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by vfclists 4y ago
Look up the term realpolitik. The US invaded Grenada and Panama when the regimes there threatened her interests and changed them. Why do you think that is a privilege reserved only for the US? If you don't want to accept that sanctions
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by vfclists 4y ago
Ukraine cannot win this war unless it turns into a war between Russia and NATO, not Russia and Ukraine, with NATO troops and weapons entering the war on Ukraine's side. This war will continue unless the Ukrainian govt decides to sue fo
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by vfclists 4y ago
It seems we have an apologist for idiots in the house. Thats HN for you, filled with all kind of shills apologizing for scammy/scummy behaviours. Do you guys remember the Apple fanboyism that this place was plagued with some years ago?
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by vfclists 4y ago
PDF exploits are not new. I am really amazed at this business of PDFs running code. Only Adobe and Microsoft could come up with this kind of crap. Documents are not supposed to be executable, plain and simple. Any person in control of cryp
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by vfclists 4y ago
Its not keyboard driven enough. I feel that every time I reach for the mouse a kitten dies in some distant universe far far away. With Emacs I am less concerned with editing than managing my work related data and work flow, and still think
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by vfclists 4y ago
Yes, I remember this.
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by vfclists 4y ago
Mobile providers have been doing this crap for ages. That is why in the past I run my mobile connection through a VPN as much was possible. FWIW this has nothing to do with pro-war propaganda, just the sketchy behaviour telecoms providers h
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by vfclists 4y ago
The usual expensive boondoggles most of these shill organizations pretending to be think tanks and expert institutions come up with.
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by vfclists 4y ago
Well I get upset when IT guys complain about stuff being not free and price hikes. It is a pet peeve with the software developers whingeing about the cost of tools. I guess I overreacted to your statement. I remember spending over $300 in t
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by vfclists 4y ago
Doesn't the article have a table of contents? What happened to plain HTML documents with a table of contents at the top that enables to get an idea of the structure of the document and jump back and forth between the sections?
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by vfclists 4y ago
> Who are the "biggest proponents of global warming theory" in your estimation? Celebrities? Activists? Climate scientists? The Davos and WEF gang? COPD https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwilliams1/202
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by vfclists 4y ago
How do you convince people about carbon based climate warming when the biggest proponents of global warming theory fly to conferences to discuss global warning in private jets, and love SUVs and large limousines like there's no tomorro
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by vfclists 4y ago
The whole idea is that if you wait for things to happen before you correct them it may be too late. The very conditions themselves may render it impossible to correct for the future. The best thing to do is have that excess capability in pl
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by vfclists 4y ago
Seriously, does $450 a week amount to anything? No wonder open source software takes so much time to develop. Why are free software lovers such cheapskates?
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Ask HN: Is a reliance on clean energy wise in an uncertain enviromental future?
2 points by vfclists 4y ago|3 comments
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by vfclists 4y ago
What has this got to do with multiculturalism? Did the non-white male students call for these changes, or is it part of the corporate agenda of disrupting strong social networks and bonds?
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by vfclists 4y ago
Surprising how people feel the need to respond to a post by someone with the handle "TedShiller". Is that a real name? Sorry if it is and I hurt your feelings.
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by vfclists 4y ago
I read somewhere that this means the US now has the world's fastest supercomputer. Does this No. 1 position have something to do with the ban on exporting advanced technology to China?
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by vfclists 4y ago
I don't know what you are going on about. People have a duty to know what their bodies need, and make good choices for themselves. Expecting the government to do everything for them doesn't work. Whether or not government exists o
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by vfclists 4y ago
This program talks about the way the policies of food corporations have led to a crisis of obesity worldwide, particularly in regions where the multinational corporate food peddlers have gained a toehold. But it ignores one thing, which is
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Because it isn't your fault, doesn't mean it is not your responsibility(youtube.com)
2 points by vfclists 4y ago|4 comments
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by vfclists 4y ago
There is a reason why truck operators in Africa prefer the older trucks which don't have these fancy electronics. Servicing and parts are not a problem. This whole business about semiconductors shortages affecting vehicle manufacturing
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by vfclists 4y ago
The bush meat angle is total nonsense. Did he claim to catch the animal live or handle the raw meat before it was cooked? It is only in that case where the "bush" meat angle makes sense.
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by vfclists 4y ago
But why is the term "bush" used as though the means of obtaining it is different from what white people call game? Why isn't the appropriate translation used? The simple fact is it is a culturally loaded term suggesting that
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by vfclists 4y ago
There is no bias here. Any infection from meat would come from uncooked meat, or handling the infected meat before it was cooked as cooking would kill any germs in it. Is there some reason to believe that the meat he ate was uncooked? He sa
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by vfclists 4y ago
When executive pay is based on stock value which depends on keeping costs down, what relief can there be for employees and subcontractors?
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Amazon investors nuke ethics overhaul and say yes to $212M CEO pay(theregister.com)
149 points by vfclists 4y ago|246 comments
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by vfclists 4y ago
AI and ML are not true computer science because no one knows how these models work, not even the developers
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by vfclists 4y ago
This is just nonsense. Bush meat is a racist term concocted by European researchers. "Bush meat" is simply meat obtained by trapping or hunting, as opposed to farming. When Europeans or Americans hunt boar, ducks, wild pigs, dear
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by vfclists 4y ago
This sounds like https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/28/navinder-sa... , Navinder Sarao, the British Indian trader who was blamed for the "flash crash" of 2010. It looks like if you fa

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