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by fatjokes 9y ago
Personally I'm a big fan of skyscrapers for a practical reason: they have more capacity, which a city like San Francisco certainly needs. Can't help but feel the writer has an axe to grind.
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You can get sherry glasses.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
> I agree - but backed with concerns based on legitimate understanding not "price is going up quickly, must be a scam". Something that goes up and down so quickly and so frequently does warrant concern. Nobody has that understa
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by fatjokes 9y ago
> The sort of emotional hyperbole on here about "cryptocurrencies need to be banned by the loving, paternal, incorruptible government to save the world from ourselves" is not just getting old, its absurd. Why is it "gettin
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by fatjokes 9y ago
I know you added a /s, but real answers could include: 1) they want to ride the bubble, and 2) they want to sell services to people who use the fake internet bubble money.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
That the free Android app is "coming soon" does seem to suggest that this was rushed out as a response to Amazon's DeepLens. That said, I'd say it's a pretty good response.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
I don't play games, but give me something that replaces porn in utility and I'll agree with you.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
> So that’s one reason to use a credit card, though likely not any reason Frank would suggest (he’s going with their better protection and coverage) He does mention it: by giving his sons a credit card, one benefit is that when they grad
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by fatjokes 9y ago
> It is a well practiced speech he gives. You can tell he pretty much has it memorized. Still a great story.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Does sound like the border official was being overly cautious about the author's role as a journalist. That said, having traveled around the world on multiple visas (particularly in the US), I can vouch that traveling on any visa other
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by fatjokes 9y ago
+1 to Garak. The man who could do all those things that Sisko knew he couldn't.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Sadly I can't imagine a show like DS9 which made you think about moral ambiguity being made today, especially in the US. The "good guys" (i.e., the Bajorans) were terrorists (and religious ones at that). In some episodes, Kir
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by fatjokes 9y ago
> Apple bills itself as a transparent company. lolwut? Secretiveness is kind of their thing.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
I work in the field of machine vision where Maja Pantic also contributes. It's deeply disturbing to hear her say that. I don't know how she treats her grad students but proposing that their pay be limited so she can keep them like
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Pay caps? I'm sure the companies would love that; make a legal requirement something they were fined for colluding on.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
If you think this post was "defending" China, then you have a very thin skin for dissent. I was instead trying to discuss the challenges these activists may face and why attempts by the west to "help" may backfire. >
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by fatjokes 9y ago
> Oppression does not become more tolerable just because it's inflicted by "the same people". Agreed, but it shouldn't be less tolerable either, which is more of the point.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
> The HK Chinese were however much better off at the time under British rule than the mainland Chinese were under China's. China was kind of a mess at the time. Perhaps materially, but on principle I don't think anyone would wa
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by fatjokes 9y ago
You're right. She is not accused of genocide. More like aiding and abetting.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Does a British subject have less rights than a British citizen / non-subject in that colony (e.g., the administrators)? EDIT: I asked this half rhetorically. Although I don't have citations to back it up, my impression is that nat
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by fatjokes 9y ago
The people of Hong Kong are hardly winning supporters within China. Much is made of the disdain that Hong Kong people have for Chinese mainlanders, but less is mentioned that it is equally true in reverse. There is a commonly held belief (w
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Getting a paper into high-impact conferences are definitely still an incredible accomplishment, but comparing these acceptance rates is a bit misleading. Those CS conferences have a very narrow scope, while Science and Nature literally cove
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Parents and pet owners are going to go nuts for this. Reddit is going to get an explosion of dog/cat clips.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Agreed. Nobel laureates in peace are basically bullshit. Look at Obama---good president, but how many drone strikes did he order, and Aung San Suu Kyi--currently accused of genocide. The Nobel laureates in science indisputably pushed forth
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Agreed. Their preconceptions would ensure that those under them would adhere to that belief as their achievements would probably be discounted and not be given any opportunities to shine. I would remove this person from a managerial positio
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by fatjokes 9y ago
Uh... citation needed? A lot of Chinese I know might support their government because they are working to further Chinese interests. But I generally don't hear them trying to export their system of government. Americans on the other h
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by fatjokes 9y ago
I'd say the main difference is that if the US wants to screw you, they'll dig up convoluted laws and imprison you with bureaucracy. The Chinese just say "fuck you, you're in prison because I say so". I still prefer
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by fatjokes 9y ago
So exactly like an American death sentence.
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Have one of those. They don't work.
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by fatjokes 9y ago
I have perfected this. I can even stop them mid-flight. Spray at it with any liquid (e.g. water, household cleaner). It may take a couple of squirts but it's easy as it doesn't need to be exact. The fly will fall to the ground whe

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