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by daenz 5y ago
I mentioned in another comment, and I don't want to spam, but I wasn't able to verify their Google search trends claim, using the source country as Russia, and searching both English and Russian translations of the terms they quot
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by daenz 5y ago
>Why would they be searching in English? Good point, here's the Russian translation of "how to leave Russia", which doesn't appear to be much different than the English version. https://trends.google.com&#x
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by daenz 5y ago
>there is talk of martial law in Russia I want to highlight this, because I think it illustrates my point about propaganda. I dug around for a source on that statement, and this appears the most reliable source[0]. An anonymous EU offici
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by daenz 5y ago
If it was clearly obvious, then why wouldn't the Economist use these other sources directly, instead of leaning so heavily on Google Trends data? It's a flimsy way to present truth.
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by daenz 5y ago
I can't even confirm their statements, but I may be using google trends wrong: >More Russians are asking Google “how to leave Russia” than have done so in 18 years since such data became public. https://trends.google.com&
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by daenz 5y ago
This may very well be true, but I'm having trouble believing anything, from anyone, about the conflict. There is so much propaganda around the subject, that unless you are personally connected to an official source, I believe you can&#
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by daenz 5y ago
2. It's more extreme than that though. YouTube banned a reputable news source for reporting on a story in which Trump tangentially mentioned election fraud. That's pretty Orwellian imo.
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by daenz 5y ago
Whether it's Huxley or Orwell, they're both dystopias. EDIT>> My mistake, censorship falls clearly under Orwell
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by daenz 5y ago
In Kill All Others[0] (excellent), there was only one Party, but everyone must vote for it anyways, as a gesture of approval and submitting to the authority. 0. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6912900
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by daenz 5y ago
Only if the self-driving is augmented by a remote driving human. Think mechanical turk, but for self-driving cars. 95% of the time, the self-driving car will self-drive, but for that remaining 5%, it needs to detect that it is out of its de
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by daenz 5y ago
How they filmed "Free Solo"[0] was also pretty incredible. They had to assemble world class videographers who were also world class climbers. As you can imagine, it's a very small group of people! 0. https://www.yo
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by daenz 5y ago
That's the point of the "crying wolf" story: the boy cried wolf so many times, that when a wolf (emergency) actually appeared, the townsfolk response was not appropriate. That's the risk you run when every story is hyped
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Whataboutism. The answer to one problem isn't to say "but what about this other problem." The problem we're discussing here is the endless fear porn on the news and social media.
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by daenz 5y ago
The Boy Who Cried Wolf comes to mind. When everything is an emergency, nothing is.
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by daenz 5y ago
I've started to see a lot of burnout on my social media, of posts like "It's ok to take a break from the news" and "It's ok to not participate and focus on your mental health." These are coming from people
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by daenz 5y ago
If a kickback exists, that makes sense. But wouldn't the kickback have to be quite high to be worth the risk that McDonalds is opening themselves up to? I haven't looked at the Taylor financials, but the service contracts are supp
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by daenz 5y ago
That gives a huge amount of context, thanks! Here's where Kytch is mentioned specifically https://youtu.be/SrDEtSlqJC4?t=1379
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by daenz 5y ago
>Kytch has argued that Taylor was incentivized to keep its machines broken; repair and maintenance contracts across its business lines accounted for a quarter of the company's revenue stream in 2018, according to a document Taylor p
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by daenz 5y ago
Kytch built a device that gave the ice cream machines remote debugging. They sold them to franchises. McDonalds got weird about this and told franchises that they weren't safe, and that they've got a new ice cream machines that al
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R/VolunteersForUkraine(old.reddit.com)
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by daenz 5y ago
1952 - "Duck and cover" 2022 - "Mask and distance"
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by daenz 5y ago
Very cool! >Switch between images, pronouns or secret identities at the push of a button Sincere question: is this poking fun at people using pronouns, or do some people change their pronouns throughout the day?
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by daenz 5y ago
a) I am unconvinced that they have any more direct power over their leadership than any other country's citizens do. Is this naive? b) We all know that taxes are involuntary. You make it sound like the Russian people are complicit in t
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by daenz 5y ago
1) Having more money than the median doesn't put in you in the ruling class. 2) How does the proportion of HN users that are ruling vs working class add to the conversation about not abusing the working class?
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by daenz 5y ago
Soldiers are fair game to me, because they often choose to participate. Normal working people are just trying to survive, and destroying their lives in the hopes of influencing their country's leadership is on a different level. I get
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by daenz 5y ago
That's my point. The ruling class is free to exploit, manipulate, and abuse the working class, up until they're really needed for something important, like bailing out banks, or pressuring another country's government. I guar
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by daenz 5y ago
I was watching a mainstream news report (I'll try to find it and edit my comment) where the host and the guest were talking about the impact of economic sanctions. They said it's not intended to stop Russia, but to inflict pain on
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by daenz 5y ago
This is magic to me, especially the 1% example at the end. Reminds me of foveated rendering[0] What are some applications of this technique? I was trying to think of real world examples, but most real world problems have a lot of noise, and
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Is there any way to fix incentives with government contracts, so that the product that is purchased is the lowest price for the highest quality? In the free market, there are generally incentives for that because companies have a brand, and
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by daenz 5y ago
Don't forget gaming!

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