Spyke

Replies

xkcd

Comment on

xkcd #3314: Vulnerability

Reply in thread

Isn't this Peano numerals? Church numerals would be if a baker's four doubled two was sixty-four.

(That being (λf. λx. f (f (f (f (f x))))) (λn. λf. λx. n f (n f x)) (λf. λx. f (f x)))

Comment on

This Phishing email... What is the IP?

I was surprised to find that this doesn’t work at all.

For instance, 300 is considered a valid IP by e.g. Firefox, typing 300/ into Firefox will navigate to http://0.0.1.44/. I was expecting this to be interpreted as just Σ 256ⁿ × dₙ mod 256⁴. But it isn’t, Firefox won’t accept this (it performs a web search instead). Neither will curl (which tries to look up a domain by this name).

world

Comment on

Greta Thunberg joins blockade of ‘Israel’-linked weapons factory

Reply in thread

Israel is wherever Israeli forces control the land.

Palestine is also there, but there is also Israel. Unlike Israel, Palestine currently has less de-facto control over its borders and land.

Like, even if there is no “Israel” there in your view, there is a group of people that call themselves Israeli, that operate a so-called Israeli Defence Force, that elect an Israeli legislature, and that do so in a specific geographic area. This conglomerate of people and institutions and the location it exists in, the physical buildings, and the areas it has effective control over, these are Israel.

Similarly, there is a group of people that call themselves Palestinian, that are concentrated in specific areas, that have historical connection to specific areas, that operate Palestinian organisations, that elect a Palestinian government. These people and their actions that relate to the land are what constitute Palestine.

You reached the end