hrxn

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by hrxn 9y ago
So, in effect, large, publicly traded corporations would then own the land, as you describe it? You think that's a good idea?
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by hrxn 10y ago
Well, what can you expect from The Economist? It's the age of fake news, after all, right? Do you think someone went there and bothered to actually check how things really are at that place? Way too expensive, fake news is just cheaper
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by hrxn 10y ago
Well, transmitting all this energy is not that trivial, that's the point..
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by hrxn 10y ago
"Both sides" is just a shorthand expression for principles otherwise better understandable as "due process", but this is hard to summarize in just some words or a couple sentences. It basically means there are two sides
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by hrxn 10y ago
Yes, Hamburg as well, but I think Cologne definitely had the bigger impact :)
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by hrxn 10y ago
Not a specific one, I meant more generally. My point is that length alone isn't a reliable indicator for (journalistic) quality. It is, to some extend. Long articles, with obvious effort for research etc., are more likely to be better
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by hrxn 10y ago
> [..] There’s a big difference between watching a half hour of CNN’s refugee crisis coverage (not that they cover it anymore) versus spending that time reading a 5,000-word article on the same topic. In my opinion, in some cases like th
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by hrxn 10y ago
But.. but what happened to "refugees welcome"?
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by hrxn 10y ago
Both sides is not a marketing trick. And comparing this with weather forecasts is a false equivalence.
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by hrxn 10y ago
All news is fake news, we get it..
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by hrxn 10y ago
Can't wait to see Forbes ending up in Facebook's new fake news filter...
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by hrxn 10y ago
Why does it have to have to do anything with it?
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by hrxn 10y ago
Because it's not a typical contribution to a discussion, it's just a very simple truth..
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by hrxn 10y ago
Discussions? With the Twitter character limit? You can't be serious..
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by hrxn 10y ago
The sooner Twitter dies the better...
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by hrxn 10y ago
Great metaphor for Twitter, actually. Nice.
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by hrxn 10y ago
Yes, as the trade surplus so aptly shows. Oh, wait..
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by hrxn 10y ago
So, just like everyone else, basically...
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by hrxn 10y ago
This article's premise hinges too much on the feasibility that 'good' and 'bad' can be defined objectively. Not good.