From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:24:59 +0100, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
      
   >In article <69795271$0$21961$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,   
   >bitrex   wrote:   
   >>On 1/27/2026 6:03 PM, john larkin wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> The fundamental service johns tend to be paying for is for her to go   
   >>>> away afterwards, not to fall in love with them..   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Anyway I can't imagine professing my love for my GF after working all   
   >>>> day in the weapons biz, like: "What'd you do today, honey?" "Oh you   
   >>>> know, worked on some software for this thing that'll probably blow some   
   >>>> poor bugger's limbs or head off, maybe make him a paraplegic or his wife   
   >>>> a widow and kids orphans. Yeah I was really laying down some solid   
   >>>> murderbot code at Murder Inc. today! Anyway, glad to be home, love ya   
   >>>> babe. What's for dinner?"   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Maybe they just say "it's classified" and leave it at that. I can see why.   
   >>>   
   >>> If this post was from anyone else, I'd assume they were just having a   
   >>> bad day.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> John Larkin   
   >>> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   >>> Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>I'm just saying it's disappointing when the party of "small government"   
   >>gets all excited over militaria. The "problems" involved aren't   
   >>particularly interesting and the "solutions" are mostly buggy junk, anyway.   
   >>   
   >>"Our A.I.-powered platform processes battlefield data in real time,   
   >>adapting to changing conditions without human intervention,â€? the   
   >>pamphlet says. “Neutralize more targets at a fraction of legacy system   
   >>costs. Deploy at scale to achieve overwhelming force multiplication   
   >>against sophisticated threats.â€? The pamphlet claimed a “future monthly   
   >>productionâ€? of more than 6,000 units.   
   >>   
   >>As usual the NYT pretty much just repeats their military-industrial   
   >>master's breathless optimism about the new junk verbatim. I could just   
   >>read the sales brochure   
   >>   
   >   
   >The military industry in China makes weapons.   
   >The military industry in USA makes money.   
      
   The CCP biggies make the money. There was just a giant purge about   
   that. Probably has to do with tofu-dreg missiles or something.   
      
   The russians have the same issue: all the good parts have been stolen.   
      
   When I was working in the USSR, all sorts of stuff was stolen from our   
   work site. "Why not, it doesn't belong to anybody."   
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
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