NoRelToEmber

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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
"Grey-market" means perfectly legal imports, just without the manufacturer's blessing. Even just calling them "grey" is a gross corporate invasion on ownership rights.
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
The video is about Nikon blocking international sales of their used camera parts on eBay. It may be due to "free trade" agreements forbidding the import/export of patented goods without the IP-holder's permission, but I
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
Given that White House staff [0] is 32% Jewish (2.4% of US) and only 24% non-Jewish white (55% of US) [1], the allegations raised by that post seem very plausible. [0] Roles such as policy advisors, director of congressional outreach, direc
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Suggest HN: Sort by most upvoted comment in subtree
3 points by NoRelToEmber 3y ago|0 comments
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> And this is something like the paradox of assimilation: those who critique assimilation and Westernization often do so from a set of political values that are, fundamentally, Western. They may become radicalized as Asian Studies minors
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
You are correct - they frequently do not follow their style guides: https://freebeacon.com/media/yes-the-media-bury-the-race-of-...
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
> Your summary seems wrong. At least, I don't usually regard being "the subject of a police search" as a heartwarming topic. Let's say heartwarming or sympathetic, then. You are correct, just "heartwarming"
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
Per the stylebooks of the New York Times, Reuters, the Associated Press, and others [1], whether one is an immigrant or minority is only pertinent in heartwarming stories such as this. Quoting directly from the New York Times Manual of Styl
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
> status quo - which in the US is the power of white upper class Christian men Did you know that the White House staff is 154 [1]/474 [2] Jewish, and 44% ethnic minority [3]? That means Jews (2.4% of US population [4]), are 32% of W
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
> Why not go a step further and demand that all roads should be put underground Like a subway. Throw in some bicycles or e-scooters for the last ~200 meters.
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
> If you want to them to fight a case that will impact all ALPR, they will need to be given a case that can set such a precedent, and it will likely rely on legislation that does not currently exist. As the current top comment states [
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
Automated license plate readers, in this case. Or the legality of police purchase of private ALPR data, to hurt the economic incentive of private surveillance. Or the ease with which individuals and license plates are linked in the first pl
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
Instead of fighting surveillance itself, we're now satisfied with narrow exceptions for a handful of activities? When did the ACLU become so gutless?
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
> has tons of wealth tied up and doing no one any good Don't confuse money with wealth. Money has no intrinsic value, so "unleashing" that money would only devalue other money, and not bring any kind of holistic benefit to
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
There are 330 million people in the US, and 1.4 billion in India. You don't need lies for agitprop - such numbers will furnish you with enough real incidents to drive whatever narrative you wish, if you're in a position to pick wh
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
You have to weigh your personal benefit, against the benefit of keeping the company running somewhat smoothly (which is also in your interest). Assuming titles don't affect your current salary/equity in the company (you can get th
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
A good title to help further his career seems like a valid concern (even if the title itself may not be legitimate), but so are your concerns. You could put the burden of finding a solution on him? Share your concerns - that you did the bul
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
The distinction between locals in general, and librarians in particular, can be very important, in light of ideological litmus test librarians may have needed to pass on their way through academia: https://www.wsj.com/articl
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
The point is to take book decisions out of the hands of locals, and into the hands of librarians. In other words, it changes who gets to promote or censor books.
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But those articles don't conflict with the parent article - both can be true simultaneously.
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by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
How does the article differ from academics bemoaning white flight?
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Suburbs as Defensive Architecture(theamericansun.com)
5 points by NoRelToEmber 3y ago|4 comments
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by NoRelToEmber 5y ago
The BBC does not mention it, but Rittenhouse's ability to raise funds for a legal defense was also hindered on many levels, including blocks by Twitter, GoFundMe, and the Discover payment processor: https://reclaimthenet.org