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New comment by guerrilla in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

guerrilla — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:44:40 +0000

> The Wii uses a PowerPC 750CL

Well, okay, that's almost cheating.

New comment by guerrilla in "The 1987 game “The Last Ninja” was 40 kilobytes"

guerrilla — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:09:24 +0000

That's just incredible. People used to be so much better at programming, or at least great programmers had it easier to get funded. Most of what I see today is exceptionally low quality and just getting worse with time.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:50:11 +0000

As it should be.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:38:22 +0000

> Why do you feel the need to change the subject?

Says the person who came here to derail the entire conversation.

You turned a men's issue into a dozen different women's issues (some real, some not).

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:48:59 +0000

> The system isn’t flawed, it’s skewed on purpose historically.

Ah yes, it's a conspiracy.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:46:14 +0000

> If they get a divorce they have nothing.

In a divorce, they typically get half of all assets, child support and alimony. Like I said, it's a terrible system, but you're also terribly misinformed.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:07:27 +0000

They have a job and they are paid for it. They also do have pensions and social security benefits: through their husbands. If the husband remains alive, they continue to be paid as they were before retirement. If he dies, they often inherent his pension and assets. It's a terrible system and we need to modernize it but you're still wrong on all of your points.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:03:49 +0000

The former.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:14:45 +0000

> The vast majority of the jobs in the military are not infantry or infantry-type jobs

Exactly.

New comment by guerrilla in "Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:40:36 +0000

> Do they really?

Yes, really. The US has rarely achieved its objectives.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:05:33 +0000

> unpaid

Right, completely unpaid, which is why most women are homeless and starving on the street.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:58:11 +0000

Kurds* yes and Sweden as well. I agree, it's not like people are running around swinging broadswords, maces and war axes anymore. Anyone without a disability can run and pull a trigger or do all those technical jobs.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:51:06 +0000

They just told you why. The probability of being hit by a drone there is extremely low.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:48:57 +0000

> and it's in favor of men.

Definitely going to have to disagree there.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:45:51 +0000

> Nordic countries don't seem to have this problem, but their conscription laws are quite relaxed compared to what the future will likely hold.

This seems very misinformed at least when it comes to Sweden. Upon war, everyone is obliged to defend the country. Nobody can leave unless you have a good reason.

New comment by guerrilla in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:43:49 +0000

Nobody's going to bring up the sexism? I thought feminism was for equality. Why then no complains of not having equal responsibility here?

Just like when Ukraine did this, nobody cared. No complaints in the media at all.

They always want more women in the offices too, never in the coal mines.

New comment by guerrilla in "Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:40:16 +0000

> Of course it isn't. In reality, being able to resist requires power.

I gave examples of it actually happening. If sandal-wearing Houthis can resist, then well-funded oil states can as well. The Taliban beat the US. In fact, very few people have failed at ejecting the US from the country when they tried if you think back. The US tends to lose a lot.

New comment by guerrilla in "Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:09:07 +0000

You need to think that all the way through. The answer is obviously yes. Yemen is a perfect example. Iran is obviously as well. Afghanistan another great case. It is certainly possible to resist US pressure. Iran is asking the gulf countries to do that. Imagine how much better they would all be able to resist the US together as well, better than each alone.

New comment by guerrilla in "Why are we still using Markdown?"

guerrilla — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:06:32 +0000

Just search "Markdown grammar"

New comment by guerrilla in "Switzerland hosts 'CERN of semiconductor research'"

guerrilla — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:19:18 +0000

It depends on what you mean. Learning ISA's is easy. Learn a few different assembly languages, write a disassembler and maybe an assembler for one of them, which will require you to study the documentation. Intel has a ton. There's a ton on RISC. I assume the same is true for ARM, PowerPC and older simpler architectures. Maybe start with the 6501 then an 8086. To go deeper, there are plenty of CS books and video courses online that cover those subjects more theoretically.

Designing and manufacturing? How deep do you want to go? If you just want to know the basics then YouTube has everything you need. If you want to be involved, then you'll want to get an education in that specifically. It's not something you can just learn at home.