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All mathematic exposition feels that way.

Somewhat off topic rant, but am I the only one who find mathematical notation unnecessarily obtuse? The bit that gets me is defining degree as n-1. For someone without a mathematic…

All you're doing here is associating your hopes and dreams with grifters and charlatans. They should be mocked and called out, it might leave room for actual innovators who aren't …

A cleaner, faster way to implement this sort of thing is to use the "labels as values" extension if using GCC or Clang []. It avoids the switch statement and associated comparisons…

This is nonsense. Not mentioned is that Greece has borrowed excessively and had defaulted on its loans. A bailout was organized by the EU and IMF with terms that Greece had every o…

The large carriers, created through mergers that should never have been allowed, have the most popular routes locked up through ownership of landing/takeoff slots and similar. On t…

Globally, big airlines seem to be doing fine: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/most-profitable-airlines I think there are lots of airlines that are propped up by governments that…

Average airfare isn't a useful stat in this respect. What would be useful is comparing fares for individual routes over the years, which would tell a different story. Average fares…

That's not what I'm talking about. It's the notion that if you get the corrupt to justify their actions that you'll somehow avoid corruption. Fixing corruption involves people refu…

This is the sort of bureaucratic nonsense people actually rail against. You're assuming you'd get something truthful or informative out of that process, when in reality you'll get …

More broadly, ignorance and stupidity amongst the general population benefit some politicians.

> If you travel internationally you get the added fun of dealing with border agents That's avoidable. If you are a citizen of an advanced economy flying to another you can just use…

> Aren't flights at an inflation adjusted all time low Yes, due to improved technology and equipment and because prices have been historically very high. > most airlines operating …

> All of the fat in the industry has been squeezed out I don't know where you live but in the US this is patently not true. Airlines are an abusive oligopoly there, with landing sl…

This is not true for most people. They get comfortable with their phones and they don't see any reason to change something that works. My friend has had her phone for 7 years and s…

How is "othering" people going to lead to peace? "Western liberals" aren't stupid or naive, they're just seeking a peaceful solution if possible. And why are people so willing to b…

A non sequitur followed by a claim that Biden is responsible for Israel's security on the ground against Hamas. Well Israel's security forces were out to lunch on that score, given…

Thats because they have friends with nukes (or thought they did).

This is probably the worst thing about Trump, he's let Bibi lead him around like a dog on a leash. Any other president would be infuriated with Bibi's actions, because they would k…

There are reasons why presidents have avoided attacking Iran. - massive instability in the ME. Just a few men with shoulder fired missiles can disrupt oil shipments from the bigges…

Someone should tell Cloudflare that because it's not been my experience at all. (now n=2)