smoothjazz

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by smoothjazz 3y ago
> You're saying you'd be willing to pay reparations for this and that, but those are empty words. If someone asked you to let go of your national identity, home and security you'd probably rethink the whole thing. If you
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
This matches what I've seen from Israelis, but the issue is that the rest of the world does think this is the best way forward. Support in the west is very generational and supporting Zionism will be politically lethal within 20 year
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
The former since that would be the definition of a secular democracy. The same immigration and citizenship laws regardless of religion or ethnicity. There's definitely need of some reparations as well, so I think right of return would
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
I think the reality is that at some point the Israel government is going to have to become a fully secular democracy. Do you think that can happen within the existing governmental system or will it require a completely new government?
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
This isn't accurate. Israel doesn't control Gaza and in fact has lost control areas that it once had under control. Hamas continues to launch rockets from northern Gaza and multiple battalions have had to be withdrawn, including t
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
They have no definition for victory that they can achieve in Gaza or with Hezbollah and this is causing a lot of stress on the Israel government and Israeli society (especially because both still want to punish Palestinians). It seems like
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
This is a mac problem, not an ollama problem. It also sounds like it's solved by using homebrew (or linux).
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Oh wow that was a typo! Too late to edit it apparently. I meant to say WFH not RTO. Oh well, my downvotes are well deserved.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Honestly it sounds like you work at a very poorly run company. There's plenty of companies thriving with RTO and cultures of trust.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
My experience has been that people who work from home are a lot more productive than people who "work" in an office.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Then certainly the actions of Israeli leadership and the IDF represent Israel.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
CNN has been one of the most biased networks with regard to their Israel coverage. They even have to get IDF approval before publishing footage and were only allowed access to Gaza via IDF. I wouldn't take anything they have to say abo
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
The IDF has committed way more terrorism than Hamas yet we still support and fund Israel. Israel has all of Gaza under blockade and UNRWA were responsible for delivering basic goods. This is yet another act to cause mass death and destruc
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Why are countries suspending funds to UNRWA yet continuing to give funds and support to Israel even though they've committed 1000x the atrocities of Hamas?
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
An important point that I don't think most people realize is that the Kibbutz that Hamas attacked on October 7th actually used to be Palestinian towns that they were expelled from during Nakba: https://en.wikipedia.org/
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Normally for political stuff I would agree, but the VCs have made this an issue that founders, engineers and everyone else in tech has to deal with because they've taken a hardline pro-Israel stance including firing people who so much
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
You said the only other solution is genocide (which you thankfully say you don't see happening this century). Relenting from their occupation is another solution. I agree with your assessment of their state of mind though.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
I don't believe this and the court found reason to further investigate genocide. The statements from Israeli leadership alone contradict what you're saying.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
> The only other solution for israel is a legitimate genocide of all Palestinians, and I just dont see that happening in the next century. Or giving Palestinians full rights and reparations for the land they stole, that is a valid and
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
That first video looks like a guy with an RPG walking around an already bombed out parking lot (not firing at anything). What the second video is supposed to show is anyone's guess.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Hamas was not using hospitals as outposts. That's been debunked time and time again.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
The raw number of people killed isn't indicative of a genocide, it's intent and actions against a specific population. Over 1.5 million (out of 2 million) Gaza residents are displaced and facing starvation. Almost all of the hospi
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Yes, I'm totally confident that Israel will not be allowed to use nuclear weapons and the US's vast military apparatus can stop them.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
The US has a military with deep intelligence ties. They would stop Israel from using nuclear weapons even if that meant invading Israel and taking out all of the leaders. There's no way the US would allow Israel to use a nuclear weapon
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Ah ok, I see. You are correct, I did misread that part.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
I think that's a honest rebuttal to my point even if I don't agree. I don't though because I think Nakba was egregious, asymmetric and recent enough that I believe the damage can be undone.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
You're misreading what I said (might be my fault for not being clear enough!). I mean that the occupier would have to genocide all of the occupied to have peace. Essentially there will be permanent resistance unless the occupied are gi
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Israel can face defeat without everybody dying (which is what would happen if they tried to use nuclear weapons). The US has enough control over Israel to make sure that never happens. We are a far greater military power than Israel.
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by smoothjazz 3y ago
Yes, here's a bunch of them: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/27/israeli-protests-ca... This is a huge one too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_citizenship_law

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