The Russian population is 143 million. This means that effectively 1% of the population is a casualty. Or 2% of the male population. And the rate isn’t slowing down. How much longer can Russia sustain this?

The best moment to plant a tree was 10 years ago, the second best right now. I still hope we keep producing them on masse to give to the Ukrainians too.

Frankly, it’s the end of private enterprise in Russia. Wildberries and Ozon are just the start, Ukraine will need new targets in the future. Company owners have the choice: implement your own air defence, and get your company confiscated, or get destroyed.

Silly ai, that’s clearly not a cat, it’s a proudly standing rooster.

Nope, asml machines are of such complexity that no sane country/company would try to reverse engineer it.

But China isn’t driven by conventional economics nor honest trade. They want everyone else to become dependent on them as a way to get power and soft colonise others.

Selling euv to China will let them reverse engineer it and put a state sponsored competitor on the market within 5 years.

Frankly if Europe really meant business they’d put a heavy export tariff on it, so the chip companies have to produce in Europe.