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There should be no illusions about resisting an attack. That's not really possible in the modern transparent battlefield. All fixed defenses are struck in the opening salvo, AA defenses, radar networks, airfields. China would take immediate air superiority. Amphibious assaults are ridiculously dangerous, nigh impossible, but every shot fired in defense receives immediate retaliation from the air. This is different from the war in Ukraine where there's contested airspace instead of one-sided superiority. Mines will slow the landing but without the ability to resist it, its just a matter of time. Deterrence needs to be economic and political, a military deterrent is not going to work on the doorstep of a world power with anything short of nuclear armament.

Some women's libido goes down from the stress of seeing a lot of chores needing to be taken care of. Doing those chores reduced the stress. Going further and doing what is normally their share of housework can be an act of affection.

It's also noted in a study of women asked to rate a number of pictures of men on various factors including attractiveness and reliability. When they are also asked for dating preferences, as the age range went up, the prioritization on reliability ratings also went up. Doing chores is reliable AF.

More to the point, she's already told you she likes it. Just believe her.

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would look nothing like Russia's invasion of Ukraine. China could attack Taiwan with fires from the mainland, there isn't a deep depth of terrain within which to hide. It would be more about resisting an occupying force than trying to meet them on the battlefield.

The deterrence here isn't in stopping an invasion, but from making the fallout so costly that it wouldn't be worth it. Just rigging the TSMC plants with explosives and blowing them up when an invasion starts would accomplish deterrence more effectively than having soldiers shoot at each other. The unified economic sanctions of Russia after the invasion of Ukraine has been extremely costly and acts as a major message of deterrence against China trying to take Taiwan and risking reduction to the foreign trade that's so vital to their stability (which is why they're to develop their domestic market to reduce economic dependence).

Taiwan should stay independent, but it doesn't make sense to have a lot of people bleed for it.

The concern is a good bit higher than "possible" since they've just recently inflicted a large scale natural disaster to slow the Ukrainian offensive to retake their territory.

The Kakhovka dam was blown up by Russians because Ukraine doesn't own the kinds of weapons that could destroy it from a distance even if they for some reason wanted to devastate their own land (they don't).

Russia clearing out the plant staff and inspectors is highly suspect. If there was a major radiation leak, that too would have to come from manually placed demolitions...which is what they've been seeing.

For daily upkeep it's best to clean as you go. Little tasks embedded in your other tasks. Like if I need to change my shirt, grab the laundry on the way and put it away before putting on that shirt. It saves 1 trip of walking along the way. Same principle as cooking, you clean as you go. Like you slice meats and start the browning...so turn around and clean the cutting board while you wait for it to brown.

For monthly upkeep we hire cleaners to go through the whole place for 200+25% tip. It definitely costs money, but saves on our time and sanity to not have to remember to do all these little cleaning tasks all over the house that just keep piling up until you "find" time to do it.

I'll play devil's advocate, The upfront advertising may help the fediverse reach the critical mass needed to create the zeitgeist of accelerating adoption that turns it into common use.

There's a lot of sentiment here about keeping out the "riff raff" that comes with a popular platform. However amongst all those commoners are also the obscure experts in niche subjects that leave comments answering questions that don't really get answered anywhere else on the internet. The scale of Reddit allowed those serendipitous encounters between questions and answers that don't happen anywhere else.

If those encounters could happen on the fediverse, then the fediverse would be unkillable because of its decentralized nature. If Threads attempted to dominate the same way that Reddit did, instance owners could defederate it at that point and protestors can easily hop over since they'd already be familiar with the fediverse.

Watch at least 1 Jorbs "Overexplained" video. He points out the considerations and calculations you should think about and that sets you on a path to self-improvement now that you know what observations you should be making.

It's dangerous to take in act 1. But I'm certainly happy to take it in act 2 or later. Snecko ,mummified hand, extra energy sources, make it more takeable. Yes it's a dead card in a lot of hallway fights but it's a 1 card solution to act 2 boss, act 3 boss, and giant head.

It's good to not overestimate it's value as a source of infinite strength, but even better to not overcompensate in the wrong direction and write off it's value.

I have been playing this game for years. A20 on all characters. Bought it on 3 different platforms. I am still playing it daily, and I'm not sick of it.

Follow JustinGuitar he'll make sure you know all the basic through intermediate things you should know, all for free. He will then point you towards some intermediate stuff you can explore that requires payment but you can go to YouTube for that if you want. He will set you up with enough basic guitar theory to self-study what you need next.

Most importantly, figure out what your goals are and plan accordingly.

I feel that. Trying to make friends online and realizing everyone on the other side is typicallu in their 20s, and while you can enjoy the same things, it's hard to relate to each other. We're just not in the same place in life. Joined a discord called "Old Folks" and it's still people aged 20-30.

Nothing wrong with mundane hobbies. Seems like a lot of people don't even have mundane ones. Or if they do, they don't talk about it much. Seems lonely doesn't it? It feels that way for me. This thing you spend so much of your free time and enthusiasm on, but not many ways to share this enthusiasm with others.