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by 8372049 2y ago
Lua isn't made for embedded devices , it's made to be embedded into other programs and systems. It is widely used as a scripting language in games. There's even APT malware that has used Lua as a scripting language.
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by 8372049 2y ago
> I would think that if someone gave me a wearable FM radio that I could turn on/off at will, I would think that I certainly would accept that. In this way it is an apt analogy, since many deaf get CI. The implant process removes an
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by 8372049 2y ago
> Deaf people not considering it as a disability is a coping mechanism. No, it's not, and this claim just shows your ignorance and prejudice. > If there was a cure for deafness, nearly all deaf people would take it This is pure c
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by 8372049 2y ago
Life in itself is worthless. The only reason why life is valuable is because it is a canvas, a vessel through which you can find happiness, meaning and so on. This means that if you have a life that isn't worth living, you are not at r
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by 8372049 2y ago
> accessing the entire repository of human knowledge I know this is a common trope, but just think about how far it is from the truth. And not just because of business secrets, classified information, privacy rules and so on—think of the
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by 8372049 2y ago
The primary reason the Deaf community "hates on hearing aids" is mostly because it comes at the expense of sign language. If you're deaf and live in a Deaf community (i.e. with sign language), you will function normally in vi
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by 8372049 2y ago
If we're going to extremes like that, airgapped networks aren't truly safe either
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by 8372049 2y ago
The joke is that he is pretending to be stuck in time 11 years ago, while we in 2024 know perfectly well what actually happened in 2016.
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by 8372049 2y ago
I think that the time between ban and new post, which is 100,018 hours, was less than the other user's claim about how long 100,000 hours is. In other words, if 100,018 = x, then 100,000 can't be greater than x.
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by 8372049 2y ago
This applies to the entire EU/EEA, too.
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by 8372049 2y ago
Getting a prescription for 90 pills instead of 100 would presumably raise suspicion.
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by 8372049 2y ago
On an airgapped network (if possible)
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by 8372049 2y ago
Calling it an RTS is a stretch. It's more of a 4X game. It has a low pace and combat isn't particularly important.
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by 8372049 2y ago
And dark mode! And tabs! I love notepad.exe of the future. What a time to be alive
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by 8372049 2y ago
Nowadays you can do virtual ATC work in VATSIM and IVAO, controlling airspace for flight sim players.
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by 8372049 2y ago
Or OpenTTD https://www.openttd.org
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by 8372049 2y ago
> no killing people with my code Talked to some CNE boys about that many years ago. They were remarkably conscious about it. They took specific steps and deliberate care to avoid that some poor sysadmin in their target country would be t
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by 8372049 2y ago
> Navy SEAL who's entire job description revolves around being trained to deliver rapid and precise attacks under extreme pressure You'd be surprised how much time SOFs im general spend lying in a bush, peeing on bottles and ra
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by 8372049 2y ago
The FN Minimi (M249) fires 5.56. The others fire 7.62, not 7.52.
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by 8372049 2y ago
> The US military has pretty rarely used shoulder fired weapons, since they very rarely have to worry about tanks or aircraft. SEALs in particular wouldn't be doing that. Do you know that, or are you thinking "these are AT weap
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by 8372049 2y ago
> if they didn’t use the syntax if (1==x) rather than if (x==1). The former will not compile if you accidentally use variable assignment instead of equality operator No need for Yoda notation. clang will warn of this by default and gcc
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by 8372049 2y ago
This applies to the entire EEA, fortunately!
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by 8372049 2y ago
Don't know about JTRS specifically, but backpack type radios and their batteries are very heavy, so it's plausible. Weight is indeed a big issue for infantry, SOF, etc.
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by 8372049 2y ago
In absolute numbers, the US is the #1, but immigrants as percentage of population has the US as #65 (Canada #41). Still way higher than Russia or China. While a little over 15 % of the US population are immigrants (defined as not born in th
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by 8372049 2y ago
Let's also not forget that only 538 people have actual voting rights in US presidential elections. It's mostly a formality, but one of many flaws in the US democracy.
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by 8372049 2y ago
Rule of thumb for Youtube videos is to hit 3 to get to where the video actually starts. Obviously not meant to be taken literally, but surprisingly often could be.
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by 8372049 2y ago
> Calling this espionage is just a misuse of language because espionage is done with malicious and intent and without knowledge of the subject. State-based intelligence is not "malicious", and so you are misusing language yours
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by 8372049 2y ago
Well, there's the EU...
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by 8372049 2y ago
Yes, but it's also more nuanced than that. Russia is actively feeding these trends to undermine and destabilize western countries, for example. The internet is a tool for this as much as a cause of it.
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by 8372049 2y ago
Occam's razor is probably a good match for this story.

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