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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Ukraine
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 14:08:41 +1100
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On 1/04/2025 4:45 am, john larkin wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:16:08 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
> <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/31/25 16:16, john larkin wrote:
>>> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:29:49 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 31.03.25 um 07:03 schrieb Bill Sloman:
>>>>
>>>>> So far he hasn't brought peace to the Ukraine in 24 hours.
>>>>
>>>> It's so peaceful on our grave yard. Just brought a new candle for mom!
>>>>
>>>>> He doesn't seem to have a problem with Russia's desire to annex the
>>>>> Ukraine - after all Trump wants to annex Panama, Canada and Greenland.
>>>>
>>>> and Gaza
>>>>
>>>> Sooner or later, there must be a casino that does not go broke?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Trump/Musk/Edison technique is to try lots of different things
>>> fast, but don't bet the farm on any one of them.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Trashing around like a bull in a china shop is bound
>> to make everyone keep their distance. That can't be good
>> for cooperation.
> 
> History shows that nobody is very good at predicting human events. Our
> world is too chaotic.

Making it even more chaotic isn't a good strategy.

> A little teacup breaking might be handy now and then.

Trump screws up on a larger scale than that. His business history 
includes several very expensive bankruptcies.

> I design that way, break rules and try a lot of crazy ideas on the
> front end. Of course, I can blow up parts at small expense.

You don't actually design your circuits. You evolve them. Blowing up 
mass-produced parts is more acceptable than inviting Russia to to take 
over the  Ukraine, or threatening to invade Greenland, Panama or Canada.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney