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by waihtis 3y ago
See, thats the difference between you and me - you worship inflexible ideals even when they might destroy and corrupt the very thing they are supposed to protect, whilst I'm capable of seeing when something isn't working as intend
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They're literally the "thoughts and prayers" of climate change except they're also disturbing the public and destroying property.
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Taking preventative action against known bad operators is morally the right option.
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Good. These idiots are a net harm to the climate change cause. The only thing they have managed is accelerated resentment towards pro climate activities. It is fully possible I have a naive interpretation of their goals and perhaps they&#x2
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by waihtis 3y ago
Interesting. Very happy to have a reignited space enthusiasm across the globe, just curious if something has developed which is spiking the interest. As far as I understand landing on the moon doesn't contain a whole lot of ROI apart f
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by waihtis 3y ago
Is it just Baader-Meinhof at play or are multiple nations running lunar missions at an accelerated rate?
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by waihtis 3y ago
99% of journalists are decelerationists & care little of anything else except promoting certain ideals that resonate to them. Suleyman is playing them excellently given that all he wants is massive entry barriers to any AI development.
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Olof Palme would've been a communist had the Overton window been in a suitable place during his reign
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I was speaking on behalf of the US in this instance, I do not believe the US GOV is capable of pulling a working public healthcare program for their scale.
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By your logic breathing costs money, since someone is paid to plant trees into the ground
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> People phone 911 all the time for very stupid stuff Is that so? In that case, it should cost money to call 911.
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by waihtis 3y ago
Healthcare is most definitely producing goods. People will consume it much over their needs if it is free. A fire department or police are not, people will not call the fire department for the fun of it, only if there is fire. That said, he
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by waihtis 3y ago
CVEs don't work all that well in standalone as proof of exploitability. It's always good to supplement with things like whether exploit tooling for said CVE exists (proof that there's some actual weakness behind the CVE) - or
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by waihtis 3y ago
Rest assured I truly believe communism is one of the most idiotic ideas in existence.
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They're the exact same except socialism is a more "watered down" version. Definitions: > Socialism is a political philosophy and movement encompassing a wide range of economic and social systems which are characterised by
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by waihtis 3y ago
Despite its potential flaws, modern capitalism is still a thousand times more preferable than any kind of communism.
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The microphone is not scary because of hackers, its scary because of nation states.
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by waihtis 3y ago
your threads seem to be a bit wonky which sounds odd, this is how the conversation structure looks like: https://imgur.com/hNtGMdb
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by waihtis 3y ago
In a sea of dispute, let the claim "no one is flawless" be our island of agreement
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by waihtis 3y ago
From: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2366256/world (article linked to this submission) "He began his life as a porter — carrying bags and selling soft drinks and, later, sewing machines — in Egypt’s bustling A
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by waihtis 3y ago
Theres literally zero chance for us to know if that is true or not, you're taking the word of a blatantly corrupt government on face value. Given that, it's probably a false story and the money has gone somewhere else.
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Literally just quoting the article which this HN post is based on. It's advisable to read the article you're trying to refute
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by waihtis 3y ago
Nothing in your comment changes the fact that he started out working as a porter in Egypt
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by waihtis 3y ago
I don't you know in real life and you don't know me, so you would be well advised not to cook up imaginary characterizations of me
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by waihtis 3y ago
How? The modern narrative for a majority of people is that it is impossible for them to progress in life because they're held back by "invisible forces", like racism, lack of education or other similar issues. Al-Fayed is in
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by waihtis 3y ago
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
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by waihtis 3y ago
Please read the HN comment guidelines on how to comment on this platform: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Balanced by whose standards?
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Paradise compared to having to walk over heroin addicts and face the threat of physical violence
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by waihtis 3y ago
Paradise compared to having to walk over heroin addicts and face the threat of physical violence

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