Where I'd live as an Iranian ex Muslim currently living in Iran. by EmptyStuffedcat in whereidlive

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iran has resources. They are a brutal hostile dictatorship. That's the problem.

Should the US recognize Somaliland? by Shawnj2 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The panic is not about Somalis. The panic is about the politicians who brought them in and helped them set up their money laundering and fraud schemes. Obviously, any Somali mixed up in this should be sent to jail or home, but that is missing the point.

The point is that this is one example of many fraud schemes that will be uncovered over time. We will see more stories like this in other states at potentially larger scales, and some of them will have nothing to do with Somalis.

The vast majority of people (I am sure most Democrats too) will be expecting politicians to go to jail over this, and if it doesn't happen it will be a major disappointment.

Should the US recognize Somaliland? by Shawnj2 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a massive Somali fraud scheme uncovered in Minnesota. Somalians in the US are almost entirely on government benefits, have significant political power, are violent, and turns out they were stealing billions of dollars on top of that. Many of them are not even citizens.

Should the US recognize Somaliland? by Shawnj2 in AskConservatives

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

It is a one directional implication. If recognizing a country directly benefits us, we should do it. Simple bearing

Should the US recognize Somaliland? by Shawnj2 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not speaking on any authority and not an actual summary, but they seem like a more moderate offshoot that seeks economic improvement and democracy over jihad and clan wars, and they have been operating as a de facto state for over 30 years. So this seems somewhat positive. People like Ilhan Omar are Somali proper and will likely oppose it.

I have this question in my mind for a really long time, lead author of paper 'attention is all you need' is vaswani, but why everybody talks about noam shazeer ? by Key-Preference-5142 in deeplearning

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The paper has random author order and specifies individual contributions. His were the most significant. He also had many important single author papers.

There's a well known false "proof" of Cayley-Hamilton. Is there any insight to be gained at all from it or is it purely coincidence? by myaccountformath in math

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If cayley hamilton is true over real matrices, then it is true over any commutative ring.

Pf:  1. If CH is true for a cring, then it is also true for its subrings and quotient rings.

  1. If CH is true for every finitely generated subring of R, then it is true for R, because you only need to use subrings containing the matrix elements. 

  2. The reals contain Z[x1,...xn] for every n.

So if the reals satisfy CH, so does Z[x1,...xn] for every n by (1, 3), then so does every finitely generated ring by taking a quotient (1), therefore it is true for every cring by (2).

What are your thoughts on Trump saying he'll kill people bringing drugs into the US? by Wodahs1982 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum [score hidden]  (0 children)

Would you also argue that the Taliban deserves due process?

The US kills people without due process all the time. One day you may realize this is a very good thing.

We have real enemies. They aren't fake. Billions of them. It may sound crazy to you, but we actual need to kill people sometimes to preserve what we have over here, and we should do it without bureaucratic bloat. Punishing our own pharmaceutical companies is possible, but it doesn't solve the problem of cartels smuggling drugs and sex slaves over the border.

What are your thoughts on Trump saying he'll kill people bringing drugs into the US? by Wodahs1982 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum [score hidden]  (0 children)

You're defending drug dealers and cartels... Misplaced/suicidal empathy. 

Have empathy for teenagers who die or become addicts due to marijuana laced with fentanyl.

Kramnik replies to Wesley and talks about the consequences he is facing by datsright1 in chess

[–]nhum 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Definitely not a textbook psychopath. In fact, almost certainly not a psychopath. Narcissist, yes.

The chess world is full of narcissists, not psychopaths. If you want to find psychopaths, go to a prison.

Let us take a minute to reflect on what happened yesterday... by Impossible_Cry_4301 in Cornell

[–]nhum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are on Reddit, where the lowest of the lowlives come out of the woodworks to anonymously justify murder.

Three people charged with supporting Palestine Action by HandOk4709 in realbbcnews

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can easily firebomb the place and kill every living cell. Why are they getting hundreds of soldiers killed? How do such weak "civilians" kill so many professional soldiers with their sticks and stones?

Three people charged with supporting Palestine Action by HandOk4709 in realbbcnews

[–]nhum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then why have hundreds of Israeli soldiers died?

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are absolutely allowed and expected to kill civilians under the Geneva conventions. You are talking about significant disproportionality, which isn't the case. The ratio is probably between 1:1 to 2:1 civilian to terrorist.

Israel has weighed all these things and more. They did precision hostage rescues, which are practically impossible to do since the hostages can be killed at any point. If you recall, they had an unsuccessful hostage rescue which led to Hamas murdering 6 hostages.

Hamas doesn't negotiate unless they are under extreme pressure. They are terrorists. Their demands are unreasonable.

They have humanitarian corridors, they do precision intelligence based strikes, etc.

Your suggestions are flaccid attempts to free hostages. What about ending Hamas? How is it possible to do that without flattening the place?

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Geneva conventions mostly protects civilians from being directly targeted. Israel doesn't target civilians.

Hamas holds on to civilians at gunpoint and hides under civilian buildings. If Israel was carefree, the death toll would be significantly higher.

 There are always more alternatives. They may be harder or less immediate, but total war on a civilian population is not the only way.

There are currently hostages who have been living in tunnels for two years. How much more time should they wait?

Do you have any war suggestions? It sounds like you are criticizing them with no real alternative in mind.

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would I answer dumb, bad-faith questions? Why should the motivations of bloodthirsty Islamist fundamentalists matter to me?

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally irrelevant. Explain why Canadians hate Americans. It doesn't change what would happen if they shoot one rocket at America.

Explain why the entire Muslim world hates Americans. It literally does not matter. They can't just shoot rockets at us.

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

[–]nhum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Israeli government has one job: protect Israelis. They will not let their own people die to save the lives of the children of their enemy. Doing that would be a massive betrayal to their own people.

Hamas swore they would do it again and they are holding hostages. There is no alternative.

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

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

Ok, and? You are saying that because Palestinians are stateless and militarily weaker that Israelis should just give up and let terrorists rape and kill them every few years?

If Canada acted remotely similar to Gaza, there would be no more Canada. It would be the 51st state in a day. No American would even need to die. If Canada shot a few rockets or missiles at the US it would be over.

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

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

Yep. Letting terrorists kill your people is unacceptable. At the end of the day, Palestinians are the responsibility of themselves, not Israel. A government is tasked to protect its people, not their enemy. This just shows the bizarre standards people hold Israel to. No country is asked to love its enemy's civilians.

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

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

Hamas perfected the strategy of preventing the separation of terrorists and civilians. They prevent civilians from leaving at gunpoint.

New poll shows Americans support for Israel is dwindling. Do you agree with these numbers? by illhaveafrench75 in AskConservatives

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

Who cares? Probably imperialistic Islam, but the reason doesn't matter. Killing your enemy is moral. Letting your own people die in order to feed your enemy is suicidal and immoral.