decafninja

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by decafninja 9mo ago
Based on my rather limited knowledge of French politics, isn’t Macron and his coalition supremely unpopular and just one election away from losing the country to factions that have a distinctly different vision of Europe and France’s role w
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by decafninja 9mo ago
One unfortunate aspect about their relationship is that my uncle in law also likes to gamble - but in strict moderation. However this means the two of them sometimes end up going to the casinos together. I don’t think these trips are helpin
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by decafninja 10mo ago
My wife’s uncle took in a man into his home, gave him a room to live in, and a job as a cook at his restaurant. This man would otherwise have been homeless on the streets. The man doesn’t seem to be fully mentally well, but apparently he do
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by decafninja 10mo ago
Proponents of public transportation often say how they love to be able to use it as peaceful downtime to read, work, meditate, etc. All my experience with public transportation is having to roll the dice and more often than not losing - hav
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by decafninja 10mo ago
I don’t like this either. It falls under what I referred to as “highly controversial” choices. But I also don’t doubt that if the coin was flipped, China would not hesitate at all to fire any non-Chinese person from such sensitive projects,
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by decafninja 10mo ago
But that only works if China reciprocates, which they show no sign of doing. I’d imagine a Chinese citizen living, studying, or working in the US has access to a lot more advanced knowledge than a US citizen trying to do so in China. Up to
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by decafninja 10mo ago
Controversial and possibly politically incorrect take, but the People's Republic of China sends many, many, of its citizens to study at top universities and work at top companies all over the world. I'm sure even at sensitive defe
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by decafninja 10mo ago
Another unique thing about IBO is that they mostly use old fashioned projectile weapons (ok, there are railguns) and physical melee weapons. Beam weapons are rare and no longer really used, and it’s the only Gundam subfranchise that doesn’t
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by decafninja 10mo ago
I’m Christian, and believe in the afterlife. Supposedly heaven will be incomprehensible awesome. However I feel nonetheless there is so much awesomeness to experience here on this earthly realm too, and too little time even in a perfectly “
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by decafninja 10mo ago
I started my career in tech as helpdesk. I recall the office printer was always broken or throwing a fit, and we’d be called in to troubleshoot. Or someone’s PC for whatever reason would not be able to connect to the printer. Almost felt li
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by decafninja 11mo ago
My wife has been without a desktop or laptop for more than a decade. Her primary computing devices are her phone and iPad. For doing tasks like online banking or booking plane tickets, I find the mobile experience frustrating and therefore
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by decafninja 1y ago
How about a carrier style electromagnetic catapult to launch the glider? Except make it ski jump style so that the glider gains initial altitude. (Now that I mention it, why don’t carriers combine both catapult and ski jump?)
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by decafninja 1y ago
I wanted to be a fighter pilot when I was a kid. I also wanted to be a racecar driver. Today, I love sports cars. I’ve had a few fast cars, and owning a 911 is on my bucket list. Funny enough, I have no interest in learning to fly. Though I
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by decafninja 1y ago
In my 30s, church became my only source of friends and acquaintances. However even then, I only made two “true” friends I still meet up with outside of church. Three, if I count my wife who I consider my best friend :) The rest seemed like
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by decafninja 1y ago
Both my father and father in law retired recently. They’ve done financially pretty well in life - not super rich, but they can live loose a bit. Both were recently in the market for new cars. As a car enthusiast, I told them to YOLO and buy
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by decafninja 1y ago
As recently as 2020 I know there were a decent number of old school ASP.NET sites at various Wall Street investment banks (and devs maintaining and even building new features for them). I don’t know if that’s still the case.
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by decafninja 1y ago
Before I married, I played a decent amount of games, but found that I was growing less and less interested. I’ve since stopped entirely. Nowadays the closest thing to a traditional hobby I have is discovering and reading books off Amazon Ki
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by decafninja 1y ago
Good news I guess? I was in this situation in 2024 and asked a fellow traveler who was Italian what recourse we had. He laughed and replied “none, we’re fucked”.
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by decafninja 1y ago
As in, assume the throne and carry on the agenda? Or be accepted by the MAGA population?
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by decafninja 1y ago
IIRC Hong Kong and Singapore also tends to bring in people from lower income countries for this kind of work.
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by decafninja 1y ago
At minimum I fully expect South Korea to go nuclear in the near future. I wouldn’t be surprised if Japan follows.
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by decafninja 1y ago
The PRC would be delighted to see South Korea enter the Sinosphere and abandon the US. If nothing else, China would see it as a return to historic norms where most of East Asia serves as tribute states to the Chinese empire. But also likewi
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by decafninja 1y ago
In places where this is common (Hong Kong? Singapore?), isn’t it also normal to provide the housekeeper a small room in situ to live? So they’d not have any housing expenses? I have some friends here in NYC that have visiting housekeepers t
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by decafninja 1y ago
James David says hello. Also the first time around, there was also a contingent of old school Republicans around him acting as a guard rail.
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by decafninja 1y ago
It’s the same problem today as it was then. It is actually hard if you’re a democracy answerable to your people. Are you willing to bet even a 1% chance to trade Los Angeles for Vladivostok? Warsaw for St. Petersburg? Because Putin is certa
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by decafninja 1y ago
Vance seems more than willing and able to continue MAGA.
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by decafninja 1y ago
Historically he has had bouts of anti-American rhetoric. The same can be said with the Korean liberal/left parties in general, to varying degrees. So while he is currently presenting himself as more of a centrist and pragmatist, it rem
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by decafninja 1y ago
The first half of your post seems to contradict your conclusion in the last sentence. Your first half would describe a pretty miserable trip for me. I’d gladly take TSA over what you described.
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by decafninja 1y ago
For a flight that lasts less than an hour, I didn’t find comfort or the TSA screening really much of a drag.
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by decafninja 1y ago
I needed to travel from NYC to Washington DC, specifically without driving. Sounded like a perfect case for Amtrak. Turns out flying was both cheaper and faster.

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