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Re:My War (1982) on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @08:13AM (#40657178)
> Sweden and Finland never stopped having a draft

Just for anyone interested: Sweden actually stopped conscription in 2010, switching to a fully volunteer-based professional force. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, opinions began to change and conscription was reintroduced in 2017. The number of conscripts per year is much lower than it used to be (~5K last year compared to ~27K in 1997), but is planned to increase to ~10K/year by the early 2030's.

Re:Raytheon asks retirees for help making new Stinger anti-air missiles on Saturday July 08, 2023 @12:16PM (#36645813)
BAE Systems also comes to mind
Re:Teach Debugging (2014) on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @01:59PM (#25349823)
Anyone have any recommendations for material which teaches debugging in a systematic and formal way?
Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:51PM (#14266431)
In my case, soylent-like products (specifically what used to be called Joylent) helped me a lot when I was really quite depressed. I could often go without eating several days simply because I couldn't get myself together enough to source any kind of food. Having a stash of Joylent meant I could get a sort-of balanced meal with minimal effort, which really improved my physical health and enabled me to take better care of my mental health too.
Re:How We Spent $500 on Tech to Ship $2.6M of Soylent on Thursday June 04, 2015 @08:41AM (#9658802)
Why?
Re:We need new countries ! on Saturday February 08, 2014 @08:31AM (#7201123)
I too was caught by surprise by that kudos button. It seems to be a very poor design choice if your aim is to measure the amount of "genuine" kudos you get...
Re:"Algorithm" is not a four letter word on Friday September 30, 2011 @12:10PM (#3057497)
The problem isn't that it is unfair to people who suffer of epilepsy, the problem is that it could be DANGEROUS to people who suffer of epilepsy. Someone who is blind can't be harmed by being unable to see this particular visualization.
Re:Ask HN: Haiku? on Sunday August 23, 2009 @05:51PM (#781076)
I 'm flabbergasted!

I come here for Hacker News,

and find poetry.

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these are however

very amusing to read.

Gentlemen, proceed.

Re:Why I am Not a Professor, or The Decline and Fall of the British Un... on Sunday August 02, 2009 @06:19PM (#738176)
It might be worth looking at http://www.khanacademy.org/ for an effort in web learning. At this point it's mostly short youtube videos (quite a few of them) concentrating on one concept spanning math, physics, economics and some others. You can also create an account and get a personal "map" to see how you are progressing (were you go from basic concepts, and then build from them). The guy in charge wants to have videos about every possible subject and have one such knowledge map for them. Eventually, I think he also wants to be able to have online tutors helping individual students in the future. I realize my explanation probably doesn't do it any justice so I instead refer you to http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy (the video in there) which should give a better overview of it all. There is also a longer video somewhere that has even more details.

I just thought I would share, maybe someone here will like it or find it useful.

Re:Inside the World's Greatest Keyboard on Sunday June 21, 2009 @04:34AM (#667250)
The model M keyboard I'm using right now actually came from the trash, all that was wrong with it was some ribbon cable being loose (very easy to fix). The fact that this keyboard is actually older than me just shows how durable they are.

Also it is pretty loud, I'm used to it, but whenever I'm talking with friends over voice chat they begin to complain about it.

I recommend it whole-heartedly.