contrarian1234

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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
your complete lack of self awareness is annoying but also amusing :)
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
wow thats absolutely tiny. thanks for the detailed info. very interesting :))
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
given your inability to engage with an opposing point of view, youre definitely not a bot. So ill take your ad hominem as praise
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
> It isn't "my scenario". These are real cases maybe English isnt your native language, but "scenario" doesnt require the situation to be not real > Nothing in there about "likeability" or "we l
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
The parent comment present a scenario where the law is ignored b/c the judge decides for himself it shouldn't apply. I'm pointing out that this kind of approach is fundamentally unjust and wrong. "And sure you can say th
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
Sorry but that seems like an insane system where whole classes of actions effectively are illegal but probably okay if you're likeable. In your scenario the obvious solution is to amend the law and pardon people convinced under it. B&#
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
Is it just for leisure or commercial traffic? it's a lot smaller than I imagined. I can't picture a river barge fitting in it, but it's hard to tell the scale
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
Right now is an AI goldrush. They can get crazy lucrative investments and lock in amazing deals. In a decade the Chinese tech will catch up and the AI boom will slow down and the Taiwanese will have to coast on what they have. They have to
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
Making a new plane is obviously a major effort. Updating avionics/engine also seems extremely complex. However, the alternative I was suggesting is just using a commercial passenger plane (like a private jet someone else suggested)
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
I mean I think people have been complaining about the KC-135 being too old for a very long time, and from what I heard the replacement was urgently needed. At least there I can see how there is really no good alternative - it's a very
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
Why is such an ancient plane still being used? Lack of funding to use something newer? Or it has some capability that can't be replicated? I would imagine it's incredibly expensive to maintain. Are they machining their own engine
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
I think the real problem is that the government is not structured in an accountable way and things like DOGE can happen. These things basically don't happen in other democracies. The Japanese don't all have assault rifles in their
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
Are we supposed to structure out society so we're safer in the case that the Chinese invade and use all our institutions against us? There is a risk-benefit tradeoff to make. Crippling society and institutions in preparation for an a w
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
The Rights are not intended as preemptive. You don't have a right to free speech b/c otherwise maybe the government regulation of speech will get out of hand. You have it because it's espoused as a fundamental right. Same wit
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
maybe naiive but isnt this what "comments" in journals are for? theyre usually published with a response by the authors
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
yeah, this is exactly it. all the arguments kind of boil down to "well how about if the government does illegal or evil stuff?" its very similar to arguments about the second ammendment. But laws and rules shouldnt be structured a
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by contrarian1234 8mo ago
Have the recipient server be owned by a priest and API metadata that says it's a confession
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by contrarian1234 9mo ago
Are you trying to say there is a parallel in that the right voices read the tea leaves correctly and knew that Russia was going to be a crazy rogue state? And that similarly, there are signs China is going to get super belligerent in the fu
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by contrarian1234 9mo ago
Russia is not an active economic rival. If they weren't actively attacking neighbors and interfere with governments around the world they would be basically irrelevant. I think the situation is radically different from China. Russia se
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by contrarian1234 9mo ago
Okay they have a small limited amount of border disputes that are wrapped up in their nationalism. But they're not instigating coupe-detats is other countries to get favorable regimes, or significantly militarily meddling in other regi
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by contrarian1234 9mo ago
China as the enemy is a fabricated narrative, bc culturally we seem to have a need to have another cold war, we need a "bad guy" in reality theyre just economic rivals. But then again so are the EU. in terms of zone of political i
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by contrarian1234 9mo ago
Ah okay, thanks for explaining it! Just based on the name, journal and metadata it seemed like a research paper.. and I was honestly a bit surprised. But I obviously don't publish law research :)) From what you're saying it seems
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by contrarian1234 9mo ago
Just from reading the abstract, it feels like the authors didn't even attempt at trying to be objective. It hard to take what they're saying seriously when the language is so loaded and full of judgments. The kind of language you&
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by contrarian1234 9mo ago
That's simply not true. People are compensated generously for land that is seized. I have friends that have had it happen, and you get a lot more money than if you were to sell the property - so it's a bit like winning the lottery
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by contrarian1234 9mo ago
i feel the fact coal is so often considered separately from oil and gas to be very suspicious. Cant help but feel demonizing coal is plays into the interests of petro states. Obviously we should be moving to green energy, but coal provides
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by contrarian1234 10mo ago
curious what you mean. i dont actually take any side on the original question. i dont really know enough to have an informed opinion - and im a bit skeptical one could prove anything given the confounding variables but the idea that you can
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by contrarian1234 10mo ago
Most of my "wtf is going on" moments on Linux have to do with permissions. I loath the industry move to even more security. I want a more Emacs-like experience. Multiuser systems have become the exception and most people have a pe
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by contrarian1234 10mo ago
Amazing, a whole article about a camera without a single photo from that camera
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by contrarian1234 10mo ago
Oh really? I took the Flixbus from the Czech Republic and is stopped near the border and then after that it was train only. Maybe I ended up in a weird spot then! I just checked and there are indeed buses in-country. Strange that I somehow
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by contrarian1234 10mo ago
Austria is the only European country I've been to that doesn't have cheap affordable intercity buses. Seemingly none at all. It was kind of strange... Does anyone know why? The only options to get around was the expensive train sy

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