tw1984

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by tw1984 4y ago
> As if drug kingpins didn't live their day-to-day lives under the possibility of execution the question is how to make sure all sellers, not just kingpins, would be living under the possibility of execution. > Would this be a de
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by tw1984 4y ago
have 51g of drugs is very very different from selling 51g to someone.
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by tw1984 4y ago
the whole Fentanyl issue is easy to solve - death penalty for those who sell more than 50g of Fentanyl.
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by tw1984 4y ago
I personally won't label the Liberal party as a centre-right party or left of the US right wing when it is currently led by Peter Dutton who is a typical far right element in modern politics. I also struggle to categorize its recent fo
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by tw1984 4y ago
Ma is worse than that. Just check taobao, there are hundreds of millions faked or dodgy products openly being sold. Ma obviously doesn't have any sense of social responsibility for letting this to happen. Let's don't even bot
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by tw1984 4y ago
Same question, why the US has to spend 800 billion $ a year? worried about an invasion by Mexico? That military budget got criticized by many Chinese. With a comparable GDP to the US, the CCP constantly refuses to further increase its milit
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by tw1984 4y ago
> On the contrary, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has strengthened America's hegemony massively by showing the world how weak Russia is and how good the US's military and intelligence are. Just checked my calendar again, it
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by tw1984 4y ago
> The principle is simple for any entity (and a wild west capitalism stint too), when the party need you, you give them your best, and when they don't, according to their grand plan, you must sacrifice without a word. You seem to be
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by tw1984 4y ago
I am not sure whether globalization is almost dead or not, but it clear to me that it is not sustainable. Look at the trade figures for China, e.g. $675 billion surplus[1] was recorded for 2021. US should unionize its labor forces and start
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by tw1984 4y ago
truly incredible, for less than two years, a group of talented engineers managed to release the world's first GPU driver in Rust by reverse engineering apple hardware known for its opacity. oh, they also happened to have the free time
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by tw1984 4y ago
> India and SEA are where a good majority of these BBK phones are sold. Those BBK phones have a huge presence in China, you can pretty much find their shops in every mall and every major street. I'd be surprised if the majority are
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by tw1984 4y ago
Zero-covid or not, this is inevitable. iphones were used to be built in Shenzhen, it is now no longer economically viable to do so anymore as labor costs in Shenzhen is much higher, so they moved the factory to Zhenzhou. to chase more profi
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by tw1984 4y ago
> Or maybe your accomplishment will be killing that 90 year old downstairs It is called rule of nature. With 1.4 billion people and an life expectancy of 77 years, you'd expect 15 million people to pass away each year. At 90 years a
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by tw1984 4y ago
I'd like to remind you that the current situation is vastly different from the beginning of 2020. According to official figures, 240k cases confirmed in China in the last 7 days, there are now a total of 106 people in serious condition
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by tw1984 4y ago
Some regular spaceship launch should never ever be used to shadow or censor the hardship currently being experienced by hundreds of millions. Yes, it is a fun moment if you are into space tech or tech in general. Most people here on HN are
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by tw1984 4y ago
Chinese living in China here, btw, also used to be pro-CCP. tell me, when was the last time when US/EU had a significant percentage of their own citizens locked up? talking about hard lock down, back in April/May, we didn't e
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by tw1984 4y ago
> the west likes to exaggerate everything that's happening in foreign countries Chinese living in China here. I don't see any western involvement. There were protests in almost every tier-1 and tier-2 cities in China during the
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by tw1984 4y ago
on the positive side - Qingming Deng who will be on board the SZ-15 mission has been on training for the past >26 years for this. best wishes for him as he deserves a safe and pleasant 6 months stay in space.
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by tw1984 4y ago
What is the purpose of such adventure when your own citizens are locked up or beaten up for not willing to be locked up.