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mda··on What Is the Karakoram Anomaly?
The original name is Turkic and it Urdu version (especially first one) is very similar to how I read it.
mda··on Hittite royal archive found in Turkey
Apart from a few idiots nobody claims it is Turkish dialect.

There are some shared vocabulary, but thats pretty much it. Kurdish is much closer to Farsi.

mda··on Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem Pillay
Dont forget to add "in really really simple terms" to your prompt.
mda··on Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem Pillay
You didn't understand her accomplishments and merits so she doesn't deserve it. Oh my, maybe ask your favorite llm for an eli5 then?
mda··on Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem Pillay
Typical American hubris.
mda··on Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome
Google is one of the main developers of Jpeg XL.
mda··on Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah
So with your argument do you imply tens of thousands civilians murdered in the ongoing genocide are "Hamas" then?
mda··on Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah
"Hamas and Gaza" You mean Palestinians right? But yeah, it seems genocide is a profitable business.
mda··on Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah
Prolonged "surgical" strikes continued so long that there is almost nothing left to operate on I guess. And your justification is that some farms are not completely destroyed? What a disingenuous remark.
mda··on I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch
I stand by what I said, are you gatekeeping HN now? This is a tech news site, I don't care if he once was a co founder.
mda··on Don't Wordle
I see that terrible cookie permission window (62 legitimate interest) and I close the window,
mda··on I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch
I think it is more about people are a bit sick of filthy rich people giving this kind of advice. I would also not read anything he preaches.
mda··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
What is your beef with UN and the statement itself? its quite funny actually. Do you support the mentioned law? Hard to understand what you are trying yo say.
mda··on Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots
What is your opinion about Israel's crimes then. Do you deny the genocide?
mda··on The Silurian Hypothesis (2020)
Are you sure? what about fossils and other remains? So far there is zero evidence that there was an advanced or non advanced civilization. Unfortunately this nonsense is the bread and butter ot pseudo archeologists.
mda··on Carbon: Graduating from the Experiment
From NDC Toronto 2026 by Chandler Carruth.
mda··on Deciphering basmala
I have a question, what do you understand from verse 12:2, what is your personal interpretation?
mda··on Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M
Eeh, not really. German's think because some Swiss resent them a little, it is all about them.

EU countries, especially Italy, Germany and Portugal are the biggest immigration source in Switzerland (EU/EFTA immigration ~60%), Germany is ~13% of the total.

Non EU, especially outside of Eurepean immigration is a smaller part, but if you looked at SVP pamphlets you see a very different picture.

https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/m...

mda··on Naphtha shortages in Japan
I know right? countries with nuclear arsenal constantly attacking like rabid dogs and has no respect to human life, what a nasty combination.
mda··on Ferrari Luce
I don't think it is ugly (Except those wheels) but it doesn't look like a Ferrari.
mda··on The curious case of retro demo scene graphics
In the Lazur's 256 colour rendition, it is curious that they got the details in the front very well but messed up the third guys face completely.
mda··on Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
Iran is Turkey's neighbor and had relatively good relations for very long time, even with the strongman it doesn't make a shred of sense to change this. Especially for USA which has a tendency to back stab Turkey in any occasion (They could not get away from the time when Turkey did not allow them to invade Iraq from north, the previous BS war)
mda··on Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
flatten with what?
mda··on Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
Attacking as in a couple of rockets heading US bases which were intercepted. Of course nothing would happen, why would Turkey (or other European countries) join this pointless war?
mda··on Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
Like they flattened Afghanistan? It is funny people thinks land war in an huge mountainous country with 90 million people is easy.
mda··on 'The Secret Agent': Exploring a Vibrant, yet Violent Brazil (2025)
It didn't set the vibe though, After the strong start it is slow, wobbly and incoherent. It is ok, but could be much better.
mda··on $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor
"Ah look but they haven't carped bombed Iran" was their argument and it sounds really weird.
mda··on John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists
Absolute nonsense. If you have a smidgen of proof please tell us.
mda··on Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule
Overrun by muslims? Complete BS. I checked what he said, I don't see anything absurd, what are you talking about?
mda··on Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule
Unlikely, large proportion of population is brainwashed for 40 years. They will elect a "moderate" supreme leader, then business as usual.
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