koper

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It would be cool if he did this as a protest in solidarity with marginalized groups against an unfair rule. But he never even claimed that was his motivation. Instead, it looks to me like he threw a fit after underperforming during the start of the tournament.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Magnus knows that’s not how the rules work. And they didn’t suddenly whack him with a disqualification, he withdrew himself after being told to change. In his own words “fine, then I’m out. Like, fuck you”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A player broke the rules, which have been consistently applied for a long time, and refused to change after his first warning. Do you expect FIDE to make an exception just because he’s the top contender?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Come on now. This really isn’t a high bar and it only applies to the top tournaments. They will allow any legwear that is not jeans. Literally every professional sports has some form of equipment requirement and chess is probably one of the cheapest.

  If you think world championship contenders can’t be expected to afford normal trousers, what do you think athletes spend on running shoes, baseball gloves and ice skates?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Joe Biden issues 'full and unconditional' pardon for son⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s clear from Trump’s first term that he is not constrained by “optics” or “precedent” at all. He already pardoned a large number of his allies for personal gain. He was always going to abuse the system regardless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thousands of UK farmers protest against inheritance tax hike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s really no need to liquidate anyway. If the farm is even remotely profitable, the revenue will be much more than the tax payments. And even if the owner does need the liquidity for some reason, it’s perfectly normal to borrow against assets. That’s just cost of capital.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA | California governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or you could just stop speeding. If you think that breaking the law and taking the risk of injuring/killing another human being is more important than a little annoyance, you should get your priorities straight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Then maybe you should defer judgment unless you know the facts. Polar bears are incredibly strong and will hunt and eat prey much larger than humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NATO official: Ukraine has legal right to strike deep into Russia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Slow down. I merely clarified the matter being discussed. You might have a clear opinion on that matter, but that doesn’t change the fact that this is a dilemma without a simple answer.

  Also note that the US was attacked and got directly involved in the war mere months after the lend-lease act was signed. That is what NATO is trying to avoid. The difference is that the Nazis did not have nukes and were already fighting a two-front war, so they had little power or incentive to escalate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NATO official: Ukraine has legal right to strike deep into Russia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That analogy is faulty. It’s undisputed that Ukraine can use its own arms. The question is about whether they can use the other arms given to them by NATO countries for there purposes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the wonderful world of code obfuscation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Reserved for future use

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 6 hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Unit tests or integration tests?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They tried⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  GDPR enforcement is left to the member states. The EDPB isn’t an agency, its more like all the national data protection authorities in a trench coat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They tried⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Some national authorities allow it, most don’t. The final word will be from the CJEU or the EDPB.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy-safety can now run in docker⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Applying AI-voodoo to a non-existing problem with unknown side effects? Sign me up!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Order⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The real question is do you encrypt-and-sign or sign-and-encrypt?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Best Practices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s slightly different. Your shell will see the /\* and replace it with all the directories under /, e.g. /bin /dev /etc /home etc. So the actual command that runs is rm -rf /bin /dev /etc /home etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is the way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Put the source code in the bag and nobody gets hurt.