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by edanm 3y ago
I mean, this is a very HN-bubble thought. Even if people here actually think that, just look at Google's revenue or usage numbers. Clearly a "few" people are still using it! People here might say that Google has gotten terrib
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by edanm 3y ago
This attitude is why the web won, IMO. When it comes to native apps, in the 2000s, this was the common attitude of users. But it's much harder to implement from a business perspective! Both in terms of business models, and in terms of
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by edanm 3y ago
> Web developers do of course, but I've hardly touched web development myself. Web interfaces etc., are a choice, but I think it's driven by commercial needs-- a desire for subscription revenue instead of one-time sales, etc. T
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by edanm 3y ago
Well they are physically impractical now, but they might get practical in the future. But no, I'm fairly sure that QC in general isn't known to be able to solve NP problems. And since Traveling Salesman is NP complete (iirc), I do
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by edanm 3y ago
This might be true (I'm not that up to date on whether there are symmetrical algorithms that negate the advantage of QC), but most of the internet / world commerce relies on public key crypto.
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by edanm 3y ago
> Isn’t the idea that it could make everything faster? If that is your understanding, then yes, you have unfortunately fallen for the very mistaken reporting on this. There are specific algorithms that Quantum Computing can solve fast
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by edanm 3y ago
> No doubt the commenters will all jump in with "but waddabout this, waddabout that, so you want no homes to rent eh!?!". I don't care, my point remains - No, your point doesn't remain if other people have valid point
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by edanm 3y ago
> It doesn't have to be "you can't replace SMS" because that would be stifling to innovation. It could simply be "messaging protocols should be open and/or interoperable". It doesn't seem the same,
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by edanm 3y ago
If you don't "let business decide on these things", the result isn't better more communal solutions getting made, the result is no solutions getting made because they're not worth making for the business.
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by edanm 3y ago
> It's an awful book. In the scenario, the US does launch SLBMs from a submarine close to North Korea, and they hit in minutes. But for some reason the author thought that's is plausible that the US would also launch 50 land ba
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by edanm 3y ago
Look into the "Nuclear Triad". The US has three ways to fight back against a nuclear attack - land-based ICBMs, bombers, and submarines. It is unknown how the US would react to a missile launched from NK, but for various reasons,
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by edanm 3y ago
Just in case this isn't a typo - his name is Grant, not Grand.
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by edanm 3y ago
> There were the indigenous inhabitants of the region. That region has a long history. How do you think those inhabitants got there in the first place? They also migrated there. Long in the past, Jews were there, and were probably ther
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by edanm 3y ago
> Just say you don't believe Palestinians are people so didn't have any right to their homeland. This kind of comment is not warranted. It is beneath the standards of Hacker News. It's putting words in my mouth which I veh
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by edanm 3y ago
The funny thing is, I do the same with Audible books too, even if they aren't something I normally physically see. I just can't help buying books :)
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by edanm 3y ago
There's a lot to say about Israel, but what you said isn't true. Israel didn't "invade" the land. Jews moved into the land legally, and then the rulers of the land at the time gave it to the UN to recommend what to
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by edanm 3y ago
That's a good point. I'm a big reader - and I have lists of thousands of books I want to read. But one reason I semi-on-purpose still pick up random books that I stumble across and look fun, even if they're less "optimal
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by edanm 3y ago
> This kinda talking points get muddy when said militants (more like suspected militants) were target specifically when they arrived home with their families. You're right. And absent further context, I'd consider that to be a
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by edanm 3y ago
> How can one dispute that Israel is a genocidal apartheid? Let me talk specifically about the "genocidal" aspect, because Apartheid is a separate topic. If you're coming from a place of "of course Israel is committin
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by edanm 3y ago
You're right, I think we agree on the facts. > But again my question is: given the above, how would an Israeli victory, no matter how complete, improve things for LGBT Palestinians? Ah, I was confused why you asked this until I saw
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by edanm 3y ago
Some do, not all. The harder problem is actually that the work week is Sun-Fri instead of Mon-Sun, which means there's days when people just aren't working. This is also sometimes a good thing though - Israelis will have put in a
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by edanm 3y ago
You're right! Thanks for correcting me. I indeed saw that video that was apparently incorrectly attributed to Hamas, when in fact it was Isis. (Btw, I wasn't "confusing" Hamas with ISIS, I was intentionally misled by tha
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by edanm 3y ago
Israel didn't "move their troops into Gaza at will", not until this current war. After Israel's disengagement from Gaza, it had no soldiers in Gaza at all. It also doesn't "control Gaza's borders" alo
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by edanm 3y ago
Because the topic under discussion is about Google firing workers for protesting Google doing business with Israel. The subtitle is: "Some employees protested the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government. They’ve been let go.&
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by edanm 3y ago
Of course it's hard to argue that. Nazis are the great bogeymen right now, wanting to punch them might have little to do with feelings about Jews, and everything to do with just looking for an outlet to attack "the bad people&quot
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by edanm 3y ago
> Success of Palestine will mean oppression of the groups the cause seeks to protect (LGBTQ+ specifically). That depends on what you mean by success of Palestine. Eg if all you're talking about is an end to the current war, that&#x2
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by edanm 3y ago
Calling Israel a mass murdering apartheid state is political. Not everyone agrees with that statement, in fact many strongly disagree. So you can't just assume your conclusion and be aghast that other people don't immediately agre
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That's not the pov of the whole world. It's actually contrary to the views of all the major Democratic countries like the us, UK and France. The countries that claim Israel is committing genocide are mostly authoritarian countries
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by edanm 3y ago
That's a pretty big, and IMO false, accusation to throw at Israel. Unlike abstract "opposing colonialism", which I assume lots of people would get behind, I assume others, like me, find the specific case against Israel to be
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by edanm 3y ago
> Do you really expect a hypothetical Palestine to be any different? Depends on a lot of factors. I think there is definitely a path by which a peaceful neighborly Palestine can be created, though it will likely take a long time. And btw

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