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Quit dicking around eh

The video remained up on Nebula, the reason for the takedown appears to have been feedback leading to an edit for audio. Legal Eagles Post

It feels like even normal Americans don't quite get it. It's war. Picture Iraq, but you share a huge border. This continent will become a bloodbath. We'll make sure of that. We can only hope a nuclear deterrent can be deployed before that happens. To be clear, we see your country. We are ready to die, and kill, to not be part of it.

The joy of no longer being in Windows for gaming.

Good practice for the pilots though.

I second Halls of Torment, also check out ∆V Rings of Saturn.

Looking at the boats on offer, only one currently fills the specification Canada is insisting on. The KSS-3 from ROK has 10 VLS in its block 2 configuration, the German Type 212 has 0 VLS. If Canada requires the capability to deploy ballistic missiles that leaves it with the Korean boat , that's also a very smart requirement since it allows for the nuclear deterrent that is obviously needed to be added down the line. The KSS-3 is currently deploying the Hyunmoo 4-4 ballistic missile, range of 800km, payload (I think) 1-2000kg. That could sling a thermonuclear warhead.

The cost of failing to deter aggression is incredibly high, look at Ukraine. We are in a similar situation, but we are even worse off. There is much less conventional parity between us and the hostile dictatorship next door. As an example, Ukraine started the war with a layered air defense network and thousands of interceptors to keep it in the fight, that led to Russian caution with their air assets and allowed a front to form. Canada has precisely 0 air defense batteries.

Ultimately there is no reasonable amount we can spend to gain conventional deterrent against the new United States. The money needs to yield a fast track to nuclear deterrence.

Unfortunately for us Canadians, we are staring at the choice between spending and sacrificing financially to hedge against the risk of invasion. If we don't, and the worst happens, we'll spend much, much more, and a lot of the cost will be blood.

I use Nobara, I've daily driven on my gaming setup for 8 months. Strong recommendation. It's maintained by GE of GE-Proton. I have an RTX 4080 and it has been completely smooth with drivers, my mic, camera, XBox controller, all working out of the box.

Personally running Nobara with my 4080, works great.

A second m.2 for trying out the switch to Linux. It went well, primary boot now.

Edit: I went with Nobara.