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sleepyguy··on September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy
Russia is not weak, Putin has millions who will run to their death with open arms into Poland. How many Poles are willing to die to stop him? He could send 400 Jet drones into Poland every night, how do you propose you stop him? 10's of 1000's of Russian saboteurs in the EU, how do you find them? You even have Political Parties that want to enslave their own people for Russia. Iran hasn't lost its grip in 40 years, the USA doesn't have the resolve to finish what they started or protect Europe.

Tell me how you would solve all the other issues, I am interested.

sleepyguy··on China Broadens Travel Curbs to Encompass Family of Top AI Talent
http://archive.today/lKSnA
sleepyguy··on Being a Doctor Will Never Be the Same After A.I
http://archive.today/qRfRV
sleepyguy··on Robots grow and package lettuce year-round in Norway's automated farm
It sure beats the model Taylor Farms is using where you get your lettuce with the feces of Mexican field laborers on it. Cyclospora is a hell of way to enjoy your lettuce. The lettuce in the USA is a game of chance, if you roll the dice, it is very possible you will get some that has been watered with run off with cow manure, humane feces, or some other biohazard.

I would pay a premium $5 USD for a clean head of lettuce.

sleepyguy··on The darker side of being a doctor
The reality is we need a lot more than just more doctors.The entire system needs to be revamped.
sleepyguy··on U.S. Government seizes 54-pound Martian meteorite sold at auction last year
http://archive.today/fAnl3
sleepyguy··on It's Trump's world, and he's accelerating its chaos
His only legacy will be one of incompetence, betrayal, and compromise with evil. Let’s never forget that MAGA brought this blight upon us all.

Junk away....

sleepyguy··on Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests
If an email was authenticated with DKIM, you cannot really blame Revolut. The attacker would have had to compromise the government email server, making it the government's fault.

However, if the email relied solely on SPF, the situation is less clear. An attacker could potentially spoof SPF by compromising any service on a server sharing the same public IP address via NAT.

sleepyguy··on Diesel prices in U.S. top $6 a gallon for first time
Check historical prices of diesel. Diesel has been up since April 2026 when Trump launched his war against Iran regardless of what Ukraine has been doing. This is the same story with weapons, the Trump administrations blames Ukraine for their lack of Weapons to fight Iran, if you look at the weapons they are using to fight Iran, 95% of them were never given to Ukraine.
sleepyguy··on Diesel prices in U.S. top $6 a gallon for first time
>strategic oil reserve is about to experience permanent catastrophic damage from being drained too low

Apparently salt domes have a life span, you pump water in to remove oil. The water wears at the domes and removes more salt creating a larger cavern. It's not that we pumped out so much oil lately, it's because we were pumping out little bits over the last 5 decades constantly wearing at the domes. They were created at the time to only be used in a catastrophic situation, not when ever you want to control the price of oil......

Either way, you are correct in that their life has come to an end, we will require more expensive above ground storage going forward or we can electrify.

sleepyguy··on Diesel prices in U.S. top $6 a gallon for first time
The Ukraine angle is another cheap shot by CBS (state sponsored news). Prices are rising because of Trumps adventurism in the the ME and now that the Houthies will likely control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, world markets are reacting.

There is nothing stopping US refineries from producing more diesel, you can use both sweet and sour, this is speculators squeezing the markets.

What a great time it should be to electrify heavy transportation. If they can do it in mining and construction, why can't transportation...

sleepyguy··on Iran says it captured US submarine drone in Strait of Hormuz
When Israel says is over....
sleepyguy··on Erik Schmidt on tech innovation in the Ukraine War
Europe and the USA are not prepared. Europe will fold like a house of cards, perhaps it is deserved for not supporting Ukraine fully from the start.

America is so ill prepared to face this new threat, Russia will have a military much more powerful than the Americans and Europeans if Ukraine fails to stop them.

sleepyguy··on Underwater Drone Captured by Iran Matches American Anduril Model
These things really need self destruct mechanisms.
sleepyguy··on Americans without degrees are having one of the best job markets in years
Yes, I have heard (even this far south) that they have taken over the Tim Hortons and Popeye's franchises in Canada. What happened in Canada over the last 30-40 years is now occurring in the USA. North Texas has been overrun with 10's of 1000's of Indians and it has been predicted that they will be the largest visible minority in Texas displacing Hispanics. I can only imagine that in the next few decades they will make up the largest group of non-Americans in the USA, basically 10's of millions of them.
sleepyguy··on Majority Russian-speaking city in Ukraine considers language ban in the arts
There is a Russian saying.... "Where there is the Russian language, there is Russia". It has long been part of there strategy to claim foreign lands as there own if Russian is spoken by a part of the population. It is why they basically banned all other languages during Soviet times. They understand how useful it has been for them in erasing the identity of sovereign states by implementing these measures.

Russia is an Empire of Evil and Murder, 800 years of their history should prove that. Every country in Europe should take note, especially the Baltics where their territorial boundaries have been seeded for the last 100 years with Russian speakers who refuse to adopt the countries spoken language (ex: Estonia).

Ukraine needs to eradicate the Russian language from all it's territories as a strategy to strengthen their sovereignty and culture.

sleepyguy··on US shale growth is collapsing
There is always more to the story, one of the comments explains everything assuming it is true. US Oil production is set to collapse and that is why we are seeing threats against Canada (Tar Sands), War in Iran, control of Venezuela, and this administrations love affair with Putin/Russia.

The end of oil can't come fast enough.....

sleepyguy··on The Download: selling battlefield drone data and AI reshaping language
America won't need this information, we are going to fight WWII style wars and build battleships like they did 80 years ago that are cool. We is more important is that our troops have high testosterone levels.
sleepyguy··on A mysterious kidney disease has arrived in Texas
Most of the roofers today in Texas are pretty damn young (16 - 30 tops). You don't really make it past that age because you're already worn out.

The crew (10 guys) that showed up to roof my house went through at least 5 cases of Gatorade, I have a fridge in the garage that I filled with drinks. I told them to help themselves after seeing them pull a hot bottle of water from one of the trucks. These guys didn't even have a cooler with cold water.

I suppose at some point water/hydration isn't good enough, they need salt and electrolytes to balance things out. They think wearing long pants and shirts acts as an insulator from the heat but in my opinion it's nuts, they need to cover up but, in the lightest possible clothing they can wear that breaths. The same goes for the landscapers who work outside all day. It wouldn't surprise me if they are dying from the heat, it is merciless here in the summer. Even the birds fly away....

sleepyguy··on China, Egypt to do away with the use of the US dollar
After years of the American tax payer supporting Egypt to the tune of 100 billion plus, this is their thank you...hehehehe...
sleepyguy··on Chinese Cars Could Be Huge in U.S., and That's the Problem, Officials Say
http://archive.today/k3Xd9
sleepyguy··on Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat
So someone presenting the facts can be biased. Prove his facts are wrong and then I can agree.
sleepyguy··on Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat
I don't think it's biased. I think it makes all the sense in the world.
sleepyguy··on Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat
You don't have to take a train trip, all the grass along side the roadways looks like straw, at least around St Marx/Arena Wien/Gasometer.
sleepyguy··on Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat
No....because it would make no difference.

https://youtu.be/sGG-A80Tl5g?si=dAqbVb9JV_uzLRl1

sleepyguy··on Trump's Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
He has about 2.5 years to completely destroy and fleece the US, I expect things to accelerate in every direction to meet those objectives. The only question is, will the US ever recover.
sleepyguy··on Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity
You should come to Texas and tell me how well you get along with just a fan. We have had like over 40 days of 40-45 C in a row. The wind feels like a blast furnace and at night it can still be 38 C outside. Even the birds have fled to cooler locals. It is so intense that you can not walk barefoot outside around your home. If your car broke down on the side of a road, you would be dead in less than an hour, even in the shade. I like to tell people that Texas is the next stop after Hell and too be honest it is like living in the Arctic compared to Arizona where the temps are even worse.

I was in Vienna this summer and the inside of the apartment was over 40 for the entire week. Thank god, we were able to buy a portable AC unit from Mediamrkt before they ran out.

sleepyguy··on Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
I might need to make a run to Costco and stock up on some shit tickets.
sleepyguy··on US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions
A really bad way to enter a country with the intention of staying is to come as a visitor/guest and then claim asylum. They are lying their way in and in my opinion not a good start to trying to stay and become a citizen in some day.

Are we a land of laws or not?

sleepyguy··on Trump administration moves to impose more than $100k fee for H-1B visas
>The fee would not apply to visas granted to foreign citizens already in the United States on student visas, who make up a large share of new H-1B recipients, or to renewals of current visas.

Theater for the masses, complete nothing burger. Anyway, what's a 100k to the companies that hire 1000's of H1B's already over American workers or kids getting out of Uni.

There is nothing any Administration would do to protect American workers over cheap imported slave labor. Corporations run the show not Trump or any other President.

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