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Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video](youtube.com)
323 points by jdkee 5y ago|393 comments
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by jdkee 5y ago
Perhaps you should review the relevant standards on "genocide" before commenting. See https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
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by jdkee 5y ago
I would personally recommend The Princeton Companion to Mathematics as an excellent introduction to mathematics from someone no pursuing a degree. See https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691118802/
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A View from Russian Academia(deryugina.com)
14 points by jdkee 5y ago|5 comments
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He absolutely is a war criminal and should be apprehended and tried in the ICC should he leave Russia.
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Stardew Valley.
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by jdkee 5y ago
Too bad Germany decided to shut down its nuclear plants. See https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-25/what-t...
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by jdkee 5y ago
https://100r.co/site/home.html Seafaring nomads that code up their own software tools. Quite a story here. https://100r.co/site/about_us.html
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by jdkee 5y ago
Canadian States of Emregency Acts must still comport with due process. “ Under the Emergencies Act, a declaration of an emergency by the Cabinet must be reviewed by Parliament.[33] Any temporary laws made under the act are subject to the Ca
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by jdkee 5y ago
Where in the Canadian Bill of Rights is the suspension of due process sanctioned? See https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-12.3/FullText.htm... “Recognition and declaration of rights and freedoms 1 It i
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by jdkee 5y ago
Any reasonable person would not consider the suspension of due process in response to peaceable protests “a measured approach”. Due process, along with equal protections of the law, are about as fundamental to a lawful society as any rights
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by jdkee 5y ago
Finland is a homogenous society. The US is very heterogenous in class and race.
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by jdkee 5y ago
Have you heard about the resurgence in vinyl record sales? https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/01...
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1/87 Smart DIY micro RC car(youtube.com)
17 points by jdkee 5y ago|2 comments
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1/87 Smart DIY micro RC car(youtube.com)
1 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
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by jdkee 5y ago
CEO pay going from an average of 21-1 of the average worker in the 1960s to over 335-1 by the 2010s is certainly “playing by a different set of rules”. See https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2020/
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by jdkee 5y ago
Relevant portion of the article: "According to economists David Tuckett and Richard Taffler, we often view a hot new financial opportunity as a “phantastic object,” or an unconscious representation of something that fulfills our wildes
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by jdkee 5y ago
See also https://www.wonderdraft.net/
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by jdkee 5y ago
See https://calfkicker.com/examining-the-democratic-super-pac-th...
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by jdkee 5y ago
Facts on U.S. nuclear reactors: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=207&t=3
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by jdkee 5y ago
Will you be investigating the sonar system developed for later cameras such as the SLR 680?
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by jdkee 5y ago
The S&P 500 PE ratio is currently 25.78 while the mean is 15.96. The Fed printed 1/3 of all dollars in circulation in the past 22 months. The velocity of money in the U.S. is at a historical low. How are these facts irrelevant to
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by jdkee 5y ago
Absolutely the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8
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by jdkee 5y ago
As an American citizen, I would like the big tech companies (the top six or so) heavily regulated like big pharma is by the FDA, to reduce possible harms inflicted on users. Also, I would like big tech to be subject to a stronger form of an
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Notes from “Where is my Flying Car?”(moreisdifferent.substack.com)
1 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
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The White House openly called for private actors to censor speech. See https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/psaki-big-tech-should-c...
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Mysterious Aircraft Spotted at Area 51(thedrive.com)
17 points by jdkee 5y ago|1 comments
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Writing a simple arcade game in Lisp(forum.ulisp.com)
2 points by jdkee 5y ago|0 comments
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by jdkee 5y ago
Relevant for economics: https://karlstack.substack.com/p/frauds-in-the-duke-boston-a...
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by jdkee 5y ago
“ X must be knowledgeable about money and software, because Bitcoin is money in software.” Is it money? Per Wikipedia’s definition: “Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and rep

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