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[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

If Israel intentionally targeted civilians not around the enemy because they elected Hamas as their government this enabling state sponsors terrorism, it would be considered collective punishment.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/30/1209308436/west-bank-israel-jenin-palestinians-killed-raids-airstrike-mosque

Israel is also attacking the West Bank, where there is no Hamas.

Hiding amongst your own civilians

I have never understood this argument of terrorists "hiding" amongst civilians. Terrorists are people, that live in residential buildings, that pray in temples, and that go to hospitals when they are injured or ill.

My country, Spain, had a huge problem between the 1970s and the 2010s with the terrorist group ETA. But nobody was ever so fucking psycho as to suggest bombing the places in the Basque country were the terrorists lived. There are other ways of fighting against terrorism that don't include the killing of civilians.

They are targeting the enemy.

No. They are targeting civilian areas where there are maybe some enemies.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 years ago

Or the residents of Gaza strip

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

“We note that there are contrary requirements on drivers in that they must respect the minimum [sic] time, they are attempting to create manageable gaps to cars in front, yet they are also required to avoid unnecessarily stopping at the pit exit or driving unnecessarily slowly. It was also particularly noted that the race director accepted that these contrary requirements exist.”

This is such a load of bullshit. Respecting the maximum lap time is a requirement set by the director's race notes. Avoiding stopping and/or driving unnecessarily slowly at the pit exit is a requirement set by the rulebook. Creating a manageable gap to cars in front is NOT a requirement. It is a competitive advantage. And as such, drivers and teams are free to pursue an advantage as long as they are within the requirements. There aren't contrary requirements. You either set a lap earlier than everybody else when the track is not in optimal conditions, or you wait till the last moment and take the risk of traffic.

If I were Leclerc or Hamilton, I would use this ruling to challenge last week's DSQ. After all, there are two contrary requirements if we follow the stewards' logic: the requirement of the wear of the planck and the requirement of running low to maximize ground effect.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 87 points 2 years ago (9 children)

can live on [...] soil nutrients

Except they don't. Carnivorous plants evolved in soils that are poor in nitrates and/or phosphates, so they get them from their preys.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

What is the ratio of Stanley Nickels to XBucks?

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Israel has full control over the airspace, seaports, and TV transmissions, in addition to imposing a blockade. Doesn't sound like "separated" to me.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The entire strip is Hamas according to the IDF

The IDF issued an order to evacuate the north part of Gaza. So anyone that didn't evacuate? Hamas. And the people who evacuated? Hamas using human shields. Sadly this isn't satire, it is the IDF's actual justification.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 26 points 2 years ago (6 children)

They will use this law to deny citizenship to people from Palestine

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

For a long time, it was believed that Hawking radiation is thermal and doesn't carry information, except for the mass/radius/temperature of the black hole.

In 2004, Hawking conceded that, due to the holographic principle, information wasn't lost. The basic idea is that the infalling matter can gravitationally deform the horizon and thus modify the distribution of Hawking radiation from the pure thermal emission. And the interesting point is that the entropy of the black hole is proportional to its area and not its volume (holography), so the deformation of the horizon is sufficient to recover all the "missing" information.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago (9 children)

If we are talking about main objectives publicly stated and action supported, maybe you should listen to the Israeli foreign minister:

At the end of this war, not only will Hamas no longer be in Gaza, but the territory of Gaza will also decrease

This isn't a security issue, it is an invasion.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Ah, yes. those Arabic countries like *checks notes* Brazil

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Very back-of-envelop calculation:

The quantum scale is characterized by an action comparable to the Planck constant, hbar=6.6x10^-16^ eV s. A quick wikipedia search tells us that the typical electric impulse needs at least 25 mV (from -70 mV in the resting state to -55 mV in the threshold), and lasts around 1 ms, giving an action of 2.5x10^-5^ eV s, which is 300 billion times larger that the quantum noise.

 
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White to play and mate in 5 (media.mastodon.cloud)
 

Position from yesterday's game Carlsen vs Pantsulaia, Round 2 of the World Cup

 

The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The top 3 players qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament.

Format

Each match consists of two classical games of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with increment of 30 seconds per move. No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.

In case of a tie, a play-off is played the third day, consisting in two 25+10 rapid games, then two 10+10 games and then two 5+3 games. If still tied, individual 3+2 games until a player wins.

Players

206 players are participating in the open section, and 103 in the Women's section. The top 50 are seeded directly to round 2.

The list of players includes Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ju Wenjun and many others.

Schedule

  • Round 1: July 30-August 1
  • Round 2: August 2-August 4
  • Round 3: August 5-August 7
  • Round 4: August 9-August 11
  • Round 5: August 12-August 14
  • Round 6: August 15-August 17
  • Round 7: August 19-August 21
  • Final & 3rd place match: August 22-August 24

Links

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FIDE World Chess Cup 2023 (worldcup2023.fide.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jalda@sopuli.xyz to c/chess@lemmy.ml
 

The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The top 3 players qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament.

Format

Each match consists of two classical games of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with increment of 30 seconds per move. No draw offers are allowed until after move 30.

In case of a tie, a play-off is played the third day, consisting in two 25+10 rapid games, then two 10+10 games and then two 5+3 games. If still tied, individual 3+2 games until a player wins.

Players

206 players are participating in the open section, and 103 in the Women's section. The top 50 are seeded directly to round 2.

The list of players includes Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ju Wenjun and many others.

Schedule

  • Round 1: July 30-August 1
  • Round 2: August 2-August 4
  • Round 3: August 5-August 7
  • Round 4: August 9-August 11
  • Round 5: August 12-August 14
  • Round 6: August 15-August 17
  • Round 7: August 19-August 21
  • Final & 3rd place match: August 22-August 24

Links

 

The restriction is he is not allowed to play players from Russia or Belarus. Ivanchuk says he will honor the restriction.

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