Code should absolutely speak for itself. But the occasional comment is still good to explain the ‘why’ of the code when the why isn’t very obvious, often due to a niche requirement. Also any time you have to break out a hack, that needs comments up the ass, what was the bug, what URL did you find the fix at, why does this hack work, etc etc. It’s very satisfying to go back and remove those hacks after they are no longer needed, often because the underlying technology fixed the bug that had to be hacked around.

They have been dumping money into war production; works amazing for a few years. However, all that money and labor isn’t getting invested into the future of the country, it is getting invested into equipment and people to be blown up in Ukraine.

Took me a moment too, look east of Ukraine. Poland did a big sneak.

China so far has been providing dual-use items (think golf carts, microchips). If China is now providing munitions, I would expect quite the number of behind-the-scenes discussions occurring between the west and China; with Chinese sanctions on the horizon.

Did they get Dr. Seuss to design a tank?

Wilshire gave the correct answer, but wanted to expand on that. Cargo 200 was a Soviet code word for transporting filled coffins. It would be what you write on a cargo manifest. It morphed into simply ‘200’ and ‘300’ referring to dead and wounded respectively.

One would think ‘don’t approach unexploded ordinance if you don’t have to’ would be common sense…

Crazy taxi seems like it would be best to remain a mid-budget single player game sold for a mid-budget price. Who wants this as an MMO? How can it possibly retain people for long enough to justify such an expense?

I have commented this several times before, but it has been real good seeing the consistent and notable artillery numbers. It’s one of the things Russia still has an advantage over Ukraine, at least in quantity. But it seems Ukraine has an advantage in counter-battery, at least based on just how many Russian artillery units are getting hit. Over time, with such consistent hits, it is something Ukraine is slowly removing from their disadvantage list.

That grad hit was particularly spicy.

And always nice to see a train hit. See those less often, but they are Russia’s logistics backbone and are some of the most important targets.

Yeah, this could prove very effective. Lancets have been doing quite a bit of damage due to their longer range. If Ukraine can shoot these down reliably with such cheap munitions, it will greatly diminish Russia’s ability to hit targets behind the front.

Or Biden is showing his age and needs to let someone else take the helm. Being left doesn’t mean yes-manning everything the party does.

Sunless Skies was pretty well made. Certainly a niche game, but a quite well made one.

Toss-bombing always looks cool, but has had very little application before this war. With dumb bombs it’s inaccurate, and with precision bombs countries like America gain air supremacy and fly high and drop from level flight. The Hammer is well suited for contested environments in this war as it gives much more range when lobbed from low altitude as it’s rocket assisted.

Target selection for them will be interesting. They have a higher payload than something like a GMLRS round, so the Hammers are likely to be primarily used against buildings with troops or supplies, as we see in this video.

Let’s wait and see what happened specifically. But I will say, the US does love their…proportional responses.

Thank you for the extra info. I’ll edit the title since it isn’t confirmed.

It’s good they are continuing to stamp down on corruption. It is what you want to see.

I have never seen this shit within the last few decades in a Western military. Everyone there believes a CASEVAC will get them to a hospital where they will be saved. Even if it can’t always happen, it is the norm to do one’s best to save people, not just give up in the first seconds.

I think they got this one! Hard to tell behind the massive explosion though!

Man, no hesitation on the wounded invader. Went straight from being fine, to wanting his buddy to kill him.