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811.
by mcv 1y ago
I never understood general advice against adverbs. They're a valid part of language and can be very effective if used well. "Don't repeat yourself boringly or unthinkingly" seems to be the real advice here. But "ang
812.
by mcv 1y ago
That's very vague and general, and avoids specifics. I'm not the one making the decisions here, but Ukrainian leadership seems to know a lot better what they're doing than you or I. They are balancing complex problems and hav
813.
by mcv 1y ago
I remember Michael Schumacher just riding one perfect lap after another. He'd always qualify as first, start ahead, ride his perfect laps, and nobody would ever overtake him. It's impressive, but boring to watch.
814.
by mcv 1y ago
That's exactly why Magnus is now championing Free Style Chess, originally promoted by Fischer: you randomize the starting position of the pieces, which makes traditional opening theory useless. That cuts away a lot of the memorization
815.
by mcv 1y ago
I've seen similar things, in Java as well as some other languages. It's obviously not the preferred way of doing it.
816.
by mcv 1y ago
Of course they are different. It's easy to lose your job. From what I understand, there are even countries where you can be fired while sick. And then you lose your health insurance exactly when you need it most. Losing your nationalit
817.
by mcv 1y ago
> None, but that is a false choice. It is not. This is what you're asking from Ukraine. Unlike you, I want this war to end in a way that it doesn't pop up again in a few years. Russia has a long history of wars of aggression. I
818.
by mcv 1y ago
Because it will save lives.
819.
by mcv 1y ago
Yeah, I didn't either. I also recall reading somewhere that at the end on the 19th or start of the 20th century, a lot of scientists thought that physics was nearly "done". It seems to be a recurring idea that the current sta
820.
by mcv 1y ago
> There is no need for the production of more works of art Really? Was art finished in 1971? These sort of very dated articles by people misunderstanding history can be funny, but this particular claim stands out as unusually weird.
821.
by mcv 1y ago
I wasn't familiar with these agents yet. Does anyone know what the best ones are? Is there a good comparison of the options and their strengths and weaknesses?
822.
by mcv 1y ago
Note that it's a claim in response to another claim. It doesn't need to be held to a higher standard than its parent.
823.
by mcv 1y ago
Attacks like these don't cost much blood. Unmanned equipment destroys parked equipment. Sounds like a win for everybody.
824.
by mcv 1y ago
I'm sure Ukraine is already working on their next clever trick.
825.
by mcv 1y ago
> Terrorism is a tactic that works by insipiring fear and causing a response. The attack itself usually doesn't do enough damage to change the outcome of the war. But this wasn't that. This was taking out bombers. If anything,
826.
by mcv 1y ago
It's Putin who dreams of terrorist attacks. He attacks civilian targets, schools, hospitals, and residential areas almost constantly. To terrorize Ukrainians. Ukraine targets only military targets. Even after years of suffering Russia&
827.
by mcv 1y ago
How much territory would you be willing to cede to Russia if Putin threatened to nuke you if you didn't? Should everybody just roll over in the face of Russian threats? Offensive use of nukes, even implicitly threatening offensive use
828.
by mcv 1y ago
Not striking Russian airfields hasn't exactly worked very well to tone down Russian aggression, so it makes sense to try to directly hurt their ability to attack. It's an entirely legitimate target: military equipment, from a coun
829.
by mcv 1y ago
Return of the Jedi does have the most important scene in all of Star Wars: the confrontation between Luke and the Emperor. The rest of the movie has plenty of shortcomings, but that scene more than redeems it.
830.
by mcv 1y ago
I was actually hoping for 4 seasons. Considering how they put 4 different, excellent stories in season 1. Season basically told a single story (the Ghorman massacre) spread out over 4 years. There were many moments where I'd hoped they
831.
by mcv 1y ago
I would love a series of movies that run parallel to the original trilogy, but in the style of Andor, following the dirty ground work of the rebellion, rather than its handful of shining heroes.
832.
by mcv 1y ago
Andor is by far the best Star Wars. Rogue One is very good, and the only movie that's in the same league as the originals, but Andor is so much better. I don't think we'll see anything on the same level as Andor again; they a
833.
by mcv 1y ago
If everybody suddenly stopped having kids, I think a lack of retirement would be the least of our problems. But you seem to feel as if only people who have kids are entitled to retirement, while people without kids don't have that ri
834.
by mcv 1y ago
> The point just flew over your head. It did not. I'm just pointing out reality. Kids are expensive, and it's probably easier to save for retirement if you don't have any. Don't get me wrong: I love my kids and wouldn
835.
by mcv 1y ago
Most blatant case was when the HSBC bank was found guilty of laundering billions for Mexican drug cartels. Any person found guilty of that, would have gone to prison for years, but nobody at HSBC went to prison, and the bank was fined mere
836.
by mcv 1y ago
> it's not right to say it's a problem that the employer is paying (or that the government is paying) These are two completely different situations, and the first is absolutely a problem. It means you lose your health insurance
837.
by mcv 1y ago
What do you mean by "young"? I'm 51.
838.
by mcv 1y ago
But if you don't have kids, it's easier to save money to fund your own retirement. Kids are expensive.
839.
by mcv 1y ago
Health insurance being dependent on your employment, is a whole problem on its own. Of course these things need to be arranged differently, ajd with more freedom for the people themselves. That said, I recently opted for a 40 hour work week
840.
by mcv 1y ago
This was exactly my complaint when the Dutch retirement age was raised from 65 to 67. Baby boomers, the largest generation, were about to retire, and the argument was that the younger generations weren't large enough to provide for the

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