foverzar

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by foverzar 5y ago
> So you think generally the news of vast human rights abuse we see coming out of China I think that generally western news have a tendency to misrepresent countries that are culturally different. E.g. as a Russian, reading western news
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I really love how we all have an impression of China as a country without access to global internet, but then there are things like "Most Chinese Steam users have historically been using the global service instead". Really makes y
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I see what you mean, but it is only evident when you actually know of RF as a political entity. It's not as evident when they operate under localised brands posing as "just small local news". In Russia RF's news outlets
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So where exactly do you draw the line between "whataboutism" and asserting similarities?
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> It's ultimately a gradient It's actually not. In global politics actors rarely engage in things their peers don't. It seems to me that this is rather ultimately something more like finding the most wildly looking thing a
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Well one can argue that the Shanghai police was also quite transparent about it, given the following: > On May 21, a branch of the Shanghai police posted a notice online seeking bids from private contractors for what is known among Chine
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The idea of "whataboutism" and attempting to present it as something inherently wrong awfully seems like a convenient way to dismiss uncomfortable points of the discussion and turn it into yet another two minutes hate. Comparing h
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What exactly do you mean by "don't pretend to be somebody else"? They often operate under an umbrella of media projects that act as "local" news.
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Is Russia even threatening anything back on that particular matter? Besides, it's not "the West" who wants to cut Russia out, it's only the US. European politicians don't seem to be that supportive of this idea and
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Wow, that's a very dark pattern. In any case, this is not how it's supposed to work in oauth, and it's definitely not required for it to work. I suppose developers could pretty much use any generic oauth lib for the login pur
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It's not even an actual "waste". Given a proper nuclear cycle and a proper diversity of reactors, you can both extract precious isotopes and reuse "waste" as fuel for another kind of reactor. AFAIK, Russia, for exa
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> Even if you think the hierarchy is useful for practical purposes, a cooperatively owned business can give voting rights for everyone so they elect a manager and can fire or demote them as needed. So, when has that ever worked, apart ma
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> People who earn $1m+ salaries do not work long hours or make sacrifices Do you have any evidence to support this claim? Especially the sacrifices part -- this seems like an awfully bold assertion, especially if you consider that most p
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> Thus was the narrative of 'meritocracy' born in a world where there is obviously no possibility of such a thing. How is it "obviously"? All the business relations between people are inherently meritocratic. Not only
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It is not clear, why the second group is supposed to be "hungry" In my experience all of the highly payed specialists are exactly those who have the passion for what they are doing. IMO, it is often easier to monetize your passion
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> A sovereign wealth fund could raise funds from wealth taxes and assign a share to every citizen in the country. It could then use its interest-bearing assets to pay out a dividend to all shareholders every year This assumes responsible
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I think your logic is flawed in the part where you consider "added value". Obviously, managers never actually "add" value. All they do is organize, so that value can be generated in the first place. And obviously they ar
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> Since there were no details provided about such «information» and where to find it AND Tor is unable to comply Is there a source to this? It reads like something too ridiculous to be true with no additional crucial details. Doesn'