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by Bendingo 7y ago
Russia does not have capital punishment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Russia
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by Bendingo 7y ago
> a withering economy [...] for Russia The Russian economy is growing, not withering: "Although economic sanctions tightened, [...] Russian economy expanded at a 1.6 percent pace in the year just ended," - [1] (or [2] if you th
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by Bendingo 7y ago
Don't know why this is downvoted - it's a good statement of the essential issue.
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by Bendingo 7y ago
I'm not sure if you're casting aspersions on Rob Pike and Ken Thompson. But they are truly giants of computer science giants and they are behind golang. Can't say that about typescript (or any other language I can think of).
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by Bendingo 7y ago
Would you tell me details of that book please -- it sounds interesting.
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by Bendingo 7y ago
Maybe this? https://soviet-art.ru/yuri-gagarin-in-soviet-palekh-lacquer-...
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by Bendingo 8y ago
This perfectly demonstrates the state of US media (and western media in general). After over 2 years of misinformation, unfounded allegations, and downright fabrications, the media are now congratulating themselves on a job well done. It&#x
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by Bendingo 8y ago
I'm sure Russia will take advantage of any split in US/EURO alliance, but if you think it's Russia that is doing the splitting, then you haven't been paying attention. The split is entirely due to US inability to cooper
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by Bendingo 8y ago
What do you think of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkut_MC-21 ?
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by Bendingo 8y ago
Just as I suspected, she said nothing like "Trans people shouldn't exist" - you simply made up that quote. You are clearly not arguing in good faith.
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> vast majority of transgender people will not participate in high competition level sports I agree. However those that do will affect (negatively) all the non-transgender women they are competing (and winning) against. And that does hav
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by Bendingo 8y ago
Did the ex board member actually say this exact statement? Or are you paraphrasing and dramatising for effect? Such an inflammatory quote should surely have a reference to be taken seriously
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> transphobe and racist These attributes are neither objective not illegal. Google are hypocrites; they want diversity, but not diversity of thought.
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> Knowledge can be gain through [...] unproven datapoints I'm sorry, I don't see how that's possible. Could you explain please?
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> designed and developed to an engineering standard Hmmmm. Interesting. Is it legally required to use this standard for these critical softwares? And are developers legally required to be licensed, in the same way that civil engineers ar
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> and greater risk of road deaths due to some passengers taking road alternatives Such a consideration (while valid) is not Boeing's to make.
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by Bendingo 8y ago
The first sentence in the wikipedia article says: "A blacklight [...] emits long-wave (UV-A) ultraviolet light [...]." Why does it say "long-wave" when UV is short-wavelength ?
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> could be argued with fact things that their planes are rubbish This is the first time I've heard that Russian war planes are rubbish. Please share some of these fact things.
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by Bendingo 8y ago
I bought two (2) unicycles that I didn't even realise I needed!
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> millions of Muslims in a concentration camp Can you source this (rather outrageous) claim?
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> air speed is how fast the people on the plane are going relative to themselves That makes no sense. How can people be moving relative to themselves?
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by Bendingo 8y ago
Purdue encourages GPs to overprescribe Oxycontin, including for period pain and headaches. 13% of those patients who took Oxycontin for headaches became addicted.
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by Bendingo 8y ago
On the contrary, GP is resisting the continual infantilising of Western countries by their corporates, media and governments. "to treat someone as if that person were a child, with the result that they start behaving like one" [1]
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by Bendingo 8y ago
The real MVP. This is why I come to hn
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> constant alert for a Russian attack. Norway is very oil rich Ridiculous scaremongering. Implying that Russia would invade Norway for it's oil, when Russia has 13 times more proven oil reserves than Norway [1] Rather than highjacki
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> France's bombing of Libya at the direction of the US is what started the migrant crisis True. Also, France played a big role in the (attempted but unsuccessful) destruction of Syria.
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> Apart from the time spent telling people that they are wrong on the internet (which is incredibly unproductive ...) Thx - I needed a laugh
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> ... a guy who is essentially a Russian asset > ... extension of Russian military intelligence > ... Russia airing the dirty laundry of others > ... good for Russia I see that the western obsession with Russia continues unabate
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> they were saving Muslims from genocide in the Balkans If you're referring to the NATO bombing of Serbia, then you are incorrect -- there was no genocide in Kosovo. The justification for the Western intervention (100,000's of
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by Bendingo 8y ago
> but they did not They seriously considered it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable

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