NickC25

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by NickC25 9mo ago
I do too. Completely different vibe from when it was independent to when Bezos bought it.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
Amazon also did this with diapers.com They are notorious for doing this.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
On WeChat and Douyin (chinese tiktok), good luck mentioning things like: the cultural revolution famine the great leap forward Taiwanese independence Hong Kong self governance democracy human rights Falun Gong Uyghur people free speech KMT
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by NickC25 9mo ago
I don't know. I think that over the years, bad faith actors in the world of geopolitics have taken advantage of this in a very nefarious way in order to sow chaos, bad-faith/purposefully-inaccurate "talking points" and c
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Startup Incubator Y Combinator Cuts Canada from Countries Where It Will Invest(bloomberg.com)
14 points by NickC25 9mo ago|2 comments
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by NickC25 9mo ago
Yeah, agree, but in the setup you mentioned, 1.b3 and 1. b4 are both strong moves, because it basically forces the game to develop kingside from the get-go. Seems the opening can get really sharp, or basically a race to bunker via 1.Nf3
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by NickC25 9mo ago
Ironically the starting position that I've found to be the most balanced for black and white is just swapping the starting square of the bishops and knights. It turns normally-sound opening moves like 1.d4 and 1.e4 into liabilities and
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by NickC25 9mo ago
Chess960 would also be better if both sides were asymmetrical and there were novel positions for both players in every game. I go to a chess event 2-3 times a month in the city where I live, and there are a few of us that are big into varia
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by NickC25 9mo ago
It's from a culture of people who cheat to get ahead, because they come from a society SO competitive, SO cutthroat, and SO obsessed with education & testing that cheating is encouraged and rewarded...because its rewarded in the wo
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>90% is pretty good, and much higher than i expected. Problem with that at scale is those that might skirt by within that 10% might one day be your doctor, your lawyer, or your accountant and you'd never know until it bit you in the
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>They would have gone absolutely ballistic- rightfully so Sadly, I disagree here. They would have qualified their reaction by asking who would be in power. If it was a GOP held white house, they'd probably rationalize it and say i
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by NickC25 9mo ago
I mean, if the words "box only" are in the product descriptor, then it's on the consumer to read the descriptor...especially if they are going to drop a few grand on something. And doubly especially if a product looks vastly
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by NickC25 9mo ago
it is? I mean, it's deliberately misleading, but it's not fraud. If it says "box only", it means box only.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>...I am often bemused by the lack of political understanding of many westerners here... It's not a lack of understanding, my friend, it's hubris. I am from the US. There's a mindset that permeates through the west that s
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by NickC25 9mo ago
He's also never gotten what drama addicts get as kids that kinda steers them in the right direction: someone to firmly tell him "no" and someone to kick him in the balls when he acts out.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>this all feels incredibly unnecessary. American here with Canadian family members. Agree 100%, this whole thing was incredibly dumb from the beginning. Trump's dementia and ego will ruin (has ruined?) the US's standing in wha
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by NickC25 9mo ago
I would think that fraction is directly related to how much Meta stock they own, and how long they've had it for. Ethics are for the little people, when your stock holdings grow by several multiples ethics are just hindrances.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
No, they don't care. They have shareholders to please. Why anyone thought that applying laws of shareholder capitalism to health insurance was a good idea is beyond me.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
Mark has been known to be a major piece of shit for 20+ years now. How is this news to anyone?
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>... It is an identity marker. It doesn’t even really matter what the policies are....They simply don’t connect their political beliefs to their reality. In other words, they're stupid.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
With the venezuela attack, the real trade wasn't on Polymarket or Kalshi. The trade was going long the 3x Oil&Gas ETFs the trading day beforehand. There was huge buying for absolutely zero perceived reason...then boom we just stra
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>or buy a 2x levered VIX ETF. Which isn't even tied to the spot price of VIX on a daily basis. So buying VIX as a hedge against black swan events (or Donald Trump's stupidity) is a losing trade, which is wild to me.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
Because I've played at his course, and played at plenty of courses owned by his wealthy donors down here in SoFLA. They don't hire American, none of them do. The majority of landscapers and maintenance folks at his Doral course
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>How do you deport with millions of illegal immigrants? Make E-verify the federal minimum standard for ALL employers nationwide. Fine the shit out of all businesses that don't comply. Fine the shit out of employers that hire illega
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>people attack RFK Jr non-stop simply because he's part of the Trump administration and all he's done for his entire life is try to help the country be healthier. My man, the dude is a former heroin addict that has admitted to
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>The rhetoric about immigrants being a drain on society are flawed at best, and hatefully wrong and bad faith at worst. Ironically all the big wealthy GOP donors all hire illegal laborers to clean their homes and mow their lawns, and to
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by NickC25 9mo ago
>" But even centrist and slightly left mainstream media is bending over backwards to give excuses and "both sides" this." Our "leftist" or "centrist" news sources are owned by right wing billionair
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by NickC25 9mo ago
And right wing media NEVER blames employers for knowingly hiring illegal laborers. I wonder why.
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by NickC25 9mo ago
A shanty town? In Brooklyn? Yeah, all those hipster trusties who couldn't afford Manhattan (but can still drop 5k a month on a studio in BedStuy or Williamsburg) are really making things bad there. You ever visited Brooklyn back when
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by NickC25 9mo ago
oh please. I live by one of his golf courses. The folks there watering the course, cutting the lawn, moving the greens, and cleaning the facilities are most definitely not US citizens, most definitely are not English speakers, and I'd

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