I agree you can't just sneak such a force across the border, which is my point. If Russia was really trying to move such a massive force across the border as this article is claiming, we would have more evidence than just this dashcam footage. Where are the aerial and satellite photos of these columns plying Ukranian…

Yes, I was referring to the footage in the second video, as that was the only footage that had not only coordinates but also a time stamp. I don't dispute your placement of the location. I've seen several websites that corroborate your claim. Admittedly, this convoy being even closer to the border is cause for more…

I strongly disagree with the assumption you seem to make that the West has clean hands in this. I don't think Russia is "in the right" either, but let's be clear on how this situation got started.

I think one can question the US-NATO narrative and the agenda behind it without being a shill for Putin. I'm personally of the opinion that both powers have more or less identical goals which puts them on the same equally low moral standing. The means to these ends are also morally equivalent in my view. I don't…

I appreciate that you acknowledge that possibility, and I likewise acknowledge something more sinister may be afoot, but I think there are some differences from this troop movement and what we saw in Crimea. In both videos, we see artillery and tanks that if actually meant for infiltration into Ukraine would be a…

Moreover, according to the final dashcam coordinates and Google Maps, they are still west of at least one Russian military base. As I said in my first post, if they continue on the present road, M23, for another hour west, they will reach the Ukranian border near Mariupol. However, if they take the next exit ahead 3…

I am not saying the assessment of this article is wrong, but I'm not sure this is a smoking gun either. The location is 20 miles within Russian borders according to the dashcam's coordinates as of the end of the recording. It is true that if they continue down that road, they will cross into Mariupol where some of the…

He hasn't worked up to dead hooker yet, but there was a previous incident of cops finding him in a car with a naked 14 year old girl passed out. It's a start.

Yeah, I think we mostly agree on these points. For me, these two issues are the reason I'm a PC gamer. Most of what I play falls into the genres that require keyboard and mouse input and it's also these very games that tend to have big mod communities. I imagine if I were a fan of sports, racing, and RPGs, I'd have…

Yeah, I think we mostly agree on these points. For me, these two issues are the reason I'm a PC gamer. Most of what I play falls into the genres that require keyboard and mouse input and it's also these very games that tend to have big mod communities. I imagine if I were a fan of sports, racing, and RPGs, I'd have…

It's true that Steam's international popularity is limited, though it is available in many major EU markets and Japan. In any case, I brought up Steam to highlight the popularity of 4X/turn based strategy and other strategy and simulation games which are better suited to PC. I am sure these games are popular even…

On the issue of controllers, it's not just FPS and RTS games that are the exceptions. There are quite a few genres that do not port well to a game system that has only game pads for input. Turn-based strategy/4X games or really any games that entail simulation, strategy, or building are better suited to a PC with a…

If your distaste for the art direction is 50s scifi pulp, then you won't find much of the series to your liking, but the complaint a lot of people had with Fallout 3's aesthetics was that it was actually a departure from the original series' art direction and towards something more horror-survival and monochromatic. I…

Though obviously it had the potential for dual use like the R-7, the R-16 was being tested in the capacity of an ICBM, not a space launcher when the Nedelin catastrophe took place. Even after this disaster, it was used as a weapon, but was never put to use for the space program.

I agree with most of your points, except manned spaceflight as a total waste. I think it's simply that we can't practically send biological people as they are now. If we ever do reverse-engineer the human brain or merge with AI, we will have a space program in which there will be no distinction between manned and…

I'm not sure the US is winning even now. In terms of unmanned space flight, Galileo, Cassini, and all the Mars rovers, the US is the undisputed winner, but as for human spaceflight, I'm not so sure, especially since the US currently lacks even the means to launch someone into space with the shuttle in retirement.…

Also, as to Laika vs. Ham, I forgot to mention that while Laika did die in space, the Soviets actually were the first to safely return animals alive from orbit for study. The dogs Belka and Strekla flew nearly six months before Ham's flight. They were joined by a rabbit, 42 mice, and 2 rats, all of which survived the…

Yes, but the first animals launched into orbit and the first animals launched into orbit and brought back alive were all Russian.

...which makes the Russian accomplishments all the more incredible.

The US did play an important role in the war, but you're portrayal of Russia as entirely reliant on lend-lease goods is a gross exaggeration. In fact Lend-Lease aid was dwarfed by Soviet production even early in the war.