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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 children)

But the floppy diskette and the "hard disks" did in fact have circular discs inside that spin around.

I suspect that the word diskette was created as an analog to tape "cassette". With both diskette and cassette, the media is stored inside an enclosure, and you don't have to take it out manually.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

On the other hand a human on a bicycle is way more effective at moving around than a human on foot. Somehow the bicycle has created a lot of efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even worse if you think your idea is just the best darn thing to come along since sliced bread. And then Dr. 1995 comes along and lays out the whole thing in a footnote in a paper on a different topic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I sure hope you have some peer reviewed clinical studies to back up a controversial statement like that!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

The Geneva conventions are not monolithic documents, and they are not completely uncontroversial. I believe the article 51 you refer to is in a 1978 addon protocol that Israel has not ratified. For reference, there is a different article 51 in the original 1949 conventions, that talks about when an occupying army may conscript civilian labor.

Like any other international treaties, the conventions only apply to countries that have signed on and ratified the treaties. The United States and Israel have not ratified the additional protocol, so from their perspective they are not bound by the text.

The original 1949 conventions do have protections for civilians, but they are weaker protections. Ratiometric evidence of civilian casualties is heartbreaking, but unfortunately simply not relevant to the 1949 conventions. Under those rules, if a facility is used by your enemy to harm you, you can attack that facility. Period.

IDF is always careful to portray how they scrupulously follow the 1949 conventions when they speak to the media. Clear violations that become public are referred to investigation.

As in any war, some elements of IDF are almost certainly violating the conventions. But as a USian I don't think I'll get close to understanding the truth any time soon. I basically don't trust any news source coming out of that region any more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Watermelon Man" by Herbie Hancock has a beer bottle solo credited to Bill Summers.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

Stupid freakin reposts.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Quadruple the reactivity!

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(I am not a chemist, and I am not your chemist. These statements should not be construed as chemistry advice.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I believe the German tanks are already traversing the steppes of Ukraine that they yearn for.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

If you've met the deductible for the plan year, the deductible is now off the table. And presumably you need to look at your policy to see what it covers after the deductible is met.

"50% before deductible" is an odd term that I haven't seen in an health insurance policy. Usually, coinsurance doesn't kick in until after the deductible is met.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

criminal lawsuit?

What? Do they mean "criminal prosecution?"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

That's cleanliness you can see.

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