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by gaoshan 5y ago
If you compare how China treats discussion and remembrance of Tiananmen to the how the US treats the Tulsa Race Massacre you will find there is no comparison. It's true that many in the US don't know about it but many in the US ca
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by gaoshan 5y ago
I used to live in Florida and you couldn't pay me to move back. The weather is hot, sticky and humid, the politics are right wing, the religion is old timey and in your face and the (mostly) latent racism is unpleasant when you encount
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by gaoshan 5y ago
This is a good point. Hospitalization and death are really all that matter. People will be getting sick (to lesser degrees, likely, but it will still happen) from this for generations to come. What really matters is whether or not you are s
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by gaoshan 5y ago
I've lived in cities with a bus system that meant no wait longer than 10 minutes and no walk to/from a stop of further than a city block. Having a solid mass transit solution requires relatively basic infrastructure before anythin
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by gaoshan 5y ago
So does this mean that any planet with a reduced atmosphere, electrical storms, silicate-rich rocky surfaces, and liquid water would have a good chance of developing life, at some point?
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by gaoshan 5y ago
This reminds me of today's politicians opposing green energy. Some of the same sorts of arguments only our folks aren't doing it satirically.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
Our work is very collaborative and being able to get quick feedback on some issue is nice. Having to ping them over chat is annoying because while it may result in a quick answer it may also just disappear into the ether (or the chat app fa
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by gaoshan 5y ago
I genuinely miss the office. Being in a different space for work (one that was pretty gorgeous), in a nice part of downtown, able to tap people on the shoulder for quick questions rather than having to ping them over chat, more spontaneous
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by gaoshan 5y ago
In theory you are right but the reality of these dancing grannies is that they can be loud as hell. Like, disturbingly loud over a huge area and the noise pollution they introduce can be bad even by China's fairly noisy urban environme
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by gaoshan 5y ago
Western companies and business people have been remarkably myopic over the last few decades when it comes to the reality of doing business in China. The parent comment here is exactly right... this person knows what they are talking about y
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by gaoshan 5y ago
It's because many religions and mythologies based the stories they tell on actual events (or handed down stories of events). People naturally incorporate those into their own system of beliefs. Often the most prominent tales are shared
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by gaoshan 5y ago
I've had decent luck with Vivaldi lately.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
Have you actually lived in the US so that you personally know of this 180 degrees of difference? If so, which parts of the US? I ask because the differences between New York City, Tallahassee, Chicago, Columbus, Nashville, Kansas City, Aust
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by gaoshan 5y ago
This seems like nothing more than an ad? The templates mentioned in the title are only accessible by providing your personal information, fwiw. Providing made up personal info simply allows you to schedule a demo with them.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
This sort of comment is actually worse than the thing it is attempting to denigrate. "The media" isn't lying to you. "The media" is a smokescreen that lumps a wildly diverse collection of information purveyors under
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by gaoshan 5y ago
The upfront cost is why we don't generally do this in the US. If we looked at it from a 50 year perspective we'd (probably) do it in a heartbeat but we aren't very good at that sort of planning ahead.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
She might be a good SpaceX Starlink candidate.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
It is totally pro-monopoly. I live in Ohio and many of our communities are only served by a single provider. Those providers offer fairly sluggish service as well as fairly high costs. People that I work with regularly complain about one or
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by gaoshan 5y ago
I fear that this trend will end up hurting a large percentage of the people that buy fully into this trend. The ideal, from my perspective, would be a shift in how business as usual is conducted, not a wholesale rejection of it. We are just
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by gaoshan 5y ago
This was my observation before actually reading the post... a reaction to the title. If you visit the actual site you will see that the author points out that the use of "post-modern" is intended to be a joke (which I quite like,
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by gaoshan 5y ago
In fact they will use media, culture, religion and politics to get sufficient numbers of the service class, as you call it, to do that for them.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
Some interesting parallels to us. Sounds like the infected ants could be described as their colony's "job creators".
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by gaoshan 5y ago
a popular IRC network has been taken over by a private owner. The users don't like that and are leaving. It was around for a long time so for many of those users it's effecting them negatively. I would imagine that these users cou
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by gaoshan 5y ago
The linked comment above is one that people interested should read. Especially people who only read the relatively inflammatory and context free initial tweet.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
I should think any civilization capable of producing, operating and placing such a beacon would be able to detect us on their own and might have the same interest in communicating with us that we have with ant colonies. WE think everyone wa
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by gaoshan 5y ago
Government competence is either surprisingly high or low? I'm going with the latter on principle.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
Bingo. Quantity is worthless without sufficient quality. I would rather be healthy and strong and die at 80 than sickly and bedridden for the remaining decades and die at 120.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
I love working in the office and being around colleagues on a daily basis. If people want to leave that will open more spaces for folks like myself.
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by gaoshan 5y ago
The train line shown going through Cleveland is already in operation. I would love to be able to take the train to Chicago or Boston or NYC. However, - It is not cheap - it is not reliable (time wise) - it is not fast - it requires leaving
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by gaoshan 5y ago
I meant the Y, not the X. Brain fart on my part. Sorry you did all the work to look into the details.

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