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Houthi rebels say they've fired a new 'homemade hypersonic missile,' posting footage of its launch at a civilian ship
  • It seems the only real definition of "hypersonic" outside of speed, is that the missile is capable of performing evasive maneuvers during the terminal phase while at hypersonic velocity. Otherwise yea, every ballistic missile is hypersonic. I have to doubt that this system actually qualifies, you never know though, technology proliferates I guess.

  • We coulda had Bernie...
  • It's difficult to defend the idea that Biden has been trying to end the genocide. He's had that power from day 1. If you give Israel a bullet, you have solid awareness that there is a good chance it will be used against a non-combatant. That's hard reality. If Biden was not supportive of genocide he would place an embargo on the weapons being poured into the massacre. He also wouldn't sanction the ICC when they attempted to call out the primary actors in the genocide. He has given enabling support to the campaign in multiple ways.

    Biden is not a good man as he is portrayed, he is complex obviously, but the reality is that Hitler still petted his dog and was nice to his friends and family. Biden should be joining Netanyahu at the Hague, not sabotaging democracy by being virtually un-electable while at the same time working to make it even more obvious that the international order is only there to punish certain war criminals.

    Anyway, I think the take is pretty on point.

  • Supreme Court: Trump Has 'Absolute Immunity' For Core Constitutional Powers
  • Not really, in this case they are equating actions Trump took to overturn his election loss as official duties. It's definitely a messy part of the law, but if you bundle the actions taken to bring down a governmental system with those taken in the administration of that system you're probably only trying to help bring it down.

  • Tianlong 3 booster static fire test lifts off instead
  • Genuinely crazy situation, I don't think that's ever happened before. Either they underestimated the thrust they had, or they saved money on hardware. Possibly calculated shear force for the full stack instead of just the booster. Somebody is definitely fired.

  • Cash transactions are way down. These advocates say the feds need to do something
  • I carry an emergency $50 with me and I haven't had to use it in a few years. I do not miss change jangling in my pocket.

  • Joe Biden Hits Back at The New York Times After it Tells Him to Drop Out of Race
  • As a Canadian watching this, knowing that his loss would accelerate the shift to a dictatorship south of the border, it's so disheartening. What is wrong with the Democrats, it's bizarre. I can't even imagine having to vote for a candidate like him, that it's even a question when his opponent is such an absolute clown. It's the dumbest timeline.

    This was interesting to listen to, the only thing left is single issue voting. A vote for whatever is put across from Trump, regardless of who or what it is, opens the chance for another election to try again.

    https://youtu.be/Ikm4kDl4A4A?si=B0cUpEZORixoluTY

  • 15 Russian air defense systems have been hit in occupied Crimea in the last two months.
  • It is huge, they aren't shit by any stretch. They can be defeated through tactics and technology, just like western defense systems. If there is an expectation of operating F-16 and Mirage 2000 in the combat area, these air defences need to be degraded. A SCALP missile streaking along at 75M altitude, supported by MALD electronic decoys, under the cover of 20-30 drones, with a few Neptune cruise missiles to soak up interceptors is far more likely to defeat an S-400 battery than a two-ship of F-16 operating within 80km of the front.

  • Hungary agrees not to veto NATO support to Ukraine as long as it's not forced to help out
  • It is tedious AF to have the enemy on the allied council.

  • US HOUSE VOTES TO SANCTION ICC OVER WARRANTS FOR NETANYAHU - NBC News
  • Policy in support of genocide. Our American neighbours are in a great place.

  • Biden Weighs Letting Ukraine Strike With U.S. Weapons in Russia
  • Maybe if Ukraine could get their hands on some Palestinians, then they could parachute a few of them in at the target location first to get Biden excited about bombing. It seems to work elsewhere.

  • Sweden to donate $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine
  • The airborne radar is very huge. Please please let's follow up with Gripen and Meteor. Nothing like watching orcs eat missiles at 200km. (Wishful thinking but still)

  • The ‘Spectacular’ Failure Of Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Hotel Is Going Viral
  • It's an odd post, but I have to admit I had the same fascination. I remember finding out that she exists when the YT video I was listening to ended and, before I got my phone out of my pocket, it had auto played some girl introducing the story of a LARP theme park I had never heard of. An hour later I was heavily informed about the tale of Evermore despite giving no shits about theme parks.

    I listened to a couple more of her essays on topics I have no inherent interest in, then took a closer look at her channel. I thought, I'll add her to my Patreon list for awhile, I've gotten several hours of entertainment. Queue the holy shit when I ran the numbers.

    Sometimes people make good stuff, and then they are financially rewarded for that. Good for her.

    Edit: English better.

  • Biden’s vanishing red line: White House silent as top UN court orders Israel to halt Rafah attack
  • They're not really silent, they are threatening sanctions against the ICC, have come out strongly against the request for warrants, have clarified that killing Gazan civilians cannot be equated to killing Israeli civilians, and are considering inviting Netanyahu to speak to Congress in defiance of the rule of law. I suppose that's silence maybe?

  • Sweden plans to allocate $7 billion in military aid to Ukraine between 2024-2026
  • Just keeping my fingers crossed for Gripens slinging Meteors at flying orcs.

  • Sovcit needs some help.
  • Do these folks believe that using punctuation means they are entering contract with the reader or something?

  • Issue with filtering

    I have recently been having an issue where filters are applied, not by me, while I'm browsing in Connect. Entire communities are showing no posts with the message, "Empty because all posts are being filtered". There are no filters turned on in the settings that I can see. Many comments are also hidden due to filters, including my own. I have checked in using the browser interface and everything is normal there.

    Is there a setting I am missing, or do I have another issue with the app?

    Edit: Issue solved, apparently I had blocked lemmy.world though I'm not sure how.

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    (Linux noob) Getting an error attempting to install Flatpacks via Software Manager

    I am receiving this error when I attempt to install via the manager, but I am able to install via Terminal. That said I am getting an option to install for either System or User, which I haven't previously seen. I'm sure this is probably something pretty basic, but I'm fairly Linux illiterate... beyond knowing I can mess things up by fiddling without knowing what I'm doing.

    I am on Nobara 37, Gnome 43.2, Wayland. I'd love a hand with this, thanks!

    Edit: Thanks for the detailed answers! Issue resolved.

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