thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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When Secretary of State Antony Blinken sets off on his second trip to China in less than a year, the top U.S diplomat will have his work cut out for him as he tries to deliver a message of both cooperation and competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/23/asia-pacific/politics/antony-blinken-china-visit-preview/ #asiapacific #politics #us #china #pla #taiwan #southchinasea #joebiden #xijinping #antonyblinken

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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For the first time since the annual Balikatan or "shoulder-to-shoulder" drills started in 1991, the U.S. and Philippine militaries will sail outside of Philippine territorial waters in the South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/22/asia-pacific/us-philippine-military-exercises/ #asiapacific #southchinasea #disputedislands #philippines #us #usmilitary #pla

thejapantimes, to worldnews
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Global military expenditure saw its steepest increase in over a decade in 2023, reaching a record high of $2.4 trillion as wars and rising tensions fueled spending across the world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/22/world/politics/military-spending-record-high/ #worldnews #politics #usmilitary #budgets #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #china #pla

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Sunday it will discuss with the United States how to use funding for the island included in a $95 billion legislative package mostly providing security assistance to Ukraine and Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/21/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-us-funding/ #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #pla #us #uscongress

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ordered what amounts to the biggest reorganization of the nation’s military since 2015 in a move that affects the force in charge of capabilities including cyberwarfare. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/21/asia-pacific/politics/china-military-reorganization/ #asiapacific #politics #china #pla #xijinping

djinnsour, to 3DPrinting
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God damnit Bambu Labs. Print fails 5 hours into a 6 hour print.

#bambu #bambulabs #filament #pla #3dprinting

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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Australia unveiled its first National Defense Strategy on Wednesday, signaling a new focus on deterring China's "coercive tactics" in a region seen as lurching toward conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/asia-pacific/politics/australia-defense-strategy-china/ #asiapacific #politics #australia #richardmarles #china #pla #submarines

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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The U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held talks for the first time in over a year, as the two sides seek to rebuild frayed military-to-military ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-defense-chiefs/ #asiapacific #politics #us #china #pla #usmilitary #southchinasea #disputedislands #lloydaustin #dongjun #philippines #taiwan

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that the trilateral deal between his nation, the U.S. and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/13/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-marcos-us-japan-china/

stsquad, to opensource in FOSS Alternative to MakeMKV

Basically your only other option is to find the keys for each BluRay you own yourself. I did go through the hoops a while ago and wrote it up: www.bennee.com/…/playing-blu-ray-under-linux/#pla

However it’s a pain sourcing the encryption keys you need for each disk. While I work hard to prefer FLOSS apps over their propriety equivalents in this case I’m happy to pay the small fee for a perpetual licence of MakeMKV.

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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In his first-ever trilateral summit with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines, U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday reiterated Washington’s commitment to defending the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/12/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-japan-us-trilateral/

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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Taiwan's annual war games this year will practice "kill" zones at sea to break a blockade and simulate a scenario where China suddenly turns one of its regular drills around the island into an actual attack, the Defense Ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/10/asia-pacific/politics/china-drill-attack-taiwan-repel/ #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #pla

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Japan was set to join the U.S., Australia and the Philippines for joint naval and air drills in the disputed South China Sea, as China announced its own exercises in the strategic waterway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/07/japan/politics/japan-australia-philippines-us-south-china-sea-exercise/ #japan #politics #southchinasea #australia #us #usmilitary #disputedislands #philippines #china #pla

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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The U.S. and China resumed a defense dialog aimed at preventing an inadvertent clash, part of a broader push to resume contacts up and down the chain of command. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/06/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-military-talks/ #asiapacific #politics #us #china #usmilitary #pla #taiwan #southchinasea

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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Taiwan's navy chief, Tang Hua, will visit the U.S. in the coming days to attend a military ceremony and discuss how to boost bilateral naval cooperation as China raises threats toward the island, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/30/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-navy-chief-visit-us/ #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #us #china #usmilitary #pla

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Washington and Tokyo are planning to announce a deal to restructure the U.S. military’s command in Japan when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits the White House next month, media reports said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/25/japan/politics/us-forces-japan-restructure/ #japan #politics #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #fumiokishida #joebiden #china #taiwan #pla #defense #sdf

jwildeboer, to 3DPrinting
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Things people with do instead of having fun outside :)

Printing and analysing temperature towers to have good print parameters per spool. It’s still annoying that you have to generate spool specific gcode or manually fiddle with the temperature while printing instead of telling the printer “I am using spool #3, that’s the orange PLA with 215°C for the first layer and 205°C for all other layers, as you know”.

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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The top U.S. military commander in the Indo-Pacific has said that Beijing is maintaining its goal of being ready to invade Taiwan by 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/21/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-china-invasion-2027/ #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #pla #us #usmilitary #johnaquilino #uscongress

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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China has announced a 7.2% hike in its defense budget for the coming year, the same rate of increase as the previous year, as Beijing continues to modernize its military amid its rivalry with the U.S. and its allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/05/asia-pacific/politics/china-npc-defense-taiwan/

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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China’s Coast Guard conducted “law enforcement patrols” in the waters near the Taiwanese-held Kinmen Islands on Sunday, amid rising tensions in the area following a deadly incident earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/25/asia-pacific/politics/china-coast-guard-kinmen-patrol/ #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #us #pla #kinmen

worlddefensereport, to Bulgaria
moira, to 3DPrinting
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I need to revise an opinion I've expressed about Creality's basic PLA, mostly back on Reddit.

Turns out there are two kinds not well distinguished.

The more-expensive single-spool packs of PLA are fine.

The two-spool PLA bundles are not.

I thought it was just a bundle discount. I was wrong.

The two-spool is adequate for drafts. But layer adhesion is worse, plate adhesion is worse, and cooling contraction over larger areas is much worse.

It does print, it doesn't clog and it's otherwise adequately behaved - but it is a much weaker filament and has proven inadequate for even lightly stressed test objects.

My opinions about the single-spool stand. But the double-spool combo is not worth the discount.

#3dPrinting #PLA #Creality

itnewsbot, to zerowaste

Common Enzyme Breaks Down PLA Fast - The global issue of plastic waste has prompted scientists to seek innovative solut... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/04/common-enzyme-breaks-down-pla-fast/

indianewswatch, to india

Ladakh: Local Herders Clash With Chinese Solders Over Access to Grazing Land

Locals and officials said that the clash took place on January 2 in the Kakjung area of Nyoma village in Chushul Valley, Ladakh, which borders the Tibet region.

https://thewire.in/security/ladakh-local-herders-clash-with-chinese-solders-over-access-to-grazing-land

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