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I certainly didn't intend it turn it into a flamewar. Posting the link was poor judgement on my part. My intent was to outline a particular branch of ideology, not a whole religion.

The unix way is re-parsing text 5000 times in separate programmes with no consistency or contract between them really.

That's not great.

I don't disagree but if America distances itself now it will lose credibility, something which is somewhat low on the international stage at the moment. It has however done wonders for the defence industry here in Europe now we can't trust a traditional political ally. (This is not a criticism of the US, but a criticism of the UK and EU who should have military and political independence)

I think you miss that people tend to become less idealistic and further right as they get older. The "boomer" generation is just replaced by more of the same people. It's never going to change.

Or programs writing to and others reading from a Unix pipe.

write(message), read() -> message

Or programs talking to each other using HTTP.

request() -> response

Or Erlang processes communicating concurrently on one machine or across a network.

sendMess(message), waitMess() -> message

Or different programs sharing one database.

execute(query) -> response

...

I'm a mathematician at heart so I'm staying away from category theory as long as possible.

I am criticising the ideology of Islamic extremism, which notably does not include non-extremists. That includes my white caucasian ex-Muslim friend and my Kyrgyz friend who is still a Muslim.

What you are doing is muddying the waters of the argument by making that association. Are you not the racist then by suggesting the attribution?

If you can't criticise extremism without being called a racist, we are truly and utterly fucked as as species.

Interfaces are just collections of function prototypes.

I think they are better funded than Russia :)

Those are called functions.

Humanity is pushing it. There are some serious lunatics on there.

And the fact that it’s under NDA makes IBM look even more shitty.

IBM and execs are full of shit and say that because they want other company execs to buy their AI products. They will lay people off because they cost money. No other reason.

You’re making an exclusionary argument to discredit mine and use the rewrite history point. Come on. My point stands as do your secondary points. But that was a principal contributing factor.

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No, it wouldn't. An interpretation of an ideology is not a race and conflating the two is disingenuous.

It might be but no one is checking the rules before they do stuff.

I agree there to some extent, but believe me it's not going to be all roses if you change the leadership. It will just be different actors. And in the transition time, things will get worse. I think you are chasing the wrong solution.

Thanks for clarification - have retracted my original comment. Much appreciated.

The Geneva "Recommendations" are pointless until someone wins decisively and has the ability to enforce them.

https://english.alarabiya.net/2016/03/11/Arab-League-declare...

I suspect it's somewhat inconsistent but they are a big problem for many states who are looking at political and economical stability.

So what's your solution then?

Incidentally it does work. It's just horrible. Nagasaki / Hiroshima are a fine example of forced capitulation. Now I'm not suggesting nuking anyone but the best way this ends, with the lowest future body count is someone wins decisively at this point.

It killed and injured more than 3 thousand people, including children.

Well the number of killed versus injured is significant and not mentioned. The mention of children is bundled with the large figure. It could be interpreted that 3000 people were killed, 2900 of which are children, which is exactly how it will be quoted and portrayed.

This is pretty irresponsible use of language.

Check headlines and how this is portrayed and compare the statistical figures mentioned. Also who is being quoted and if they are in quotes or how they are quoted. There's a lot of ambiguity.

In times of war, which this unfortunately is, irresponsible reporting is dangerous and leads to further problems.

What about The Arab League? They're designating them as terrorists, US or not...

Edit: Above is retracted - cjbprime found later information.

It's how you tell them

It killed and injured more than 3 thousand people, including children.

That can be rewritten with some academic honesty added if you try.

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They are dealing with it...

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-police-cla...

Ok I'll give you that. My 818 is horrid.

This is a straw man argument. I designate you as a banana! There, the word banana is now meaningless.

It is quite well defined.

But it stops a third wrong.

Well that solves the eternal rivalry between ICOM and Yaesu.

Considering Hezbollah is a designated terrorist organisation in many countries, this probably should be considered an anti-terrorist operation. The targets are enemy combatants.

Also notably, it clearly did not intentionally target civilians, although there may be civilian casualties which is uncharacteristic of a terrorist attack.