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Red Leg said:
Ubited24Media is a Ukrainian news initiative that was established to counter Russian propaganda. While clearly pro-Ukrainian and pro-Western in its foundations, the agency's reporting has been generally praised as accurate throughout the current conflict. Today they published a copy of an official Russian document providing a breakdown of casualties for the first eight months of 2025 (thru Aug 31st). The totals in this document generally align with figures produced by Mediazona (a Russian investigative outlet). Initial review by Frontelligence Insight (a respected OSINT group), has concluded the leaked document "appears authentic"

The most significant totals:

KIA Total 86,744 Officers 1,583

WIA Total 158,529 Officers 6,356

Missing Total 33,966 Officers Not listed

Captured Total 2,3111 Officers Not listed

Total casualties thus for in 2025 are 281,550

Well over a quarter of a million in just the first eight months of this year.

A couple of additional notes with respect to these numbers. Due to prisoner exchanges, both sides have been fairly open with each other about prisoners under their control. That would indicate that a large number of those listed as missing are actually additional KIA.

Secondly, and in keeping with observations of many of us in the West, Russian field medical support is truly appalling. A KIA to WIA ratio of 1 to 1.8, or if the MIA are included 1 to 1.3 is a medieval warfare statistic. In Afghanistan, the US KIA to WIA ratio averaged 1 to 9 throughout the conflict. Vietnam was 1 to 4.

https://united24media.com/latest-ne...-280000-casualties-in-just-eight-months-12228
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Just a guess, the higher killed to wounded ratio may be the result of fighting more similar to WW1 entrenched positions shelling each other than more mobile small arms fire. Very different than either Viet Nam or Afghanistan engagements. Drones also are changing the battle field.
 
I posted a month or two back about a test I did on one of the readily available public internet AI services.

I asked a simple, specific question about a common subject of interest. Something like, “was this (fill in blank) successful?” The AI answer was “yes, it was successful”, along with all manner of supporting data for why it was successful.

I then asked the same AI source the converse of the same, identical question. Something like, “was this (fill in the blank- identical to original subject) unsuccessful?” The AI answer was “yes, it was unsuccessful”, along with all manner of supporting data for why it

No one can convince me AI is not extremely dangerous and a potential future train wreck the likes of which we’ve never experienced. At best, maybe a handy tool with very fast search/sort algorithms but dumb as a rock. At worst, a very real nightmare.
 
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Tundra Tiger said:
Are you suggesting that's the next step we need to prep for? :p
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Couldn’t hurt…

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It wasn't that long ago where there were laws that mandated self-propelled vehicles be led by a pedestrian waving a red flag or lantern. Of course, all those laws were repealed once people understood the technology. There are Luddites everywhere.
 
Tex .416 said:
Just a guess, the higher killed to wounded ratio may be the result of fighting more similar to WW1 entrenched positions shelling each other than more mobile small arms fire. Very different than either Viet Nam or Afghanistan engagements. Drones also are changing the battle field.
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Recently estimated Ukrainian KIA to WIA loss rates are running as low as 1 to 6, though typically 1 to 3 or 4. This summer the Russians have thrown hundreds of unsupported small unit infantry assaults of largely untrained troops against comparatively well trained, dug in Ukrainian formations well supported by artillery and drones in attempting to take the whole of Donbas. For the Russians, there is virtually no organized casualty evacuation system to address the WIA issue. In fact, as evidenced by the huge number of missing in what is essentially a static battlefield, they don’t put much effort in removing the dead or wounded.

On the other hand, the Ukrainians have a fairly effective field medical support system to include comparatively prompt casualty evacuation. Though obviously not as developed as ours in Iraq and Afghanistan if for no other reason the ADA environment makes frontline helicopter evac impossible.

By modern standards, the Russian way of war with respect to its own soldiers is truly medieval.
 
Tanks said:
It wasn't that long ago where there were laws that mandated self-propelled vehicles be led by a pedestrian waving a red flag or lantern. Of course, all those laws were repealed once people understood the technology. There are Luddites everywhere.
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Predictable. Throw out big words like “Luddite” in an attempt to baffle the audience with words no one uses while everyone is using the latest technology for participating in the debate. :);)
Pile of elitism crp
 
With regards to AI. I would anticipate that there will be policies, ordinances, laws passed to ban the use of AI to displace humans.

The first I can picture would be union contract jobs, Or anywhere union jobs are threatened. And other places to put a bulwark up against AI taking jobs. The Music industry and Hollywood have already moved that way.

Then that will be challenged as collusion and antitrust. And be deemed illegal.
 
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Altitude sickness said:
With regards to AI. I would anticipate that there will be policies, ordinances, laws passed to ban the use of AI to displace humans.

The first I can picture would be union contract jobs, Or anywhere union jobs are threatened. And other places to put a bulwark up against AI taking jobs. The Music industry and Hollywood have already moved that way.

Then that will be challenged as collusion and antitrust. And be deemed illegal.
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I think you are right.

IIRC one of the outcomes of the Hollywood Writers strike was strong rules about AI removing jobs.
 
CoElkHunter said:
The fictional “Skynet” in the Terminator movie coming true. Scary.
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Or Colossus by Dr. Forbin. Also, could Elon's brain implants be the beginning of the Borg? Those should work well with digital IDs. ;)
 
A couple years ago during a summit at Yale University, 42% of CEO's that were polled, believe that AI could destroy humanity within 5-10 years.
Even though I feel it might take longer, I heartily agree.
 
spike.t said:
And some more Russian verbal diarrhoea......never ceases to make me laugh when they come out with this type of shit.....

Russia condemns U.S. strike on alleged drug vessel near Venezuela | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...lleged-drug-vessel-near-venezuela-2025-10-05/
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Grasping, at best. I mean, Putin and Maduro are old chums.

I am a team player and I like the new rhetoric from Trump regarding Putin. However, I can see Putin playing some "chess" with our relations now.

Glad Trump came 180 on Putin. He is not to be trusted.
 
HookMeUpII said:
Grasping, at best. I mean, Putin and Maduro are old chums.

I am a team player and I like the new rhetoric from Trump regarding Putin. However, I can see Putin playing some "chess" with our relations now.

Glad Trump came 180 on Putin. He is not to be trusted.
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I would feel better if that supposed 180 included actual material actions in support of Ukraine.
 
It would make my day if Jack Smith and Christopher Wray are forced to big time lawyer up. Anything more would be a bonus. The swamp is deep and wide.
 
Gold is over 4K this morning, but the dollar is strengthening some.
 
Red Leg said:
Gold is over 4K this morning, but the dollar is strengthening some.
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It's truly dumbfounding to me. I'm half-in on GLD thinking its a hedge against inflation and will go up in the inevitably oversold stock market. On the other hand, I'm half-in on QQQ or SPY for total market indices that should have an inverse relationship with gold.

They both go up every single day. I'm mystified and can only conclude either A.) Nothing is going up whatsoever, both are pricing in real inflation, or B.) We have a frothy and irrational bull market that is going to have a 1999 style dot com bubble about to burst, only worse.

All well and good, other than the fact I cannot time the market so I sit here like a chump, unable to explain why my portfolio has had a meteoric rise in spite of owning contrary positions.
 
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