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I really love engineering, and small simple machines, and it is such a shame that so many small simple machines are guns. I still enjoy learning about them and their history, I just wish there were an equivalent for something positive. There is a lot of depth and ingenuity in weapons engineering that is fascinating to read about.

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Guns, bombs and nukes are what keep the world as peaceful as possible. It is kind of a mutually assured destruction thing that keeps everybody safe. Better your “team” have them than some other “team”…

There is no "mutually assured destruction" in sub-nuclear weapons. If you're in the Northern Emisphere you might be lucky and never be shot (this does not apply to North America), but if you're in a poorer country, you're not safe from being bombed or in the mid of a war. How did this MAD you're talking about help any Afghan children?

It's called mutually assured destruction, not one-sided nor with exceptions.

It is MAD for powerful countries with those resources when they are up against similar powerful countries.

Plus, if it wasn't for the nuke, the Soviets would've conquered Europe and possibly US too.

Clockwork wristwatches? The movements are pretty ingenious, though sadly there's only a couple standard ones that get riffed on.

I recently found the "Wristwatch revival" channel on YT where a hobbyist restores vintage watches while being very informative.

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