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by okc 10y ago
What do you mean not just propaganda? The Chinese nationalism you talk about has strong roots in propaganda. Its the very purpose of propaganda. Its also the same communist party which caused the great famine that are in power now. Differen
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by okc 10y ago
For clarification: "In 1945, following the end of World War II, the Republic of China (ROC), led by the Kuomintang (KMT), took control of Taiwan. In 1949, after losing control of mainland China in the Chinese Civil War, the ROC governm
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by okc 10y ago
A sadder reflection is how Taiwan still isn't considered a country internationally. Due to China's international influence. For exmaple: The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, which is quite a
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by okc 10y ago
regardless of what you mean, can I just put phrases like: "hysteria about terrorism after the attacks in Xinjiang" into context: "Rather than embrace lawyers, writers, and whistleblowers as allies in an effort to deal effecti
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by okc 10y ago
I totally agree. I find it fascinating and appreciating it for its better qualities is important too. My time in China, made me realise just how different what you think someone is saying can be to what they actually mean. In my experience
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by okc 10y ago
Agreed, with both of you. I like this hackernews forum, as false arguments tend to be articulately called out and discussed. The irony of the thread is that the fundamental debate is about if such a forum should be allowed to exist without
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by okc 10y ago
How about the article we are discussing? would that be censored? how about if the facts underlying a case are seen to provoke something like racism - is it then legitimate to change the facts or censor them to the public. "If the gover
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by okc 10y ago
The question is how much are the local views influenced by the government and also how much people are willing to disagree with the government view. The local perspective you present, is a good example of a perspective which sounds like it
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by okc 10y ago
I think the key difference is the government not cooperations are behind it. I think if the American government were mass employing graduates to make fake posts, then it would be scrutinised massively. (graduates, because social control is
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by okc 10y ago
I got a phone in Taiwan 1 year ago which was a third of the price of a recent laptop/tablet I purchased in England. The phone had far better specs. Check out the Redmi Note 3, on sale in India for about £100: The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is
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by okc 10y ago
I only see it as a matter of time before brands like Xiaomi make cheaper and better products for sale beyond their current dominance in 'developing countries'. We need to catch up.
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by okc 10y ago
This is a great discussion. What is it about the English language that makes it so much easier to oppose someone than express nuances in general opinion? I would like to see more discussions like this based at implementation level, surely s
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by okc 11y ago
I dont't search for facebook. Its hardwired into my brain. I would like to think FB has had its day. But globally, and for different age groups, its probably just begun. - Even if it is declining in meaning for the t(w)eens and general
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by okc 11y ago
>Climbing is a hobby for a rich guy from Google. Maybe it's even spiritual. But for Sherpas it's like plumbing or driving a taxi. They do it because it provides resources they can use to support their families. There is so much
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by okc 11y ago
The idea of dyslexia that has always resonated with me, is that the brain is thinking in more than one dimension, or direction, at parallel times. Thinking dynamically, when being asked to do a linear task. I don't know where I heard t
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by okc 11y ago
Ok, that makes sense. But is it an absurd proposition to say that people who release non-open articles should not be allowed to directly build on the work of those who did it for free? So how about if part of the agreement of accessing an o
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by okc 11y ago
Couldn't it form part of the access agreement to the free article?
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by okc 11y ago
A simple fair circumvent: Any freely published article should not be allowed to be cited by a non-free one. This puts the power into the hands of the author, who could decide if they want this as part of the open license. Rather than the cu
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by okc 11y ago
I was replying to the someone, who it seems has misunderstood what Huxley meant by filters - I wasn't defending or affirming them, let alone discussing in what context they are 'appropriate'. I used the quote to give the &#x2
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by okc 11y ago
Why would it follow that less filters would infer less brain activity? - even partially. Surley any cleansing/removing of the filters would excite all the brain, as it reacts to new stimuli. To quote Huxley "If the doors of percep
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by okc 11y ago
Hi Adam, Thanks for the response. I know it was a vague question of mine, but I didn't realise the detail you were prepared to give it. So thanks, again. I'm no expert (my background is more musical), but I do understand most thes
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by okc 11y ago
Hi Could you explain, technically, how and by what you think the brain waves are being manipulated? Thanks
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by okc 11y ago
Neurological disorders are often related to periodicity of body rhythms and I think its generally accepted that resonance theory on internal oscillators are still in an infant stage, especially regarding their long term and cross cultural c
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by okc 11y ago
I'm trying to provoke some thought about how we ascribe value to living things (and trying to relate it to the views of the person I was responding to). I was also trying to keep the debate relevant to the original article. Does that m
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by okc 11y ago
> See, your whole argument boils down to 'why aren't you more like me? Isn't being like me better than being like you?' If you want to make that point, please support it with an explanation to why and how I have led y
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by okc 11y ago
>Here's a question to ponder: what are morals and these 'should's you describe meant for? For people to share common values so that we get along better, right? Thats not really how morals are defined. That is just one over
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by okc 11y ago
The underlying debate isn't technological, its social and requires a more abstract paradigm of thinking - beyond "with us or against us mentality". Everyone involved has been and will be negotiating boundaries that fits with
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by okc 11y ago
Remember this subject includes foreign policy and war making, not just domestic governing. The 3rd picture down @ http://www.aworldtowin.net/reviews/JohnPilgerphotos.html comes to mind: "American officers in their
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by okc 11y ago
Yeah thanks, all these points are valid. Re Landlord (and house) refs: references have lots of pitfuls. Ideally even in a boom town, being able to ref you landlord could warn you off the repeatedly terrible ones. The real problem is authent
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by okc 11y ago
I generally follow the logic. Though, if salaries are not enough to support a mortgage application this model will trap people in a renting cycle. A precarious one at that. The interesting part in the model you present is the use of investm

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