ryanx435

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by ryanx435 9y ago
I like that he has: Withdrawn from the tpp. Is currently renegotiating nafta. Mattis is an excellent choice. Tillerson is an excellent choice. Is supporting Saudi Arabias "Vision 2030" plan, which attacks the root cause of radica
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by ryanx435 9y ago
Actually I think he's doing a really good job and honestly im looking forward to 7.5 more years of his presidency. I just wish the establishment Republicans would retire already and get the hell out of the way.
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A lot it's the 5th largest website in the usa.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
This is a great idea! The hardest part of advertising some of my smaller projects has been figuring out where to advertise! Also, there are times where I would love to get news specifically about various niche topics, but I can't find
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by ryanx435 9y ago
In all honesty, what can be done with 5k for a dream project? It's not enough to go full time. I guess maybe pay for hosting, maybe bring on a short term consultant, or do some advertising? Obviously 5k is better than 0, but it still s
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by ryanx435 9y ago
Yeah I don't care if you guys were on site providing 24/7 support, im not going to use a language in production that can't be trusted to compile accurately.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
> Very rarely it fails to compile something and you have to rewrite few lines differently This is a huge issue. If you can't trust the compiler, it's not ready to be used for any function that is system critical.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
Is sama investing as an individual or is he investing through y combinator somehow? If it's as an individual this can be interpreted as further proof that he is positioning himself to run for governor of cali in a future election.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
The peace in Europe today is a direct result of nato and the threat of invasion from the soviets during the 50s through early 90s. You gotta remember that the Americans occupied western Germany up until reunification (we still have huge mi
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by ryanx435 9y ago
The number of people who have died in armed conflicts throughout the entirety of the globe as a percentage of the population is the lowest it has ever been in human history. The number of wars between nations is at the lowest rate in all of
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by ryanx435 9y ago
The other western nations can afford to spend more on their safety net because of the military strength of america and the protection it provides against foreign invaders. America defeated japan essentially by itself while providing enough
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by ryanx435 9y ago
You could point out other advantages that acrew to tall people, fit people, athletic people, rich people, beautiful people, young people, edycated people, etc etc etc And the disadvantages faced by short people, fat people, non athletic peo
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by ryanx435 9y ago
You should look into how much the federal and state governments pay to Medicare and Medicaid and other medical programs than compare it to the budget for the various military expenditures. Also, although iraq and Vietnam were failures on th
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by ryanx435 9y ago
Yes, Absolutely. I'm a firm believer that once social media platforms reach a certain size that they should be managed much the same as any public space: free speech is of the utmost importance.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
It's push back against the toxic strands of SJW culture that have gone from "diversity is good" to "white culure is bad". It's a small but very vocal branch of SJWs against a small and very vocal branch of coun
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by ryanx435 9y ago
The_Donald's strategy was one of depth: focus on one subreddit aND it's content and work the algorithm to get to the front page. The resist subreddits strategy is one of width: lots of subreddits where they focus on one or 2 posts
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by ryanx435 9y ago
They created r popular specifically to censor the_donald and promote the dozens of resist subreddits. It's pretty crazy: I started on reddit about 10 years ago and it has noticeably changed in their attitude towards allowing political
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by ryanx435 9y ago
I just spent a half hour or so figuring this out because I have several old laptops/computer laying around: you will not make more than a few cents per month in bitcoin as a miner unless you have specialized equipment. Setting up your
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by ryanx435 9y ago
Major movie theaters and other retail stores in Phoenix, Arizona, accept bitcoin. It may not be 100% mainstream yet, but crypticurrency is going to explode in a big way
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by ryanx435 9y ago
each of those companies/CEO's you listed control a subset of sites on the internet. May wants to control the entirety of sites on the internet. if you can't see the difference, than I don't know what to say to you.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
that sort of depends on what the mega structures actually do. if it is some kind of energy source for FTL travel or super weapon or something, it may be worth it to dim your star to get the benefit. also, the mega structures may be built ar
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by ryanx435 9y ago
yes. we absolutely want to encourage whistle blowers. obviously the level of immunity will vary based on the circumstances of each case, but again, we absolutely want to encourage this type of behavior.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
why would i retract comments that boil down to "question everything." i never took a side in the entire argument.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
lets take this a step further. how did NYTimes and Reuters confirm the story? did they use the same anonymous source? did they use a different anonymous source? How would they even know if its an independent confirmation if the source is an
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by ryanx435 9y ago
no, i don't think he would deny it and i don't think he would confirm it, either. have you heard of the glomar response? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_response or lying by ommision? or being deliberate
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by ryanx435 9y ago
more anonymous sources, and not denying is not the same as confirming.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
don't forget AI-utopians, where all of the problems of the future will be solved by robots and basic income
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by ryanx435 9y ago
because society does not care about men who do not contribute.
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by ryanx435 9y ago
whether he did or did not do what they are accusing him of, the fact that this is a 3rd hand article (NPR quoting a Washington Post article quoting their sources) whose source is so ambiguous that it has no meaning ("current and former
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by ryanx435 9y ago
In my area it is literally the same drivers as uber: all the drivers have 2 phones, one for each app.

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