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by drak0n1c 8y ago
European Dark Age is not used as a global descriptor, it is regional. Just as China and the Islamic world had their own Dark Ages as well.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The educational Youtube channel SmarterEveryDay made a video about his day job as a military rocket engineer. It's an insightful how-and-why explanation for those wondering why there aren't more conscientious objectors: https:&#x
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
I see the point but it is a narrow and modernist characterization of other minds on the matter. A lot of perfectly decent people do defense work and don't really need the paychecks (the famous Youtuber SmarterEveryDay comes to mind). H
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Many software engineers conscientiously object to working at social or information platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google. They simply have never worked there or tried to work there, just like how most wartime conscientious objectors avoi
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
It's an uncharitable low-effort comment labeling HN users with differing opinions as mainly motivated by greed. That kind of comment is discouraged by the rules and is why the downvote feature exists.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
France experienced a similar trajectory. The sudden egalitarianism of the French Revolution allowed for a much larger and more dynamic military, which in turn enabled the Napoleonic Wars. Massive populations and political revolution are the
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Use Outline, here is the outlined version: https://outline.com/9xnM42
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Morally, wouldn't it be better for the world if productive and intellectually curious families birthed and raised more kids, not less?
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Air Force creates CTO position to oversee non-IT development(defenseone.com)
1 points by drak0n1c 8y ago|0 comments
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Unreal Engine 4.22 Released(unrealengine.com)
3 points by drak0n1c 8y ago|0 comments
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
YouTube also blocked two PewDiePie videos and their comments sections in India on behalf of the high court following a corporate defamation suit. Lately it's not unusual for Indian courts to censor specific media productions and platfo
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The far-left routinely castigates "white people", blames unrelated individuals alive today collectively as the sole villain of history, and does not allow people to participate in discussions and debates based on the color of thei
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
There was significant reporting of his administration's spying on journalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_articles_about_the_Depart...
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
In 2018 Tommy Robinson was imprisoned in solitary for over a month for doing a video report on the sidewalk near the court where child grooming gangs were facing trial. That led to massive protests and marches, many in the UK do not like th
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Web Annotation Plugin Dissenter Banned from Firefox and Chrome(twitter.com)
7 points by drak0n1c 8y ago|0 comments
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Constitutionally amend the EU, revert it to being more of an economic body than a judicial body.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The data shows that the U.S. lowered emissions in 2017 and 2018 more than other major countries. A fraction of the <10% of emissions that personal vehicles make up isn't worth focusing valuable attention and effort toward. https:&#
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
There are a billion people living under authoritarianism who are stuck with an increasingly devalued Yuan and steadily losing the ability to obtain other currencies. Is that not also a problem that can result in humanitarian disaster? It ce
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Commenters are applauding the environmental implications of this policy, but I’m curious why no one is considering the human side of this ban. There are a billion people living under authoritarianism who are stuck with an increasingly deval
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
If warming does reach that level then yes, there has been some research finding that it would be overall be good news for Canada and Russia (and presumably Norway too).
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The murder rate in London just surpassed NYC. There were many articles over the weekend about it if you’re interested. Knives are prohibited there, and they have public knife amnesty bins (which occasionally get ransacked by thieves). Much
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Thanks for the link to prior discussion. I missed that yesterday. I modified the title since the original was over the character limit.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Breitbart is usually the one that receives and publishes those types of leaks because they are increasingly one of the only outlets that conservatives in those companies trusts to consistently protect conservative sources and reliably follo
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Here's an article detailing their policy positions. No where do they oppose your existence: https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/commentary/dont-typec...
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Google cancels AI Ethics Board due to employee outcry over conservative member(forbes.com)
15 points by drak0n1c 8y ago|5 comments
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Meanwhile, Google has cancelled its AI ethics board in response to an internal employee petition complaining about a mainstream conservative being included in the 8-member committee. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillian
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
In Tokyo, there is no congestion pricing, but instead there is a ban on larger trucks loading/unloading during many hours of the day. Everyone from the businesses to the truckers and retail workers tolerate it and work night shifts (of
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The link has since been updated to be the original UpGuard research source.
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Unreal Engine 4.22 Released(unrealengine.com)
2 points by drak0n1c 8y ago|0 comments
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Ideally, the best way to balance online rhetoric is for left of center creators to generate more frequent and more compelling content (without admins needing to finesse algorithms or censor/shadow ban content in pursuit of a digital Fa

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