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  • What mundane things of our era could be seen as beautiful or admirable in the future?

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  • The battery issue isn't just in devices that go obsolete. It is also in devices like bike lights where the original functionality never changes. And even in devices like a smartphone, phone battery life often drops off far before the useful life ends.

  • Israel to ‘strengthen’ Jewish settlements in West Bank after countries recognize Palestinian state | CNN

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  • Sure, but poverty is also generational. The type of poverty that Palestinians have been experiencing won't be shaken off quickly, even under the best of circumstances. I'm just not sure what circumstances Israeli Jews would consent to a single state solution unless they're guaranteed to stay in power. Many Israeli Jews came from majority Muslim countries where antisemitism drove them out. Their descendants are unlikely to forget that in any discussion.

  • What mundane things of our era could be seen as beautiful or admirable in the future?

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  • This is so hard to answer because so many of these things you don't miss it until it's gone. I'm going to say physical keyboards. Like, not that physical keyboards will disappear entirely, but I think they will continue to get much, much less common. I think a lot of people will miss the tactile advantage of a good keyboard, though.

    One thing I think we're in for a rebound on is how we deal with batteries. Currently, the paradigm for many devices is that manufacturers put a rechargeable battery in and that's it. When the battery wears down or breaks, the device is done too. This can't go on forever. It's creating too much e-waste, expense, and pollution.

    I think the deal that customers are getting from streaming services is probably too good to last, in general. It's already starting to degrade, with companies all going to start their own streaming platforms with smaller and smaller catalogs. You have to really plan for what you want to see. The rise of exclusive shows really damaged things. Vertical integration like that hurts competition.

  • Israel to ‘strengthen’ Jewish settlements in West Bank after countries recognize Palestinian state | CNN

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  • You have to have very up-to-date information to see this. Muslims in Israel-Palestine have a higher birth rate than Jews and are much younger. This article is from 2022, when Muslims became a majority. The difference is only expected to grow larger.

  • Israel to ‘strengthen’ Jewish settlements in West Bank after countries recognize Palestinian state | CNN

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  • The Palestinian Authority has no claim to any mandate from the Palestinian people.

    Same for Hamas. The last election was held so long ago that the majority of Palestinians were not born yet and the vast majority could not vote. There simply is no remaining democratic mandate.

    bi-religious or secular successor state

    There are currently more Muslims in the borders of Israel-Palestine, and I doubt they're in a forgiving mood. I think there is a good chance that a unified state would turn into a Muslim state. I don't think it's unfounded to say that the current situation of a large Muslim population that is essentially disenfranchised is entirely to the liking of Israel's leaders.

  • What's an idea you have that should be an actual thing?

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  • Some of the Portland parking garages downtown have them as well.

  • US House passes defense bill automatically registering men 18-26 for draft

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  • Yeah, then some of the wrong people might vote. /s

  • US preparing to temporarily remove Gaza pier due to sea conditions, official says

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  • It should be noted that the evidence there is that a helicopter involved in the raid took off from a beach near the pier. So slim to none. And it doesn't even make sense, how would the pier be useful for a military operation?

  • Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

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  • It's worth looking at the timeline here. The Trump Administration had no problem doing something that was obviously immoral. It got canceled by the Biden Administration and an investigation started. Just noting the timeline because I still see people saying there's no difference between the two politicians.

  • Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

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  • Wall Street Journal: Mueller Doesn’t Find Trump Campaign Conspired With Russia

    That was Bill Barr's summary of the Mueller Report. The news article you posted was written with zero knowledge of the actual report. When the actual report was released later, the summary was criticized as trying to form a false narrative that intentionally omitted important pieces of the report. He was spinning it to provide cover for his boss, in effect. Much of this rested on Mueller not declaring Trump guilty of a crime, but as was described in the report, this was always considered to be outside of the scope of Mueller's appointment.

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  • Badly mauled is a weird way to say 15% larger than before the war started

    Larger in soldiers, not in weaponry. And that was achieved through conscription, which means pulling young people in a rapidly aging society away from some of the most productive years of their lives. And of course many of those young people will sadly return to civilian life injured or not at all.

    We'll see where things go now that Republicans have stopped blocking aid to Ukraine. Having the main supplier of military aid blocked blocked by legislative constipation does tend to make the front lines harder for Ukraine, yes.

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  • Those are the 2022 estimates, before they were knee deep in a war. More up-to-date estimates from the IMF put them at #6. And that #6 is quite distant from the US.

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  • Russian position says that foreign interference from the US contributed to Euromaidan (not respecting sovereignty and independence), thus, the Budapest Memorandum is null and void.

    Nah, this was just a reconned excuse. Russia invaded Crimea just a week after the 2014 revolution. The moment a hostile government was in Kyiv, Russia was intent on ripping up the Budapest Memorandum.

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  • Russia is more like 8th, and Ukraine is backed by multiple countries that outrank Russia.

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  • And Russia will call damn near anyone a Nazi if it's in their interest.

  • How are you parsing JSON on the command line?

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  • Yeah, I've been learning some nushell. If you're dealing with data, it's just a great tool. So many sharp edges in the POSIX shell come from it being stringly typed, so having a strongly typed shell is extremely helpful.

  • Airport security be like

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  • If you want to skip having a big ass bag full of liquids, many products are available in solid form. Toothpaste comes in tablets, shampoo comes in bars, and shave lotion also is available in bars. Then you can save your liquid quota for what really matters, like a wide assortment of personal lubricants.

  • Airport security be like

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  • I mean, I feel like I'm probably not going to be shot or macheted while in flight, so that's nice. But yeah, I know it's not great.

  • Airport security be like

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  • Translation: Not our circus, not our monkeys.