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by o4b 4y ago
If the point was "write a prototype/less efficient version prior to the more time consuming but better quality solution" then maybe they should have written that. The connotation with plan B is you do plan A, then if it doesn
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by o4b 4y ago
Schools should maximize student learning among many other competing dimensions (cost, accessibility, etc). Where does a commitment to OSS sit in that list?
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by o4b 4y ago
Who is looking to read this content on a pager? The interface for 99% of folks has been degraded for this benefit. This is why simple styling plus a printer-friendly page work wonders.
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by o4b 4y ago
Agreed. Is it typically worse than no support?
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by o4b 4y ago
The right software for kids allows them to be productive in minutes, has a limited feature set, focuses the child on the core subject matter, and gets them excited for more. I don't think that either Photoshop or GIMP meet this for the
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by o4b 4y ago
This is the singular most out of touch comment in the entire thread. The vast majority of them _do not want_ to learn, and "its not hard" is simply false.
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by o4b 5y ago
Darker
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by o4b 5y ago
Beautifully put, scotuswroteus. "The tyranny of the minority is infinitely more odious and intolerable and more to be feared than that of the majority" - William McKinley
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by o4b 5y ago
Luckily enough, the (loud) minority on this one is getting overruled.
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by o4b 5y ago
OK, tell me how it does work. Russia obliterates Katowice, one of several countries obliterates Volgograd. What is the next move? You just ended the lives of a million of your citizens. You just stop there?
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by o4b 5y ago
I don't think you can clearly state anything about my imagination based on a handful of comments on the internet. The scenario that we have been discussing is NATO's response to a Russian invasion of a NATO member such as Estonia.
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by o4b 5y ago
I was specifically responding to throwaway4aday that I do not believe that hawks in NATO that desire the full destruction of Russia will win the argument to pursue an offensive war against Russia. One reason I think this to be true is exact
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by o4b 5y ago
What would make Russian leaders desperate enough to launch a Nuclear strike against the West? Comprehensive embarrassment by NATO and the US flag towering over Red Square seems to be just about the only one that I can think of. No way do th
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by o4b 5y ago
Any nuclear attack by Russia on a NATO state guarantees the utter destruction of Russia. As much as we like to think Putin is unhinged or desperate, as much as Putin says a nuclear response could happen, he knows this. What would make him d
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by o4b 5y ago
I see this a lot, why is it assumed that Russia invading a NATO member state and NATO responding with force => WW3? NATO would repel the attack, but it would be completely unwilling to attempt significant aggressive action due to MAD. NA
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by o4b 5y ago
Hitler in 1939 had economic/industrial parity with at least one, if not two of his primary combatants (France and UK). He then had good reason to believe that other countries either would not engage (USA) or were highly overrated (USSR
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by o4b 5y ago
I have not laughed like this for weeks. Well done OP.