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by ivell 1y ago
> I never bought the argument that user rights should dictate how a product hardware or software should be manufactured Probably you meant it differently, but guaranties and warranties exist exactly due to this. Users have right to expec
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First, would this distinction matter when lives are at stake? Second, if parts of system does not work as intended, then we should think of how to prevent such situations in the first place. Where lives are at stake we cannot take a stand &
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> shooting by law enforcement is not allowed unless there is a clear and present threat to life. But we have seen that the police may not follow the same principle. There have been cases where police have killed harmless suspects and got
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I find historical claims like this not very convincing. 1800 BCE looked very different from today and if people from old civilizations start claiming their land, we would not see any end of wars. Should Italy claim most of Europe because Ro
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My understanding is that most countries support a two nation solution. I have not seen any Iranian statement that accepts this. On the other hand I have seen them consistently calling for outright destruction of Israel. Given their declared
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> The worst possible outcome for them is Iran proving it has no nuclear weapons at all and having its sanctions lifted. Circumstantial evidence seems to be that Iran indeed was enriching Uranium beyond what was necessary for electricity.
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I can understand weapons industry or alcohol industry as being immoral. However I do not understand how ads are immoral. It is annoying for some, while for some it is informative. Businesses inform the public about their services through ad
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by ivell 1y ago
Not my personal experience. Many of whom I have worked with are quite friendly and open. PhDs are not take just for social climbing. Many were genuinely interested in the subject until they got disillusioned..
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It is not that they didn't try supplying Iran with nuclear tech. https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan/nytimes0...
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>>Also! Not how diplomacy works! A fundamental fact about international relations is it’s anarchic. If your model of international relations requires trust for diplomacy, you’ve fundamentally missed how geopolitics works. Actually tru
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>Pakistan is not a military dictatorship I think here we are looking into a textbook style definition. But for all practical purposes, military rules Pakistan. It is well understood by its own citizens, especially post-Imran Khan. >Bu
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>They wouldn’t. New Delhi would have to get something that is worth more than that territory in return. What would that be? Pakistan and India had an agreement to peacefully resolve issues already in 1972 Simla agreement. But they contin
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In context: The Blood Telegram https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_Telegram:_Nixon,_K... It was an active decision by the US.
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Pakistan has a concept of good terrorists and bad terrorists. Terrorists against India (JeM, LeT) are good terrorists. They are protected and trained by Pakistan army (e.g. protection given to JeM leader). Good terrorists are sometimes decl
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by ivell 1y ago
My understanding is copyright is about distribution rights and not making a copy. Seeding falls under distribution.
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I think the implication is that a good teacher can inspire more students to take up science and contribute broadly to the field than just one person on a specific field.
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I wouldn't consider ghost cities and wasteful expenditure on infrastructure to just prop up GDP as good governance. As the saying goes not all that glitters is gold. Democracy is messy, but there is some kind of transparency (freedom o
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by ivell 1y ago
On marriage and partner - "These things good for one’s health." Proven by modern science now. At least longer life.
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by ivell 2y ago
You jest, but with Android desktop mode support it might actually turn out to be true!
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Substitution is a new concept for kids. Not something they can readily understand. So you need to explain that in terms of a game. Kids know what secrets are. But from their point of view, why even talk about it if it is secret? Why can&#x2
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by ivell 2y ago
People gain understanding when we relate things to their frame of reference. Kids have very limited life experience and their frame of reference is very low. Introducing new concepts that are not relatable would create huge gaps in real und
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Actually I would argue that Europe taking care of itself reduces single point of failure in the system. Even if there was no Trump, it would have been the right thing to do.
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So kind of a chief test officer? We need more CEOs to have that kind of responsibility.
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If your point was the Indian government was involved, there is not evidence to it. https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/no-hard-proof-canadas...
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/29/winston-church... "Mukerjee and others also point to Britain’s “denial policy” in the region, in which huge supplies of rice and thousands of boats were
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Irrespective of whether they are proud of what they are doing, I found the post helpful and educational. Let's not prevent people from sharing their knowledge as it might help us to protect ourselves. A consequence of such line of ques
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Cost of living is an important consideration. I dont know why people are comparing absolute values here. Wages are relative to cost of living.
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There is also economies of scale. Steel is much more useful than gold. This means investments on improving mining and processing will lower the costs in the long run.
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In my experience, once I replaced the 3rd party toner chip with brother's, it started working fine. Definitely something to do with the chip that brother checks...
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Nature analyses universities that have the most retracted scientific articles(nature.com)
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