What kind of companies gets the benefit of the rise in the price of oil globally?

When people are talking about the rise of the price of oil. They are talking about the rise in the price of fuel. That means the rise of the price of oil rises with the price of traveling. The companies that get benefit from that situation are the companies that are selling especially services that can replace physical traveling. 

So things like data security companies might get lots of benefits from the rise of the price of oil which is the primary component in fuel that is used in cars and other vehicles. If people would get orders to use remote meetings as the primary meeting type. 

That means the company must secure its communication. The thing is that the rise of the oil price will make the use of own car expensive if it burns fossil fuel. So electric trains and electric cars are getting benefit from the situation that the price of oil is high. 

The rise of oil's price affects especially the price of the fuel. And if the price of natural gas that is commonly used in power plants remains at the lower level. That benefits also the users of electric cars. So maybe some people would start to use electric cars or public transportation. That thing decreases the carbon emission that comes from combustion engines. 

The next winter will be difficult for economic advances in the entire world. And there would be a recession sooner or later.  

The Ukrainian war will cause the situation that we might have to control energy use the next winter. The Ukrainian war causes a recession. And when we are thinking about sanctions against Russia, we must realize that Russians want that we believe that those sanctions do not affect the Russian military. 

We must realize that sooner or later we must rip ourselves from the addiction to Russian cheap energy. The thing is that sooner or later Putin would go too far. And Russians are using cheap natural gas and oil as the weapon that is used to rip the EU and NATO into pieces. The idea is that the Russians promise cheap natural gas and oil for countries that please their leaders. 

The fact is that whenever the western microchip is used in some missile that is shot in Ukraine Russians must get the new one. Things like gold and western currency play a vital role in the Russian intelligence services, SVR, and GRU operations in western Europe. Without money, the Russian intelligence cannot buy things like western mobile telephones and operational workspaces like flats for their agents. Russia needs western money to finance its intelligence and industrial spying operations. Also, the lack of western currency denies that the Russian agents cannot just buy western mobile technology. 

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The embarrassing things and the Tor network are problematic to handle.

Many things, including Tor-network, are not purely good or bad. The Tor network offers the platform for telling things, prohibited in many countries. And that thing makes this network difficult to handle. When people are making things like legislation for the internet. They are balancing privacy and individual rights and control. The thing is that if something is prohibited. That just slips into the Tor network. 

The Tor network is the place that might feel safe. But there is the possibility that organizations like NSA or some other intelligence agencies are made trap pages or "honey pots" in that network. Those homepages include a so-called tracking cookie, that is sent to the receiving computer and that cookie tells the location and IP address of the computer by sending the data over the Tor connection. 

The same network that offers privacy is offering a platform for child abusers and drug dealers. And the fact is that the things like network pornography are embarrassing things for people who are playing with their attitudes and high moral things. When some people will justify something. They should understand. That when they are using the net somebody can walk behind them. 

So what would you think about the person who justifies things like pornography? But in that person's home is a room full of pornographic movies. That thing is a little bit embarrassing. Same way. When a person like a conservative "family man" is surprised watching child pornography, that thing can be a "little bit" embarrassing.  

The Tor network offers privacy and protects information. Privacy and information protection along with anonymity in the use of the internet are the key elements for protecting democracy. But those things are the most misused in the world. The Tor network is also the dark side of the internet. In the so-called darknet child abuse, drug dealers, and other kinds of marginal groups are found the place where those people can make their hobby. That is one of the saddest things on the internet. There should be limits to freedom. 

Things like pedophilia are the tabu. They are prohibited, and the problem is that many people are not confessing those things even to themselves. And then suddenly they see the homepage, where are shown those things. So that homepage can turn very often to the browser of that kind of people. So sooner or later somebody walks behind that person, and then some things that are not tolerated in a middle-class family are seen on that screen. 

The problem in western society is that people are hard to talk about their thoughts and "prohibited behavior". There is a high threshold to go to the doctor and ask about things like suspicion of pedophilia especially if the person is talking about themselves. That kind of thing might help, if a person gets support, therapy, and the right medical and maybe some child-abusing cases will not happen, if pedophiles dare to get help. And if some person is addicted to net pornography that disturbs the work that thing requires discussion. 

But the internet has brought hardcore porn and its byproducts to the front of people. And some of the things that are in the films and pictures are embarrassing. There might be middle-class conservative families' housemaids making something that is prohibited. 

The fact is that most of those people are full-aged and responsible for themselves.  But should we deny pornography? The fact is that this kind of thing just will slip to the Tor network where nobody can control it. The problem is that the wealthy pedophiles can travel to countries where is no legislation about those things. 

The internet brought many things that are prohibited in front of people. The crimes and wars including the Ukrainian war are now in front of our eyes. And sometimes, I wonder would there be sanctions against Russia if there is no internet? 

This is the problem with the internet and Tor-network. Tor network offers freedom and a channel to publish things that are not tolerated. The problem is that it's the platform for things like child abuse and drug dealers. 

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What is the difference between drones and missiles?

 

Russian Iskander missile (Wikipedia)

Missiles are easier to use in war crimes. The missiles need only two coordinates the launching point. And the point where the target is. The missile crew will give the target coordinates to the missile. And then the GPS/GLONASS system tells the missile its location and the distance to the target. When the target is in range, the system simply tells, that it's time to shoot. 

The problem with that kinds of missiles is. They need to update their target's position all the time if the missile wants to hit the moving targets. The CEP (Circular Error Probability) depends on the accuracy of the positioning system. Things like radar and image (or imaging infrared) homing missiles require the position of the target and then the GPS or inertial navigation system will drive the missile to the point, where its trajectory starts to turn to the ground. 

Then the seeker must see the target. If the seeker doesn't see the target the AI must decide does it detonates the missile in airborne. Or would it allow it to impact the ground? The thing is that AI-based imaging infrared systems are the new things and the computer code that is needed is complicated. And the most usual way to make a missile fly to its target is to use GPS/inertial navigation. 

If there is no optical seeker the operators would not even know where they shoot their missiles. So the fault, if the missile hits civilian targets, is the person who gives coordinates to the guidance system. 

Things like UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles) are made against highly mobile missile systems. The combat drone can patrol for hours or even days and search the targets. And missile systems are the primary objects for small and lethal anti-tank missiles. 

Those drones can observe the ground operations but they are capable to destroy both anti-aircraft and short-range ballistic missiles. They can use along with the manned aircraft or alone against all ground targets. The thing is that the controller of the system sees the target. And if there are some civilians those drone operators should see also that thing. 

The thing is that the high-flying low-enduring drone is always quite a hard target for ground-based systems. The piston engine leaves a very low infrared signature. The question is why Russian military have not those systems?

Bayraktar TB-2 (Redditt)

The answer could be that the drone can use for so-called "surgical strikes". And that means drones are useful also things like assassination missions. The thing is that drones are effective and dangerous tools is that they can be almost everywhere. Small UCAV drones can carry to operational areas even in the trunk of the car. 

And they can leave to the attack position. The drone can be a quadcopter or it can be aircraft-shaped like Boeing Dominator. So when the target is coming to the operational area it will go airborne. The aircraft-looking drone can use a balloon for lift-off. 

And the operator can make that strike from a long distance. That thing makes them very frightening. And the weapon systems must be frightening because they deny the attacks from foreign countries. The purpose of the military system is to put fear in the mind of enemies. And that thing makes all successful weapon systems rough, brutal and shocking. 

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When the empire falls, there is a short-period successor.

History is repeating itself. Always when empires are fallen. There is a successor that wants to rebuild the empire. Those successors are always short-period empires. The best known of those successors of the fallen empire is Justinian I. That man was the Byzantine emperor. Who wanted to unite Rome. That dream died with that man. And western Rome fell into anarchy. 

I can almost ask one question: Did Isaac Asimov predict the destruction of the Soviet Union and even Russia? Have you read the novel series "The Foundation"?  In that fictional novel, Asimov describes the destruction of the Galactic Empire and then after the decline, the empire will get its last death spasm. The last emperor wants to restore the empire, and equip the galactic fleet, which seemed very nice. 

The fleet treated the independent states around the capital. And then those states that ripped themselves away from the empire swore alliance because they were afraid of the empire. But the fleet was unable to operate because they were only core. 

Those ships or spacecraft were equipped with thousand years old engines and the emperor attacked the Foundation. That war destroys the galactic empire. Because the great fleet of the emperor was destroyed nobody was afraid empire anymore. We can almost see the connection between the fictional space fleet with the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. That ship might look impressive. But there are many lacks in that warship. 

Her engines were not so impressive. The power system was six engines that were used in Krivak-class missile destroyers. And there were also other lacks in that vehicle. Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetzov seems impressive outside. But where people cannot see. She had many lacks. 

The thing is that when Asimov wrote his novels he took elements to the novel from history. The battle of Tsushima and the fall of the British empire might inspire Asimov. The Battle of Tsushima was a fleet battle where the Russian fleet lost in 1905. All its vehicles sank by the Imperial Japanese fleet. 

The main reason for the loss in Tsushima was that the Russians didn't predict that the Japanese fleet used torpedoes. Torpedoes hit holes in the underwater structures of the ships. Those torpedoes were used by fast and lightweight torpedo boats. And the result of the battle was that the entire Russian fleet sank. Is this thing repeating in the drylands where tank battalions are facing new anti-tank missiles? 

That loss was the reason for the overestimation of the capacity of the Russian navy. The underestimation of the Japanese navy and the old fashion tactics. The Russian officers didn't update their training for the response to the new naval weapon, the torpedo. A similar thing can be seen in Ukraine. 

The Russian tactics are ineffective against the modern kamikaze drones, killer drones, and Javelin anti-tank missiles. The Javelin missile can install also in lightweight aerial and ground vehicles. And that kind of weapons area makes it important to re-estimate the role of the tanks on the battlefield. 

The torpedo was an effective weapon against ships. But it was useless against dryland targets. Same way in Asimov's novel the Foundation used small attack vehicles against the imperial fleet. 

And when we are thinking about history, the abyss of the empire always starts from the areas. That is distant from the capital. When the empires like Roman Empire and the British Empire and German Empire fell there was always a short-time successor for the empire. 

In the Roman Empire after the fall of Rome the East-Roman or Byzantine emperor Justinian I tried to return the Rome. He conquered almost all areas that Rome has lost together. And he united Rome. But after his death, the short-living Justinian empire lost. The reason for that was internal chaos. 

In Roman Empire, the emperor was one of the gods. That position justified him to make anything that he wanted. The first emperor who rise themselves as a god was Caesar Augustus. When the emperor repressed the opposition he pushed the opposition underground. 

That caused the situation that the emperor didn't get the right information about the need of his people. And that means that the capacity of the army and other things were overestimated when Roman troops faced the troops of Attila. Also, Romans underestimated Attila and that causes the loss. 

 In the same way, we can think that Putin is the successor of the Soviet leaders. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. But when the person who personalizes and connects the government to self, causes chaos after that strong leader will step away from leadership. 

Admiral Kuznetsov

The Battle of Tsushima

Javelin missile

Justinian I

Putin

Tsushima fleet battle

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The new digital drugs are here.

Some things that are connected to the term binaural beat are a hoax. A binaural beat is an auditory illusion. It is perceived when two different pure-tone sine waves are presented to a listener, one tone to each ear. (Wikipedia, Binaural beat). 

There are audio files that stimulate the brain areas that are controlling good feel.  Those things are called digital drugs and they can be harmful to people. The idea of those audio waves is that they are causing a binaural beat that is causing a similar effect to psychedelic drugs. 

The binaural beat is one of the most interesting things in the world of information warfare. Because it means that the sound or acoustic rhythm can use as a drug. In some scenarios, the binaural beat can use with propaganda. Or the propaganda pictures can equip with acoustic systems that are creating a good feel near those images. That thing boosts the propaganda because it affects people for a long time. 

The idea of that kind of system is that when the person looks at the propaganda film that might have normal propaganda or subliminal propaganda that "feel-good" sound will make the person look at those images longer time. The system that is causing the binaural beat can connect with LRAD-type acoustic weapons. Those systems can use to control riots or disturb the opponent's operations and ability to concentrate. 

The binaural beat can be the acoustic LSD. The electromagnetic LSD is the theoretical thing where the same brain areas are activated when the person takes the LSD. Are activated by using electric stimulation.

The thing is that electromagnetic drugs might replace chemical drugs sooner or later. The digital drug means that the brain areas that are making the person feel good would be stimulated by electromagnetic impulses or electromagnetic radiation. Also, some acoustic systems can create conditions that the "feel-good" areas in the brain that will turn active. And that thing can use to make people follow certain internet pages. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/binaural-beats

https://scitechdaily.com/binaural-beats-audio-files-are-being-used-as-digital-drugs/

https://www.sciencealert.com/some-people-are-mixing-their-psychedelics-with-digital-drugs-and-it-s-all-a-bit-weird

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beats

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Why do Russians have problems destroying Turkish-built drones?

Image) Baykar Bayraktar TB2 (Wikipedia/Baykar Bayraktar TB2)

The Russian-Ukrainian war predicted that Russia will win Ukraine in 96 hours. The reality might be different. The war carries on, and many other predictions are not matched with reality. This war has been a pain and nightmare for Russians. 

The drones are invisible and very frightening killers. That can use alone or with manned aircraft. The manned aircraft can drop drones to the operational areas. And then those drones can mark targets. Or they can attack against the targets. Long-range drones like Loyal wingmen can be equipped with warheads and they can hit against missiles. And especially the long-range anti-aircraft and tactical battlefield missile launchers. 

Many things are problematic in the Ukrainian war. The predictions are not matched with reality. But one of the questions is simple. Why Ukrainian drones are not as easy to destroy as they predicted? Those Baykar Bayraktar TB2 drones are predicted to be easy targets. But there is something why Russians are not made that thing? The Bayraktar-drones are not the most advanced systems in the world. They are classified as the 2nd or 3rd. class drones. 

That is sold for some 2nd or 3rd. class countries. The Turkish build drones are introduced as "easy to jam" systems that are not so multi-use and effective as manned aircraft. But those drones seem still flying and destroy the attackers. The ECM systems along with air defense missiles and AA-artillery are predicted to be the most effective counteractors against the drones. 

There are three possibilities for the jammer system's ineffectiveness against those drones. 

1) Russians have those systems, but they don't use them. 

2) Russians have those systems, but those systems are somewhere else

3) Russians have those systems, but they are ineffective. 

But how that thing can be possible? The fact is that even cheap drones can turn extremely dangerous very easily. Operators can change components and the computer programs of those systems without telling the manufacturer that modification. The Ukrainian war, or rather saying, Russian invasion to Ukraine shown, that predictions are dangerous. Putin overestimated his force. And now he will pay the price. 

Drones might be very unsportsmanlike. But those systems are effective. The purpose of the military is to be frightening. It must scare enemies that they are not attacking to country. The military is meant to be a tool in the hands of the country and government. And the drones are allowing that government can control those things easier than some special forces man. 

And the only purpose that force has is to destroy enemies. If there is a shame to be some drone operator that is good for government. The shame helps those people to keep their mouths shut. The reason why drones are in use in many countries. Is the problem to recruit people in special forces. 

Or actually, the problem is that there are very long service times for those operators. And the skills that are trained to them are causing those people to be hard to control. The drone operator is easier to control than traditional special forces operators. The only needed thing is to cut their connection with drones. 

The fact is that the new drones are bringing new doctrine to battlefields. There are two types of killer drones. The Bayraktar is a Predator-type unmanned quite complicated unmanned aircraft. 

Another type of those horrifying system is smaller and simpler kamikaze drones. Those kamikaze drones are cruise missiles that are used in many conflicts. The target drone is equipped with a camera and the warhead can use as a kamikaze drone. 

In traditional systems, the weakness is that the system requires all-time communication. The RPV controller orders that small cruise missile dive against its target. The target can be the tank, building, or some other suitable target. But there is the possibility that the kamikaze drones are also equipped with the IIR (Image InfraRed) or image recognition-based systems. When the drone recognizes its target it will dive and impact against them. 

The "mother of those systems" is the BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile. That well-known and deadly weapon is the BQM-109 target and recon drone that is equipped with conventional or nuclear warheads. After the success of the Tomahawk systems, the smaller drones are equipped with similar target recognition and attack systems. And the fact is that all target drones can equip with warheads. 

The threat is that terrorists can modify the flying assembly kits by using warheads. And that thing causes problems with national security. Drones are frightening and scary systems. The army of Azerbaijan used drones effectively against Armenian troops in their conflict. 

But they are effective. And that's why they are part of the arsenal of many nations. The success of Bayraktar TB2 in Ukraine and Azerbaijan guarantees good markets for those drones. The thing that makes the drones effective is that they can use against better-trained soldiers. The drone operator doesn't need military training at all. And that makes those people easier to control. There is always a risk that highly trained special forces operator turns against the authorities or regular people.

Drone operators might seem very unsportsmanlike. But armies are not made for sports they are made to afraid enemies. And one thing is that the control of those systems and men are the key element in military planning. The skills that are learned in armies. Are meant for serving their country and government. Military skills are not meant to use in some restaurants. The problem with special forces has been the long service times. When the service ends the serviceman must go and find a new profession. And that thing causes problems in civil life. 

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ukraines-bayraktar-tb2-drones-are-wreaking-havoc-russian-vehicles-200986

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_(missile)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar_Bayraktar_TB2

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Are we living in a simulation?

 

 

The origin of the "simulated reality hypothesis" is in "Plato's cave"

When we think about physical simulations we forget one thing. If the person is living the entire life in that kind of simulation that person believes that the simulation is reality. The idea of this type of simulation is taken from Plato's cave.

If some people are living their entire life in the cave. They think that the cave is an entire world. Those people who live in their cave think. The bizarre shadows that they see on the wall are real creatures. So why those cave people would live in their caves? And don't come out to see are those creatures real? 

The cave offers a safe and protective place. Of course, there can come the army of men. And they will destroy that place easily. But those cave people think that the cave is in the middle of the world. There is nothing that can harm them if they stare at the wall. 

They forget that the armies still exist even if they stare at the wall and deny the reality. The people in the cave are using filtered and selective information. And that thing makes those caves dangerous. Denying the threat doesn't mean that threat does not exist. 

When we think of things like asteroid impacts. They might not seem a big thing. If we compare them with conflicts. But the thing is that without depending on the conflicts on Earth those asteroids still exist. They still can impact our planet. There is still the same probability to impact an asteroid. Even if there is some war going on. 

Are we living in a simulation? If we live in a simulation, why did somebody make that simulation? 

The thing, that fights against that conclusion is the motive for making that kind of complicated simulation. That kind of simulation requires extremely complicated algorithms. And it means that these kinds of things are not made just for fun. 

The major argument against allegations. That we are living in a simulation is the question, why would somebody make the virtual reality, where everybody lives? The thing is that we have the technology to make that kind of virtual reality. But why does somebody wants to close the entire human race to simulation? 

We can connect our cortex to computers and then use robots as external bodies. The BCI (Brain-Controlled Interface) can make brains interact with computers and we cannot see the difference between the real and virtual world. The thing is why would somebody make that thing? 

The movie "Matrix" brought that idea of simulated reality to the knowledge of a great audience. In that movie, the humans are hybridized with computers. The people are living in chambers and the matrix, ultimate virtual reality is making the virtual space where people are living. The idea of the Matrix is that when a human dies in virtual reality the computer will kill that person. 

Why are black cheeps allowed in the Matrix? 

The black cheep is the opponent to the white cheep. The white cheep is the thing that supports the majority. And the black cheep is the actor that mission is to bring discussions and criticism to decisions. Also, the mission of the black cheeps is to bring new and fundamental ideas for the society that is in the Matrix-movies the people who are connected with computers. 

There is a so-called "black cheep" paradox in Matrix-movie. Why those black lambs are allowed in Matrix? The main characters are the persons who are working in the secret underground resistance movement that purpose is to release people from the virtual reality simulation called "Matrix".  But where the computer requires those black cheeps? 

The black cheeps are needed to bring new ideas and new tactics to society. The thing is that the purpose of "black cheeps" is to criticize the majority. The idea is that there would also be another opinion and point of view than the only one that serves the majority. Also, majorities are making mistakes. And those mistakes can be fatal. 

If the majority is ordering to attack against some other state, there is the possibility that the opponent is stronger than expected. So the black cheeps mission is to ask: does anyone see the force of the opponent? Or are everybody just thinking that they can handle that problem? The thing is that when we are blinded to success we cannot see the risks or think the worst possible scenes. And one of them is that the opponent is not uncovering its all cards. 

When we are thinking about simulations we forget one thing. There are at least three types of simulations. 

1) The virtual-reality-based simulations

In those simulations, everything happens in the virtual world of the computer memories. Those kinds of simulations are like games. 

Some of them are made for fun. But some of them are created for training people. Like military commanders and surgeons for their missions. 

X) The mixed or enhanced reality simulations. 

In the most advanced of those simulations, the human senses are connected with robots. That means that the person senses and feels everything that robots see and feel. That allows using remote-controlled robots like remote bodies. 

But those simulations can be the network of simulators. That kind of system can use to simulate things like building sites, military operations, or car driving. In the building-site simulation, everything is needed in building sites, and then the operators can test things like cars how they fit in those simulations. 

2) Real-life simulations. 

The most well-known of those simulations are military exercises. But there are many more types of simulations like "lone island" simulations where people are going to lone islands and live in primitive conditions. 

Also, the closed-space simulations where people are living in isolated rooms or spaces for simulating the Mars flights are very good examples of physical simulations. 

In that kind of simulation, people are going somewhere. And they are acting as they should act in the real situation. 

https://www.wired.com/story/living-in-a-simulation/

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