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It stopped charging and then died

Any kindle device that I bought barely lasted more than a couple of years, so joke is on them I guess?

Mathematically, it means that the number of lines read is bounded by 10*M, where M is some constant. So it's basically equivalent to saying that it's O(1). I'm guessing that intent…

I don't get HN anymore. This comment reflects a legitimate stance that's articulated just fine. Why is it grayed out?

Sources?

The current government is in power by a small majority, meaning that it is strongly contested by about 50% of Israelis (on most matters). That means against settlements, for ending…

A geometry processing library in the Odin language - https://github.com/nahumfarchi/odin-geometry . Not much yet, it includes a basic half-edge implementation and a couple of small…

Yes, all finite languages are regular. Specifically, you can construct a finite automata to represent it.

Their death is tragic, but such is war unfortunately... Lebanon is participating in this one whether they like to or not. That aside, these definitions were written for a reason, e…

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Proportionality is at the center of defining a war crime. "The principle of proportionality (Article 51(5) (b) API) states that even if there is a clear military target it is not p…

I would love to see a list of "oldies but goldies" in various fields. Wonder if you're aware of such a thing?

Nit: the Israeli government is in Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv.

His policy towards Hamas was one of containment and not making a decision, which is classic Netanyahu behavior. I don't know whether or not his biographies agree with this, but thi…

> Similarly any talk of peace from the Israeli government is meaningless while settlement of the West Bank continues. The same can be said of the terror attacks. I strongly agree t…

Sorry, but this adds nothing to the discussion. Yes, they were settlers (I don't think anyone in this sub-thread argued otherwise). Yes, they shouldn't have been there in the first…

Excel is notoriously bad at that :) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year_problem

Civillians and those who do not want to take part in the fighting have been allowed to move south for their own safety while the IDF deals with the numerous underground tunnels fro…

And you're ignoring the fact that our neighbors are hostile towards us and share a border with another country.

In this certain case, it is. The aggressions (during this round) started on October 7th by Hamas. You can replace "defense" with "response" / "retaliation" / or "zionist agressions…

What about the Jews who were ejected from neighboring Arab countries during these various wars? Do they get to go back home? Do you truly believe a compromise can be reached with a…

Before Netanyahu there were at least four prime ministers - Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak, Shimon Peres, and Yitzhak Rabin - who've made honest attempts at peace. Not to mention Ariel Sh…

The US and Canada seem to be doing fine. France and Germany. Thailand and Laos (as far as I know). Your statement is vague and does not seem to take into account the actual realiti…

That's quite a bit of selective reading there. Where you see "'67 borders", I see "Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to…

Based on what? He's a cynical real politik kind of guy, but I doubt this is how he hoped this would play out. At the end of the day, I believe that his legacy is extremely importan…