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But he used it as justification to "give Rolling Stone a little bit of slack on this one.". It's interesting how criticizing trash publications like the rolling stone with facts an…

> Did Chinese government ever acknowledge it's internet censorship? Yes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall > While banning TikTok is not fair to me, saying Google isn't …

> I mean... we did put nearly all the horses out of a job. Ditto oxen and other beasts of burden. Don't forget farmers. Most americans were farmers in the early 1900s. Today it's a…

Google isn't banned. Google simple chose to leave china because they refuse to follow chinese laws because google is a state controlled corporation. Repeating the same lies doesn't…

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Why? You want to host a blog in the afterlife? All kidding aside, why not just hand over your internet assets to a trusted family member who will handle everything when you are gon…

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> which doesn’t really make sense to me when I consider the weakness of the currency When there is war, financial crisis, etc, money seeks the safest harbor. The safest harbor in t…

There's a theory in economics called "sticky wages". Salaries don't decline due to layoffs or temporary economic downturns.

Neither Database Systems, Concurrent Programming nor Network Programming are foundational knowledge for CS. They are good knowledge to have for a specialized programming job, but n…

The UK government banned tiktok on government phones a few days ago. https://apnews.com/article/uk-tiktok-government-ban-470538b4... The BBC is british state propaganda. So of cour…

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> I don't want to reduce what you've said, but the fact is that Taiwan grew rich because of US support that helped integrate it into the global economy, and that wouldn't have come…

> Zero toxicity and probably several magnitudes more meaningful conversations with people from all around the world. In other words, you've built yourself a tiny echo chamber. The …

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> It isn't about Russians or Russia. But the root cause of the crimes committed in Ukraine. NATO imperialism? I don't think the ICC is going after anyone in NATO. > Now he faces ar…

It's not just a matter of our subjective experience of time, it's a matter of the laws of thermodynamics and entropy. Time moves in one direction is another way of saying entropy a…

Does it not drive print and cable news consumption too? CNN and Fox news are as negative as you can get and the masses flock to them.

> No, it has jurisdiction over crimes on Ukrainian territory, regardless of the actors. That's not how it works. Russia isn't party to the ICC. Lets see which is more likely. Russi…

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> I'm weighing the need for my (possible future) children to spend time in a 3rd world country with germs & allergens for a little bit Or go outside with the kid. Visit a farm, par…