End Times

[shovelquest]

i got woken up by lookner yelling a bunch a min ago rofl

Why doesn't Iran like just wait, and launch all the missiles at once, rather than like enough that Israel can shoot down?

This is not politics, this is a war tactics question.

[Ekco]

yeah not sure, the time they did send a bunch a couple days ago the dome system couldn't handle it as well

[magnetaress]

Mebbe they are afraid of reprisal if too effective. Butt want to send a message. Or goad Isreal into doing something so they can cry foul.

It is bad tactics tho. Wasting ammunition and giving the enemy time to train on ur capabilities isn't effective strategy.

[shovelquest]

It is so dumb to be like, ok today we are going to fire rockets for 3 minuets, then stop,. then tomorrow we will do the same thing! Then we will do it again twice the day after that, then nothing for a day, the again the day after that once more!

Like bro wtf every single time nothing happens, why do you keep doing this?!

[Botten]

Why doesn't Iran like just wait, and launch all the missiles at once, rather than like enough that Israel can shoot down?

This is not politics, this is a war tactics question.

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3741135&postcount=1365

[Ekco]

kek

[shovelquest]

this is a war tactics question

[Duik]

This is a war tactics thread.

Signal is for discussing war tactics thank you.

Always use the right tool for the job.

[shovelquest]

Signal is for discussing war tactics thank you.

Always use the right tool for the job.

https://i.imgur.com/6uX1TUe.gif

[Ekco]

>top men

all those apps are honeypots i think, know they were told to uninstall WhatsApp over there, the amount of cyber attacks over the last month or so is insane

In what is described as the largest data breach in history, 16 billion login credentials have been leaked online. This includes passwords from major platforms like Apple, Google, and Facebook.

Hackers with possible links to Israel have drained more than $90 million from Nobitex, Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange

ASUS Armoury Crate bug lets attackers get Windows admin privileges

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

.etc

[magnetaress]

It's terrifying there isn't a decentralized and encrypted network with trust levels and a strong degree of privacy anymore for civvies.

The three letters agencies always seem to gain control of these projects either through corporate buyouts or implanting controlling members. Or lastly by running shadows criminal orgs that destroy the community... not going to even talk about these platforms here because I don't want any of yall caught in fishing operations and u can go to jail just for running a node and never even looking.

[Reiwa]

It's terrifying there isn't a decentralized and encrypted network with trust levels and a strong degree of privacy anymore for civvies.

The three letters agencies always seem to gain control of these projects either through corporate buyouts or implanting controlling members. Or lastly by running shadows criminal orgs that destroy the community... not going to even talk about these platforms here because I don't want any of yall caught in fishing operations and u can go to jail just for running a node and never even looking.

Did you go to jail for that?

[shovelquest]

https://i.imgur.com/FnZWz5k.gif

[magnetaress]

Did you go to jail for that?

20 years ago I was signal core and later after that worked at an ISP and a digital forensics company.

[magnetaress]

Basically this:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3742787&postcount=26

[magnetaress]

I'm spazzing out right now knowing all this stuff wondering how the fuck ppl even function and they gotta Google first aid tips for a cat scratch.

How the fuck do most ppl even alive? 🤯

[shovelquest]

No matter what happens, 10 years from now we'll be able to say "That was one hell of a decade"

[magnetaress]

I miss 1999 so much

Even tho I was a lot dumber then. East commonlands for the first time on a fledgling pvp server changed life forever.

[magnetaress]

I guess of all the amazing leeps in science and tech tho.

The most amazing is the metaphysical or spiritual leep. When science begins to open that door for normies and neurotypicals it's going to be a massive trip for ppl.

[shovelquest]

The funniest thing about all this is the conspiracy that the matrix was right, that the 1990s were peak human civilization.

[Ekco]

that the 1990s were peak human civilization.
https://media.tenor.com/ojfhuF5QSNIAAAAe/homer-homer-simpson.png

yee of little faith.


only thing actually good thing about the 90s was there wasn't smart phones taking photos of all the dumb shit we were doing being uploaded to the internet 24/7

[shovelquest]

I think throughout the annuls of history, the age where man transitioned from iron to electrode will be remembered fondly, I think we've lived through the (latter) heart of a second renaissance.

And we're about to begin a second dark age.

[shovelquest]

In terms of the matrix. I think there is argument to be had that it's the ideal human age for a battery.

You could go back to some time in the past, but life expectancy was lower, and the population is less.

During the 1990s there were the most people on the globe during a period of stability. And the most amount of analog distractions.

Any further into the future from there, the more unstable you get until the artificial intelligence is invented.

Even if there is a population boom in the next 20 years and it takes 100 to build the matrix, you don't want your batteries using the tools that could free them from the simulation.

And that's why we might be in the matrix, and after a good long run, it's about to be reset!

[magnetaress]

In terms of the matrix. I think there is argument to be had that it's the ideal human age for a battery.

You could go back to some time in the past, but life expectancy was lower, and the population is less.

During the 1990s there were the most people on the globe during a period of stability. And the most amount of analog distractions.

Any further into the future from there, the more unstable you get until the artificial intelligence is invented.

Even if there is a population boom in the next 20 years and it takes 100 to build the matrix, you don't want your batteries using the tools that could free them from the simulation.

And that's why we might be in the matrix, and after a good long run, it's about to be reset!

Gud poast! V on topic.

[shovelquest]

Ellison is just one of the latest Fortune 500 CEOs to point out that AI is coming for white-collar workers' jobs. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, kicked off the hot topic in late May with claims to Axios that AI could eliminate "half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years."

https://www.mensjournal.com/news/lowes-ceo-marvin-ellison-artificial-intelligence-warning

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My guess AI is going to play out like VR

But I hope he's right.

[Ekco]

it already maths out, ai to enchance the employees you have is more efficient than training entry-level/interns

these CEOs only care about the quarterly profits, they don't care about the long term obvious problems with this approach

[shovelquest]

I'll believe it when I see it!

I can't even order food from an AI at a drive through yet.

[Ekco]

Anthropic guy is talking about office jockey jobs, wallstreet firms would have interns right out of college write up reports and other shit, now you literally just tell your phone to do it and send you the summary
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[Reiwa]

I'll believe it when I see it!

I can't even order food from an AI at a drive through yet.

I want a burger with burger meat, but also with cheese and toppings.

[shovelquest]

I want a burger with burger meat, but also with cheese and toppings.

HELLO will you be using the MOBILE APP today?

[Ekco]

My guess AI is going to play out like VR

https://i.imgur.com/eS26hVq.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/UqD7sPH.jpeg

you do bring up a very valid observation though.

i call it the Axe Effect, if a bubble reaches sufficient enough levels of retarded, Axe will use it in branding for their female repellent

[shovelquest]

lol!

We're in that phase with AI where we were with VR right before we were all about to find out it made you want to puke.

Everyone was so friggen excited. And within a week after launch everybody was like, oh this isn't real at all, never mind.

[magnetaress]

Dunno. Lotta ppl spending 20k plus on setups for VR skyrim.

[Ekco]

VR and AI both have their uses and early adopters, just like cable internet was a boom then bust

they always overspend and oversaturate whatever the new thing is, it's just easier to make jokes about VR or AI or the smart glasses, and yeah the price is hurting it also with regards to a dope VR setup

all of it will be as common as not having shit internet is now though, soon(tm)

[Ekco]

no lack of finding actual use cases for VR either lol. last i checked it's been kinda important in a buzzword news story

https://i.imgur.com/OiReHNP.jpeg

[magnetaress]

I wouldn't. Imma be the old guy in my rocking chair watching reruns on tv and youtu.be.

I'll smile at the kids running and jumping on there lil vr treadmills hooked up to a crane so they don't fall off and break their necks though!

[magnetaress]

no lack of finding actual use cases for VR either lol. last i checked it's been kinda important in a buzzword news story

https://i.imgur.com/OiReHNP.jpeg

That kinda setup is relatively inexpensive butt works great for what is needed.

With AI drones ppl will just have a wall of monitors and send commands like in strategy games tho.

[Ekco]

the rocking chair comes after having to commit war crimes through a VR headset in ww3 though

sorry, i don't make the rules.

That kinda setup is relatively inexpensive butt works great for what is needed.

With AI drones ppl will just have a wall of monitors and send commands like in strategy games tho.

they are worried about being counter hacked, apparently they've been war gaming taking over entire swarms for a bit now. so you're gonna need human humans for a little awhile i think

gonna be a lot of this type of shit for the UI i think, i remember playing with the Sphere window manager or w/e it was called almost 20 years ago instead of a ultra wide monitor or a wall of monitors
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rDT5ja_iszk/maxresdefault.jpg
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[shovelquest]

no lack of finding actual use cases for VR either lol. last i checked it's been kinda important in a buzzword news story

https://i.imgur.com/OiReHNP.jpeg

Virtual reality is interactive 3d video, depicting a fake world that you are not actually in.

Not a security camera feed strapped to your face.

There are virtually zero "early adoptions" of VR in the market today.

And anyone making VR is making it for an extremely niche group.

But sure, oculus investors did very well.

Now its time for that exact same person to "disrupt" the weapons industry.

Big yikes ahead :)

[shovelquest]

That kinda setup is relatively inexpensive butt works great for what is needed.

With AI drones ppl will just have a wall of monitors and send commands like in strategy games tho.

My understanding of most drone pilots are in a ditch with some wood over them, about 1 mile away from the violence.

Ive also heard there is like, zero quarters for drone pilots on both sides, instant execution.

Which I would do after watching my friends butthole get exploded open while he begged to the bomb that was about to do it to let him live.

This is not a political post, it is a war tactics post. I hate that anytime I bring up fucking anything that has to do with anything It feels like im doing something bannable.

NICE FREE COUNTRY

[Ekco]

my ideal job in ww3 would be Overwatch for a squad, floating in a sensory deprivation tank multiboxing drones around them

>about 1 mile away from the violence.
Reaper/Predator pilots don't even have to leave the country man lol. we aren't a ex-soviet shithole, we have the technology

[shovelquest]

my ideal job in ww3 would be Overwatch for a squad, floating in a sensory deprivation tank multiboxing drones around them

>about 1 mile away from the violence.
Reaper/Predator pilots don't even have to leave the country man lol. we aren't a ex-soviet shithole, we have the technology

Yeah, I am sure you will be given a pair of okleys and the keys to a nuclear ferrari after you're drafted.

[Ekco]

it won't even get to the drafted part i don't think, we'll surrender or blow up the world way before then

and i'm talking about the obvious tactical direction warfare is headed/has been at for a decade now

the other part is just fun posting, i'm a pacifist

[shovelquest]

God I hope we surrender lol that would rule so hard.

[magnetaress]

Most Americans sadly aren't even cut out for drone war.

It would quickly devolve to the trench 1 mile away like shovelquest said tho as attrition took over and resources got spent.

We have satellites and big radio networks now. Butt in a full scale war you couldn't depend on those. Especially with missiles being able to target satellites pretty easily and stuff.

And yeah this is 100% strategic planning. War gaming only.. No p word.

[Ekco]

i started learning Mandarin on Duolingo, i'm ready.

/s

[Ekco]

missiles being able to target satellites pretty easily

and other killer sats, breaking defense had a article about sat to sat refueling that happened last week, think it was a first idk i didn't actually read the article

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/chinese-sats-appear-to-be-attempting-first-ever-on-orbit-refueling-sat-tracking-firms-say/

[shovelquest]

the other part is just fun posting, i'm a pacifist

offtopic in 2036

https://youtu.be/LlYC-8Lj1oM?t=5796

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[magnetaress]

Chinese drones are way better anyway. U wanna be flying the good ones.

Forget the video. Butt there was one showing how emergency services where using Chinese gear cuz it outclassed anything we had. And we had like one struggling US company making stuff for the army. And there was a lot of worrying about losing access to the Chinese market. And like police saying stuff like oh we never use the online feature so it's totally safe!

Lots going on there to unpack. Just too tired and in pain right now.

[magnetaress]

offtopic in 2036

https://youtu.be/LlYC-8Lj1oM?t=5796

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A+ meme 🤣 😂

[Ekco]

offtopic in 2036

https://youtu.be/LlYC-8Lj1oM?t=5796

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A+ meme �� ��

holy shit lol, yeah.

will have to check that movie out

Chinese drones are way better anyway. U wanna be flying the good ones.

Forget the video. Butt there was one showing how emergency services where using Chinese gear cuz it outclassed anything we had. And we had like one struggling US company making stuff for the army. And there was a lot of worrying about losing access to the Chinese market. And like police saying stuff like oh we never use the online feature so it's totally safe!

Lots going on there to unpack. Just too tired and in pain right now.

yeah my gut tells me it's been over for a very long time. i look at the anti-china propaganda the same way we hated Japan in the 70s/80s and were scared shitless of their manufacturing and banking system

hopefully we just bend the knee or go isolationist and boomers don't actually start ww3 over pride, UK lost their empire and their fine...sorta

[magnetaress]

I think Americans can make really great drones. The Chinese ones where just r like 10x cheaper as of 5 years ago.

[magnetaress]

And yeah it's a fun movie. Definitely recommend!

[shovelquest]

And yeah it's a fun movie. Definitely recommend!

I think it's the best overall rapture movie. :)

The theif in the night series is fantastic, but it's missing the final movie (oddly, like most rapture movies).

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My 2nd favorite rapture movie is this one (it has Neagan in it) and is very, very very very good and 90s.

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These are great to watch while you play EQ.

If you havent seen this series, it's the 3rd best IMO - it, also is missing the final movie! (god works in mysterious ways).

part 1 is great

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Part 2 is even better (so 90s) also during the onset of VR.

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Part 3 has a bunch of D list celebs, including Mr. T

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[Ekco]

^ thoughts on 1990's jacob's ladder? good purgatory movie


Summary of the significant evidence that the B-2s currently airborne are a strike package heading directly for Iran
Not launching from Diego Garcia means that the U.S. is not legally required to inform Mauritius of the strike as part of their lease agreement.

hadn't considered the Diego thing

[shovelquest]

Summary of the significant evidence that the B-2s currently airborne are a strike package heading directly for Iran

"The mountains melt beneath him and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire..." Micah 1:3–4

^ thoughts on 1990's jacob's ladder? good purgatory movie

I liked it as a youngster, but back then I was a communist agitator.

[Reiwa]

My understanding of most drone pilots are in a ditch with some wood over them, about 1 mile away from the violence.

Ive also heard there is like, zero quarters for drone pilots on both sides, instant execution.

Which I would do after watching my friends butthole get exploded open while he begged to the bomb that was about to do it to let him live.

This is not a political post, it is a war tactics post. I hate that anytime I bring up fucking anything that has to do with anything It feels like im doing something bannable.

NICE FREE COUNTRY

Sounds like fiberwire drones to avoid jamming. I can't think of the right word for "fiberwire" right now.

[shovelquest]

Sounds like fiberwire drones to avoid jamming. I can't think of the right word for "fiberwire" right now.

It is so insane to me that these drones are flying around with fishing wire behind them.

I saw a video of someone cutting the wire after a drone passed.

Crazy stuff!

Hiding from these things after the rapture is going to be a hellscape.

[magnetaress]

Time for a rapture movie set in 2032.

[Ekco]

everyone should just attempt to be 1/100th as hopeful as the Iranian xpats are right now, just bet on a good outcome cause if it doesn't happen.. it doesn't matter anyway that you were wrong.

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[shovelquest]

Time for a rapture movie set in 2032.

Angel Studios keeps trying and coming close to making watchable rapture movies. I want to see this series continue.

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[shovelquest]

offtopic in 2036

https://youtu.be/LlYC-8Lj1oM?t=5796

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bumping this meme so duik see's it. :p

[Ekco]

the big thing has happened apparently.

[Reiwa]

https://i.imgur.com/Pyg4t8u.png

My name is misspelled in the Book of Life. :(

[Reiwa]

Is we getting Holy War fatwa?

[Ekco]

Is we getting Holy War fatwa?

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[shovelquest]

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[Duik]

Ekco putting the fist into pacifist.

And hardi har har @ saved raptured beheaded.
Sounds like a henry VIII meme.

Also thats me, forever guildless. :(

[Ekco]

Ekco putting the fist into pacifist.


keep the bastards guessing, sun tzu.

probably.

[magnetaress]

the big thing has happened apparently.

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[Ekco]

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i think fifth element has actually aged pretty well, i liked it at the time and still do. it's not solid from start to end and it's full of tropes and silly shit like chris tuckers character or the techno opera, but sometimes love is the actual answer all along.

and as far as cold openings to a sci-fi movie go, it's is pretty fuggin gud
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in case anyone wants to watch pure fucking kino
https://pluto.tv/us/on-demand/movies/644885a2dd38b4001a8c8e2f

[shovelquest]

And it predicted influencers!

https://i.imgur.com/9hss5tn.jpeg

[shovelquest]

I would rather be IN Jackob's ladder than pay a streaming service I pay for to watch it in 2025.

https://i.imgur.com/pwiLJuz.png

[Ekco]

yeah, Amazon and Netflix will eventually own all of it so this stupid Disney+, MGM+, Paramount+ shit will go away

[shovelquest]

This guy convinced me to re-invest in netflix. Even though I hate them so much.

He thinks netflix is gonna be the next Disney, but for everything.

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