I think a people are formed by their physical environment. In the case of Russia, that is a special kind of brutal. Australia and the USA both have cultures shaped by different kinds of challenges...

Monotheism has lost an entire generation. All three are slugging it out and the world's people have had quite enough of their nonsense. This may well be the final battle leading to the Millennium, when peace and justice rules for a thousand years, instead of religions. Belief in a single truth is so tantalising... but now we understand that because we cannot know it with certainty, no one can claim an exclusive franchise on the truth. We must simply muddle on with people even when we disagree

Consciousness is the "rigidly defined area of doubt and uncertainty" that philosophers like to claim nobody understands, so that they still have something to talk about

Three things everyone should have access to: a swimming pool, a boat, and a 3D printer. All three should be owned by a good friend, not personally

Did someone say that the orange one is bored of peace? It seems that way anyhow

In Verilog, what do you suppose this code does?
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counter <= counter + '1;
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That's right, it subtracts one. Just as you would expect.
The "1" gets sign-extended to the size of the counter, so it actually adds -1