Edward D

Business, Investing, Sports, USNA, USMC Combat Vet

@Workplai

[Edward D @EdwardJacksonD]

America oscillates from Western to Eastern Roman Empire.

Western Roman Empire is economic, political, and military strength and ingenuity and will.

Eastern Roman Empire is studiousness, beurocracy, finance, risk management.

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Byzantine generals weren't allowed to wing it on the battlefield like other ancient armies. They had to pass written examinations on tactical manuals before commanding troops. While Romans glorified individual heroism and barbarian tribes relied on courage, Byzantines treated warfare like a university subject with required textbooks. Something unexpected happened when book learning met real combat.

Byzantine generals weren't allowed to wing it on the battlefield like their contemporaries. While other ancient armies relied on traditional courage and individual heroics, Byzantine commanders were required to study thick tactical manuals and pass examinations before leading troops into combat.

Emperor Leo VI codified this system in 10th Century AD, building on military texts dating back to 6th Century AD. Generals like Nikephoros II Phokas had to memorize detailed formations, siege techniques, and logistical procedures from official handbooks. The imperial military academy in Constantinople functioned more like a university than a warrior school, treating warfare as an exact science with mathematical precision.

These manuals covered everything from cavalry charges to naval battles, with specific instructions for different terrains and enemy types. Officers studied diagrams of battlefield formations, supply chain mathematics, and even psychological warfare techniques. The Strategikon attributed to Emperor Maurice contained detailed advice on fighting Slavs, Avars, and Persians based on systematic observation of their tactics. Generals who improvised without following established doctrine faced court martial.

By 1453 AD, when Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans, the Byzantine Empire had survived over 1,000 years. Their academic approach to warfare had outlasted every contemporary civilization that relied purely on martial tradition and individual bravery.

© Byzantine Legacy

#drthehistories

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@dirtcheapbanks People who think the past is always better are retarded.

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@haralabob @grok Maybe a buy under 1T. Maybe.

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@ConfedCorsair_ I call this energy, the "American Oden."

The Scotts Irish, the Rebel Yell, the Appalachian, the Cowboy, the US Marine.

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@MCbets__ Unlike batman though, he's a killer

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@everymovieplug The giant has great hair.

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@NBA @nyknicks Has any player ever had his legacy turn around completely in one playoff run quite like KAT?

[Edward D @EdwardJacksonD]

@nabulionee2 Amateurs talk tactics.

Grant wasn't the best tactician in his own war.

[Edward D @EdwardJacksonD]

@MyTakes101 Hoping Richardson will be our best wing defender since Keon Ellis and Herb Jones.

[Edward D @EdwardJacksonD]

I believe it was a war between business models. Slavery vs. Industrial Revolution.

The industrials wanted to end slavery/competition and grow into the South.

Foolishly, the south didn't recognize that Industrialization was a far superior business model not only economically but morally.

The south had a monopoly on cotton, a single point of failure. Hardly a free capitalist economy.

NOW, we are more divided than ever since the civil war and once again it's a battle of economic models. Free capitalism vs State socialism.

This is what the fight is over now just as it was during the Civil War.

Money and resources and the system to allocate them.

[Edward D @EdwardJacksonD]

@texasrunnerDFW 2300 sqft is not little.

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@Thechat101 100% agree

[Matt Loszak @MattLoszak]

2 billion years ago, a nuclear reactor geologically self-assembled and turned itself on.

No humans were involved. Only rock, groundwater, & natural uranium.

It ran intermittently for hundreds of thousands of years.

Here's the story of Oklo (not the company, but the place!):🧵

[Edward D @EdwardJacksonD]

Yes, this is scary. LLM companies can clone any solution easily.

And they seem to want to do this. Where's the space for external creators?

[@jason @Jason]

they are trying to kill cursor and lovable… and every startup and application — as I’ve warned

Infrastructure companies eventually try to win the platform game, then they learn and take out all their partners on the app layer

[Edward D @EdwardJacksonD]

@BillTheKid1603 Trump said this and got crushed.

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@Tom_Rowsell @Jonatha94191759 Galatians were Celts, no?

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@micsolana We are totally missing how good we have it right now, while dreaming about a false utopian past.

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@buzzbeatpod @JakeMSinger My Yaxel comp is PJ Washington but better all around especially defender and playmaker.

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@CartuneNetwerk It was all marketing to raise capital and valuations.

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@RolandGunnTN This will be Indian Americans in 60 years. Book it.

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@michaelshermer This is how you know it's political. They ignore good news.