ictebres

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by ictebres 2y ago
> According to Reporters Without Borders' tally, at least 105 [journalists] have so far [since October 7th] been killed by Israeli airstrikes, rockets and gunfire, including at least 22 in the course of their work. https:/&#x2
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by ictebres 3y ago
I just discovered swish and it makes window management such a joy that it is unbelievable: https://highlyopinionated.co/swish/
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by ictebres 4y ago
It is beyond me how this snail pace of changing the economy to be more sustainable can be interpreted as break neck speed. What was break neck speed was maybe the corona response, which was a good thing and could be happening on climate fro
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by ictebres 4y ago
Besides this being an extremely utilitarian way to view of humans that obfuscates inherent value of human beings, it is a general problem with wage labour under capitalism, where only capital earns proportional to its “value”. I think we sh
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by ictebres 6y ago
This exists on linux (PopOS). I think it’s called compose key under GNOME settings.
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by ictebres 6y ago
So that they will turn into a mega company with nothing but PR, capital and marketing? I think the fact that they are so focused on medicine and science should rather be the norm in medicine. The fact that Pfizer can spin this story on thei
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by ictebres 6y ago
> Customers buying multiple flavours of a product with the same price but different UPCs, which the cashier rings up by scanning the first product then hitting "times 10" I worked at retail (Uniqlo to be specific) and it was de
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by ictebres 6y ago
the parent was probably talking about NumPy/SciPy/Tensorflow/PyTorch, which I would also label as flagship libraries...
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by ictebres 6y ago
Society can change such laws only when there is an open discussion that is exactly doing that, not-respecting the laws and rights in contracts.
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by ictebres 6y ago
Yeah, lets not have them have the same luxuries as us so that they do not repeat our mistakes. \s
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by ictebres 6y ago
A lot especially how the police went around to make those allegations. I recommend reading: https://www.republik.ch/2020/01/31/nils-melzer-about-wikilea...
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by ictebres 6y ago
Yes, the same guy thinks sleep is a competitor of Netflix. So no, I do not think he has the best interest of other humans. [1]: https://www.fastcompany.com/40491939/netflix-ceo-reed-hastin... edit for possible misunder
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by ictebres 6y ago
I am not a native English speaker, but queer is repurposed by the LGBT community to include everyone, under a single name [1]. It can even include heterosexuality [2]. I definitely do not read it in any derogatory way, and would identify my
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by ictebres 6y ago
Well you can’t assume a fair playing field between USA and any other country, let alone a developing one. They needed protectionist measures to be able to industrialize as well as they did.
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by ictebres 6y ago
Page loading speed is not the only concern the users have.
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by ictebres 6y ago
Can someone please share a source on how it is more of a spyware than facebook, instagram, etc. Edit: grammar
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by ictebres 6y ago
True, but if we continue on our current trajectory (climate change, social inequality), we won’t make it to that future. While I understand, we have enough curious people to invest many long-term possibilities and theories, I do think we sh
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by ictebres 6y ago
As the looks of it, US is pretty non-free when it comes to peacefully protesting. So I guess this feature is very timely and directed towards users there ;)
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by ictebres 7y ago
There are people committing suicide, being harassed and not being accepted as they are so using wrong gender is pretty fucked up thing to do especially because it is so easy to do right.
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by ictebres 7y ago
You can’t refuse to use someone’s preferred pronoun just because you want to. If someone wants to be called he, using them is insulting and demeaning. You would be literally not accepting how he is. Obviously this is not the case in generic
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by ictebres 7y ago
I recommend the chunkwm for tiling windows on macOS! It is super-fast and configurable.
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by ictebres 7y ago
Yes, living in Berlin I feel spoiled. When I was in South Korea, most of the time there was nothing vegetarian on the menu, in Berlin you have multiple vegan options and even more vegetarian options. I believe restaurant options are very im
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by ictebres 7y ago
We can’t conclude that this is the only way, especially with advanced automation or subsidies for ecological and sustainable agriculture. Furthermore animal farming must be the least efficient way to provide calories. So I don’t understand
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by ictebres 7y ago
The fact that we have so much monoculture soybean fields is that they make up the feed for the animals in Factory farming. Here is one link I just found that point out to the fact ‚70-75% of the world’s soy ends up as feed for chickens, pig
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by ictebres 8y ago
I recommend you try it. Even if it’s just for the comfort and ergonomics. You can try the ratatype. It’s a free online course that teaches to type without moving your hands.
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by ictebres 8y ago
I have recently watched an analyse of the film, which really made me appreciate it much more and made me want to watch it again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-URy_Smyyk
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by ictebres 9y ago
The way we have been increasing life expectancy is incremental improvements to treatments of diseases. Trying to fix symptoms of aging one by one ends up expensive: We find better treatment which not only extends life span but paves the way
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by ictebres 9y ago
Your response simplifies a pretty specialized occupation. Translating a paragraph is not simple math. Most of the time ‘understanding’ natural language is AI complete. Translation is not just looking up words but also considering culture an
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by ictebres 11y ago
wordhippo.com has related words, other forms, opposite meanings and rhymes.. It's quite cool.