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postingawayonhn commented on Neros has raised $121M to build military drones nytimes.com/2025/11/10/bu... · Posted by u/asix66

gonzo41 · a month ago

Counterpoint, the US has better other systems. Such as the 1st,2nd,3rd largest air forces in the world.

Lots of Ukrainian commanders would happily trade FPV drones with grenades attached for mortar teams with lots of ammo and effective aircover.

Modern militaries need drones, but the swarms that everyone gushes over aren't that effective when a 1000 pound gorilla like the US Army turns up to play.

postingawayonhn · a month ago

Yeah, I think it will be important to continue improving drone technology and have a plan to scale manufacturing in the event of a major conflict, but the lack of conventional air superiority is what has really brought this war to a stalemate.

postingawayonhn commented on Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not theregister.com/2025/11/0... · Posted by u/SanjayMehta

harimau777 · a month ago

Wouldn't it be weird if that didn't shape their perception? It's not surprising that people are less trusting when an authoritarian is in power.

postingawayonhn · a month ago

But the assumptions should always be that one day someone like that could take power and gain access to that data.

postingawayonhn commented on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission cnn.com/2025/10/20/scienc... · Posted by u/voxleone

foxyv · 2 months ago

That's like bolting new wings on a 777 after every flight. It's going to cost a LOT and you won't be able to just load up fuel/passengers and take off again.

I'm sure SpaceX will eventually fix the problem. They are well funded, the materials exist, and they have amazing engineers. They just haven't reached that point yet.

postingawayonhn · 2 months ago

'Cost a LOT' is relative though.

Expensive compared to a 777 flight? Sure. Expensive compared to every other moon capable rocket? No.

postingawayonhn commented on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission cnn.com/2025/10/20/scienc... · Posted by u/voxleone

imoverclocked · 2 months ago

This is a vastly oversimplified take; Mars will be a monumental effort, far beyond what it takes to get to/from the moon.

postingawayonhn · 2 months ago

You'll need to launch more mass to get there but the technology isn't really any more complicated. It's also a more hospitable environment (reasonable gravity, day/night cycle, some atmosphere, water, etc.)

postingawayonhn commented on British man claims he's unable to watch porn as tattoos confuse age check system needtoknow.co.uk/2025/07/... · Posted by u/heavyset_go

curtis3389 · 5 months ago

The UK seems terrible at this whole "free society" thing.

postingawayonhn · 5 months ago

They never have been one.

postingawayonhn commented on Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions economist.com/graphic-det... · Posted by u/doener

adrianN · 5 months ago

It is my understanding that land use (eg cutting down rain forest, draining wetlands) for pasture and soy are a big contributor to the carbon footprint of meat.

postingawayonhn · 5 months ago

Where land is converted there can be an increase. But for an existing farm with stable herd numbers the emission produced around (Methane > Carbon Dioxide > Grass > Methane > etc.).

postingawayonhn commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr

dcreater · 5 months ago

Do you know if the mechanical position of the switch guarantees its electronic state without any possibility for hardware malfunction? If no, then you are claiming a person made one of the most grave acts of inhumanity ever.

This sounds to me like an electronics issue - an intermittent, inadvertent state transition likely due to some PCB component malfunction

postingawayonhn · 5 months ago

There is also audio of the pilots discussing the issue.

postingawayonhn commented on Australians to face age checks from search engines ia.acs.org.au/article/202... · Posted by u/stubish

frollogaston · 6 months ago

Well the age assurance is only for logged-in users, so they can just log out.

postingawayonhn · 6 months ago

The article doesn't quite spell it out but I assume you won't be able to turn off safe search unless you log in with a verified 18+ account.

postingawayonhn commented on UK to buy F-35As that can't be refueled from RAF tankers theregister.com/2025/06/2... · Posted by u/belter

exe34 · 6 months ago

Why are we buying further into the US closed garden? Why pay and then ask for permission from "daddy" before we can use our own toys?

postingawayonhn · 6 months ago

Because Europe doesn't produce anything comparable at present.

postingawayonhn commented on India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir reuters.com/world/india/i... · Posted by u/alephnerd

JumpCrisscross · 7 months ago

> Pakistan is not economically strong enough to participate in a war, and India is not interested

Proxy war between U.S. and China. We’re moving the naval assets that were bombing the Houthis. India seizing Pakistan-administered Kashmir cuts Islamabad off from China.

postingawayonhn · 7 months ago

The US isn't interested in picking sides. Historically it has tried to be friendly with both (though that hasn't always been easy).

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