This is the story of how the MIT Rad Lab—formally named the MIT Radiation Laboratory to confuse the Nazis—was charged with using that top-secret British invention to design, build, and field-test advanced radar equipment that would pave the way for the invasion that helped win the war. I...
Player 1 attacks. Player 2 defends. A is the total value of all of Player 1’s attacking Units’ offense ratings. B is the total value of all of Player 2’s defensive ratings. Players’ losses are calculated according to these aggregate values. If: А = 15,000 Offense and...
An understanding of how damage is calculated in game can give players a better sense of their capabilities in battle as well as the effectiveness of different items. We will useVioletto demonstrate some of the formulae Arena of Valor uses to calculate damage. Damage is calculated by subtracting...
Perhaps most important, and a lesson that the Finns have learned, is that volunteers enhance deterrence. While Ukraine was unable to deter Russia’s invasion, the impact of these volunteers in the current war may serve as a deterrent to future wars. The Baltic states have embracedthis strategy...
It's calculated theft. That's what it is. Theft of your money, your labor. Your nation, quite honestly. So now, that's what happened. Now, here's what it means. And let me give you some historic perspective, here. I want you to feel this in your gut. And it will sound like ...
Utility stocks, health care stocks and consumer staples stocks are considered defensive investments because their earnings tend to be insulated from economic cycles and swings in consumer confidence. In addition, certain individual stocks have outperformed during each of the past two U.S. recess...
It’s time to admit that the losers in the culture war have also brought this on themselves. The costs of cable, streaming and a night out at the movies have combined to push consumers into the arms of conservative or “independent-minded” podcasters and YouTubers whose content is free....
A common criticism of PER is that defensive specialists are often undervalued in the calculation. Unfortunately, there just aren’t many reliable defensive stats to input into the formula. Good defense is harder to quantify. All that said, PER provides a decent snapshot of where players stand ...
Elon Musk’s “gib me dat for free” during Black Lives Matter protests seems akin to a racist defensive sentiment celebrating the white police officers who opened fire on unarmed protestors in 1960. In other words it should bring to mind today what exactly Elon Musk thinks about the sixty-...
It’s the 1950s and Communist spies are everywhere. The cold war is heating up and it looks as though the Soviet Union might gain the upper hand on American Democracy. What would you do? With the hopes of discovering a “truth serum,” the CIA decided they needed to secretively dose ...