Chris Fitzhugh
@chrisfitzhugh.bsky.social
5 weeks if you bring the briefcases of cash and the shop owner has blackmail on all their operators and CAM folks.
3 weeks at an average Shenzhen area Chinese shop. (It's outrageous the speed and quality of modern Chinese shops)
3 weeks at an average Shenzhen area Chinese shop. (It's outrageous the speed and quality of modern Chinese shops)
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
5 weeks if you bring the briefcases of cash and the shop owner has blackmail on all their operators and CAM folks.
3 weeks at an average Shenzhen area Chinese shop. (It's outrageous the speed and quality of modern Chinese shops)
3 weeks at an average Shenzhen area Chinese shop. (It's outrageous the speed and quality of modern Chinese shops)
What going to nail that dipshit is the thin walls, square bottom pockets, need for a large 5 axis machine, and pretty extreme jigging if some of those cuts are bearing tolerances. 5week minimum turn time from a very capable US shop.
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
What going to nail that dipshit is the thin walls, square bottom pockets, need for a large 5 axis machine, and pretty extreme jigging if some of those cuts are bearing tolerances. 5week minimum turn time from a very capable US shop.
"hardened" is not really all that hard here. 7075 cuts just as easy (if not easier as it's more stiff) than 6061.
Carbide wear is going to be minimal over any other aluminum alloy.
Carbide wear is going to be minimal over any other aluminum alloy.
December 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"hardened" is not really all that hard here. 7075 cuts just as easy (if not easier as it's more stiff) than 6061.
Carbide wear is going to be minimal over any other aluminum alloy.
Carbide wear is going to be minimal over any other aluminum alloy.
Isn't the core issue here one of scaling? We'd be out of BGM-109/JASSM/JASSM-ER almost immediately in any sustained conflict and the replacement rates are Not Great.
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Isn't the core issue here one of scaling? We'd be out of BGM-109/JASSM/JASSM-ER almost immediately in any sustained conflict and the replacement rates are Not Great.
Softbank is taking its cash from Nvidia sale and putting it into OpenAI, so the rule holds.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Softbank is taking its cash from Nvidia sale and putting it into OpenAI, so the rule holds.
Might as well have titled it "The American Military Officer After the Abandoned Constitution"
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Might as well have titled it "The American Military Officer After the Abandoned Constitution"
I know this is all very serious and useful as a practical matter but "turd terminal velocity" is a hilarious thing for NIST to intensively study.
October 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I know this is all very serious and useful as a practical matter but "turd terminal velocity" is a hilarious thing for NIST to intensively study.
Jesus as historical figure ("nope not coming back") vs Jesus as a deity to believe in ("son of god"). Seems like an orthogonal axis of answers.
September 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Jesus as historical figure ("nope not coming back") vs Jesus as a deity to believe in ("son of god"). Seems like an orthogonal axis of answers.
Hypothetical limit for all weapons sold to single action, non-semi-auto with required minimum force or travel distance to re chamber a round. (FRTs etc prove that trigger pull quanta is nonsense method of measurement)
August 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Hypothetical limit for all weapons sold to single action, non-semi-auto with required minimum force or travel distance to re chamber a round. (FRTs etc prove that trigger pull quanta is nonsense method of measurement)
Does this provide basis for legal argument that if no individually articulated antisemitism, no grounds for violation of national interest?
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Does this provide basis for legal argument that if no individually articulated antisemitism, no grounds for violation of national interest?
A not insignificant amount of the fires caused on the frontlines in Ukraine are from pinwheeling 18650 cells post drone munition detonation.
April 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A not insignificant amount of the fires caused on the frontlines in Ukraine are from pinwheeling 18650 cells post drone munition detonation.
If another senior official had the same kind of coercive personal business exposure to, and long personal history with, a stated US adversary, I think some public opprobrium and concern would be warranted.
March 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If another senior official had the same kind of coercive personal business exposure to, and long personal history with, a stated US adversary, I think some public opprobrium and concern would be warranted.
The ayes have it.
March 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The ayes have it.
The US is so cooked.
March 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The US is so cooked.
(Josh voice) Wouldn't an oyster fork be more appropriate for a sepukku-like activity Ken?
March 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
(Josh voice) Wouldn't an oyster fork be more appropriate for a sepukku-like activity Ken?
Lasers are not magic and a sufficiently powerful enough one to rapidly burn through carbon fiber will get swarmed and taken out. (Not to mention being godawful expensive for a piece of Frontline kit) Cheap shotgun turrets with acoustic, em, and prop Doppler radar detect, maybe.
March 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Lasers are not magic and a sufficiently powerful enough one to rapidly burn through carbon fiber will get swarmed and taken out. (Not to mention being godawful expensive for a piece of Frontline kit) Cheap shotgun turrets with acoustic, em, and prop Doppler radar detect, maybe.
Optical fiber drones are proliferating. Can't jam a hardwire link.
March 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Optical fiber drones are proliferating. Can't jam a hardwire link.
There is absolutely nothing Zelensky could say or do that would move Trump away from supporting Putin's positions on the war. Zelensky even tried, as he reasonably should have, to play the obsequious flattery and "resource extraction" game. But he correctly saw it wasn't working and never will.
February 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
There is absolutely nothing Zelensky could say or do that would move Trump away from supporting Putin's positions on the war. Zelensky even tried, as he reasonably should have, to play the obsequious flattery and "resource extraction" game. But he correctly saw it wasn't working and never will.
I loathe the guy and doubt he has come up with this plan, but the price of oil is one of the primary economic factors propping up the Russian economy. If you crater the price you kneecap the Russians. geopolitics-decanted.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
January 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I loathe the guy and doubt he has come up with this plan, but the price of oil is one of the primary economic factors propping up the Russian economy. If you crater the price you kneecap the Russians. geopolitics-decanted.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
I loathe the guy and doubt he has come up with this plan, but the price of oil is one of the primary economic factors propping up the Russian economy. If you crater the price you kneecap the Russians. geopolitics-decanted.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
The One Factor That Could Crash the Russian Economy | Geopolitics Decanted by Silverado
Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Russian economy expert Chris Weafer about the state of the Russian economy in 2025. They talk about inflation and its impact on people and business, why the ruble is coll...
geopolitics-decanted.simplecast.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I loathe the guy and doubt he has come up with this plan, but the price of oil is one of the primary economic factors propping up the Russian economy. If you crater the price you kneecap the Russians. geopolitics-decanted.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
The reporting we needed but did not deserve.
December 3, 2024 at 4:51 PM
The reporting we needed but did not deserve.