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811.
by papito 5y ago
As someone who grew up in the USSR at the very bottom, it was definitely not classless. It was the epitome of corruption - get into a position of power by any means possible, and start lootin'. This sort of cynical approach to governme
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by papito 5y ago
Speaking of. The pictures of the remains of the program are fascinating: https://www.boredpanda.com/abandoned-soviet-space-shuttle-pr...
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by papito 5y ago
A couple of points. Not to turn this into a discussion about advantages of one system vs another, but here is why China has a leg up: 1. What the United States has is not Capitalism - it's a badly broken Capitalism. The power of health
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by papito 5y ago
"But there is nothing we can do, we are going to hurt businesses and job creators". Okay, then. Let's see what happens when all businesses leave, especially tech, when California is going to resemble frontier living again.
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by papito 5y ago
Rule of thumb - ignore what Google does. Their lack of focus and proclivity to murder projects that are not runaway success without years of hard slogging has a solid track record.
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by papito 5y ago
That has a fact's chance on Facebook.
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by papito 5y ago
She didn't "believe" anything - she read it on Facebook. Someone else believes it, without evidence, types it in, and then millions of people either believe it or are not sure of what is true anymore. You are posting links to
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by papito 5y ago
I am sorry, I don't get the point. I cannot act like an asshole and blame "human nature". No one is perfect, but one has to try .
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by papito 5y ago
The point is, this was not based in fact. There was no such plan ever, especially with helicopters. Someone generated the bullshit, and we have to spend energy disputing it.
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by papito 5y ago
"The City does not use helicopters to treat residential areas." So how is that true? Let's just think about helicopters spraying Manhattan with a ... sanitizer? The idea is insane. People read this on Facebook and think it m
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by papito 5y ago
That is penis rocket money right there.
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by papito 5y ago
Altavista did not lock hundreds of millions of people in an alternate reality. During COVID lockdowns, my Mom called me, and asked if it was true that at night choppers were going to spray something over NYC. "Ah", I thought, &quo
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by papito 5y ago
I recently finished Chaos Monkeys and An Ugly Truth, and that removed any doubt in terms of how to look at Facebook as a company. It's a place skillful at proactively avoiding any knowledge that is troublesome, to later plead ignorance
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by papito 5y ago
Guess what? Hot off the press. "Razer mouse software bug easily grants Windows admin privileges" https://www.slashgear.com/razer-mouse-software-bug-easily-gr...
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by papito 5y ago
There are only a few species that are generically predisposed to domestication. We have domesticated pretty much all of them - and the rest failed, despite multiple attempts across thousands of years. Zebras, for example, not "eligible
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by papito 5y ago
This was mentioned before, but the explanation is very simple - walking gets your brain flushed with blood, making you think clearer. That's all there is to it. To take it further, recent studies suggest that exercise more strenuous th
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by papito 5y ago
Japan is a weird mix of old and cutting edge. It's a country that worships traditions, but traditions need to be regularly questioned and challenged. Traditions prevent you from thinking out of the box and trying new things. There are
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by papito 5y ago
But it could be a demo flight to prove to cartels this drone tech is above the law. "Look, we flew circles around a police bird and casually strolled into military airspace, imagine what we could do if we tried".
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CEO of Saygus smartphone company that never released a phone charged with fraud(theverge.com)
40 points by papito 5y ago|17 comments
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by papito 5y ago
I am not sure if we are agreeing or not, but I feel like we are. I think when people refer to "learning" a language, they mean they actually know how to use it properly. Learning the syntax does not count - that is just trivia any
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by papito 5y ago
I roll my eyes when someone claims "I learned Go over the weekend". It's one thing to learn basic syntax, and completely another to learn the customs of your new environment so most can understand what you are doing. Go is on
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by papito 5y ago
David Bowie was also right. David Bowie . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCC9yxUIdw
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by papito 5y ago
Makes sense because even my oldish Macbook Pro goes into afterburner mode trying to browse the modern Internet.
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by papito 5y ago
For some reason, people living from paycheck to paycheck are expected to be "good citizens", but if you make billions (and pay much less in tax, percentage-wise), your obligation to not be a shitbag is, well, waived. Everyone here
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by papito 5y ago
Imagine if your luxury car came with cameras equipped in all the compartments, sending an alert to authorities that what looks like a baggie of cocaine was detected in the glove box, blowing away any protections from unreasonable search.
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by papito 5y ago
Is it so black and white, though. I admit that commuting 5 days a week now seems like a completely wild idea, but I am ok with getting out of the house every once in a while.
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by papito 5y ago
Most work happens despite the managers - not because of them. The overzealous workaholic bees can be safely expected to perform heroics to get things done, ad astra per aspera. For a manager - it's a safe bet. Only rarely that gambit d
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Evergrande Went from China’s Biggest Developer to One of Its Worst Debtors(nytimes.com)
1 points by papito 5y ago|1 comments
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by papito 5y ago
My interest in this story stems from the rumors and allegations that I've read on this site about this particular Chinese company being tied to Tether, and the repercussions of this crisis on the crypto market.
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by papito 5y ago
Saw an electric car from the 1920 at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Really, until then - I had no idea.

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