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by finid 10y ago
That's a huge reward for failing. I'm on the wrong side of IT.
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by finid 10y ago
Yep, I missed the space before the 1.
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by finid 10y ago
Those caught my attention, so thanks to @gbrown_1 for the explanation
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by finid 10y ago
Then what's EU? Ecuador? We typically don't refer to a country like Australia by its country code, so AU does not automatically conjure up Australia.
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by finid 10y ago
Any headline that ends in a question is not worth reading ;)
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by finid 10y ago
Zimbabwe had many problems that caused its economy to tank. The local ownership requirement was not even a major factor.
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by finid 10y ago
This is really another form of what the Chinese practice - transfer of technology. Want to do business here (in China)? Agree to transfer some of that fancy technology of yours. So far, it's worked so well for the Chinese. This should
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by finid 10y ago
That video highlights part of the problem in Africa, well after negotiations have brought in the highest <i>briber</i>. But it's all part of that complexity of doing business there.
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by finid 10y ago
> Africa is also not "a problem." I am not even sure I know what that means. That's probably because you've not been there. I could write a whole piece on the complexity of the place, but that's too much work for
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by finid 10y ago
Actually, strong, nationalistic military leaders have been. There're, of course, corrupt, authoritarian leaders that decimated their countries, but those are not unique to Africa. Muammar Gaddafi was of that strong, nationalistic milit
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by finid 10y ago
Africa is a complex problem. How do you think the Chinese manage to get access to every natural resource? Just bribe a leader and you're home free. But don't forget that we moved practically all our manufacturing industry to China
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by finid 10y ago
> I had no idea such a thing as an Afican Union existed. Wow! Just wow! In 2016 somebody with upvoter privileges on HN does not know that AU exists? HN is a great resources, but the downside is for some people, it's the only resourc
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by finid 10y ago
Probably the one between East Africa and Atlantis. OK, the guy was obviously referring to Europe, but just did a bad job of it.
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by finid 10y ago
And that war started after the native inhabitants had been almost driven into extinction.
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by finid 10y ago
You mean like the way us Europeans have been killing ourselves for generations? We even fought two world wars over our differences. Give Africans a chance to catch up...
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by finid 10y ago
Following the EU model is a bad idea. Look at the mess that EU is right now. Why would any region want to go down that path? The ECOWAS model is much better.
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by finid 10y ago
That's just wow! Fifteen years or so from now, some company will likely be picking up Facebook on the cheap. By that time, Twitter will probably be history. Google? The wheel of life...
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by finid 10y ago
A clash of cultures.
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by finid 10y ago
Looks nice, but would be much nicer if I can create an account instead of using Google to sign up.
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by finid 10y ago
Well, the world also watched as Hitler unfolded. Who knows how this is gonna end? Pass the popcorn...
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by finid 10y ago
He's another Hitler in the making, but no, NATO will not revoke Turkey's membership. The US needs Turkey for the war in Syria. And the US is not about to move all those nukes elsewhere.
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by finid 10y ago
I agree, but his fundamentalist religious views are well-documented. The only difference between him and the Saudis is he does not wear funny outfits
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by finid 10y ago
> I am only talking about US government not about people, I have lots of friends from there. What I always like to remind people is this: A government is not made up of people from Pluto or Jupiter. They are us
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by finid 10y ago
> I personally think it was inevitable given the history of Turkey but it was carried out so incompetently and with little to no support from the military leadership that it's at least possible that it was intentionally made to happ
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by finid 10y ago
> I don't know whether he actually holds fundamentalist views himself... He does, actually. Google what he said about women.
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by finid 10y ago
Sorry, no citation. Just my personal knowledge and experience. And it's not just reading body language, but actual reading your thoughts. In the case of the crow, what body language tells it that the guy is about to throw a piece of ro
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by finid 10y ago
What most people don't realize is that most live forms lower on the chain can read our minds. So if the crow's reaction was different based on what you wanted to throw, it's because it knew what you wanted to do before you di
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by finid 10y ago
> This supposition of yours is silly. Europe isn't a vassal of the US. Each country follows its own goals and priorities. Then you don't know what's happening in Europe, or the relationship between it's various states
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by finid 10y ago
> When the instigators and butchers of World War I ... didn't get torn apart by their own people, I have little hope for responsibility and justice. You have to understand that the instigators of WWI, and other subsequent wars, did
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by finid 10y ago
> Most, if not all, of the major European Nations actively support these same policies That's because they're vassal states. Our foreign policy is their foreign policy. Their leaders don't have much of a choice in the matt

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