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Finns are bilingual in both Finnish and Swedish. Swedish and Norwegian are mutually intelligible to a high degree.
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> Up until mid-2000's, the entire country was reliant on a single – modem – internet connection to Singapore Myanmar’s internet infrastructure was limited and tightly controlled, but it was not dependent on a single modem connection
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Sharing France's nuclear umbrella? No way, says Le Pen(politico.eu)
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> The USofA has meddled in most American countries. Yup, I'm aware -- not just Nicaragua, but also Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Chile, Bolivia, etc. I was merely curious about where u/kragen lives.
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> here in America I think you missed a word. I assume you meant South America?
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> kill thousands Small nitpick: It would be more accurate to count these victims in figures of hundreds of thousands , or perhaps even millions . The Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966 alone , conducted under the imprimatur of the
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> China is pouring resources into making their own EUV machines Not only this, but ASML has decided to build a factory in Beijing as well: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/asml_to_open_beijing_...
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> scalpel This suggests a cautious, surgical approach. So far DOGE seems to be wielding a chainsaw instead.
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> your assumption of even having elections in 2028 could be faulty. The 2026 midterms will likely be compromised too. Remember that Trump has pardoned all J6 rioters. One can now expect more hardcore MAGA folks to come out of the woodwor
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This is not true. You will not get caned for littering in Singapore. You might get a fine, or be sentenced to clean a public area while wearing a bright uniform (so that everyone can see that you're being punished). See: https:/&
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Those are very fair points. I too am glad that the law was repealed. I frequently get the impression that the policymakers in Singapore are more progressive than they reveal, but are extremely cautious about loosening up because they don&#x
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The law -- a relic from British colonialisation -- criminalising homosexuality between men (not women, by the way) was never enforced anyway.
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> She was loudly accused of having extreme positions on a hot button issue. She was accused of many things in bad faith, e.g. not being Black, being a Marxist, being a communist, and more. Spending time and effort to address every single
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> I do frequently read news in three languages plus a fourth occasionally Impressive. Can you speak or understand by listening these languages as well? And if I may ask out of curiosity, which languages are they?
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> everything Trump does has a weird way of aiding China This is also why Chinese netizens commonly refer to Trump as 川建國同志 (literally "Nation-Building Comrade Trump").
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> the Ukraine war and the response has changed everything for SK I'm curious: Is this speculation, or are you speaking from a place of knowledge? I don't know any Korean and am therefore unable to follow Korean media, so I&#x27
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The "Thucydides Trap" Trap: U.S.-China Relations and the Misuse of History(secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com)
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TSMC pitches Intel foundry joint venture to Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom(seekingalpha.com)
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> There were already calls that, now, with all brakes off, we can increase rather than curb spending on the welfare state. I'm curious: Where can I read more about this? Which parties (and how many) are saying this? Is there any pus
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> has become a magnet for safety-obsessed cranks I'm out of the loop. To whom are you referring?
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Thank you for taking the time to verify this. Much appreciated.
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> I don't expect the US will default on our debt This is tangential to your discussion, but it seems like Trump might be setting the stage for defaulting on US debt: Forget Trump’s tariffs, the president’s bond market threat is wors
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> When people believe their action will not make a difference, they pay less heed to the consequences of their actions. People will take money to do things if they don't think it will change much. So in a completely hypothetical sce
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> the taiwanese people are so poor that they would all betray their country for 100k? You'd be surprised. I'm not saying that all of them (or even most of them) will accept the payment, but there have been multiple cases of esp
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> Musk practically living in the White House He's very much in favour of the CCP. Elon Musk suggests making Taiwan a ‘special administrative zone’ similar to Hong Kong (2022): https://www.theguardian.com/technology&#
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It was not. I'm a real person, and I'm genuinely willing to concede that I was sloppy in my choice of words. But I'm not sure how I can prove it to you.
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> We only promised to seek UN Security Council action And ended up voting with Russia anyway.
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I apologise; it was not my intention to rewrite history. It was a rhetorical device, though I can see how I came across as trying to be revisionist. But you're right that it's important to be precise.
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> China doesn't care at all about chips My apologies, I should have been more clear. Here is my read of the situation: China doesn't care in the sense that the threat of destroying fabs isn't going to factor into the Chine
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Their posturing during peacetime does not translate into showing up during wartime. In fact we have already seen how they cosy up to dictators during wartime. The USA spent decades and decades backing military coups and assassinating democr

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