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jparishy01/22/20254 repliesview on HN

I hear this joked about sometimes or used as a metaphor, but in the literal sense of the phrase, are we in a cold war right now? These types of dollars feel "defense-y", if that makes sense. Especially with the big focus on energy, whatever that ends up meaning. Defense as a motivation can get a lot done very fast so it will be interesting to watch, though it raises the hair on my arms


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kube-system01/22/2025

Absolutely

for instance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_telecommuni...

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fooblaster01/22/2025

It's called a bubble. The level of spending now defines how fucked we are in 2-3 years.

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distortionfield01/22/2025

We certainly are, if you ask me. Especially when you realize that we haven’t had official comms with Russia since the war in Ukraine broke out.

etblg01/22/2025

The US government and its media partners sure seem to think so.