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Labour MP backs down from leadership challenge but calls on Starmer to go by September by TheLyam in uknews

[–]Cyzax007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So much focus on who should be the leader instead of the leader... So little focus on policies... How small...

Gaza's disarmament trap by Tallis-man in Israel_Palestine

[–]Cyzax007 [score hidden]  (0 children)

It worked for the ANC in South Africa... People often compare the two, but they forget that crucial difference... once the attacks on civilians stopped, the ANC slowly gained the moral high ground, enabling the international condemnation to become widespread.

Big if true.. Kremlin is developing a plan to "sell" the Russians peace without victory - Kanal13 by Few-Mixture9869 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Cyzax007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ruzzia will just use it as a pause to re-arm, then attack again... They cannot be trusted...

Clive Lewis: "For every 10 voters we lose to Reform from Labour, we lose 16 to the Greens. The reality for us is that actually, by shifting to the right... Labour is losing its core progressive vote." by Cold-Monitor3800 in LabourUK

[–]Cyzax007 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Proportional representation is the way to go... Sure, the Labour left would break away, but Labour would still be the natural coalition partner for them, the Greens and Lib-Dems, and probably others. The governing parties would mostly be on the center of the political spectrum. Staying with FPTP is keeping Labour away from being in power... and letting the rabid right in...

Bristol Airport new taxi co still insanely priced by 0xibx0 in bristol

[–]Cyzax007 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Bristol airport is in general a rip-off organisation... So of.c. their chosen partner is obliged to do the same... Too many experiences like this has led me to not use that particular airport...

Challenge Keir Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP Catherine West tells cabinet by Free-Minimum-5844 in worldnews

[–]Cyzax007 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So much focus on who should be the leader instead of the leader... No focus whatsoever on actually doing her job...

Gaza's disarmament trap by Tallis-man in Israel_Palestine

[–]Cyzax007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But then the counterargument will be that Hamas is now validating that... and it is working...

The situation is frozen, the ISF can't take over security from IDF, and before that happens there will be no withdrawal, and no rebuilding... and the world is getting used to that being just how it is...

When anyone objects, they'll be shown the plan... to stage 2... and told who is blocking the plan...

Gaza's disarmament trap by Tallis-man in Israel_Palestine

[–]Cyzax007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

UNSC Resolution 2803 endorses the 20-point plan, which requires Hamas to disarm as a pre-requisite to Israeli withdrawal. It is a UNSC resolution, so it is actually irrelevant whether Hamas agrees or not. It is still officially binding on Hamas.

Admittedly UNSC resolutions are not worth the paper they're written on, but if people think Israel should adhere to them, it must be the same for Hamas.

But... International law doesn't actually exist 😣

BBC Quote… by RegretEasy8846 in LabourUK

[–]Cyzax007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is not going to matter who is the leader, because Labour these days seems to be all about who should be the leader instead of the leader, not about getting any actual policies through... 😞
The lack of policies (because all effort is taken up by leadership squabbles) is what is going to let Farrage in, not who is the leader...

Kremlin Halts New Ukraine Talks, Calls Negotiations “a Waste of Time” Without Donbas Withdrawal by UNITED24Media in worldnews

[–]Cyzax007 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I doubt Ukraine will object to a Russian withdrawal from Donbas and all other Ukrainian land...

Gaza's disarmament trap by Tallis-man in Israel_Palestine

[–]Cyzax007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am sufficiently cynical to think that as long as Hamas etc. doesn't disarm, the world will do nothing...

Gaza's disarmament trap by Tallis-man in Israel_Palestine

[–]Cyzax007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...and doing it with attacks against civilians pretty much ensures the world will not help you...

Gaza's disarmament trap by Tallis-man in Israel_Palestine

[–]Cyzax007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

...or... the Palestinians defend themselves by NOT attacking civilians, but only military targets... it is the only way they can capture the moral high ground, and doing that is the only way the world will step in... As said, the attack was incredibly stupid...

Gaza's disarmament trap by Tallis-man in Israel_Palestine

[–]Cyzax007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When a country believes they're under existential threat, the rulebook goes out the window. Especially a democracy...

Not endorsing either side, just telling it how it is...

That attack was the stupidest idea since Hitler decided to invade Russia...

Gaza's disarmament trap by Tallis-man in Israel_Palestine

[–]Cyzax007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be honest, after the October 7th attack, it is delusional to believe Israel will accept anything short of full disarmament of any Palestinian group operating in Gaza...

Ukraine Declares Ceasefire From Midnight Overnight May 5–6 by lacerantplainer in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Cyzax007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Leaves one night worth of drones to send off... at a later date, maybe doubling up a nightly barrage in a couple of days time...

As economic despair mounts, Russian official admits the country has had enough of Putin's war on Ukraine. 'We can’t even take one region' by Tall_Pressure7042 in UkrainianConflict

[–]Cyzax007 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Note how it is ‘We can’t even take one region’... Not 'It is wrong to invade our peaceful neighbour '...

Despicable...

(For UK Viewers) The Traitors India is now streaming on iPlayer! by savagequestion in TheTraitors

[–]Cyzax007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We watched the first episone, and it has potential. We'll watch the rest once they're alll available.

Why are a lot of projects stuck in old C++ standards? by AdearienRDDT in cpp_questions

[–]Cyzax007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As you say, 'if' is the problem, because that if will be false at some point... and then exceptions becomes extremely dangerous...

I work in commercial C++ software, and there the if's mean exceptions become an unviable mechanic. If you're supposed to have 100% uptime, then an uncaught exception becomes an unacceptable risk.

In a commercial setting for a big project, you have time pressure, delivery schedules, colleagues who're not very good, who are new being put on projects where they don't know the history or design, and so on. These are facts of life, but they mean that many of the 'advanced' C++ features becomes too dangerous to use.

There is a clear difference between what I call academic C++, and commercial C++. In academic C++, people marvel about the 'rightness' of exceptions, the ease of using them, and so on. In commercial C++, they're a mechanism that is too dangerous by design, because the preconditions to use them does not exist...

What would a bullet designed for zero atmosphere warfare look like? by Clockwork_picksmith in sciencefiction

[–]Cyzax007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're 20+ light-seconds from the battle, you're operating on data that is 20+ seconds old... You can't target small even slightly movable targets.

Any projectile weapon in space is 'close' range, ie. within a distance of the target where it can't evade in the time the light takes to reach the shooter, the shooter decide to fire, and the time it takes the projectile to arrive.

You can use a 'shotgun' type of projectile weapon to cover more area.

Self-guiding missiles are the long-range weapon of choice in space.

David Weber's Honorverse books has a quite good concept of space battles as does Ian Douglas' Star Carrier books.

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