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by dba7dba 8y ago
US did not use all of its arsenals (including nukes) against Chinese troops in the Korean War, despite serious setbacks. I think this was due to Russia also having the nukes. Or maybe US govt thought it should never use nukes ever again aft
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by dba7dba 8y ago
The Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98) was largely caused by too many unemployed samurai warriors, who were largely out of jobs as peace spread in Japan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, de facto ruler of Japan, needed to prevent disturbances by unem
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I think a lot of young folks (many in HN) know history from what they watch/read/hear in daily news, which is a terrible source. So that may be why. Major nations of modern era (since end of WW2) have not gone to total wars simply
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I read somewhere that the Manhattan Project was at one point consuming 1/7 of ALL electricity generated in USA. And this is when all factories (and many newly built ones) were running at full capacity. Truly mind boggling.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
An acquaintance of mine who graduated from USC MBA said basically you will do well if you can carry on good conversation over beer. And another who went to Harvard Law said everyone at Harvard Law viewed folks at Harvard MBA as idiots.
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by dba7dba 8y ago
I was a student at the great institution called UC Berkeley and I remember well the teenagers walking around in suits/ties and skirts/blouse. These were undergrad Business school students and I remember well the air of superiorit
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by dba7dba 8y ago
The original author provided hard numbers in dollar to back up his argument well. How can anyone say this is about nostalgia?
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by dba7dba 8y ago
And I think google and other big tech companies can lead the way. It really is good for humanity and earth.
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by dba7dba 9y ago
Amazing story. Another case of where personal connections really matter. Not some impersonal business decisions that people trust in. I mean that is some ultimate networking just very few people have.
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by dba7dba 9y ago
I disagree. Is UK occupied by US forces? Germany? Eastern EU nations? Japan? And let's not kid ourselves on why Moon was elected. He was in large part elected because of strong disgust (justified) people felt against the previous impea
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by dba7dba 9y ago
Internet was a creation of DARPA. And that D stands for Defense. I believe the silicon research/production that started Silicon Valley was for military needs. Military paid for it. First Computer of US and Britain? It was funded and c
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by dba7dba 9y ago
I mean internet WAS basically created by DARPA. The irony.
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by dba7dba 9y ago
I agree. We have bombers for a reason. Have they already forgotten about USS Cole??
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by dba7dba 9y ago
When I tried to learn Java years ago, I got stuck with setting path on my Windows computer. Afraid to break it somehow, I gave up on learning Java. I picked up Shell scripting and html/css years later but I think the logistics of anyth
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by dba7dba 9y ago
Samsung is not a Chinese company no?
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by dba7dba 9y ago
Stay out of my emails google.
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by dba7dba 9y ago
#MeThree Google now has WordPress as the next internet thing to embrace and than kill off. Miced feeling here. I hate WordPress but don't like Google doing it...
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by dba7dba 9y ago
This is how Kaiser Permanent got started. A major US rail company found it was cheaper and better to hire own doctors to take care of employees.
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by dba7dba 9y ago
When Netflix and amazon inevitably start adverts I am positive that day will come. Soon enough. Unfortunately.
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by dba7dba 9y ago
When cable TV was starting out in US, one of the advertised pros was no commercials on cable TV.
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by dba7dba 9y ago
But instead they chose no only to play that game, but to then start quite a few expensive proxy wars... Korea, Vietnam Actually the Korean War was started upon strong insistence of Kim, Il Sung of North Korea. Sure Soviets gave the approv
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by dba7dba 9y ago
Don't other nations also receive much aid from US but score low in this ranking?
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by dba7dba 9y ago
This book comes to my mind. https://www.amazon.com/How-News-Makes-Dumb-Information/dp/08... Sommerville argues that news began to make us dumber when we insisted on having it daily. Now millions of column inche
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by dba7dba 9y ago
I had no idea about some of the connections brought up in the article. All I had to say was lol. She is opposite of Trump but still share same attributes: outsider from DC, rich, and media savvy. It's not really her fault that she too
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by dba7dba 9y ago
If anyone is interested in getting to know about healthcare system in a neighboring Asian nation, South Korea, here's an article you may enjoy. http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2010/01/healthcare-system-in-...
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by dba7dba 9y ago
I don't claim to have inside knowledge but often many cops some to become cops because there are no better job prospects. I'm sure they would've picked a factory job or any other trade if it guaranteed life time employment an
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by dba7dba 9y ago
Look up a Youtube channel called PoliceActivity . It is a collection of dashcam/bodycam videos of US police involved in some kind of shooting/assault. They are not edited down to fit a news report so videos usually last 10-30 min
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by dba7dba 9y ago
No I've never been a soldier but I know a USAF graduate who spent I think 6 month long tour in Iraq. And he did mention being in mortar attack a few times. But it didn't last years. And I agree with what you said about even older&
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by dba7dba 9y ago
A soldier is in direct danger of losing life/limb only upto 25 years old so. As you go up higher in rank, your exposure to danger goes down exponentially. And that is usually when an active war is going on. Even when an active war is o
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by dba7dba 9y ago
Police should be prepared to die wearing the badge, with civilian casualty being an absolute last resort. I disagree. No one should be prepared to die while working a job, a job that one will have all his life.

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