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If the screens were as durable as the non-foldables, foldable phones would be the obvious choice. They protect the screen by putting it on the inside and are pretty satisfying to close.

With that said, I don't forsee a technology that lets them get the screens nearly as durable as non-foldable screens. So, like you said, will almost certainly remain a niche feature.

Shrapnel can also be real bitchy. Stuff like: you find out in 2k miles you were leaking transmission fluid from a small shrapnel-induced fracture and now the vehicle won't shift; causing 'buy another whole vehicle' to become a reasonable thought.

Love it! Crazy how small you got it down to.

The blinky lights are a core part of the ship’s functionality and cannot be removed.

Always gotta have the blinkin' lights!

Yea, it's amazing how fast this can go down. Been F5ing Live UA map every few hours the last few days and almost every time there were notable changes.

This also cements Russia's loss of their only notable Mediterranean port.

https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2024/8-december-03-syrian-armed-opposition-the-free-syrian-people

Yeah, Democrats have no pipeline to generate top talent. Their last candidate got trounced in the last primary she attended. Democrats didn't even want her. They got a wake up call in 2016 and failed to fix the problem, they need to take the call this time and fix it.

Looks like they are attempting to cut off the western portion of the country from government forces. This, if successful, would give the rebels control of the Mediterranean ports and a very large swath of additional territory.

there is no longer any mechanism to make them so...it’s the fact that there are no means to make that happen

The vast majority of Ukraine aid was specifically mandated by Congress. This, for example, was $60B in April. I'm not sure what you are referring to when you say that there is 'no means to make that happen' when there clearly is.

If your complaint is that people voted in too many Republicans and Republicans won't do what you or I want, I would argue that Democrats should step up their game and earn more votes next election.

Discretionary spending is a thing. Multiple arms shipments have already been made via executive decision and not congressional mandate.

Absolutely. That is were notable portions are currently coming from. Biden gave a huge chunk of discretionary spending to Ukraine and some to Israel and some in support of Syrian rebels. This funding, critically, is also Congressionally approved and limited; it isn't a blank check, Congress sets whatever limits they deem fit on it.

Your description of a dictator doesn’t need to include “sends support to allies” unless you have a bone to pick.

It comes from what we were talking about: something that would require, as you put it "send[ing] anything from the military and it’s impossible to prosecute him or the act as per the Supreme Court saying presidents enjoy absolute immunity?". If you are talking about prosecutions and presidential immunity, we aren't talking about Congressionally approved funding.

In summary, Congressionally approved funding good (this includes discretionary spending by definition). While sending military aid that would require prosecutions and presidential immunity, bad.

It’s blatantly illegal for the commander in chief to dictate military spending/logistics?

Congress sets the parameters for how money is spent. You certainly don't like the next president, yet you encourage presidents to blatantly ignore budget requirements from Congress? Furthermore, you encourage the military to ignore Congress and do whatever illegal stuff the president asks of them?

No, I do not want a dictator. Nor should you.

If you can convince the military to do blatantly illegal stuff, than sure. But I wouldn't bet (nor would I want) the military doing blatantly illegal stuff, just because it happens to be convenient this one time.

That is a pretty big deal. Cruise missiles have always been in short supply from the West. From what I understand, these Palianysias are pretty capable.

It's so much more effective to hit a factory than hit each individual product it produced as they are being used against you.