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by pembrook 10mo ago
Duh, yes obviously that means invasion. I was just quoting the actual speech. The point is, for anyone claiming the US attempting regime change in Venezuela is going to factor into China's long standing plans to invade Taiwan is delu
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by pembrook 10mo ago
> you can assume that people have default concern for Venezuelans. Let’s be real, the vast majority of Americans couldn’t even place Venezuela on a map. The default state for humans isn’t caring about everything and everyone, nobody ha
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by pembrook 10mo ago
Except this was already going to happen and everybody has known for years. Xi made a new years address just a few days ago essentially saying China would reunite Taiwan.
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by pembrook 10mo ago
> "I never claimed they got rich by gaming the system. My god learn to read." > "I am not retarded enough to compare my income to a billionaire gaming the system"
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by pembrook 10mo ago
The vast majority of billionaires don't get wealthy by 'gaming the system' and if that were the case and you simply could just game the system, why isn't there more of them? Also, you still haven't explained how y
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by pembrook 10mo ago
If we're going to assign moral value to people based on their wealth (a classic logical fallacy), then I think you need to take a look in the mirror. The global median income is $2,760 annually. You sleep like a baby making likely 10-1
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by pembrook 10mo ago
> Let's not create a moralistic myth out of his lack of need. Absolutely, but let's also not do the opposite. Being poor does not make one morally superior either.
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by pembrook 10mo ago
> We have way too many people in power that are awful humans and do a bad job When was this ever not the case? And what makes you think that you (or any other human) are somehow morally superior and would do a better job if subject to
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by pembrook 10mo ago
Hrmmm, German supports using the monopoly on violence given to the state to make raids on people who make undesirable social media posts. There’s only one problem. Whos to say you won’t be the next target if the political climate shifts to
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by pembrook 10mo ago
No amount of money will overcome the fundamental issue: monopoly. Airlines are subject to market competition since any competitor around the globe can spot a poorly run route and buy their planes into those slots. If they can execute more e
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by pembrook 10mo ago
In this case I believe it is warranted. I fully support OP's emotional take. HN has been hit with lots of runoff from these reddit-dwelling mouthbreathers lately and it's turned this place into a downvote machine for any comment n
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by pembrook 10mo ago
Owning 1 in 9 "rental" homes means they own less than 1% of all homes. You could make an offer on 40+ houses and will likely never be in a 'bidding war' with a big PE firm or a company backed by one. PE is a boogeyman us
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by pembrook 10mo ago
It’s called bikeshedding and yes it’s a cultural thing on HN. [1] Most people here are big company worker bees where they take zero risks and do very little of substance. In these organizations, it’s common for large groups of people to get
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by pembrook 10mo ago
A majority of Europeans also think the EU has major issues. This does not constitute being anti-Europe.
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by pembrook 10mo ago
Every year the percentage of European GDP driven by government spending rises by roughly 1%. We just hit over 50% on average in the Eurozone. So they have over 50% control, and this will only rise as the population further ages, eating all
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by pembrook 10mo ago
It is not. I know the media has pushed this ragebait to get engagement from you, but you can literally read the official policy document.
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by pembrook 10mo ago
The reason the US is able to raise rents (tariffs) has nothing to do with Europe buying US digital services. The tariffs are on European exports. The problem is Europe has a weak domestic consumer market and is dependent on selling stuff
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by pembrook 10mo ago
They did not, this is all political ragebait journalism and memes.
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by pembrook 10mo ago
Europe should be building domestic digital capacity regardless (and not just servers) but saying it needs to treat the US like China is a bit melodramatic given the economic and physical threat to Europe is 10X greater in the east. The US i
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by pembrook 10mo ago
In many European countries, parents have already handed the majority of their child raising duties to the state. If your kid is in state-subsidized daycare from 8am-5pm every day and bedtime is at 730pm, your child is effectively interfacin
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by pembrook 10mo ago
Listen, I get it. The things that "kids these days" are up to is always seen as unholy and dangerous by everyone once they turn 30: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic I'm actually pro the idea of
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by pembrook 10mo ago
While this sounds clever, it just isn't true. The electric F150 looks and feels virtually identical to the non-electric one. It's not some evil big business conspiracy. It's just that the F150 buyer tends to travel longer dis
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by pembrook 11mo ago
Unfortunately The Anxious Generation is a very well-written house of cards built on questionable studies [1] and its success is simply a reflection of the fact it capitalizes on the trendiest moral panic of our times. Social media is akin
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by pembrook 11mo ago
But what if we didn't collectively spend $billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of hours battling with money, lobbyists, lawyers, judges and political campaigns over what is largely a moral panic? What could humanity do instead
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by pembrook 11mo ago
> Perhaps even hold parents culpable for not doing so, as a minimum supervision requirement Even the idea of prosecuting parents for allowing their child to access 'information,' no matter what that information is, just sound
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by pembrook 11mo ago
It's my fault for wading into a political discussion on a forum of react developers. That's on me. But the "banned" chips this article is referring to and the original chips act is from the Biden administration, having n
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by pembrook 11mo ago
I agree that a fair playing field for everyone would be the ideal state. But let's not pretend China doesn't use their influence to keep other countries down as well, and let's not pretend they allow a fair playing field for
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by pembrook 11mo ago
No, this is not a good rule. What AI regurgitates about about a topic is often more interesting and fact/data-based than the emotionally-driven human pessimists spewing constant cynicism on HN, so in fact I much prefer having more rati
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by pembrook 11mo ago
I assume you're asking this rhetorically and just want people to affirm how 'evil' private equity is to support the narrative-driven belief you already have? PE became a favorite journalist boogeyman in the 80s for saddling c
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by pembrook 11mo ago
Without going too deep on it (I used to be a fan in university as a silly youth), the tendency of the rate of profit to fall is the key aspect of Marx's crisis theory. Basically dude thought the competition inherent in capitalism would

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