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by tmnvix 10mo ago
Fosi ZD3 ( https://fosiaudio.com/products/fosi-audio-zd3-fully-balanced... ). Supports HDMI with CEC. I turn on my Apple TV, it turns on the TV, which in turn turns on the Fosi DAC - all connected with HDMI. The DAC then
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by tmnvix 10mo ago
Hypothetical: I buy a product imported legally from the US and later sell it on the local used market to a Chinese tourist who takes it back to China with them. Where is the crime, smuggling, or 'banditry' here? US law is just tha
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by tmnvix 11mo ago
It occurred to me the other day that young people rarely get described as 'shy' anymore. 'Anxious' is more common now. Interestingly it was common to hear "they're shy, but they'll grow out of it". I
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by tmnvix 11mo ago
Good point. Look at a large vehicle like a bus. The lights are mounted low. This should be how it is for all vehicles.
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by tmnvix 11mo ago
I was thinking about war-profiteering and the private companies that lobby for endless wars lately (think Du Pont, Rockeller, Halliburton, etc). It causes untold damage to humanity. It occurred to me that this sort of thing is absent in the
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by tmnvix 11mo ago
One man's flaw is another man's feature.
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by tmnvix 11mo ago
> She may have been distracted It seems clear that one fact we know is that she was paying attention to her phone at the time. Frankly unforgivable in my opinion.
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by tmnvix 1y ago
Tom Scott on why Swiss Cheese was losing its holes (spoiler: the process became too sanitised - reintroducing impurities solved the problem). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evV05QeSjAw
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by tmnvix 1y ago
The usual solutions - money and violence - are not applicable here. China doesn't need the money and can't be bullied. Sources other than China are not going to cut it in the short and mid term. This is a geopolitical nightmare fo
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by tmnvix 1y ago
Dollar value is not the point. For the US MIC this matters a lot. There are not really any ready replacements for some vital weapons components at a time when US weapons stockpiles have been heavily depleted.
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by tmnvix 1y ago
"Super Sparta"
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by tmnvix 1y ago
> Some of it is a different nature along the lines of "why mine yours when you can buy someone else's". You keep yours in the ground until you have to get it. My understanding is that a large part of the issue is processin
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by tmnvix 1y ago
> For context, the law that allows this all to happen was passed in 1952 and has never before been used. Interesting parallel here with China recently invoking - for the first time - their own legislation from the 50's to ban rare e
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by tmnvix 1y ago
> There was no talk of proportionate response after 9/11 I guess it depends on where you were, but for me in Australia at the time, yes - there was plenty.
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by tmnvix 1y ago
No. But interestingly Netanyahu just called out China as a state conspiring against Israel's interests. So rather than trying to corrupt China's political system in their favour the approach appears to be to frame them as an expli
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by tmnvix 1y ago
Worth having a listen to Aaron Good, author of 'American Exception' being interviewed by Jeffrey Sachs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvuOG33zLs Some of the gist of what he talks about: Just as there is an &#x2
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by tmnvix 1y ago
I've posted this before, but it's relevant here: 'The UK’s Online Safety Act didn’t come from Parliament or the public' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ2AokZujC0 (watch from about 4:20)
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by tmnvix 1y ago
> Counterterrorism systems generate far more leads than they act on, and those leads are filtered by human review and corroborating intelligence. From Wikipedia on Lavender: > The Guardian quoted one source: "I would invest 20 se
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by tmnvix 1y ago
You might find the following video useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ2AokZujC0 (The UK’s Online Safety Act didn’t come from Parliament or the public) Jump to about the 4:20 mark to skip the history of Carnegie. The
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by tmnvix 1y ago
By employing such onerous and obviously disrespectful methods, it seems to me that recruiters will in effect be narrowing their pool to the most desperate. A little ironic.
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by tmnvix 1y ago
My neighbours are my 'reality'. My local plays a big part in connecting me with them. Never seen a newer suburb with a good local. A 'local' in newer suburbs tends to be like other suburban businesses - lacking foot traf
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by tmnvix 1y ago
I was making no comment on the flagging or moderation of posts, only their submission. For example, more posts will be submitted that support the view that individuals have a right to privacy than the opposite ('more wrong') view.
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by tmnvix 1y ago
A (rather clumsy) analogy to illustrate: "Is it accidental or intentional that all privacy related posts are biased towards individuals having a right to privacy?"
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by tmnvix 1y ago
> Is it accidental or intentional that all political posts on this war are biased towards one of the sides? You are presenting a false dichotomy. It could be that the posts are a reflection of the reality of the situation (i.e. one of th
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by tmnvix 1y ago
> Israel gave Arabs land That's a strange way to put it.
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by tmnvix 1y ago
> ...almost no country is opposed to Israel’s existence within its recognized borders Unfortunately Israel itself seems opposed to this. Part of the reason they are authoring their own demise in my opinion.
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by tmnvix 1y ago
In response to the dead response... (not sure why it is dead) > Israel will not agree to a right to return This government will not. My view is that the Israeli state is failing through its own actions and at some point will experience r
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by tmnvix 1y ago
As a humanist, I consider the right of return to be undeniable. Given your logic, this would make the continued existence of Israel as a Jewish state the unviable option. I've been of that opinion for some time now. Nothing to do wit
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by tmnvix 1y ago
Not quite. 67% of households are owner-occupied. This means adult children living with parents are counted in the 67%. Also flatmates and boarders, elderly parents, etc. Obviously children are not home owners as well. A lot less than 67% of
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by tmnvix 1y ago
My own theory is that we used to make the trade off between quality and cost. Now we make a trade off between quality, cost, and convenience - with convenience being heavily weighted. Consider the rise of bottled water, or Apple (it just wo

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