. (42 of course, as any well-read high school student could tell us.)

Or even countably infinite :) One could argue that all finite sets are countable since it's not too hard to find a surjection from the naturals to a given finite set.

(Intended to be mildly humorous.)