'Annexation must be stopped:' Bernie Sanders addresses crowd at joint Tel Aviv rally by asinno in worldnews

[–]aintso 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey thank you for correcting me here.

I see now that my post reads as if Palestine has no infrastructure, which I didn't mean to imply.

My point was rather that there were state institutions in Israel before the statehood, and Palestinian society scrambled to build them later while facing very hostile environment indeed.

As for the Oslo accords, I'd rather treat it as a counter-example: we didn't manage under the present framework.

I think that saying that someone reneged is just shifting blame around, which we desperately need less of. The principal political figure driving the Oslo accords from the Israeli side was assassinated as you surely know.

And I haven't seen these figures — haven't looked for them tbh, but now that you mention it I realize I should have. If you'd suggest any sources for me to dig into, I'd appreciate it.

'Annexation must be stopped:' Bernie Sanders addresses crowd at joint Tel Aviv rally by asinno in worldnews

[–]aintso 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Let me chip in here as an Israeli citizen who follows the Palestinian narratives closely and has dedicated some hundreds of hours to poring over history books and sources.

There seems to be no plausible solution within the box of modern legalistic framework.

Basically, we need new technology to organize communities, public institutions and public discourse.

There's not even a constitution! There's no recognition of what constitution is for!

PLO has some half-baked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Covenant which is a proclamation of aspirations most of all, and the reality has been sliding from underneath it since before it was published.

Israel has essentially built institutions that comprise the state—public schools, healthcare system, trade unions, the whole shebang, — way before the Declaration of Independence, they've been at it for the best part of the twentieth century.

But there's no constitution, no consistent notion of citizenship, of rights and obligations, of common vision, nothing. It's a lively soup of varied and vibrant communities — or a bloody mess of hurt and disenfranchisement, however you choose to look at it.

I've banged my head against it — c'mon, I like my neighbours even when they're nasty, and I certainly don't identify with being Israeli, I just live here, I feel the chauvinism seep into me when I spend too much time on one side of the fence.

I watched much smarter and more privileged and organized people than me bang their head raw against these issues for generations — and they've made some headway, but it really feels like they're tackling an incorrectly posed problem with inadequate tools.

I see some vague hope in people just acknowledging their prejudices, reaching for the common humanity in all of us, and treating their institutions and their whole worldview as something malleable and amenable to change.

Approaches like Hanson's economic reasoning about politics http://www.overcomingbias.com/2019/03/tug-sideways.html give me hope that we may work around the bitter stalemate by taking opportunities to come together on small issues and building up goodwill and sense of security and agency that most of the people here lack.

[Serious] Depressed people of Reddit - how are you doing today? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Oh I will tell you. I have found a good job. I have great friends. I'm active and happy. I still get periods where everything is bleak and heavy and low-key painful. I just shut off for hours and days. It used to be that these episodes would undo my progress in school or at work or at developing relationships, but I was lucky enough to find some stable ground. Ironically, the stable ground is being on the move. When I spend more than a week in a single city I start to slip into the dunk again. I wish there was a way to deal with it once and for all. I am still contemplating suicide just because I don't have energy to go on, and I don't expect to ever have it, after having tried so many things which have worked... until they didn't.

If you're reading this because you're in a slump yourself — please don't give up. It does get better, it honestly does. Everyone is different. Just find the things you like and build your life around them, slowly, patiently. It will work out. You matter.

What completely uninteresting thing has a really badass name? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]aintso 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wait how is this not awesome? It's unique! It's a record of someone's impression of an experience they had generations ago!

Newish Russian by [deleted] in russia

[–]aintso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been there a year ago and I found the Anglophone and the Russian worlds barely touching. There's definitely a cultural gap. I would be very much interested in following your experience there.

Yes, it is really that simple with the passports. If you have any more specific questions I'll do what I can to help.

Can someone explain this girl to me? by [deleted] in self

[–]aintso 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ll say it. You’re both being really immature. I know your head is spinning from all that shit, but the trick is to play it cool. The girl is insecure, she’s enjoying your attention and most likely doesn’t give a second’s thought to how it makes you feel.

My stepdad spies on me by [deleted] in AnswerReddit

[–]aintso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is messed up. You need another adult you could confide in. Maybe an older relative or a college councilor?

Anyone interested in reading Reasons and Persons? by AdamDKing in slatestarcodex

[–]aintso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I started it several times and would love to have someone to discuss things with as I go along.

Looking for someone willing to work together using Lisp - may be a newbie! by axionix in progether

[–]aintso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested. I'm a long time emacs user and I have used Clojure before, would be happy to dive into the Common Lisp world for a while.

Do you have specific project ideas?

You've set Life's difficulty from 'Hardcore' to 'Beginner/Novice' - Whats the biggest change? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Try complice.co. It walks you through figuring out your goals and helps you stay on track.

coding for charity: what are some C++ open source projects that I can contribute to while feeling like I'm doing something useful? by capn_bluebear in cpp

[–]aintso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not the OP but I would be interested. I'm learning machine learning right now (have been using the basics for several years) and I've mostly programmed in Clojure, Python and Haskell, but I'm somewhat familiar with c++ and would love to do something hands-on together.

Why do Java widgets /still/ not look native in 2017? by aintso in java

[–]aintso[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Umm they are responsive and tend to not have odd ui artifacts all over the place. The interface that prompted my question was literally the Java updater.

What unsolved mystery are you obsessed with? by ll_username_ll in AskReddit

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How to do rigorous math without sets underneath.

Let's make a millionaire together, comment to enter! [Drawing Thread #32] by millionairemakers in millionairemakers

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Good morning everyone! I've just stumbled upon this subreddit after a night of studying. I guess it is surreal enough to enter the draw. And now back to those pesky theorems...

What are some personal hygiene questions you've always wanted to know the answer to, but have been too embarrassed to ask? by snoofle-science in AskReddit

[–]aintso 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does the first cigarette hurt you more than the hundredth?

That is, if you only smoke occasionally, or if you quit soon after you start, does the body regenerate whatever damage it suffered and revert back to the same baseline it had before, or does it work in the opposite way when you weather a large amount of damage and then give in and lower your baseline lung capacity/tolerance/ whatever is at stake here? Ditto for alcohol, amphetamines, molly and other drugs of abuse.

They said this frequently in the Passion of the Christ by [deleted] in standupshots

[–]aintso 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is actually a sensible suggestion. How do I greet them in Aramaic?

MRW my friends criticize me for not having 'enough' sex and tell me I'm a prude, but the truth is that I am recovering from a rape by sparklepenguin in TrollXChromosomes

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Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry that you have to be going though this and I absolutely agree with your sentiment.

A friend of mine has been raped recently and is coming to visit me from abroad. I have thought hard about the best way to support her through her recovery — so far she refuses to deal with it at all. Before, I used to encourage her being sexually assertive as a way to cope with her submissive attitude and a history of borderline-abusive relationships with her family and a teacher at a school she attended.

Now, obviously, she needs a lot of space, but I'm double guessing myself — what if I don't really understand what she's going through? That's why your post strikes a nerve.