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> How can an independent state "infringe on the laws of other countries"?

you don't live on earth, do you?

it doesn't matter what it does, why it's there, or how often it's used because: 1) skirts the law, 2) infringes on the laws of other countries, and finally 3) it's just so dodgy you have to be asking yourself wtf is going on.

Wait till you find out about honda

Edit: for context, look up ASIMO.

Tesla isn't the north star here

And then there's all the pretend injuries and exaggerating little scratches for the camera and ref. I don't watch sports but seeing that crappy behavior vs what rugby players go through is embarrassing to the footballers.

I was also surprised to hear the ref's conversation with the players (mic) in a rugby game on TV. Made it so much better to all the miming that goes on in football.

Also don't enjoy the ref slowly trotting across the field dramatically to go look at the video replay... Just get another ref to do it and report back or give the lead ref a damn phone to view it on.

Oh, wow, didn't know that tech existed, and no display either? Both my suggestions don't work then i guess : -(

I've been going down this rabbit hole, there are two alternative options if you're looking for a side project, 1 is "ai on the edge" (Google it it's a pretty cool project), which is basically an esp32 + camera that takes a photo of your meter on a regular basis and OCRs the data, option 2 is (and I'll be trying this this week) to get a magnetometer hooked up to an esp32 to read the little magnetic pulses the impeller (in my case) makes (which is how the meter hardware they have reads it anyway), can have calibration difficulties but will be so cheap, there are also existing esphome projects for this.

Not the parent, but dwindling yubikey support (for gpg key storage) is an issue, had to pull out a legacy version on Android for it to keep working (they changed the underlying crypto library and lost the support there)

No ipad version I've found supports yubikey either

I'm happy to give them (telekom) money because their service works. Vodafone was constantly inferior in my experiences (dsl vs cable as well as their mobile networks). At least i don't have to call vodafone every month like my neighbors do when the internet is down, worth every penny.

Companies like VFS are basically what the embassies have outsourced work to

please take a look at what they charge people who have to go through a whole visa process (for me, it starts at 179 USD to _apply_ (which may be rejected))

excluding all the time i'd have to spend and documents I'd have to collect

Exactly

> They have a smaller geographic footprint

you seem to forget their famous mountains

Came across a map that shows the no-go / designated combat zones from the bbc:

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/liv...

wow, a lot to unpack here.

First, i'll start by saying hamas was obviously not justified in what they did. then begin on your points:

1) re: urban combat and designations + leaflets: basically all of gaza has been designated a combat zone almost constantly - much like the hokey pokey, bits are put in and out on a whim. Much of the population have been displaced multiple times.

compare this to the speedy campaign waged against hezbollah or iran, where there was precision intelligence to bomb things out with minimal (not zero) civilian casualties. israel is capable of being precise.

2) roof knock bombs: omg - there are no roofs left to knock on (look at photos of gaza, seriously.), and even if there were, i think this "generosity" went out the window a few wars ago. tents don't have roofs to knock on. - don't pretend israel has been kind by "knocking" on the roof of people waiting in line to get water.

3) largest casualty of jews since the holocaust: I agree this is terrible, but is an arbitrary measurement. nobody seems to bat an eye that israel has 50x'd that terrible number, nor that they're inflicting very similar suffering to what the jews suffered in the holocaust (hunger and relocation at the very least being undeniable within gaza, intention to relocate the populace being disgustingly touted by certain groups).

So i guess just go ahead and kill them all, amirite?

When i was single I used to pack a spare (smaller, older) phone on bigger trips, one would stay off in my daybag/backpack to be used in case something happened and my regular was in my pocket. Now, yeah, it's silly to pack it as my partner's is the backup.

That's an implementation detail, could just as well easily have multiple username/password pairs tied to the same underlying account

Then you'll be glad to know that military is being used on it's own citizens.

Except Heathrow apparently

Ahoy!

pretty much what you said and little anchored boats in the middle of the river serving up cocktails if it's too far to the next campsite.

Never realised that Dave had so much impact on the networking world until now - he had contacted me out of the blue on linkedin years ago after a blog post about my cable/DSL connection woes - wish I talked to him a little more about it. I can see what people mean about him being present everywhere.

Seeing his name on HN, especially in this context, threw me off a little. RIP Dave.

If you're looking something shorter and easy for anyone, you can raft the Vltava in the south of Czech for a weekend, it's basically a lazy river with countless campsites on the way. Seen people do it with their dogs, drunk, playing guitar, etc. Don't really need to paddle much, just enjoy the ride.

you went from "in your own home" to "near abortion clinic" real quick. And abortion clinics IIRC are an area protected from protests or something along those lines.

The man knew. He was told multiple times. He didn't have to pray there. Pretty sure big man upstairs wouldn't mind if he went a few meters down the street.

edit, source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9kp7r00vo

further edit: i see said "in your own head", yes, it is in your own head, but the intention is intimidating to those who want healthcare. Pretty sure prayer is not localized.

why would Europeans not like it?

edit: aha, misread the comment, i read it as, roughly: "europeans would not like it if americans start looking at the european alternatives", not "looking at alternatives to european products" - yes, i agree, Europeans would not like that.

Where were all those upset taxpayers when iraq and afghanistan happened? Or were those examples of super successful wars?

But to your point, as a random European resident, it's not upsetting that the US is pulling back, it's upsetting that it's pulling back with so little regard for anything else. If this was the only thing, fine, i wouldn't agree but it's your call, but look at all the other stuff happening at the same time in your foreign policy and ask yourself why all those "wasteful" things existed in the first place.

I agree about the cheap Russian energy, but i disagree that deescalating would get you anywhere with someone like putin on the other side. I'm no politician but it's always been obvious this never stops with him. It's no longer time to roll over (though i think that was a while ago)

No no we only ask questions like this when it's a US company in the spotlight

my understanding is for things like eCall that the phone only gets activated when it's actually needed (i.e: an emergency), but never found a check/analysis of this on cars (though i only looked for 2 mins when i checked)

This is usually the way, but still, it's often more difficult than answering when they call