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by baursak 8y ago
Looks like they're actively changing the repo and removed the file I tried to access earlier.
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by baursak 8y ago
How do I get the actual data? IRAHandle_tweets.csv doesn't seem to have any data in it
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by baursak 8y ago
never said they were
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by baursak 8y ago
Usually they expect you to negotiate and these are 3-day events over the weekend, where every subsequent day there are sharp discounts applied for anything unsold previous day.
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by baursak 8y ago
This is also a vibrant niche industry in the US. E.g. https://www.estatesales.net/
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by baursak 8y ago
> The only concern should be whether they are proven to be dangerous terrorists The only way to do it is via a fair due process and trial.
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by baursak 8y ago
This, but also for central government debt, the government is the issuer of its own currency. As long as the debt is denominated in the same currency, the government can never become insolvent on its debt. The real constraints are always re
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by baursak 8y ago
I couldn't figure out how to run master-slave configuration on ECS.
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by baursak 8y ago
Relevant: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/1991/10/-quot... "The magazine is written by young people pretending to be old people... If American readers got a look at the pimply complex
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by baursak 8y ago
I would imagine it's because rural areas of the country are over represented in Congress per capita, plus it's not farmers but large corporations like Tyson who produce most of the meat?
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by baursak 8y ago
Yup: https://twitter.com/AyoCaesar/status/915543492977455104
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by baursak 8y ago
USSR had prefab block high-rises for a very long time. Most current housing in Russia is pretty much that.
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by baursak 8y ago
Ah, yes, forgot to mention them. I haven't read the book yet, but read some of their papers, yes those are good too.
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by baursak 8y ago
I'm interested in this. So far, the best resources I found are: - "Red Plenty" by Francis Spufford, a mix of fiction and non-fiction about planning experience in the USSR. It includes a rich bibliography and references to pap
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by baursak 8y ago
> But it’s also worth it to consider whether the lack of awareness/awe over Stuxnet vis a vis Russian election tampering is simply due to technology illiteracy, or whether media is not considering the notability of the means, just t
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by baursak 8y ago
> Author lost me on doorman. Doormen absolutely bring value and saying that doormen is bullshit job is the same as saying that waitress is a bullshit job - in the end customer is fully capable of bringing the food from the counter to his
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by baursak 8y ago
Well there's "socially liberal" movements, and then there's actually progressive movements. If you think that strikes, unionization, popularity of Sanders or exploding membership of DSA, IWW and other organizations are j
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by baursak 9y ago
Are you talking about 2nd amendment? If so, that's not a grant to violence by any means. If you want to test if the state really has a monopoly on violence, try being violent, or simply disobedient with an officer of the state.
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by baursak 9y ago
Is there any specific reason you said hundreds of thousands of accounts, and not tens of thousands, millions, or dozens?
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by baursak 9y ago
OP probably meant "progressive" instead of liberal. Here's one example: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/08/02/pers-a02.html Leftist journalists are routinely denied access to m
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by baursak 9y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-op... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitt...
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by baursak 9y ago
Actually I haven't even denied anything. I'm just asking you to substantiate your claims, but instead of doing that you make additional (unsubstantiated) claims, move the goalposts and use appeal to authority arguments.
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by baursak 9y ago
Wait, so your proof of claim "county A is fighting in country B" is that there were some weapons manufactured in country A found in country B? Do you realize what follows if I say county A is the US for example? Regarding "tr
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by baursak 9y ago
Saudis have been directly supporting Al Qaeda and its off-shoots like Nusra, the guys who cut off people's heads on camera. Oh wait, Saudis actually chop off people's heads regularly themselves. What's your point?
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by baursak 9y ago
> the other country fighting in Yemen Care to cite any reports of any Iranian bombings of civilians or starving of civilians in Yemen? Or in fact any evidence of Iranian involvement at all (beyond the usual "our confidential Saudi
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by baursak 9y ago
When Iran tries to do the same, all hell breaks loose. Media mindlessly and predictably add "weapons" to any mentions of Iranian nuclear program.
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by baursak 9y ago
And while they're at it, any news sites that hit you with a paywall when coming from Google results.
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by baursak 9y ago
I'm confused, why is Berlin unlike any other city in Germany in this regard? E.g. what would be different in Frankfurt?
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by baursak 9y ago
https://libcom.org/library/phenomenon-bullshit-jobs-david-gr...
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by baursak 9y ago
You should also check out "Free to Learn" and "Free at Last" books, and Sudbury school model. As a parent, it's something I've been contemplating a lot, but haven't quite committed to yet.

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