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That doesn't preclude that further optimisation of solar panels could stem from research on photosynthesis.

No, they actively lobbied over the years of her reign to preserve their economic benefits. They enjoyed this luxury and made attempts at preserving and expending it. Elizabeth was …

I never bought this argument. France got rid of their royal family but the royal palaces and their art still attract millions of tourists each year. Tourists would still want to se…

The Crown Estate is not the private property of the Windsor family though. It is more akin to the wealth of a parallel state. One could speculate that in the event of the abolition…

The "war on terror", like the "war on drugs", is a misnomer though; it's not really a war (although a couple of wars were waged as part of it, or alongside it).

You'll encounter two kinds in most Security Engineer roles: 1) reviewing and advising on engineering work carried by other engineers, so you need to understand what they're doing, …

I was interviewing for Security Engineer positions at FAANGs and put together this list: https://github.com/serain/crack-sec-eng-interviews You may find something to pique your int…

> I guess those guys aren't real then? You didn't even check your own link I guess. That group's first attack was in 1984 when they operated out of Egypt and in the south of Israel…

There was no "Islamic Jihad" in Palestinian groups before the 90s. Religion wasn't a factor in Palestinian politics or militancy before Hamas, and Hamas only became a big player du…

> PLO tried to distinguish itself from Hamas by claiming to be more secular Hamas was founded in 1989, a bit late for participation in the Lebanese civil war. > Arafat, the leader …

>largely as a result of radical Islamist Palestinians who had left Palestine and wanted an Islamic state in Lebanon Not accurate. Until the early 90s and the rise of Hamas the most…

> Ballerina team told me that in the future Ballerina will not be hosted on JVM. They also told me that back at Kubecon in 2018 :D

That's not what I understood from this passage: > Late capitalism is certainly bad enough, with its explosive cocktail of climate change, inequality, police brutality and the deadl…

Software Engineers are generally intelligent people. Intelligent animals need stimulation or they get bored and depressed. I think collectively, "let's move to Rust" is at least pa…

Blindsight is the best SciFi book I've read, and one of my top 10 books of all time. It's not for everyone though, I tried to get friends and family to read it, I don't think a sin…