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by maratc 5y ago
Would it change anything if Elon already (indirectly) controlled more than 15% as a poison-pill-anticipation measure, but just said he controls less?
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by maratc 5y ago
Can Elon and three of his "friends" own each 14.9999% of Twitter without triggering the poison pill, so getting to 59.999%?
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by maratc 5y ago
I don't disagree with your classification of cheating. I don't believe that technology is necessarily always a good fit for social problems. What I take issue with is a blunt dismissal of technology as a practical solution for soc
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by maratc 5y ago
The imaginary solution works reliably in 100% cases, but the available solution works only in 99%. Should we accept that practical solution in the interim, or should we dismiss it and fall to a "perfect solution fallacy"?
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by maratc 5y ago
> just those where the people involved have opposing goals. This describes every competition ever; person A wants the winner to be A, but person B wants the winner to be B. Should we stop doing doping tests at Olympic games, as it's
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by maratc 5y ago
This thread has started with a problem of cheating in online games (like head-aiming bots in first-person shooters) and (non-free) anti-cheating software as a solution to that (not ideal, but closing that gap somewhat). GGP pointed out it&#
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by maratc 5y ago
The inequality issue exists as well with Covid vaccines and with weapons — other applications of technology, so societal problems are not standing alone there. The unequal access to nuclear weapons is... a good thing I guess? What still n
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by maratc 5y ago
What needs to be explained is why throwing technology at power generation problems, economic problems, healthcare problems, or warfare problems is seemingly ok, but social problems are a no-go zone.
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by maratc 5y ago
> That's a social problem being attacked with technology Any problem in the last couple of centuries is being attacked with technology. That's what the industrial revolution is about. Steam engine? That's a transportation
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by maratc 5y ago
Words aren't, but their specific selection can be. As it was in this case. (Not a lawyer.) Some mapping companies "invent" non-existing streets on their maps to prove copying.
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by maratc 5y ago
I can't see any positive things to come out of this. Supposedly Russia has now been buying armaments from Iran. I don't know, maybe Russia will sell them some nukes in return? The world is a lot more dangerous place that it's
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by maratc 5y ago
The recents conflicts in Afghanistan show that many different kinds of governing systems are willing to make irrational decisions. Except monarchies maybe? No monarchy has tried to invade Afghanistan recently.
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by maratc 5y ago
I agree with the points about Ukraine's tactical successes. The argument I'm making is that tactical successes aren't important. Please don't refute my argument with more points about Ukraine's tactical successes. &
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by maratc 5y ago
> If Russia nukes Ukraine Russia likely ceases to exist. ...while Ukraine certainly ceases to exist. Also, the only country that nuked another country hasn't ceased to exist, so not sure where your claim comes from. > Russians
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by maratc 5y ago
> The largest and only tank factory has gone idle for lack of parts. This has been reported in western media; it might be true, or it might be a part of information war. Assuming it's true, shall we expect this to be a permanent pr
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by maratc 5y ago
> it still produces some tanks It mainly repurposes old Soviet tanks, unless you count ten or so of the T-84. I doubt Kharkiv Armored Plant is a viable tank production facility with all the fighting that goes around Kharkiv. > Also ci
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by maratc 5y ago
Here's hoping.
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by maratc 5y ago
And what should stop Russia from doing "at least partial mobilisation"?
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by maratc 5y ago
The Napoleon invasion in 1812 started with deep Russian humiliation. But then the Russians won. The Winter War of 1939 started with deep Russian humiliation. But then the Russians won. The WW2 started with deep Russian humiliation and mind-
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by maratc 5y ago
When running away from a tiger, the best strategy would be to move faster than the tiger. This, however, is not always feasible. A "good-enough" strategy would be, simply, to move faster than some other guy. This can definitely be
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by maratc 5y ago
You're assuming Russians will just keep on as they are as if nothing happens. But it's not guaranteed. What if they repurpose a plant or two to making the cheapest tanks possible, let's say T-34? What if they call a general d
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by maratc 5y ago
In the Winter War, there were about 70,000 total casualties for Finland and about 350,000 casualties for the Soviets, or roughly 1:5. However, Finland lost 9% of its territory and had to relocate 12% of its population as a result of that wa
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by maratc 5y ago
> Isn't it the same in the modern USA? This has been the Empire building-101 for ages: if you respect the state authority (emperor/czar/rule-of-law), state ideas (christianity/communism/democracy) and speak the s
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by maratc 5y ago
> There is no equivalency There's also no equivalency between a serial killer who killed 10 people and a serial killer who killed 100 people. > and you should not be trying to create it I'm not trying to create any equivalen
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by maratc 5y ago
> Stalin, who moved out many "inferior races" Stalin never bothered with races at all. Nazis did. > This "badly-divided country" has been created by Stalin less than a century ago. Now you're just repeating Pu
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by maratc 5y ago
> Both can be understood as interventions And both are wrong. > but they are not equivalent And still, both are wrong.
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by maratc 5y ago
What would we call a situation where Russian foreign minister and their ambassador to Washington would contact and meet the leaders of the March on the Capitol, and dictate them what the future US government — if that March succeeded — wo
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by maratc 5y ago
According to the Constitution of Ukraine, impeachment would have involved a) formally charging the president with a crime; b) a review of the charge by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; and c) a three-fourths majority vote – i.e. at leas
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by maratc 5y ago
> Against what quite a lot of Ukraniens wanted, voted for and worked for for a long time. But in accordance with what quite a lot of other Ukranians wanted, voted for and worked for for a long time. Ukraine is a badly-divided country t
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by maratc 5y ago
They designated a leader for the future government and vetoed other leaders from joining it. You can spin it as “they talked to people” all you want.

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