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901.
by arghwhat 3y ago
The numbers they have to kill to be a problem are not billions, but hundreds. Some years back, the European Turtle Dove was estimated to only have 135 breedable pairs left in the entire country of Denmark - the approximately one million h
902.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Ridiculous arguments are unfortunately common, and end up being part of politics and ultimately planning and decision-making. Natural vs. unnatural is irrelevant though. "Nature" is normally out to kill you for its own benefit and
903.
by arghwhat 3y ago
No, such argument is whataboutism. Bigger problems do not invalidate smaller ones. The only case where your point would matter is if we could only fix one or the other - human- or cat-induced damage - but that is not the case. They can be
904.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Yeah, that post is not at all related to getting a discount from Cloudflare on a product they need to buy from somewhere regardless. The owner is in general against slowly having all traffic on the internet routed through Cloudflare, but co
905.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Not by OPs definition. You also wouldn't call the newer invented languages like Esperanto dead, and yet there's more people who know and can speak Latin (using one of the modern pronunciations)...
906.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Hmm? You can get instrument rating with CPL. There's also non-passenger commercial pilot jobs - cargo and agriculture for example. Those CPL holders are, by definition, professionals, even if other professional take the ATPL on top of
907.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Someone unfamiliar with the languages might have thought that if they share the issue and even (within their phonetic limitations) pronunciation for the number 4 that this would also apply to 7, hence why I clarified that this was not the c
908.
by arghwhat 3y ago
If we're really nitpicking... In Europe and UK, an ATP is only required for those flying as pilot-in-command (i.e., captain) of a multi-pilot airplane for air transport purposes. In the US after a crash in 2009, ATP or R-ATP is requi
909.
by arghwhat 3y ago
"They have previously been wrong, therefore they cannot be right" and "I do not know what they are doing, therefore they cannot be doing the right thing"? I think that clearly marks the end of any useful discussion.
910.
by arghwhat 3y ago
This is only a recommendation by ICAO where international traffic is expected. Towers and pilots speaking the local language is common outside the busy international routes.
911.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Same in China with 4 (sì), although they have no issue with 7 (qī). It makes a mess of hotel floors that try to cater to many cultures.
912.
by arghwhat 3y ago
To nitpick, most will have GA, not commercial (i.e., professional) licenses. But yeah, there's a lot of pilots.
913.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Defending themselves in this case takes the form of a desperate lie. I very much find it silly and made up in the last minute as it does not align with any prior communication or how the user experiences things. The Google Play example is a
914.
by arghwhat 3y ago
> Nobody forces you to use iMessage/Telegram/WhatsApp/... The EU strongly disagrees with this statement in case of the the latter two, which is why they are being targetted by the DMA and must provide interopability so tha
915.
by arghwhat 3y ago
When dealing with antitrust, the general assumption is that you cannot trust the company (heh). It is rather obvious that a company will do their best to interpret themselves in a way where legislation is less applicable. In this particul
916.
by arghwhat 3y ago
They highlighted that the original logic was somewhat faulty, and could be applied to say "Non-apple users should not be allowed to send emails to Apple users, because they have not paid Apple to maintain the iCloud email infrastructur
917.
by arghwhat 3y ago
To clarify: The Digital Markets Act includes a requirement for large message services to be interoperable (e.g., that you can chat with a WhatsApp user from Telegram), but Apple argues that iMessage does not have enough users in the EU to q
918.
by arghwhat 3y ago
When a service reaches a certain size, it is not just a small free service for its users. This is the point of gatekeeper regulations: Ensuring that services large enough to have significant impact on people are well-behaved and compatible.
919.
by arghwhat 3y ago
They went to digital releases because they wanted access to a large customer base. Buying physical music is a chore I certainly don't have time for, nor would I be able to listen to music from an LP or cassette in any of the scenarios
920.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Early Netflix was also not centralized, as they served pre-existing content. Streaming-service exclusives is what ruined this - but as it's an effective revenue generator (it is the only reason anyone would have 5 different streaming
921.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Those are not the only options. * Improper bolt tensioning process where bolt tension is later unintentionally reduced due to tensioning order. * Design or material failure where bolt tension post-installation drops more than design allows.
922.
by arghwhat 3y ago
> pick your units Kelvin In all seriousness, it can be down to -70 degrees Celsius.
923.
by arghwhat 3y ago
It's almost as if the laws of physics align entirely with the observed result! Baffling!
924.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Profit is an easier number to manipulate than revenue through expenses and liability. E.g., by increasing expenses to executive salaries and by investing huge sums in growth projects or new strategies. For large companies, particularly thos
925.
by arghwhat 3y ago
It's not super easy. You need to allocate a buffer, modeset the display and commit the buffer. But if you're doing that, then you've implemented a big portion of a display server. So... Just use one.
926.
by arghwhat 3y ago
"just had a framebuffer" != Using fbdev. fbdev is a specific outdated API, which drivers only emulate for compatibility with e.g. fbcon (the kernel's terminal emulator). KMS is how you control the display hardware formally on
927.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Note that fbdev use deprecated because it's a really bad and broken kernel API. One can use KMS directly, but at that point you're just implementing all the logic of a display server and might as well just use a small kiosk-style
928.
by arghwhat 3y ago
"refactor, no functional changes" Narrator: There were functional changes
929.
by arghwhat 3y ago
Your positive opinion on their copyright stance does not seem to align with other YouTube creators - in particular, their complaints about aggressive automatic content ID application, that successful appeal often lead to the video being up
930.
by arghwhat 3y ago
A "defense" is a right that a litigator attempted to violate. That is what all legal defenses are: proof that you are in your right. Legal defenses are however entirely useless against private companies with arbitrary terms of s

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