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by throw0101d 1y ago
> 25 years ago, IR scholar Dan Drezner wrote the book _The Sanctions Paradox_ which tried to explain, in an IR theory sort of way, why sanctions are used so often and achieve so little- they don't overthrow governments, they rarely
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What about health care providers? They're the ones that are often sending out the bills for service(s) rendered: * https://archive.is/https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/insurance-c...
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You have simply gone in the other direction: taking the television series as proof something did not happen, that it was "fantasy".
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> Do they have power to insist on bigger raises? Depends on the "they". These folks seem to have: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_port_strike
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Do you think the airborne drops of Operation Overlord were a fantasy because someone made a television (mini-)series on them (i.e., Band of Brothers )?
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> As do I, I'm ashamed of my screen time reports. I feel weak. While not everyone agrees with all the precepts/concepts, may be worth noting the first step: > 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives h
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by throw0101d 1y ago
> 20 years ago everyone on suburban trains would be looking at a newspaper, magazine or book throughout their journey. Some folks did this, others chatted with the 'regulars' that they sat with that had the same schedule as t
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iPhones 17 and the Sugar Water Trap(stratechery.com)
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> DOGE was a scam and you all fell for it. Who is this "you" that you talk about? There were many folks talking about all the 'saving money' was just a veneer; a sampling: * http://archive.is/https:&
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> It also requires human labor, which isn't impacted by tariffs directly, but may be impacted by other government actions in the US. If people think prices will go up they will insist on bigger raises. It's why expectations
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> I've heard a few economists interviewed about the estimated impact of tariffs, an argument is that tariffs should lead to higher prices for US consumers, but as a one-time price increase, not a sustained level of price inflation.
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> That's not to say that in Europe it's bad service per se, and in certain ways I actually prefer it in Europe where the server isn't constantly "checking in" on me while I'm trying to have dinner. I want
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> And you think other hourly service workers aren't being that way to some degree? Lol. Like plumbers, electricians, mechanics, carpenters/framers?
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> Because tips aren’t capped, waiters are motivated to go above and beyond to satisfy each guest. Without tipping, the server’s motivation often drops to providing only adequate service—more in line with the restaurant’s interests than
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> If Democrats win they could extend them And what happens to the debt/deficit then? You know, the thing that the GOP constantly complains about but always makes worse? The GOP loves to cut revenues (taxes, especially for to
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Are there generational differences? Do (say) Boomers or GenXers use different social media sites/apps than Millennials which are different than Gen Z?
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> China is far ahead of the US in many sectors, notably electric cars and solar panels which are two industries whose progress heavily depend on research and innovation. Ahead in production . Did China research/innovate/deve
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See perhaps "Active Directory Hardening Series - Part 4 – Enforcing AES for Kerberos": > Identifying devices limited to RC4 is a critical step but has historically been a tricky problem to solve. However, a recently discovere
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> Similarly I hated being stuck in 30 minutes of bumper-to-bumper traffic during my old commute in a past life. Being on a motorcycle in a jurisdiction where lane filtering is allowed/tolerated is awesome during rush hour (or any
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by throw0101d 1y ago
> But this does also fall a little into the LEGO trap of claiming that ‘the yellow doesn’t specify any specific race so it can represent any of them!’ Which maybe held water right up until they wanted to make a Lando Calrissian minifigu
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by throw0101d 1y ago
The linked paper is too involved for me to really parse/grok, but I'm curious to know if the study(s) cited occurred before or after the introduction of skin-toned variations. If there was only one colour available, and everyone k
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> […] I was personally offended by these stupid yellow circles. What I don't like is when software/services try to be 'clever' / 'helpful' and 'translate' ASCII smileys into emojis. At this
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See Private Use Area perhaps: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Use_Areas On your private site with your private client you can stuff whatever symbols you want for any particular code point I guess (§ Vendor use)
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> They can combat inflation by speeding up the run off of their egregiously large balance sheet and keep El Jefe happy by lowering interest rates. You want to combat inflation by lowering interest rates? Also you want to "run of
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"Dumpster fire" is a idiomatic phrase in English/US, so may not be universal enough. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster_fire
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For Unicode 17 more generally: * https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/ * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45187274 There are some charts with the new characters available at: * http
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by throw0101d 1y ago
> - Super easy to get esims while traveling. e.g. in Mexico i downloaded an app while still in the airport and paid $5 with apple pay and instantly activated a 1 month esim. This can be done with physical+esim, which my iPhone SE3 has.
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by throw0101d 1y ago
Are there any more heart emojis? I'm not sure we have enough with Beating Heart, Broken Heart, Two Hearts, Sparkling Heart, Growing Heart, Heart with arrow, Blue Heart, Green Heart, Yellow Heart, Purple Heart, Heart with Ribbon, Revolv
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> iPhone Air features an eSIM-only design that saves space internally, helping enable the unbelievably light and thin form factor. I've only ever had phones with at least one (regular/physical) eSIM, and a 'slot' fo
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> I wouldn't put it past the US to coerce Microsoft into injecting malicious payloads into these types of projects. EFF is putting complete trust in Microsoft's infrastructure: there's no out-of-band verification not serv

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