blancheneige

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by blancheneige 7y ago
Thanks. I wonder if child hunger and subsequent depression are really just two symptomatic manifestations of the same underlying cause (e.g. socioeconomic issues increasing the likelihood of either) rather than being causally related.
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by blancheneige 7y ago
TLDR for those of us who have a job?
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by blancheneige 8y ago
>That could mean primitive human relatives left Africa and made it all the way to South-East Asia, something not previously thought possible. Happy to dig up the source when I get home, but I remember specifically reading a paper not so
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by blancheneige 8y ago
what's more important, freedom or perception of freedom?
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by blancheneige 8y ago
seems like the antithesis of small government to have it explicitly bar itself from providing free services helping its citizens pay for said government. the latter should be as seamless as possible given that failure to comply results in a
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by blancheneige 8y ago
>overwhelmingly pessimistic overwhelmingly as accounted for by head count or size of portfolios?
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by blancheneige 8y ago
Thanks for the link. Sounded a bit hard to believe indeed (although if it were true it would more likely come from Native American folklore rather than the other side, for I can hardly imagine how they'd be able to recollect that sto
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by blancheneige 8y ago
This reminds me of an old legend (probably made up but what do I know) that when early European explorers first reached North America, some native American tribes, then settled on the shore, were unable to see the ships coming on the horizo
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by blancheneige 8y ago
>Just because there is historical evidence of people justifying racism Another instance of retroactively applying terms that didn't apply back then. The misery among the dilapidated populace was very real and the rulers of the time
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by blancheneige 8y ago
what about our retroactive perception of time that might be stretched as we try to recall the way we used to perceive time through the filter of our current experience
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by blancheneige 8y ago
Please describe to me what you think corresponds to a typical and oh so recognizable CIA operation so we can all easily pin it back on them next time they make a move
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by blancheneige 8y ago
Those are nice euphemisms but giving these articles a critical read, particularly in light of the implications of the first one might do us more good than engaging in systematic and apologetic damage control
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by blancheneige 8y ago
well here are two examples with actual definitions to get you started. hopefully the guardian isn't too esoteric for you! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jul/17/iraq.usa >The ideologically
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by blancheneige 8y ago
In all fairness, if you think you know what a CIA operation looks like then you probably don't.
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by blancheneige 8y ago
>Government sources say that it would be “unacceptable” for an ally to take such action. Not only would it mean that the US agency had operated on Spanish soil without asking for authorization or informing the authorities, it would also
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by blancheneige 8y ago
From https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/12/attacke... >The targeting of critical infrastructure to disrupt, degrade, or destroy systems is consistent with numerous attack and reconnaiss
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by blancheneige 8y ago
kinda funny that the headline reads "Russian Spy Submarines Are Tampering with Undersea Cables" while the article does not provide actual evidence that Russian Spy Submarines Are Tampering with Undersea Cables. maybe they were jus
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by blancheneige 8y ago
blockchain != exchanges holding your private keys
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by blancheneige 8y ago
>A common argument against gun control ("should we ban hammers next?") is obviously fallacious obviously fallacious... https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/09/london-m..
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by blancheneige 8y ago
because it's not your society. it's that of your elites.
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by blancheneige 8y ago
for the same reason that you will rarely find neoconservatives describing themselves as such, despite checking all the boxes
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by blancheneige 8y ago
Idk he might eventually grow tired of living off tuition and taxpayer money.
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by blancheneige 8y ago
the genius of consumerism was to turn latent wants into newfound needs.
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by blancheneige 8y ago
if that can make anyone reading this feel better, most of the side projects you'll never have time to work on are probably useless anyways.
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by blancheneige 8y ago
yeah, the whole 8 hours trifecta thing neglects a lot of round corners
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by blancheneige 8y ago
No. I happen to have been ten once, however, with good parents.
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by blancheneige 8y ago
>Parents aren't going to monitor their kids 24/7. It's not about monitoring your kids 24/7. It's about instilling values in them precisely so they can monitor themselves. This is what differentiates good upbringi
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by blancheneige 8y ago
with just about every car component now being computerized and thus prone to being backdoor'd I don't even think they would need to go that far
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by blancheneige 8y ago
so, why is he wrong again?
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by blancheneige 8y ago
see also the ngram viewer: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=conspiracy+the...

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