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by xster 6y ago
> It’s been devastating, but nothing like 1918 Well we won't really know until we finish the third wave too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu#/media/File:1918_s...
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by xster 6y ago
> China has a lot of domestic talent but struggles to put it to good use Is there something quantifiable you're referring to?
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by xster 6y ago
> Has anyone asked them? We did. And like most things in the UN, it's NATO+clients vs the rest of the world. https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources... http://cdn.cnn.c
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by xster 6y ago
The Deluge is excellent and I like that they really try to prevent people from having to menu dive. But sometimes when I can't remember what the 3 key combo is, I really wish it has a usable screen so I can look at a menu.
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by xster 6y ago
Surprised how everyone just reads the title and no one is discussing whether "Google deletes comment globally" as reported by a single forum post by "Anti-communist hero" who posted one time in 2019 is factually true.
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by xster 6y ago
https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?disbursement_purpose... I'm going to leave this ambiguous too :)
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by xster 6y ago
"firm the United States blacklisted over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters." I wonder if we'll get a primary source on that
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by xster 6y ago
Ruth did mention that the APAC impact has been more "muted" and they were earlier in the timeline than Europe and Americas.
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by xster 6y ago
You know I can't encourage your 1 month throwaway account calling a 2009 account a shill behavior by rewarding you with continued conversation.
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by xster 6y ago
If you read my post I'm exactly answering your point.
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by xster 6y ago
I'm afraid this is another goalpost shift. Remember we started with > recognize Taiwan as a sevreign nation I'm then responding to your > Taiwan emailed WHO in December warning about China lying about the human-to-human tran
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by xster 6y ago
I think I generally agree. I'm very against YouTube content control whether it's censoring gun contents or taking down pro-China channels during the Hong Kong protests. Your statement misses the point a bit though. I don't th
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by xster 6y ago
This is a huge non sequitur from my question on "spread from human to human after it was _abundantly clear_ that it does" But I will respond to your goalpost shift as well in defense of Li Wenliang who's a celebrated individu
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by xster 6y ago
Seems like a goalpost shift since I was just responding to your claim about "Taiwan sovereignty". And since you brought up the December 31st email, that only amplifies my point about corporate media if you formed your opinion on e
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by xster 6y ago
> recognize Taiwan as a sevreign nation This statement shows the power of western media. Yes the WHO doesn't. Neither does any other political entity in the world. Neither the US, nor the 14 of 193 UN members that has diplomatic rel
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by xster 6y ago
Can you be specific on > The WHO denied human-to-human transmission even after Taiwan told them about it I don't think anyone on HN needs to be told that "there are no clear evidence of human to human transmission" is not
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by xster 6y ago
Is that quantifiably true? There are the same number of deaths in Shanghai and Beijing as Taiwan and the population is about the same size while Shanghai and Beijing have much less "travel restriction" from Taiwan. Why should the
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by xster 6y ago
> claims that covid does not spread from human to human after it was abundantly clear that it does There's evidence that human to human transmission was documented on January 14? That would be the first time I hear about it. Do you
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by xster 6y ago
This was all exactly what Yang was running on. His campaign must be fairly bummed to have not stayed on message and instead making the various faux pas with is supporters such as endorsing Biden and saying Asian Americans must be more Ameri
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by xster 7y ago
And that's in the present. What's more frustrating too is that if we're still debating about the present, there will certainly not be any accountability for the lack of preparedness from all levels of government in the past t
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by xster 7y ago
I suppose you're referring to the NED funded CHRD article which has since become gospel? https://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-... Imagine if the Chinese army could materialize new
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by xster 7y ago
Mongolian script is already on every piece of Chinese legal tender while Cyrillic is not. So it's quite the reverse.
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by xster 7y ago
These are also common ones. It's also transplanted onto a bunch of other less well known non-sinitic languages like Khitan, Jurchen, Okinawan, Zhuang etc.
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by xster 7y ago
AFAIK, Foursquare was also the first mobile app to start the if-you-think-there-are-tabs-your-users-don't-use,-now-they'll-really-never-use-them-again-in-a-separate-app trend. I thought they still had a pretty good differentiator
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by xster 7y ago
Media: China's gone mad full dystopia, welding people shut inside their apartments, stopping trains, removing people of all their freedoms. Media: tis but a cough.
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by xster 7y ago
Though sad that she's now taking marching orders from Pelosi now https://www.nationalreview.com/news/aoc-drifts-away-from-act...
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by xster 7y ago
How is it "obviously absurd"? We've been the ones lamenting that China's been going full dystopia "welding people inside apartments" all the way back in January. Also for those who read beyond the title: "
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by xster 7y ago
Does TikTok track you on non-TikTok properties all across the internet?
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by xster 7y ago
TL;DR no matter what you think, I'm right. If you think anything else, you're a horrible person. First and final word, let's stop talking about it. This is not a cult /s > The officials asked not to be identified beca
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by xster 7y ago
Ya, he ran specifically to decouple healthcare from employment. It's thematic with the whole financial security to pursue entrepreneurship part of the message (which doesn't work if you have to take all that money and buy health i

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