jfv wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 12:11 pm Are we about to witness the start of WW III ?

Fuck I hope not.

Who are the Russian allies?

China.

Anthony Flack wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:24 pm China.

Yes.

Russia allies with PRoC.

Russia invades Ukraine.

PRoC invades Taiwan.

I imagine the Koreas play into this too.

Not good.

How one knows he's a nerd...

Watching the movie Kimi, when Zoe Kravitz's character heads to her closet to fetch some more refined pre-amps/EQs and then sets them down on her desk, one has the involuntary thought, "Oooh! Row of 500 series modules. 'Bout how much them set you back?"

If only people were willing to protest against the tragically now-beginning climate apocalypse with the same sense of urgency that they feel for trashing sensible fucking public health policies. I'm picking up this hard-to-shake end-of-days vibe from just about everything going on these days. Human stupidity just seems to be an unsurmountable barrier wherever you look.

DaveA wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:42 pm How one knows he's a nerd...

Watching the movie Kimi, when Zoe Kravitz's character heads to her closet to fetch some more refined pre-amps/EQs and then sets them down on her desk, one has the involuntary thought, "Oooh! Row of 500 series modules. 'Bout how much them set you back?"

And I'm a super nerd for wondering what they are, Api, BAE, Chandler?

jfv wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:25 pm

Anthony Flack wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:24 pm China.

Yes.

Russia allies with PRoC.

Russia invades Ukraine.

PRoC invades Taiwan.

I imagine the Koreas play into this too.

Not good.

Ah, Fuck. You're right. It's like a Risk board but scary instead of fun.

losthighway wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:08 pm

DaveA wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:42 pm How one knows he's a nerd...

Watching the movie Kimi, when Zoe Kravitz's character heads to her closet to fetch some more refined pre-amps/EQs and then sets them down on her desk, one has the involuntary thought, "Oooh! Row of 500 series modules. 'Bout how much them set you back?"

And I'm a super nerd for wondering what they are, Api, BAE, Chandler?

Just looked. It's six dbx 904 modules routed into a 4-band splitter/combiner of some sort. So those are 900 series modules, I guess.


Anyway, if we end up warring with Russia and then China enters the fold, I don't see how the latter are going to keep offloading their wares here, countless in number. Their economy, and ours, would get all kinds of messed up in the process. That alone could be a deterrent, though we'll see.

I'm a novice at statecraft, but if Russia invades Ukraine I really don't want the US to declare war, not should we do nothing. But sanctions are pretty weak. Foreign policy is hard

losthighway wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:23 pm I'm a novice at statecraft, but if Russia invades Ukraine I really don't want the US to declare war, not should we do nothing. But sanctions are pretty weak. Foreign policy is hard

I, too, am no expert on this stuff. It nevertheless makes me very worried.

Russia invades.

Xi is watching global response to that with great interest.

I don’t intend to downplay an invasion of Ukraine, but if China invades Taiwan, hell, I’d be tempted to enlist to fight. I love Taiwan.