Sevastopol

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by Sevastopol 2y ago
> importing foreign weapon system designs for local manufacturing You need to have local know-how from the ground up.
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by Sevastopol 3y ago
China had to backtrack some green energy goals for the sake of energy security and they're the largest green energy manufacturing country. Not everything is an oil company conspiracy. Some things just take time...
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by Sevastopol 3y ago
Epic and Meta are not the same size.
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by Sevastopol 3y ago
Why not simply avoid buying an iPhone in the first place?
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by Sevastopol 3y ago
You're paranoid. A manufacturer doesn't need to test anything like this. They already have physical access to the devices before they are even set up.
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
> "the west" is effectively building their own version of China's social credit. China's social credit system allegedly assigns (or will assign?) all citizens scores and punishes them for social wrongdoings. The IRS h
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
> In all the companies I've worked at, never has a CEO made a decision that made a company successful. Hasn't been the case for me. Even if they didn't come up with, say, a market strategy, they're important in execut
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
CEOs are very involved in strategy, especially when a company is going through a transition. A CEO that can properly navigate the business world through 'handshakes' is important too. Boards pay them lots for a reason. A good CEO
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
If the board is incompetent, then the CEO will usually be incompetent too. A CEO doesn't make every decision for the company, just the important ones. A new CEO has great impact on a company's present and future unless the company
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
No. CEOs are responsible for strategy, policy, and organisation. One CEO can make or break a company, one worker can't.
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
No. CEOs make important decisions about how a company is run and its future. Some companies might share responsibilities differently.
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
The average worker (singular) does not matter, but they can organise to make demands. You didn't add anything new.
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
>Then we will tariff ... >There's a reason why GM, Ford, etc, make cars in the United States ... Is that even true after NAFTA/USMCA?
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
The average worker is not special and easily replaceable, so workers as a whole organise for changes. The CEO's work is still more consequential, however. You can find new engineers and programmers but it'll be relatively hard to
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
> look at Turkey, specifically about F35. they got cut off from it by the US on a whim. Not really "on a whim." The implications/consequences of purchasing and using the S-400 were clear. It was a clear choice made by Turk
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
Is sex that is paid for the same as one in a relationship where both people actually desire each other? The statistics in the article point to the "problem" being women's increasing standards that young men can't meet. M
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
> healthy life is impossible without a sexual/romantic partner is eye-opening, and a bit horrifying. It seems to be true for most people, in my experience. I don't see it as "horrifying", just a normal/typical h
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
> I think many people in the incel community don't understand how far showering, dressing well, and working out will get them. Its much better than complaining without any action. Also, I see many of them complaining about not datin
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by Sevastopol 5y ago
The Chinese government cannot be trusted. PRC-based companies are required to cooperate with the state intelligence apparatus. Not that much different in the US and the US-aligned world, but at least there is more transparency, open discuss