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Truncate the $PWD to ¼ of the terminal width and put the result into the command prompt:

    # truncate the $PWD
    function cut_pwd
    {
      newPWD="${PWD/#$HOME/\~}"
      local pwdmaxlen=$((${COLUMNS:-80}/4))
      if [ ${#newPWD} -gt $pwdmaxlen ]
      then
         newPWD=".+${newPWD: -$pwdmaxlen}"
      fi
    }

    PROMPT_COMMAND=cut_pwd
    PS1="\h:\${newPWD} \\$ "


So why not punish Israel as well?


I’m not touching that one


Israel is much closer to the western point of view on human rights for one thing.

It's OK for there to be an objective right and wrong in a conflict.


Are you claiming that Israel is objectively right in this conflict? If so, can you clarify what you mean by that?


Many, many people would see the forced formation of a new country over the top of an existing country, against their will, as objectively wrong.


> over the top of an existing country

There was no existing country, it was British territory, and Ottoman, and others. The last time the place was an independent country it was part of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, around 2,200 years ago. And now it's an independent Israel again.

Same place, same people, same name, same capital. Different laws and government though.


There are and were different groups of people who existed there and considered that land their homeland.


Everyone who was living in the area that considered the land their homeland were welcome to stay, maintain their private property, and join the fledgling nation. Arabs who stayed and abided by the UN agreement were given first-class citizenship and many went on to become leaders, run successful businesses, and even serve as officers in the IDF. Unfortunately, many rejected the UN agreement and even rejected the terms for a second Palestinian state for the alternative of trusting the call of neighboring nations to flee and fight. Unfortunately those neighboring nations ended up reneging on their word after losing the wars that they started and were not so welcoming towards those who fled, setting the stage for the current quagmire.

To be fair, the people alive now were not in a decision-making position back during the formation of Israel, but I wanted to bring up the historical context since we're discussing the formation period.

More background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_supporters_of_Israel



Exactly: arbitrary rules backed by a significant advantage in the use of force.


Still free speech, though.


Sure, he has the freedom to say it. And CNN has the freedom to terminate their contract with him.


Says the username judah :-)


Since we just warned you about this, I've banned this account.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18564254


Aha! This is the Spotify model!


Drupal 6 was actually a pretty consistent hooks-based system that exploited the fact that PHP has a fast and feature-rich implementation of the function lookup table.

Drupal 7 started the migration to object-oriented code and was halfway through the messy rewrite when it was released. Drupal 8 finished where Drupal 7 left. That's where the majority of the developers left as well (pun intended).


«Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда» is better translated as "We tried our best — you know the rest".


Are you hinting at Kursk? It did not even leak for the year it was laying on seabed.


Example: Germany paid more than 550 million Euro and provided expertise&people to help securing rotting nuclear reactors from Russian submarines:

https://de.rbth.com/wissen-und-technik/79917-russische-atom-...

If Germany invested that amount of money into Russia, you can bet that it was urgent.

Hopefully Russia has shown more care dealing with their Nuclear power plants...

https://www.dw.com/de/russland-entsorgung-von-atom-u-booten-...

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/lager-fuer-alte-atom-u-bo...

All in all the West (!!!) provided many more billions for the safety of those approximately 120-180 (!) nuclear-powered submarines.

https://www.zeit.de/2013/07/Russisches-Polarmeer-Atom-U-Boot...

Pictures:

https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/A/abruestung-atom...

Russia also has submarines buried at the ground in the arctic sea. Like the K-27 in the early 80s.

https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/russia-updates...

Sunken objects:

> 17,000 containers of radioactive waste; 19 ships containing radioactive waste; 14 nuclear reactors, including five that still contain spent nuclear fuel; the K-27 nuclear submarine with its two reactors loaded with nuclear fuel and 735 other pieces of radioactively contaminated heavy machinery.


As you grow older, you'd better switch to Matias Alps Quiet Click and Cherry MX Red or even Cherry MX Speed Silver.


Are developers really allowed to to think about business?


Just to call the police.


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