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> Putin is intelligent, no doubt Russia was a super power with some of the best engineers in the world. Today it needs to use war to keep another Slav country on its side. Even the…

> There needs to be liability established for publishing private and personal information; Europe has the General Data Protection Regulation.

Is not that the nord stream 2 pipeline? Germany was able to buy Russian gas without problem. Why build the new pipe? It seems that Germany thought that Russia was a rational player…

That happened in the Spanish civil war. Guernica famous painting depicts the bombing by Italian and German aviation of the city of Guernica. The United Kingdom didn't wanted to be …

"Learned helplessness is behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control." The key part is beyond their control. As a society we are b…

This reminds me of each time people criticises the European Union for "condemning" something. Big organizations do things step by step. First you talk, then you act. Even Russia pr…

Americans talk in hyperbole. Average is an insult. Any experience less than life changing is boring. And most people in other countries are not aware. I see how much money goes to …

> Our obligation to enforce crimes against the nation’s financial systems includes both informing the public on how digital assets work and partnering with them to identify, arrest…

My understanding fits with the dictionary definition. megalomania /ˌmɛɡ(ə)lə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ noun: megalomania. obsession with the exercise of power. delusion about one's own power or i…

> can help you get a lot done That is survivor bias. I have worked with such people and they destroy companies and make employee life miserable. It is impossible to get anything do…

> Ali is not guilty, marketing is purely scam these days, he is just following the trend. Following criminals is not a valid justification in front of a jury. Crime is a common occ…

In many parts of the world that goes against labor laws. You cannot harass or ostracize someone to make them leave. That is not just a toxic environment but way worse as there is i…

For me the first version of photo editing happened in Russia. Enemies of Stalin were erased from photos and from Russian history. Copy pasting images is kind of different. Photocop…

I recognize that I did not read the article. Nor I will. Elon was funny for a while, but to give attention to all his tantrums makes the web a worse place. - https://news.bitcoin.c…

That makes a lot of sense. And it is not just about simplifying, it is also the general disdain against taxes that facilitates tax breaks for the rich.

> That sounds way less awesome, when you consider it only had 256 colors, so allmost all content did indeed loose a lot, by converting to gif. Nonlossy can be used for pixel perfec…

People do what they see others doing, people buy what they see others buying, and what it is available in the supermarket. If in 20 years it becomes difficult sand expensive to buy…

This is a common problem with statistics. Ask someone to answer "if Saturday has 25% of rain and Sunday another 25% what is the probability of rain during the weekend?" The intuiti…

Japan? Japan is currently closed to the world, and it had a history of doing so. So, I share your desire. I do not expect it to happen, thou.

Fainting works in reverse for me. Everything becomes harder to understand, sound becomes muffled like in low motion, vision starts to fade until you are in total darkness. And it's…

Microtransactions do not fit well with some kinds of mods as it could enable players to access new content not in the company control. Mods are great for players and the most dedic…

Or not. Short term bonuses are key, achieving quarter goals is extremely important, that the company crashes and burns in 10 years may be someone else problem. Big corporations are…

> many of whom choose Apple for the very reason this is trying to negate I already use apps in iOs that bypass the store to transfer money, pay for train tickets, parking, etc. Man…