Sabinus

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by Sabinus 2y ago
A mistake. There is no true security from large powers without nukes. Ukraine shows this. Alliances with the USA aren't reliable or an adequate replacement.
572.
by Sabinus 2y ago
An amazing reform that could be achieved is changing to ranked choice voting from the current first-past-the-post. It'll reduce the incentive for politicians to be radical to stand out, and reassures voters that they won't 'w
573.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Most developed countries on earth have an income tax. Do you think they're all part of the same elite deception scam?
574.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Everyone is responsible for their own behaviour but if the legislature doesn't function nothing else will either. And we know the legislature has progressively become less functional, less bipartisan, less legislation passed every deca
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by Sabinus 2y ago
An actual group driving efficiency and digitisation of government services? Why would Elon eliminate such a thing?
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Remember Ukraine doesn't need to take Moscow to win. Russia is burning resources hard to keep the initiative and achieve Putin's war goals. All Ukraine needs to do is continue to bleed the Russian army and wait until Russia has a
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by Sabinus 2y ago
This isn't a credible reason to wed yourself to Russian gas and decommission the plants Germany already had running. Despite three years of bombing the nuclear plants in Ukraine have not been (properly) hit. Terrorist attacks on nuclea
578.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Look we're all grateful for the Americans that do care about The Alliance but we've seen the political trends in America and it looks bad. You can't elect Trump twice and say it doesn't represent America. Trump's po
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by Sabinus 2y ago
It's even a pattern in normal business. Crime families or individuals will acquire enough capital from crime to go (mostly) legit and then they transfer to running normal business. Short term high risk to get the seed money, then long
580.
by Sabinus 2y ago
If you like you can modify the calculus to 'destroy and poison the vast majority of our cities and people' and the calculus holds. Countries need non-nuclear deterrence.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Think about it. Would you be willing to end the world if your neighboring country just took one town? How about a city? A region? Countries need more than nukes to defend themselves because it's not credible or sensible to threaten to
582.
by Sabinus 2y ago
They want to be part of the European economy. Just like Ukraine. Of course, Ukraine was willing to undergo the required reforms. Russia and Putin is far too proud and suspicious of the West to do that.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
I could be wrong, but imo the EU is looking more rickety than the Russian Federation. It's not far fetched for the future to feature a militarised and experienced in war Russia starts breaking apart the EU and nibbling parts off. And b
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by Sabinus 2y ago
The leaders of free countries have the issue that if they increase the cost of living too much they'll be voted out by voters angry enough to listen to Russian agitprop. The Western narrative is very damaged especially in our own under
585.
by Sabinus 2y ago
>The big problem is Google seems to have let the whole thing stagnate since like 2019. Google's flightiness strikes again. How they expect developers (and to some degree consumers) to invest in their churning product lines is beyond
586.
by Sabinus 2y ago
So if Congress passes a law that a department must be created and has this budget and these powers and must do these things, but the President just refuses to hire anyone to staff it, you think that is legal?
587.
by Sabinus 2y ago
>I don't think Trump's aim is to weaken the US. I don't think here's some big secret Russia conspiracy. That's not really the claim these days. The Stelle Dossier accusations haven't really been substantiate
588.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Trump also ruled out plenty of (admittedly high risk) interventions and solutions before the negotiations. Why would he make concessions for nothing in return? I thought he was meant to be a great negotiator and businessman.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
Because America is on Earth and the state of global politics does affect the US, her prosperity and her people.
590.
by Sabinus 2y ago
The US federal government is a gargantuan entity that guarantees the safety, prosperity and happiness of millions of people. Treating it like a silicon valley tech company is a recipe for disaster.
591.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Article was pretty light on details. Were these just probationary employees? Still, chaos in staffing in essential government offices is not good governance. Why must Trump and Elon rush this process?
592.
by Sabinus 2y ago
I have said it before and I will say it again, it makes zero sense to browse the internet with a piece of software written by an advertising company.
593.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Oh, this was a feature removed by manifest v3? How coincidental and convenient for Google.
594.
by Sabinus 2y ago
How come it's failed to provide cost effective internet in the US then?
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by Sabinus 2y ago
I just want to say how funny it is that this is posted after the spirited discussion in the previous related thread about exactly what 'writing your own html' means. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42996322
596.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Not from my understanding. Land sales/leases are one of the few ways the local governments can make money, so they overdid approvals and subsidies. The Communist party also imposed strict capital controls so the middle class couldn&#x2
597.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Do you have any indication of why this person was the target of abuse?
598.
by Sabinus 2y ago
Because the beavers who didn't were more likely to die. And they were more likely to die because there wasn't a body of water and pile of sticks nearby to hide and live in.
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by Sabinus 2y ago
I don't understand this take. If compute-restricted China develops algorithmic improvements to AI, they will just be integrated with the American AI data centres and will push the SOTA forward. It doesn't remove the value of Ameri
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by Sabinus 2y ago
So the US needs to develop AI faster than the dictators to keep ahead of them, but not so fast they leak advancements that accelerate the dictators AI?

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