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Comment Re:Why Are We (the UK) Helping Ukraine? (Score 1) 346

What you say reminds me a lot of the violent husband: "Look at what you made me do !"
First of all those countries didn't want to join NATO, but the European Union. And even if they want to join NATO, maybe they should have a good hard look at themselves to see why other countries want to put as much distance as possible between themselves and Russia. And nobody said anything about nukes.
As for south american countries, if they want to associate with Russia, good for them, they have every right. And they are far enough !!!

Comment Re:Probably not as useful. (Score 2) 103

To improve debit (total number of cars per minute) you can:
  • increase speed
  • increase the number of lanes
  • increase density (lower distance between cars)
  • decrease flow instabilities

Only the 1st one really gets you faster to where you want to go, but it's more complex than that. If you lower the speed you increase (4) which in turns increases (3)... There are density thresholds which behave like phase transitions in physics... It's fun to simulate.

Comment Re:Whose fault was it? (Score 1) 346

The bad faith in your post is incredible. After 70+ years of hostility it's not like we can warm up to russians immediately after a regime change. You need to put up some efforts into it like happened with Europe for instance: economic ties, then unification, along with political direction, military common ground, student exchanges, etc... After a few decades we can talk.

Comment Re:Oh look. (Score 0) 346

I used to think this was more or less true. But now I see it's been heavy-handed propaganda the whole time. To debunk it just look at the map of Israel over the last 80+ years. From nothing, to barely a dot, to growing and growing. Is that possible in an honest way, i.e. by purchasing land like you'd do in your own country ? No, it's been done by stealing it outright, piece by piece. No wonder the people it's been stolen from are pissed and trying to fight back, no matter how you call them. Israel is the only country which hasn't defined official frontiers; let that sink in.

Comment Re:What About perl? (Score 1) 15

As you imply, Perl is naturally obfuscated. I worked in Perl for a year and was so relieved when that was over. I remember as a beginner, I would submit a 20-line piece of slow code and ask for advice on how to improve it, then a better programmer would come up with a 5-line version, then a guru would offer a cryptic 2-line code, and finally an elder god would spew forth a one-liner which would freeze your blood upon decipherment attempt...

Comment Re:Lack of math skills? (Score 2) 110

...and FFTs. I've used FFTs in so many projects that I don't understand how any student who doesn't understand Fourier Transforms, or even the concept of frequencies, can pass. And nowadays wavelet transforms are a bit more useful, even if harder to implement, represent and interpret. I remember trying to get the concept (not even the maths) of Fourier transforms to a colleague and it was like talking to a wall.

Comment Re:D.o.g.e. (Score 4, Insightful) 180

Because it would be hugely expensive to put them back in 2 years, and thus 'wasteful'. And it would break the continuity of data. What a bunch of cunts this administration is. When all is said and done I seriously hope some of them will be found out to have colluded with foreign powers and hung for treason.

Comment Huh ? (Score 3, Insightful) 44

I always knew there would be a time when I wouldn't know the top famous singer... But a time when I wouldn't have any idea how to pronounce his name, no, I did not expect that. But back on topic, good; but now throw the entire Trump crime family in the slammer for insider traffic too. Why do *they* get a free pass ?!? Or rather a *very* lucrative pass.

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