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by _t9ow 2y ago
How are comments like this ("Tell me X without telling me X") helpful? This is such a low-effort reply; at least briefly explain why you disagree with OP.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> Not rights centric like the EU Sadly, the EU is trying very hard and very persistently to pass the Chat Control bill. So far the EU hasn't succeeded, but I would be surprised if EU politicians didn't keep trying until it is f
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Yes, it was a serious question, because even before his public Nazi salutes, he already had a history of anti-Semitic tweets online, which were later widely reported in many media outlets, such as the BBC. (I don't use Twitter, and nev
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Thank you for respectfully disagreeing. Will you elaborate so that I can hear a different perspective?
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> the spring in his step is much reduced now Musk hasn't suddenly changed in the past few months. His deranged/racist behaviour has been going on for years. What has prompted your neighbour to regret his purchase?
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Out of curiosity, where are you moving your money to?
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> I can’t communicate enough how the skepticism (“this is just hype” or “LLMs are stochastic parrots”) is the vastly dominant thought paradigm in European academic circles. I'm very curious. If you don't mind taking the time to
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by _t9ow 2y ago
And it seems like many conservatives have collective amnesia about January 6; the fake electors plot; the Trump–Raffensperger phone call; how an astonishing number of Trump's colleagues and staffers in his first administration have una
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Singapore lifted its moratorium on new DCs in 2022 [1], and since then has been expanding its DC capacity aggressively [2]. You're also right that it could be a reporting quirk. I don't think we can say definitively that Chinese c
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> trim your writing to the pith in every paragraph or even line This takes a lot of time. Writing concisely is much more challenging and time-consuming than writing verbosely. Writing unnecessarily long essays means that your readers e
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> overthrew democracies in South America Don't forget Central America and Iran; supporting military dictators in Southeast Asia (Marcos in the Philippines and Suharto in Indonesia); invading Haiti and raiding it of the entirety of i
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> the US and its allies What allies? Is he aware that his current President is alienating and antagonising almost every single country out there that can historically be considered an ally?
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That's a reasonable take. Thanks for elucidating.
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The USA does not have allies. It has hostages.
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That makes sense, but why trust them more than DeepSeek?
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> the only one I trust any more than I trust Deepseek is Anthropic Will you kindly explain why? Thank you.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
This policy was introduced by the Biden administration.
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Europe's economic apocalypse is now (December 2024)(politico.eu)
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How the Rich Ate South Korea: Dark World of Chaebols (Documentary) [video](youtube.com)
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Thanks for being fair-minded and giving credit where credit is due. I'm so tired of reading comments trivializing Singapore's achievements and mischaracterising it as a country. > it's because other countries helped them A
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> The NHS is not dying an entirely natural death. Murder most foul. I'm ignorant on this topic; do you mind elaborating?
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The highest marginal tax brackets tend to kick in very, very early in Europe. That makes a huge difference.
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> what the rationalist movement is generally hated on Out of genuine curiosity, what causes hatred/resentment towards this community?
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Overall I agree with you. I was merely speculating on why there is so much pushback against the TikTok ban -- that people (erroneously) pattern-match this decision to McCarthyism.
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Swedish man dies in South Korea after being denied treatment at 21 hospitals(euronews.com)
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Thanks for the link; it's very informative.
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I agree overall with your analysis. Nonetheless when one says that there is good evidence for something, rather than that there is good circumstantial evidence or that there are very reasonable grounds to assume something, one is maki
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I was not aware that conscientious objection is illegal in Singapore, so I'm more educated now on that front. Nonetheless one must ask: Does this count as persecution of Christians specifically, when atheists (and people of other fai
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> You can't say "there is good evidence" and then not provide the evidence Unfortunately very common these days; people who say this probably hope that they won't ever be asked to provide receipts.
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> if an app is declared an agent of foreign powers I suspect that people pattern-match this declaration to McCarthyism. Additionally, the US has been invoking national security for a series of extremely dubious moves recently as well --

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