the cost of leaving

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When I joined my own post-92 HEI we had degree courses in all the major European languages, specialised in Eaastern European languages (Russian, Czech, Bulgarian and more), had a centre for Cuban Studies. All long gone.

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This anecdote is telling. It's all very well telling students to use AI like a personal tutor. But these tools (out of the box, anyway) are designed & trained to constantly try to do more for you than you ask. Not exactly a quality you need in a tutor. openquestionsblog.substack.com/p/ai-is-kill...

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ok 2 warheads per interceptor is inferred as I look back at the source: And SAC targeted over 100 Minuteman missiles-->10% of the force--against Soviet ABM sites alone in the late 1960s (not including other air defense). Despite cheaper & easier ways & wide sense that system was very limited.

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And a fat lot of good it did him

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