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  1. Right, but the simplified timeline is: - Iran was complying to treaty to keep them from enriching uranium at weapons grade levels - Trump rips up treaty - Iran enriches uranium at weapons grade levels - Trump and everyone tells them to stop - They don't - Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran I get the relativist argument of "why can't Iran have the bomb and who are you to police that" but, like, that's not how the world works and it's naive at best to pretend that "might is right" is not still a thing.
  2. Israel, KSA, UAE, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait -- all American friends. We got them all addicted to the American Dream-- cut throat capitalism and oligarchy. We are like the crazy friend who got our conservative friends hooked on cocaine.
  3. Still unconfirmed but pretty much confirmed by rumors of the initial reports is that Iran relcoted their nuclear material from these bunkers before the bombings. This, in my mind, makes the bombings a failed mission. The only reason I initially liked this move was if it was a destruction of Iran's nuclear capabilities, but even if this bombing was a failure, there are still some things to like. Namely, the Iranian response appears like it's going to be a limited one based on intel and it's a good reminder to the rest of the world that America sees you when you're sleeping and can find you anywhere from the latest lethal autonomous vehicles to the stealth bombers carrying 40,000 lb payloads with tech from the 00's that is still relevant today. Interesting to note the only countries to rebuke us for this are...checks notes... China, North Korea, Russia, Cuba and Venezuela. The rest of the world has either backed us publicly or said nothing at all. I'm in the camp of if we are upsetting those misfits, then we are doing something right.
  4. I guess I'm more of a neoliberal hawk than I would have assessed myself to be (hard to look in the mirror, I guess) because of the things Trump has done since he's been in office, bombing Iran and destroying (or at least attempting to destroy) their nuclear program once and for all is the only thing I agree with.
  5. You are silly if you think that we don't have any allies or that Trump has run off any real support from Canada and Western Europe. He's an idiot and done a lot of damage in the short term, but I think most are understanding that in America tides turn every 4 years (or 2 years) and that in the long run it's a) smart to have the world's premiere power as an ally and b) on the longrun horizon things normalize.
  6. IF you believe in the Abrahamic God of YAHWEH, the biggest, largest, most fundamental thing that Jesus came to do was save the gentiles. That is what Muslims and Christians have in common being non-Hebrew, non-Chosen people, non-12 Tribes, etc. Christians and Muslims are more fundamentally the same (e.g. grafted onto the tree of life) than the Jews. What I just said trumps (no pun intended) every single other modern or cultural metric to compare and contrast the religions and the people. Again, big "IF" as I said in the first word of this-- if you aren't religious or a believer of an Abrahamic God then it's all moot anyways and you can slice and dice comparisons based on whatever you want.
  7. I haven't heard the bolded literally ever. What I have heard is more or less a feeling of brotherhood or shared appreciation from Christians to Jews via Judeo-Chrisitian aesthetics, but I think that is kind of silly considering the Muslims have the same YAHWEH as the Jews and Christians. If anything Christians and Muslims have more in common than Christians and Jews and I'll die on that hill.
  8. The thing about doing what we did-- you had to be sure. It's like trying to kill the huge spider in your house and you missed, you got one of it's legs, and now you have a pissed spider somewhere in your room and you don't want to sleep. You had one shot and you had to kill it. If we didn't "totally and fully obliterate" Iran's nuclear program, best scientific minds, and enriched uranium, this was a strategic blunder. You wait until it's in your scope and then shoot or you pass on the shot. I still think there isn't enough data and detail that's come out to know either way, but the vibe has shifted to it not being a complete and total success. No half measures, rip the bandaid off or don't do anything at all. The toothpaste is out of the tube now, however...
  9. Trimmed my IND position at halftime so salvaged some upside while still winning $1100 when OKC wins. What a run this playoffs that started with being bullish and betting $100 bet on NY Knicks pre Boston upset.
  10. No matter what happens now, I honestly don’t think America puts any material or significant troops on the ground. Beyond the fact we will never see warfare fought like Iraq I, Afghanistan or Iraq II due to autonomous lethal warfare (Anduril palantir and now meta), this isn’t something we care about enough if nuclear is off the table.
  11. We aren't going to war. We are bombing Iran from afar and letting Israel put boots on the ground and die in that manner. If this is truly contained, and we did truly obliterate (taking both statements with a bath tub of salt), then this was an amazing and awesome military exercise and America, the region (specifically Israel) and the world is better for it.
  12. Sounds like bunker busters deployed if Furdow was a target. Super curious to see if they worked. So far from what I understand it their efficacy on a fortified bunker that deep was theoretical..
  13. Let the drunk guy cook, I always say.
  14. Could have been a google search!
  15. I mean...I'd ask VY for an autograph and hang it in my office or frame the football. Also grown men:
  16. I agree with you but I also see where it is different with males being fanatical/fans about females. There is an inherent power dynamic and inequality at play that undergirds it, versus females/kids and other men waiting outside of male athletes hotels, etc. It will have to be a learned and evolved parasocial relationship if WNBA is going to mature and be a big time league to drive the big time bucks. I'm just saying I can see how it would creep women out because while I'm sure there are authentically good-natured men who are just fans of the sport and the league and the players, there has to be a massive amount of creeps who are super creepy as well. The caitlin clark stalker comes to mind.
  17. The flipside is that when/if the layoffs happen and it's a pure spreadsheet exercise and you are axed...well, you should have been looking around and trying to challenge and stretch yourself instead of just coasting along, maybe?
  18. I think you said you were a global alliances guy in big tech because we had some chuckles poking fun at Atos and Cognizant the other day. Here is what I'll tell you-- take it with a grain of salt and for how much you paid for such sage internet advice: Now is not the time to get antsy and underwhelmed and start ruminating how you are wasting away your life and having a career-life crisis. The job market for people like you (e.g. good money and things are good) is extremely tight right now. I have a friend who does what you do who can't get an equivalent job after being laid off at big tech a year ago. He's thinking about selling his boat it's that bad. He's had a few interviews that go to panel but ultimately don't get them as the market is lousy with ex-aws, ex-google, ex-salesforce, ex-SAP, ex-microsoft, etc. etc. all vying for the same $400-500k OTE jobs, which are shrinking. In fact my friend at AWS who has a global alliances role said they aren't even hiring at L7's for the roles anymore like when he got on-- L6 or less. The blueprint is out for how to do more with less operationally in tech (just read the latest from microsoft this week and from andy jassey today). I think we are about to enter into a (brief) time where things are going to degrade for sales bros and, if you are an old, you definitely need to hang on and keep cranking out good work where you are and maybe pick up a gratitude journal hobby for when you start feeling job-wanderlust. All that, but also --and this is no offense to you-- but you probably think you are better than you are because you are comfortable, well-liked, make good money and do well to attain in an ecosystem and organization you've learned and get. But by all means, put some fillers out and see what sort of bites and conversations you can get and stress test it for yourself, but I think we are entering into a time of retrenchment. https://www.wsj.com/tech/microsoft-layoffs-sales-ai-25638cab
  19. Just a friendly reminder for the board that paywalls to read articles are ignored by AI: 1) Copy the URL 2) Copy Paste the URL into your favorite prompting tool 3) Read
  20. There's a NYT article about how Gen-Z is earnestly making the Diet Coke as this vice that takes the edge off and is calling it a "fridge cig". Also they are calling Mountain Dew Ice "fridge heroin". https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/style/fridge-cigarette-diet-coke.html
  21. I don't have to read anything you previously have posted, just the fact you described the persona as "ball knowers", you self-selected into one of those groups. I'll let you discern which.
  22. I've been with the company for twenty-four years. I was posted in Greece for fifteen. I've advised and armed the Hellenic Army. I've neutralized champions of communism. I've spent the past three years... learning —Finnish! Which would come in handy here in Virginia, and I'm never ever sick at sea. So I wanna know why... I'm not gonna be your Helsinki station chief.
  23. Now that’s a font and website UI/UX I haven’t seen in a while /obiwon
  24. Maybe in this sole way does he mirror the American populace and constituents on both sides, thanks to brain rot cellphones.
  25. As this is going to a game 7 and this saga is closing, to put a bow on my first foray and learning about prediction market gamblings: What started as a $100 investment into the NYK to win it all, with a bunch of moves up and down and around other games and doing some hedging, my ending position is: OKC wins: I win $200 (2x) IND wins: I win $4600 (46x)
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