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crotoblosteon We have a year to fix security everywhere

> We need a new KISS: keep it simple, stupid, secure.

Maybe KISSASS: "keep it simple, stupid! also secure, stupid!"

crotoblosteon Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat

> Who cares if a small burger pollutes more than commuting with a SUV.

This affirmation only holds up for factory farming / intensive animal husbandry.

Extensive pastoralism (aka free-ranging grazing animals) don't pollute per se, and if certain conditions are met (regarding population density), they can have positive effects on (already anthropicized) ecosystems by linking ecotopes.

crotoblosteon The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code

> Ukraine is "receiving money from others"?

Factually correct.

> We are benefactors of the Ukrainians' bravery and sacrifices.

Who's we?

> How much money could we have not spent if Hitler had been stopped in Czechoslovakia?

Very different situation, in all aspects.

crotoblosteon Show HN: Browser grand strategy game for hundreds of players on huge maps

Awesome resources, thank you for linking them!

crotoblosteon Claude Cowork exfiltrates files

But people check shell scripts before running them... right?

crotoblosteon Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History

Regarding the "year 0" issue: it doesn't exist in that calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero

crotoblosteon Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History

The historical criteria for Spain seems dubious. It posits the ahistorical existence of a "Kingdom of Spain" from 1479 on, when this political entity didn't come to be until several centuries later (despite some monarchs using the title "King of Spain". For that matter, the current Spanish King holds the title of "King of Jerusalem", but to my awareness no Kingdom of Jerusalem actually exists today).

crotoblosteon Misperception of the facial appearance that the opposite-sex desires

This is an interesting take. When I taught low-income Muslim students from North Africa I was told that having a beard (which I already had) would help to establish myself as a figure of authority, as they would associate it with their conception of what a "scholarly figure" looks like. Similarly, women in both Academia and the corporate world have told me that they had chosen not to dye their graying hair in order to consolidate their image as a "serious, professional woman".