>"...but damned if I could find one with a red seven-segment display that I liked..."
Funny but I have one which updates time "via the cosmic ether", has big red 7-seg LEDs and as cherry on top it has laser LED based projector that displays same big red 7 seg digits on whatever surface one points it to - ceiling in my case. I bought it decades ago in RadioShack
>"something has to change for Putin for him to remain in power, and one option is an escalation with NATO"
I think us couch experts including author of that particular video have no fucking clue what he will do and what the true state of affairs is. Had all those expert prediction materialized Russia would've already disintegrated 10 times and Putin would've lost power in a first months.
>"Putin on his own is something Europe should easily be able to handle as long as they've got Ukraine on their side."
500+ million people and corresponding economy needs Ukraine to protect themselves? this is just plain pathetic or what's worse proof that the EU would fight Russia to the last Ukrainian
I am a practical man. From what I see laws are mostly for common folks and often do not even serve real justice. The higher one goes and the amount of money / power involved the more the laws bend and on international level the only law that matters is the size of one's club and willingness to use it. And when the country with supposedly biggest one starts crying I find it laughable.
>"A lack of prosecution does not make something legal"
Plainly who gives a flying fuck. The US can claim whatever rules they want and so can China or any other country. On international level all those rules are artificial constructs unless they can be enforced. China can just say for example that they do not recognize copyrights /patents / whatever so it is "legal" for them.
Or when one country can print endless money while threatening the rest of the world with all kinds of punishment if they stop using it as a reserve currency.
Stop crying already. US subsidizes a boatload of things.
Front ends works like this - main app split into few smaller ones callable from a menu. Each sub-app is dynamically imported module (no need for building, code mutilation, direct dependency etc). Sub-apps in turn can consist from the other sub apps. Each can be worked on completely independently by different team member with virtually no interaction needed. Apps can share some approved libraries (like for graphics etc) and HTML components responsible for particular bits and pieces. Components and libs go into common pool. Once component is in a pool modifying behavior is punishable by death. Only internals. If change is breaking then simply new version is developed and deployed.
The whole thing is super scalable organization wise (nearly everything is decoupled) and resource wise as well since everything is loaded strictly on on need basis.
unless you consider the world accepting USD as the reserve currency which is enormous "one sided" gift to the US. I remember how hysterical orange went with various threats when the idea of dedollarisation had started to get any roots.
Funny but I have one which updates time "via the cosmic ether", has big red 7-seg LEDs and as cherry on top it has laser LED based projector that displays same big red 7 seg digits on whatever surface one points it to - ceiling in my case. I bought it decades ago in RadioShack