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by jacobush 6y ago
I think drone strikes were a stupid solution the first time they killed a bunch of people who just happened to stand next to the intended target. Then they went downhill from there. (Edit: for instance going after someone based on very ques
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by jacobush 6y ago
As disgusting as what the US/UK does, it leans more towards cloak and dagger, rather than "look at as, we can kill anywhere and no-one will give a fuck about your, or if they do, they won't dare do anything to help you"
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by jacobush 6y ago
As (insert expletive here) that was, it was more of an Act of War than just an assasination. So totally different, though I think it was immoral, strategically unsound, and stupid. Also loathable and with no regard for innocent lives.
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by jacobush 6y ago
What I find most concerning is, where are all the "normal" reporters - and I don't mean the unicorn unbiased ones, but regular, biased but not actively pushing their fringe ideas. (I mean, it's ok to have fringe ideas. B
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by jacobush 6y ago
You mean if CO2 is not causing a global warming? And you don’t think global warming will eventually cause an economic slowdown at Covid19 or worse levels, permanently? I’m not so optimistic.
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by jacobush 6y ago
I fail to see how?
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by jacobush 6y ago
Yes, I remember a tiny buzz around 2001 for it. I considered it but I couldn't find much information and then Python distracted me for a decade.
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by jacobush 6y ago
I was mildly against it, but now that it’s implemented I feel a little different about it. I think the main impact is going to be cultural - people are going to start feeling weird about using disposable plastic in everything. It’s going to
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by jacobush 6y ago
Makes me wonder about the Spectravideo (Z80 based) machines. Some had 16 kbyte RAM. All Spectravideo had also 16 video RAM. But the version with 64 kbyte RAM was prominently marketed as having 80 kbyte RAM. (RAM + VRAM = 80 kbyte) I guess t
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by jacobush 6y ago
For all its faults and imperial tendencies and repression of its minority peoples, the USSR was more than just Russian. It had many peoples who all contributed to discoveries, but "Russia" today has inherited the "creds"
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by jacobush 6y ago
I appreciate the irony, but as a parent I can say that I much prefer my children on Netflix than on Youtube. (Caveat - there is more deeply interesting content on Youtube, but its pieces of civilisation flotsam to be salvaged from a river o
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by jacobush 6y ago
Unless the super advanced aliens fear they live in a dark forest and decide not to paint huge Dyson Sphere bullseyes on their backs.
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by jacobush 6y ago
Phosphine has no smell. “Pure phosphine is odorless“ (As per Wikipedia.)
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by jacobush 6y ago
Yep, exactly like how Microsoft was compensated for buying Skype. This stuff is not without precedent. Skype was not sponsored by a foreign power but by liberal minded founders using P2P technology. Still a "national security" thr
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by jacobush 6y ago
It's sad that we are even looking to what stance tech companies have on human rights issues. The government should have sanctioned China severely already, tariffs, you name it.
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by jacobush 6y ago
All humans, really? Most maybe, but hardly all.
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by jacobush 6y ago
My kid brother and a couple of his friends had this skill, too. Between that and being thoroughly spanked in multiplayer games, and taught the joys of Homestarrunner by them, I felt really old. (Early 20s then.)
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by jacobush 6y ago
Some serious interplanetary engineering, likely involving Fusion Candles on Jupiter to gather materials and fuel. Then a constant bombardment of Earth from the right angle should stop the spinning, eventually.
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by jacobush 6y ago
I don’t know. Too me it seems flimsy to rely on insurance alone. It feels like the economic incentives could fluctuate such that there would be opportunity to skimp or exploit insurance. It feels like you might want to add criminal liabilit
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by jacobush 6y ago
The other states should maybe follow suit.
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by jacobush 6y ago
If switching stoves to electric fixed global heating was the solution, we would be there already. Edit: I took the gas stove hook too much probably
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by jacobush 6y ago
Translation to American: I'm scared shitless right now tho
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by jacobush 6y ago
Degrading environment is leading to economic in -stability. The chickens will come home to roost.
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by jacobush 6y ago
Upvoting but want to add a cave-at, you can get lead poisoning from handling pure lead to, if you do it enough and are not rigourous in hand washing. (Licking lead laden fingers can't be good.)
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by jacobush 6y ago
I'm sure it was great, but always beware to change two similar codes into a more generic one, when what was originally two served two different parts of the system. In that case, what can happen is once the requirements change for one
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by jacobush 6y ago
Sounds like a judge will have to decide if that's in the spirit of the law. But it's very neat, I have to agree.
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by jacobush 6y ago
Beyond the great unknown?
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by jacobush 6y ago
No, that won't happen. "Sorry not sorry" and no credit.
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by jacobush 6y ago
And in Sweden since forever
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by jacobush 6y ago
There had been wilful ignorance before and after that incident.

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