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by kolanos 6y ago
The U.S. (1865) and Britain (1833) abolished slavery before China did. > Slavery in China has taken various forms throughout history. Slavery was abolished as a legally recognized institution, including in a 1909 law fully enacted in 191
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> There is a serious problem with justice in the US though. We have in Norway seen cases of our citizens being unjustly imprisoned in the US through sham trials. Any links to support this? > While the US has protected people doing ser
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by kolanos 6y ago
Was curious, so looked it up: > In 2018, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that among defendants charged with a felony, 68% were convicted (59% of a felony and the remainder of a misdemeanor) with felony conviction rates highest
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by kolanos 6y ago
> To be honest, as European I think China and US are pretty similar in many ways (propaganda, law enforcement etc). As a non-European, non-American and non-Chinese I find this utterly confused line of thinking depressing. It is clear Eur
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by kolanos 6y ago
It appears the two Michaels were suspected of espionage? [0] The Canadians sentenced to death for drug smuggling were different people. [1] [0]: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/asia/china-canada-kovrig-spa
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by kolanos 6y ago
Doesn't take much imagination. Pre-1975 China?
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How do you know this? Many posters here commenting authoritatively about two educational systems...
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Who was played by a Crispin Glover doppleganger. In fact, they made him hang upside down to hide the fact that Crispin Glover wasn't in the movie. This was a subject of a lawsuit in which Crispin Glover won.
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by kolanos 6y ago
Have fond memories of Egghead in the 90s. Their focus may have been corporate sales, but they still had a large selection of computer games in the stores I frequented. Likely would have not come across some of my favorite games at the time
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Right, but you need to be sponsored by your employer to get the visa in the first place. Not saying it can't be done, just unclear on how.
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If you're referring to Elon Musk, he is not a Tesla founder. Tesla was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, both California born. Musk was an early Tesla investor.
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My understanding of H-1Bs is that the basis of the visa is that you are required to work for a U.S.-based employer. How does a H-1B holder get around this restriction in founding a startup?
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by kolanos 6y ago
Check out www.macofalltrades.com, have had good experiences there.
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Forget backroads, when travelling by highway you will be met with a sign that says "No Services 120 mi". And there is literally nothing resembling civilization, aside from the road itself, for that entire stretch.
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Highly recommend a stay at the Furnace Creek Inn in the summer time. There's a stone in-ground pool there surrounded by stone pillars. The pool naturally maintains a comfortable 85 degrees even at night. At night, if you're lucky,
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by kolanos 6y ago
Noticed you left France out. Europe is always better, as long as you're selective.
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Anyone know why Microsoft implemented their package manager in C++ and not C#?
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We may overemphasize a person's character. I would not trade Musk's achievements for a perfect character, whatever that means.
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This achievement likely would not have been possible in the other two nations in which Musk holds citizenship. And I say this as a fellow expat of one of those nations. For all of its faults, the United States is still home to innovation th
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Edit: I stand corrected. 365.25 / 12 * 24 = 730.5 Technically it is 731 if you round up.
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by kolanos 6y ago
Would have been more accurate to say: The secret court has reviewed your criticisms, in secret, and finds them to be [redacted]. Govern yourself accordingly.
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For anyone writing bash scripts to manage CloudFormation templates (eek), there are tools out there like Troposphere to make CF manageable [0]. [0]: https://github.com/cloudtools/troposphere
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by kolanos 6y ago
> There are plenty of examples in the modern web of terrible React/etc implementations but that doesn't mean the approach in itself is bad. If the creators of React can't get it right, then what hope is there?
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Are you referring to Bill Gates?
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I'm not saying these doctors are correct in their statistical extrapolations. What I am saying is the Kern County anecdote being spread around to discredit them by people who haven't even seen the video are practicing in the disi
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by kolanos 6y ago
I'm not saying these doctors are correct in their statistical extrapolations. What I am saying is the Kern County anecdote being spread around to discredit them by people who haven't even seen the video are practicing in the disi
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Did you watch the video or are you just basing this on out of context quotes? What you're quoting was a brief anecdote about what those doctors were seeing on the ground. Their extrapolations are based on state-level aggregates in New
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Did you watch the video? That is not what they did. What you're describing is a brief anecdote they shared about what they were seeing on the ground. Their statistics are based on state level aggregates for New York and California.
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Which part? Taking what these doctors actually said out of context?
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This is taken out of context. Those doctors were using aggregate testing and mortality statistics in New York and California and extrapolating. Sample sizes in the hundred of thousands. This Tweet is taking an anecdote about what they were

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