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by fakedang 2mo ago
Money would've allowed them to act any time. But no, this is because of the shifting tide, enabled by an openly elitist government that doesn't give a shit about the layman. Remember how a few years back, all these billionaires an
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by fakedang 2mo ago
Honestly just my experience, but I've found it ironic that finance bros in my circle have gone the other way i.e. the effective altruism, philosophizing, podcasting route. While tech bros are now turning openly elitist, and in some ca
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by fakedang 2mo ago
China has yet to demonstrate weaponization of AI. Meanwhile Anthropic was openly part of the Iran war. I wouldn't give much weight to Amodei's words after that regarding controlling AI weaponization.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
When I joined the UK division of a bank, back in 2016, we had the help staff wheel drinks carts around the house evey Friday at tea time. Adding Bombay Sapphire to your tea was pretty much the norm. Didn't stay long because I got a PE
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by fakedang 3mo ago
They've mostly been concerned with resource extraction rather than colonial exploitation like the West. And in fact, they've ditched most of their infra and tech projects in Africa, because of inherent instability in dealing with
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Iran showed us that they apparently are.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
And yet dental insurance is de-linked from standard health insurance.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Yes, my bad. I think the correct term I should've used isn't grass-fed (a flimsy marketing term) but free range. ANZ cattle isn't generally cooped up in feedlots and factory farmed, although this is now changing rapidly for t
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by fakedang 3mo ago
GP is in Switzerland, where I live, not in the US.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Yeah, either H or B bird faces would work. Both are nice. I don't like the idea of using faces in the banknotes - when will North Macedonia get its turn and with whom? When will Ireland get its turn? Bulgaria? Birds are neutral and nic
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by fakedang 3mo ago
I've had both and American beef is mediocre compared to Australian or NZ beef (which is usually grass fed). If you want BBQ, go to the US. Else for just a normal steak, just source good ANZ beef and pay for it. Cheaper Indian beef (mos
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Many former army personnel have told me that the militaries of Oman (British-trained and equipped) and UAE (Australian and British-trained, US-equipped) are better in terms of capability and valor than most European countries, including eve
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by fakedang 3mo ago
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by fakedang 3mo ago
> I think these typical slurs don't really make any sense. Corrupt, pliable and stupid are not slurs. > There's tremendous money and influence in opposition to things he's doing that he could easily cash in on if he wan
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Did you read the article? It was pretty sarcastic in tone, with all of the arguments in favor of the ISPs written with air quotes.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Definitely only works in high trust societies. Heck, even in normal times in India there's a rampant land mafia of which many politicians are a part. Forged provenance, illegal squatting and forced seizure, extraction and evictions are
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Doesn't matter now. Ukraine will never join NATO. Poland will be happy to veto their entry, and will be happy having Ukraine be the buffer state that can sacrifice its youth for the sake of Europe. What Zelensky did with honoring the U
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by fakedang 3mo ago
But you have to pass the interview! Doubt poncey Farage could've done that, else he would have. Or maybe the interviewer was confused on how to pronounce his surname - is it pronounced "Faraajh" like a pretentious Frenchman,
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Dogs of the Dow
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by fakedang 3mo ago
I'm not sure whether this is fully correct - most card machines do have a way to accept swiping, but I think the store did not know of it (because no one uses it in Europe). Perhaps if you remember the provider, I could check it, but m
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by fakedang 3mo ago
I mean better Oxbridge than being just a high-school graduate like Farage is, who got his first job as a trader thanks to daddy's connections in the City.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
I mean it's not like foreigners are blocked from using cash at those stores. And if they prefer cards, it's not like the stores that used to accept them stopped accepting them.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Uh, what's your gripe? The article clearly states that the colony was pivotal to American history for two reasons - 1.) For creating the log cabin and 2.) For being the only colony to not have been at war with the natives by choice. Th
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Has the armed civilian population done anything to protect constitutional rights? Last time a section of them mobilized, it was to overthrow a rightfully elected government.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
> Does China treat immigrants better than the US? Yes, if they're well educated enough. Which is the kind of immigration the article deals with in the first place. China doesn't want "doctors and engineers" from Afric
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Replies like these reek of Western exceptionalism or the misfortune of not having travelled much. Yes, there are certain countries where one can pretty much work in without the need to obtain citizenship. I wouldn't want to be a citize
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Given that they've already carried out a Stalinist purge within the military ranks, I'm leaning towards the former. Xi might very well be positioning for a Taiwanese invasion.
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by fakedang 3mo ago
I doubt many of the researchers migrating even want Chinese citizenship and the chains that come along with it, so why do most people (presumably Americans) keep harping on and on about it? Once you're invited by the CCP for your excep
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by fakedang 3mo ago
Yes
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by fakedang 3mo ago
The egg billionaires did.

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