Im getting major 1930s Spanish Civil war vibes.

Did killing Cesar at the end of Fallout New Vegas teach us nothing?

The war machine is too far along to be stopped easily.

Or if WW1 is your poison:

Initially, Wilhelm II wanted to halt the German mobilization, hoping for a peaceful resolution. However, Moltke insisted it was too late to stop the complex mobilization process once it had been set in motion. He argued that it was “like a wound-up clock” that couldn’t simply be unwound. His words essentially conveyed that the mobilization machinery, once started, would continue inexorably towards war, effectively removing any possibility of reversal.

Did you send in the Human fleet to defend the Citadel from the Reapers, or did you hold back ensuring Humanity had the biggest fleet after the attack?

Have a looks at the Hobart’s Funnies designs section:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart's_Funnies

I’ve never seen one before, no one has, but I’m guessing it’s a white hole

British Private Schools:

Fagging was a traditional practice in British public schools and also at many other boarding schools, whereby younger pupils were required to act as personal servants to the eldest boys.[1][2][3] Although probably originating earlier, the first accounts of fagging appeared in the late 17th century.[4]: 23  Fagging sometimes involved physical abuse[4]: 23–25  and/or sexual abuse.[5] Although lessening in severity over the centuries, the practice continued in some institutions until the end of the 20th century.[4]: 23–25

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagging

The discussion of nuclear power, much like the discussion of communism, is met with entrenched positions on Lemmy.

Break them up!

Agreed but I still agree with op :)

Ahh yes the: we can’t have self signed certificates for security reasons but also can’t open up the environment to the web, and we dont have our own CA server, trifecta.

Solution: awkward, manual, certificate import process from a 3rd party vendor.

This was my gut feel. Like the “Trip Wire” forces NATO members deploy along the Russian border States.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripwire_force

I’ve never really understood the 3D gun printing use case.

Yes, they can fire bullets but bullets are illegal where guns are illegal.

Am I missing something?

There were cases where decommissioned guns could be bought in the UK (firing pins removed). Gangs were recommissioning these guns by adding the removed components.

However, where do the bullets come from?

Yes, no one seems to raise this anymore. AI to me has always been something akin to computer sentience.

Things like ‘self healing’ systems are being badeged as AI when they’re little more than an application load balancer.

What was the behind the scenes deal on this? I remember it happening but not the details

Sterilization? What did I miss?

Remember that perfect is the enemy of good.

I thought I’d see this and was surprised not to.

Please proselytize your EU brethren. Signing this Citizen’s Initiative is the best chance to fix the dead games issue globally.

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

The guy behind it has a lot of videos explaining the logic. Here is the short version (1 min vid):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHGfqef-IqQ

Call to arms!

It was like corporate said “You’ve gone 6 episodes and we haven’t seen the antagonists tits. Spin the wheel… Add a hot tub to their space ship and have a bath scene for no reason.”

I used to get Cartoon Network as a kid. I watched Outlaw Star and really enjoyed it. However, in one of the later episodes they crowbarred in a topless jacuzzi scene for no reason.

That sums up my anime experience.

I watched Dragon Ball Z and a bit of Gundam Wing but never really enjoyed them.

I bump into Dragon Ball Z fans occasionally and they’re pushing 35 and have themed pillows etc. I think that is mad but I’ve met more than one person like that.

I have no themed things in my house nor would in buy any.

P.S. I enjoyed Samurai Jack and often say “Long ago in a different land” randomly to my partner.

Any recommendations based on the above?

Good points, well put.