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majgr··on Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
I wonder if this is bot or paid Russian troll..
majgr··on Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
> wholeheartedly despise this outrageous war crime act of our so-called government

Then, protest it on the street.

majgr··on Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into effective propaganda
> America's Army videogame

That was a great game. High realism, frag grenades with right range, different stance involving accuracy, shooting using iron sights. I played tons of hours on Bridge and Hospital maps.

majgr··on Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software engineer
I like FactoryFactory devs, they are even worse than 0.1x. After some time every other team member who touches their code becomes 0.5x.
majgr··on Why is China smashing its tech industry?
And that is a strange argument for me because almost everything used in games screams: military! Basics like orientation in 3D, physics, collision detection, then computer AI, even shaders and its parallel computing. All gaming 3d hardware feels like consumer sponsored military tech. How hard and resource intensive would it be for defence budget to create modern GPU? Yet they spent $0 on it, and can reap all the benefits now. Half a year of military conflict and USA would have the most amazing weapons systems made by its mobilised game studios.
majgr··on Hungarian journalists and critics of Orbán were targeted with Pegasus
It means that GDP per capita rises, isn’t it good?
majgr··on Hungarian journalists and critics of Orbán were targeted with Pegasus
First, these local laws were against Polish Constitution, because politicians cannot influence judiciary and now they can and do, thus, breaking Rule of Law. Second, in Polish Constitution international agreements take precedence over local laws. By that EU Tribunal is actually defending Polish Constitution.
majgr··on Hungarian journalists and critics of Orbán were targeted with Pegasus
If you only watch regime media, it is impossible to vote differently, only successes, no problems, no shady affairs, no nepotism. Opposition, on the other hand, is portrayed as the root of all evil.
majgr··on Hungarian journalists and critics of Orbán were targeted with Pegasus
Orban will vote easily against Poland just when he is guaranteed that he gets money from after-COVID fund. Maybe that is why EU are withholding Hungary spend plan for this fund.
majgr··on Hungarian journalists and critics of Orbán were targeted with Pegasus
Poland is very homogeneous regarding race, church. Most, who vote for populists, weren’t abroad, or hadn’t opportunity to meet other cultures really. Everything they know come from tv, or social media, and right-wing uses social media extensively: Facebook groups, or YouTube videos to scare them, you know, when one falls into Recommended black hole there is no turning back. Rapes, burning cars etc. Even government TV likes to remind from time to time what a “problem” refugees are. So it is mostly by showing everything negative about Muslims in Europe that is ever been able to find.
majgr··on Introverts didn't 'win' lockdown
I'm not sure personal contact is that important. Imagine this page as a giant table, and when one speaks, the rest listen. Reading through all these comments feels like being in a room where conversation takes place. For older people who do not use internet, TV or Radio plays that role. Moreover, one soaks atmosphere of given community (even online), and adjusts behaviours, thoughts accordingly, to some point at least I think.
majgr··on Brain imaging before and after Covid-19 in UK Biobank
> The other study that concerns me shows that the vaccine’s lipid nanoparticles— which carry the RNA instructions for the spike protein — move beyond the deltoid muscle they’re injected into and accumulate in other tissues, and seem to accumulate in ovarian tissue preferentially.

This is really nasty, I'm inhaling litres of it per year while vaping.

majgr··on Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland
one bank, 3 distribution companies, and one from mining segment. I wouldn't call this a success.
majgr··on CUPID – the back story
I, once, removed a graph from application. Application has all these nice abstractions. Change touched 40+ files. Single Responsibility? bonkers.
majgr··on Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland
In Poland some share similar sentiment, but it was better to get rid of of all these inflexible, low quality companies than providing them with life support. Problem was with management and technology. You would need to get rid of whole management hierarchy, and at that time there was nobody who could replace it. Some relicts from communism still lingers here and there, for 30 years after fall of communism unable to turn profit. Or corrupted managers moving ideas or technologies to “friendly” companies outside. If you allowed these companies to exist there would be a more chance for forming oligarchies like in Ukraine, instead of that we have more robust middle class.
majgr··on Make Writing a Habit
it is not about hammer and nail, but about infinite plane. You can wrote in one column, like in Word document, then expand on side if content needs it. Second thing is use of images, shapes, arrows, lines, circles - sometimes image is better in conducting thought than words. About plane, if you start with some thinking and it branches out, in excel there is no problem.
majgr··on Mobile is Eating the World
How about eye?
majgr··on Google Inbox
It is more like: If I show somebody Inbox I would be perceived as those happy, cool.. because this person has seen that ad[1].

(does email is cool, and happy?)

[1] http://www.meltingasphalt.com/ads-dont-work-that-way/

majgr··on Why 2014 is the 'year of smart glasses'
Do you need iPhone, if iWatch has the same, or bigger display? (curved sapphire glass). Smartphone solves problem of having a computing device all the time with you, but in order to get that you have to pay with screen size. Smartglasses solves the same problem as smartphone, but without tradeoffs. They can display touch, augmented, or desktop, or tv interfaces. You don't need a tablet, phone, laptop, desktop, tv. You need boxes with small(pocket), medium(backpack), and large(desk) computing power, and glasses that can receive video over the air. (and some input method). If glasses are only for display, they don't need large battery.
majgr··on The Jolla phone – first impressions
2) Scanner can act as a web server pushing its UI to the phone after Bluetooth handshake(I think this will be the future of Internet Of Things)
majgr··on The Surface 2
Wiki:

"A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a vehicle similar to a station wagon or estate car, usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on- or off-road ability. Some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or large sedan.

Since SUVs are considered light trucks in North America, and often share the same platform with pick-up trucks, at one time, they were regulated less strictly than passenger cars under the two laws in the United States"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle

People do not want trucks OR cars they do want BOTH.

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