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by dandare 5y ago
Different countries certainly have different biases, but that does not mean that rational analysis of the problem is not possible. Would Japan surrender on August 15 if the bombs were not dropped? Could the US drop the first bomb on the Tok
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by dandare 5y ago
I use this example when discussing the context of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing. While any bombing is tragic, the atomic bombs are not worse than other. This single air raid killed more people than Little Boy or Fat Man, and whi
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by dandare 5y ago
What the OP meant was a reaction to the original title here on HN that read: "Software flaw lead to the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK legal history." I am glad the title was de-clickbaited :)
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by dandare 5y ago
Software flaw lead to incorrect numbers being displayed on a monitor. It was something very different that lead to the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK legal history.
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by dandare 5y ago
That's brilliantly said! The argumentation of typical crypto fan is like the motte and bailey fallacy mounted on a helicopter rotor, constantly oscillating between some noble goals (decentralisation, freedom, privacy, anti-inflation, a
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by dandare 5y ago
Tangential: is it just me or speakers made a huge leap forward over the last 20 years? I mean for given price range. Laptop speakers, headphone speakers, car speakers, any minisystem/potrable stereo speakers. Was there some prominent t
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by dandare 5y ago
No, we are not. Progressivism spread from the US to the whole world long time ago. There is literally a party called Progressive Party where I am from that even adopted the "white male privilege" narrative even though, as I said,
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by dandare 5y ago
I never asked for a white identity, but it is being applied to me by other people. Any way you spin it, it is not ok. The color of my skin is my immutable characteristic, any derogatory statement about the whole white race will always be wr
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by dandare 5y ago
Yes, by progressives - and don't start the "no true scotsman" fallacy please. Also, your second statement maybe applies to the US, but there are many countries where white people are not the majority, or where there were virt
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by dandare 5y ago
actual hate speech is very subjective term. #killAllMen was trending on Twitter. Saying all white people are racist is considered progressive.
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Ask HN: John Hopkins study says lockdowns are ineffective. What do you think?
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by dandare 5y ago
I see. I completely agree.
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by dandare 5y ago
You made two mistakes: You optimise prematurely and your assumption is incorrect. Premature optimisation: In most cases the performance would not matter. Instead of optimising for performance you should optimise for readability. IMHO IFs an
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by dandare 5y ago
And 1 stable coin is backed by 1 dollar in the bank. That means one stable coin is backed by 0.01 real dollar.
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by dandare 5y ago
So this stable coin is "100% backed by the asset behind it", like a dollar, which is "backed by 1% real assets (go fractional reserve money!)". What did I miss?
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by dandare 5y ago
But why would you do that? When you can do exactly that with a traditional currency but much safer, much cheaper, much faster and much more conveniently.
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by dandare 5y ago
You are right. How are they useful?
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by dandare 5y ago
A stable crypto-currency will not attract any investment. Crypto is useless for anything but money laundering and speculation.
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by dandare 5y ago
> Even when you have paid Google products that come with support, it is really awful Once I subscribed to YouTube Music (paid!) family plan, but my wife's account would always say that she is in another country and can not join the
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by dandare 5y ago
We talk a lot (actually, not enough) about the dangers of AI, but we rarely discuss the perils of longevity. Not that they are similar, but both are somewhat underrated. - Once there will be a scientific breakthrough in longevity, everythin
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by dandare 5y ago
That was my first thought as well, but then I realised there is a big difference when one just grossly exaggerates (e.g. "touching someone without consent is rape") and when the word is used with poetic licence. Rape of a ghost is
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by dandare 5y ago
Funny how I immediately imagined WW2 when I read 'Maikop'. Now I am down the rabbit hole on Wikipedia's Maykop culture :)
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by dandare 5y ago
The difference is this: if police misuses bad laws selectively - like predominantly only against the black community - then the majority won't give a fcuk. But once "honest citizens" are targeted by excessive policing, the la
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by dandare 5y ago
Why do you think this has anything to do with libertarianism? > Police have a duty to justice How did duty to justice and honour worked for the black communities deliberately. targeted by law enforcement over the last 100 years (in the U
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by dandare 5y ago
Why exactly is this problem? I personally see a problem with having laws that we enforce only if the offender is black, or a similar discretion or bias of the policeman.
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by dandare 5y ago
That is problem of the laws governing the use of the funds, not a problem of policing per se.
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by dandare 5y ago
This may be controversial but: Policing for profit is in theory a good thing. Every time they enforced a good law the society profits. Every time they enforce a bad law the society should change the law. The alternative is having bad laws t
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by dandare 5y ago
Yes, exactly. Or would you rather live in a China or Russia dominated world? Good luck. (Again, I am not saying they are not bad, I am saying they are not the same.)
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by dandare 5y ago
I agree. But that does not mean they are just propaganda tools. CIA and Mi6 is not the same as FSB or MSS.
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by dandare 5y ago
CIA and Mi6 are controversial but that does not mean they are the same as FSB or MMS.

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