spats1990

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by spats1990 7y ago
Thank you for the link and good general advice. I've been using linux on and off for a while (these days just mint/tina) for a while so I'll try to work out if/how I can help in that sphere.
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offtopic-ish but maybe somebody sees it: can anyone recommend places around the web to look for open source projects where I can help out as a writer? I write and edit professionally but am bad at code beyond some 101-level Java, and beyond
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by spats1990 7y ago
On the contrary, I believe that ethnonationalism is ethnonationalism no matter where you go, as are xenophobic attitudes. The difference lies in what outcomes these worldviews produce in the world. I'm happy to let this interaction end
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by spats1990 7y ago
In the words of the late Donald Richie: "I would leave Japan if I were Japanese." But there are endless perspectives on this issue and quite a few have their merits, despite contradicting each other.
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It's more complicated than that though, because: 1. he may not be in a position of being able to leave easily after this long--a random example could be a significant other who does not speak English well. 2. the attitude this comment
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by spats1990 7y ago
unpaywalled full version: https://web.archive.org/web/20170602064548/https://theparisr... (psst...I encourage people to subscribe for access, but most older Paris Review interviews are accessible through
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by spats1990 7y ago
One may suppose, too, that a healthy smattering of works by the great Edgar Allen Poe might come in handy, disregarding, of course, their largely unscientific nature; furthermore, if one wishes to write in such a fashion, one must devote on
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by spats1990 7y ago
Line accountant!! Same in Korea but with KakaoTalk. People use it for everything. People who are worried about the dominance of WhatsApp or Messenger should see what 90 percent+ dominance by one platform looks like. I did all the organising
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by spats1990 7y ago
Seems up for me but redirects to Disney Korea's site because I'm in Korea.
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Chekhov (possibly apocryphal): "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." You can tell things. You just have to tell the right thing.
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by spats1990 7y ago
South Korea has a... border conflict with its northern neighour, a territorial conflict with Japan, and a massive and well armed military given its size. >openly ignoring international norms. Could you explain a bit more about what this
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by spats1990 7y ago
>nothing but chopsticks The Yellow Peril/Asian horde trope. Charming.
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sorry, on mobile and could have phrased that better. Does the outright extermination of the Uyghurs appear to be the PRC's ultimate goal?
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1. Germany was preparing for outright war throughout the 1930s. Conscription was introduced in 1935.Is China seriously planning to militarily annex Taiwan? Leaving aside propaganda etc. 2. This point appears to be about how unfair historica
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by spats1990 7y ago
If you think 2019 China is that similar to 1930s Germany you should just come right out and say it, in my opinion. Let that argument stand on its merits. If you didn't intend a parallel between 1930s Germany and 2019 China, there is, a
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Reasons the Label “Alcoholic” Should Die Already(hipsobriety.com)
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The left-hand slice of toast when it comes back up at 1:19. >:( Good video though. Pushing the toast down 3-4 times before realising the damn thing is unplugged is my signature move.
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by spats1990 7y ago
Sounds about right, but I can't properly speak to US/EU ones, and definitely can't speak properly about worker rights in those other Asian/SE Asian countries. I think we'd probably all agree that EU ones are some of
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by spats1990 7y ago
>The big difference between the situation in Xinjiang and the US's treatment of Muslims and illegal immigrants, IMO, is China's censorship of any opposition to the government's actions. Sure. And the Chinese govt's su
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by spats1990 7y ago
"Only the US is allowed to mistreat Muslims and only when the Muslims are foreigners" is a thermonuclear take of mine that I mostly keep to myself, because it doesn't really help anybody and just makes people mad, and because
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by spats1990 7y ago
>I have zero reservations about South Korea's workers' rights protections, workplace health and safety, and environmental regulations. Well, Samsung only just apologised last year to workers for some unusually high rates of can
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by spats1990 7y ago
The descendants of alumni: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_preferences
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by spats1990 7y ago
>You don't see cities with bike lanes forcing those lanes to be clear. Yes, you do (if I understood what you mean correctly): https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdot/supp_info/bicycli...
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by spats1990 7y ago
I've replied upthread and edited my post to include the full quote. I wasn't trying to twist his words. As I wrote in my reply to the post you're referring to, I seem to think that the term sexual assault is necessarily impre
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by spats1990 7y ago
Hmm. I wasn't trying to twist his words at all, so thanks for quoting in full. If I see a problem with his characterization of the term "sexual assault" / his reasoning in rejecting it, it's that the "broad ran
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by spats1990 7y ago
On his website, for example, Stallman says that he "reject[s] the term sexual assault" completely.[1] ~edit: I have included the full quote below as I did not intend to twist/misrepresent in any way. Stallman writes: "
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by spats1990 7y ago
>Nobody has suggested he be fined or jailed. His actions just make him unqualified to be a leader. The other people in those organization do get to have a say too you know. Exactly. There's no need to pretend, as some other comments
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by spats1990 7y ago
>One example of the principle is this: If you’ve made up your mind to test a theory, or you want to explain some idea, you should always decide to publish it whichever way it comes out. If we only publish results of a certain kind, we c
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by spats1990 7y ago
That's a valid concern, but psychedelics aren't really physically addictive the way opiates are. And given the possible use cases described by e.g. Michael Pollan, it's hard to imagine them being heavily overprescribed by doc