And I think you will find Ukraine lacks the necessary satellite constellations to enable very long distance corrected boat strikes. Yet strangely Ukraine has suddenly been successfukly performing trajectory corrected boat strikes.. at very long distances.. Seemingly launched from not Ukraine.

Or maybe Russian oil terminals just keep magically catching fire... along with their ships.. You know, the ones the US didn't interdict.

Could be. Could be.

https://www.cfr.org/articles/how-much-us-aid-going-ukraine

You have to get at least the most basic facts correct. If you get even those wrong, you need to throw out your entire worldview and the sources that generated that worldview and start over.

Iran tweets about taking down an American jet basically daily. By their count we are down 40 f-35s, 4 aircraft carriers and thousands of MQ-9s.

I can't wait to play with my 3 year old and 1 year old. I get so mad at work when I have an odd late meeting because it is keeping me from them.

My three year old helps me build furniture (he gets screws started, counts out parts, helps apply glue). I love showing him synths and instruments and seeing his face light up.

My one year old is a cuddle monster who likes listening to jazz with me. She also really enjoys when the cat climbs up on our lap and she gets to pet it.

I don't know your situation, but most miserable parents I know see their kid as something to manage, like some kind of annoying work underling.

I see my kids as little detectives.

My goal isn't to solve their case or even help them approach it in the right way. It's to give them an occasional hint (or step stool), keep them from danger, and help them discover the correct way to behave.

They are bound by UK law exactly as much as they are bound by Venutian or Mars law.

It already sounds like Ofcom is likely to lose lawsuits about this, as they do not have jurisdiction in the U.S., where 4chan is hosted.

Now we have a large homeless encampment partially on the apartment complex lot - that the complex can't deal with because their lawyers told them off.

Now we have a significant uptick in petty but quality of life impacting crime.

The roads around the apartment complex are now swamped because the entrances were placed stupidly.

And the people who live in that apartment complex are also upset about all of this.

None of this is about "my investment". It is about not letting commercial outfits hurt my quality of life to subsidize their profit margin. It's not the fault of the tenants, nor me.

Now we get to sue the stupid property management company until they fix their issues.

Conference calls? Get soundcores.

Actual music? Buy proper open backs and a DAC.

There's no money to be made arresting criminals. Sure you get a few police contracts, and you need to show enough results to keep them.. but your moat is mostly how hard it is to even submit bids.

There's a lot more money to be made knowing that Accountant Mary's Lexis is looking kind of banged up and she could be sold on a new one.

Or even better yet, get arrested halfway to trying to dip your drone into paint on a sidewalk?

Just throw a rock at the stupid thing.

People smoked for the same reason people doomscroll - anxiety.

You can expose your kid to technology and also explain the role of moderation the same way you do with candy and sweets. You will need to model the behavior you want in your kid - that means putting your phone down. Buy a timed lockbox if that is what you need.

My mentioning plantains wasn't random.

If you live off bananas and rice, you are not going to be healthy. You can get just as fat off plantains as you can doritos.

Peanut butter (which is at least partially processed) can be a healthy part of your diet. It can also absolutely wreck it.

If your kid is going to get around that by clever vpn use, age gates don't help.

But the entire point of age laws is to stifle free speech and ruin privacy. Thus why every age law requires uploading an ID.

If it was just age, just require a credit charge of a $1 through an intermediary. Good for a year or whatever.