AniseAbyss

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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
It's about probability. I mean I have my issues with US foreign policy but at the end of the day they are more friendly and reliable than Russia. Yeah if the US ever goes rogue we're all doomed but then your antivirus software wil
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
The reason why mobile internet in rural areas is bad is because carriers are too cheap to put cell towers every few kilometres.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
iPhones are status symbols I can agree with that and it is exactly why I never want one. Cheap Chinaphone, never paying for or subscribing to apps and not giving a shit about optics. That is my special snowflake fashion statement.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Oh yeah that happened.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
When I go to the gym I pass a McDonald's drive in. Feel a bit annoyed we are letting our minds and bodies be poisoned by American culture but they are all doing it voluntarily. It is like a junkie blaming his drug dealer for the addict
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Some people live in tiny apartments without even a balcony.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
"they should just eat the cost" No consumers will eat the cost of a bunch of boomers who want to keep using cheques. And here's what will happen: the non boomer consumers will choose a cheaper bank. So unless the government
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
On the contrary it is literally the only way to beat the big platforms that already have a billion users.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
This would be great for consumers but not so great for Apple and Facebook. They want people into their locked down walled garden.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Solving racism is basically child's play compared to solving poverty. There have been some half-hearted attempts in America that never went anywhere. Lumpenproletariat will always exist until we become a post scarcity civilization.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Reminds me of that poor guy who told surgeons they should wash their hands. They didn't take kindly to that.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Obviously you could set up a very complex super computer run socialist system of welfare subsidies (European countries do it) that makes life better for the poors but that only works if you can get the rest of society on board to actually g
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
There's a flaw. In the Netherlands everything is in English. In fact I spoke English with my Dutch classmates. That's why there are so many international students. Infamously if you want to study Dutch literature you have to read
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
This kind of thing is always shocking to sheltered middle class people in their bubble. You start to think everyone lives like you.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
We can fix that or bend over. If one studies the history of European countries you'll find bending over is the outlier.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Is Mercedes behind or are fanboys overestimating Tesla/Musk? German cars are designed for cities American cars are designed for LA.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Montessori schools attract rich families. It really helps if you're not schooling kids from the ghetto and have a nice budget to hire extra teachers.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
I hate tech douchebags as much as the next guy but you don't want to raise your children as Amish. In every job you will use a computer.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
As soon as Vanced gained too much fame it was a foregone conclusion that Google would kill them.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
European ships, canons and muskets were already superior to anything found elsewhere in the world by the 16th century. That is why Portuguese ships could sail to India and pressure the locals despite being vastly outnumbered.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
I have read an argument once that China was too peaceful. While every European king or duke spent considerable amount of time on the battlefield China's armies grew weak. Very few Chinese emperors ever died in battle. The Chinese court
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
My own European country has had its shares of booms and busts over the last 500 years. In fact if you read history books the blissful decadence and degeneracy we enjoy now must not be taken for granted.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Honestly I use startpage and I'm blocking ads so aggressively I barely know what Google search is supposed to look like.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Space, despite what some people want to believe, is not for commercial enterprise. SpaceX is backed by uncle Sam's deep pockets. And uncle Sam is locked into a cold war with China. "The white bird rose up once again, laser cannon
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
There is an infamous example in the EU with "Parmaham". Take pigs from the Netherlands, put them in a truck and drive to Italy. Presto Italian ham.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Nukes. The unspoken requirement.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Ukraine is at a crossroads: join the rest of Europe or be dragged down into a dictatorship run by oligarchs. Giving up is not an option. If Russia wins the country is fucked for another generation.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
My parents worked their ass off but they still cooked dinner. With actual vegetables. Remember those? And we weren't rich or anything. Funny thing is that parents are the boss in the house. No coca cola we drink water in this household
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
I see pre built PCs come with free demo version of win11. They expect you to crack it yourself. Microsoft stopped giving a shit about piracy from consumers. Its a far cry from the days when windows cost €300.
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by AniseAbyss 5y ago
Aviation is severely regulated. After decades of horrendous accidents... Self driving is new and it is painfully obvious the government hasn't figured out how to deal with it yet.

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