It could deliver more military support. But the political system, which I’d like to keep btw, doesn’t allow a switch to war economy.

People like their social security, culture support and education and don’t want tax raises. Politicians can’t do what they want without losing support of the voters. And then there are the agendas of the many political parties in many countries…

slightly over-koalafied for this role, I would say.

Sorry. Out, you say? That door?.. OK.

You could also move the TV closer to the sofa.

Arr. 🦜

Huh. You’re right. :)

I’m always unsure where suffering or health issues from brachycephaly (short head) start and what is uncritical healthwise.

I mean, they look healthy… :)

Simultaneous translation is a difficult job. And then he has to translate words without any meaning. That’s tough. I feel for him.

If one must emphasize that the cheso is indeed cheesy, I would be suspicious.

Your distant ancestors were wolves. You have come far. :)

Thanks for the interesting read.

To clarify: I mentioned him, as a person who had to endure murder threats and assassination attempts (for decades) because he openly stated his thoughts. I haven’t read his books or know his opinions. My point is that his life is threatened for writing up his ideas.

It can’t be said clear enough that Israel’s military is committing horrible crimes in Gaza. This can’t be justified. That’s a point which doesn’t need to be argued about I think. Everyone who stands up to end the suffering is right. On the other side it is really complicated to talk about anything besides this point.

Europe: 0 (if you exclude Belarus)

The deterrent effect of the death penalty isn’t proven. I don’t see positive effects if it doesn’t help to prevent crimes. (there are other measures which do work)

I’m glad that it is that way here. I wouldn’t want to live in a country that threatens to kill its inhabitants.

Edit: on second thought, my comment is off topic. Since the question was how many and not why. Sorry.

10 years and not much has changed. The violent extremists are still out there. Charly Hebdo just made some mediocre comics and they got executed for it.

Just take a look at the life of Salman Rushdie.

Some humans are heinous. (No, i dont talk about the peaceful people which just take hope and strength from their belief. The violent ones. And the ones who use religion opportunistically for their cause.)

Good age. Bad guy. RIP.

Any displayport source can (per DP standard) deliver HDMI, you just need a dp->hdmi adapter or cable. An explanatory article from 2008 translated via google.

The other way around is harder to achieve but works, too (needs an active adapter to convert the signal).

Is Bernd the fascist invited, too?

On second thought, he could also ask some guys from CSU/ CDU with their “christian beliefs” (en) and maybe some opportunistic SPD fellows to join.

Something, something. The jews.

See? There it is. The cultivated thought of groups with insurmountable differences - in this case a theological belief, it could as well be the color of the skin or some way of life. The forming of arbitrary groups, sides, us and them. It’s just an arbitrary classification, there is no difference between jews or muslims that hinders them to live next to each other.

(It’s more complicated than that yes. There are always shades of grey.)

I don’t see the connection between your ant/boy example and the series of wars and conflicts between Israel and the surrounding nations and organisations (Egypt, Palestine, Hamas, Lebanon, hesbollah, Iran, Jordan) let’s say since 1948. Would you elaborate on that?

I’m not very deep in the conflict, so please correct me. To me it looks like Israel is surrounded by states and organizations whose aim is to get rid of Israel because they are not Arab - hence Israel’s strong and expensive military. Israel on the other side is rigid on the status of the occupied palestinian territories and threatens to destroy everybody who dares to attack them. And they did that after the attacks in 2023, including all the war crimes they committed.

No party did nearly enough to defuse the situation before 2023. And the result is another round of human suffering and more hate and anger. That’s why I said: everyone is the asshole here.

Accountability of a human decision maker is the way to go. Agreed.

I see the danger when the accountant’s job asks for high throughput which enforces fast decision making and the tool (llm) offers fast and easy decisions. What is the accountant going to do, if (s)he just sees cases instead of people and fates?

Please don’t. Alcoholism is a disease. That’s different.

Edit: wording

Needs more scrolling wall of text for my liking. ;)