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   by tatrajim 4y ago

   Yes, we are mostly all meat-eating, insect-killing, pet-owning monsters.
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   by tatrajim 4y ago

   A deeper consolidation of insights from Neo-Confucian philosophy, including the elucidation of the grand ultimate 太極 and duality of form (理) and material force (氣), schematized in the diagrams of, among others, the tenth-century northern So
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   by tatrajim 4y ago

   Yes, really unbelievable how Trump completely denied the global consensus that he was being blackmailed by Russia for the "pee tapes". And even worse that Trump's slack-jawed acolytes continued to maintain that the Hunter Bi
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   by tatrajim 4y ago

   > If so, sign PRC up Glad we agree. The reciprocity should also include internet packets bit for bit and farm land ownership, acre for acre.
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   by tatrajim 4y ago

   >But Apple rolled with the punches are still doing great in PRC.< But not allowed to sell books or films, apparently too corrupting of the delicate moral sensibilities of the Chinese people. You make a good point about how laws might
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   by tatrajim 4y ago

   And Apple? More like China invoking a variety of "white peril" in 2016. I have yet to see a single China defender on Hacker News explain the treatment of the iBooks and iTunes stores in China after they were suddenly ordered shut
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   by tatrajim 4y ago

   And when US companies attempt to obey Chinese law and are banned anyway? Nice to know that Apple was given "equal legal consideration" in China in 2016 when its iBooks store and iTunes movie store were suddenly ordered shut after
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   by tatrajim 4y ago

   >while vast majority of Chinese think they do What anonymous public opinion polls are EVER permitted in China? Where are polls on the popularity of various state leaders? On the Shanghai covid lockdown? On the investigation of the impri
9. 129.▲
   by tatrajim 4y ago

   >People (mostly) don't change - they (have to) die for change to happen. An excellent justification for the forced retirement at 65 years of faculty in universities in East Asia. The sclerotic atmosphere in most US research universi
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    by tatrajim 4y ago

    Another example of such overlap is readily found in contemporary South Korea. The southwest provinces of North and South Jeolla were the core of the ancient state of Baekje that disappeared in 660 CE, at the hands of its rival to the east,
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    by tatrajim 4y ago

    Who needs entrance exams these days? Just ramp up the drama on one's personal essay, all is good.
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    by tatrajim 4y ago

    I wish there were a channel that highlighted, in revolving fashion, subtitled news broadcasts from major media outlets around the world. Having lived in South Korea for many years and finally learning passable Korean, I was amazed at the q
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    by tatrajim 4y ago

    "Twitter emulates Fox News and channels the spirit of Rupert Murdoch"! -- A headline for the current age of media.
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    The mighty war over, among other things, kindergarten - third grade education. Hard to fathom from a distance, in East Asia.
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    One of my favorites in East Asia, well-known to everyone in China and Korea 四面楚歌 = 사면초가 "Four sides, Chu songs" Refers to the conclusion of a bitter campaign in the 3rd century BCE for dominion in China. The famed general Xiang Yu
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    I was a subscriber for ten years, but gave up on them over mediocre coverage of important issues in the US and East Asia, about which I had some knowledge. Relying on their reporting risked costing me money in my investment decisions.
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    From the table on p. 89 In Milwaukee County, 30 nursing homes vetted, 1084 registered voters, 1084 votes, 100% In Racine County, 12 nursing homes vetted, 348 registered voters, 348 votes, 100% In Dane County, 24 nursing homes vetted, 723 re
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    The 136-page 2nd interim report of the Office of Special Counsel of the state of Wisconsin, recently released, raises troubling issues. See especially: Chapter 6: Wisconsin Election Officials’ Widespread Use of Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes Fa
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    Succinctly put, Gell-Mann amnesia is the best reason to scale back on news. Everyone has their bailiwick of expertise. Mine happens to be northeast Asian matters, having lived there decades after growing up in the US, speaking and reading t
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    Using a sleep tracker for the past year, one discovery has been that on days I practice reduced caloric intake (usually twice a week), my deep sleep increases and my average heart rate drops. Perhaps dedicated fasters have assembled even m
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    Just in case anyone cares, this gracefully aging guy has found a reliable way to refreshing sleep every night for many years: -- Learn some form of qigong meditation (not East Asian myself, but lived there many years). Just before bed, it&
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    Alcohol use around the world over the centuries is a vast topic, but coming from a US religious community that prohibited all alcohol, I was duly impressed while serving in the peace corps in rural South Korea with the social utility of dri
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    Read _The Naked Sun_ by Asimov for a proximate answer. Glorious isolation as a solution to all the ills of messy civilization.
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    Good. We don't need any deviation from the truth.
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    > Some in China really do consider this "payback" for the opium wars. Considering that the US played NO role at all in either of the opium wars and donated its Boxer Rebellion reparations to help found Tsinghua University (Xi J
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    >Historians generally agree that Martina Navratilova was rightfully and lawfully detained for insulting the Republican party.< What incident? What insult? What historians?
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    But the Apple book store and movie store were never restored, and Apple was forced to move their iCloud servers onshore to Guizhou. What did Apple gain from this apparent extortion?
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    Statement by Tesla, including relevant claims not in the CNBC article. - Mr. Diaz never worked for Tesla. He was a contract employee who worked for Citistaff. - Mr. Diaz worked as an elevator operator at the Fremont factory for nine months,
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    Thanks for the detailed reply. As a perennial skeptic and witness to government shenanigans back in the day, I'm keeping a wary, open mind concerning these events. The emerging Glenn Greenwald perspective on early government knowledge
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    by tatrajim 5y ago

    I was willing to believe that Trump had labeled Pence a traitor on Twitter, but couldn't find the tweet. The nearest one seems to be: "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country