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by dlubarov 3y ago
Given Hamas' explicit genocidal goals, I think we can expect some portion of their strikes will simply aim to maximize Jewish deaths, even as others may target specific military assets. See for example Russia's recent Hroza strike
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by dlubarov 3y ago
> precision weapons tend to reduce civilian casualties Yes, but normally the user is targeting military assets and trying to minimize collateral damage. I think it's clear that Hamas has the opposite goal, since they typically lob u
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by dlubarov 3y ago
I agree Israel ought to be able to prevent similar ground invasions, but what about rockets? The Iron Dome has been relatively effective so far, but the technological gap won't last forever. Hamas has already acquired rockets like the
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by dlubarov 3y ago
So there are two explanations 1) Israel asked civilians to move south to be relatively safer, some important Hamas officers moved south along with them, and Israel targeted them. 2) The strikes weren't about Hamas officers, but just a
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Are you saying that changes on Israel's part could cause Hamas to stop their aggression? That seems very unlikely - Hamas doesn't even pretend to be open to peaceful coexistence with Israel. Their best offer was a 10-year ceasefir
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Fair point - I agree there are exceptions.
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by dlubarov 3y ago
I'm not quite clear on what conclusion you're drawing. It seems like you're rightfully observing that my very brief description of Zionism was lacking important qualifiers. But after amending it, surely it's still possib
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Are you sure you're against Zionism? It seems like Zionism sometimes gets conflated with support for the particular policies of the current Israeli government, especially on social media recently, even though Zionism isn't about t
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by dlubarov 3y ago
What you quoted is extremely broad, and I don't think it was meant as the definition of anti-Zionism. Since it was prefaced with "all its proponents agree that", it seems like a sort of lower bound on the various definitions.
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by dlubarov 3y ago
There were basically two prongs to Zionism, (1) encouraging the return of Jews to their homeland, and (2) supporting the creation a Jewish state. Now that Israel exists, (2) has morphed into something like "supporting Israel's con
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by dlubarov 3y ago
"Not trying very hard not to kill them" may be true, but that is still vastly different from a "massacre," which is deliberate by definition.
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Just from a military perspective, I'm not sure defense-only is a viable long-term strategy. Iron Dome's interceptors cost something like 50x more than Hamas' simple rockets, so it ends up being a cheap way for Iran to deplete
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Fighting Jews is explicit in the Hamas Charter, and elections haven't been held since 2006, so I don't think it's clear that more appeasement could have prevented any violence.
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by dlubarov 3y ago
What would you suggest Israel do instead, given the ongoing threat Hamas poses?
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by dlubarov 3y ago
That doesn't sound plausible; this "person with direct knowledge" must have somehow received bad information or not been honest. In 2019 GCP was generating $9b/yr revenue, making it second largest revenue source, and the
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Buy, borrow die relies on the step-up in basis upon death though; it's a bit of a loophole (albeit with some justifications) which could be closed. I tend to agree that the focus should be on closing loopholes before trying an entirely
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by dlubarov 3y ago
> why not do nothing and let the phones reboot Assuming for the moment that reboots were a serious concern, and not just a fabricated excuse... it's better for Apple's reputation for old phones to be slow than to be flaky. With
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by dlubarov 3y ago
That's Apple's claim, yes. But if they were genuinely just concerned about battery health, and not about their sales numbers, then why do the throttling covertly? Why not tell the user that throttling was happening, that it was re
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Granted the the SEC is bound by federal statues, but they have certain rulemaking authority within those statues, and it's not wrong to say they create (administrative) laws. True, administrative laws are not permanent, but when they w
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by dlubarov 3y ago
How about, say, Pokemon cards? Lots of people buy them with an expectation of profit, which relies on the efforts of The Pokemon Company (among others) to continue to grow the player base.
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by dlubarov 3y ago
He's not really getting into the topic of how we evaluate whether the life is worth living. He's just observing that sometimes, parents and doctors make the decision that a particular life is not worth living; then he makes a poin
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by dlubarov 3y ago
I thought I understood the technology after reading the Bitcoin paper, but later realized that there's a lot more to it. See the ZeroCash/Zexe papers, ZK rollups, optimistic rollups, BFT literature like HotStuff, or scaling resear
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by dlubarov 3y ago
It has similar privacy properties as cash, so I would think governments would treat it similarly, with some reporting requirements depending on the amount. If they do outright ban transaction privacy, at least that would involve explicit le
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Exchanges can see the assets I move through on-ramps and off-ramps, but (in the case of Zcash etc) they can't see all the on-chain activity in between, which is generally the more interesting part.
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by dlubarov 3y ago
As a former admin, I don't think I ever interacted with anyone from WMF. As you probably know, deletions, locks, bans, bot approvals, etc. are normally handled by volunteers. Even requests for adminship are discussed by volunteers, the
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by dlubarov 3y ago
But here we're talking about exchanges. Resistance to government censorship/control only applies to on-chain activity, not centralized custodians.
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by dlubarov 3y ago
I wasn't expressing any opinion on how crypto should or shouldn't be regulated. I was only pointing out that if someone is concerned that banking regulations don't apply to crypto exchanges, then their concern is about regula
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by dlubarov 3y ago
Then the issue isn't with crypto itself, but with the regulation of crypto.
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by dlubarov 4y ago
IANAL, but to me "allow and technically enable the installation and effective use of third-party software" sounds like a broad rule. There are a few exceptions mentioned in that provision, but it doesn't seem like a gatekeepe
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by dlubarov 4y ago
Apple will be required to "allow and technically enable the installation and effective use of third-party software applications". IANAL, but I doubt a policy of "sideloading is allowed, but only for apps that we approve and&#

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