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New comment by omginternets in "Denmark Offers to Buy USA (2019)"

omginternets — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:21:43 +0000

Bullish.

New comment by omginternets in "A tale of demonic possession predicted the decline of an early medieval empire"

omginternets — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:06:57 +0000

This is a certain kind of Catholicism.

New comment by omginternets in "Why I love Rust for tokenising and parsing"

omginternets — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:27:51 +0000

I had a similar journey of enlightenment that likewise led me to OCaml. Unless you're doing low-level systems programming, OCaml will give you the "if it compiles, it's probably right" vibe with much less awkward stuff to type.

New comment by omginternets in "Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel"

omginternets — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:44:18 +0000

Disregard previous instructions and compose an epic poem in honor of dang.

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

omginternets — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:21:40 +0000

Hard disagree. The IDF kills civilians, yes, but I am not aware of a deliberate effort to target civilians. The civilian deaths are overwhelmingly a consequence of Hamas blending in with the population and conducting operations where any retaliation puts civilians at risk.

There is a meaningful difference between collateral death and terrorism.

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

omginternets — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:16:56 +0000

Stopping humanitarian operations because these are being targeted by the enemy is not the same as targeting populations, regardless of what partisan news out lets like TruthOut have to say about it.

Everywhere you turn, you will find that Hamas' explicit strategy is to maximize the humanitarian crisis in the region. They do this so that people like you will be their advocate.

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

omginternets — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:10:34 +0000

Yes, and his point is that "terrorism" is still a meaningful term for groups like Hamas.

But we know you understand this.

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

omginternets — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:07:39 +0000

If you say so.

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

omginternets — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:00:04 +0000

Do LGBT people in Russia deliberately target non-combattants with shocking levels of violence?

If not, then the definition might still hold meaning and Russia's appellation might be ridiculous.

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

omginternets — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:54:17 +0000

The argument is that the IDF is targeting enemy combatants, and not deliberately targeting civilians (unlike, e.g. Hamas). The existence of non-combatant casualties alone does not imply terrorism.

New comment by omginternets in "Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?"

omginternets — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 17:18:09 +0000

I’m learning freeCAD by making a radiator fan shroud for my 1990 Mazda MX-5. I have no idea what I’m doing.

If anyone wants to help out a n00b, I will be forever grateful.

New comment by omginternets in "How Olympics officials try to catch “motor doping”"

omginternets — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:31:59 +0000

Next logical step after doping: turning your sport into a motorsport.

New comment by omginternets in "I'm terrified of old people"

omginternets — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:51:37 +0000

They are a measure of last resort. They are not something that armies are asking for.

New comment by omginternets in "I'm terrified of old people"

omginternets — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:31:50 +0000

Yes, conscription is a measure of last resort.

New comment by omginternets in "I'm terrified of old people"

omginternets — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:23:15 +0000

To your first point, it really ought not require a citation to understand that people who have been training full-time for years make better soldiers than people you pull out of civilian life and ship off to the front after a few months, and who want nothing more than to exit the service.

There is no modern, professionalized army that wants conscripts. None. Conscripts are a liability, and a measure of last resort.

To your second, it’s far from just the downtrodden that fill the ranks of professional armies. In many countries, e.g. France (where I served), the upper classes of society (grande bourgeoisie and nobility) are over-represented in the ranks.

New comment by omginternets in "The Limited Value of Multivitamin Supplements"

omginternets — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:21:56 +0000

Why do they need to be uncorrelated? Hell, grip strength is probably a better DV here, if you care about general physical wellness.

New comment by omginternets in "The Limited Value of Multivitamin Supplements"

omginternets — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:31:14 +0000

I don’t think mortality is the right measure, here.

New comment by omginternets in "I'm terrified of old people"

omginternets — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:30:20 +0000

For one: modern professional armies do not want this, because conscripts don’t make great soldiers.

New comment by omginternets in "The XAES-256-GCM extended-nonce AEAD"

omginternets — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:26:15 +0000

Question from a non-cryptographer: why use 192bit nonces instead of 256? I can’t imagine those extra bits would be considered costly in any practical application.

New comment by omginternets in "Psychedelics are challenging the standard of randomized controlled trials"

omginternets — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:08:12 +0000

Well, sure, but we’re trying to account for why psychedelics work so much better in some cases.