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  1. Vorpal

    War in Ukraine

    I don't think it's relevant at world scale. Russian gasoline exports were only like ~110 kilobarrels per day for the first nine months of last year, which is about one-tenth of the diesel exports and like a roundoff error to world oil production. And only a small fraction of that is affected by...
  2. Vorpal

    War in Ukraine

    You're substituting ‘inventing’ for ‘creating’, which somewhat distorts the statement to have grander implications. Some Russian scientists also do research on oncolytic viruses, ok? There is no claim that they are the first in the world to do so, and what's important for Putin is expansion of...
  3. Vorpal

    War in Ukraine

    Media misrepresents shit all the time. Fact is, what was actually said was about domestic production, not some grander claim someone might have imagined. It's normal to ask about the sensibility an overblown-sounding media presentation while calling it dubious, which is what initially happened...
  4. Vorpal

    War in Ukraine

    Eh, this was Putin congratulating medical professional on increased local productions of various medicines and medical tools, capped off with saying that medical workers will get a big salary increase this year. ... That this fairly bog-standard 'nice job, have more money and keep it up' public...
  5. Vorpal

    War in Ukraine

    Any vaccine against any oncovirus or certain bacteria could technically qualify. However, what's actually referred to here is not a vaccine per se (it's a case of bad naming), and what's actually meant is an oncolytic virus, i.e. a virus that preferentially attacks cancer cells. I have no idea...
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    request for function addition

    Sure.
  7. Vorpal

    request for function addition

    Very belated, but in case you still need this: click your username on the upper-left and the resulting dropdown menu: Your account → Preferences → Content options → Show people's signatures with their messages
  8. Vorpal

    Sorry I kind of messed up. A fix that should have taken a short time, I didn't understand...

    Sorry I kind of messed up. A fix that should have taken a short time, I didn't understand properly because of lack of sleep. Oh well, at least rebuilding gave an excuse to forum upgrade that was sorely needed anyway.
  9. Vorpal

    Back online; forum upgraded

    Last Sunday, the database server malfunctioned. Looking back, the fix should have been simple (custom DNS suddenly failed; this was simply an extra check to ensure that database connections aren't coming from places they're not supposed to be; the result was blocked everything). However, I...
  10. Vorpal

    Eh. Messy, but can't complain much.

    Eh. Messy, but can't complain much.
  11. Vorpal

    Glad to hear.

    Glad to hear.
  12. Vorpal

    Suggestions

    Quite belated, but should now work from the Account Details in your profile.
  13. Vorpal

    Forum update

    The forum has been updated. Please report any malfunctioning functionality or other problems here.
  14. Vorpal

    Insert Media No Longer Working

    Some site updates have been done; more media are now supported.
  15. Vorpal

    Eastern Europe News

    IIRC about half of the military was around the Donbass. The general Ukrainian strategy outside this region seems to have been to create locally dense concentrations of forces that could operate even if completely surrounded, at the cost of their own mobility. So you get situations like...
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