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by disown 6y ago
> The biggest thing that I’ve seen in the news haven’t come from lies but from removal of context. Also, it will be interesting is which "news" outlets label this as riots and which label it as protests.
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by disown 6y ago
> How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? It's always been that way. We've been at war with each other since the ver
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by disown 6y ago
Do Danes get tax deductions on mortgage interest? One of the best tax deductions we get is the one on mortgage interest. Also this isn't really that great since lower interest means higher home prices. I'd rather have high interes
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by disown 6y ago
Just pick one and stick to it. Enough with the flipping back and forth already.
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by disown 6y ago
Norway is on par with saudi arabia when it comes to oil production ( per capita ). 313,661 vs 324,866. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_produ... This is like someone burning down a forest and then
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by disown 6y ago
"As a Python programmer with limited experience with compiled languages" In other words, someone who doesn't have a CS background, never took theory of programming languages, etc. "Python programmer" is like the 202
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by disown 6y ago
Or you can "steal" disney's and not pay them a dime. Great.
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by disown 6y ago
> I am genuinely interested in understanding how we could have innovation in a world where a creator is not entitled to benefits from their invention. We've had innovations for thousands of years without IP. Not to mention that Linu
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by disown 6y ago
One of the most interesting aspects of the assange saga is how journalists and mainstream media treated him throughout the years. When he exposed Bush, the media and journalists celebrated him as a hero. I believe he was even given some awa
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by disown 6y ago
It has more to do with ethnic divisions within afghanistan and being near major powers russia, china, india, iran, etc and now the US. Japan is mountainous but eminently governable.
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by disown 6y ago
Kids derailing people's meetings are funny as long as you aren't party to it. Just like people getting splashed by a passing car on a rainy day is funny, as long as you aren't party to it.
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by disown 6y ago
Not just the US. Almost every nation regardless of whether it is capitalist ( US, Britain, etc ) or communist? ( China, North Korea ) or theocratic ( Saudi Arabia ). You'll notice most of the leaders come from wealthy families.
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by disown 6y ago
You think putin is personally hosting that site? The insane lunacy when it comes to putin, xi, trump, erdogan or whichever boogeyman the media/propagandists decides to scaremonger with.
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by disown 6y ago
No. It's just pointing out the obvious. When you say greek heritage, I assume ancient greece, I don't assume ottoman empire. When you say turkish heritage, I think central asian steppes and ottoman empire. Last I checked, the otto
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by disown 6y ago
Guilty as charged. So you think australia and indonesia have a common heritage because they are neighbors, but the US and australia don't because we live an ocean away? It's so funny, I was genuinely interested in this topic as my
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by disown 6y ago
> They lived in close proximity for a good part of a millennium. And? That doesn't imply common heritage. > Do you think they haven't influenced each other? That doesn't imply common heritage. Also if you talking about
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by disown 6y ago
What values are you speaking of? Censorship is and has been alive and well in germany for a long time. You can even say germany has no conception of free speech, they just mimic it. Germany is the inspiration of censorship around the world.
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by disown 6y ago
> common heritage of Turkish and Greek people. What common heritage are you speaking of? Edit: Who knew such benign question would trigger so many. I guess foreigners have a different understanding of what heritage means. Heritage doesn&
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by disown 6y ago
> Many years ago I would have viewed an official government nutrition document as a credible source It would be an authoritative source, but just because it's authoritative doesn't mean it is credible or correct. All the author
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by disown 6y ago
Is it just opt out once forever or do you have to "opt out" each time they update and send you a new card holder agreement? Who has the discipline to read each packet Visa sends you every few months and re-opt out each and every t
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by disown 6y ago
The same New York Times that endorsed hillary? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/opinion/sunday/hillary-cl... I'd take anything the New York Times's "reports" on political/
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by disown 6y ago
> The CIA is actively trying to create Narrative #2, which is a bit concerning. Not just Pompeo and the CIA, the mainstream news industry.
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by disown 6y ago
So you are upset that UK is leaving the EU and you move to a non-EU country on the other side of the world? Doesn't make much sense. Wouldn't it make more sense to move to an EU country?
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by disown 6y ago
Irish americans make up more than 10% of the population. Irish americans are why ireland is free. Irish american money, political power and irish american volunteers were instrumental in winning the war for independence. There are nearly 35
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by disown 6y ago
> Your mad technical skills no longer matter to them. If anything, humility and an openness to learning will show you in the best light. Your technical skills no longer matter? So someone without technical skills, but the humility and wi
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by disown 6y ago
> I swear I remember KFC being delicious Not as delicious as Roy Rogers. As a kid - Roy Rogers > KFC > Popeye's. Too bad Roy Rogers disappeared at the turn of the century. Now Popeye's > KFC but man do I miss the crisp
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by disown 6y ago
> Circling back to space, this is a fundamental reason why China will struggle to make advances in space once the easy gains have been achieved. Are they struggling? Because it seems to me that they are catching up rather quickly. > C
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by disown 6y ago
> He was the most genocidal man in history Who did he genocide? > responsible for something like 75 million deaths. "Something like"? > “Long March 8” is literally worse than calling it The Holocaust Rocket. Not only is i
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by disown 6y ago
You can thank toxic journalists who attacked youtube recommendations for being "toxic". You can also thank the toxic journalists for all the censorship on youtube. Youtube recommendations 10 years ago was so amazing. Just a refres
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by disown 6y ago
> the FBI ... but in real life You really are failing to understand the criticism. You can't claim a narrator is unreliable because the fiction doesn't align with reality. That's not how that works. You do realize that 198

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