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by azernik 7mo ago
The tweet and article say the timing comes with symbolism, not that the symbolism was the reason for the timing. Correlation is not causation, and the article does not even claim causation.
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by azernik 7mo ago
Not entirely accurate: 1. Many Israeli Jewish Zionists are either "traditional" (religious but not that much) or Religious Zionist, and they are generally part of the right wing coalition. Actual atheists tend to be in the Israeli
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by azernik 7mo ago
That tweet does not support your claim, and it is in fact not Purim yet.
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by azernik 7mo ago
This is insane conspiracy theory nonsense, and is also not how actual Jews read the Tanakh. (Which is also not referred to as "the Book", since it's a collection of books. This may seem like a nitpick, but I think is indicati
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by azernik 7mo ago
Huh. Interesting. This is not a common narrative in Israeli discourse (especially since in that discourse David's kingdom is considered to have continued in the southern Kingdom of Judah, and to have lasted several centuries).
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by azernik 7mo ago
Hey there I'm Israeli and I'm quite politically informed and moderately religiously educated and I have never heard of this "curse of the eighth decade" thing you've heard of.
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by azernik 7mo ago
That is not the ruling Likud ideology in Israel nor the allied national religious ideology; both refer to Israel+Palestine+Golan as "the Whole Land of Israel". And in any case, the "most religious" (ie those whose politi
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by azernik 7mo ago
Treaty obligations do not disappear with a revolution
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by azernik 7mo ago
Israel never signed the NPT, like India and Pakistan.
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by azernik 7mo ago
Iran signed the NPT. The NPT did not exist at the time of the US developing nuclear weapons, and it explicitly allows US (and other pre-existing nuclear powers') weapons. Israel, like India and Pakistan, simply never signed it, forgoin
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by azernik 8mo ago
There are commercially available drones that can carry a payload of high-single-digit to low-double-digit kilograms for at least 10km.[1] They fly low enough and are small enough to avoid most radar. Their use in cross border smuggling of w
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by azernik 8mo ago
This is all true, but is completely consistent with your parent post's claim that he's good at building unicorn companies.
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by azernik 8mo ago
From the post: "Because we are focused on building a Driver and not a vehicle, we’ve designed a versatile, integrated autonomous driving system that can be adapted to various platforms and use cases over time. Our versatile hardware ap
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by azernik 8mo ago
"The full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course." (emphasis mine) i.e. you are required to have a good reason not to do it.
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by azernik 8mo ago
> Host services elsewhere, and ignore claims that a country's laws extend beyond its borders The moment you want to collect money from people in a country, their laws extend to you. You do not get to export electronics to France and
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by azernik 8mo ago
That article is making quite a stretch from "the laws have exceptions for intelligence agencies, police, and the military" to "EU politicians will use those exceptions for themselves". It does this with zero evidence.
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by azernik 8mo ago
You did not ask about driver's licenses. You asked about "document I have on me". Many people in many countries carry their national ID card in instances where Americans would carry their driver's license. (And, to be cl
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by azernik 9mo ago
In 2008-9 Republicans did not even make the pretense of Obama being a threat to democracy. (Which would have been absurd in a way it isn't for Trump, who tried to overthrow an election he lost .)
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by azernik 10mo ago
They did a bit more than "criticize the government".
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by azernik 11mo ago
That was not, in fact, the point of USAID. Nor its function in reality.
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by azernik 11mo ago
Military buildups can also happen without leaks. Leaks can be a strategy to turn a military buildup into political/psychological leverage.
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by azernik 11mo ago
Why do you think USAID of all groups was involved in election meddling? Their involvement in US foreign policy is usually along the lines of PR and sometimes being used as cover.
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by azernik 11mo ago
NATO only guarantees the mutual defense of its neighbors. I presume you mean the UN? They can only actually do anything about international law violations if no permanent UNSC member vetoes it. The US is a permanent member, so...
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by azernik 11mo ago
The leaks that led to the article
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by azernik 1y ago
That is not what "military action" means.
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by azernik 1y ago
They paid lots of secretaries lots of money and had a whole department called "the mailroom". No one wants to go back to that.
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by azernik 1y ago
This is how buzzword bingo has always worked. The eternal curse of the computer industry (especially software).
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by azernik 1y ago
An "offer" that included an explicit threat of military force if it wasn't accepted. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/greenland-annexatio...
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by azernik 1y ago
First it was "we're only against illegal immigration, we want people to do it the right way". Now it's "we need to limit the volume" and "don't want to get rid of the truly exceptional immigration&quo
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by azernik 1y ago
I think generally, games should move to using the GPU less for graphics and more for computation. Not just AI computation - those fancy GPUs are a big resource that simulation games could be taking advantage of and just... aren't. (Yes

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