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by _-david-_ 4y ago
Poor countries are usually religious which plays an impact on the fertility rate. The last numbers I saw were 70% of North Koreans are not religious.
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
How accurate are NK statistics?
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
>US companies have been doing the same thing all over the world. Outside the west, everyone can see the hypocrisy It is not necessarily hypocrisy. I haven't paid too much attention, but does the US say China banning Facebook or Goog
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
I hope you were paid more than 50 cents for all the bootlicking you have been engaging in through this thread. If the West is as bad as you say, please just move to China and leave the rest of us alone. https://en.m.wikipedia.org
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
>I don’t believe the average western person would care at all if they could afford fewer cheap products I don't think this is the case. The average person wants a lot of things for cheap. Also, more expensive items like computers an
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
I don't think he is doing it strictly because the remaining team can't handle the development. He talked about open sourcing the recommendation algorithm before he even bought Twitter. Back in November 2022 he said: >One of the
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
They somewhat address that point by just saying they will figure it out later. >Some will say that this narrows the kind of roles that we can hire for. In particular, different roles can have very different comp models (sales often has a
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
We don't really know that Whatsapp has achieved challenge #1. Regardless, here are two big reasons why Signal is superior. 1. Not owned by Facebook 2. Open Source
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
Looks like it was as peaceful as other protests described as mostly peaceful that have happened over the last few years.
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
Which Russian media has been banned in the US?
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
Well it seems like they are better off than on social security >At the end of fiscal year 2018, the average annuity paid to career rail employees was $3,525 per month, the average annuity paid for all retired rail employees was $2,815 pe
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
I agree there was no tangible evidence, but there was circumstantial evidence, the lab's proximity to Wuhan and also scientists from China making the claims. The problem is large chunk of the media didn't say, as you are saying, t
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
I believe the poster is trying to say if you provide an objective assessment of the situation, a person who hasn't been tainted by the media would have the more accurate take. Large chunks of the media assured us that it was not only i
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
She was cancelled and then uncanceled. It is impossible to meet your standards of cancellation unless you wait until the person dies to ensure they aren't uncanceled sometime in the future. That is ridiculous. >Lol looked her up, sh
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
Dr. Li-Meng Yan was banned on Twitter for the lab leak theory. I think her account is back now though. Do you think a Chinese born scientist is a white nationalist?
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'Potential lab incident': FBI director Wray speaks publicly on Covid origin(abcnews.go.com)
25 points by _-david-_ 4y ago|37 comments
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
>In our testing, we found that you can browse for 17 hours or watch YouTube for 18 hours I'm quite interested in how YouTube can give more hours than browsing. Is it due to the bloat of modern webpages or something else?
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
>People were told something? by whom? I couldn't find the clip, but I think I saw it on CNN. It was one of the mainstream news outlets, might have been ABC or NBC or something like that. >You act as if there is some sort of autho
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
I'm not sure what you are asking. People said disagreeing with the organization of BLM means you disagree that black lives matter. If you disagree with groups that use it is OK to be white, then using the same logic that means you disa
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
The problem is when people said they didn't like Black Lives Matter due to the organization they were told it doesn't matter because black lives matter. This is a double standard.
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Telus investigating leak of stolen source code, employee data(bleepingcomputer.com)
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
It still wouldn't work. People will complain that either they are not properly checking people are who they say they are or they will say it is too difficult to get an id and it will disenfranchise the poor/minorities.
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
Technology monopolies are bad since one critical vulnerability means everybody is impacted. Having a standard that people conform to is fine, but the monopoly on an implementation is bad.
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
How would you expect to implement a double blind interview? Have the interview over text or something?
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
They need to fly to ensure that new pilots learn and older pilots remain polished. They don't need to blow up a pico balloon if that is what it was.
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
2FA over SMS is the least secure option. It is free to use more secure options.
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
>Non-SMS authentication requires a smartphone and not just a cell phone. Not accurate. There are applications for totp for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
Nope. FEMA and the EPA are going to be helping. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3864078-ohio-g...
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by _-david-_ 4y ago
There are a lot of people here talking about privacy and preventing the seizing of money. There is another issue though. Being able to buy things without power is also important.
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January 2023 Consumer Price Index Summary(bls.gov)
2 points by _-david-_ 4y ago|0 comments

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