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by gspetr 3y ago
>Firefox Definitely not. It certainly no longer belongs in "the original vision of the internet" category. Not when it wants to be a part of evil forces seeking to police the internet. https://blog.mozilla.org/e
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by gspetr 3y ago
“Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.” -- Pravin Lal Also, it's not just mobile operators. Major ISPs (with millions of customers) have some sort of DPI, or at the very
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by gspetr 3y ago
In this piece[0] "Пушкин - Юрьеву" He refers to himself as "a disfigured descendant of negroes". "А я, повеса вечно праздный, Потомок негров безобразный, Взращённый в дикой простоте…" Also, here's an inter
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by gspetr 4y ago
Necessary? This statement does not hold any water. Jeff Bezos used to work as a cook at McDonalds in his teenage years.
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Ask HN: Can HN add more precise search filters?
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by gspetr 4y ago
This should be understood as a message to those rich people (and/or their dual citizenship proxies managing their assets) with dual citizenships: "US will not go balls-to-the-wall to bail your asses out like it would for its OG ci
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by gspetr 4y ago
Dual citizenship is a thing.
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by gspetr 4y ago
It's possible to lose a major war and still be somewhat OK domestically, see Saddam's 1st war for a recent example.
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by gspetr 4y ago
>war that is somehow being fought entirely on another country’s territory Technically not true. They've proclaimed most of these battlefield territories their own, so that is now a technically correct statement.
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by gspetr 4y ago
> Alexander II wasn't done after Crimean War That war started in 1853, Alexander II's reign began in 1855, obviously he wasn't done since this wasn't even a war he had started... People need to temper their hot takes
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by gspetr 4y ago
>have incorporated chatgpt in my workflow Can I ask you to elaborate with a few examples?
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by gspetr 4y ago
>At least where I am in the US I am somewhat perplexed by that statement. Are you implying that there are major jurisdictions in the US where WotC wouldn't have been able to fully enforce compliance with their (originally) overly re
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by gspetr 4y ago
>legally enforceable poison pill This seems somewhat unlikely IMO. WotC is a subsidiary of Hasbro, a publicly traded company. Measures that can be potentially interpreted as restrictive on shareholders' profits seem quite difficult
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by gspetr 4y ago
>Who considers it gauche to have software written in non-English? 2x BigCo's I've worked at, with 1-5K IT staff. Yandex is xbig though, with 5K+. >That came down to the developers not speaking English at all. That sounds imp
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by gspetr 4y ago
At first I wanted to give a serious reply, but then I saw your (very aptly chosen, given the context) username and found myself wondering if HN rules allow parody accounts... However, I'll give one for those who've missed the iro
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by gspetr 4y ago
>Next to no one uses Android Wait, what? Who's in the bubble now?
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by gspetr 4y ago
IMO you're oversimplifying things without appreciating the scope of what went into Python 3. Core developer Brett Cannon's talk "Python 3.3: Trust Me, It's Better than 2.7" goes over most of the differences at the t
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by gspetr 4y ago
Can you point to some sources of information about the modern REST you are talking about?
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by gspetr 4y ago
>I think that's a pretty bad idea - the objective is for a team to win And a series of static 1v1s is more accurate than a series of 10v10s, 9v9s and so on? People have criticized chess for pretty much the same thing wrt tie breaker
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by gspetr 4y ago
Former Real Madrid and Hungary star Ferenc Puskás stated: "The greatest player in history was Alfredo Di Stéfano. I refuse to classify Pelé as a player. He was above that." https://web.archive.org/web/20190627
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by gspetr 4y ago
Just one question: Why did you give my homie Stephen Hawking the cold shoulder when he hosted a party[0] for time travelers in 2009? [0] https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/stephen-hawking-time-t...
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by gspetr 4y ago
Which event are you referring to? I thought Garissa University College attack (148 fatalities) was the worst worldwide.
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by gspetr 4y ago
Yes, I've been thinking of that scene as well: RoboCop: Director's Cut | REMASTERED - ED-209 Malfunction Scene (1080p) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFvqDaFpXeM
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by gspetr 4y ago
>FREQUENTLY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_killed_for_bein... I see single digits per year. Worldwide. What is your definition of frequently? If you know of more cases with reliable sources then perhap
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by gspetr 4y ago
You could trivially cash out thousands of dollars in ATMs of many banks, both foreign and domestic, in a certain "world's enemy No.1" country before Feb 24.
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by gspetr 4y ago
If y'all think extinction for billions is just around the corner, consider that Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh has this forecast for next Tuesday: 44C(110F). And that temp is there most of the summer. "Saudi population has gr
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by gspetr 4y ago
See my reply to a sibling of your parent comment for the article about the impact.
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by gspetr 4y ago
This seems like too much of a stretch. "A civilization is any complex society characterized by the development of a political state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond natural spoken langu
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by gspetr 4y ago
>1.5C on average might be 5-6C there, which is enough to make large, densely populated areas unlivable (as in you will die without AC). Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh has this forecast for next Tuesday: 44C(110F). And that temp is t
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by gspetr 4y ago
https://mvmagazine.com/news/2007/08/01/changing-shape-island "Parts of Martha's Vineyard are only feet above sea level today. Recent projections target Edgartown as the first town to submerge.

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