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by champagnois 5y ago
>>disputing every virus control measure proposed, despite the glaring evidence that they worked Not only did the measures not work, they were doomed to fail from the start and could not have possibly worked. You've provided littl
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by champagnois 5y ago
>>their strategy is no longer tenable It was never tenable. >>It was proof that lockdowns and masks could have ended the pandemic Research in January of 2020 indicated that the virus was known to species hop with ease. Research
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by champagnois 5y ago
China's pandemic is not over. They are still having outbreaks. Many of my family members spent the past several weeks and months in quarantine prisons, by force. I, like many others, refrain from speaking on the subject because comment
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by champagnois 5y ago
Vaccines have failed to end the pandemic. Mask mandates and lockdowns have also failed to end the pandemic. I think the best approach going forward is: (1) increased capacity at hospitals, (2) a generalized reduction in crowded events, and
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by champagnois 5y ago
>economically, there's more threat from crypto than BRICs to the current order I am blown away by this belief of yours. Crypto is basically a scam.
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by champagnois 5y ago
The money supply issues, coupled with financial system competition from BRIC, will lead to a worse future than the present. The western world is never going back to the post-USSR high it was enjoying. Ever. The competitors have awakened and
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by champagnois 5y ago
I am sure there is plenty. I am also sure it is mostly all sting operations and bait.
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by champagnois 5y ago
Such people would be banned from nearly any platform for posting controversial or unpopular content. Snopes and politico would fact check them with a mostly false rating. Etc. The collective masses are always a bit arrogant in their praise
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by champagnois 5y ago
I agree with you on all points, but I will say that the thread topic is specifically about headlines 75 years from now rather than what current authorities claim today... So naturally, every correct answer would be controversial in the pres
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by champagnois 5y ago
Chinese family. Have lived there and among chinese elite for most of my life.
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by champagnois 5y ago
Asian cultures are aware. In China for example, tofu is one of the cheapest possible protein sources (think in terms of a massive pallet of it sold for five dollars) but people are generally aware that it is poisonous in some weird ways tha
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by champagnois 5y ago
Yes, but on the subject of plausible state actors -- Israel is among them. They also have a very advanced cohort of computer scientists and a booming crypto industry. There were even early cryptominers produced there, iirc. It would not sur
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by champagnois 5y ago
Or Israel? The genesis block contains a huge front page news storey of Israeli tanks rolling into Gaza, images and all, put there by Satoshi themself.
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by champagnois 5y ago
Just an "incremental" update where they added touch screen apps (from the iPhone and iPad) to the desktop and laptop experience. Oh, they also changed the system tray to mimic the touch functionality of iPads 1:1 as well, despite
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by champagnois 5y ago
The latest design elements feel straight from iPad OS imo. They also have had a focus on allowing iOS installs onto MacOS. This is from BigSur onward. I was mostly describing my feelings and guesses of it.
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by champagnois 5y ago
They are in the Windows 8 phase of design. They want to merge mouse and keyboard systems with touch systems, and are thusly forcing mouse and keyboard users to use interface conventions that are derived from touch platforms. Mobile platform
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by champagnois 5y ago
Less about Schroedinger or Stallman, more of a meta commentary on the way people talk about these things combined with the way others threaten to make it a crusade against commenters. I find these sorts of engagements interesting at the met
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by champagnois 5y ago
The bigger picture was that these moral crusades create an environment in which few are willing to openly discuss the facts, what lines are crossed, their thoughts on those lines, etc. I abstain from defending RMS, but it is amazing to me h
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by champagnois 5y ago
There is always a risk of attempted out-of-context cancellation for people who attempt to discuss the quirks of philosophy, law, or policy regarding taboo subjects. I learned last night that Richard M. Stallman (RMS) has articles about him
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by champagnois 5y ago
Youtube-DL has been an incredible tool for a very long time. I have never used it for music, but I have used it for countless educational videos that I intended to use while on a subway or a transcontinental flight. The experience of consum
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by champagnois 5y ago
The government of the people, by the people, for the people is able to talk to the press and control the media through various means. This is true. This is also fundamentally good when the government is a Western Liberal Democracy. The issu
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by champagnois 5y ago
It is unclear what you are saying here. Are you saying (1) "This update to the system's defenses would be circumvented by attackers using this alternative method."? or are you saying, (2) "An easier solution is for the d
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by champagnois 5y ago
>>Western world wide open for study and manipulation I have long since held the opinion that blogs and online publishing would yield an avenue for foreign influence and cognitive attacks on our way of life. For what it is worth, I do
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by champagnois 5y ago
Google made a pixel phone. I liked it. Unlimited photo storage for life they said. Google hangouts and duo they said. Google this and that they said. Seems they rug pulled on every one of those programs. Now, what is the selling point of a
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by champagnois 5y ago
It is hard to discuss this without being political. Any position on this topic is basically flamebait. I do believe the education system in America is designed to fulfill a few functions. The best interest of the children is not one of them
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by champagnois 5y ago
>>Though lawful, Republicans ... refused to 'seat' nominee... [Party B] followed the rules. [Party A] did not have sufficient votes to appoint a judge, and so no judge was appointed. [Party B] is under no obligation to assis
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by champagnois 5y ago
I agree with your message and the purpose of it. There was no intention of conflict. I made some attempts to clarify that in the various responses, which mostly concluded with agreements.
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by champagnois 5y ago
As he is a hero of sorts to you, here is EINSTEIN on the, to him, obvious difference in value between the stupid and the brilliant: >>In 1918 he was asked by the mother of a brilliant German biology student to dissuade her son from jo
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by champagnois 5y ago
The sentiment will be there, but they aren't the target of Russia's / China's focus with these social media troll bots.
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by champagnois 5y ago
>>Wiki Fun read and all. Thanks for that link. Very cool. >>You seem to know very little about science Einstein the person, the history of his life, etc are fully separate from contributions to science. Science is, generally, no

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