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by scott_w 2y ago
> Being forced to RTO across the country, then immediately laid off after I uprooted my life to do so Definitely power there if you know your staff have just uprooted their lives and now depend on you for their immediate term existence…
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by scott_w 2y ago
There is nothing you just said that contradicts what I wrote.
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by scott_w 2y ago
> North Korea is a China agent in this context. This simply isn’t true. > China is pretty much supplying all the goods that went away due to western sanctions This is not correct. Some countries are being used to bypass sanctions, inc
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by scott_w 2y ago
Everything you wrote is a verifiable lie
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by scott_w 2y ago
One word: Bucha
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by scott_w 2y ago
> The comic part of the situation is that Ukraine can stop it any time they choose as well. When stopping means the genocide of your people and you personally being tortured and murdered, “stopping” isn’t really an option, is it.
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by scott_w 2y ago
Comparing silly “CHINA COLLAPSE IN THREE DAYS” YouTube videos to economic analysis of observed facts, some of which I’ve pointed out, is not really a comparison, is it.
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by scott_w 2y ago
> Trump could conceivably stop the war by letting Russia hold onto territories it owns So, only ethnically cleanse the areas they already started on. Genocide in a limited and specific way is still genocde.
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by scott_w 2y ago
That’s not how this works. You made a statement, now back it up.
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Ukraine’s constitution doesn’t allow for elections during martial law. This is pretty reasonable, and the UK did a similar thing whilst we were under threat of invasion by the Nazis. Realistically it’s not possible to hold a free and fair e
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by scott_w 2y ago
Please explain how Trump stops the war short of allowing a Russian genocide of the Ukrainian people.
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by scott_w 2y ago
He can but it’s not a huge issue because the countries that want to act can do so outside of EU structures, which would be necessary given the UK isn’t in the EU.
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by scott_w 2y ago
Is China supporting Russia? I see opportunistic grabs for cheap oil and gas but nothing more than that. It’s not fixing the rampant inflation and growing budget deficit. > We can work on forcing Russia to withdraw via economic and other
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Why? Some accounts believe Russia will break by the end of this year as its terrible financial situation catches up to it. People are starting to doubt if they can even launch a nuke any more. It seems wise to me to push a bit harder to see
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by scott_w 2y ago
Like the Conservative Party in the UK, I’ve yet to see evidence of them actually reducing the spending deficit in my lifetime.
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by scott_w 2y ago
You’re correct, however I gave GP the benefit of the doubt and assumed they meant Secretary of State ;-) And, to be fair, while I’m generally a small r republican, I’m seeing benefits of having a non politically aligned head of state after
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by scott_w 2y ago
Just to be clear: Wallace is not a head of state, or even an MP any more. At one point, he was Secretary of State for Defence, a Cabinet position, however he resigned this in 2023. This doesn’t justify his position (it’s stupid) but he does
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by scott_w 2y ago
So you're kinda falling into a fallacy here. You're taking a specific example and trying to make a general rule out of it. I also think the author of the article is doing the same thing, just in a different way. Users don't c
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by scott_w 2y ago
That's definitely possible. Ultimately, it was up to the public of the USA to be the backstop against this and they chose not to. I think it's worth pointing out that it's not a given Congress would have approved it all. For
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by scott_w 2y ago
> False. It was a temporary injuction until the judge has time to review it. It was in fact multiple injunctions because people at DOGE kept trying to work around it in increasingly stupid ways. > So are 2.5 million other employees an
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by scott_w 2y ago
I think we’re all in agreement and the person you’re replying to is being sarcastic ;-)
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by scott_w 2y ago
While you’re correct as to his intentions, it’s still important to point out his hypocrisy as he called himself “a free speech absolutist,” and claimed to want Twitter to be part of that vision. He explicitly called left wing and right wing
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by scott_w 2y ago
Just reading your other replies, I’m curious: did you test your heart rate or did you use a calculator? The 220-your age is completely incorrect for most people. I prefer a lactate test, rather than max HR, because it’s “easier” for me to i
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by scott_w 2y ago
What’s being described in this article is separate from regular exploits, though. Hacking invalid seeds and items into your game are clearly not even speed running. It’s like riding a bike round the London Marathon and declaring victory.
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by scott_w 2y ago
Absolutely, I didn’t want to give the impression any of this is good. I just wanted to correct the common misconception that issuing invalid EOs is, itself, a crime.
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This is different from immunity. What’s supposed to happen is the action is stopped, as though the EOs never happened. It’s not illegal to issue illegal EOs, they just can’t be followed. The only real point sanctions come is when a judge sa
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by scott_w 2y ago
It’s not even good for the USA, long term. In today's The Rest is Politics, Rory Stewart highlighted that when the UK removed DFID and dropped its commitment to spending 0.7% of GDP on aid down to 0.5%, we went from being able to put i
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by scott_w 2y ago
LinkedIn was doing this long before MS bought them. Abusing your contact list is their specialty and one of the ways they grew so quickly.
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by scott_w 2y ago
> The dysfunctional slacker at the office though can get some productivity squeezed out of them at the office. Remote, they are completely useless and dysfunctional. Honestly, I think part of the issue I see with this is "squeezing
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by scott_w 2y ago
That works right until you have a government that does absolutely nothing and the public vote in someone who promises to smash up the system. Someone like... Donald Trump.

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