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New comment by baud147258 in "Picasso’s Guernica (Gigapixel)"

baud147258 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:48:51 +0000

> It was the start of aerial bombardment of civilians

It had already started way before, right when armed forces started using planes, in WW1. (I was thinking even earlier, in Libya during the Italo-Turkish war of 1911, but I haven't found confirmation in a quick search)

New comment by baud147258 in "'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking"

baud147258 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:31:20 +0000

I don't think there's any purpose behind it, most like early on, game with shooting were just simpler to develop, especially with regards to limited processing power and storage. For example I remember an extract from a review on the original Doom, saying that it would be much better if they were able to talk to the monsters; but at the time, a talking game would have been nearly impossible to make, especially to the same level of polish as the original Doom.

And then it's a feedback loop: video games get the reputation of being violent (perhaps undeservedly so, like Myst was outselling the original Doom, IIRC, but violent games made for bigger headline in mainstream media) => only people interested in that buy them => violent games are the best-selling => games...

New comment by baud147258 in "Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023)"

baud147258 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:04:59 +0000

while I haven't changed it, it seems that you configure that behavior in the current version of Teams (Settings > Chats and channels)

New comment by baud147258 in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

baud147258 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:47:37 +0000

> This was on my work computer

is this an employer-issued computer? Like if I did something similar on my DELL laptop (us lowly devs at %DAY_JOB% don't have Macs), management would be up my ass the minute they saw this, if only because the maintenance agreement the company has with our supplier will likely be voided for my machine.

Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part I: Finding Carthaginians

baud147258 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:06:38 +0000

Article URL: https://acoup.blog/2026/04/10/collections-raising-carthaginian-armies-part-i-finding-carthaginians/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47725559

Points: 25

# Comments: 1

Aragorn's Tax Policy and Other Weird Shibboleths

baud147258 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:16:39 +0000

Article URL: https://reactormag.com/aragorns-tax-policy-and-other-weird-shibboleths/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615609

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by baud147258 in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

baud147258 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:50:08 +0000

Cost, I'd guess? There must be a reason why Russia and Ukraine are using more drones than missiles in their strikes. And while capabilities are somewhat different, if a ship carrying oil or LNG get hit by either one, it's going to have some consequences

New comment by baud147258 in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

baud147258 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:13:55 +0000

well, Indochina wasn't communist free, as Cambodia and Vietnam were (and Laos too).

New comment by baud147258 in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

baud147258 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:36:38 +0000

> Indochina

Huh, that should be Indonesia... Because Indochina (as in the former French colony) was well and fully communist after the Vietnam war

New comment by baud147258 in "What young workers are doing to AI-proof themselves"

baud147258 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:44:09 +0000

> - You can easily avoid paying VAT if you know how to, so that's a 20% increase

You mean by how VAT is not paid on materials a company is going to use (at least that's the case here in France, no idea what the rest of the UE does it). Or by doing undeclared work?

New comment by baud147258 in "Have a fucking website"

baud147258 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:53:38 +0000

I think the parent is making the assumption that a business owner would be able (and willing) to update the menu on their own website, whereas random pictures on Google Maps/Instagram might not have the most recent menu.

New comment by baud147258 in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

baud147258 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:53:00 +0000

well, I'd be wary to eat meat from stray dogs, because I don't know what parasites and illnesses they might carry.

> would the animals have to be brought into life on a farm to be eligible for killing?

Well, I'm not against (regulated) hunting, so no. Though I don't think that dogs are allowed to be hunted here.

New comment by baud147258 in "The “small web” is bigger than you might think"

baud147258 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:35:16 +0000

> frequent blog updates signal poor quality not excellent writing

it might be true, but there are exceptions, like acoup (history-focused), which is written by ancient history professor.

New comment by baud147258 in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

baud147258 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:24:29 +0000

the issue with wild meat is going to be all parasites in the animal, at least according to friends who hunt (and when they managed to get something, which doesn't seem to be a given).

New comment by baud147258 in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

baud147258 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:19:04 +0000

> Have you tried dog meat?

I'd like to try one day. But I don't think I'd easily find a butcher selling it here in Western Europe

New comment by baud147258 in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

baud147258 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:14:50 +0000

Personally, when I want to eat less meat, I just eat something else, because they are enough vegetarian/vegan alternatives out there that I don't really see the point of a poor imitation that's even more expensive than the real thing.

New comment by baud147258 in "In space, no one can hear you kernel panic (2020)"

baud147258 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:12:22 +0000

> Worse is better?

Maybe if you know what the tradeoffs are and are ready to deal with the deficiencies (by rebooting fast). And didn't they had issues with the lunar module Guidance Computer on the first moon landing?

Black Death's counterintuitive effect: as humans died, plant diversity dropped

baud147258 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:07:35 +0000

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/the-black-deaths-counterintuitive-effect-as-human-numbers-fell-so-did-plant-diversity-277386

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398502

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by baud147258 in "Use the Mikado Method to do safe changes in a complex codebase"

baud147258 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:13:49 +0000

I've checked the stats, the previous app I've worked on has 31% reported coverage and I think the actual value is higher, with coverage of most of the critical paths. But it's been a lot of work and the engineering hierarchy is supportive in adding time to manage the existing tests and test the new features.

New comment by baud147258 in "Georgian wine culture dates back, uninterrupted, approximately 8k years"

baud147258 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:53:59 +0000

At least in France it's quite complicated to find wine from elsewhere unless you go to wine retailers.