Volpe

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by Volpe 13y ago
I didn't play the race card. I pointed it out. He could have used the terms "propaganda" or "astro turfing" instead he used the very ethnically charged (and derogatory) term "wu mao". Which is specifically Chinese, which is specifically N
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by Volpe 13y ago
That's a pretty rude response to a fairly moderate comment. So what's wrong with the dictatorship if it is "completely benevolent, non-brutal, and very business-oriented"? I realize that "all asians may look the same"[1], but Singapore isn'
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by Volpe 13y ago
A plasma TV has really LOW PPI... Like it's 50+ inches with only 1080 pixels down the screen... That's like a factor of 10 worse than retina displays...
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by Volpe 13y ago
That states the occupants of the car die. Not some random (innocent) member of the public (as the GP stated).
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by Volpe 13y ago
> After the police give up the chase, a member of the public is almost invariably killed at an intersection within 30s, since the offender is still driving at high speed but there are no longer any lights and sirens to warn the public.
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by Volpe 13y ago
sitting at a table messing on a computer in your hand used to be socially unacceptable.
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by Volpe 13y ago
I don't think he's saying that at all. Could you be viewing it from a place of judgement rather than compassion? Do most buddhist monks depend on other people to feed them? More so than the rest of us?
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by Volpe 13y ago
Talking about Buddhism as though it's just one belief is crap. That would be like grouping up Islam, Judaism, and the various Christian faiths and calling them the same. [1] Sure they all share "Buddha" in common, just as those above share
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by Volpe 13y ago
with 8.3T GDP... are you serious? Could you describe the scenario where China has an economic collapse? If such a scenario were to happen... it'd would be pretty catastrophic the world over. GIven how tied the US and China's economies are
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by Volpe 13y ago
Why was the contest only between Romney and Obama? Why do you have to be uber wealthy to run in a country ruled "by the people"? The U.S's primary problem seems to be that it has transformed into (or perhaps always was) a corporate run olig
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by Volpe 13y ago
Well the play store could be classified as Not a "Google Service for Android". Much like Gmail, and search are... I don't know how google would play it. But they could do a number of things.
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by Volpe 13y ago
No other country is as prolific (in modern day). But that aside, I'm pointing out that saying "our government is better (for you!)" is complete BS. Countries in general shouldn't push their values on each other. Just because some do, does
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by Volpe 13y ago
> ....it's still better than almost any government outside Western Europe, and is in some ways better than governments in Western Europe (e.g. with regard to free speech), though worse in others. Only from an American view point is that
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by Volpe 13y ago
Google Play Store... is an android app.
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by Volpe 13y ago
Samsung's Tizen can run android apps.
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by Volpe 13y ago
Erm.. propaganda is a very powerful tool, when combined with extreme violence it is easy to oppresse a great number of people. Your argument that "Given north koreans haven't revolted, might mean they don't mind", would be similar to saying
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by Volpe 13y ago
Handling credit card payments in person is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT problem to being an online payment processor. Other than paypal, no one offers BOTH services... Paypal seems to have done it, purely as a response to square. Banks I guess do
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by Volpe 13y ago
Is nationalism a good thing though? By thinking your own country/people is great, aren't you creating a dichotomy where you think less of another country/people. (i.e. racism...) Maybe I'm over thinking it.
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by Volpe 13y ago
I'm not sure this is completely correct. Browsers do multiple requests at once, so trying to squeeze everything into as few requests as possible could make things slower as you lose the parallelism. I would think it would be better to try a
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by Volpe 13y ago
What do you mean "off limits to foreigners"? I travel to china regularly, and have never encountered an "off limits" section of any city. * * I am very obviously a foreigner in China.
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by Volpe 13y ago
> To the best of my knowledge I think you you need to improve your knowledge then. Or provide a citation.
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by Volpe 13y ago
Without damaging anything? Do you mean lock picking? Or you live in a neighbourhood where people leave their doors open?
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by Volpe 13y ago
Source for huaweis bid being more expensive? There are ways to verify, surely, checksum builds/roms etc.
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by Volpe 13y ago
They are different cultures, it's not about polish. They think differently, thus they act differently. You are talking like the British/Romans spoke of themselves in the empire days... We are a bit past that now. No one needs your civilisa
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by Volpe 13y ago
Apple manufacture in china. Samsung manufacture in china. Designed in California doesn't mean made in America. BYD in my mind would be the one of the pinnacles of Chinese goods, but they only sell locally. As far as I know
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by Volpe 13y ago
What are those concerns exactly? Does Chinese hardware to prime factorisation faster than others?
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by Volpe 13y ago
This is just an outright racist rant... I don't even see the point you are making... Most Asian companies... Just from your experience with one. You seem to just be a bigot. :(
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by Volpe 13y ago
Just remember, there is always a worse code base than the one you are working on, and on the flip side no matter how good you make your code base, someone will encounter it, and think it's a "poorly written mass of code". :-)
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by Volpe 13y ago
When bias (like gender, or race) is so prolific. It is institutional change that is required. You are arguing, just make it a level playing field and the hardworking woman will eventually show up. But that takes generations for change to
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by Volpe 14y ago
Do the Chinese govt regularly seize money from their citizens?

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