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by zabana 8y ago
> But I can start a local chapter of "<some_minority> support group" and no one is going to knock on my door and disappear me in the night. Absolutely true. But you WILL not be given access to venues to host events, and y
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by zabana 8y ago
Thanks this is the kind of stuff I want to read about. Obviously no country is perfect and the chinese govt have their flaws without a doubt, but politics aside It's still a fascinating country with an immense culture.
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by zabana 8y ago
Ethnic and religious minorities are also persecuted all over the US and Europe, it may not be physically (except if you're black in the US) but there's definitely a psychological warfare being declared against these groups through
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by zabana 8y ago
[Off-topic] - What's with all the "China is evil" articles lately ? Are there any websites (non-chinese) where I can find news about positive advancements in the country ? This whole anti-China hype train got me intrigued.
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by zabana 8y ago
I'm not entirely sure non-biased publications exist. In a perfect world they would be a thing but in the world of humans quite impossible. As for my criteria: - I usually look at who owns the publication to get a sense of its positions
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Analysis of the cyberpunk subculture(project.cyberpunk.ru)
4 points by zabana 8y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Business owners, pick 5 books in your library
7 points by zabana 8y ago|0 comments
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by zabana 8y ago
How do you differentiate between opinionated/politically biased pieces and general reporting ? What's the criteria for evaluating good (ie trustworthy) reporting ? Curious to know.
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by zabana 8y ago
> China has a political objective And the US doesn't ?
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by zabana 8y ago
I find the intensity of the anti China sentiment in this forum to be quite puzzling to be honest. > Do all these things and more and America will succeed and people will always want the USD. From my limited understanding of the issue (em
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by zabana 8y ago
This is very good advice. I think my problem is I try to sound more "intelligent" and well-spoken. Maybe that's because English isn't my first language. In any case, the most annoying thing for me is to not be able to ta
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by zabana 8y ago
Non native English speaker writing: I have perfect understanding of the language and I can even differentiate between different accents, but one of things I struggle with the most is written communication. I don't seem to be able to ex
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by zabana 8y ago
> If it was only just that, its actually a lot more that. You have prove that you have un-blackened yourself. Dissociate from your communities, and have renounced the community's ways(so-called). You have just described my entire pr
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by zabana 8y ago
Thanks for illustrating my point.
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by zabana 8y ago
> I have to immediately force myself to be twice as charming, friendly, witty, and intelligent sounding as the equivalent white or Asian person just to be taken seriously. I'm of North African descent, born and raised in france and
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by zabana 8y ago
Yes this is very true. There are honest journalists and frauds on both sides. (wink wink Alex Jones)
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by zabana 8y ago
I guess the fact that we have to separate independent journalists from the ones working for privately owned outlets is problematic in itself.
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by zabana 8y ago
The United States of America.
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by zabana 8y ago
You're confusing democracy with freedom / progress my friend.
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by zabana 8y ago
Genuine question: Is it just me or the whole 'fake-news' concept seems like an excuse for ~old~ traditional (failing?) media to continue to act as gatekeepers of information ? I've seen an increasing number of alternative &#x
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by zabana 8y ago
> In democracies issues can be (are?) solved at the election booth. Not so much in a dictatorship, a monarchy, or any "pseudo-democracy" (see China), etc. These people were in these very same election booths last year so clear
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Ask HN: Ex software developers/engineers, what do you do now?
67 points by zabana 8y ago|21 comments
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by zabana 8y ago
Western arrogance and hypocrisy in all its glory.
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by zabana 8y ago
> what is the point of reinventing the wheel? The point of reinventing the wheel is to develop a more intimate familiarity with the tool or framework or utility you're trying to re-create. Yes the original ls program is perfectly f
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by zabana 8y ago
I guess it depends on the type of person you are and how you learn best. In my case for example, I learn better by coding while following a video than when I have read through a massive blog post (Which involves a lot of copying and pasting
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by zabana 8y ago
Genuine question, what is a terrorist ? It seems to be a very fluid definition these days. Anybody can be deemed a terrorist by any establishment. Also, this kind of thinking reinforces the whole "Well, I don't mind being watched
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by zabana 8y ago
He's also overreacting.
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by zabana 8y ago
I've personally found great benefit reading this and I am sure a lot of people will. As obvious as it may sound, it's always nice to be reminded every once in a while.
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How to create an OS from scratch – tutorial(github.com)
377 points by zabana 8y ago|58 comments
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Ask HN: What's a CLI tool you wish existed but don't have time to build?
3 points by zabana 8y ago|0 comments

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