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by jopsen 5y ago
True, but prior to the world wars the general view of war was far more glamorous. English poets today don't write how war is great for the spirit or whatever... Sure, there's still plenty who don't quite get how bad armed con
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by jopsen 5y ago
I suspect OP is saying that something like conscripting people to war wouldn't be popular today. I also doubt it would be popular with helicopter parents :)
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by jopsen 5y ago
> God forbid a Chinese citizen support their own government. Does flagging stories highlighting "tank man" search results count as "supporting the Chinese government"? That's a weird kind of "support".
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by jopsen 5y ago
You make a good valid point.. that being being said... Free food for life in exchange for sniffing out 71 landmines that I'm too lightweight to trigger... If I was a rat, I would take that deal... considering that the alternative is, w
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by jopsen 5y ago
Now you're just showing off!
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by jopsen 5y ago
> Europe is just too small and too densely populated to risk nuklear accidents. Maybe, if we built new safe reactors it wouldn't be a problem. That said, it's probably faster to go renewable -- so is it too much to ask that Ger
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by jopsen 5y ago
So much potential... it's hard to know what this becomes. I could imagine online service providers like a hosting provider etc. might start to integrate. After all this would have 2FA and be administered by an authority that can actual
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by jopsen 5y ago
That would be nice.
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by jopsen 5y ago
> "Union of ex-Soviet States" Like: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union Isn't that great? We're not going to allow non-democratic countries like Russia into the EU. Certainly
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by jopsen 5y ago
I think the response would have been more prompt, and a lot harder for people to ignore. Tourism in Belarus would disappear instantly.. Note. when Russia* shot down a commerical jet over Ukraine, it probably was a mistake. At-least the oppo
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by jopsen 5y ago
10 years ago... I still use sms with family members, etc. The tools are there... But have you successfully convinced all your friends to use signal? I know Merkles connects to family and friends might not seem critical, but it's probab
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by jopsen 5y ago
I personally suspect there are no HUMINT efforts to spy on me :)
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by jopsen 5y ago
I'm guessing phone calls and sms isn't encrypted and frequently used. Regardless, just monitoring IPs talking to each other will have you some idea what sites / services they are using. Also 10 years ago HTTPS wasn't eve
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by jopsen 5y ago
I'm guessing your resume didn't have to pass through two levels of committees either? (right?)
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by jopsen 5y ago
So no recursion?
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by jopsen 5y ago
If food became 30% cheaper that wouldn't affect the life-style of most people in wealthy countries that stand to benefit.. Organic often yields 19-25% less than non-organic, yet that doesn't make a huge difference. Mechanizing agr
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by jopsen 5y ago
Even so... do you think agriculture is going to drive economic growth in the future? Don't get me wrong we need agriculture, but it's not going to save an economy :)
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by jopsen 5y ago
I doubt anyone stands to gain much... Uncertainty is seems far worse than slightly better agriculture. Especially, in countries where food is plentiful, and customers want organic produce... Why would 30% matter at all?
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by jopsen 5y ago
Get a job working for a company that works with renewables.. Wind turbines, solar panel factories, grid operations, etc.. all need lots of software -- you could be the one to write it. Of course, it means giving up a comfortable career in t
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by jopsen 5y ago
Now if we could just make a Beowulf cluster of these...
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by jopsen 5y ago
Yes, I think I have a months notice... By law. I'm not sure what the consequences would be if I didn't show up though... maybe my employer could sue me to get back the salary they had to pay me, while I didn't work as the con
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by jopsen 5y ago
Even in Denmark with lots of employee protections... The first 3 weeks is usually a trial phase where you can be fired with short notice. Though people rarely are...
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by jopsen 5y ago
The two times I started a new job it seems the position I was interviewed for, and the team I ended up joining was somewhat different... Because of shifting priorities, etc. such is life in a living organization. But neither employer rescin
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by jopsen 5y ago
> Are you saying a kid is the property of his family...? Hehe, I'll admit that's not a good argument. > but Belarus invaded our legal space with a competing jurisdiction claim... They violated an international convention on
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by jopsen 5y ago
Spend money on a BBC Belarusian comedy channel... Hehe.. Broadcast from neighbouring countries. It's probably not very rational, but it would be fun :)
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by jopsen 5y ago
The citizenship of the victim doesn't really matter. You're are not the property of the country where you are a citizen. Especially, not if you live abroad.
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by jopsen 5y ago
It's cold, but in the long run one person probably doesn't matter that much. No offense to Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but he probably wasn't worth trouble :)
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by jopsen 5y ago
It a huge difference... You're suggesting there is a conspiracy a foot. When in practice it's quite likely France, Spain, etc. just denied access because then the diplomatic hot potato wouldn't be theirs :) And I'm hinds
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by jopsen 5y ago
Sometimes it's the slow and steady diplomacy that affects the biggest change over time. What good is quick action going to do? It might be better to let this guide trading policies in the future.
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by jopsen 5y ago
Optimizing 100 hours per year to 20 hours isn't much either.. It's 3 days, for that to break even development costs have to very low. Of course, selling it as a generic app for counting things is a great way to do this.

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