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Ok, here's proof for whoever downvoted me. I made a new account, wrote a message, upvoted it with my current account.. and no change in points. I never see any message become black…

C23 removes K&R declaration lists.

> Everyone on HN can uovote I don't believe that's true. I'm pretty sure it's a no-op for me.

> High-quality drivetrains in bicycles can have an overall efficiency of up to 95%, can this system beat that? It almost definitely cannot. I tried researching efficiency of suitab…

If it's an electric bike, one might care a lot less than on a bike that runs on meat power only. You may consider the battery to be the primary energy source, and pedal power a sup…

> Searching google for war in ukraine returns over 2 billion results. Google always lies about the number of results. You'll see the real number once you dig in. First screenshot s…

Exit node is where the tor-encrypted path ends and traffic goes to the clearnet.

I recall there being lots of "experts" around during the Fukushima disaster, explaining that there's nothing to worry about (because insert explanation of safety mechanisms in a mo…

> I've been thinking about this myself, having seen a few articles posted recently along similar lines. "Efficiency Drives Energy Use" https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/can…

I think this is an important topic to discuss, but not right now, if only because whataboutism and deflecting criticism of Russia's aggression to aggression by the US has been part…

> So far the Russian protests are pretty anemic (I mean in numbers, not in passion, and I greatly respect those currently protesting) Well I don't know about passion. I've seen vid…

Ukraine is not accepting volunteers from Russia. https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/15001175130399825... I think it's the right call, given that they have a problem with Ru…

> A Russian teenager unable to play XBox is maybe slightly less important than the indiscriminate shelling of hospitals and nuclear power plants. And straight up shooting civilians…

The sadder truth may be that Russians might not be interested in removing Putin. Decades of propaganda, murdering of opposition, and authoritarian response to protests has grown a …

There's also people who see it this way: world war 2 ended Hitler, world war 3 may be needed to end Putler. A war might be the only way to take out a genocidal dictator-terrorist w…

Can you say what exactly here is a straight up lie? That the Snake Island defenders were thought dead after contact with them was lost following the attack? That Ukraine claims the…

> And Ukrainans believe there's a "ghost plane" in the sky that destroyed half russian air force. No, not a ghost plane. Just a nickname given to a pilot (though it could be multip…

> However, there may still be a number of corner cases of the language like undefined behaviors. This is why people frequently fall into C's traps. I don't think that's true; the U…

UNSC vote from last night: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UN_Security_Council_Resol... Half the world seems about right, and I'd assume a fair proportion of the grey would be g…

> I think the best advice would be to surrender and avoid pointless loss of life. Everyone gets to decide how much they value the independence of their country for themselves. If U…

1) You don't fight an army the same way you protest your government. Yes there was gunfire, fighting and massacre during Euromaidan, but fighting riot police (most of whom were not…

I can't verify the claim that r/youtube was deleting reports but having regularly used ceddit, I wouldn't be surprised. However, there's no need for me to argue about the first sen…

> If something becomes a net negative "at scale", don't allow it to be "at scale". I've taken to thinking of this sort of scaling as being the digital equivalent of race to the bot…

One report came to me personally from a small local IRC channel (less than 100 people) from a person who's been around for years. I trust them 100%.