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New comment by cheney_2004 in "AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on"

cheney_2004 — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:47:27 +0000

Which is why peace and diplomacy is so important. The last thing we need is to be war hardening everything, which is likely impossible in this day and age.

New comment by cheney_2004 in "Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz"

cheney_2004 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:04:35 +0000

168 little children in Minab Iran are waiting for you to go upto bat and speak for their justice...

New comment by cheney_2004 in "No one owes you supply-chain security"

cheney_2004 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:24:44 +0000

We do all recognize that for the last 5+ years we have been repeatedly scolded that the safest thing you could do for software was just “switch to Rust”. I personally didn’t buy it because software safety is way more complex than automatic bounds checking. But the trap was set and here we are. I look forward to seeing this being resolved and for the next generations of language platforms to learn from this and start new.

New comment by cheney_2004 in "Missile defense is NP-complete"

cheney_2004 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:40:12 +0000

Iran has successfully targeted countless bases around the Middle East, a lot of this news simply isn’t being covered. Most of these strikes are on static assets like radar, depots, and other structures. If you are thinking about the F35s, strikes that hit runways are repaired in a matter of hours. As for the F35s themselves, they are constantly on the move or simply kept in the air. Service and storage is done on remote bases outside of the target zone. This has been standard practice since military aircraft has been introduced.

New comment by cheney_2004 in "Pentagon asks for $200bn for Iran War"

cheney_2004 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:44:02 +0000

My understanding is that its Israel that is in endless war. Their state was birthed in 1948 by war and violence and they have been at war with their neighbors ever since. First it was the Arab states. When they made peace, they then pivoted to Iran and made them their enemy. Before this, Iran was a very pro western country (and we all know the historical lead up to this).

The question is, how do we get Israel out of this forever war state?

New comment by cheney_2004 in "Pentagon asks for $200bn for Iran War"

cheney_2004 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:22:45 +0000

Well, Isreal has already destroyed several of their neighbors. Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Gaza, now Iran. Infact, Israel was born out of extreme and mass violence (1948). I would be fearful too... maybe its time for peace?