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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
The part that doesn't add together for me is when they mention how Shamji almost certainly knew of Zac's real surname and accent. Shamji brushes it off saying that Zac's dad told him to use a different surname, but that doesn
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
> Prices increase when costs go up I'd contend that costs going up is _a_ cause of price increases. The reason a soda costs more from a movie theater than a supermarket is not because a soda costs more to make in the movie theater,
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
Yes, the parent comment is describing M2. Do you have any rationale for why you believe it is a large factor in general price levels?
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
> I want the pendulum to swing the other way. Everybody gets and gets to keep forever an account at the Reserve Bank. I believe this would result in more instances of funds being frozen when under the suspicion of doing something/be
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
Oh, I may have missed the nuance there, thank you! I very much am against the corruption we witness so blatantly. Personally I thought that if wealthy people were elected to office we may be able to eliminate some of that, but it seems as t
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
The notion that wealth prior to politics might deter in-office enrichment is understandable, but the reality is a bit more complex. Wealth doesn't inherently negate the potential for conflicts of interest or policy biases that could be
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
It is quite literally the subject of the article you are commenting on.
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
It is confirmed they have lied under oath to Congress about the very thing Snowden blew the whistle on. So yes, they are perfectly acceptable sources of information regarding Snowden.
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
"My friend who worked directly on this told me about it, so I don't understand how everyone else didn't already know about it."
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
If someone shoots me in the foot I don't need to understand the mechanics of a gun to get upset about it.
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
>The military bought the hammer, Kelman explained, bundled into one bulk purchase of many different spare parts. But when the contractors allocated their engineering expenses among the individual spare parts on the list-a bookkeeping exe
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
>Again, if you don't like it, don't buy it. Obviously? I'm not searching for a personal shopping solution in this thread; I would hope it's obvious that I'm not going to buy this pair of headphones. >The more
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
> Temporarily complying then reverting the censorship in 2021 then suing the Indian gov in 2022 is not "capitulation". Capitulation is the cessation of resistance. It does not stipulate perpetuity. A person/entity can capi
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
1. I didn't state that it was. I was replying to the individual who made the claim "There were cases of "report received and acted on", but no proof of "action forced even though employee disagreed".". The
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
Jack Dorsey has publicly stated he capitulated to the Indian government to censor around the Farmers protests because the Indian government was raiding employees homes and threatening to shut down service in the country. [1] 1. https:&#x2F
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
But they are selling the premium tier for $150. It's the same set of headphones. It would be as if Apple sold you one computer for $1,000, but the exact same computer in a different case for $2,000, with the only difference being they
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
Then sell them snacks.
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
I'm struggling to identify how it's not glaringly self-evident that the person you're replying to would not enjoy sitting next to people at bars.
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
I'm not sure if you read the link you posted but I would consider the following wrongdoings: >The leaked cables revealed that diplomats of the U.S. and Britain eavesdropped on Secretary General Kofi Annan in the weeks before the U.S
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
Julian Assange is thrilled we live in such a free and open society where revealing the wrongdoings of government is protected.
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by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
I think it's reasonable to assume one's "role in society" can extend beyond their economic utilization.
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
Also elevenlabs ai started as an offshoot of the MLP voice generation threads.
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
> They don't have to discredit them, the Feds are doing that. The Fed == the Wall Street banks. The Wall Street banks are the overwhelming shareholders of the Fed.
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
I can't vouch for the validity of the statistic you mention, as you didn't source it. However, I can provide with 100% certainty that I would prefer being paid 1 trillion dollars an hour instead of my current wage. In fact, I woul
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
Sure it would be called those things and then nothing would come of it. If a country uses morally compromised methods to win a war history just calls it winning the war.
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
Imagine writing this unhinged mental fanfiction for every news article you read. Headline: Man Steals Car "Well, if I fancied myself a racewar enthusiast of course I would _say_ it was for money but it would obviously be in support of
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
They weren't executed.
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
> Ross Ulbricht built his empire, in large part, by profiting off people's suffering. He built Silk Road, which allowed people to sell drugs to one another. If the 'people's suffering' you are referencing is the use o
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
Taleb is another in a long line of people who have accomplished very little outside of selling themselves as a person who Really Understands The WorldTM. His central thesis that models can't account for everything is...................
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
Considering this is based off Forbes list, and Forbes has Peter Thiel's net worth at ~1\5th the amount that's confirmed to be in his backdoor IRA, I doubt the accuracy.

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