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by refurb 1y ago
Sure! The US sees Milei as an ally. The US likes having allies. So the US lends $40B to Argentina as a backstop to their currency controls. That seems like a much more reasonable scenario than Bessent convincing Trump to use money to help
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by refurb 1y ago
Wait, this guy was already out of prison? From what I read he was fined $50M and 4 months in prison. So the pardon only removes the criminal conviction? It has zero impact on the time he served. This doesn’t seemed like the outrageous situ
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by refurb 1y ago
The claim that it was done to help his hedge fund buddies has no source.
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by refurb 1y ago
Like most analytical methods, the preparation of the sample is key. High quality output comes with careful sample prep so that the analytical process can run optimally.
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by refurb 1y ago
Back in the 1980s, there was a movie that was released where you could purchase a scratch and sniff card. It was dubbed “Odorama” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyester_(film) As the movie played, a number would flas
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by refurb 1y ago
It’s not like Cambodia was a stable democracy before the bombings. The Khmer Rouge and other opposition groups were fighting the government in an armed conflict since 1950. The Khmer Rouge controlled almost half of Cambodia’s territory 10
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by refurb 1y ago
Indeed. I spent a while in Vietnam and it was a regular occurrence of news stories about locals being rescued from all sorts of situation, not just scam centers - casinos, massage parlors. The stories ranged from video of people running aw
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by refurb 1y ago
Then you agree we should be flagging discussions?
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by refurb 1y ago
"Inciting violence" has a specific definition as defined by the courts. It's not "we should beat up this ethnic group", it's "hey everyone, let's meet downtown at 5pm and strat beating up this ethic g
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by refurb 1y ago
Thanks for sharing the exact language. So it's purely leaks. Seems like the wrong way about it. If your own people are leaking information, you should fix that, not force the press not to report on it.
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by refurb 1y ago
The news article is interesting, but political discussions on HN rarely are.
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by refurb 1y ago
That's not true. It's an agreement not to publish classified information that has been leaked to the media. Nothing stops them from publishing criticisms of the administrations talking points, or conversations that happen outside
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by refurb 1y ago
Free speech absolutism obviously comes with caveats like inciting violence. This particular situation is no different. I see no change in stance.
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by refurb 1y ago
What do you consider a shooting? If it’s simply a gun within the vicinity of a school being fired (injury/death not required), then Canada has them all the time.
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by refurb 1y ago
When someone prejudged a claim based on who made it, that’s an ad hominem. Kudos that OP actually read it, but that doesn’t change “I thought the argument was weak because of who made it”
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by refurb 1y ago
I see so many posts on here that only see the world in black and white. It’s either or, never shades of gray. No political party that supports free speech claimed it was so absolute that we ignore the national security implications of non-
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by refurb 1y ago
There are no “allies” only interests. Nobody is an “ally” of the US because they like us. They are “allies” because it’s in their own interest to be one. When China starts throwing its weight around in the Pacific you’ll pretty quickly se
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by refurb 1y ago
That’s just a reporter who hasn’t done their research. Rare earth are used as additives to things like iron and other metals. I’ll bet the reporter saw “9,200 pounds of rare earth alloys” and decided “alloys” is too confusing and dropped it
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by refurb 1y ago
Maybe if the environmental reviews are typical. But if the project is fast tracked as a national security issue? This was identified as national security issue over a decade ago.
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by refurb 1y ago
It has been done. It’s typical media fear mongering. This was identified as a threat back in 2015. The DoD has been buying big stakes in non-Chinese mines, and ramping up the MP mine in Nevada. Could it be disruptive if China chokes off s
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by refurb 1y ago
I will refine. All other arguments, directed at the source of the argument , that don't address the argument itself, are ad hominems.
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by refurb 1y ago
That's not how logical arguments work. Either the argument is correct or it's not. Every other criticism (such as "bias") is an ad hominem.
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by refurb 1y ago
It’s literally the definition of an ad hominem. adjective - (of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
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by refurb 1y ago
It's often not a successful strategy. If your product sells like made at a subsidized price, but not at the unsubsidized price, it's not a real business.
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by refurb 1y ago
Not sure why this is downvoted. The Chinese government has been quite transparent in terms of globally dominating several industries including EV through heavy government support. It would make no sense to destroy your own industry because
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by refurb 1y ago
I don't see any gatekeeping, I see safety concerns.
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by refurb 1y ago
Like most anxiety disorders, there is a reason for your response. Your brain is basically trained to jump from stimulus -> response without cognitively thinking through stimulus -> interpretation -> response. This is why cognitive
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by refurb 1y ago
> It's about the fear of being negatively evaluated or embarrassed. It's not just a fear, it's "persistent and intense fear". and like most psychological disorders, a key part of the definition includes "a n
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by refurb 1y ago
This erasure of our political past feels dangerous, for scrutiny, for accountability, for shared memory, for enforcement of our rules - for our democracy. My goodness, I wonder how long it took them to think this statement up? I imagine
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by refurb 1y ago
That's not how advertising works. You only do ads because you think the net impact on profit is positive. So in your example of Google getting $75, the alternative isn't skipping Google and keeping the $75, the alternative is the

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