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New comment by mavili in "Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries"

mavili — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:56:19 +0000

Who cares when it's the US. Laws only apply for the weak-handed. They controlled the Iraqi government anyway, and they were stealing all of its oil as they wished regardless. The reparations were only the icing on the cake.

New comment by mavili in "Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries"

mavili — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:09:42 +0000

By the way, that summary only says "It provides the basis on which.. war reparations may be demanded". If anything I bet it sets out 'restrictions' on when countries can do that.

New comment by mavili in "Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries"

mavili — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:31:49 +0000

You telling me a country initiating a war has the right to then ask for reparations for the damages and destruction they caused on the country they initiated the war against? That's so freaking absurd that it is actually funny!

I can only guess the wikipedia article is only a summary and the real convention could be around who is to blame for the war and other factors. Otherwise that's just so ridiculous that it actually encourages declaring wars on countries!

New comment by mavili in "Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries"

mavili — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:16:47 +0000

US is the same country that kills Iraqi civilians and requests money for the bullets from the Iraqi government that they control indirectly.

US is an evil empire.

New comment by mavili in "Big data is dead (2023)"

mavili — Mon, 27 May 2024 15:38:05 +0000

Big Data hasn't been about storage, I thought it was always about processing. Guy obviously knows his stuff but I got the impression he stressed more about storage and how that's cheap and easy these days. When he does mention processing/computing, he mentions that most of the time people end up only querying recent data (ie small chunk of actual data they hold) but that bears the question: is querying only small chunk of data what businesses need, or are they doing it because querying the whole dataset is just not manageable? In other words, if processing all data at once was as easy as querying the most recent X percent, would most businesses still choose to only query the small chunk? I think there lies the answer whether Big Data (processing) is needed or not.

New comment by mavili in "ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes"

mavili — Tue, 21 May 2024 14:02:28 +0000

Yup, very irrational to label a state guilt-free for life because "democracy".

New comment by mavili in "Why I love Laravel (2022)"

mavili — Tue, 21 May 2024 04:31:45 +0000

> I wonder sometimes why more people don’t use Laravel (or similar frameworks in other languages)

They do. Most people do. If anyone is serious about putting a project up they use frameworks.

New comment by mavili in "ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes"

mavili — Tue, 21 May 2024 04:21:38 +0000

I think we are about to see a change in that. If a country like Niger can say f* off to US military presence in the country we're seeing a shift in world geopolitics.

New comment by mavili in "A forged Apple employee badge"

mavili — Fri, 17 May 2024 16:55:06 +0000

Sure, but to be honest with my explanation I actually have a point with the distinction between fake and forged. Here is an excerpt:

> A textbook definition of forgery is the making of a false document with the intent that it should be used or acted upon as if it's genuine.

Notice the "with the intent that it should be ACTED upon", and given no one would be using a historic fake ID to use it for access, I think I have a point. Anyway..

New comment by mavili in "A forged Apple employee badge"

mavili — Fri, 17 May 2024 07:51:40 +0000

1) Fake 2) Forged 3) Forged 4) Lie 5) Fake

As you can probably tell, from my understanding (possibly wrong connection) I think of the word 'to forge' in the context of actually trying to get access to somewhere or something with fake documents. When the intention or the consequence of using such document is more for monetary or material gain, I tend to think of it as fake.

I suppose dictionary definition does allow for both usage, i.e. to forge is to make a fake resemblance of something.. etc. I didn't think not knowing accurate definition of a word warranted downvotes but oh well.

New comment by mavili in "A forged Apple employee badge"

mavili — Fri, 17 May 2024 05:40:47 +0000

Maybe because my first language isn't English but "forged" to me implies card would've been used for access, or at least attempted, and therefore I feel like the title is click-bait. Had it said "fake" instead I would probably not think the same.

That aside, if he hasn't already he should've reported to eBay immediately so the buyer isn't conned.

New comment by mavili in "Shell sold carbon credits for carbon that was never captured"

mavili — Thu, 09 May 2024 06:21:02 +0000

Is ANYONE surprised at all?!

New comment by mavili in "North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs"

mavili — Mon, 06 May 2024 08:46:06 +0000

We cannot (competently) make computers work like we want them to, so let's change our lives to adapt to computers instead.

New comment by mavili in "The user is on their own"

mavili — Sat, 04 May 2024 07:13:14 +0000

He mentions that even when we consider something intuitive it's because we have actually learned it in one way or another. Key word is 'learn'. And answer to this "unintuitive" problem is good instructions in your software, so taking users through a learning process. Not saying it's easy to do, but that's the solution.

I also agree with the comment that most people wanting to use a piece of software are very likely to have experience in the field and therefore things that aren't intuitive to a random person will be intuitive enough to them because of the domain. When we see a text box at top of a social media platform with placeholder text "what is in your mind.." we don't assume it's a note-taking app or a to-do list. We intuitively know what we put there will be published for the world to see, even though it might be the first time we are using that particular platform.

New comment by mavili in "[dead]"

mavili — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:39:44 +0000

"If you’re willing to live your life for a short time the way most people won’t, you can live the rest of your life in a way most people can’t"

Only if this was always true. You could also live your life the way most people won't for a LONG time and never get to the point of living it the way others cannot.

Very few people admit that luck is a considerable factor in people's lives and their successes.

New comment by mavili in "How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 from 15B Miles Away"

mavili — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:17:10 +0000

Not knowing that IF it would indeed show up! Although the benefit here is that after the 45 hours they would know if it's ever coming back, as opposed to having to keep waiting.

New comment by mavili in "How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 from 15B Miles Away"

mavili — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:15:52 +0000

Oh yes I did mean hours but incorrectly typed minutes. Corrected

New comment by mavili in "How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 from 15B Miles Away"

mavili — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:02:48 +0000

So they essentially repaired 'hardware' from 22 light hours away, that's just insane! I love engineering.

New comment by mavili in "Ask HN: One-person companies—how do you manage it all and stay sane?"

mavili — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:00:05 +0000

What you're describing is the Get Things Done (GTD) method. Have you read the book from David Allen?

With that note, I higly recommend the book to OP!

New comment by mavili in "[dead]"

mavili — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:07:32 +0000

We need more influential people like Paul Graham to start speaking up against genocide.