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by YZF 6mo ago
Lots of people here are taking the side of the IRGC. It's not ok to attack the civilians of the gulf countries because they are aligned with the US whichever way you look at it. Attacking US military assets are fair game.
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by YZF 6mo ago
I would still call countries that host a radar station non-aggressors as they were not active participants. Either way Iran was pretty selective in terms of its "aggressor" definition. It didn't attack Syria or Iraq despite t
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by YZF 6mo ago
By the way Justin had a new video recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gse5EuM_HWU "I Practiced Wrong for 40 Years?"
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by YZF 6mo ago
It's also about how you practice. It's true that not everyone can get to any level at any skill. But it's also true we underestimate our abilities and potential almost universally. That said where you invest your limited time
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by YZF 6mo ago
Everyone can do much better than they think though. My daughter's violin teacher refused to teach any adult because according to him if you're too old you're a lost cause ;) I agree an adult is likely not going to be the worl
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by YZF 6mo ago
It is hard. I can hear a tune and immediately sing it or whistle it. But I can't immediately play it on the guitar. It's much easier for children than adults. It's also hard to force yourself to practice the relevant skills.
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by YZF 6mo ago
There are a bunch of ear training quizzes online and I believe also YouTube videos. I don't think this is a general requirement for learning the guitar. It's just one aspect. For most people whether you can hear that something is
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by YZF 6mo ago
I know this double tap terminology is frequently used in social media these days (IMO it's propaganda). I don't know there is solid evidence of targeting first responders intentionally. I haven't seen it. I did see some menti
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by YZF 6mo ago
The US should do better. But we got here when the parent said: > I don't understand how any human in good faith could look at Iran's government and say they are the evil regime, Iran's government mows down protestors by th
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by YZF 6mo ago
You might be right. You're definitely right there are legal arguments to support that.
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by YZF 6mo ago
It's not confirmed but I agree it was very likely a US strike. An accidental one. Assuming the US did not intend to kill school girls that is also not a war crime. You can certainly argue that this happened due to the US decision to
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by YZF 6mo ago
Saying things is not a war crime. So if Iranian soldiers surrendered to US soldiers and they were shot that would be a war crime. I don't think that happened? Hegseth statements could be used to support the claim of war crime under suc
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by YZF 6mo ago
If its aim is to influence opinion then yes. It doesn't matter if it's true or not true. It's the goal that matters. One can influence opinions with a subset of truths.
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by YZF 6mo ago
propaganda (noun) information or ideas that are spread by an organized group or government to influence people’s opinions, esp. by not giving all the facts or by secretly emphasizing only one way of looking at the facts or another definitio
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by YZF 6mo ago
You're practicing your own pattern ;) Like your site and good luck with improving discourse on the Internet.
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by YZF 6mo ago
I see people treating LLMs like programming languages and trying to give very precise and detailed instructions. Essentially pseudo-coding or writing english instead of C++. I find that being vague and iterating is more powerful. If you wan
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by YZF 6mo ago
I was looking at a production service we run that was using a few GBs of memory. When I add up all the actual data needed in a naive compact representation I end up with a few MBs. So much waste. That's before thinking of clever ways t
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by YZF 6mo ago
As I was typing my reply I did pause to think about whether I am being part of the problem. I still decided to reply. My excuse is that I'm not the one who brought politics into this and I feel ok pushing back against that once others
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by YZF 6mo ago
I've had a long career in tech and so for me and I assume people like me these are not concerns. I'm not doubting what you describe is the experience for many people. I'm not American but I work with many Americans who are do
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by YZF 6mo ago
You can't have it both ways though. If Israel fires back at Hezbollah and civilians are killed then it is committing war crimes and if it asks the civilians to leave then it is committing war crimes. In previous wars in Lebanon civilia
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by YZF 6mo ago
That's an exception that proves the rule. For the most part Israel is not firing at either Sunni or Christian villages. There is also more to this specific incident so people should research it.
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by YZF 6mo ago
This was from 1999 and it was run by the SLA who were Lebanese. But yes, it was not great and guess what, Israel withdrew from South Lebanon in 2000! But Lebanon and other Arab countries still routines arbitrarily imprison and torture their
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by YZF 6mo ago
> It’s just my experience over the last 15 years. If it doesn’t align with yours, that’s nice to know. I know it's the narrative that times are bad. But me, my coworkers, my neighbors, my local mall, etc. all seem to be doing really
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by YZF 6mo ago
The Pentagon e.g. would be a legitimate target for Iran and if in their operations against the US they know that your neighborhood is a military target then they can and should warn you and allow you to leave. I doubt that the US military s
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by YZF 6mo ago
This is nonsense and you know it.
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by YZF 6mo ago
Has Hamas disarmed yet?
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by YZF 6mo ago
It's been the case in all the previous wars fought in Lebanon. The question is why do people keep falling for the arguments against Israel when clearly Israel was attacked from Lebanon, is not attacking any neighbor that does not attac
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by YZF 6mo ago
Is there really less "fat on the bone" though? What metric are you tracking for that and what are the historical norms? "forcing them to live on a shorter and shorter term outlook" -> social media? Rather than assigni
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by YZF 6mo ago
I think there has been some low volume defense trade in both directions. What some people seem to forget is that France and Israel also compete over some of the same defense deals. There was these incidents where France banned Israeli compa
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by YZF 6mo ago
This is just a culmination of the last two years of tension. The most recent friction is around Lebanon where France sees itself as the protector of its former colony. Interesting take from Le Monde: "Israel turns its back on France as

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