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871.
by enkid 6y ago
The Mongols most certainly changed the borders of the countries they occupied. If that is the only criteria, then every conqueror is also a colonial power. There also were plenty of examples of conquerors applying specific economic laws to
872.
by enkid 6y ago
Yes, the Germans invaded Poland, Russia, and most of Europe and extracted lots of resources at a significant disadvantage to the Poles. Japan invaded Korea, China, and much of Southeast Asia and killed hundreds of thousands of people for th
873.
by enkid 6y ago
Do you have any evidence of this? I doubt the poles would agree with you.
874.
by enkid 6y ago
I don't know why we don't call it colonialism considering we often call them empires and the process of empire is in some ways very linked to colonialism. All of these terms come from the Roman empire which created a multiethnic
875.
by enkid 6y ago
I don't think you can make some of the claims you are making without more evidence. State formation is often a violent process and often involves someone showing up with weapons demanding you pay them taxes. Does it matter if it is a
876.
by enkid 6y ago
But diffusion through the atmosphere can change that color. For example, at sunset or sunrise.
877.
by enkid 6y ago
I think for the most part your philosophy is a good one, if you can afford it (in money and time). The problem is that for many people, healthy foods aren't as accessible. It takes more time to cook your own food, or places that sell
878.
by enkid 6y ago
Does that mean hydrogen would be used up much more quickly in high temperature stars? If I remember correctly, that's why large stars have shorter lifespans.
879.
by enkid 6y ago
I mean, all you really have to know is that the r0 for asymptomatic patients is > 1 or that symptomatic patients aren't going to be perfect and are going to be going out when they are sick (or most likely a combination of the two).
880.
by enkid 6y ago
Maybe you could have the "wave function collapse" when a piece could take another or be on the same square. Would each piece only be able to be moved once before the collapse? Also, I wouldn't have people assign probabiliti
881.
by enkid 6y ago
This is especially true because people tend to use the same private addresses over and over. How many devices are 192.168.1.1 vs. 192.168.52.123 ?
882.
by enkid 6y ago
You know Washington freed his slaves in his will, (when that was very uncommon) right?
883.
by enkid 6y ago
A lot of people are talking about toxoplasmosis, but there's a more extreme example in the form of rabies, which basically makes you super aggressive and insane.
884.
by enkid 6y ago
Seems like it came in handy fixing the Hubble multiple times, but what your talking about was probably overkill for what they ended up using it for.
885.
by enkid 6y ago
Anyone know how to get around the paywall? Private tab doesn't work.
886.
by enkid 6y ago
It may have worked like that for a portion of the population for a short period of time, but getting a union job was not a guarantee, and what your describing was not possible or very difficult for the majority of the population like women,
887.
by enkid 6y ago
There are some things that does make everyone more successful. More education is overall better for society, even if it's no longer a guarantee of "success." Some things don't really get diluted but can enrich the live
888.
by enkid 6y ago
Wouldn't real world use cases be a technical advantage?
889.
by enkid 6y ago
I think his point is that if you create an audiobook and then limit how you sell it, you are creating more choice then if you didn't create the audiobook at all. You're saying it's different but you aren't saying how. H
890.
by enkid 6y ago
Sergeant Colon looked wretched. "Weeell, what if it's not a million-to-one chance?" he said. Nobby stared at him. "What d'you mean?" he said. "Well, all right, last desperate million-to-one chances always
891.
by enkid 6y ago
They would just have gateways that translated between the two protocols. Think changeover in railway gauges. Realistically, one would become the standard and swamp everything else. Look at how slow IPv6 adoption has been.
892.
by enkid 6y ago
Why are physicists trusted to make this prediction? Isn't this like a chemist creating a theory for quantum gravity?
893.
by enkid 6y ago
I liked your example of scientists from history. One of the things I'm minorly obsessed with is the idea that we've gotten better at science itself recently. So not only did they not know they weren't eliminating the proper
894.
by enkid 6y ago
Should be"one consultant doesn't know how to identify a material."
895.
by enkid 6y ago
I'm pretty sure gravity experiments are reproduced very frequently.
896.
by enkid 6y ago
Aah, I misunderstood what you were saying.
897.
by enkid 6y ago
What evidence do you have that intelligence is fixed? I believe there is evidence that it is mix of fixed and not fixed attributes, but I don't think there's any evidence that it is strictly fixed.
898.
by enkid 6y ago
I think the most interesting thing in this paper is the fact that grit seems to be extremely important in certain circumstances, and much less important in others. It makes sense that getting through a challenge like going through West Poi
899.
by enkid 6y ago
I mean, the Soviet version of the B29 had extra rivet holes because one of the B29s they reverse engineered had a manufacturing mistake. Would they trust their engineers to make a close copy that wasn't exactly the same aerodynamicall
900.
by enkid 6y ago
So now it's a weapon simply because it's owned by the Air Force? Are you saying there should be no military satellites?

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