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by vlehto 11y ago
During soviet invasion there was Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen. Sympathizers of that group founded al-Qaeda. Sympathizers of Al-qaeda founded Taleban. Sympathizers Al-qaeda founded ISIS. Muslim extremists have shown potential to g
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by vlehto 11y ago
GDP is very much flawed in the sense of "how much humanity has achieved". You need some kind of moral framework for that. And I really don't think you can go with money = good. And you might also need some kind of better meas
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by vlehto 11y ago
There is nothing American about it. Global sum of all GDP's has grown for all recorded history. Even if inflation adjusted. If you mean that GPD can't grow "infinitely" as infinitely high value, then I agree. If you clai
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by vlehto 11y ago
ISIS recruiting seems to live from making things black and white. I think the best course of actin would be to leave ISIS alone from military perspective. Then airdrop food, water and medical supplies to the area. Not discriminating between
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by vlehto 11y ago
>French state is not doing it's job What state would be good example? What is good measure for succes here?
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by vlehto 11y ago
>To be effective, attacks should be launched against soft targets that cannot possibly be defended to any appreciable degree, leading to a debilitating security state: > "If a tourist resort that the Crusaders patronize…is hit
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by vlehto 11y ago
Generally "Physical growth" and "GDP growth" are not really similar. A number can grow infinitely. Tree or human population can not. GDP approximates perceived value prodced by society. In capitalism, saying GDP cannot g
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by vlehto 11y ago
Europe is currently pretty much ordered itself into nation states. It required some bleeding over the centuries. If you look at Swiss and Germans, they can hate each other and be internally fine. Both are using 2% of their GDP in defense to
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by vlehto 11y ago
I assert that there is no way to guarantee it. No real progress in stopping multicultural violence has been made since slavery was abolished. People are less violent overall when life is comfortable. But Balkans war and Syrian civil war sho
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by vlehto 11y ago
Same with rent and the poor, they always complain. Does this mean that any rent control mechanism is unnecessary?
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by vlehto 11y ago
If someone gives me a ride with a deal that he drives and I pay the gas, how could anything compete with that? Lot's of people genuinely enjoy driving. Also bus ticket costs me 45e/month. They have schedule, which is huge asset. Y
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by vlehto 11y ago
Yes. The most interesting applications I have head of is exploring ice caps. To depths of several kilometers. http://earthzine.org/2008/09/26/a-brief-history-of-radio-ech... But they had huge advantage of no
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by vlehto 11y ago
I'm skeptical about this. It seems like the people who say "I want a self driving car" seem to be really saying they wish they didn't need a car at all. The people tho like cars often say "I want a car with less com
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by vlehto 11y ago
Also "chassis with wheels" is easy. Congrats, you have built a trailer. Building a car to satisfy modern consumer is not that difficult, but it isn't trivial either. And it will be expensive. Software companies are good at ma
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by vlehto 11y ago
I disagree. Apple outsources too. If you need a production line, it doesn't matter too much who builds it. It takes time to build it anyhow. Both Apple and GM still produce themselves their key components. Apple makes motherboards and
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by vlehto 11y ago
That particular example probably has lot more nuanced that this general phenomena of people complaining about petty things. Trans people have valid concerns. They also have huge problems with prioritization, awareness, organization of their
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by vlehto 11y ago
That's actually used in geological imaging. They might use small explosions or shoot the ground with a shotgun or drive over it with series of overloaded trucks. You can't destroy the surface of the pyramid with TNT, so it might b
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by vlehto 11y ago
Thanks. Now I actually learned something. I've been into airplanes since little kid, but never heard of that Raymer book. I probably have to pick it up.
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by vlehto 11y ago
With no sources or authority. While my answer seems logically just as good to explain this stuff. Seems like the argument is won purely by asserting certainty. But I'm not objective of course.
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by vlehto 11y ago
When I started learning English, I had absolutely no idea how to pronounce most written words. I just checked and it would have held true for 13/16 words in the above sentence. From spoken English into writing it is also true. It took
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by vlehto 11y ago
A friend of mine is some kind of leader in border patrol. He said that he knows he is in real trouble the moment his dudes stop trash talking him. In most sausage fests it's like this. Offensive remark is actually flattering, as it&#x2
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by vlehto 11y ago
Pluralistic society could still work with vehemently pluralistic majority of conservatives. Who are not afraid to defend their own rights, even when they seem insignificant. I really never thought I'd say that. I guess I'm getting
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by vlehto 11y ago
I agree that idea of conflict in democracy seems good. But to me that Talibs article is specifically one of the big problems that idea has. If the most stubborn and intolerant part of the populace always get their way, regardless of their s
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by vlehto 11y ago
I've got even more exiting theory for you. What if GOP and Democrats are ruling together? Let the people argue about guns, abortion, racism etc. Meanwhile Clinton-Bush coalition is agreeing on corporate welfare, monetary policy and mil
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by vlehto 11y ago
Fascism and Nazism are not the same thing. Nazism is subset of Fascism. Which is lot more international phenomena. And it has had limited support in various places. My home country fostered few Fascists movements before and during WWII. One
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by vlehto 11y ago
Why should I believe you. Do you design airplanes?
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by vlehto 11y ago
In Swedish if you read a word you have never seen before, you know how to pronounce it. But you have to memorize if it's neutral sex of non-neutral sex. ("en" or "ett") In English you have to learn spelling and pron
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by vlehto 11y ago
Do you think only burqa wearing Muslim society is prosperous and cohesive? That seems to be only way how that Taleb article could support Radical Democracy. To me the most homogeneous societies seem to be frontiersmen living in extremely ha
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by vlehto 11y ago
There are lot of bombers with high wing (B52, almost anything several engines from WWII). About half of all propeller driven passenger planes have high wing. >Unlike the An-124, the An-225 was not intended for tactical airlifting and is
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by vlehto 11y ago
Same here. But I remember thinking high speed trading is evil when I had absolutely no idea what it is about.

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