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Are you converting the SSIS automatically somehow or rewriting it?

The US is relatively weak without its allies. NATO was the real superpower in the west. The current regime got too big for their britches and tried to go it alone.

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> The only leverage NATO would be able to provide the US today would be political.

Not sure what you are saying. NATO provides critical support for the Iran war by allowing the US having military bases in their countries.


Spain is showing some spine. Italy and France too. Germany made a statement abhoring the attacks on Iran.

Is this not getting reported in your countries? Colour me surprised.

More will follow as Trump descends into further insanity.


Rheinmetall stock is up 1,439% and Saab is up 991% since February 2022. European defense materials companies are ramping up just fine.

Stock prices are reflection of what speculators expect to happen. So the depleted munitions thanks to Ukraine and the drive to get some independence from an unreliable Trump regime makes this unsurprising.

It depends whether you believe the paper strength or actual strength. On paper the Russian army was the second most powerful in the world. In practice it's the second most powerful in Ukraine. On paper the US army is the most powerful in the world. In practice they've been brought to a standstill by a third-rate power in the middle east. Before that in Vietnam, Iraq, and by something that's barely a country, Afghanistan. Some years ago I saw a Vietnamese film about the American War in which an NVA officer told his men "kill them and keep killing them until they stop coming". It doesn't matter how many expensive toys you have if the other side is determined to outlast you.

And don't forget who makes up NATO. Would you want to go up against someone like the Finns? Ask any US troops who have trained with them.


"How many Oreshniks do the Finns have?" To modernise Stalin.

I know this is hard for you to comprehend, but Russia is absolutely wrecking The Ukraine and by extension the NATO vassal states in Europe. It's hard for you to comprehend because your propaganda machines are incredibly effective, and your statements and questions show that you're incapable of looking at the other side and the other side is reality.


Whether or not the UX is better, from a security standpoint I choose the web version because of browser sandboxing unless I'm forced to use the app. If I'm forced to use the app, I probably choose not to use the service.

> from a security standpoint

Ironically applications are far more secure running in the OS sandbox than the browser if you're on Android or iOS.


How so?

Pending availability of specialists, willingness to travel, etc.

If you're in a major metro area it's generally not too bad.

True, but I'm guessing they're referring to anatomically modern humans which have only been here for a couple hundred thousand years. Not sure that's a meaningful way to look at it since I'm assume Neanderthals also evolved somewhat during that time.

Missing the point. If CEOs realize that they're more replaceable by AI than nurses and medical assistants, for example, then maybe they'll take a more nuanced view of the technology.

No, you're missing the point, because the views of the people to be laid off are irrelevant. Again, the stockholders own the company, not the CEO. If CEOs start chaging their tune on AI as soon as their own jobs are at stake, that would just demonstrate to the stockholders that human CEOs are untrustworthy and need to be replaced.

Before AI came along, CEOs were already arbitrarily laying off workers, to please the stockholders. The stockholders like these cost-cutting measures, and whether the measures make sense is secondary to the CEOs doing what their bosses want. If the stockholders believe that they can cut the CEOs too, they surely will.


The chain of responsibility must include the AI vendor. If vendors aren't liable for malpractice, there will be less incentive for all due diligence when lives are on the line.

Mostly it's useful in my experience on systems without Perl installed, but that doesn't often come up in my world.


Many of us were alive when the TSA was created. It's not a mystery why it's there. (Mostly so politicians could say they did something to improve air travel security.)


Well, and it did do something - make the experience more consistently mediocre. Which is indeed something.

Previously, some airports were even more of a nightmare, and others were actually pleasant.


Or delete old photos because their phone is slow. Techies really overestimate the correctness of the mental models non-techies walk around with.


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