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OldFatCactuson The Kakhovka Dam Disaster Revealed an Archaeological ‘Goldmine’

No sorry I'm simply pointing you back to your own rhetoric. You're barking up the wrong tree if you think I'm a NATO or America apologist. I just find it laughable the mental hoops that some people will jump through to avoid pointing the finger at the most violent party to this conflict. There was a diplomatic solution to be found, Russia chose violence. They used lies and deceit to justify it as they have in all conflicts since 1991. Ultimately they wage war for the sake of capitalist ambitions just as all of those other governments and institutions you listed

OldFatCactuson The Kakhovka Dam Disaster Revealed an Archaeological ‘Goldmine’

Ultimately one side invaded another and chose violence instead of diplomacy as you pointed out in your original comment. This party has a history of such violence. Any other extrapolations are mostly moot and pointless

OldFatCactuson The Kakhovka Dam Disaster Revealed an Archaeological ‘Goldmine’

Much of what I have personally (anecdotally) seen around proximate cause seem to point to Russian sabotage. I find arguments like this to be pointless though as we will all have our pet theories and research we want to believe as we are not likely to find definitive proof. It is easier to just point out that the side that gains the most from this and bears ultimate responsibility for this is Russia as that is irrefutable

OldFatCactuson The Kakhovka Dam Disaster Revealed an Archaeological ‘Goldmine’

This both sides rhetoric kinda breaks down in the face of there being a very clear aggressor/invader to this conflict. A dam was destroyed because it was occupied by an invading force. The invading force was there because the invadee would not join the Eurasian Economic Union. Russia did not choose diplomacy.

OldFatCactuson The Kakhovka Dam Disaster Revealed an Archaeological ‘Goldmine’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_the_Kakhovka_Da...

OldFatCactuson Most employees of NYT won’t be required back in physical offices until 2021

A friend that works there told me that they have been polling their employees for strong feelings around going permanently remote

OldFatCactuson Private Pilot Ground School

I'm halfway through Killing Zone right now and I've found it enormously helpful. Great recommendation

OldFatCactuson Private Pilot Ground School

Call the FAA yourself and ask. They have a hotline for medical related questions. I have had heart related issues in the past and AMEs gave me conflicting answers about the way forward but the FAA is the source of truth

OldFatCactuson Private Pilot Ground School

Fun, expensive hobby

OldFatCactuson Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

how do I avoid hardening my arteries?

OldFatCactuson Leave Facebook

I deleted my Facebook almost 8 years ago and never looked back. Was hard at first but great for my mental health. I encourage you to try disabling it for a while and keeping up with your network with alternatives

OldFatCactuson Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

He might spend his 2nd term without Twitter or he might follow-through on his vague threats of reforming social media

OldFatCactuson Grafana 7.0

Jaeger is used for traces between distributed systems (external)

Traditional APM products are internal traces

OldFatCactuson Grafana 7.0

have you seen any implementations of internal tracing like APM being used with Grafana? I think lack of a good open source alternative to New Relic or Datadog APM kinda killed OSS monitoring for my company.

The Jaeger integration is a good step in the right direction though, kudos!

OldFatCactuson Remote work can also be a source of socioeconomic inequality

I don't follow what you mean about context, you brought up a bad example and you're moving goal-posts.

There have been numerous revolutions with positive benefits to the world at large as well as to the society/culture in which they took place. I would chance to say that the majority were net-positive. If you find yourself scared of revolution, you should maybe take an introspective moment and ponder why the poor and downtrodden of the world (or just in your own country) would consider you their enemy.

OldFatCactuson Remote work can also be a source of socioeconomic inequality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution#Long-term_im...

Just skimming this, it seems the french and the entire world was left better-off actually

OldFatCactuson For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection

No, sorry, my original comment wasn't super clear. I only meant that, in the context of world events of this era, history won't overly scrutinize the USA while it seems to be a generally Western problem. Not interested in getting into a back and forth pasting Wikipedia articles, sorry dude

OldFatCactuson For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection

You can find just as many atrocities and missteps of the law by scrutinizing other 1st world countries. The West as a whole benefits from the system that America has created and protects. History books will give just as much a shit about this era as they have any other and while America has the most dirt on her face, nobody is clean.

OldFatCactuson For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection

little hyperbolic and a tad too smug I think. I believe history will be a little kinder, all things considered.

OldFatCactuson Anthos support for multi-cloud is generally available

I feel like Rancher already does most of this for free

OldFatCactuson Show HN: Explore Wikipedia edits made by institutions, companies and governments

Why is the US Navy so active on such innocuous articles?

OldFatCactuson The NHS is looking for up to 250k volunteers

Source?

OldFatCactuson RFC: Let's Disrupt Dating Apps

using instragram followers as a measurement of datability feels incredibly dystopian

OldFatCactuson Ask HN: A major USA bank is storing passwords in cleartext – what to do?

are any banks paying useful interest rates?

OldFatCactuson I Learned French in 12 Months

I've been using Babbel to learn Spanish. Anyone have suggestions for where to go after maxing resources like Babbel and Duolingo? I feel like I hit a wall somewhere and the next steps aren't so clear. Some of the steps the author used look helpful like changing phone language and heavy use of anki

OldFatCactuson U.S. wants the EU to accept chemical-washed chicken as part of trade deal

Supposedly our pasteurization standards are absurdly high as well, so very likely we don't know what real cheese tastes like either

OldFatCactuson Show HN: Tired of mobile games with IAP and ads, I made No-Bullshit Games

Which island? I just spent a week on Koh Phangnan :)

OldFatCactuson Demoted and Placed on Probation

I don't think I've posted a lot of flamebait. Maybe a couple of times when the topic drifts close to something regarding women or minority rights. I agree that my comment was not substantive and I'm sorry