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New comment by _bohm in "The dangerous delusion of modern warfare"

_bohm — Sun, 31 May 2026 13:35:24 +0000

What do you think Israel’s objective is then? It seems rather clear to me that they have expansionist ambitions which necessitate defeating their neighboring foes, who are backed by Iran. A non-hostile Iran is an Iran that does not back these foes. There has been no attempt to replace Hamas because Israel’s goal is the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.

New comment by _bohm in "The dangerous delusion of modern warfare"

_bohm — Sun, 31 May 2026 10:59:00 +0000

I think an honest assessment of the history reveals that the Islamic Republic has been far more hostile to Israel and far stabler than the Shah, who oversaw a deeply unpopular monarchy and was deposed by his own people

New comment by _bohm in "The dangerous delusion of modern warfare"

_bohm — Sun, 31 May 2026 10:42:45 +0000

Who do you think the previous regime was? The Shah was installed by the US and was friendly to Israel. Under the Islamic Republic, Iran has been hostile to Israel and funded proxy organizations that have been in conflict with it.

New comment by _bohm in "The dangerous delusion of modern warfare"

_bohm — Sun, 31 May 2026 10:27:52 +0000

Sure, Israel played a hand here, but it’s hard to believe they’re getting exactly what they wanted out of all of this either. Regime change does not seem like it’s coming any time soon. Unless that happens, any reductions in Iran’s capacity will be temporary.

As for the Iraq war, Israel was supportive, but it would be incorrect to say the war was at their behest.

New comment by _bohm in "Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub and Why Zig Isn't 1.0 [video]"

_bohm — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:25:02 +0000

Curious what design changes you're referring to specifically. I've been using the language for a couple years now and the language itself has undergone pretty minor changes, perhaps the biggest one being the removal of `usingnamespace`, which I don't think was that big a deal. Or are you referring to changes in the stdlib?

New comment by _bohm in "Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation"

_bohm — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:24:31 +0000

Social pressure from one's peers is not the only form of pressure. I don't think I'm the one who can credibly be accused of not reading the entire comment or not thinking for longer than 10 seconds in this exchange.

New comment by _bohm in "Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation"

_bohm — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:36:43 +0000

“Revealed preferences” are not the same as actual preferences. Treating them the same is what led us to the current situation we have with everyone addicted to social media and miserable. Also, expectations are not the only thing that could pressure someone to use these tools. If all your peers were using these tools and finishing their work in a fraction of the time it takes you, and getting the same or better grades, you would probably use them too.

New comment by _bohm in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

_bohm — Sat, 09 May 2026 13:00:57 +0000

> It's a persistent topic of human interest, across cultures and decades.

Yes, and how did this originally become a topic of interest?

New comment by _bohm in "Supreme Court Limits Voting Rights Act"

_bohm — Fri, 01 May 2026 11:37:41 +0000

I will take you at your word that you genuinely want a politics free of racial discrimination, but all of the points you’re trying to make here are being immediately disproven by the reality on the ground. Florida has already passed a redistricting that massively and transparently disenfranchises black voters as a direct result of this decision. Louisiana is currently trying to postpone their already-underway primaries to push through a redistricting which I expect will do the same.

New comment by _bohm in "I am building a cloud"

_bohm — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:08:57 +0000

A big difference between cost and price is often won at the expense of many years of concerted R&D, though

New comment by _bohm in "Zig 0.16.0 Release Notes"

_bohm — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:57:23 +0000

I've been waiting eagerly for this release ever since the new Io interface was announced. Pumped to start working on some new projects with this!

Love this line from the release notes:

> Lo! Lest one learn a lone release lesson, let proclaim: "cancelation" should seriously only be spelt thusly (single "l"). Let not evil, godless liars lead afoul.

New comment by _bohm in "EFF is leaving X"

_bohm — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:35:23 +0000

(a) The Biden/Harris administration was not one that I would consider Progressive, and I really have no interest in defending them broadly speaking

(b) I am quite aware of the actions and events described in the article you link, and do not approve of them. Even so, I think there is a legitimate question as to whether or not these actions constituted violations of the first amendment, at least legally if not in spirit. This is quite unlike the current administration's blatant violations which include:

(c) Jailing and attempting to deport people for political speech, attempting to revoke funding from universities that allow certain protests (freedom of assembly), defunding PBS and NPR on the basis of political viewpoints expressed, suing many other news outlets for unflattering coverage and threatening to revoke licenses via FCC. The list goes on. Also, Twitter is now owned by an honorary member of the Trump cabinet, and if you don't think he's putting his finger on the scale, boy do I have a bridge to sell you.

New comment by _bohm in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

_bohm — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:32:10 +0000

Do you think the American Revolution was justified?

New comment by _bohm in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

_bohm — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:56:51 +0000

Structural violence is the term most commonly used for this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_violence

New comment by _bohm in "EFF is leaving X"

_bohm — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:47:17 +0000

It's a completely defensible statement and I believe it fully.

New comment by _bohm in "EFF is leaving X"

_bohm — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:40:29 +0000

The current administration’s curtailments of free speech go far above and beyond anything progressives would ever propose to do.

New comment by _bohm in "Neovim 0.12.0"

_bohm — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:33:12 +0000

Having spent some time with the Zig build system, I genuinely expect this development will make things less fragile than they were with the CMake build.

New comment by _bohm in "Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland"

_bohm — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:50:27 +0000

Speaking not just of this administration/war but also of past ones

New comment by _bohm in "Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland"

_bohm — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:01:25 +0000

The war is certainly illegal. Our systems are just so atrophied at this point that we treat congressional approval as a formality. This is a choice we make over and over again that we need to stop making.

New comment by _bohm in "Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland"

_bohm — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:16:37 +0000

Starting illegal wars and engaging in extreme corruption, for starters.