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by magduf 7y ago
>Is there a name for the phenomenon (eg. Poe's Law) where people leave comments on random world politics topics that basically consist of "but America..."? Yeah, isn't it called "pot... kettle"?
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by magduf 7y ago
This is a good point. "Net worth" frequently isn't even liquid, but moreover, it's also completely subject to the whims of the government that controls that currency. That government is able to enforce its whims using
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by magduf 7y ago
Maybe. The problem with a lot of stuff like that is that it's really hard to release information anonymously. The nature of the information is such that not many people would have had access to it, so for the assassins, the number of
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by magduf 7y ago
>In which society would you like you and your children to live in, the one where heroes are acknowledged or the one they are dismissed as dumb and irrational? I would like to live in the former, but you have to face reality: we do not li
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by magduf 7y ago
>Citation? I haven't heard anything about this and I work closely with telecom. It's what I've seen with some of my family that lives in smaller towns or rural areas. Some crappy company like CenturyLink buys up the infra
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by magduf 7y ago
>We get the leftover bits for arbitrary consumer transmission, the good parts are spoken for by corporations with deep pockets. Actually, no. Check out a chart of the usage of the radio spectrum in the US, and you'll find a shockin
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>I would expect that radio stations in general were suffering from people switching to other forms of media. If that's the case, would it perhaps drive the licensing price down? Actually, I kinda doubt it. I think radio is a lot li
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by magduf 7y ago
The way this society is structured, it's basically the inverse. Assholes usually end up doing better, at least if they're smart.
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by magduf 7y ago
>but simply observing the historical reality that, counter to OP’s claims, “monocultural” nationalism is a modern, unstable construction, that tends toward violence. You state this as if it's a fact, but it simply isn't. There
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Any "top 50" list of cities by density is inherently biased: How do you demarcate where the city's borders lie? Do you count surrounding municipalities? The whole thing is going to be comparing apples and oranges, because
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So basically you're arguing in favor of imperialism? Imperialism replaces internal violence with violence (or the threat of it) from an outside oppressor. How is this a good solution?
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>you feel like we should fear becoming Lisbon because if you were in their shoes you would fear this outcome. Who's "we", and where did I say "we" should fear this? I just pointed out the people of Portugal migh
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by magduf 7y ago
This is a fair point. Carlos seemed like he did some really questionable things as head of Nissan, but it all seemed to be things that should have only been pursued in a civil case, not criminal. Instead, it seems like Nissan has used Jap
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by magduf 7y ago
>Is Lisbon a dystopia we should fear becoming? For Portuguese people, perhaps it is. Who really wants to feel like a foreigner in their own country (esp. when that country is as small as Portugal)? I know I'd be really irritated if
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by magduf 7y ago
Switzerland is really the only example I can think of that's an exception to the OP's claim. Do you have any others at all?
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>winds are empirically worse in New York and San Francisco. Well New York isn't exactly famous for great weather either...
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by magduf 7y ago
>And in terms of density, NYC isn’t even in the top 50. I don't believe that. If you look at Manhattan alone, you'll see something very different. Unlike many other cities (particularly in the US, but also other places), NYC
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by magduf 7y ago
>Funny. I grew up in the city and lived there for most of my adult life and never had any issues with any of those things. >Source: someone's who's spent more time in Chicago than someone's who's visited a handful
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>The fundamental problem is that there's just way too much heterogeneity for senior leadership to possibly understand all the company's lines of business. Which means that it's impossible to make thoughtful, intentional de
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by magduf 7y ago
Applying a bumper sticker is absolutely vandalism. It mars the paint finish. Paint on cars is surprisingly delicate, and is easily damaged by mechanical means, such as by setting objects on the roof. The bumper sticker itself won't
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by magduf 7y ago
>That multinational company is probably going to put your data in an unsecured s3 bucket or a company-accessible excel spreadsheet. You can't put an audio recording into an Excel spreadsheet.
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Exactly. But then you're claiming that numberic keypads are "mainstream" on laptops. They're not. Only really exceptional laptops have them. The vast, vast majority do not, and I'm pretty sure that includes ever
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by magduf 7y ago
>I don't care if I discuss say, my retirement plans or my intended stock trades with a cab driver listening in. I do care if a recording of those things is sent to a multi-national company who is motivated by profit. That's wei
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>I also haven't met anyone that touch-types 100% to the book. Everybody does some movements which aren't considered correct. The problem is that at some point you reach a level which you consider sufficient That's because
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>... I disagree with the assertion that there is no ergonomic benefit. >... I no longer have any cause to remove my fingers from the homed position while I type. Ever. Any time a QWERTY user says anything about "ergonomics"
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by magduf 7y ago
>16:9 ratio is another bugger for me. Between 16:9 and number pads on laptops, I'm an odd man out. It's tough when my preferences aren't mainstream. No number pads on laptops IS the mainstream. Almost no laptops have numb
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>None of the real nice mechanical keyboards are available in a fullsize layout. Not true. The IBM Model M is full-size and has been available for decades now.
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No problem for me...
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What kind of idiot has a private conversation in a cab? Did you think the driver was deaf or something?
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by magduf 7y ago
Personally, I think it's a good idea and I wonder why they didn't do it long ago. As for privacy, you have no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place. An Uber car isn't any more private in theory than a train or

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