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by danrocks 4y ago
do you pause the video or just enjoy the show?
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by danrocks 4y ago
queen captures, bishop captures, now pause the video to see the next move or just continue to enjoy the show
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by danrocks 5y ago
You had a machine? LUXURY!
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by danrocks 5y ago
China really does not have a choice. Its main vaccine, made by Sinovac, isn't effective against Omicron [1]. Additionally, there is a large population of elderly people who are vulnerable with or without a vaccine. Same thing that happ
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Ask HN: How to stop being so anxious about job interviews?
25 points by danrocks 5y ago|22 comments
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by danrocks 5y ago
This does not sound very scientific at all.
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by danrocks 5y ago
> How do you define what a higher purpose is? Judging by my conversations with Silicon Valley hiring managers these days: selling more ads.
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by danrocks 5y ago
- Is there something wrong? - Will you stop talking about the war? - Me? You started it. - We did not! - Yes, you did. You invaded Poland.
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by danrocks 5y ago
What about Finland and Sweden, are those important to the United States? Because those two countries were threatened by Putin today with the same actions he's taking in Ukraine. Your line of argument assumes he'll stop with Ukrain
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by danrocks 5y ago
This may backfire though, since people could simply turn on the Western companies and say "hey Putin was right, they ARE out to get us". Stoking protests against the Russian government using the very same tools you mentioned above
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by danrocks 5y ago
I wonder what the plan was for writing in Chinese...
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by danrocks 5y ago
Mazda MX-5 Miata. Best card I've ever had.
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by danrocks 5y ago
What a massive strawman.
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by danrocks 5y ago
You get a sanitized tour and multiple (daily) police checks, including police visiting your hotel at 11pm to check your visa number, and many, many areas are off-limits to visitors. There is no "talking with natives" as the native
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by danrocks 5y ago
Calling me "extremely ignorant" for pointing a very well-known fact that experts inside and outside of China agree upon sounds like you're taking this personally, or maybe you are a Chinese nationalist. In any case, enjoy som
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by danrocks 5y ago
I live in China.
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by danrocks 5y ago
Onion Talks, a satirical view from The Onion on TED, is to me all that we need to watch to know how vapid most of TED content ever was. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4NL9i-Fu15hhYGB-d0hm...
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by danrocks 5y ago
Didn't Saudi Arabia use a similar trick with Jamal Khashoggi?
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by danrocks 5y ago
War is clearly not an option given China's thin-skinned nature, inexperienced military (yearning for battle as we can see in the border with India) and firebrand government. I think really biting, heavy sanctions that cover more than a
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by danrocks 5y ago
One blatantly pro-Beijing journalist who writes for the HK-based South China Morning Post made an interesting point in an article [1] the other day: that the West is either an accomplice of the Uyghur genocide, by calling it a genocide but
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by danrocks 5y ago
Try flying into China and going to Xinjiang to "talk with the natives" to see what will happen to you. Edit: language.
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by danrocks 5y ago
More of a C-level executive
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by danrocks 5y ago
I am. Working from home in Hong Kong is like being that guy from the movie Old Boy, who's held at a tiny hotel room for 15 years.
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by danrocks 5y ago
/gi please
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by danrocks 5y ago
None of the people you have named are libertarian, to be fair. Also, for someone arguing a potential dystopia being brought about but these people, you sound like someone very willing to create your own, by arguing for silencing everyone yo
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by danrocks 5y ago
A bit totalitarian, are we?
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by danrocks 5y ago
This made my day, Jesus Christ. One of my favorite sketches of all time.
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by danrocks 5y ago
Yes. Also being a little slow at work. So I'm curious as to what the article means by "persistence": if it's 45 minutes or 45 years.
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by danrocks 5y ago
I don't use cannabis and don't know many people who, but I did meet some long time users back in CA when I lived there. They all seemed to have that "permanent high" look on their faces. I wonder if this is related. Mayb
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by danrocks 5y ago
Are you both available for (1/2) * (Amazing Opportunity to have impact)?

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