I think 3 thumb keys are too much as the thumb is slow and awkward to move. You can easily get by with 2 and you can get by with just one for normal usage.
I put emphasis on splitting spacebar into thumb keys just because the large spacebar is so ubiquitous. -- There's practically no downside to splitting the large spacebar into 6x keys.
I think it's good if layout enthusiasts want to use as few as keys as each finds practical. -- I think a good keyboard will support layouts that bring the full functionality of the keyboards to within the hands on home row for two-handed typing (as well as support mouse + keyboard functionality).
But .. I think that the keyboard is physically better off with fewer keys is just fashion amongst enthusiasts.
Don't underestimate them just because they couldn't defeat Ukraine.
They have no regard for the lives of their own soldiers and will send wave after wave of meat towards the front, which is very hard to defend against. This is backed up by an incredible knowledge of drone warfare and most countries in the world would be unable to defend against them.
Do we have a better estimate? I don't think it's particularly difficult to get information from the occupied territories, the people there seem to freely use Internet.
It's my understanding that this war is really not particularly bloody for civilians as it is moving so slow that Russians are taking month to conquer pretty small towns and cities and the civilians can usually evacuate or hide. The bombing campaign has some civilian casualties, but I mostly see headlines mentioning <5 dead overall per occasional huge wave of drones and missiles.
Yes we have better estimates. In Mariupul for example estimates are above 20k civilians dead and murdered.
UN cannot personally verify any of this though so it counts them as zero. It should be at least the double of their estimate.
> It's my understanding that this war is really not particularly bloody for civilians as it is moving so slow that Russians are taking month to conquer pretty small towns and cities and the civilians can usually evacuate or hide.
Russia's advance has slowed to a crawl yes but the amount of people murdered in the places where Russia does take control are still very high (see Mariupul as an example). Especially in the early days of war they took a lot of land.
> The bombing campaign has some civilian casualties, but I mostly see headlines mentioning <5 dead overall per occasional huge wave of drones and missiles.
5 per day is too low as that would only add up to around 5.5k civilians and per UN's own calculations that's too low.
They've been targeting civilians, including schools and hospitals, daily since the war started.
It's almost like both numbers are heavily biased in the UN. Almost. Surely such bias and possible corruption couldn't happen in the esteemed institution, known for its impartial and objective rulemaking. Right?
> It's almost like both numbers are heavily biased in the UN.
Yes, but in the opposite direction. It would be baffling if the UN's claim of 16,000 Ukrainian victims wasn't at least 100,000 in reality.
And, let's be honest, in Gaza, it does not seem realistic that there are even 50,000 victims of the 70,000 civilian victims claimed total. Don't get me wrong, significant amount of victims, but much less than reported. And on top of that it doesn't seem realistic that none of those are militants. I'd guess, say, at least half of those are militants, not civilians.
And on top of that, UN has no problem to state that of those 16,000, about 70 Ukrainian dead are not victims of Russia but of Ukrainian frienly fire. Again, of the 70,000 claimed dead in Gaza ... let's assume at the very least 300 are victims of hamas friendly fire (probably more, since hamas is no stranger to boobytrapping civilian buildings), rather than enemy action.
If you count the way the UN counts in Gaza in Ukraine, Russia has killed some 400,000 people minimum. Maybe half a million, and of course climbing fast. No distinction between civilian and military, no distinction between accidents vs friendly fire ...
And I guess in the Gaza case I sort of understand. But why downplay Ukrainian victims? Why by a factor of 2, not counting military deaths, which would make it a factor 5 lower than real, minimum? I guess if you discounted everything the same way in Gaza the numbers would also drop by a factor of 5 there, but still.
The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
Meaning you also need to get the timing just right otherwise you'll lose big, even if Tesla crashes and burns to zero just after.
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