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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> Hong Kong was richer than Spain in 1980. People really can't help themselves: "Also, it's a joke to compare a city ( hong kong ) to a country ( UK ). I see it done too many times in traditional and social media." Al
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> I have a dream of one day being able to just replace _all_ of my teeth at once with one solid porcelain+titanium prosthetic without any interstitial cracks or crevices. How about the ability to grow one's own teeth in a lab so tha
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> It is merely informative. That's the problem. When facts/information doesn't align with one's agenda, some people have a terrible habit of trying to have it hidden/banned/removed/etc. You would think
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> The reason Russia and China care so much about Ukraine and Taiwan, is because they worry having a functional democracy next door may destabilize their own regimes. China cared about Taiwan when it was a authoritarian dictatorship for m
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> I’m not aware of the UK kidnapping anyone to stand trial in a foreign jurisdiction. That's because the UK kidnapped the entirety of hong kong. > On exploitation, in 1945 Hong Kong was bombed out rubble Isn't that because t
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> I would happily purchase all non-produce and non-meat items online. I've only ordered heavy packaged bulk items - cases of poland spring, snapple, coke, etc. I just can't bring myself to order perishables ( meats, fruits, veg
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> And yet he continues to do so [1] and continues to fight for his right to do so.[2] And I'm against it as long as it is an american behind the account. > Somehow the right-wing rage machine never takes on that particular free s
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> This turned out to be a really, really stupid thing to do. Why? I certainly like our position in the world far better than where canada is. Apparently so do canadians as millions of them immigrate to the US where hardly any americans i
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> How does this square with the fact that Donald Trump regularly blocks people from viewing his Twitter account for disagreeing with him He can't block them. That's my point. "Trump can't block users from his Twitter
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> FWIW, the BBC World Service podcast The BBC is the last place I'd look to understand free speech. There is a reason why orwell based the ministry of truth on the bbc.
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> There are people who advocate the idea that private companies should be compelled to distribute hate speech, dangerously factually incorrect information and harassment under the concept that free speech is should be applied universally
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> but I don't think it's the kind of thing that should (or even could) be taught to teenagers. Disagree with you here. I think even elementary kids should be taught git and if done right, they'd be able to pick it up quick
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
It isn't. It's reality. It's actually naive to think that news organizations are trying to produce ethical, truthful news free of bias and conflicts of interest. Pick any news organization and go read its history. Who created
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> The fact MasterClass ranks first in Google for "what is a shallot?" is pretty surprising. No more surprising than this MasterClass ad from the nytimes. We know companies hire PR firms to get their products in articles/ad
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
Kinda like "A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression".
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> The article has a very strong "throw enough sh__ and see how much of it sticks" tone to it. It's intpolicydigest. What did you expect? What you don't know what intpolicydigest is? Yeah me either. But the article is
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> I never stated an opinion on the policies, and you don't seem to be saying I'm wrong. I'm clearly saying you are wrong with examples and sources. > I have to wonder how anyone can say anything positive about China, if
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> Foreign state hackers are trying to brute-force their way into pharmaceutical and medical research agencies hunting for a COVID-19 vaccine, British and American infosec agencies are warning. I have a hard time believing foreign state h
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
People who write "CCP" are easy tells. Also you forgot "whataboutism".
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
Good god in every other thread there is the standard propaganda about the "CCP". > They directly keep out foreign competition like Facebook As opposed to huwaei that's welcomed with open arms in the US? Lots of countries k
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> YouTube/Twitter/etc aren't doing enough to take down false/immoral/illegal content This is so sneaky. Why link "false" and "immoral" and "illegal" together? I can agree that social
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
Ah the dystopian newspeak - inclusivity. We are so inclusive that we only how people who think, act and talk alike are allowed. The tech world is rotting top down from the inside. China has "harmony". We have "inclusivity&quo
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
You forgot our friend <Esc>. Otherwise, those in insert mode will be stuck in limbo forever. Some say vim was created to give us an excuse to hit <Esc> over and over again.
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> Many countries have undergone revolutions or schisms in the past century: Arab Spring countries, Soviet Union, Cuba, China/Taiwan, Korea, Yemen, etc. The US is nothing like those countries. As a matter of fact, all the "schis
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> As of 2015 his contract was worth $80 million PER YEAR Yeah and stephen marbury went to china and made millions, but he became irrelevant. We all know why stern went with sirius, for the money. But he became culturally irrelevant in th
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
"gaslighting". There is another one of those terms I warned about.
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> Your argument is a false equivalence and seeks to absolve China of its crimes against humanity by pointing a finger at Americans for unrelated things. (aka "whataboutism") "false equivalence", "whataboutism&quo
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
All modern nations ( especially major nations ) have state media. No nation can exist without state media. Propaganda is a necessary condition for a nation. All the major media companies are part of the state. If you think the NYTimes, Disn
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
There are other tips in the link below if you are interested. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16671944 The military technique, to my surprise, worked. Not sure if it is effective for insomnia, but it helps you fall asl
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by dntbnmpls 6y ago
I don't see how anyone can support this from a moral perspective. Firstly, if we are not producing enough "talented" people, then we should be investing on producing more "talented" people rather than bringing them

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