PakG1

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by PakG1 8y ago
>> I do know a bit about Chinese history and their government's decisions do make sense in historical context (as did Stalin's decisions), but they are still bad decisions made by practically evil people. When I talk about
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Heh, it might, I guess we just have different goal posts of how to measure China's success in the world. I think most Chinese people would be disappointed if they end up like 2019 Japan, I think their own hopes are to be on equal footi
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by PakG1 8y ago
I don't disagree with your logic. But I have come to believe no government is innocent either, though some countries are more guilty than others. I am not defending the Chinese government. I am saying it doesn't help to paint the
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I guess hence your qualifier "whether it's likely". I'd find that even less likely than a revolution, but I have no idea what the real actual statistics are. Would be interesting to see data on coups vs resignations vs
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I'm not sure we actually disagree on many points. We do disagree on some points. For example, what you view as an abusive relationship, I think is more simply a completely different worldview as to what are considered acceptable norm
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Firstly, you don't know my life or what I do in China. Don't make assumptions about me. I volunteer for people who need it more than you can imagine, and will be doing so again this summer. That's your bad. Secondly, outwe
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by PakG1 8y ago
>> For ambitious Chinese, many feel they have a bigger chance of making it big in China. Count the number of ethnically Chinese tech company CEOs in Chinese companies vs US companies, for instance. You were expecting Chinese tech co
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That's not a fair comparison because Chinese citizens are a lot more educated and aware than you make it sound. North Koreans are a lot more suppressed, and most of them have never been outside of their country. You also make it soun
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What can I say? My Chinese friends who like the job their government is doing outweigh my Chinese friends who don't. Want to compare numbers and demographics? I've accumulated a fair number of Chinese friends from all walks of lif
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There's no way you can say Japan today has the same status it had in the 80s. It's nowhere near as powerful as what people thought it would be. edit: If you want to see a really bearish outlook for Japan, see the issues with thei
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You have a completely different worldview, a completely different education, a completely different history, and a completely different upbringing. For example, China never had the Magna Carta event that Western civilization had centuries a
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Don't think you need history to make a prediction of how history might change for well-thought-out reasons. And Windows is a key OS in many military operations/departments.
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In some ways escrow is safer because blockchain transactions aren't reversible, no? Yeah, the transaction is there for everyone to verify, so everyone can tell the guy cheated someone, but without law enforcement (not necessarily easy
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I get the impression most people in the general population were enamored by bitcoin based on how high and how rapidly its value was climbing, not its features or potential to upend international monetary systems.
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You're talking about a coup or revolution. If you want to say that, I think the efficiency of a coup or revolution doesn't vary according to the government system that is getting attacked. The efficiency at which such attempts ope
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All-out nuclear war?
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Compare that with the founders who don't make any money and have no big home runs. Some go bankrupt. But at least they chased the dream. Which would people prefer? Grass is not always greener on the other side.
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A lot of people have horror stories about what happens when they lose their phone number, etc. Concern can be extended to email address. I agree that it's a valid concern, there needs to be a better way to handle this. I am surprised t
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A niche population vs the general population. When paths cross, who wins? For matters of communication, usually the general population.
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It's slowly happening. Look at how tennis can have challenges now. But I think a limited number of challenges per match? But I think people like having the human element a bit, and the accompanying controversy. Entire industries are bu
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SolaceQuantum has explained it to me really clearly. I was wrong. Many apologies and wish you the best.
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This makes sense to me. I'm sorry to shakna, many apologies. Wish you the best.
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As an objective third party, I think your chronic disease, your vast research of it all, and your corresponding frustration has warped your ability to have conversations with people who are less knowledgeable than you are. Where there is n
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Some call it job security. Fortunately, most of those users call only during their office hours. Can't say patients would have office hours, so it's more complicated.
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Switched from gmail because receiving too much spam. Part of the reason seems to be people using my generic name as a fake email address when they sign up for stuff, probably credit card promotions and the like. Wonder what it would be li
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I guess people are worried about uneducated and poor who don't or can't think about the difference. For example, where fast food chains previously might be unhealthy but still OK, this might tip the scales closer towards not OK.
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I couldn't understand why people steal famous art because there can't be any buyers who would feel safe about displaying it in their homes. There's no market to fence it. I tried googling for an answer and found only the expl
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But then where would all the cool historical spy movies come from as time passes?
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I think parent is saying this would be an interesting way to mine a population for marks that could be espionage targets with easily identifiable special needs susceptible to temptation by foreign entities for nefarious goals. Did I make t
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by PakG1 8y ago
Your summary reads like Netflix's culture page: https://jobs.netflix.com/culture

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