I love how this trancends language barriers
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hitwrighttoAMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND•Not a generational problem 😊English4·14 days agoThis graph is strange to say the least. Are there reasons why it doesn’t add up to 100%?
hitwrightto Europe@feddit.org•Finland plans to withdraw from landmines treaty, prime minister saysEnglish1·22 days agoInteresting, although most info about cluster munitions I’ve read were tube artillery (the leaving convention part). Since tube artillery has little in path correction. (There are a few, but most of it is not)
The countries will have to purchase or produce the ammunition, because they don’t have it stocked. Though.
Just to be clear:
I completely agree that fragmentation-based ammunition is much safer for everyone involved.
I can also agree how it might have some additional Effectiveness in offenisveness, just because your not mining your path forward at the same time.
I also agree that such artillery might have little use against combined-arms based combat USA uses.
But I’m yet to see proof, that it beats air released cluster munitions, when trenches or foxholes are involved. A.K.A. The Great War style warfare. (Which Russia seems to be oriented with)
Also with current transparent battlefield, any artillery and single-use drones reign supreme. So with the new META changes it does feel that we’re arguing about nothing substantial at this point.
hitwrightto Europe@feddit.org•Finland plans to withdraw from landmines treaty, prime minister saysEnglish3·22 days agoAnti personnel mines are used together with anti armor mines. They provide the crucial element of slowing de-mining by not allowing infantry (mobiks) doing that by hand. Used alone you could argue, that they are not so effective, but that works for any weaponry.
My argument is use whatever weaponry is effective. Even if it is old technology. Would be stupid otherwise.
Also arguing for rocket artillery to replace casual artillery is… Strange. Rocket artillery is expensive and it’s ammo is used up very quickly. I doubt any country can allow itself avoid regular artillery.
hitwrightto Europe@feddit.org•Finland plans to withdraw from landmines treaty, prime minister saysEnglish8·22 days agoCluster munitions and anti-personel mines are effective AF, seeing how the Ukrainian-Russian war is progressing.
The countries in question will create additional factories just for these bad boys. The old stock if any is pretty much useless.
These things are dangerous for civilians, but far less than an aggressive nation by your doorstep. Notice how all the countries border Russia?
It is useless if you have air superiority, but only US has that, and no one believes they’ll honor article 5.
hitwrightto Europe@feddit.org•Trump Threatens Europe and Canada if They Band Together Against U.S.English9·27 days agoThere are like a thousand different cloud providers. They provide exceptional services, even for better prices. Just google your local VM providers.
For the Visa/Mastercard EU has instant bank wire transfers, all you need is an IBAN.
The hardest switch is everything that is Windows-based IMHO. So much software is written for x86 Windows it’s not even funny.
hitwrightto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•Russian state news agency RIA Novosti posted a video of a Russian soldier shooting a wounded comrade, mistaking them for Ukrainians.8·28 days agoPretty funny seeing it happen for the second time
hitwrightto Buy European@feddit.uk•Are there alternatives for Europeans who dont want to be "purchase taxed" by VISA and MASTER CARD?7·1 month agoSEPA and Iban. It’s as simple as it gets. Also much more secure considering it’s a push payment instead of a pull one.
For easy payments, there is this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPC_QR_code
Why do you say so?
Don’t drink and type, brother :P
hitwrightto Europe@feddit.org•Surprising Share Of Canadians Support EU MembershipEnglish2·1 month agoI’m quite surprised about the high percentage, considering that it’s not a given that Canadians would be equal in terms of citizenship (voting for example) if annexed by USA
I mean I’m always fascinated by the mental gymnastics of a zigger. Let’s invade another country and casually murder civilians because of sEcuRItY.
inb4 whataboutism
hitwrightto Technology•A European Starlink rival’s shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here’s whyEnglish2·1 month agoEasy there, Powder… Although you are absolutely right
When visiting to czechia used to fill my car to the brim when returning. It’s quite the unique drink. The watermelon one is probably my favorite.
hitwrightto Europe@feddit.org•Half of new EU city buses were zero-emission in 2024English4·2 months agoMoney is your vote on what the society should produce. Income inequality actually fucks over everyone except the wealthiest. That’s why everyone is bombarded with ads for luxury items. While housing, food, and medicine is becoming more unobtainable.
hitwrightto Two Goobers — Just the Two of Us@lemm.ee•Let's Scream Together, till Things get Better1·2 months agoThey are just lovely! :3
hitwrightto Europe@feddit.org•Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia to cut Soviet-era ties to Russian power grid this Saturday, joining the western European electricity networkEnglish6·3 months agoIt’s a long process initiated during presidency of Dalia Grybauskaitė that required cooperation by all 3 baltic states. A lot of work was done preparing for network stability and resilience from outside actors (Russia). That is why so much news covering this.
If it’s anything like bolt or uber, they take 30 percent from food price also (which is hidden from the final consumer)
Where does one just use such edition?