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nielsbot commented on Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed   blog.google/products/gemi... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
pests · 2 days ago
This has been my dream for voice control of PC for ages now. No wake word, no button press, no beeping or nagging, just fluently describe what you want to happen and it does.
nielsbot · a day ago
Apple tried this ages ago:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlainTalk

nielsbot commented on 'It's surreal': How US sanctions lock ICC judges out of daily life   irishtimes.com/world/us/2... · Posted by u/rendx
jameshilliard · 2 days ago
> That's actually a pattern for colonialist occupation projects, its kind of a two-birds-with-one-stone thing for the colonial power. The colonization of Liberia also was very much this (as was the colonization of parts of what later became the USA.)

There's a number of differences that make this comparison problematic. Israel's current Jewish population immigrated from many different countries, largely due to fleeing anti-semitism in those countries. The reason for them fleeing(anti-semitism) also very much exists to this day, especially when it comes to those Muslim majority countries many fled from after Israel gained independence, so any prospect of them returning is not remotely realistic.

> And the (British, of course, this is very much a recurrent Anglo pattern) project for the colonization of Israel started long before the the refugee crisis that helped realize it occurred.

While the UK may have held the mandate for Palestine for a period of time the majority of Jewish immigration to Palestine prior to the end of the mandate(and after) did not actually come from the UK or even other Anglo countries. This seems to be a rather important distinction as the immigration was arguably much more multi-source than the typical Anglo pattern colonialism.

In any case it seems to be quite clear that the extreme UN bias against Israel largely comes not from the colonial aspects of Israel's creation but rather from the various degrees of anti-semitism that is pervasive in many countries to this day.

nielsbot · 2 days ago
> largely due to fleeing anti-semitism in those countries

I thought it was mainly being expelled after the creation of Israel. Sometimes with encouragement of Israel.

> In any case it seems to be quite clear that the extreme UN bias against Israel largely comes not from the colonial aspects of Israel's creation but rather from the various degrees of anti-semitism that is pervasive in many countries to this day.

Israel rather than being the victim of racism is a major perpetrator of it. In fact, the Israel project foments anti Semitism around the world. This is especially sad for those non-Zionist Jews who want to live their lives in peace free of discrimination.

nielsbot commented on 'It's surreal': How US sanctions lock ICC judges out of daily life   irishtimes.com/world/us/2... · Posted by u/rendx
jameshilliard · 3 days ago
> The crimes prosecuted by the ICC are accepted by the US as matters of universal jurisdiction under international law, so the US can have no legitimate objection to (1) any country exercising jurisdiction over them wherever they are alleged to occur

There's plenty of legitimate objections such as not trusting a foreign court to appropriately decide international law.

> (2) any country exercising its sovereign power to delegate its exercise of jurisdiction over them anywhere to an international tribunal, like the ICC, either generally, under specified terms (such as those in the Rome Statute), or ad hoc.

In the case of Afghanistan, neither the US nor the Taliban are delegating that sort of authority to the ICC.

> And they certainly have the least basis for doing so when the country on whose territory they are alleged to have occurred, and who would thus have jurisdiction whether or not they were matters of universal jurisdiction under international law, does so.

IMO that's a pretty weak argument, especially when you have states being prosecuted which are non-signatories to the Rome Statute or are not full UN member states like in the case of Palestine.

> The actual objection is not the broad principle you are trying to articulate, but it is to the idea of Israel being accountable under international law for crimes for which it has the full support of the US government, irrespective of any theory of law.

The UN has a very well documented history of bias against Israel.[0] It seems entirely reasonable to me that neither the US nor Israel would trust a UN court, especially for anything related to wars involving Israel.

[0] https://unwatch.org/2024-unga-resolutions-on-israel-vs-rest-...

nielsbot · 3 days ago
Israel is a colonialist occupation project. So the UN being "biased" against it is good and correct.
nielsbot commented on 'It's surreal': How US sanctions lock ICC judges out of daily life   irishtimes.com/world/us/2... · Posted by u/rendx
rendx · 3 days ago
So? How is that the fault of the people working there? Would you want that to happen to you if you were working for a McDonalds, and McDonalds was deemed unhealthy in Europe and banned?
nielsbot · 3 days ago
sending a warning to other ICC judges/employees.
nielsbot commented on 'It's surreal': How US sanctions lock ICC judges out of daily life   irishtimes.com/world/us/2... · Posted by u/rendx
jameshilliard · 3 days ago
> The US wielding the sanctions banhammer the way they have been recently will only weaken its power over time and create opportunity for economic rivals like China.

China is not party to the Rome Statute, just like the US and Israel, I would expect they would retaliate against the ICC if the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Xi Jinping.

> Every time they (mis)use it they create incentive for people to create alternatives to the US financial system.

I think the ICC has much bigger credibility issues trying to impose jurisdiction over conflicts involving countries that are not parties to the Rome Statute.

nielsbot · 3 days ago
> I think the ICC has much bigger credibility issues trying to impose jurisdiction over conflicts involving countries that are not parties to the Rome Statute.

such as…?

nielsbot commented on JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet   reuters.com/world/america... · Posted by u/divbzero
jachee · 4 days ago
And by “suspicious of” you mean “bigoted against”.
nielsbot · 4 days ago
but also: exploit the oil
nielsbot commented on “Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number   ericdaigle.ca/posts/super... · Posted by u/e_daigle
nielsbot · 4 days ago
> Neither of us had prior experience developing mobile apps, but we thought, “Hey, we’re both smart. This shouldn’t be too difficult.”

Is this an actual quote? Because it sounds like a standup joke.

nielsbot commented on Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth social media ban   politico.com/news/2025/12... · Posted by u/RickJWagner
pb7 · 9 days ago
They're literally federal law enforcement officers, not thugs. And they're not "disappearing" people because they're brown, they're deporting them to their homeland because they no one gave them permission to be in our country.

I'm sure you're used to this alarmist dramatic language working in your circles but it won't here.

We should think about the consequences of letting in tens of million of illegals instead.

nielsbot · 9 days ago
Thugs is as thugs does.

They're detaining citizens:

- https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025.12.8_IC... - https://www.visaverge.com/news/congressional-probe-finds-age...

They're doing it because they're brown:

- https://www.brookings.edu/articles/racial-profiling-by-ice-w...

They're deporting them third countries:

https://www.cfr.org/article/what-are-third-country-deportati...

> We should think about the consequences of letting in tens of million of illegals instead.

What are the consequences exactly?

u/nielsbot

KarmaCake day3516December 8, 2011View Original