# Written by dcp & ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/share/69ee57d6-c768-83ea-a92e-e2bf54c7a19a """ The MAGA war-of-choice for Israel against Iran known as Epic Cluster has cost billions of US$ and untold lives with no oversight. This instantaneous cost-of-war counter uses documented estimates for the several phases of the so-far-unedding conflict, punctuated by TACOs. """ from datetime import datetime, timezone import asyncio from pyscript import document # ========================= # CONSTANTS # ========================= WAR_START = datetime(2026, 2, 28, tzinfo=timezone.utc) # Piecewise early-phase rates: (duration_in_days, dollars_per_day) EARLY_PHASE = [ (4.17, 891_000_000), # after day 0 → day 4.17: 02/28-03/04, first 100 hours (1.83, 1_800_000_000), # after day 4.17 → day 6: 03/04-03/06, early surge through day 6 (6.0, 601_000_000), # after day 6 → day 12: 03/06-03/12, reduced early-war phase (26.0, 1_000_000_000), # after day 12 → day 38: 03/12-04/07, sustained hostilities (69.0, 750_000_000), # after day 38 → day 107: 04/07-06/15, so-called 'ceasefire' period (13.0, 400_000_000), # after day 107 → day 120: 06/15-06/28, reduced operations estimate post-MOU (20.0, 750_000_000), # after day 120 → day 140: 06/28-07/18, renewed hostilities (47.0, 500_000_000), # after day 140 → day 187: 07/18-09/03, lower-intensity conflict / quiescent period ] # Steady-state average estimated dollars per day rate after latest TACO STEADY_RATE = 750_000_000 # after day 187: 09/03-present, renewed hostilities # ========================= # DERIVED # ========================= SECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400 # ========================= # CORE COST FUNCTION # ========================= def compute_cost(elapsed_seconds): remaining_days = elapsed_seconds / SECONDS_PER_DAY total = 0.0 for days, rate in EARLY_PHASE: if remaining_days <= 0: break span = min(remaining_days, days) total += span * rate remaining_days -= span # remaining time uses steady-state rate if remaining_days > 0: total += remaining_days * STEADY_RATE return total # ========================= # FORMATTER # ========================= def format_money(x): return f"${x:,.0f}" # ========================= # LOOP # ========================= async def update(): """Infinite loop to calculate total cost and elapsed day and update innerText of elements with ids "cost" and "day" every 100ms.""" cost_el = document.getElementById("cost") day_el = document.getElementById("day") while True: now = datetime.now(timezone.utc) elapsed = (now - WAR_START).total_seconds() day = elapsed / 86400 total_cost = compute_cost(elapsed) cost_el.innerText = format_money(total_cost) day_el.innerText = str(int(day)) await asyncio.sleep(0.1) # run loop asyncio.get_event_loop().create_task(update())