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by hkpack 3y ago
I see this thinking all the time, that if something worked ok in the past, then it is absolutely guaranteed to work next time. And it is absolutely not. People live as they are protected by some divine power over the consequences of their c
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Yeah, this theory was in the same "package". People close to the matters told that this is most likely untrue and radars are capable of tracking from multiple directions. Also, anaprop conditions are common and not something which
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by hkpack 3y ago
It is interesting that any rumor can become “well known” after person with big following talks about it. People close to operation mentioned that having Byraktar nearby would have raised alertness of the crew, so it would not be beneficial.
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Term doesn't become meaningless even if everyone is doing it. Current state of society influenced by tech progress is what causing the current rise of populism. There are politicians who are rooting for reality, but it indeed becomes m
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by hkpack 3y ago
For the majority of cases, it just means "ignore the complexity of reality and go with the simple solution". Sometimes, populists do really believe in what they are saying and doing. And the simplicity is what makes them popular -
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Of course. Why you would read any source which was caught lying?
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"Inmates are running asylum" [1] - is one of my favourite books, was written in 2004, which describes how bad most of the interfaces are and the reasons behind it. Design solves problems which are not always obvious to the actual
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by hkpack 3y ago
I actually don't agree much with the article. I think that all modern OSes (macOS, Windows and even Linuxes) are much much better from the usability perspective than years ago. Some UI elements and patterns are indeed problematic, but
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by hkpack 3y ago
> the US broke a promise to the USSR of not expanding NATO There is literally zero evidence of that, except claims by the Russian propaganda itself. People who live in totalitarian countries (like Russia, where ruler is in a power for a
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> in my opinion, a lot of folks won't take climate change seriously until it adversely affects their way of life in such a dramatic way that they cannot deny it any longer. It won't. People you are talking about have access to
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Although contrary to the popular believe, a lot of equipment in Ukraine is of the latest generation. For example, a lot of farmers use the latest John Deere tractors. The same is for metallurgy - it was consistently upgraded through the yea
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by hkpack 3y ago
We in the eastern Europe were screaming about Russian plans for invasions for at least a decade, and were brushed off because grownups knew better.
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> It is crazy how people can even think of collaborating with them. It is not crazy, if you take into account that the genocidal war is very popular among Russians, and the only complain they have is that it is not going according to the
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> for example the US proxy war with Russia. Yeah, as a Ukrainian, this triggers me well, good job. I think that it is good that you feel being silenced. The world in which a person who have absolutely zero idea what he is talking about w
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by hkpack 3y ago
It was not inevitable, it was a decision, a choice made by specific people. They do everything in their power to make you believe that is was inevitable to divert the blame. Same with Taiwan. It is a choice for China to make - to invade or
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by hkpack 4y ago
The work developers do varies, so this question in general makes little sense. Sometimes, developers literally do R&D without knowing, whether they will be able to solve the task at hand at all. Other times, they use proven solutions fo
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by hkpack 4y ago
> One of my past managers said i shouldn't have to be "friends" with any of my reports and only look for their output qualities. There are many reasons for this, but at least consider this: when team will grow, you will no
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by hkpack 4y ago
> Europe is also so densely populated that full 4g coverage is totally doable. The main goal here as I can see is to learn from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, when the main infrastructure (including electric grid) was targeted. The iss
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by hkpack 4y ago
So, for my own projects in Go lang, I created a simple library for loading configuration files, so it can load configuration either from .toml files, or from .env files or just from an environment variables. Then you define your config like
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by hkpack 4y ago
You probably don't understand nuances of why Russia says what, it is not only about the western values, but just a very effective tactic in the information warfare. I know about at least three major points: * Russia always blame other
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by hkpack 4y ago
As a former desktop developer, the reason is obvious to me. You have to be insane to deliberately choose a career as a specific platform desktop developer nowadays. Native desktop apps are: 1. much harder to develop 2. they are way more
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by hkpack 4y ago
I think the problem is not with the latest technology, the problem is with the inappropriate one. Have they chose golang, or (God forbid) Rust, they will most likely be fine. There are choices, which are very dangerous, as they increase com
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by hkpack 4y ago
When I was thinking about the same concept, I wanted to make another leap - that everyone else is also different instances of you / me. There is actually no need to die, to “reborn”. Your consciousness can exist in multiple instances!
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This is probably a bad advice - As it simultaneously makes cold air feel colder. Also, I'm not sure if there is an easy way to actually increase humidity without reducing the temperature. From my experience, increasing humidity while k
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by hkpack 4y ago
You are right, sorry for not being clear. Neither ballistic nor hypersonic cruise missiles were intercepted because of the lack of capabilities. However, US has such capabilities, and I think the results would still be very similar with the
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by hkpack 4y ago
We don't know how warheads are configured. It is possible that detonating over enemy territory is still better than just falling down. So the sequence may be started if the rocket 1) knows that it is close to the enemy territory. 2) it
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I agree that the full explosion is the least likely outcome, but it still very possible. Cruise missiles are intercepted by a rocket exploding in front of it. As we know (for example from the MH17 investigation) - the major damage is done b
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by hkpack 4y ago
Speaking from the experience of being under regular attacks from Russian cruise and ballistic rockets for the last year, I can tell you, that with enough missiles launched, you’ll have all the possible results: - some will explode in t
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by hkpack 4y ago
As I age, I am coming to the same conclusion. Religions have a lot of warnings about the nature of people which I always brushed off but now I feel like I’m starting to understand.
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At this point I think we just need to accept, that every issue of every severity is widely used by parties, who know how to benefit from it. It doesn't actually prove or disprove the issue (and its severity itself). For example: climat

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