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by hkpack 6mo ago
It is about trends and perceptions - 70s were very hopeful, now with global problems - wars, climate, AI, uncertainty, what is growing is desperation. I definitely don’t envy kids that are born nowadays.
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by hkpack 6mo ago
I don’t know why it’s CIA wet dream, while it’s mostly used against western democracies. Are people in CIA incompetent?
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by hkpack 6mo ago
It is not only about domestic manufacturing. The trend is that roads are becoming more dangerous in the US, with the cars being bigger as a major contributor. People in US are fine with increasing casualties for some reason, and I’m glad th
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by hkpack 6mo ago
Does anyone knows why current US administration keeps aligning with Chinese interests in their actions while proclaiming that China is their main adversary? They even send JD Vance to support Orban in his elections. The same Orban and Hunga
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by hkpack 6mo ago
I think your description would be perfect in describing a psychopath - i.e. someone who can rationalize and think about other beings logically, without actually being able to subconsciously empathize. Not all people like that at all. Some
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by hkpack 6mo ago
Why not? I know people who are very good at feeling other people’s emotions but very poor at analyzing them. In kids you can see it all the time - like a kid started crying because he sees others cry, but if you ask them why they cry - the
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by hkpack 6mo ago
- mgimo finished? - aaaask
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by hkpack 6mo ago
Nothing productive will come out of this conversation.
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by hkpack 6mo ago
F15 seems to have the same cannon as f16, and there are multiple videos (like [0]) of successfully destroying Shahed drones and cruise missiles with it. [0] - https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1970127431030985059
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by hkpack 6mo ago
> That seems an odd choice. Why? In Ukraine everything that can fly (light aircraft, helicopters, fighter jets, etc.) are shooting down drones.
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by hkpack 6mo ago
You can call it whatever you like: kill zone, gray zone, dead zone - everyone usually understands what does it means. Good article on what it is: https://texty.org.ua/projects/116021/20-kilometers-of-the-gr...
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by hkpack 6mo ago
One of the most profound feelings I had was being in the middle of nowhere at night and looking at the sky. Majority of people my generation are able to experience what once was very common only few times in their lifetime due to light poll
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by hkpack 6mo ago
I tried to set up Bluetti solar panel on my balcony in a similar way, but the efficiency was abysmal because of the angle to the sun. I wonder for how many people it will work in practice? Putting panels on the roof should be much more effi
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by hkpack 6mo ago
There is a phenomenon I observe with people being fascinated by russian/soviet things even when in reality the subject of interest is pure shit. Being it either a low quality lenses in which people see a artistic quality of manufacturi
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by hkpack 7mo ago
How have you came to such conclusions? If anything it proves the opposite. Look at how laws are passed in russia for example for comparison and let me know what similarities you see.
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by hkpack 7mo ago
The alternative is a dictatorship.
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by hkpack 7mo ago
While watching the second video, Futurama theme song started playing in my head :-)
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by hkpack 8mo ago
Poe's law at its best!
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by hkpack 8mo ago
Yes, please close it! Ah, oh, decision makers are shareholders themselves and are benefiting from this too.
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by hkpack 8mo ago
> Starlink just shut off all of Russia What are you talking about? Starlink never worked in russia. It worked in Ukraine, and it was shutdown in Ukraine by using a white list for which any Ukrainian can easily apply. The goal was to sh
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by hkpack 8mo ago
Look, I would really like to mention everyone every time, but it is so tiresome to be honest, all of these guys are awful and all of them are connected if not through epstein, then through some other private club.
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by hkpack 8mo ago
These are literally _the same people_. Musk was hanging out with child sex trafficker and is allowing kids to create porn with grok on X.
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by hkpack 8mo ago
No, state decides on the rules of the game any business is playing by.
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by hkpack 9mo ago
Stepper motors were last used for HDDs with the capacity in megabytes.
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by hkpack 9mo ago
> Imagine a tutor that stays with you as long as you need for every concept of math, instead of the class moving on without you and that compounding over years. I remember when I was at the uni, the topics I learned the best were the one
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by hkpack 9mo ago
I think both of you are right but looking at different sections of the trend. In general, taxi business is very tough and tend to became worse over time due to the systems in play. Old taxi services quality varied widely, i.e. in some area
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by hkpack 10mo ago
Since it is Christmas and we are talking about welcoming strangers in your house, I think we need to remember the story of the author of the most popular Christmas Carrol ("Carrol of the bells") - Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontov
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by hkpack 10mo ago
Thank you for the reply, I really appreciate it. > My cofounder and I, as well as several of our colleagues, tried classic political activism in the early 2000s. It became increasingly clear to us that there are many powerful politicians
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by hkpack 10mo ago
To be honest, I think VPN businesses and specifically politically charged ones like Mullvad is doing disservice for the security of the country and specifically EU in this case. I think the right course of action should be a political activ
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by hkpack 10mo ago
I think EU will manage without you liking it. But painting its leadership as the one trying to shape dictatorship is incredible ignorant. Europe is preparing for the Russia invasion from one side, and betrayal by the US from the other. A co

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