ConfuciusSay02

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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Nice job taking the qualifying terms out of the quote.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Remember that RAND was one of the big cheerleaders for the Iraq war. If you want an impartial analysis, you're not going to find it from war-mongering "think tank" imbeciles.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Totally disagree, in the US as in China there is a ruling wealthy elite. Both are roughly the same proportion of the population, and both are pushing their agendas. The one meaningful difference is that in the US they still pay lip service
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Ummm, in the US the government hires people to sway public opinion too.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Maybe the DNC? They openly had whole organizations with budgets in the millions whose sole purpose was to influence opinion online. We also know thanks to Snowden that the US government has long had operational programs to influence and sub
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Wrong. The main problem with the US system is the outrageous level of corruption and greed being displayed by the Health Industrial Complex of pharma, hospitals, service providers, device makers, and insurance companies. All of them togethe
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Good point, and there's evidence to support the fact that the main indicator of a successful entrepreneur, is if he or his family is wealthy.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
The fact that mainstream journalists are caught letting political operatives write their articles for them doesn't help their credibility either. Oh, and they're of course silent when it comes to reporting on their own corruption.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
You'd have to check his "Current Thoughts" Trello list :p
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
If the new administration plans to rein in the stupidity of perpetual ZIRP/QE, then yes, there will be an impact on funding for startups with no revenue model. Everybody knows the current situation cannot last, and in fact much of fina
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
In any web based project, yes you need more developers than designers. So of course it makes less sense for developers to learn design than for designers to learn to code. But design is a massive field. The moment you step outside of the we
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
There is no skills/jobs mismatch. These types of articles are part of a stealth propaganda campaign primarily designed to push for more immigration for the purpose of driving down wages. If people think there are not enough skilled wor
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Anything tech related on /r/politics gets deleted. So, yes, in this comparison it is more effective.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
As long as it's only a week, I support it. But your distinction is a good one regarding partisan politics, vs politics in general. The tech community is already perceived as being out of touch, it's not going to help if we keep ou
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
He's using a stick and carrot. There will also be benefits to staying.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Of course, here you go my friend. Remember, all these media companies are owned by a handful of companies. Why would they report on their own corruption? Of course they wouldn't. That's why you don't hear about it from them.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
When the standard operating procedure for companies is to post fake job ads with the sole purpose of not hiring an American, in order to get around the law, you know it's not working as intended. Watch lawyers (criminals) teach compani
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Here's but a few of the many "sources" my friend: Lisa Lerer (AP) writing an article about Clinton's "Wall Street problem" and "she is asking if we wish to characterize her remarks in any way." /
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Given that there's hard evidence that they are just corporate/government shills, I think it's pretty easy for the average person to see what's going on. It wasn't that long ago that all those aforementioned outlets
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Exactly, NYT is full of fake news. Even the NYT themselves are saying that they will "rededicate themselves to honest coverage". Nobody says that unless they are implying they were previously not pursuing honest coverage.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Wrong. They showed much much more than just checking for accuracy. Several "journalists" asked specifically for advice on how they should characterize their articles. They were part of conversations with campaign staffers on what
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Get hell for being wrong? All the same journalists who pushed for the Iraq war on false intelligence are still there at their jobs doing the same crap. There are zero consequences when "mainstream" journalists push fake news.
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
The main criticism seems to be that they publish personal information. When the Manning cables that exposed various corrupt and illegal actions of the Bush administration were released, the exact same criticisms were leveled at them. I&#x27
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
They can only release information they have. If they had the information, I'm sure they would release it - like they have in the past released information damaging to the Bush administration years ago. Do you have evidence that they ha
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
They use the term "correcting the record" instead of trolling and bullying. But it's undeniable that they're spending millions to pay people to post on social media in favor of a candidate (usually without any type of di
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
If your measure of a candidate is how likely they are to be able to get things done, I doubt a candidate like Hillary - who would be likely facing federal investigations and impeachment proceedings on day one would be more likely to get thi
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Trump wants to deport illegal immigrants, something that is actually following the law, and something that Obama has done by the hundreds of thousands (millions?). Trump wants to temporarily suspend immigration from Muslim countries that ar
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Except that he never actually said voters should vote twice, he was implying that his opponents do, and the quote was 100% completely twisted by the media: http://www.mediaite.com/online/cnn-screws-up-says-trump-enco...
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Quite a dishonest article here. The mathematical paradox described only applies to one very specific type of system. The paradox can be "solved" by modifying the system slightly, yet this is never mentioned. Furthermore the author
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by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
Kind of like how everyone's favorite evil GMO company only serves non-GMO organic food in their company cafeteria.

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