7elevenses
7elevenses t1_j6utsh0 wrote
Reply to comment by Simplified_J in [OC] Number of English Words by Length in Letters and Syllables by OfficialWireGrind
Oh, I misread that. I guess it would be an acronym that includes W then.
7elevenses t1_iuk1cxt wrote
Reply to comment by 5kyl3r in How Russia Pays for War: Despite the current level of sanctions, trade with some nations has shrunk surprisingly little and positively boomed with others by UserNamesCantBeTooLo
They're a country of over 100 million people and one of the largest arms producers and exporters in the world. They can make the parts they're missing. IMO this is all just wishful thinking.
7elevenses t1_iujp3x8 wrote
Reply to comment by 5kyl3r in How Russia Pays for War: Despite the current level of sanctions, trade with some nations has shrunk surprisingly little and positively boomed with others by UserNamesCantBeTooLo
Ladas are completely irrelevant to their war effort. OTOH, the information that Russia can't produce tanks came from Ukraine back in March. The latest information from Ukraine is:
>Uralvagonzavod, one of the largest tank producers in the world, has weathered sanctions against Russia and kept producing cheap tanks, which are now used to invade Ukraine.
Which sort of makes sense. The idea that Russia would make their tank production dependent on Taiwanese chips sounds very very unlikely.
7elevenses t1_iui293k wrote
Reply to How Russia Pays for War: Despite the current level of sanctions, trade with some nations has shrunk surprisingly little and positively boomed with others by UserNamesCantBeTooLo
Russia has its own currency that is entirely controlled by its government. It pays for the war by printing rubles. It produces its own weapons from its own natural resources and with its own workforce. It does not need to trade with anybody to do that, no more than the US needed international trade to finance its war in Iraq.
The real question is how Russia affords to have a share of its human and other resources devoted to its war effort instead of more productive endeavors.
7elevenses t1_jc37oeg wrote
Reply to Genuinely confused by this video…you have the balls to pull a gun on people, but not run away from an old guy who says he knows karate? Not on the criminals side, but you’re gonna go to prison, but the cops aren’t there yet, and you’re just gonna stand around and wait for them? by Doggydog212
That robber isn't really a tough guy, he's just a punk with a gun. Which was lucky for the marathon guy.