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New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:43:38 +0000

I certainly didn't intend it turn it into a flamewar. Posting the link was poor judgement on my part. My intent was to outline a particular branch of ideology, not a whole religion.

New comment by minkles in "Holding a Program in One's Head (2007)"

minkles — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:38:47 +0000

The unix way is re-parsing text 5000 times in separate programmes with no consistency or contract between them really.

That's not great.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:45:30 +0000

I don't disagree but if America distances itself now it will lose credibility, something which is somewhat low on the international stage at the moment. It has however done wonders for the defence industry here in Europe now we can't trust a traditional political ally. (This is not a criticism of the US, but a criticism of the UK and EU who should have military and political independence)

I think you miss that people tend to become less idealistic and further right as they get older. The "boomer" generation is just replaced by more of the same people. It's never going to change.

New comment by minkles in "Holding a Program in One's Head (2007)"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:38:41 +0000

> Or programs writing to and others reading from a Unix pipe.

write(message), read() -> message

> Or programs talking to each other using HTTP.

request() -> response

> Or Erlang processes communicating concurrently on one machine or across a network.

sendMess(message), waitMess() -> message

> Or different programs sharing one database.

execute(query) -> response

...

I'm a mathematician at heart so I'm staying away from category theory as long as possible.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:36:10 +0000

I am criticising the ideology of Islamic extremism, which notably does not include non-extremists. That includes my white caucasian ex-Muslim friend and my Kyrgyz friend who is still a Muslim.

What you are doing is muddying the waters of the argument by making that association. Are you not the racist then by suggesting the attribution?

If you can't criticise extremism without being called a racist, we are truly and utterly fucked as as species.

New comment by minkles in "Holding a Program in One's Head (2007)"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:25:36 +0000

Interfaces are just collections of function prototypes.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:25:07 +0000

I think they are better funded than Russia :)

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minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:32:17 +0000

Those are called functions.

New comment by minkles in "LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:24:13 +0000

Humanity is pushing it. There are some serious lunatics on there.

New comment by minkles in "IBM is quietly axing jobs, source says"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:22:26 +0000

And the fact that it’s under NDA makes IBM look even more shitty.

New comment by minkles in "IBM is quietly axing jobs, source says"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:20:14 +0000

IBM and execs are full of shit and say that because they want other company execs to buy their AI products. They will lay people off because they cost money. No other reason.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:10:58 +0000

You’re making an exclusionary argument to discredit mine and use the rewrite history point. Come on. My point stands as do your secondary points. But that was a principal contributing factor.

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minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:07:10 +0000

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New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:11:38 +0000

No, it wouldn't. An interpretation of an ideology is not a race and conflating the two is disingenuous.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:10:59 +0000

It might be but no one is checking the rules before they do stuff.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:58:23 +0000

I agree there to some extent, but believe me it's not going to be all roses if you change the leadership. It will just be different actors. And in the transition time, things will get worse. I think you are chasing the wrong solution.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:39:37 +0000

Thanks for clarification - have retracted my original comment. Much appreciated.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:38:36 +0000

The Geneva "Recommendations" are pointless until someone wins decisively and has the ability to enforce them.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:31:35 +0000

https://english.alarabiya.net/2016/03/11/Arab-League-declare...

I suspect it's somewhat inconsistent but they are a big problem for many states who are looking at political and economical stability.

New comment by minkles in "Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say"

minkles — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:25:25 +0000

So what's your solution then?

Incidentally it does work. It's just horrible. Nagasaki / Hiroshima are a fine example of forced capitulation. Now I'm not suggesting nuking anyone but the best way this ends, with the lowest future body count is someone wins decisively at this point.