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by romwell 2y ago
Thanks for doing that. Wasting these people's time is a small gain; having others in the community see the lies debunked is valuable. Especially when they are openly, blatantly, clearly lying. We've had evidence since 2016, and we
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by romwell 2y ago
You are correct, my interpretation of "they could just retreat" is overly generous. Being: "they have a choice to stop the bulk of ongoing costs of the war to Russian Federation at any moment, a choice that Ukraine does not h
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by romwell 2y ago
>What are your assumptions, those that would enable a scenario in which the invader decided to retreat? It seems like a scenario that cannot just spawn from the current chessboard. You mean, the chessboard on which we gave up our nucle
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by romwell 2y ago
We don't need Russia to "accept defeat". We need, first and foremost, a guarantee that if the war stops today, that Russia will not launch an invasion for the third time in a few years. This war didn't start in 2022.
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by romwell 2y ago
Erik Demaine always has some fun stuff for us.
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by romwell 2y ago
>Here's a clear message for you then. I have zero interest in engaging with you further than this message you are reading now. Hopefully the feeling is extremely mutual With sadness, I have to inform you that we're on a publi
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by romwell 2y ago
Seconding this, and wanted to emphasize that I see no issue with your responses or questions (and don't really understand why you've been downvoted either — advice on style appreciated). As I wrote in the other comment, my point o
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by romwell 2y ago
References: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krymnash [2] https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/07/navalnys-policy-sh... [2] https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04
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by romwell 2y ago
Multipart comment (Part 2/2) ============================= The third question is the simplest one. When the USSR was breaking apart, various parts of it held a referendum on whether to become independent, stay with what's left of
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by romwell 2y ago
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by romwell 2y ago
>You never count on the successor of a strongman to be rational. S/he is the successor of a strongman for a reason. And that reason is probably not rationality. Stalin's successor was Khruschev, who dismantled Stalin's cul
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by romwell 2y ago
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by romwell 2y ago
>Not my emphasis, it's from the article. It's the emphasis of your comment. The article never stated that her accomplishments (or the difficulties she experienced) were undercut by having a financial backer. You said that
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by romwell 2y ago
You can absolutely hear someone writing in a room. Whether it's audible on a train, depends on how insulated the train is. I get the OP's point, but indeed this probably wasn't the best example.
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by romwell 2y ago
>Who cares. The people who did the research, and the editors of Nature - whose opinions on what matters and what doesn't (unlike yours) are qualified . At the very least, they have actual names attached to them; names of peop
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by romwell 2y ago
Thanks! I'm glad you found it useful.
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by romwell 2y ago
>aimless effected wobbly chord fever dream You've got to give credit to the genius of McCartney's musicianship, that songs perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being stuck in a nightmare you can't escape from. As a musi
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by romwell 2y ago
>The parent comment is obviously stupid and has already been down-voted, so HN is doing its job? There is no need to feed the troll. It's visible, and from my experience, it's not obviously stupid to many people, while bein
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by romwell 2y ago
I didn't know this, but the intuition that a tech example will be easier to grasp than an example from biology was why I mentioned sonar before bats in the first place. Fascinating to find out that the scientific community had this kin
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by romwell 2y ago
That's not at all what echolocation is. What you describe is locating the source of sound using binaural hearing (similar to how we can gauge distances using stereoscopic vision). Echolocation is finding out distance to objects (no
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by romwell 2y ago
How the hell is it undercut ? Money don't make circumnavigation easier , money makes it possible . What's next, bitching about how F1 drivers don't buy their own cars, but are sponsored by e.g. Ferrari? Also, your emphas
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by romwell 2y ago
You're being way too generous assuming people who voice opinions here would have the slightest clue of what to do with a sailboat. (This applies to me first and foremost)
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by romwell 2y ago
Why did you pick this particular quote to highlight? Sounds like you want to make a point, but I'm not sure what it is. Hopefully, everyone here understands that this sort of achievement — like any expedition — requires financial backi
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by romwell 2y ago
This comment is fluff. Other HN users have also linked to Wikipedia articles.
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by romwell 2y ago
>I do not care how you got BDSM in google's front page Google, helpfully, explained to me: "People also ask" "What is a GIMP?" Meaning of gimp in English "an unpleasant or stupid person: I can't stand t
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by romwell 2y ago
Between blenders and BDSM gear , guess which one is usually OK to discuss at a workplace, and which one creates a potential for a hostile work environment or sexual harassment . Compare and contrast: -"Hey Lauren, check out this
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by romwell 2y ago
Thanks for doing the good work! I don't see such fearmongering in my bubble (another big issue is how the society is split into layers, and I have no idea what information most people are exposed to). >On that note, if you have you
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by romwell 2y ago
>But you know, the real question is : how the hell would you know such slang You people thinking that kink shaming is a great way to popularize a graphics editor named after the said kink will never cease to amaze me. The answer is:
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by romwell 2y ago
I mean honestly, it's pretty bad either way — even the 15% estimate you cited would be enough for me to make the point. I just wanted to emphasize that the situation is worse than most people — and specifically, most Ukrainians — thi
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by romwell 2y ago
Indeed, your post has no meaning either way. You can be coy all you want, software named BIGFATCOCK isn't going to be used in K12 setting or government/corporate environments in English-speaking countries, and neither is GIMP. To

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