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arunabha

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    Cost. Claude code is two orders of magnitude cheaper than an offshore dev.

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    Comment #47264018

    It's clear that there was no reasoned thought behind the tariff push. Tariffs can work if implemented in a principled way and coupled with a complementary industrial policy to deve…

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    Comment #47259721

    I'm suprised the powers that be on HN allowed this to reach the frontpage. Usually these kind of stories are flagged off the front page in seconds.

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    Comment #47209494

    > Should a believer/teacher of such things even be called a prophet? Old boy was straight trash with a horrific morality. Sadly, that has been a fairly common attribute for a fairl…

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    Comment #47209339

    > Surprised the whole thread is not flagged, yet. Looks like the flagging brigade got this story flagged as well. Of course, HN mods will do nothing about it as usual.

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    Comment #47204611

    Most dictators are elected democratically, once. What makes them a dictator is them not relinquishing power. It's too late to protest after a dictator is officially a dictator. The…

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    Comment #47204581

    You do realize that the US had _one of the highest_ per capita Covid deaths amongst developed nations?

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    Comment #47203906

    > while Israel usually says the truth, at least after running an investigation You can't be serious about that statement. At best it reflects overwhelming naivete about how governm…

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    Comment #47200110

    > Take out those underground complexes and Iran is yours. And how exactly would Iran be 'ours' without boots on the ground in this scenario?

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    Comment #47193358

    Ben Franklin was asked what kind of govt would the newly formed United States have. He was sadly right when he replied 'A republic, if you can keep it' One of the (many) pretexts f…

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    Comment #47089942

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) is a term that gained prominence in May 2025 after many threats and reversals during the tr…

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    Comment #47089804

    The ruling was 6-3 with Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissenting. Kavanaugh's dissent is particularly peculiar as he wrote 'refunding tariffs already collected …

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    Comment #46747754

    This was an execution, plain and simple. There is no way around it. There are videos from multiple angles and there was an eyewitness (the lady in the pink jacket) literally two fe…

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    Comment #46747700

    Folks, the videos of this incident are being taken down rapidly. Please do what you can to preserve them.

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    Comment #46745245

    [flagged]

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    Comment #46745232

    @dang Why is this flagged and removed from the front page in seconds.

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    Comment #46745177

    I looked at the video and have no words. Why, just why?

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    Comment #46580737

    From the article > Noem also said "there is an increasing trend of replacing legitimate oversight activities with circus-like publicity stunts, all of which creates a chaotic envir…

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    Comment #46539430

    > That does not make ICE better, but it does make gene pool cleaner. Wow. Just wow.

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    Comment #46537451

    Apparently, none of them have seen any of the Terminator movies.

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    Comment #46537364

    So, according to your logic, the appropriate punishment for allegedly blocking federal LEO operations is to get killed? Who decided that she was'blocking' any operations? It seems …