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2022-01-16 at 8:11 PM UTC in Kafka maybe deadI’m still drunk but alive. You trying to hit on me when I was suicidal didn’t help btwThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-14 at 5:23 PM UTC in GPU prices are retarded
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2022-01-14 at 12:38 PM UTC in I got a new job.Obbe sounds like the kind of nigga that could wire a grow up for the mafia
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2022-01-13 at 11:51 PM UTC in I got a new job.My last job was a few months ago, at the construction site of a hospital we're building.
I was lucky and got on the fire alarm crew, and for over a year all I worked on was the fire alarm system for this building.
I've been looking to get out of construction work and have been avoiding applying for those types of jobs while I've been looking for work. I applied for a fire alarm technician job at a company that specializes in just that, and they've just decided to hire me on. My training starts next week, and if everything goes well, in a few weeks I'll be driving around in a company van with my own helper doing inspections and repairs on our clients fire alarm systems.
Should be much easier work physically, lower voltages than I have worked on in the past which is something I've been looking for ever since I found out a previous coworker of mine was electrocuted at the local mall doing some work they weren't qualified to do.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-01-12 at 2:07 PM UTC in In your opinion, which barbarian horde pestered the Romans the most?The TuetonsThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-12 at 10:29 AM UTC in Ensuring every single NIS user earns over $100,000/yr by the year 2030
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2022-01-12 at 8:33 AM UTC in Kazakhstan: Euromaidan Sequel CANCELLEDIf you want more in-depth analysis, I recommend the following:
https://www.unz.com/pescobar/steppe-on-fire-kazakhstans-color-revolution/ - Pepe Escobar on the causes and progression
http://thesaker.is/who-lost-kazakhstan-and-to-whom/ - Saker on the aftermath and geopolitical implications
Most of what I'm writing here is a summary of the above and other sources. I'll try and keep it short so no TLDR.
Timeline
1. The initial cause of the unrest was that the government had been subsidising fuel costs and discontinued the subsidies because they were becoming too expensive. After the first waves of riots, the government caved in and reinstated (actually increased) the subsidies, but the riots continued with new demands to ban certain politicians and ex-politicians from participating in the government, to subsidise food and medical prices and other typically-socialist policies. Many of the demands were fundamentally impossible, indicating that the major groups demanding them were interested in revolution or disposal of the government rather than reform.
2. Armed groups activated across the country. It's currently popular to compare the coup/'colour revolution' attempt to what happened in the Ukraine in 2014, but Khazakhstan experienced it on a much larger scale. Whereas in the Ukraine violence was mostly contained in Kiev and the greater East (though there were other significant incidents such as the Odessa Trade House Fire), Khazakhstan saw armed uprisings across the country, with most estimates sitting at around 20,000 armed rebels.
3. It quickly became obvious that Kazakh security forces were going to have serious trouble - they had to differentiate between rioters and armed units to avoid a political disaster, they were stretched thin having to deal with disruptions across the country, and dropping morale would lead to desertion, like what happened in Syria and Libya when it began to feel hopeless. The President called for assistance from the Russian-led CSTO (similar to a regional NATO for the smaller Eurasian states), and overnight, two Russian brigades and several smaller special forces units from Belarus and Armenia were deployed.
4. It's unclear how many rebels have been killed but most estimates are in the thousands. Not only have the foreign forces aided the Kazakh security forces in crushing them, they've effectively hardened the security forces' resolve and destroyed the morale of the rebels, given that they now know they do not have the firepower to win and their sponsors will not aid them militarily.
5. There are massive purges going on in the Kazakh government, with the (current) highest profile arrest being the chief of the Kazakh National Security Committee, Karim Massimov. He's been charged with treason and has been described as a mastermind behind the event, and has both a personal and business history with the Biden family.
Aftermath
As per Saker's analysis, the sheer scale of the operation (arming and organising 20,000 fighters) would've required significant time and resources, indicating that this has been in the works for a while. Concurrently, preparing two brigades and units from multiple countries for overnight deployment would also take (at least) weeks, which indicates that the Russians (and given that they warned Erdogan of his impending assassination, likely the Kazakh government) knew it was coming too - they allowed it to happen to demonstrate to the Kazakh government that the west are not friends, regardless of what they say. An attempt to ruin the country in order to create another front for Russia has instead driven them into Russia's 'orbit'.
Will post more later, currently looking into who specifically funded this. The NED (the 'overt' political arm of the CIA) alone has poured 2-3 million into 'political causes' in Kazakhstan over the last few years which means other NGOs aren't far behind, and much more undocumented money and equipment has changed hands. While I don't think Erdogan himself had anything to do with it, a significant chunk of the armed rebels are ethnically Turkish and/or belong to Turkish separatist groups so they likely have some level of support back home.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-01-10 at 11:42 PM UTC in I need a recapThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-10 at 3:05 PM UTC in I need a recapI might post some of my arduino projects if that interests youThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-10 at 1:24 AM UTC in First Conflict of 2022Kazakhmaidan DENIEDThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-08 at 2:03 AM UTC in First Conflict of 2022I know Russia is going full Soviet when it comes to reactor construction abroad. The area around Chernobyl is beautiful, has lots of land, cheap labour, and has ample water for cooling, ideal for a nuclear park, besides political considerations it is perfect for the construction of a massive nuclear plant of 10 gigawatts plus that pipes the electricity to Germany via high voltage DC.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-08 at 12:06 AM UTC in First Conflict of 2022The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-07 at 11:03 PM UTC in Have you guys ever wondered if Lanny really is...The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-07 at 4:27 AM UTC in Grabbing Crypto Addresses with regex. And more.
package com.lanny.things;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Nir {
public static ArrayList<int[]> numberSet;
public static String number1 = "4343404100000000";
public static String number2 = "4343404199999999";
public static String numberToCheck = "4343404105441234";
public static int[] checkNumber;
public static boolean check = false;
public static boolean writeToFile = false;
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
if (!check){
numberSet = new ArrayList<int[]>();
int[] a = new int[16], b = new int[16];
for (int i = 15; i > -1; i--){
a[i] = number1.charAt(i) - 48;
b[i] = number2.charAt(i) - 48;
}
createList(a, b);
for (int n = 0; n < numberSet.size(); n++){
int[] temp = numberSet.get(n);
for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++){
System.out.print(temp[i]);
}
System.out.println();
}
} else {
checkNumber = new int[16];
for (int i = 15; i > -1; i--){
checkNumber[i] = numberToCheck.charAt(i) - 48;
}
System.out.println(isValid(checkNumber)?"Valid":"Not Valid");
}
}
public static void createList(int[] range1, int[] range2){
while(!equals(range1, range2)){
if (isValid(range1)){
int[] temp = new int[16];
for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++){
temp[i] = range1[i];
}
numberSet.add(temp);
if (writeToFile){
try {
File file = new File("/home/lanny/Desktop/NumberList");
BufferedWriter output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file, true));
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++){
sb.append(temp[i]);
}
output.write(sb.toString() + "\n");
output.close();
} catch (IOException e) {e.printStackTrace();}
}
}
range1 = increment(range1);
}
}
public static boolean isValid(int[] n){
int total = 0;
for (int i = 15; i > -1; i--){
if (i % 2 != 0){
total = total + n[i];
} else {
Integer temp = n[i] + n[i];
int tempt = 0;
for (int x = 0; x < temp.toString().length(); x++){
tempt = tempt + Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(temp.toString().charAt(x)));
}
total = total + tempt;
}
}
return (total % 10 == 0);
}
public static int[] increment(int[] i){
int[] returner = i;
boolean finished = false;
int s = 15;
while (!finished){
if (i[s] != 9){
returner[s]++;
finished = true;
} else {
returner[s] = 0;
s--;
}
}
return returner;
}
public static boolean equals(int[] range1, int[] range2){
for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++){
if (range1[i] != range2[i]) return false;
}
return true;
}
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2022-01-06 at 3:03 AM UTC in How to get away with murder?SecretlyThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-01-05 at 6:40 PM UTC in sophie's lonely pleas for attention
Originally posted by Wariat lol so he has his own ring. holy fuk thats deep. Usually the ones who start them or run them get 30 yrs if not life in the usa that is.
You're literally trying to start a polish child sex ring with all the teenage sluts you meet in chat rooms you sik fuk
it seems to me the only ones running a ring around here would be kev, wariat and rock nose those 3 seem to be thick as thieves and the only ones who can corroborate on this so called story. If you ask me those are the 3 least trustworthy users to take any information from because they are consistently deranged individuals -
2022-01-04 at 12:36 AM UTC in BRB just going to cancel that free "google drive storage"Just mount your google drive as a drive, set swap partition or pagefile in the cloud drive. You just downloaded more RAM ezpz.
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2022-01-04 at 12:29 AM UTC in Any relatively new, interesting or exotic langs you know of?esolangs.org is a great wiki-type site that has a bunch of crazy, and obscure languages.
https://esolangs.org/wiki/Language_list
is a link to a bunch of them if you are interested in this.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-01-03 at 2:49 PM UTC in Buddy Brown Wrote a Song About Most of You
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2022-01-03 at 1:25 PM UTC in You call an Uber very drunk, you hope the Uber driver doesn't realize you're underageThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
