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Serb

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Can anyone sum up the Niger conflict recently?

So what's happening is basically the next step in Africa freeing itself from its old colonial masters who are still pulling the strings behind the scenes through puppet leaders. The West isn't as strong as it used to be, and at the same time, countries like Russia and China are getting more powerful. This means countries in Africa are getting the chance to finally break away and do their own thing.

This isn't just happening in Niger, but all over the place. We've seen it recently in nearby countries like Mali and Burkina Faso, and it's been a pretty steady trend.

What makes Niger a bit more special, though, is that it's like a missing puzzle piece for Russia and China, helping them connect their influence from the Middle East all the way to the Atlantic (create some kind of a belt as illustrated below).

Plus, Niger is an especially big deal for France because a third of their electricity comes from nuclear power, and a whole lot of that depends on Niger's uranium. It is even more important now because France is already under the energy and inflation crisis presently.

Back in the day, West Africa was the heart of all the colonial business because of its geography and resources, so it's the last place where the West still has a pretty tight grip on Africa. Everywhere else, though, people are more or less free of their hegemony, and West Africa is the last place.

The West is trying to hold onto that isolated power and maybe even start a war to put a puppet leader back in charge in Niger. But, there are other countries nearby that aren't keen on Western influence, and they've said they'd have Niger's back, they are mentioned in the Tweets below (those red countries basically and those circled on the map).

If things get real and war breaks out, it could turn into a huge proxy clash over control of this big chunk of Africa. If that happens, I think that Russia, China, and Iran, others, would probably also step up to proxy help Niger and its allies against the West and anyone else still under the West's control (ECOWAS). Algeria is also already pretty much secured in terms of allowing weapons to pass through their territory to help Niger.


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Serb

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To really see that this is a real anti-colonialization and anti-Western trend happening in Africa and not an isolated occurrence, the neighboring Senegal (still under the West's control) also barely failed to free itself from its colonial puppet leaders and overlords these days. That's why the puppet government now effectively banned the opposition party there. Here is the Tweet of their own protestors also burning the French flag.


 
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azn_cyniq

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LK-99 is absolutely not Graphene in the lab stage in 2004. Graphene has sound theoretical foundations and has a long track record even in 2004, while room temperature ambient pressure superconductor in 2023 is considered highly speculative in the condensed matter community.

LK-99 is also absolutely not like (controllable) nuclear fusion which is more of an engineering challenge rather than a fundamental breakthrough in condensed matter physics.

Not sure why people thinks levitation equates to superconductivity, there are many magnetic toys which demonstrate similar effects. Even the Meissner effect (which wasn't even properly demonstrated) would not be sufficient evidence to conclude LK-99 is indeed a room temperature ambient pressure superconductor.



Are you referring to this paper? Not sure I fully buy the argument that theoretical results of flat bands strongly implies room temperature ambient pressure superconductors.
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Yes, I am referring to that paper. I agree with your assessment. Also, my understanding is that DFT is not accurate for strongly correlated systems such as superconductors.
 

horse

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Room temp superconductors essentially enable a massive variety of technologies that weren't previously feasible, and revolutionise many more. From things like much more capable chips, easy quantum computing, cheap MRI machines (that don't need helium, a limited resource), easy maglev transport, lossless transmission of power (thus allowing renewables and nuclear generators far away from cities) and better energy storage off the top of my head.

Oh, okay, so that is what you guys are talking about.

The meaning of words, which I forget the meaning.

To us layman, for example electricity goes through a wire medium, and that is called conductive materials. However that copper wire, still loses some of that electricity. That is just a fact of life.

Superconducting means that loss of electricity in that medium will be close to zero.
 

Biscuits

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No Uyghurs can work in any Chinese companies. Otherwise, it is slave labors. What Americans want is Uyghurs to be remained poor and jobless forever so they would cause problems in China.
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Except this is all theatrics for their domestic consumption. Nobody in China is not hiring Uyghurs, they would be sued if they tried.
 

pmc

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Lol, price cuts did this, Tesla cult is crumbling
Tesla is not real company. in US its depended on Panasonic. it is like motor firm without an engine.
and i doubt it it can create armored version of Teslas. there whole host of shortcomings that its frame cannot bear. very thin roof that sun heat make the cabin unbearable.
This kind of perfection not develops overnight only Toyota has mastered it.
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Over the years, the Sumitomo Rubber Group has supplied factory standard tires for many generations of LAND CRUISER. In developing these new tires for the LAND CRUISER 300, we drew upon the advanced technologies that we have cultivated through years of developing off-road tires and SUV tires, as well as our extensive knowhow when it comes to market needs, all while working hand-in-hand with Toyota Motor Corporation to perfect tires fit for the next generation of the LAND CRUISER Series.
 

BlackWindMnt

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Yes, I am referring to that paper. I agree with your assessment. Also, my understanding is that DFT is not accurate for strongly correlated systems such as superconductors.
So it's becoming more and more like a nothing burger...

Just like that break even nuclear fusion laser experiment where a 3 gigawatt laser created 3 gigawatt of fusion energy. But not telling it took about 100 gigawatt to generate the 3 gigawatt laser. o_O
 
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