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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
> Please don't take HN threads into nationalistic flamewar. Dang, question: how is this nationalistic? It seems to me the opposite - it's pointing out the media, Reddit, and this site's blatant (IMO sinophobic) double stan
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
> a more anti-capitalist, pro-government, collectivism oriented outlook As someone who meets that description and has been here for ~8 years, I've always felt that there's been an absolute dearth of anti-capitalists (communists
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
I find Garmin watches superior to Fitbits in everything BUT sleep tracking.
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*Two parties since the advent of Third Way-ism.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
> Mao Zedong killed 40 to 80 million people during his rule after WW2, but "only" in China. 40 to 80 million is absurdly large and just as fictitious as the numbers pushed in the "black book of communism". This is a g
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
> Get involved with your local DSA chapter. I've been in the DSA for years now and would recommend it to anyone who is interested. But just to be clear: most of the organizing does not revolve around electoral politics. There are th
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
The Pinochet "economic miracle" is largely debunked at this point. Naomi Klein has covered this topic extensively in her book, The Shock Doctrine. Here's a relevant passage from her book: “The only thing that protected Chile
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Which essentially showed the US would not only be unsuccessful attacking Iran but also lose in a humiliating fashion, making Gulf War 1/2 and Afghanistan look like child's play.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Compare searches between Ecosia and DDG. Same results.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
I read Stephen Kotkin's excellent three part series on Stalin this summer and Kotkin (who is by no means a Soviet apologist; he's a conservative) thinks Stalin was a political genius, a modern Machiavelli. For example, in this int
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
They've definitely moved MVIS before.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
2-3 weeks ago people on here were advocating stocking up on masks and selling at a high profit.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
A good example is Jerry Brown's 10K Project — his plan to attract 10,000 people to live in downtown Oakland by 2001, which was the cornerstone of his tenure as mayor. The idea was that 10k affluent people would create a positive feedba
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Similar experience and similar feelings here :/
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
They publish it at the end of every year. I remember seeing it on DC Rainmaker's site a month ago: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/12/fascinating-stravas-2019...
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Hoka One One Carbon Xs are currently all the rage in the running community (#1 trending shoe on Strava) and retail for much less. Similar technology to the vaporfly but more forgiving. I'm surprised no one has brought that up on here y
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Yep the Great Lake region is probably the best situated to weather the storm of climate change.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
And this is truly textbook HN behavior when it comes to climate change. You see it over and over.
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Gimme Shelter – The Cost of Living in the Bay Area(harpers.org)
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Same and I'm kicking myself for not switching sooner. If you care about improving your running ability then getting a Garmin is a no-brainer. The PacePro feature which just arrived on my FR245 is incredible.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
I sold my Fitbit for a Garmin in the last month and the importer really didn't do much. Fitbit only gives 31 days of data.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
This entire process of "shock therapy" was orchestrated by American advisors, backed by U.S. capital, and closely presided over by the Clinton administration. No matter your opinion of the USSR, HN readers should be able to see wh
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Easier way to match voices?
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Or Huawei Watch GT 2 https://consumer.huawei.com/en/wearables/watch-gt2/ Or Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-watch-active2/
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Economists are now admitting that they were wrong about globalization(foreignpolicy.com)
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
We've known for a while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_scie... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/clim...
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
If I had to bet, western society will be judged for creating an industrialized world while knowingly ignoring the effect of greenhouse gases.
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
I've seen this video and it's a Sinclair hit piece. Not worth the time of anyone who wants to engage in an informed discussion. It's 2019 and this propaganda piece (yes, it's propaganda) is arguing mass incarceration is
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
Peter J. Irvine's group has been doing substantial research into what they are calling 'solar geoengineering' or releasing sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere to reduce global temperatures. His research has caught a lot of
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by cbHXBY1D 7y ago
> I think Chinese corporations behave more like a beehive and Russians like a wolf pack. This is an old orientalist trope.

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