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bogle

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About bogle

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    Comment #42059936

    Reuters [1]. Don't be an idiot. [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/has-putin-threatened-us...

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    Comment #42059578

    Your understanding of statistics is deplorable. Also, your reading ability. I specifically said it's racism, rather than the (verifiable) lack of intelligence.

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    Comment #42059528

    Racists don't need shaming into silence. They need to understand what's wrong with their beliefs. Going back to the original quote, you need to see that it's not calling all voters…

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    Comment #42059133

    I was moving the point away from a measure of smartness to one of racism. I do hope you haven't just damned all the other engineers on HN!

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    Comment #42059089

    Your hyperbole aside, you imply that his last term was good, rather than poor. I'm asking about HN's collective opinion, which you've contributed to, thank you, but not, perhaps, i…

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    Comment #42059013

    No, they get a vote, obviously. You've focussed on the vote part of the quote when the important information was in the racism. It's racism that must be constantly pointed out, tha…

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    Comment #42058886

    MAD. It actually works. Putin has had his bluff called on this.

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    Comment #42058825

    Not everyone who voted for Brexit was a racist, but every racist voted for Brexit. - Bill Bragg Pretty sure this would work with "Trump" instead of "Brexit".

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    Comment #42058705

    Hold that thought. HN Commentators, feel free to correct me if I've mis-read the room, but I think there are very few here who do not realise that Trump's presidency will go poorly…

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    Comment #42058531

    The inequality in a nation must have a huge effect on the nature of the people in that nation. That a treatise on inequality has won a Nobel prizes for economics would tend to supp…

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    Comment #42058435

    I think we can all see that correcting to oligarchy/authoritarianism/fascism never works out well for any nation. I don't see your suggestion of a correction working out here eithe…

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    Comment #42058412

    Perhaps you could use the word "idiot" and refer to them as "idiots". The term has been used in a medico-legal context in the past to define a person's mental age. That there is a …

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    Comment #41416540

    - readme at the root of each of application with keeping it up to date part of each relevant change. Something perhaps to consider in peer reviews. - onboarding checklist with the …

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    Comment #41416389

    "conquering" is not "colonialism". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism

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    Comment #41416363

    > The British colonized Ireland and Scotland It's the British Isles. Scotland joined England in the United Kingdom. This is just one where you're clearly incorrect. Colonialism dev…

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    Comment #41416326

    First Sudanese Civil War was 1955 – 1972. Second Sudanese Civil War was 1983 – 2005. Up to a million deaths in the first civil war and between one and two million deaths in the sec…

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    Comment #41416276

    Not relevant as the partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947 which created the constitutions. The Act was agreed upon by the legislature representatives of the In…

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    Comment #41416214

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    Comment #41416182

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    Comment #41416142

    On gaining independence in 1956 Sudan endured two civil wars with up to a million deaths in the first civil war and between one and two million deaths in the second civil war. Colo…

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    Comment #41416103

    I don't think India is a great example here. The Partition of India in 1947 resulted in over 1 million deaths.

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    Comment #41416032

    Seeing as the link is to a single paragraph and the actual article appears not to exist, has anyone read it? "This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition und…

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    Comment #41390124

    Quite a few commentators suggesting AI was used to generate the charts. Well, the README has been updated! "Were these made with AI? No, these were made in collaboration with exper…

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    Comment #41190733

    Surely that's not the whole story, though. In your example just consider what a German gets from their contribution to the state compared to the USAian. I'm particularly thinking a…

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    Comment #39231243

    No! Please come in and give me a hug (or a grunt if you're a teen). I can take 5 for that.