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New comment by torlok in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

torlok — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:50:53 +0000

Europe is dealing with the US, just not via empty threats on social media. Things take time when you have a functioning democratic system with checks and balances.

New comment by torlok in "Agentic Trading with Safe Guardrails"

torlok — Sun, 17 May 2026 22:45:11 +0000

It's there any evidence that trading off of headlines works long-term?

New comment by torlok in "Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO"

torlok — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:55:11 +0000

Sounds a lot like what Musk does, except maybe that Musk uses his companies to outright bail himself out.

New comment by torlok in "UAE to leave OPEC"

torlok — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:44:53 +0000

I think you underestimate how little economic pressure matters when people are up against an invader who attacked amidst negotiations for bogus reasons, threatened total annihilation, and killed thousands, including a school full of children.

New comment by torlok in "Do you want the US to "win" AI?"

torlok — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:40:54 +0000

Beside posturing, modern China was only involved in skirmishes at the Indian border. What's delusional is blindly comparing China to Russia or the USA.

New comment by torlok in "F-35 is built for the wrong war"

torlok — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:52:57 +0000

Russia is keeping their expensive equipment in the back since years now because they're afraid to lose it. They would be fire bombing cities if they could. Russia already used white phosphorous in this war. The only reason they're not killing more civilians with missiles and drones is because they can't build more of them.

New comment by torlok in "Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left""

torlok — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:45:53 +0000

Thanks Joe Rogan.

New comment by torlok in "Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left""

torlok — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:42:03 +0000

Thousands dead, millions displaced, Hegseth just quoted "Pulp Fiction" at a sermon, but perhaps this might make enough Europeans fed up with the US.

New comment by torlok in "Vance Says U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Break Down over Nuclear Issue"

torlok — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:03:48 +0000

Hardly a surprise. This crack team of negotiators couldn't make Russia budge an inch after a year of negotiations, and only managed to put pressure on the victim country.

New comment by torlok in "Iran Unable to Find Mines in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says"

torlok — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:36:25 +0000

Hilarious. Trump didn't agree to let Iran have control of the strait in a desperate attempt, they just can't find the mines, because if they could, the strait would have been open by now.

This is funnier than when Vance tried to dismiss Iran's Lebanon ceasefire condition by suggesting that Iranians can't understand English.

Nice to see USA get a taste of Trump's dealmaking skills after trying to tell Ukraine to concede more than they already lost for nothing in return.

New comment by torlok in "Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire"

torlok — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:24:52 +0000

It's safe to assume nothing has actually changed until there's a signed deal. With Trump it's all just talk.

New comment by torlok in "Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire"

torlok — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:19:15 +0000

Bitcoin is in a side trend. It's slightly up because it follows the equity market. Nothing indicates an increased demand yet.

New comment by torlok in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

torlok — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:02:54 +0000

The talks are theater. Trump is running around like a headless chicken, so it may look like a lot of "diplomacy" is happening, but if you look at the Iranian side, they remain in control over the strait, and their demands haven't changed. The fact that Iran agreed to talk is because Trump caved-in enough.

New comment by torlok in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

torlok — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:24:44 +0000

There's no ceasefire until Israel stops attacking. Iran retains control over the strait, and their demands haven't changed. Nothing's new other than Iran is ready to sit at the negotiating table because Trump caved-in enough.

New comment by torlok in "The team behind a pro-Iran, Lego-themed viral-video campaign"

torlok — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:19:16 +0000

I will side with any country that's being illegally attacked, and whose population is being illegally targeted, thank you very much. Sovereignty is fundamental, it's been broken. The state of Iran is the result of US and Israeli meddling. There was time for criticizing Iran before it was attacked.

New comment by torlok in "Women were never meant to give birth on their backs"

torlok — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:55:34 +0000

I think it's useful to drive the point home that there is no good reason to give birth lying down. Otherwise you make it sound like "scientists say you should try this", and not "this was a stupid idea in the first place".

New comment by torlok in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

torlok — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:45:55 +0000

The military propaganda in the US is so strong that it doesn't matter how many innocent lives US soldiers take, even the staunchest US liberals will thank the troops because "just following orders" or "poverty draft".

New comment by torlok in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

torlok — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:35:40 +0000

They took a page from the US administration playbook and manifested a victory into existence.

New comment by torlok in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

torlok — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:55:30 +0000

Considering the number of friendly fire incidents these moronic planes cause, Iran would probably be better off leaving them be.

New comment by torlok in "SpaceX files to go public"

torlok — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:54:15 +0000

I stopped watching him because I don't understand why a competent finance expert is slinging ads for earbuds and quick meals. Feels like he's just making "Youtube content" rather than anything serious.