This was legitimately bad for the USSR and had he been allowed to resign when he wanted he would have been able to mentor the next in charge. Probably prevent everything that Khrushchev fucked up, which in turn my have even prevent the eventual end of the USSR. He probably would have lived longer to due to less overall stress.

I’m liking this stage of China starting to project it’s capabilities and power.
Anglos mad that a type 55 can take out most of their decaying navy by itself.

I think it’s easier to design maglevs to be more aerodynamic but also the lack of needing wheels at all is a big deal. Basically high speed rails are far more efficient at lower speeds but require far more energy at high speeds specifically because of the limitations of wheels and friction based propulsion.

Maglevs are far less efficient at low speeds due to the energy requirements of the magnetic levitation, but at high speeds beat out the rails because they just glide over the tracks and are propelled by fucking magic and no moving parts.

This is how I understand it. Deepseek told me. lol

Neverminded having 5 fully operable digits, which even humans really only need when playing musical instruments

I’m sorry but wtf are you smoking? Lol. Almost all use of human tools needs 5 digits to work effectively. That why the most advanced prosthetic hands and arms are designed to mimic 5 digit hands. Sure there are disabled people that make due but the vast majority of tasks are so drastically easier with 5 functioning digits. Primarily because those tasks, tools, etc, were created with the use of 5 digits in mind. I’m sorry but this statement is absolutely ludicrous at its base foundation. It literally breaks my brain that someone would think this in any way. As someone who does woodworking, painting, cooking, and a bunch of other hobbies that involve manual use of your hands… I just can’t even. Lol. I can’t imagine doing 1/10th of what I do without thumbs and I don’t even play a musical instrument.

No, highspeed trains are tradition trains using wheels. They just go really fast but start to hit a hard cap around 400kph where wind resistance becomes so great that it becomes harder and harder to overcome. Maglevs on the other hand are far more efficient at extreme speeds. Maglevs can get up to like 500+kph now.

What is the price and efficiency of these vs maglev trains? As I understand, maglevs can already surpass 400kph.

Putin probably wishes they were the west. He’s not dumb enough to side with them now, I don’t think. Given I feel he’s learned thats never going to play out in his favor, but I also think that if he didn’t have to contend with another global capitalist power, he definitely wouldn’t be so buddy buddy with China and NK. It will be interesting so see what happens when the west falls. How will Russia react to being completely overshadowed by China? Will they start interfering with China’s work in building up “3rd world” countries? Will they start to attempt their own imperialism? A capitalist nation simply will not be able to compete with China. When the new world power comes about and it’s a socialist nation, more and more will follow suit. Assuming the world survived the next few decades, and China takes reigns as the global communist superpower, I feel the fall of the west will be like the world developing an immunity to the resurgence of global capitalism.

Hey, hey, hey, you all remember when it was called out years ago that the west would do exactly this and lame it all on Ukraine when they lost? Do you?

Cause I fucking do.

This was always the plan. That’s why they were so dead set on just hurling as many Ukrainians at the Russian defense lines as they could. What better way to colonize/imperialize a country then to push it to war with your own opponent and use said war to kill off as many native citizens as possible? And if they could do some harm to Russia while they are at it then even better.

I honestly can’t see Trump going unless his handler Elon goes too, and I think it would be an absolute insult to allow that POS to attend.

It would however, be amazing if Trump wants and Elon tried to get in and was sent away.

Lemmy.ee and fascists, name a better duo.

I hope whoever it is just spends the time fucking with him.

We can only hope.

Good

“I know my kid hit you and you put him in time out but now he’s crying and the only way I can get him to stop is if I let them hit you again. Can you pwese let them just do a wittle slap? uwu.”

I really want Isn’treal to go crying to the world after a legitimate Iran attack and say “look he hit me I’m the victim now,” and then the world turns to them and goes “good.”

Lmao what even? The empire really is turning to dust before our eyes. The leaders really are just off their fucking rockers. All of them.

but I wonder what the consequences of this will be in the far-future.

Ever seen the documentary series known as “Mad Max”?

Nice.
My only real critique is of the AI Earth and random satellite and floating solar panels image they use. lol. Idk why but it disturbs me.

Part of me hopes it’s a documentary. Part of me is scared because I know where my life falls within that documentary.