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by af78 2y ago
= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT
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by af78 2y ago
Food aid rarely reaches the people who need it. The North Korean regime is notorious for diverting aid, or selling to finance its nuclear program. Responsible food distribution requires careful monitoring, which the regime rejects. https:&
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by af78 2y ago
I’d like to add that it is not just about governments (democratic or otherwise). Large corporations wield disproportionate powers, in comparison with individuals, and may have a presence across countries and continents. Even if they don’t u
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by af78 2y ago
I've had Fairphone 3 for a few years. The camera isn't fancy but I don't care. The original battery died at some point. Replacing it was very easy; no tool needed. Just like it was in the '90s with most phones. The repai
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Heat waves in north Pacific may be due to China reducing aerosols(phys.org)
2 points by af78 2y ago|1 comments
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by af78 2y ago
AI or not, if a machine finds an answer so complex that no human can understand it, how useful is it?
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by af78 3y ago
True but russian security services spare no every effort to make potential defectors think twice; russia has a long history of punishing defectors. Recent examples include the Skripals in the UK and a helicopter pilot in Spain.
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by af78 3y ago
CBS partnered with The Insider for this investigation. This article contains a lot more details: https://theins.ru/en/politics/270425
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by af78 3y ago
TIL construction went on for 137 years without a building permit. I find it hard to believe no one realized in such a long time.
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by af78 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet#Etymology
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by af78 3y ago
English: Sweden, Switzerland In Slavic languages its arguably somewhat close: - Russian: Швеция, Швейцария (translit: Shvetsiya, Shveytsariya). - Ukrainian: Швеція, Швейцарія (Shvetsiya, Shveytsariya) - Polish: Szwecja i Szwajcaria etc. Rom
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by af78 3y ago
This may lead to confusion. In Spanish, for example, Pena and Peña are not the same.
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by af78 3y ago
> Pretty much all Russian factories run on US/Europe equipment. It's not really a secret, not sure what's surprising about that. More of a little-known fact than a secret. For me at least: two years ago I had no idea. >
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by af78 3y ago
I used to think so. According to this page https://freekorea.us/sanctions/ existing sanctions are not enforced as strongly as they could. North Korea and Russia are much more reliant on foreign technology than one may
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by af78 3y ago
Thanks for expanding.
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by af78 3y ago
I disagree about this part: “if they stay and continue to operate - the government leaves them for the most part alone” Foreign businesses are known to have been coerced to make ‘voluntary donations’ to the military. Here’s an example: htt
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by af78 3y ago
farmer's daughter , not wife.
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by af78 4y ago
The thread seems to have been written by a Greek, a bit of Roman-bashing is par for the course :)
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by af78 4y ago
Relevant thread: https://twitter.com/cleptok/status/1611622181665923075 Ok. Let's do a short thread on Roman cement for the 3 people out there that might be interested. You often hear that the Romans had some
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I told my team to pause our $750K/month Twitter ads budget last week(teamblind.com)
35 points by af78 4y ago|23 comments
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by af78 4y ago
How do you end a war you did not start? Surrenders have consequences.
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by af78 4y ago
Are there still people using graphics card for crypto? I thought specialized chips had made them noncompetitive years ago.
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by af78 4y ago
Quoting one of the lawyers who helped draft sanctions law: https://freekorea.us/sanctions-nkspea-faq/ """ Section 207 of the NKSPEA contains broad exemptions for food imports and humanitarian aid, and pr
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by af78 5y ago
While affirming power is one likely purpose, a complementary one is to sow confusion. I like this quote: > Dictators don't do propaganda so you believe something. We do it so you believe nothing. And more importantly, do nothing. h
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by af78 5y ago
> I don't know why they couldn't have chosen something like `std::hash_map` According to Herb Sutter the name `hash_map` (or `hashmap`) had already been taken by some C++ standard library implementation that shipped a class wit