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New comment by throwaway260124 in "Philosoph Jürgen Habermas Gestorben"

throwaway260124 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 05:25:19 +0000

On what respect? He didn’t have the moral clarity not to join a nazi organization when he was young. He was given a chance to redeem herself but he failed. In fact, he pushed for a doctrine that directly led to widespread harassment of anti-genocide activists and illegal travel bans and malicious prosecutions of them.

New comment by throwaway260124 in "The FAA’s Hiring Scandal"

throwaway260124 — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:00:46 +0000

I don’t think a test with R^2 of 0.27 should be used to completely reject candidates. It should have weighting proportional to its explanatory power.

Claiming that such a test worked is in my opinion BS. It was clearly being overused.

New comment by throwaway260124 in "Do not taunt happy fun branch predictor (2023)"

throwaway260124 — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:34:49 +0000

Sorting the floats reduces the error. I think using multiple accumulators reduces the accuracy then. And sorted data is not uncommon.

I think there is always a correct answer and the compiler shouldn’t make changes at least by default that are wrong.

But ways for the programmer to express his intent more clearly are always welcome.

New comment by throwaway260124 in "New UNESCO report warns that Generative AI threatens Holocaust memory"

throwaway260124 — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:29:30 +0000

The Idf knew about the attack 3 weeks in advance. Idk why u still defend Bibi online. He deserves life in prison for treason.

New comment by throwaway260124 in "ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ordering ceasefire"

throwaway260124 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:58:56 +0000

To answer your question though. It’s neither. The court found that allegations of genocide are plausible.

That is, especially some of the statements by senior officials could be understood as genocidal.

What I gleaned from reading blogs: It is likely that the actus reus for genocide is there but intent will be very hard to prove if it exists

New comment by throwaway260124 in "ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ordering ceasefire"

throwaway260124 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:49:52 +0000

A great article from an international law prof explaining the finding can be found here: https://www.ejiltalk.org/icj-indicates-provisional-measures-...

The blog has articles on the topic from both sides from numerous lawyers