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by teractiveodular 2y ago
That's exactly why they didn't get anywhere. Per the Reddit thread below, Joe was able to understand phrases like "red soil ahead", but that was not enough to work out the meaning. https://www.reddit.com/
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
The Japanese tried to crack the code by torturing a poor guy called Joe Kieyoomia who was Navajo, but not a code-talker or even aware of the existence of the program, but they didn't get far. Amazingly, he survived the concentration
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
Apparently they did: I've heard it claimed there was at least one submarine that used Kagoshima-ben, a famously impenetrable dialect spoken in southern Kyushu, for precisely this purpose. I can't find any reliable source though. M
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
I've been editing Wikipedia literally for decades and I'm astonished at the vitriol in these comments. Would any HNers care to share any examples of actual articles that showcase this "extreme ideological slant"? Yes, e
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
Some plans, like the one in the article, obviously do. This is the paradox of US healthcare: it's probably the most advanced in the world if you/your insurer can foot the bill, but that's an enormous if.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
Not sure why this is being downvoted. Universal healthcare is great, but even if you're in Sweden they're not going to fly you over to Minnesota to get experimental treatment that costs $1M/year.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
The main Syrian Kurdish militia has very unfriendly relations with Turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Defense_Units
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
To underline, Syria was Russia's only ally, airbase and warm water port in the region. They have no feasible alternatives.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
The best case is that northern parts of Syria end up like Iraqi Kurdistan, where they will de facto control a slice of the country. However, Turkey to the north is really not keen on the Kurds having any territory, so they'll do whatev
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
The Golan is firmly under Israeli control already and has been for half a century, they don't need to "invade" it anymore.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
While I'm a firm atheist, Assad jettisoned all pretense of Baathist/secular ideology a decade if not longer ago in favor of simply doing whatever it takes to stay in power. The atrocities perpetrated by Assad's regime were fa
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
And even in Tokyo it only applies to metropolitan (roughly, state) workers, not the ward (roughly, city) governments. According to the data below, there's anywhere from 33k to 161k metropolitan employees depending on where you draw the
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
Ah, I stand corrected: the study starts by stating "After adjusting for personal, lifestyle, and dietary risk factors, participants consuming ≥5 servings/week of any chocolate showed a significant 10% (95% CI 2% to 17%; P trend=0
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
This. Also, the "brother and sister in Sweden" appear to Sámi wearing ceremonial gákti, not everyday wear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1kti
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
The study says milk chocolate also reduces your risk by 10%.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
And what makes you believe 13 will finally have decent FSD when the previous 12 attempts using the same hardware did not?
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
They do, but the targets are rival drug dealers etc, not megacorp CEOs. (Except maybe in Russia.)
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Mercedes-Benz tests solar paint it says could deliver 20k kms range a year(thedriven.io)
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
China's progress is real, but there are still many things like cutting-edge semiconductors and airplane engines they cannot compete in and thus rely on the West for. The Chinese leadership is well aware of this and is massively funding
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
My favorite was the newly hired account manager for a web dev company whom the CEO found rummaging in the supply cabinet, looking for some URLs to show clients. https://www.askamanager.org/2021/10/the-controversial
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
There are a lot more low performing organizations than high performing ones. Even organizations usually perceived as high performing tend to have a few high performing teams surrounded by oceans of mediocrity.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
"Cerebral decomposition disorder" does have a certain ring to it.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
Don't forget link aggregator sites run by venture capitalists to advertise their investments.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
I thought you only used hyphens in German in exceptional circumstances like proper names in compounds? Karl-Marx-Allee etc.
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
Yes: an open compound has two words separated by a space, but still has a unique meaning. Ice cream, common sense, never mind, etc. FWIW, there are plenty of languages that don't use any spaces at all in their writing (Japanese, Chines
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
Really? Macquarie got it right by choosing "enshittification" instead. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/26/enshittifica...
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
Those are some pretty extraordinary numbers. Do you have any cites to back them up?
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
I'm not sure why you're bring downvoted, since Musk is on the record saying exactly this. https://www.businessinsider.com/why-tesla-elon-musk-supports... Whether he actually believes this or is just claiming to be
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
You don't need to actively lock a Tesla, just walk away. It will lock itself as soon as it realizes you're no longer next to it. Yes, this took some getting used to (what if it doesn't realize I'm gone?), but in several
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by teractiveodular 2y ago
No Russian money, no sirree. Fortunately there's still plenty of housing designed to appeal to Russian-speaking investors holding passports from Vanuatu, Cyprus or St Kitts and Nevis and fat investment trusts in the Cayman Islands.

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