whacko_quacko

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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
Why would you use 80s technology that allows you to circumvent Israeli tracking, and get that from Hezbollah if you're not in cahoots with them? People in Lebanon can afford smart phones. With the people next to the blast radius you ha
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
Almost 3000 wounded are not a problem if they're Hezbollah, no? The child is tragic of course, but one dead child when targeting enemy soldiers is more ethical than the dead children in deliberate attacks on civilians, which is what He
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
It's not, because Ireland chose to be part of the EU which its actions are undermining. Also, we accept the fact that in capitalism companies have the goal to maximize profit, but the purpose of a country is not to maximize tax income
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
This is whataboutism. Both are bad, so where's your argument? And this is relevant precisely because it's an example that shows the lack of financial liberty, that you could fall prey to in Canada. I thought it's a fitting
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
I'm not an American, and instead of asking an open-ended counter question you could try to address the issue Did they not freeze bank accounts of people donating to the freedom convoy? Please note that this is a question of facts and n
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
You make a fair point[1], but I'd still like to know about the prevalence of this. Not saying I don't believe there's a problem, but I think that media reporting is skewed towards sensationalism, and any kind of misconduct ma
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
>they'll just tortpre you We're talking about the police, not the CIA, right? Can't imagine torture as a common response to obstinacy
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
It's bad because they deem a protest a terrorist event and freeze your bank account if they found you donated. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-pro...
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
scraping the open web shouldn't be a crime[1], even if unsavoury people do it for unsavoury purposes [1]: or even just an issue
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
Check out Leechblock. Alternatively you could probably just block these sites in your hosts file
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
I agree, but I'd add that Valve also has the technical acumen and the good will of a community that knows they stand behind their products. To build something like the steam deck, even though it's not VR, you have to solve a lot o
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
>The only real fix is [...] socialism And that would be a first, because no one has tried "real socialism"(tm) before, right?
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
And without cocaine, we'd have fewer addicts. Cat's out of the bag, now we have to deal with it.
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
Did you read the parent?
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
> Very much like America, apparently. No. America isn't in the habit of regularily murdering dissidents
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
"Normal" means common here, and the fact that common people happily commit heinous acts is nothing new. E.g. the holocaust was comitted by "normal" people. Moral grandstanding won't change the fact that civilization
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
As Lord Vetinari remarked so succinctly: > If you're going to have crime, it may as well be organised.
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
I think 2FA physikal tokens like yubi key will also play a big role. And honestly, I fear that most people just don't care
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
This is the insightful commentary that I came to expect of HN /s
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
Feels like arguing semantics instead of replying to the stated wish I can't get a hitman on amazon, so technically it's not an "everything store" to begin with. But for the purposes of this conversation it clearly is
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
If that were so, I think we wouldn't see other unions jumping to IF Metall's aid so readily
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
Because no one took the time to find a high quality secondary source and add this fact to the article yet.
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
And that is a non sequitur
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by whacko_quacko 3y ago
You are "not even wrong", but that's all
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by whacko_quacko 4y ago
Good catch! According to the word prison brief the ranking actually looks like this (incarcerated per 100 000): El Salvador 605 Rwanda 580 Turkmenistan 576 American Samoa (USA) 538 Cuba 510 United States of America 505 I'd still
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by whacko_quacko 4y ago
"Let's build 170 km of skyscrapers back to back in the middle of the desert. Also let's make it straight, because the natural circular shape of cities is kinda boring." Sounds like a great idea, can't wait to see it
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by whacko_quacko 4y ago
You can choose, and because you cannot, you've made your choice ... That's a good one!
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by whacko_quacko 4y ago
Actually the article mentions, that solar is running at 40% capacity on average (according to industry data) And it's STILL cheaper than nuclear watt for watt. That being said, I think nuclear power is a necessary part of a sustainable