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Thrio499on San Franciscans disable robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on the hood

Pet it, and politely ask it to leave.

Thrio499on Tech debt metaphor maximalism

It is very exact text, but it is missing basic point:

People who develop and manage the code, most likely do not own the debt. Code (and technical debt) belongs to stock holders. And there is a huge separation from developers and management.

Thrio499on San Franciscans disable robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on the hood

You can disable all sort of bad stuff from robbers, junkies, rapists, aggressive dogs... by carrying weapon for self defense.

Thrio499on Jeffrey Sachs: the West’s false narrative about Russia and China

Of course, Zaporozhi (and Donetsk, Crimea..) are part of Ukraine. But Russians are crazy and believe it is theirs. And despite that they bombed it.

Nuclear weapons are very good detergent. There are many things Ukraine could do with nuclear warhead to hurt Russia. At least it could punish Russians for genecide they committed!

And it is not our place, to question what sovereign country would do with its weapons!

Thrio499on Jeffrey Sachs: the West’s false narrative about Russia and China

Zaporozhi was shelled by Russians on August 2022. By Russian constitution it is part of Russia.

And Russians could sabotage Zaporozhi Nuclear Power Plant in many ways:

* cut power line for cooling reactors and disconnect it from electric grid (already happened)

* destroy backup power generators for cooling

* bomb nuclear waste store

* bomb cooling water reservoir with bunker buster rockets (Russians already did that on Kachovka)

* use dirty radioactive shells, to raise local radiation levels. That also counts as nuclear disaster!

We see there is no reasoning with Putin, and we absolutely must give Ukraine more weapons, ballistic missiles, and nuclear warheads!

Thrio499on Jeffrey Sachs: the West’s false narrative about Russia and China

They were bombing their own nuclear power plant!

Thrio499on Dutch rules will soon prevent schoolchildren from having a phone in classroom

There are people who do not want to learn Dutch. I sincerely wish all best to you and your kid. Please stay on her side, and not on side of some imagininary ideology.

Thrio499on Dutch rules will soon prevent schoolchildren from having a phone in classroom

Smartphone is essential tool for normal life today. One can not even pay or use public transport without smartphone! Owning it should be basic human right, like wearing clothes!

Large number of students in Nederlands do not speak local language. Smartphone is essential for translation and communication with them. It also allows calling 911, and video/audio recording evidence, if there are any misunderstandings.

This rule feels like teachers are solving their problems at expense of students!