In this system *battles* generally result when both raid and ambush have failed or if some matter of honor requires. Battles generally consist of long-range missile exchanges (bows, javelins, etc) and often feature quite low casualties. They're an opportunity to save face and display courage.

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Notably, that failure was part of what motivated the USN to send out the 'Great White Fleet' in 1907 for a global cruise to test their preparedness for global operations. It revealed they were not very prepared! Substantial problems, particularly with coal supplies.

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A lot of media coverage of the ‘AI’ reading of the Herculaneum scrolls really fails to understand what’s happened here. There’s no language processing happening, the AI/ML is not trained on a corpus of texts or language. It can detect ink to see shapes. HUMAN EXPERTS are then transcribing the text.

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ooooh dead sister - didn't even have that on the list.

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And consider AARP membership. Their Medicaid insurance costs are ~$0.00.

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