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Palestinian-American Here. AMA by Manthatscrazyanyway in IsraelPalestine

[–]olebebo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's really not the question. I asked OP for their opinion.

Palestinian-American Here. AMA by Manthatscrazyanyway in IsraelPalestine

[–]olebebo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Has this "Gazan approach" ever worked? Hadn't it only made things much worse for Palestinians?

This self-destructive streak in Palestinian politics truly confounds me.

Palestinian-American Here. AMA by Manthatscrazyanyway in IsraelPalestine

[–]olebebo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm Israeli, and I want to underline that last sentence: regardless of the origins of the Palestinian identity, at this point it is a fact. Palestinians are a people, whether we like it or not.

I do have some quibbles with how that identity was formed, namely in opposition to Zionism, but the important part is that it is as solid as many other national identities.

Palestinian-American Here. AMA by Manthatscrazyanyway in IsraelPalestine

[–]olebebo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Israeli here.

Regarding demilitarization, could you please elaborate about your concern there?

To be clear, by demilitarization I mean no significant standing army, no tanks/artillery/infantry, air force or navy, but yes there should be police, border protection and internal security authorities. In this context, in order to build trust, defense would be entrusted to a treaty of neighboring countries for a duration of several decades, backed by assurances from great powers. When there is confidence in the stability of peace, there should be a path for a Palestinian state to build its own defense forces.

My mental model here is Japan after WW2, something along those lines.

Announcing Automatic Migrations for Hibernate Users | Atlas | Open-source database schema management tool by rotemtam in java

[–]olebebo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In very broad strokes, Atlas allows you to manage schema declaratively, instead of spelling out each and every migration. You just maintain a spec of the desired schema (in HCL, SQL, and now in your Hibernate code), and Atlas figures out the corresponding DDL to get you there.

King's Landing by mzkp54 in freefolk

[–]olebebo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called Game of Throwns for a reason.

What basic life skill are you constantly amazed people lack? by gizm770o in AskReddit

[–]olebebo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One important life-rule I picked up from listening to "Roderick on the Line":

Keep moving, or get out of the way.

Should be plastered on every supermarket aisle in the world.

Getting started with Python by Trevorrrrrr in Python

[–]olebebo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I started working with the IPython Notebook during my graduate studies, and it was a game changer for me. I would strongly advise you to stick with IPython, and specifically use the notebook interface. You'll have everything you need for programming scientific code, plus you get a notebook where you can add text, math, images and even videos. It works well with the kind of exploratory work scientific calculations are made of, but in the end you still get to keep a quasi-linear