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After a tense “will they-won’t they” affair reminiscent of 1990’s Romcoms, the Biden administration announced Wednesday it will equip Ukraine with 31 mighty M1A1 Abrams tanks. Germany will also provide Ukraine with two battalions of their Leopard 2 main battle tank — however, unlike the US, Germany’s tanks are not…

With allied arsenals finally opening for real, Russia’s war on Ukraine is utterly doomed. The Leopards are free at last! Abrams and Challengers, maybe even French Leclercs, will begin to equip Ukraine’s armored forces in the coming months. Fighter jets seem likely to follow in the coming weeks. Like a…

The tragedy of the Vasa: Why the crown jewel of the Swedish navy sank on its maiden voyage and what UX professionals can learn from this. — TL;DR: Examining the organizational missteps behind the sinking of the pride of Sweden’s royal armada on its maiden voyage and the UX lessons that can be gleaned from this historical event. The disaster It was a crisp August morning in 1628, and the excitement in Stockholm harbor was palpable. The grand new…

The Inconvenient Blood On Their Hands — Every February, when Black History Month comes around, like clockwork, a small percentage of people take umbrage that black people get a month to celebrate their history, and there is no White History Month to counterbalance it. I used to argue that white history is taught year-round, and there's no…

Did something happen on Oak Island? Yes. Did the Knights Templar exist? Yes. Were they connected in any way? Uh, no. — I guess I am in a debunking frame of mind lately. The Curse of Oak Island and the Oak Island mystery are not fake. I don’t believe that any artifact that is shown on the show is fake. (Well, except for that Roman sword.) I think every single one is…

“Mathematics is the foundation of all exact knowledge of natural phenomena” — Physics is a discipline that requires experimental evidence to advance any empirical analysis of a certain hypothesis. The most crucial ally that grounds physics to reality is undeniably Mathematics. There is actually not much difference between the two areas of Physics and Applied Mathematics. In a way, they’re both incomplete…

‘Cause, there is nothing to write about. It’s now like an empty space. Or maybe that’s how it is when close people die, whether they are good characters or toxic jerks. There is a spurt of emotions at first. Memories, emotions, musings. Then it all fades. Gets buried. Granted, we…

When the data conflicts with your belief, what do you do? — Old habits die hard. Once a meme gets started, once it has become institutionalized, once it’s in all the textbooks, it’s very difficult to dislodge. Yet no one would learn about today’s world by reading a textbook published in 1970. I claim the number one reason people are such die-hard…