Recent content by Balljy

  1. Has the US awakened the sleeping giant?

    Reading the way that's worded, defence could be quite a broad term. If we're really heading into a world where we need that sort of budget I suspect some of it would go into chip manufacture, tooling, and other self sufficiency industrialisation. The US realised it a few years ago, and we've...

  2. Has the US awakened the sleeping giant?

    Are Europe's production facilities good? Most of the western world has closed industrial and production plants over the last 30 years because of cheaper labour elsewhere. Maybe it's still decent in some countries, but definitely not in the likes of the UK and France.

  3. The Trump Presidency - Part 2

    Zelensky has done a good job on the Fox interview, saying the relationship is between the US and Ukraine, not him and Trump. He's trying to manoeuvre the negotiations towards fuuture security. ""Zelensky says Trump told him today that he wants to be in the middle with both sides at the...

  4. The Trump Presidency - Part 2

    Europe is going to have to go into near a war economy to supply Ukraine what they need without the US. This is obviously a deliberate attempt by Trump to put a puppet in place in Ukraine and I hope we resist for once.

  5. F1 Season 2025

    There's a lot of downplaying going on as usual, but McLaren can't hide that they were doing 1:32s consistently in long stints. That's 2 seconds quicker than race pace for Verstappen last year.

  6. Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion

    That was excruciating to watch. I just feel sorry for Zelensky having to put up with that with his country fighting for its territory.

  7. US UK Special Relationship. Is It Really So Special.

    That's part of negotiations to be fair, play to the ego's of whoever you're talking to and then negotiate. It's pretty basic stuff, but we have been really bad at it in the past.

  8. US UK Special Relationship. Is It Really So Special.

    Tell Trump he's important and put on a show about it and you're 80% there with him.

  9. F1 Season 2025

    The teams are usually the most accurate at telling where other teams are (not their own for obvious reasons). Wolff said Norris was on a different planet, and also mentioned Hamilton and Sainz as looking good.

  10. Manchester United vs Ipswich Town

    Hojlund in theory can play with his back to goal so we're more likely to retain possession. That'll be the idea anyway.

  11. Gaming PlayStation 5

    I bought it last week as it was so discounted. Now I know why :(

  12. Musk | Fascist | Leader of the Free World

    He'll be looking at weapon manufacture too, as that's an area similar to the space industry where all the money goes to a few contactors who earn billions from being monopolies to government finance. It'll also add to how evil he is as a bonus.

  13. Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion

    You're right, but it's probably not that different from the huge loans they'll be repaying in the lend-lease arrangement with Biden.

  14. F1 Season 2025

    Booing another driver has never happened in other countries https://www.crash.net/f1/news/986404/1/hamilton-expecting-be-booed-dutch-gp-f1-crowd

  15. Gaming Building a gaming PC

    I'd keep an eye on how well the 5070 overclocks. Nvidia have underclocked the 5080 and it's getting a sure-fire 10-20% extra on stock voltage with low temps. It's all a bit of a mess with Nvidia trying to manipulate their pricing tiers. If the 5070 does the same it'd be OK value at MSRP, but...
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