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New comment by CogitoCogito in "New Glenn Update"

CogitoCogito — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:38:13 +0000

I don't understand why this is being downvoted. I would love if metric were used universally, but I don't really see any difference between that and wanting a single language to be used universally. In fact, the cost of different languages is certainly much higher than different systems of units. Converting between systems of units is just trivial arithmetic after all.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Over $70T of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists"

CogitoCogito — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:37:36 +0000

Sweden has no inheritance or wealth tax.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "At the end you use `git bisect`"

CogitoCogito — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:18:56 +0000

I have always been very careful with git histories and often rewrite/squash them before final review/merge. Often my rewritten histories have nothing to do with the original history and commits are logically/intuitively separated and individually testable.

That said, very few people seem to be like me. Most people have no concept of what a clear commit history is. I think it's kind of similar to how most people are terrible written communicators. Few people have any clue how to express themselves clearly. The easiest way to deal with people like this is to just have them squash their PRs. This way you can at least enforce some sanity at review and then the final commit should enforce some standards.

I agree on rebasing instead of straight merging, but even that's too complicated for most people.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition cameras at the Prague airport"

CogitoCogito — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 09:31:48 +0000

Identification often isn't ever checked when flying within Europe _today_. They just check your ticket.

That said you're certainly not getting near any gates without a ticket in Europe these days either.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Why do Stanford math professors still use chalk? (2021)"

CogitoCogito — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:20:52 +0000

The fact that it's still used in many places obviously means it's not unbearable. Besides if you're bothered by the dust you can use the water cleaning methods described in this very thread. It's not perfect, but I would take a chalkboard over a whiteboard anytime.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Why do Stanford math professors still use chalk? (2021)"

CogitoCogito — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:23:00 +0000

I enjoy using chalkboards so much more than whiteboards. Other than the chalk dust, I just can't understand how anyone would prefer whiteboards over chalkboards.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Kenvue stock drops on report RFK Jr will link autism to Tylenol during pregnancy"

CogitoCogito — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:01:58 +0000

The irony is that if Tylenol use in pregnancy actually does increase the risk of autism, RFK's destruction of trust in the government's scientific process will probably just push that sort result back. He's a charlatan and totally unscientific regardless.

Luckily for those of us who care, there are private and foreign government organizations who still take healthcare and science seriously. Unfortunately the only sane solution seems to be to ignore the US authorities on this for the time being.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need"

CogitoCogito — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:37:16 +0000

> But having a persistent notification to turn on iCloud is good for the user so they don’t lose irreplaceable pictures.

Are you saying it's not okay for a user to decide they just plain don't want it? Why shouldn't be they be allowed to dismiss it permanently?

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets"

CogitoCogito — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:27:49 +0000

I'm not sure where you're getting your information, but this is a quote from the European Commission itself:

> The political agreement of 27 July 2025 is not legally binding. Beyond taking the immediate actions committed, the EU and the US will further negotiate, in line with their relevant internal procedures, to fully implement the political agreement.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_...

You might consider updating your mistaken prior beliefs.

Edit: I see another comment made the same point. I'll have to presume that after you've been presented with this new information, you'll realize that you are in fact very wrong.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Debian 13 “Trixie”"

CogitoCogito — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:25:53 +0000

Then I think you just don't have much imagination. I have recovered files in /tmp after turning off a machine by booting it back up in single-user mode and accessing the data before it would be cleared in during bootup. Given that "turning off a machine" can also mean "the machine lost power", I can definitely see why people would be surprised by this change.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Debian 13 “Trixie”"

CogitoCogito — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:18:42 +0000

I can't speak for the other poster, but I like the idea a lot. Having tools with specific purposes means I can avoid using my phone for everything. No matter what games I play to remove notifications/interruptions/etc. it's always a distraction and easy to be distracted from whatever I originally intended to use the phone for.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "A CT scanner reveals surprises inside the 386 processor's ceramic package"

CogitoCogito — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:01:54 +0000

> What's ironic is that the ones doing this crap are usually the first to cry about internet censorship.

I believe most people against internet censorship are against _government_ censorship. I fall into that camp. I don't support government censorship of the internet, but I have no problem if individual website operators decide they don't want to serve a certain country.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief"

CogitoCogito — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:11:21 +0000

Why would this post be flagged? It could of course just be automatic due to disingenuous flagging by users, but any administrator could see there is no reason to flag this and then unflag it afterwards.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel"

CogitoCogito — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:26:04 +0000

Reading through Kent Overstreet's comments, it seems totally correct to kick bcachefs out of the kernel. His comments demonstrate very clearly that he's not able to work under the constraints of the current kernel development process.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "U.S. Chemical Safety Board could be eliminated"

CogitoCogito — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:11:05 +0000

I'm pretty sure we've actually known this since time immemorial. Property, contract, etc. are all legal constructs. Talking about free markets (or whatever approximation to "free" is meant by that) without laws and regulations doesn't make any sense.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests"

CogitoCogito — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 07:45:09 +0000

The presidency is only legally afforded some powers. The issue here isn't Trump's fulfilling of campaign promises. The issue here is if Trump is following the law while doing so.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests"

CogitoCogito — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:39:53 +0000

"Apparently..." would have been the perfect way to describe my reaction. I didn't realize that "cover me" meant "lay down suppressing fire" to Marines. I guess it makes sense, but that's not the meaning I would have expected. So I would probably have been just as confused as the cops in the story. I wouldn't be surprised if most cops would have been similarly confused.

So yeah in conclusion, I don't really understand the point you're trying to make.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Google is burying the web alive"

CogitoCogito — Tue, 27 May 2025 09:14:09 +0000

> "Go out and talk to people" isn't valid advice. It's never been, but in 2025 finally even the mainstream is slowly admitting that this doesn't work.

It continues to work for me in 2025.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "Malicious compliance by booking an available meeting room"

CogitoCogito — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:57:53 +0000

I presume in that case each meeting would just stretch to 10 over the hour.

New comment by CogitoCogito in "PhD Timeline"

CogitoCogito — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:32:37 +0000

I'm not the poster you're responding to, but I'll just confirm as a third party that your arguments have been very hard to follow.