tszymczyszyn

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by tszymczyszyn 4y ago
Why does nobody remember the role in slavery of Africans, Arabs, Asians, and other ethnic groups?
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by tszymczyszyn 5y ago
What if the Paraguayan and Chinese cannot (hypothetically) effectively work together because of cultural differences?
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by tszymczyszyn 5y ago
Ugh, maybe some of them are. But Kapuścinski and Lem for sure are not.
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by tszymczyszyn 5y ago
The thing is people consume lots of different things. It's hard to imagine emojis could cover a substantial part of them. So, why choose this and not that? To give an example, frutti di mare are underrepresented although they are very
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by tszymczyszyn 5y ago
Bigos, borsch and żurek to be sure. But seriously, the list is very limited. Very much agree with Zababa's point of view.
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by tszymczyszyn 6y ago
OECD published a report[1] on EVs lately. I haven't read it but according to various press sources it claims that EVs might make things worse, e.g.[2]: "The report assumes that diesel and gasoline-powered cars are going to be repl
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by tszymczyszyn 6y ago
I agree with the general conclusion about exploitation, but racist theories and justifications existed in different cultures long before the 16th century.
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by tszymczyszyn 8y ago
Quite nice. So far I've been using http://paletton.com/ - not identical, but similar functionality.
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Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture(theatlantic.com)
8 points by tszymczyszyn 8y ago|4 comments
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by tszymczyszyn 8y ago
This is a very strange point of reference for a foodie, as McDonald's burgers are not even remotely close to anything tasty.
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by tszymczyszyn 9y ago
Same in Poland, although it is often not enforced in practice.
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by tszymczyszyn 9y ago
It is true that Russians helped in ending WWII but as others pointed they were also one of the initial aggressors and allies of the Reich. If not for that the war might as well end faster.
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by tszymczyszyn 9y ago
Pascal’s wager does not make much sense even for the original case.
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by tszymczyszyn 9y ago
In these times it is not happening from the far left much but there are still exceptions (eg. Antifa). However, this can be explained by the prevalence of leftist views. It is mostly the right that feels compelled to use violence.
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by tszymczyszyn 9y ago
It seems nobody has mentioned a near-epidemic of respiratory system infections caused by air-conditioning. And I do not mean the cases where A/C is infected with some rare bacteria (e.g. Legionella) often causing death. Usually it is j
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by tszymczyszyn 10y ago
1. It is not true that no new coal plants are being built. It is not even true in developed countries. https://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2017/01/13/southeast-asia-... 2. Usefulness of renewable energy sources
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by tszymczyszyn 10y ago
What about the wild boar? People hunt them in Poland, closer to Chernobyl than Germany. How long does it take to recover from fossil fuel-based economy, including massive emission of radioactive material contained in coal?
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by tszymczyszyn 10y ago
So, are all "data science" jobs related to marketing?
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by tszymczyszyn 10y ago
> On the other hand, advertisers need to make money to survive. And thieves need to steal to survive.
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by tszymczyszyn 10y ago
Advertising does not equal flow of information.
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Refugees on Rails(refugeesonrails.org)
2 points by tszymczyszyn 10y ago|0 comments
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by tszymczyszyn 11y ago
> I strongly believe that the continued and constant emphasis in taking pride in failure is EXACTLY what women need to be exposed to in order to let down their walls and break through the well-known façade that ‘you need to be a genius t