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by pinkfoot 7y ago
I stand corrected.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
The USA had nothing, AFAIK, to do with the opium epidemic. That was all on the UK.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
It loses its authority when X is never called to stop doing A.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Actually no, allow me to give you another example: Most folk on HN would agree that discriminating on race is a no-no. But that is exactly what our constructs called nation-states do at their borders (Go ahead an try travelling as a Swiss n
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Er no: if the largest, most powerful country on earth - with the most amount of allies and friendly trading partners is doing something and is getting away with it, then - by definition - it acceptable to the 'norms of the times'.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
> This was wrong. It doesn't excuse what China is doing. Unless, of course, you are still doing it.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
It fails when the other party is aware of the strategy and broadens the context of the game to flip something else that you care about. Which is why the correct response to all requests for a contract re-negotiation is "Great - let&#x2
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Magnesium is also essential for peristalsis. :)
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Too bad the refugees didn't apply for asylum in any number of stable countries they passed through first.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
I am pretty sure Gates has taken next to none of Zimbabwe's wealth. Compared to say how much ZANU-PF has taken.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
> Violence can never be a solution Clearly you missed WWI and WWII. Violence, sadly, is almost always the solution. A tough pill to swallow.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
You don't splice cables, you split the light with a prism and siphon of 10% of the light. All of it. Every telco has locked rooms full of kit for this job.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
1. Its not uniformlly distributed. 2. China has GDP/person of ~$9,600 3. South Africa merrilly mines 4km below ground 4. Previous efforts included a nuclear weapons programme 5. Whole parts of Amazon's infa a built in CT Get out
464.
by pinkfoot 7y ago
Opex: amortised immediately
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
> CCTV doesn't help in democratic countries A trivial search shows otherwise: 1.in the UK where the Russian operatives were caught in Salisbury trying to murder a real-life dissident 2. in the UK, where the police have dedicated uni
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
> Basically an indentured servant … or a young graduate paying back a university bursary. Not always evil.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Presumably, so would a ban on shoulder-launched nuclear weapons?
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Elisabeth II
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
I invite you to visit us in Africa where a dose of real poverty will dis abuse you of your silly notion that relative poverty is a real thing.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Do you really think the US citizens can win a war against the DOD? With handguns?
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
So, just because some men had a crappy idea — at the same time people also thought the earth was made in a week — every white man who ever lives is now precluded from an opinion. Dear lord.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Actually, they only ever want financial compensation. Everything else is a tactic to arrive at a payment. Which is why eliminating the target group's right to an opinion is such an important step.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Because the current UK government’s Brexit position will cause them to violate the GFA treaty with Ireland. Its the same behavior. I presumed you would have been able to make the leap.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Presumably, you are expecting a similar response when the UK breaks the GFA treaty with Ireland? Bombs, sanctions, yes?
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Forever, once said people realise that a $5 bottle of wine costs $20 in the restaurant.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
In some countries, that's a rational, deliberate decision.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Servants.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
The one country? Come now, dont be so shy: the CLOUD Act of 2018 puts the USA on the same list. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
You do realize it’s a completely different government? Indeed, it’s a completely different population - the castrators are quite dead. Unless inherited guilt is your thing.
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by pinkfoot 7y ago
Freedom fries? :)

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