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by justsee 14y ago
In relation to recently-enriched Arab states, w1ntermute stated that: "Without that, they wouldn't have the money or power to do anything to the West". He appears to think that well-funded Arab states are directly supporting radical Islam -
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> Oh please. A proper root cause analysis is different from blaming everything on the West. That's another rule I forgot to mention: 5. Anyone pointing out the clear history of repeated violent actions by X against Y shall be labelled a
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by justsee 14y ago
But failing to undertake a proper root cause analysis is harmful to your stated aims. You appear to believe that a resurgent radical Islam is primarily due to the rise of wealthy Arab states, and yet these states are aligned to the West, ar
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by justsee 14y ago
Replace 'Western' and 'Arabs' with Superpower X and Subjugated peoples Y and it's immediately clear how defective your root cause analysis is. It's an intentionally defective 'root cause analysis' from the perspective of Superpower X, where
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by justsee 14y ago
WikiLeaks stories are upvoted around here because (I suspect) they reflect the massive social changes that the internet is enabling, which the HN community is clearly interested in. Anonymous, WikiLeaks, et al represent the changing power
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I wouldn't be so generous as to call your initial comment a point. More like an antagonistic expression of wilful ignorance. That you would assert that the only people who need to be concerned with radiation are people 'living in a containm
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by justsee 14y ago
It's worth considering the wider context of Ecuadorian politics, media and power before immediately signing on to the "Assange is a hypocrite, Correa is a Dictator" line that is clearly being sung from many media sheets. The private media's
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by justsee 14y ago
Don't forget Sweden itself is depriving the women accusing him of seeing due process, having been offered numerous options of interviewing Assange, both in the UK and within Sweden itself. It's also worth pointing out that: * Sweden initial
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by justsee 14y ago
You're repeating an assertion by the industry that fracking, and natural gas is "greener" and helps lower greenhouse gas emissions. It's (unsurprisingly) false, or at least challenged by independent science. A study was released late last y
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by justsee 14y ago
That's a stunningly ignorant risk assessment. Unit 4 has significant structural damage, and contains the most (and most recently used) fuel rods, stored outside the containment wall. Another 7.5 earthquake could cause a collapse triggering
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by justsee 14y ago
TEPCO measured radiation levels of 10 Sv in the basement of Reactor 1 in June this year [1]. In March TEPCO measured radiation levels of 73 Sv/h in the container vessel [2]. A Fukushima worker tweeted a radiation level estimation of > 1
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by justsee 14y ago
> The question is, can Sweden objectively and fairly litigate a rape charge involving Julian Assange? No that's not the question, because 1) Assange has not been charged with anything and 2) Sweden has been offered the chance to questio
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> The problem with this argument is nobody has produced any evidence to show Assange is 'persecuted'. Actually they have. Enough was presented to the Ecuadorian Government that they agreed he faced potential political prosecution. That'
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by justsee 14y ago
I didn't downvote you either, but I call this response the narcissistic defect of security / privacy analysis. The "I'm not interesting / I've got nothing to hide / X is not interested in me" level of analysis which is about as shallow as y
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You appear to argue that a western concept of property rights is essential to guaranteeing some sort of magical, responsible custodianship of earth / space. You use the Great Pacific Garbage Patch as your first example, which has nothing to
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by justsee 14y ago
See, this type of moronic response (avoid the actual content of a comment, engage in dismissive trolling response) is what is part of the 'decline' of the community you've attempted to flag. Ironic.
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by justsee 14y ago
You seem to have a very strong opinion of what HN should be about, and yet this bubbling animosity for the OP and his content seems very out of place here. The post's title was completely accurate, to the extent that you've admitted it's no
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by justsee 14y ago
Ah yes, that makes even more sense! (Although talking about sense in this context doesn't seem appropriate).
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by justsee 14y ago
No sorry, you're wrong: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=3.7+x+10^99+%3E+stars+i... ( surely you weren't trying to make a point based on a typographical error?) Your other points (if I can be that generous) are meaningless, so I'll le
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by justsee 14y ago
"except that plenty of government money is available to people who are looking for the 'right' answers." From the outset, you've flagged that you subscribe to the 'global warming conspiracy'. That a global conspiracy of scientists are co-or
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by justsee 14y ago
Well yes, I thought the article captured a lot of interesting numbers. Much more useful if you skip the ad hominems (I don't care what you think of the author) and focus on critiquing the substance. What's wrong with the data? Happy to hear
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by justsee 14y ago
"June broke or tied 3,215 high-temperature records across the United States. That followed the warmest May on record for the Northern Hemisphere – the 327th consecutive month in which the temperature of the entire globe exceeded the 20th-ce
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by justsee 14y ago
What's HN without the meta-detours! You're certainly correct, but brevity of the writer and intelligence of the reader means I don't have to be explicit about every point, just as if I were to write that a cockpit altitude alarm is telling
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by justsee 14y ago
This is a perfect example of the pseudo-scientific sentiment that has been cultivated in the non-scientific community. Assert confidently that real science knows that it is impossible to model anything accurately, and that climate change
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by justsee 14y ago
"That nicely fits leftist preconceptions" This is not about politics, this is about science, and the science is clearly telling us we are having a significant impact on the earth's climate, and we must act with increasing urgency. The asser
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by justsee 14y ago
Yes, the title certainly is misleading based on that final paragraphs. However considering we have numerous alarming data points across the globe in 2012 related to climate ( http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-te... )
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by justsee 14y ago
Your sentiment seems to echo this: http://whowhatwhy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/395940_8421...
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by justsee 14y ago
Thanks for the rather punchy, refreshing literary and ideological analysis of Rand in this thread. It's a pity you're not going to contribute more words to a critique of her ideas, but I can certainly understand why. In one brief excursion
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The money speech helped me get over an irrational, subconscious distaste for money but at the same time I recognized it for the capitalist fairytale that it is. So I suppose it helped me in a way that "The Automatic Millionaire" and other b
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This is where we should wheel out Francisco's money speech in Atlas Shrugged: http://capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-speec... (I'm not an Ayn Rand fan and found lots of her ideas in Atlas Shrugged ridiculous, but thought t

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