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Comment Re:Yeah the radicals are cool with bombs dropping (Score 1) 179

Just like when 9/11 happened in America I can tell you right now that every single regular Iranian person is going to rally around the government and the military. Doesn't matter how terrible the government and the military are when your country is attacked you rally round them.

Do you actually know any Iranians?
The majority of them hate the regime and want it to fall, but the loudest voice online is the regime because not only do they commit a lot of resources to spreading propaganda around the world, they also suppress the voices of ordinary people so it's more difficult for them to speak out.

Comment Re:Reliability? (Score 4, Interesting) 52

Reliability does not negate repairability...
Batteries will always degrade and need replacing, unless you intend to replace the entire unit when the battery degrades.
Physical damage (eg smashed screen, spillages in keyboard etc) can always occur irrespective of how reliable a device is under normal usage etc.

Comment Re:Please sir (Score 0) 193

Either you lose $200 billion now, or you lose your lives in a few years.
The IR has been actively building missiles, developing better ones and funding various terrorist groups around the world while making money selling oil.
They are stronger now than they were 20 years ago. They openly call for the complete destruction of Israel, and they call the US "The great satan". If they had the capability to destroy Israel and the US right now then they absolutely would, if they ever got that capability in the future they wouldn't hesitate to use it.

The majority of the Iranian population HATE this regime. They also know that this regime is ruthless and will not hesitate to kill, and yet thousands of them stood up against it in january and lost their lives.

The sooner the IR is taken out the better for everyone, $200 billion this year, $400 billion next year, $1 trillion in 2 years time, or in 3 years it's too late and they take you out instead. And unlike western governments, the IR will not hesitate if they have the capability.

Comment Re: Tax Incentives (Score 1) 102

Well if they buy the nearby buildings and offer you a decent deal on rent then it's not the employee paying, as they'd still need to pay rent somewhere else and would likely be paying a higher rent.

This is exactly what's needed for jobs which aren't flexible on location - keep employees nearby so they don't have to waste time & money commuting. It would also force a redesign of cities so instead of clumping all the workplaces together with no housing for miles around, things would be intermixed.

Submission + - Fusion Energy: Definition, Links to articles, and Quotes

Futurepower(R) writes: Amazing! Fusion Energy would change our lives in many very positive ways.

Food would be much cheaper. All cars and trucks would eventually be electric, no pollution.

> Definition
Fusion energy is the process of combining light atomic nuclei (typically deuterium and tritium) to form heavier ones, releasing massive amounts of energy, mimicking the sun's power.

> World Economic Forum
5 ways fusion energy can change the world for the better
Feb 16, 2023, more than 3 years ago.
https://www.weforum.org/storie...

"Fusion energy is arguably the most exciting human discovery since fire. From the way we heat our homes to more water in times of drought, here’s just a glimpse of how fusion power could help change the world."

"Under the fusion-powered grow lights, hydroponically grown strawberries or lettuce or other crops can be grown to maturity without the use of pesticides and other harsh chemicals."

> U.S. Department of Energy
DOE Explains...Fusion Energy Science
https://www.energy.gov/science...

"A pickup truck filled with fusion fuel has the equivalent energy of 2 million metric tons of coal, or 10 million barrels of oil."

> ITER ("The Way" in Latin) is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world today.
https://www.iter.org/fusion-en...

"Some of the advantages of fusion:"

"Abundant energy: Fusing atoms together in a controlled way releases nearly four million times more energy than a chemical reaction such as the burning of coal, oil or gas..."

"No CO. No long-lived radioactive waste. No risk of meltdown."

> Fusion developers go public as AI boom widens funding sources
March 23, 2026 Investment in Fusion stocks
https://www.reuters.com/busine...

> Fusion Industry Association
https://www.fusionindustryasso...

> Fusion news from MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
https://news.mit.edu/topic/fus...

> Dallas Teen Builds Groundbreaking Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Mar. 29, 2026
https://nationaltoday.com/us/t...

"12-year-old Aidan McMillan achieves fusion, becoming the youngest person to replicate the sun's energy source".

> Best Fusion Energy Stocks of 2026 and How to Invest in Them
Jan 30, 2026
https://www.fool.com/investing...

Submission + - AMD says it will buy Intel (techspot.com)

ZipNada writes: In a move that feels less like a corporate transaction and more like the final punchline to a 40-year industry rivalry, AMD announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Intel, the company it has spent decades chasing, imitating, undercutting, suing, licensing from, and lately outperforming.

The all-stock transaction, which AMD described as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to unify x86 innovation," would combine the two companies under a single umbrella just a few years after such an outcome would have sounded ridiculous.

For most of modern computing history, Intel was the empire and AMD the scrappy survivor, the perpetual second source that somehow kept finding ways to stay alive. Now, after a bruising run of manufacturing delays, product stumbles, strategic resets, and a historic reversal in investor confidence, Intel is poised to be absorbed by the smaller company it long treated as a footnote.

Comment Re:Good advice (Score 0) 102

Most of the warmongering kings cannot be voted away.
The current Iranian regime has long been a problem. Their goal has always been to destroy Israel and western countries, they just aren't strong enough to do so. If the IR had the capability to destroy Israel or the US today they would absolutely do it - it's literally baked right into their core ideology.
If you left them alone they wouldn't suddenly become peaceful, they will spend the time building strength while also funding deniable proxy wars until they're strong enough to destroy their enemies completely.

Comment Re:These guys are morons (Score 1) 102

How? Higher prices are GREAT for the oil and gas guys.
The US is not facing shortages due to Iran, most of the oil used in the US is domestically produced and there's always Venezuela as a nearby source too. Shipping oil from the middle east makes no sense for the US.
However US producers are still reaping the rewards of higher prices because it's a global market. Only the customers are suffering.

Comment Re:Tax Incentives (Score 1) 102

Businesses already have financial incentives for remote work, they still choose to ignore them. Keeping an office open is expensive, reducing it in size or eliminating it entirely can save a significant amount.

The carrot isn't working, try the stick. Make it a burden on companies to have onsite employees.
Give people the right to work remotely by default unless the company can prove why their job needs to be performed in a specific place.
Make commuting time part of working hours, so that employees are paid for that time.
Make commuting costs business expenses so companies have to reimburse employees for those costs.
Require companies to provide relocation assistance for anyone who needs to work in a specific location.

Comment Re:Gulf conflict? (Score 1) 102

Religion is just a method of controlling people.

Thailand and Cambodia are both primarily buddhist countries, despite the supposed peaceful nature of buddhism they still had a war recently.

Myanmar is primarily a buddhist country too which is currently under a military junta fighting a civil war against its own population, as well as being accused of genocide against a muslim minority in the country.

Comment Why does it need a crisis? (Score 1) 102

Reducing unnecessary travel is an obvious thing to do irrespective of whether there's a current crisis or not.

You save money, you save time, you benefit the environment, you reduce congestion for those cases when someone actually needs to travel. You should absolutely only travel if you actually need to.

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