Wars have a weird amount of holding back. Going after civilian infrastructure is often seen as “ungentlemanly”, basically bad PR. Most Ukraine attacks like this seem to be to prove they can, not to cause significant civilian damage.

Basically, Russia has a number of nasty options, currently unused. Ukraine is also unusually dependent of foreign help, and so it is vulnerable to the world opinion changing. Ukraine is mostly proving its threats are viable.

There is a path, from the ground, up your leg, across your torso (including your heart) and down your other leg.

This is the reason that downed high voltage power lines are so dangerous. Walking with a long stride can create enough of a differential to fibrillate your heart.

It actually takes all paths proportionally. This is partly why nearby lightning strikes are so dangerous. Even if the ground is a better conductor than your legs, enough current can still flow to stop your heart.

You massively underestimate the complexity and fagility of the systems supporting you right now. Food, power and good production would basically collapse.

The biggest problem is the megacorps, they are too big to fail and so need to be broken up. The best way to do that is to make it financially in their interest to shatter themselves. Power law taxes would help both so it now, and keep companies from growing to that level. It also controls the speed of the change, so the supply lines we rely on remain functional.

Killing the goose blindly is just self destructive. We want to them to be able to die, but we need to reduce their size first. That way better options can take up the slack.

Answer me this. Collapse every company worth more than $1B simultaneously. What would happen to the quality of life of those at the bottom? It would be…bad.

One of the issues is that their value isn’t fixed. A billionaire as relatively little in the way of liquid (or liquidatable) assets. Their company might be worth billions, but, by taking it, you will destabilise it. Its value will plummet.

In order to access that money, you need to syphon it off more slowly. Think of the goose that lays golden eggs. Cutting it open won’t get you a glut of gold. The counterpoint is that you still need to collect the eggs!

In my opinion, we need a tax setup that forces individuals to regress to the mean. (Default is the rich and poor both move towards average when they are of average performance).

We also need to force companies to follow a power law. A few big companies, with the number growing as you move down. A tax setup that punishes forming big conglomerates, and so encourages more medium and small companies would be optimal. Have it adjust based on the overall industry. This both keeps industries competitive, and syphons money from those most able to bear it.

There is a huge difference between knowing what is needed, and how the fuck to implement it however!

That image will stick in the mind of every school boy (and possibly girl) who sees it. That’s a win for the textbook.

One of the most difficult bits is defending from future time snipers. You don’t get to move out of the check, so it’s checkmate. It’s not actually hard, just mind bending.

It’s also weird to have 3 white kings on the same board…

It’s not actually too bad. Any checkmate wins the whole game. It just gets weird. The king can flee to another board, or you can checkmate into the past.

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5D chess, with multiverse time travel.

Not quite the same, but in a similar vein.

How did you manage to get them into the harnesses? That would make life a hell of a lot easier.

Currently they have slip knots around my neck, and are insisting on running off in different directions.

Humans evolved to be in nature. We can function without it, but it’s very easy to throw our minds out of kilter. Spending time in a natural environment provides a mental reference. It’s a level and type of stimulation we are optimised for. It’s a lot easier to later hang onto that balance, back into modern life, than re-establish it under those stresses.

In their defence, Queens English (Kings English now?) or RP was what most (older) Brits grew up hearing from news and documentaries. I’m still conditioned to give more weight to an argument given in a formal accent.

Though I do love how shocked Americans are by the range of British accents. E.g. the pirate, in “Treasure Island” was using a particularly thick West country accent.

Also see “Hot Fuzz” for the best play on accents!

I suspect Russia is worried about how well their nukes will work. The small tactical ones (battlefield nukes) are the most complex and so most at risk of a maintenance failure.

Russia’s worst fear is deploying a nuke, only to have it fizzle. At this point it’s strategic or nothing. Deploying a strategic nuke would cause massive political fallout. Far more than Russia could cope with. No-one, including China and India, want that genie back out of the bottle.

Given what it does, it eating you might be considered more humane! But no, is the fuck you, I just want to cause pain tree.

That’s just an amusing (and accurate) side effect. 😁

I much prefer the term executive functioning disorder.

Unfortunately, it’s more like cancer. It will spontaneously appear. Without continuous vigilance it will eventually get you.

The world needs to deal with the current acute outbreak, then work out preventative measures, for the long term.

It frustrates me as well.

Apparently the biggest problem for male teachers is accusations. For a female teacher, there needs to be proof. They get the benefit of the doubt. Male teachers don’t. Many parents and even other teachers take the “no smoke without fire” mentality. It’s stressful to do the job, when you dare not let yourself be in a room with a student without someone else present.

As a dad, I try and help with dad’s being seen as care givers, as well as just providers. It’s a long and slow fight however.

We are not allowed to be caring and nurturing. Any man that is, is often seen as “suspect”.