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by Zafira 7y ago
I would argue it needs to be measured steps to get to that point. Hong Kong has seen that it is going to have a lot of its autonomy stripped away and that peaceful, sustained protests are more or less ignored, which is why it deteriorated i
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by Zafira 7y ago
I understand why people keep bring up earthquake insurance, but it's not that many of us haven't considered it. It can be expensive to the extent that you are better off reinforcing your home rather than spending any money on said
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by Zafira 8y ago
There is always going to be a portion of the population that are just users of technology, without any understanding of how it works. Consequently, there are going to be people who are going to feel violated, confused and angered by stunts
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by Zafira 8y ago
Eep, I'm sorry. I should learn to read better. Totally was not trying to put words in your mouth. To your comment about Sichuan, I'm not sure I would be in the same camp as the people you've spoken with. Ultimately everyone s
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by Zafira 8y ago
I cannot speak for the intent of the other person in this thread, but I was attempting to tie it back to your comment at the root of this thread, but based on your response it appears that the comments are intended to standalone. I apologiz
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by Zafira 8y ago
It is assuredly not northern Chinese cuisine. I think the point that is being made here is that your original statements about the distinguishing characteristics between northern and southern Chinese food are incorrect on any level.
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by Zafira 8y ago
> Very different foods. This I agree with, just like the US has varied cuisine depending on locale. > The north is a lot more spicy stuff. The south is more about sauces and freshness. Citation needed, please.
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by Zafira 8y ago
I am not arguing democratic ideals are bad. Obviously these norms and standards can be introduced to any culture and assimilated over time. What I am arguing is that the method that seems to have been used to get people to accept them doesn
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by Zafira 8y ago
I agree this policy is likely folly and that China showed its cards far too early, but I also believe that the Western policy of hoping that welcoming in China would lead to greater democratic freedoms was one of arrogance. The current land
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by Zafira 8y ago
Please don't start doing whataboutism.
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by Zafira 9y ago
I don't think this concedes how much a factor Chinese regionalism plays into the dominance of Chinese companies in China. The government has had a much stronger hand in shaping what technologies and companies flourish than in the rest
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by Zafira 9y ago
> It makes more sense when it is acknowledged that "Foreign Policy" is the official magazine of the Council on Foreign Relations, a group of people who are used to running the world. You're thinking of "Foreign Affair
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by Zafira 9y ago
If you look at the original plans for the 16th Street/Mission Station, you'll see it was intended to be built as part of a multi-use complex with housing, offices and shops. This was killed off in the wake of community opposition
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by Zafira 9y ago
I am absolutely not denying that, but it's particularly acute in Los Angeles. I am optimistic given the aggressiveness that Metro has had in recent years about growing out the light rail, that it'll get better...as long as it does
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by Zafira 9y ago
The GM thing is more myth than anything else, unfortunately. Pacific Electric was, at its core, a way to get people to buy real estate; much of the interurban systems in the United States can be traced back to basically being vehicles for r
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by Zafira 9y ago
This may simply be an LA thing. The entire basin is designed for cars, as a teenager having a car affords a freedom that is simply not possible otherwise. If you lived in the Valley, you can now go with your friends on the weekends to the b
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by Zafira 9y ago
I feel like virtually all of the comments here are focusing on the fact that Gawker, as a company, was generally unethical and harmed a lot of people for no good reason. This is not the point. Hulk Hogan is entirely moot to the issue at h
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by Zafira 10y ago
I think this is a fruitful and promising discussion on the part of the WebKit team. The biggest problem here is that the antipathy towards Apple in response to the perception that Apple management thinks the Macintosh is a dead-end and this
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by Zafira 10y ago
> they are a peaceful country (read: are in and have not been in wars, are leaders of the UN peacekeeping forces, and do not militarily interfere in other countries' affairs). Plus they have done nothing to me and I love all the Ch
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by Zafira 10y ago
It looks like a lot of people here are arguing that this is happening or possible, with the rather limiting constraint that you're in or around West LA. It being an older neighborhood, has more density which doesn't exist in many
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by Zafira 10y ago
> It's the result of man-centuries (man-millennia?) of work, yes, and as a result is really, really impressive. But imagine if that much work had been put into something fundamentally great, like Smalltalk or Lisp, rather than somet
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by Zafira 10y ago
The political will in the West is lacking to move fast in recent decades and really support these kinds of projects. The CCP has something to prove, though, and right now they'll displace entire communities, disappear anyone who object
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by Zafira 10y ago
To get anything done in China there must be some sort of state sponsorship. Just look at the crackdown on original journalism recently. This intentionally causes only a few approved firms to prosper and allows for these ecosystem apps to fl
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by Zafira 10y ago
It is likely referring to the criticisms that IIT creates a socioeconomic pecking order with IIT as the crème de la crème and all the prestige associated with it. I'm not sure, but how much value is seen being an IIT graduate? How much
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by Zafira 10y ago
People want to believe that there's some sacrifice...some payment made for people like Bill Gates to have earned their wealth. I think Bill Gates is a great businessman and he has worked for his wealth, but let us not be delusional. Th
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by Zafira 10y ago
I think for a lot of people, it's simply impossible to believe that people could be that cruel. Most of us have not seen and blissfuly have not lived through the horrors of World War II. I feel like this element, more than anything els
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by Zafira 10y ago
I think Wiesel has done much good and his writing and very public campaigns to insure that the horrors of the Holocaust are never forgotten are what he shall be remember for. Still, he is a man and a man is nothing, if fallible. In his memo
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by Zafira 10y ago
I think what bothers me the most about all of this is how criticism of the national policy of the state of Israel is reworked by certain opponents as anti-Semitic attacks. So often it feels like proponents of questionable Israeli policies
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by Zafira 10y ago
As much as I agree and support the use of nuclear power to meet our energy requirements, I think the most obvious downside when a nuclear plant fails also happens to help remind the public of what a nuclear failure can create. The only two
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by Zafira 11y ago
I really don't understand what the point of creating these puzzles and then failing to disclose that you'll reject, out-of-hand, an entire subset based on such hidden criteria. It feels like firms want anyone else, but themselves

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