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Re:NixOS just dropped Anduril as a NixCon sponsor by ogogmad on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:40AM (#37418773)
While I think you're being genuine, remember si vis pacem para bellum: "if you want peace, prepare for war". A blanket antimilitary view is very dangerous. A company should only be ostracised if it's helping carry out war crimes.
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Re:NixOS just dropped Anduril as a NixCon sponsor by nailer on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:44AM (#37418827)
We can see this right now with the Ukraine invasion. The 'peace' side is advocating giving Putin whatever he wants.
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Re:NixOS just dropped Anduril as a NixCon sponsor by KptMarchewa on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:48AM (#37418867)
Exactly. If NATO countries maintained cold war weapons and ammo stockpiles, the war would already be lost for russia. Instead we got unilateral demilitarization .
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Re:NixOS just dropped Anduril as a NixCon sponsor by nailer on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:03AM (#37419952)
Ukraine disarmed their nuclear stockpile. Obviously Russia wouldn’t have invaded otherwise.
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Re:NixOS just dropped Anduril as a NixCon sponsor by KptMarchewa on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:17AM (#37420211)
Sure, and that's a lesson for all other nuclear and potentially nuclear states.

Ukraine as part of disarmament treaties even send russia Kh-55 cruise missiles and Tu-160 strategic bombers that are now used against them.

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Re:NixOS just dropped Anduril as a NixCon sponsor by _kbh_ on Thursday September 07, 2023 @07:09PM (#37426922)
> Ukraine disarmed their nuclear stockpile. Obviously Russia wouldn’t have invaded otherwise.

They disarmed their nuclear stockpile and their long range strike capability under an international agreement where the largest players in the world made promises / guarantees to them.

My guess is that they suspected that Russia would actually follow them and not break it because they felt like it.

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Re:NixOS just dropped Anduril as a NixCon sponsor by Nullabillity on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:47AM (#37418858)
It takes a lot more motivation to raise an offensive army than a defensive one (assuming that your populace believes that your society is worth defending, anyway).
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