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[jedidia]

So I was looking for a graph drawing tool like yEd, except with some better export options and filtering capabilities. After not finding anything suitable

Just leaving this here in case somebody else finds it helpful: I stumbled over gephi, and it does pretty much everything I need. Fully customisable node and endge attributes, flexible visualisation with filter querries that can be defined via UI, some decent export options out of the box and a bunch of plugins if you need something else.

If anybody else is looking for a graphing tool that is primarily geared for data instead of presentation without having to start hassling around with an actual graph database, this seems like a really great tool. Feels a bit like the "excel of the graphing world", if that comparison makes any sense.

 

[Notebook]

How will Tonga's broken internet cable be mended?

What does its breakage tell us about the problems of getting coverage to remote areas?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MaxBuzz]

British anti-tank firepower beefs up Ukraine's defences​

I hope NATO tanks in the Middle East are strong enough to withstand British anti-tank fire

РФ потребовала немедленно вывести из САР незаконно находящиеся там иностранные силы

Как сказал первый зампостпреда РФ при ООН Дмитрий Полянский, США не справляются с борьбой с терроризмом.

tvzvezda.ru

 

[N_Molson]

Well if Russia tries anything right now it would be one of the worst surprise attack of all times... Modern warfare relies on initiative, if something had to happen putting footages of trains of tanks on Youtube wasn't exactly great strategy...

 

[Urwumpe]

Well if Russia tries anything right now it would be one of the worst surprise attack of all times... Modern warfare relies on initiative, if something had to happen putting footages of trains of tanks on Youtube wasn't exactly great strategy...

Social medias contribution to world peace. You can no longer prepare for war without somebody putting a livestream into the WWW.

That was also the big problem with Russias contribution to MH17. The biggest sabotagers had been many Russian citizens casually photographing an unusual transport. Shipping a few helmets to Ukraine is usually causing less attention.

 

[MaxBuzz]

That was also the big problem with Russias contribution to MH17.

Almaz-Antey (manufacturer of weapons for air defense) announced the results of the investigation according to which the missile that shot down the plane has an old modification that was decommissioned by Russia

 

[Urwumpe]

Almaz-Antey (manufacturer of weapons for air defense) announced the results of the investigation according to which the missile that shot down the plane has an old modification that was decommissioned by Russia

First brigade of M3 was (urgently) delivered in 2016 - production rate is somewhat low, only 70% of the older M1-2 had been replaced until 2020. M2 doesn't exist in the wild (cancelled), M2E was not delivered to Ukraine, M1-2 was the old standard in Russia, Ukraine wanted to upgrade to M1-2. M1, M1-2 and M2E use the same warhead with the signature butterfly shaped shrapnel, M3(E) uses a lighter warhead with a different fragmentation casting.

It was no warhead of a M3, but that wasn't in service in 2014.

 

[MaxBuzz]

Ukraine wanted to upgrade to M1-2. M1, M1-2 and M2E

also a problem, the rocket has a number indicating that the rocket was not on the territory of Ukraine. in the 90s, Russia sold it to Georgia, after which they resold it.

 

[Urwumpe]

also a problem, the rocket has a number indicating that the rocket was not on the territory of Ukraine. in the 90s, Russia sold it to Georgia, after which they resold it.

If one lie didn't work, coat it with another layer of more lies.

"We didn't celebrate the delivery of a new Buk launcher" - "It was a MiG" - "We didn't shoot an Ukrainian aircraft down with it before, it was a shoulder launcher missile reaching to 31000 ft" - "It was no MiG, but an Ukrainian Su-25"- "We didn't launch this missile" - "It was not a Buk." - "It was not our Buk" - "It was an Ukrainian Buk standing right in Russian-occupied territory." - "It was our Buk, but not our missile."

What comes next?

"It was our missile and our launcher and our people operating the launcher, but the missile flew through a wormhole and hit an aircraft 100 km away."
"It was our missile and our launcher and our people operating the launcher, but an giant eagle caught the missile and transported it to the wrong aircraft."
"It was our missile and our launcher and our people operating the launcher, but it was all planned by Trotsky Nawalny."

Maybe better go with the version in court:

"Three Russians and an Ukrainian conspired to misappropriate a Russian SAM system and transport it into east Ukraine, as far as we can tell, without knowledge of the Russian government. A lot of small cogs in the machine suddenly had been richer than the Russian government allows and now suddenly decided to begin a new life in Sibiria."

 

[N_Molson]

Nevertheless, it is always interesting to hear the two opposite versions of the same story...

 

[clipper]

Social medias contribution to world peace. You can no longer prepare for war without somebody putting a livestream into the WWW.

don't forget about this funny little breadbox-looking thing either



commercial sat imagery has pretty much given any media with deep-enough pockets a capability that used to be reserved for the most powerful nation-states; so while your average government might be hesitant to publish its recon satellite imagery as proof for someone's unusual military maneuvers, you can bet some media out there can't wait to break the story with fancy images from maxar/planet labs instead

also amusingly enough tracking satellite imagery purchases can be decent early warning system as shown during the attack on al-asad airbase in january of 2020: The report said that Iran purchased satellite images of the base on the day of the attack, and U.S. Central Command was aware of it. According to CBS News national security correspondent David Martin, USCENTCOM Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie timed the evacuation of al-Asad Air Base around Iran’s purchase of satellite imagery of the base.

 

[Notebook]

PM Johnson is in trouble at home. He has never expressed this level of interest in Ukraine.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-60218443

"
Posted at 18:1918:19

UK 'stands should to shoulder with Ukraine'​

A joint statement issued following Boris Johnson's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outlines how the UK stands "shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine in the face of ongoing Russian aggression".
The prime minister told a news conference in Kyiv that the UK and allies are ready to launch sanctions against Russia "the moment the first Russian toe-cap crosses further into Ukrainian territory".
He said: "It is vital that Russia steps back and chooses a path of diplomacy.
"We are keen to engage in dialogue”.
Johnson also said the build-up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border was possibly the greatest act of hostility "towards the Ukraine in our lifetimes".
He said any conflict would come at a high cost.
"The Ukrainian army will fight. They will put a very, very very fierce and bloody resistance and I think that parents, mothers in Russia should reflect on that fact," he said."

Wlell, he hadn't told us this before.

 

[clipper]

those are some... interesting statements from Boris I have to say, especially when you take into account that just a few days ago Zelensky himself was openly calling out some western leaders for using "undiplomatic language" in this whole crisis

PM Johnson is in trouble at home. He has never expressed this level of interest in Ukraine.

well if it's any consolation, a leader of the most powerful nation state on earth once decided to bomb another country in order to divert attention from a sex scandal.

 

[jedidia]

well if it's any consolation, a leader of the most powerful nation state on earth once decided to bomb another country in order to divert attention from a sex scandal.

If you're refering to the Kosova conflict, as somebody who worked 10 years in the Balkans, I can tell you there was a lot more to it than just that...

 

[Urwumpe]

If you're refering to the Kosova conflict, as somebody who worked 10 years in the Balkans, I can tell you there was a lot more to it than just that...

I think he means Clinton and Iraq, Operation Desert Fox in 1998. Same year.

 

[jedidia]

Oh... completely forgot about that one ?‍ The guy sure was busy...

 

[Urwumpe]

Oh... completely forgot about that one ?‍ The guy sure was busy...

He had been sending cruise missiles everywhere during that time. ?

 

[clipper]

If you're refering to the Kosova conflict, as somebody who worked 10 years in the Balkans, I can tell you there was a lot more to it than just that...

just like @Urwumpe pointed out I'm actually referring to Desert Fox which I linked in the text but I'm guessing it's not quite visible due to text color

here's the excerpt from the link for reference: On December 16, 1998, President Bill Clinton announces he has ordered air strikes against Iraq because it refused to cooperate with United Nations (U.N.) weapons inspectors. Clinton’s decision did not have the support of key members of Congress, who accused Clinton of using the air strikes to direct attention away from ongoing impeachment proceedings against him. Just the day before, the House of Representatives had issued a report accusing Clinton of committing “high crimes and misdemeanors” related to the Monica Lewinsky scandal, in which Clinton had—and then lied about—an illicit sexual liaison with an intern in the Oval Office.

 

[Urwumpe]

Does anybody already have some opinion on "The Orbital Children"?

I watched the first episode yesterday night, while its general presentation might get me terribly close to diabetes (like 99% of all animes do), the science fiction world building around it is good, maybe a bit too conventional, the depiction of space pretty good, the spacecraft design close enough to the present (Calling SpaceX Starships an inspiration might be a major understatement) to make the world feel like a plausible evolution of our present.

The director and writer of the series is Mitsuo Iso, some people here might remember this name from other science-fiction themed animes.

 

[jedidia]

Does anybody already have some opinion on "The Orbital Children"?

The physics are very good, their idea of electronic warfare is... bizarre to say the least, the political and legal worldbuilding makes gundam-levels of nonsense, and the characters seem hellbent on making the most annoyingly incomprehensible decisions (also a lot like gundam). I'm not a fan, unfortunately. Was having some hopes for this.