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by charred_patina 3y ago
> I just can't see a coherent line of discussion here. What I see is a set line of conclusions that you want to support. Few of which really directly apply to the claims of this thread. I spelled out for you what I would consider to
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by charred_patina 3y ago
The USA spent trillions of dollars with this mindset and now has to recognize them as a legitimate government. My point is you can either be realistic and save yourself a lot of headache, or you can be idealistic and waste a lot of time and
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by charred_patina 3y ago
> You literally brought Israel into this discussion with the sole purpose to undermine a criticism of a group that is calling for the death of others. That is a deflection. I brought it up to show that your argument is one-sided and does
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by charred_patina 3y ago
> Deflect, much? I can call out a group of cartoonishly villainous terrorists without having to condone any other behavior. I am not deflecting, my point has been consistent across the whole thread. All of the power players in the region
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by charred_patina 3y ago
I am unable to reply to your comment in the other chain (ok for some reason it let me comment now) > Deflect, much? I can call out a group of cartoonishly villainous terrorists without having to condone any other behavior. I am not defle
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by charred_patina 3y ago
Is it not cartoon villainy when Israel has killed 23,000 people indiscriminately? Or Israeli real estate companies post pictures of planned beachside condos photoshopped onto rubble in Gaza? Or when Israel murdered 3 of the hostages because
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by charred_patina 3y ago
This describes pretty much every country on the planet right now. I think the real distinction is that terrorists are non-state actors who use violence (bad). States are legally allowed to use violence (necessary). But the common parlance o
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by charred_patina 3y ago
> If you think this is truly about putting pressure on Israel to halt their campaign in Gaza, I have major questions for the news sources you are ingesting. These attacks coincided with the bombing and are the stated reason. > As well
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by charred_patina 3y ago
I am curious, how do you distinguish between the two? To me it seems like the US designation of terrorist just means "group we don't want to negotiate with". The US has backed rebels and regimes that have done equally bad (if
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by charred_patina 3y ago
I started working at a lab where I am the only SWE and everyone else is a scientist. I have a lab notebook, but I don't use it properly (thankfully nobody gets on my case about it). I usually just use it as a short-term working memory,
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by charred_patina 3y ago
I didn't mean to imply that medicine should be as easy as car maintenance, just that I'm typically satisfied with my mechanic, but not with my doctors. There is a disparity in customer satisfaction.
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by charred_patina 3y ago
I have wondered why we even need primary care doctors when it seems like if you really need treatment, you see a specialist. Not to be the "disruptive technology will fix X industry" guy, but wouldn't it make sense to have nu
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by charred_patina 3y ago
No offense, but what do medical schools prepare you for? I know very few people who have ever said "yeah I have a really great doctor", and then it's only because they spent time searching and learning to navigate the syste
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by charred_patina 3y ago
The answer I am going to give you starts with the idea that we live in a patriarchy, where men are programmed with a subconscious bias about women. If you can't entertain that idea then you will disagree with everything I say afterward
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by charred_patina 3y ago
> It’s difficult to judge unless you actually know people that own these type of cars. Sure this is true, but living in Texas I can tell you most people do not need them, and pay for them as status symbols. There are more trucks today th
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by charred_patina 3y ago
> Are you seriously asking 'stavros if he considered that other people may have sexist views and therefore his non-sexist view take is wrong? I am asking Stavros to consider that Women readers may be hyper-aware of bad male writing
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by charred_patina 3y ago
I am sorry you don't have the maturity to process different points of view.
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by charred_patina 3y ago
> because here I was, reading this story, not generalizing about what gender does what, just seeing a character with flaws, and then your comment comes along and makes it not just about the gender of the character, but the gender of the
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by charred_patina 3y ago
> God I am so disgusted by trucks as virtue/status signaling If you own a truck for its utility then my statement doesn't apply to you. They are utility vehicles. I can safely say thought that a majority of people who own them
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by charred_patina 3y ago
God I am so disgusted by trucks as virtue/status signaling. This is just that turned up to 11. I really wish we just recognized cars as transportation and built them for that purpose, while providing alternatives. Such a misallocation
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by charred_patina 3y ago
I mean, we can only speculate. But "nuclear non-proliferation for thee, secret nukes for me" hasn't really worked out great in the middle east so far. It's obvious that "realpolitik" makes some nations winners
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by charred_patina 3y ago
The fact that nuclear weapons are about deterrence means you don't want them to be secret. A secret nuclear weapon's primary use would be a revenge weapon. Or to blow up a city in a surprise attack. Neither of which is particularl
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by charred_patina 3y ago
https://www.avclub.com/tom-lehrer-1798208112
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by charred_patina 3y ago
He has always creeped me out. The way pg talks about him is meant to be an endorsement, but it makes Sam seem like a Svengali whose main quality is the ability to manipulate and get what he wants.
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by charred_patina 3y ago
September 11th
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by charred_patina 3y ago
Maybe I just have low standards for literature, I didn't realize so many people disliked the books but on r/scifi and here on HN people really dislike the Three Body Problem series. I liked it but after the first 50 pages of book
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by charred_patina 3y ago
I just found out about this game and have been playing it pretty much nonstop. The developer has an active Discord with a nice community. The game gets pretty complex, with radar, missile tracking and other features. It's open source a
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by charred_patina 3y ago
What are the rankings based on? I was surprised to see Proteus in the #2 spot. It's very slow in person, and not like it has the amount of PR that Spot or Atlas do. Side note, I got to see a full-sized Spot in person. Nothing prepares
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by charred_patina 3y ago
Really? What didn't you like about them? I ask because I found them pretty refreshing (even if there ere some annoying tropes)
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by charred_patina 3y ago
If you like sci-fi, you should read the Three Body Problem series. I won't post any spoilers but the "no fun" setting is a plot point.

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