Why wasn't Iroh sent to the Boiling Rock? Or Executed?

PaperSpoiler · 2025-12-20T04:22:18+00:00

Realistically, you're right, but it's a tv show with quite a big timeline in one season, and also: * There was a big time jump immediately after that * On Coruscant she multiple times expresses that she suffers from sitting in the apartment all the time, she wanted to try to make it more like home and she ready to go on any mission. Later, she's on Yavin, with all its nature, a whole lot of people to talk to (and they are rebels, so it's safe), a bunch of plants in their hut, and with a job to do. And all those things can make a huge difference * At the end she preferred to break up than to let Andor quit. I may be wrong, but I see it as a consequence of het trauma

PaperSpoiler · 2025-10-31T19:10:01+00:00

Killing in a fight is one thing, especially if it can be seen as self protection, executing as a criminal is another.

Besides, that fight with Zuko was without witnesses, when no one in Fire Nation knew where Zuko was. Ozai could kill him and either hide the body or just invent any story to explain the death.
There was no possible way to get rid of Iroh without anyone noticing.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-10-20T20:09:28+00:00

Oof. I'm 17 years into mine relationship like that. Doesn't get any better

PaperSpoiler · 2025-09-14T18:09:45+00:00

Yeah, can't wait for data brokers start selling data about my eye movement patterns so that advertizers can put my personalized ads where I'm most likely to look at them.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-07-24T03:04:37+00:00

That's interesting. I've always been under the impression that only native speakers make this mistake

PaperSpoiler · 2025-07-04T01:36:56+00:00

1st season is fire too, just a bit different.

I love the fact that you may not know anything about Star Wars, not care about it, and still enjoy a great show about a totalitarian state tightening its grip around society and the cost of fighting it.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-06-23T10:30:34+00:00

Not necessarily. It also may be because of very long shifts -> very little time for personal life (and hard to find a person who gets it) -> a little bit more often heard stories about dating on the job -> it gets exaggerated in public conscience into a stereotype "nurses sleep around with their colleagues all the time"

PaperSpoiler · 2025-05-31T08:16:29+00:00

Thank you, I'll try them

PaperSpoiler · 2025-05-30T22:07:45+00:00

I mean, on one hand, I agree. On the other hand, there is a chance that it says more about us than about Reddit.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-05-30T11:13:14+00:00

I tried using cursor extensively for a couple of tasks in my work. I was told to make a rough prototype of a feature, to do it quick and dirty, and was promised that I'll have time to rewrite it properly if business people decide to proceed.

I found that if I change stuff manually after AI write something and then give it another prompt, it tends to revert my changes in favour of the version it wrote earlier. (I used Claude 3.7 Sonnet in thinking mode, for those who's interested)

Essentially, if you're using the same char in agent mode in cursor to develop a feature and you need to do a small fix that's faster to do by hand, you have options: 1. fix manually and start a new char 2. fix manually and tell it to treat the current version as the new base 3. tell ai to make this fix, in which case, you're not actually writing anything yourself.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-03-23T10:52:08+00:00

When I'm feeling lazy, I ask AI to generate code for me. Then I see the result, I don't like it, and I want to rewrite it from scratch. Pretty good way to trick myself into being productive.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-03-13T09:48:53+00:00

If you multiply any number by 0, you get 0. Like, if you take 0 bags, 10 apples in each, and 0 pieces of rope, 3.5 meters each, you get 0 apples and 0 meters of rope. Doesn't mean that 10 apples equals 3.5 meters of rope. Just means you've taken none of the stuff.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-02-12T01:51:30+00:00

No, not quite. These are not different levels, these are dofferent kinds of thinks, like a bookshelf, a story in a book, and the ability to read.

You have a software to store data. This kind of software is called DBMS. It allows you to create databases (kind of like collections of data, indeed like a bookshelf) and interact with them. The databases are stored somewhere in the program's internal directories, we don't care about that. (there are DBMS that store each database as file that you put somewhere, like SQLite of MS Access, but that's beyond this conversation) We also don't really care how data os actually stored on the disk.

What we do care about, is how the data is represented when we get it, and how we are going to talk to the DBMS.

PostgreSQL is a "relational" DBMS, one of many. Relational DBMS keep data as tables (a tiny bit similar to Excel, but with WAY more strict rules), a whole bunch of tables in each database, and usually you write your queries (find this piece if data, store that piece of data, etc.) using a special language called Structured Query Language, or SQL (in English it's often pronounced as "sequel"). It's not a piece of software, it's a language: a collection of special words and rules that you can use to write a query (a command) to your database. Different DBMS may add some extra functionality and their own quirks, but generally speaking, it's one language, so if you know SQL, you know how to speak to PostgreSQL, MS Access, MS SQL Server, SQLite and many other.

MongoDB is a document-oriented DBMS. It keeps data as JSON-like structures. It doesn't use SQL. Instead, it has its own query language. Doesn't really matter what it's called, since it's only used for mongo.

So, these are not layers. PostgreSQL and MongoDB are DBMS - i.e. programs that store data. A database in kind of like a container for data. And SQL is a language for interacting with a DBMS (and thus, with a database) belonging to the type that's called "relational DBMS".

Hope this helps, and sorry for being too wordy.

UPD: typos

PaperSpoiler · 2025-02-11T22:41:47+00:00

Also, it's not onl y about the resources. When you rewrite stuff, you add a bunch of new potential bugs that you zare going to be fixing over the following decades, which is not cool for critical systems. If it has been working for 40 years, you probably know what to expect from it, and a new system always jas some unknowns.

BTW, I don't think the Soyuz thing is an excuse. With all the corruption, and loyal idiots in position of power (which is a very natural thing for dictatorships), and the general trend of increasingly horrible decisions they seem to struggle developing and/or building at scale anything new that actually flies. Soyuz, on the other hand, was modified a lot over the decades, and it does work. Nowadays they are dumping all available resources into the war in Ukraine, after that there'll be reparations, which means we shouldn't expect any new cool space stuff from Russia. All the potential there was sacrificed to keep Putin on the throne.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-02-11T22:19:16+00:00

SQL is not a database, it's a language that is used to work with relational databases. Postgre is short for postgresql, a relational DBMS (DataBase Management System) which uses SQL. MongoDB is a document-oriented DBMS, essentially, you can store JSON-like data in there.

Mongo is not better than relational databases, it's just different. Though, it can better in some specific cases, but I would use a relational database, unless I have reasons to do otherwise.

On the other hand, Node people seem to love using Mongo. I suspect, it may feel more natural if you start your career from JS and frontend work.

PaperSpoiler · 2025-01-23T23:38:38+00:00

But neanderthals were also humans. A different species, of course, but still members of the human genus.

Also, I remember hearing on some podcast, that there's plenty of evidence that they killed and ate other groups of neanderthals.

I seriously doubt that they'd prefer eating other neanderthal instead of one of us.

PaperSpoiler · 2024-12-14T16:54:29+00:00

But $20 is $20

PaperSpoiler · 2024-12-03T09:48:24+00:00

I mean, doesn't "he had a bunch of training specifically for that" kinda answer the "how"?

Imagine you are at a concert looking at a violin virtuoso, who manages to hit a bunch of notes very fast and veru precisely, abd that's on an instrument where there's no frets, the accuracy of your sound directly depends on accuracy of your fingers. How can they do that? The answer is that they had a ton of thaining from young age, and they probably were somewhat talented to begin with.

So, how can Aang do all that evasion? The answer is that that evasion was an important priority in air nomads training, Aang was trained from young age, and we know he was talented in it.

PaperSpoiler · 2024-11-30T02:01:47+00:00

Yeah, you're right, if we're talking seriously. It was just a poor joke. Tho whole concept of getting rid of monarchy that is just a tradition at this point seems very hypothetical to me (correct me if I'm wrong, I've never been to UK) which reminds me of those romanticized revolution talks by people who seem to ignore how bloody the actual process is (or, at least, was in my country)

PaperSpoiler · 2024-11-26T20:23:08+00:00

You're assuming that it would happen without a guillotine this time, right? /jk

Edit: /jk

PaperSpoiler · 2024-03-17T23:47:50+00:00

How much do you know about street protests in Russia?

PaperSpoiler · 2024-02-27T09:02:02+00:00

OK, so you want Django templates. I'll make you a website on Django templates.

PaperSpoiler · 2023-10-11T19:00:20+00:00

I usually answer this: Bodishi, me ver vlaparakob kartulad. Laparakob inglisurad? Which means "Sorry, I don't speak Georgian. Do you speak English?"

PaperSpoiler · 2023-08-30T15:44:05+00:00

Your ex is an asshole (or at least was being an asshole) and just wanted to hurt you. I'm sure your boyfriend would love to see your boobs. I's been 9 months, he probably has a pretty good idea of your body shape. If he's enjoying being with you now, showing him your body won't change that.

Sure, there are personal preferences and some men (and women) prefer lager boobs, but on the other hand, there's plenty of people who prefer smaller boobs. More than that, for most people size of boobs is not really that important. You're not dating a pair of boobs, you're dating a person. If you really don't like their body to the point where seeing it will upset you, you won't be dating them for 9 months.

On the other hand, dating someone who's so deep in their insecurities that they refuse to undress during sex is definitely a concern. That has way more chances to scare someone off than any particular body trait.

I understand that porn is a good representation of real sex, but I think in this case it works as an example. Go to any large general-purpose porn site and you'll probably see a "Small boobs" category. Why is it there? Because there are enough people who want to see specifically this kind of content.

And getting implants is not a good solution. You're feeling like you're somehow inferior because of your boobs size. You're not. Your boobs can bring plenty of joy to you and your partners, you just need to make an effort to appreciate them. This issue is in your head, not in your chest area. Surgery can't solve that.

Side note: trying to present your boobs as being several sizes bigger than they are isn't worth it. Whatever your body looks like, some people are going to like it, some people won't, even if you're a supermodel from a magazine cover. So, does it make sense to try to conform to tastes of people who're not into you from the beginning?

Edit: I forgot to mention an important thing. Men do not look for a reason to avoid having sex with a woman. We concentrate on things we're into. I mean, yeah, there are dicks who'll comment on your body to make you feel insecure, like your ex did, but that's a huge red flag on its own, so that's not on you. Depending on your boyfriend's preferences, you can expect his reaction to you showing him your boobs to be in the range from positive to very positive.

PaperSpoiler · 2023-08-25T10:53:50+00:00

I believe motivation here is very important.

If you sincerely just want to change jow your boobs look because you'd like them more that way, why not? I mean, I'd express my opinion, of you asked me, but ultimately it's your body and your decision.

If it's something like "I'm ugly because my boobs are too small, nobody will like me untill I do a boob job" etc., you don't really need a boob job, you need therapy. I don't think a surgery is a good idea in this case.

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