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901.
by foldr 2y ago
I think they're saying that the logical conclusion of kebman's libertarian line of argument is that no-one is entitled to municipal water anyway, so it is moot whether or not municipal authorities decide to add a particular substa
902.
by foldr 2y ago
This perception is out of date. The UK population actually has very healthy teeth as a whole: https://www.yongeeglintondental.com/blog/healthy-primary-tee... That, of course, is not quite the same thing as perfectly wh
903.
by foldr 2y ago
You can also remove fluoride from your own water if you want to. Although I don't know if there are any filters that can distinguish between naturally occurring fluoride (ok) and fluoride added by the government (evil).
904.
by foldr 2y ago
That’s a very American perspective (which is fine, given that we are talking about America). Most countries would view this as a non-partisan public health policy issue which has nothing to do with the abstract philosophical debates about f
905.
by foldr 2y ago
My post that you responded to was specifically about the UK. You’re talking about someone being arrested in France. Your complaints about various pieces of legislation may be justified, but they’re not pertinent.
906.
by foldr 2y ago
This feels like an attempt to derail the conversation rather than contribute to it. The arrest of Pavel Durov has nothing to do with the UK.
907.
by foldr 2y ago
It’s very easy to start a business in the UK and the regulatory environment isn’t particularly hostile to it. It depends a lot on what line of business you’re in, of course (as it does anywhere else).
908.
by foldr 2y ago
I find middleware annoying in general. It saves some typing, but it makes debugging much harder because you have to dig through layers of nested middleware to figure out why you’re seeing a 404, unexpected redirect, or whatever. I’d rather
909.
by foldr 2y ago
NASA isn’t practically part of the administration because its leadership doesn’t (generally) change with each incoming President.
910.
by foldr 2y ago
The President could theoretically muck around with decision making in all kinds of federal agencies. That doesn’t mean that the President’s administration is responsible for every technical decision made by every agency. If the NTSB fails t
911.
by foldr 2y ago
I think it’s downvoted because you seem to be suggesting that Joe Biden could have have overridden the decision making process led by domain experts at NASA. While in theory the President could do that, it would be a silly thing to do.
912.
by foldr 2y ago
There’s only one faction trying to put a political spin on this. This isn’t a “both sides” issue.
913.
by foldr 2y ago
In production manufacturing solder paste is generally applied to BGA pads. The amount of solder in the balls is less than the ideal amount for making a good joint, and the solder paste also helps to hold the component in position. That said
914.
by foldr 2y ago
He’s not on a visa. He’s a green card holder.
915.
by foldr 2y ago
Parkinson's Law contains a nice (tongue in cheek) summary of the influence of the Chinese system on the British Civil Service: > The Chinese system was studied by Europeans between 1815 and i830 and adopted by the English East Ind
916.
by foldr 2y ago
> But, surface ships of that time was even more limited, many could not achieve even half of surface speed of u-boat, so become easy prey. Agree with most of what you said, but U-boats generally had top surface speeds under 20 knots and
917.
by foldr 2y ago
Are they not easy to detect on radar? Even during WWII, radar got good enough to detect submarine periscopes. It's hard to imagine that a partially surfaced submarine wouldn't have a significant radar return. That doesn't mea
918.
by foldr 2y ago
I believe submarines navigate long distances using INS. I don’t know how accurate it is, or how often they have to make corrections using other data. But ballistic missile submarines can’t really use active sonar or surface with any frequen
919.
by foldr 2y ago
American businesses and workers operate all over the world. No-one thinks that this means that all these countries will receive military support from the US if they are invaded. Another relevant detail here is that a lot of the resources in
920.
by foldr 2y ago
Germany has slightly higher productivity per hour worked than the US. There's a productivity gap between the US and European economies as a whole (which is a relatively recent phenomenon dating back to around 2005), but Germany is quit
921.
by foldr 2y ago
Germany might buy nuclear weapons from France. It’s a fairly outlandish scenario but far less unlikely than it was a few months ago.
922.
by foldr 2y ago
You can lie to the police, no? It is not a crime per se.
923.
by foldr 2y ago
I guess this is where the noun “shiv” comes from. I don’t think I’d ever heard it before playing The Last of Us .
924.
by foldr 2y ago
> International trade is largely irrelevant to the US. I guess this statement is meant to be provocative, but isn't it just bonkers? For starters, just think of the number of items bought by US consumers that are manufactured in Chi
925.
by foldr 2y ago
You can also be arrested and jailed for social media posts in the US if those posts break the law. For example: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer... This “arrested for a meme” meme is s
926.
by foldr 2y ago
China would have seized it already if they were sure there’d be no US response. But if the US continues to wink at Putin’s crimes, they may change their mind.
927.
by foldr 2y ago
Four years ago was seven years after Putin annexed part of Ukraine. This was considered a news story at the time. So it's not as if Ukraine has only been in the news since 2022.
928.
by foldr 2y ago
I’ve seen that interview, but I’m surprised anyone watching it following the fall of the Berlin Wall and Glasnost would find it remotely credible. Soviet attempts to turn Americans and Western Europeans into Marxist-Leninnists who supported
929.
by foldr 2y ago
You’re misapprehending the logic of the discussion. OP suggests that this is a regional conflict without implications for US interests (see their response to my comment if you think my interpretation is off). I said, “Really?” My questionin
930.
by foldr 2y ago
China and other countries don’t see it that way. They are looking for signals as to what they might be able to get away with, now that the US has decided that it chose the wrong team during the Cold War.

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