YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8pvtwSEez0
Day 1,022.
Today, Kyiv says it has enough money and weapons to resist Russia until mid-2025, and an interview with a rising star in President Zelensky's party.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Hamish de Bretton Gordon (Former Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With special thanks to our guest Dmytro Natalukha @DmytroNatalukha on X.
YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHx1l7mSxWw
Day 1,021.
Today, we consider the huge ramifications for Russia of the loss of its naval bases and influence over Syria, and look once again to the subject of war crimes and the kidnapping of Ukrainian children.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @barnes_joe on X.
Con Coughlin (Defence and Foreign Affairs Editor).
Nathanial A Raymond (Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health). @nattyray11 on X.
Content Referenced:
Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny (by Con Coughlin):
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/con-coughlin/assad/9781529074925
Russia’s Systematic Program of Coerced Adoption and Fostering of Ukraine’s Children (Yale Report) -
https://hub.conflictobservatory.org/portal/apps/sites/#/home/pages/ukraine-russia-children-adoption
Stolen Ukrainian children put up for adoption on websites funded by Putin (The Telegraph) -
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/03/stolen-ukrainian-children-forced-adoption-russia-putin/
70% of Ukrainians support 'West German' model for NATO accession, survey shows (Kyiv Independent)
https://kyivindependent.com/west-germany-survey/
That story is weeks old by now.
Secret Blizzard has used the resources of at least 6 other groups in the past 7 years.
Blu-ray wasn't designed by Sony, they just participated in the licensing pool. Sony designed UMD, those tiny disks used by PlayStation Portable.
You must live a very privileged life if you can afford to ignore a 50k reward. A Macces worker certainly can't.
You're falling for the lie the top 1% keep telling. No, it's not the poor person's fault to be forced into taking any chance they get to make some money. If anything, blame the CEO of McDonald's that his workers earn so little. Also, direct some of your wrath at those who now enjoy a lavish feast by keeping the money, just because the "wrong" number was dailled.
Dieselbe Quelle, die du genannt hast: die Vorstellungskraft. Kann ja kein Problem sein, wenn du das so formuliert hast.
Außerdem verstehst du Überspitzung zur Kritik am Bahn-Management nicht.
Dann wäre Hamburg-München noch immer billiger und zuverlässiger als ICE.
I mind the Google crap more than I mind the Samsung stuff. At least Samsung's browser supports ad blockers since ages. That Chrome POS is just useless.
Assad und Mubarak sekular. Klar. Alleine damit hast du dich schon disqualifiziert. Bist nichts anderes als ein Schönreder dieser Jihadisten, der Schuldumkehrung betreibt. Die ganzen Ausländer, die in deinem Whataboutism-Artikel von Amnesty erwähnt werden, hätten gar nicht erst in Kurdistan morden und vergewaltigen dürfen. Das ist halt das Problem mit Jihadisten: haben Anspruch auf alleinige Weltherrschaft, aber wenn denen das angetan wird, das sie selber betreiben, wird direkt gejammert. Das machen sie seit Jahrhunderten. Mohammeds raubmordende Kriegszüge? Waren ja auch Wille Gottes.
Und mit deinem "aber die Christen" brauchst du mir gar nicht kommen. Ich bin Atheist und habe für diese Knallköppe auch nichts an Sympathie übrig.
Ein umbenannte Al Qaida-Gruppe unter dem Kommando von Erdogan hat nichts als Feindschaft verdient.
Islamisten sind Islamisten. Da brauche ich nicht abwarten, ob die bloß wegen persönlicher Machtambitionen "besser" sind oder nicht. Wer gegen die kurdischen Gruppen Krieg führt, die mit Abstand diejenigen sind, die Demokratie und Säkularisation am nächsten kommen, ist einfach Pack.
Wenn jetzt viele Menschen nach Syrien zurückkehren, ist es umso wichtiger, dass möglichst viele syrische Ärzte ebenfalls zurückkehren, um die Versorgung der Bevölkerung sicherzustellen.
Ich denke nicht, dass die viel machen können, wenn die umbenannte Al Qaida vermeintlichen Kollaborateuren und Ungläubigen die Köpfe abschlägt.
Wondered the same thing. It's not mine, I crossposted from Reddit.
Didn't you know he'll make a deal in one day? 🤣
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Russian leader Vladimir Putin to act to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, describing it as part of his active efforts as president-elect to end the war despite being weeks from taking office.
Could Waydroid have anything to do with this device?
No, not specifically. The embedded controller is just a piece of hardware, apparently optimized for low power consumption and it is already compatible with Linux, so it makes sense to reuse that instead of making your own.
My guess is Waydroid will be used to bring Quest VR games to the stand-alone VR headset.
Yeah, that was my thinking too. Lilac is a generic enough platform that OEMs can do the bulk of their platform work with a lilac dev kit before they have real hardware in hand for the last 10%.
What's weird is that this is using the deprecated embedded controller. Goolge themselves moved to a successor named Zephyr EC years ago: https://source.chromium.org/chromiumos/chromiumos/codesearch/+/main:src/platform/ec/docs/zephyr/README.md
Valve hasn’t even announced their own steam machine yet have they? I’d be betting on ASUS to be first to market with whatever’s in the pipe from OEMs.
Valve didn't announce anything. They technically didn't even announce Deadlock. I think whatever will be announced, we'll see next month at CES any my personal opinion is that a new generation ROG Ally with a SteamOS option is at the forefront (no way Asus isn't also making a Windows one but perhaps with less fanfare).
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315098/valve-steam-machines-steamos-steam-deck-vr Sounds like they really are working on a standalone console
That's about devices by 3rd party hardware OEMs.
It could be reference hardware for 3rd parties looking to make SteamOS devices. We at know that's happening.
Quote from Reddit post:
> I spotted this change in the Steam Deck kernel by a Valve employee that is testing HDMI CEC for a new device. Interestingly, it appears to share at least some hardware similarity to Google ChromeOS devices (only because the change is in the ChromeOS Embedded Controller driver). > > The device appears to be being developed on a platform codenamed the "AMD Lilac." Whether this is the SOC or refers a development board that Valve is developing with is unclear to me. On Geekbench there are references to the AMD Lilac, most of which use the AMD 8540U (it's possible that this won't be the final SoC of the device, as these are all likely prototype boards). There are a few earlier references in Geekbench with earlier SoCs. > > Pure speculation: I'm guessing it's a console, set top box, or something similar that is supposed to connect to a TV and not a handheld or VR headset, given that HDMI CEC seems to be an important feature. The inclusion of ChromeOS hardware is confusing. > > Pure speculation on the updates to ChromeOS EC: This is the most surprising thing to me. > > * Maybe the device could just be using the hardware and drivers for ChromeOS devices while still running just SteamOS, but I don't see the point in Valve doing that. > * Maybe there's some sort of collaboration with Google, as Valve is actually working with them to bring Steam to ChromeOS. > * I think it's plausible (at least) that fremont will run a Steam client on top of ChromeOS instead of SteamOS. > * Diving into deeper speculation, this may allow Valve to run existing Android apps on the same device, specifically Android TV apps, which would make sense if this is something like an Nvidia Shield competitor. ChromeOS is just about the only OS that can officially run both Android TV apps and desktop Steam on the same OS. > * I find it likely that for a gaming and media-focused Steam box, Valve will want to have an existing ecosystem of media and streaming apps optimized for TV. If so, I think it’s a smart way to push into this market without needing to convince, say, all the streaming services to build apps for a new device. > > The prototype board is much faster than Steam Deck: > > Geekbench CPU result for Lilac (8540U): 2550 for single core and in the 9000s for multicore https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/8301932 > > * Steam Deck is in the 1300-1400 range for single core and in the 4000s for multicore > > Geekbench GPU result for Lilac (8540U): 66807 https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/compute/2323659 > > * Steam Deck tends to be within the mid 10000s to mid 20000s > > The greatly improved performance, to me, suggests a TV box, as the 8540U at handheld TDPs would score much more competitively with the Steam Deck. > > Commit by a Valve employee 4 weeks ago adding code to test CEC for a new device \\"fremont\\" > > Shows testing of an CEC implementation on an \\"AMD Lilac\\" in the ChromeOS Embedded Controller driver.
Wenn diese Milizen, die jetzt die Kontrolle über Syrien übernommen haben, wirklich von der Türkei finanziert werden, dann wird es für die Kurden immer schwerer.
Das ist nicht eine Gruppe, sondern mindestens drei oder vier. Eine Gruppe sind Erdogan folgende Islamisten, eine ist die SDF (größtenteils Kurden, aber auch andere, die nicht so Bock auf Sharia haben) und dann eben noch dieser Al Qaeda-Ableger und außerdem hüpft da auch noch irgendwo der IS rum und ob Shiiten auch noch eine Miliz haben, ist mir gerade entfallen (eigentlich steht alles super ausführlich unter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war aber ich hatte einen langen Tag, deswegen sorry fürs nicht Auffrischen). Eigentlich hängt's primär davon ab, ob der Kurden den anderen Gruppen (außer den Erdogan-Schergen, natürlich) klarmachen können, dass die eigentlich gar keine Lust auf Beef haben, mit ihrem Landstrich im Norden zufrieden sind und eben keine Ansprüche haben den Rest zu erobern.
Problem natürlich ist, dass die anderen Oppositionsgruppen teilweise von den Kurden bekämpft wurden.
Mit Assad haben die sich ja arrangieren können. Nicht weil so große Lust auf den hatten, aber weil "Hey, wir haben teilweise gemeinsame Feinde, wir erklären uns nicht unabhängig, uns reicht eine autonome Region und dafür lassen wir auch dich in Ruhe" schlicht funktioniert hat.
So ohne Assad werden auch recht bald Risse in der Koalition der verschiedenen Oppositionsgruppen bilden. Mit Glück hauen sich die verschiedenen Jihadisten bloß nur gegenseitig die Köpfe ab, denn dann werden Kurden und andere nicht-Shiitische Stämme mehr oder weniger in Ruhe gelassen.
Wenn sich die Nachfolger jetzt noch als Nicht-Arschlöcher rausstellen, dann könnte ja fast sowas wir Hoffnung aufkommen
Die kurdischen Kräfte sind schon OK. Längst nicht perfekt, aber deutlich besser als der ganze andere Rotz da. Mna glaubt's ja kaum, aber die haben so etwas wie Frauenrechte und wenn jemand kommt und die wegnehmen will, werden die von den Frauen über den Haufen geschossen.
Just have the server link a hidden device, boom, all chats decrypted.
Good luck setting up your own server and convincing everybody else to use that.
Signal is not federated. It relies on a central server, meaning for all intends and purposes Signal controls the entire chain.
YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4A4C-EIk0o
Day 1,014.
Today, on its 30th anniversary, we look at the myopic approach to the Budapest Treaty and its far-reaching effects on present-day Ukraine, and we discuss the extraordinary events of recent days in Syria, with massive ramifications for Russia's influence in the region.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X
Content referenced:
Ukraine ‘halts Russian attempt to cross river on eastern front’ (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/03/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news59/
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum (Ukrainian Government):
https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mzs-ukrayini-z-nagodi-30-richchya-z-chasu-pidpisannya-budapeshtskogo-memorandumu
Vladimir Putin to reject Donald Trump’s opening peace offer, says Russian tycoon (FT)
https://www.ft.com/content/ac39b604-ef6d-41cb-bb8c-0eb76e002176
Ukrainian troops managed to fend off Russian forces attempting to establish a foothold on the western side of the Oskil River north of the Kharkiv Oblast town of Kupiansk, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Dec. 3.
Company says it can produce tens of thousands of weapons a year at lower cost than current autonomous systems
> Helsing said its HX-2 drones, which are able to fly up to 100km, will be equipped with software that will enable them to search for, re-identify and engage targets even without a signal or a continuous data connection. A human operator will retain control at all times.
> Helsing has already signed partnership deals with some of Europe’s established defence contractors, including Germany’s Rheinmetall and Sweden’s Saab, to integrate AI into existing platforms such as fighter jets. The start-up is also working with Airbus on AI technologies that will be used in manned and unmanned systems.
The president of the International Criminal Court has lashed out at Russia for targeting its prosecutors and judges over the panel’s investigation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and slammed comments by a U.S. senator threatening the court.
!An unidentified Ukrainian fixed-wing drone. Photo: Office of the President
The exhibition featured domestically produced drones, as well as those created in Ukraine in cooperation with German companies. In particular, one of the drones uses artificial intelligence target acquisition systems manufactured by German companies. Another one is the result of the work of a localized German company that has opened a center in Ukraine for the production and maintenance of already delivered equipment,” the President’s Office said.
In particular, the exhibition featured a new “flying wing” kamikaze drone that looks like a smaller version of the Iranian Shahed UAV.
The package includes counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which could indicate more of the longer range missiles are headed to the battlefield.
Richard Moore warns of impact on Chinese, Iranian and North Korean policies as Donald Trump prepares to take office
"Our army lacks the strength to do that. That is true," President Volodymyr Zelensky told Kyodo News regarding the liberation of territories held by Russia since 2014, including Crimea.
Ukrainian president presses idea of ‘Nato umbrella’ for areas under Kyiv’s control while Kaja Kallas says it should not be ruled out. What we know on day 1,013
Around 32.5% of the 2025 budget posted on a Russian government website has been allocated for national defense, amounting to 13.5 trillion rubles (over $145 billion), up from a reported 28.3% this year.
