Riiight.
Attritable, armed aircraft. Add AI autonomy, an authoritarian asshole, and an aggressive alignment — all, appropriately, approaches an ashen Apocalypse.
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Why did this read like a Letterkenny cold open
I've never seen Letterkenny. And yet, "Letterkenny cold open" yielded this with the second click.
The only associations I can manage are the following:
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Canadian.
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Taught alliteration at school.
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Friends and family from far down East.
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The original Alphabet Aerobics, by Blackalicious in 1999 is a fave track of mine.
I guess, in text, I flex the gift of gab.
Not always well.
And yet, “Letterkenny cold open” yielded this with the second click.
Yes, that's the one I meant. I don't remember if they did another alliterative opener or just that one - I think there may have been another one at some point.
Well I live very far from Canada, but I can tell you that Letterkenny was a ton of fun. If you've got a break from chorin', I'd definitely watch it.
Funnily enough I never really listened to any of Gift's earlier songs, despite the fact that Freedom Form Flowing is one of my favourite songs. Unfortunately, it's not alliterative like Alphabet Aerobics, but still a great track with great flow from all 3 rappers.
What's the difference between these new low cost drones and a missile? In terms of cost, range, effectiveness. I get they are different tech but why use these drones vs traditional methods?
If it's like the sahed drone then it costs about $30k, has the range of a "medium-range" ballistic missile (which cost millions of dollars), but moves at ~115mph vs supersonic. They also have more limited payload.
So the general principle is that you can produce them quick enough that you can deploy enough to overwhelm your enemies defenses. They also use satellite and interial navigation so can be fairly accurate.