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Re:A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up on Thursday June 26, 2025 @02:56AM (#44384894)
Reminds me of when Mendeleev argued that an element that had just been discovered was wrong, and that the guy who discovered it didn't know what he was talking about, because Mendeleev had already imagined that same element, and it had different properties. Mendeleev turned out to be right.
Re:BYOK – Bring Your Own Keyboard on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @01:24AM (#44363069)
Wanting to DIY is one of the distractions BYOK is seeking to combat
Re:BYOK – Bring Your Own Keyboard on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @01:21AM (#44363052)
I've never understood these devices. I get that they're for people who just don't have impulse control, and need some sort of hard separation between play and work. But inevitably, these devices become the abstraction. People obsess over the features and look for upgrades and otherwise immerse themselves in trivialities, because buying a device still doesn't improve your impulse control.
You're suggesting that honest countries with no intention of building nuclear weapons would have no reason to ever try and hide or protect their nuclear sites. This is probably the single worst point in history to make that argument.
I don't know that it can be confirmed, but Iran is claiming that the US tipped them off. This is a fairly standard tactic, and it makes more sense here. This is something that would satisfy both the pro-war crowd and the group that is pro-Israel or anti-Iran, but not necessarily pro-war. We get to show our strength and support for our allies without really committing.
Re:Raspberry Pi brags about hiring a spy, then doubles down on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:31AM (#33918255)
Did he disguise surveillance equipment to spy on citizens without a warrant?
Re:Raspberry Pi brags about hiring a spy, then doubles down on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:30AM (#33918247)
More, actually. The largest Mastodon node is essentially Nazi controlled.
Re:Tesla Q2 2019 Letter on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @05:39PM (#20520078)
People wanted a Model S for a third of the price
I know this is a joke, but QD specifically excludes the requirement of a living observer.
I'm the same way - I love FF mobile, and I love the Send Tab feature, but I can't stand Quantum so I switched to Waterfox.
Starcraft 2 is not "orders of magnitude more complicated than Go". It's far less complicated in terms of options, and far more complicated in terms of factors like speed/reaction time that don't exist in Go. Those things are difficult to compare at all, but certainly do not qualify as "orders of magnitude", which is measurable.