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511.
by duxup 8mo ago
They're certainly a fatalistic people. That's the real scary part about authoritarianism, people quit caring. They know their leaders are crooks and so on, that's just normal to many of them.
512.
by duxup 8mo ago
They managed to insulate their economy surprisingly well so far. Not that it is "good" but it also didn't tank entirely. I'm skeptical how close they are to a dramatic change.
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by duxup 8mo ago
This reads like a 4chan fantasy.
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by duxup 8mo ago
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/health/rfk-vaccine-manufa...
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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs(nytimes.com)
8 points by duxup 8mo ago|1 comments
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by duxup 8mo ago
People probably do that, but they do it as multi millionaires more often than not.
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by duxup 8mo ago
> I will sign today. My first “real job” offer I got when I did an interview just for the experience. They offered me a job and I did not expect it. I would have to move many hours away to a big city. I told them I needed time to thin
518.
by duxup 8mo ago
I suspect it is unlikely that HN would behave otherwise.
519.
by duxup 8mo ago
It depends, some of their content is not paywalled.
520.
by duxup 9mo ago
Current federal US policy seems to be that AI can do what it wants and the government is happy to incentivize / enable it.
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by duxup 9mo ago
Full article (not sure if original is paywalled or not): https://archive.is/i1ndA
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The Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso's Airspace(nytimes.com)
6 points by duxup 9mo ago|3 comments
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by duxup 9mo ago
It's great how many of those little important things there are and foreshadowing ... and yet a great deal of surprises, sub plots, a characters go in some surprising directions.
524.
by duxup 9mo ago
Vir's toast in one of the later episodes about Londo was a wonderful scene.
525.
by duxup 9mo ago
Babylon 5 can drift into being a little corny but the characters and overall story arc grow and grow into something great. Growing up Babylon 5 and Deep Space 9 were syndicated one after another in the middle of the night. It was a wonder
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by duxup 9mo ago
The contrast from the "hey there's nothing wrong with this" and those who were involved is pretty noticeable. >Asked by a reporter Wednesday morning what she’d given to the lawmakers, Bextel said, “it’s nobody’s business.”
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by duxup 9mo ago
That seems like a very flexible system.
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Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say(arstechnica.com)
7 points by duxup 9mo ago|0 comments
529.
by duxup 9mo ago
I don’t think we will know for a while.
530.
by duxup 9mo ago
It’s funny too because the casino game that is being advertised…. most people’s sentiments regarding AI is very negative.
531.
by duxup 9mo ago
Gift full story link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/business/federal-debt-rec...
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Federal Debt to Hit Record Levels, Budget Office Warns(nytimes.com)
1 points by duxup 9mo ago|1 comments
533.
by duxup 9mo ago
Shooting down civilian American aircraft like that would seem to just be for an even more strong response… Seems unlikely.
534.
by duxup 9mo ago
Well I think the F-91 is durable, it’s probably not repaired as much as discarded as it is cheap. Disposable is likely the advantage there.
535.
by duxup 9mo ago
I have only a distant visibility to that topic but I find the folks talking about fertility have a weirdly high effort discussion (they want to talk about it), but it's just not a real political force to DO anything. I don't fully
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by duxup 9mo ago
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/politics/homeland-secu...
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When Trump Officials' Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court(nytimes.com)
7 points by duxup 9mo ago|1 comments
538.
by duxup 9mo ago
I always wonder what exactly the “more” is that other countries have to do that would prevent any of this?
539.
by duxup 9mo ago
I feel like nobody has figured out yet how these screens and components in a modern car should fit together that don't look like little iPhones and iPads just mounted in a car. There are some nice buttons here, and individual component
540.
by duxup 9mo ago
Unnecessarily / unsafely discharging a firearm puts everyone in the area at risk.

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