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I too will only install Windows in Ireland from now on.

Ok, what do you call it when someone tries to conceal the origin of money?

A wants to give a bunch of money to B for a reason that they want to remain hidden (e.g. a bribe, illegal purchases, etc.). So B puts an NFT up for sale and A buys it for an inflat…

I assume they'll be going after Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc. now for doing literally the same thing?

Those claims were never published in peer reviewed journals and were very likely just false positives: https://en.ara.cat/society/inaccurate-data-led-to-belief-tha...

I'm pretty sure OpenAI could create an AI that could pass the Turing test if they wanted to. But that would be bad for business. A search chatbot is worth billions. A Turing test p…

It reminded me of DIVX[1] from 1999. Amazing how many times this horrible greedy idea was tried. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX

> I recall reading a news article from a few years ago that said that the Japanese citizenship test is almost impossible to the point that few people try. I did a quick search and …

> the Soviets that viewed “The Road to Wrath”, as it was titled in the U.S.S.R, were in complete awe that even the poorest of the poor in the United States were able to save their …

Okay, then. That was always allowed.

This is definitely not the heart of the problem. Governments issue bonds for what turn out to be bad investments all the time. The heart of the problem was the completely unnecessa…

This could actually help explain why Musk suddenly decided to go forward with the Twitter deal. Losing all these advertising commitments are real damages Twitter could point to in …

California already mandates that all new home construction include solar. This both increases power generation and reduces stress on the grid since power is used where it is genera…

Shaft mining is often used to reach underground deposits of iron, coal, etc. I believe they'd use the same process here.

You're trying to cure the symptom, not the disease. You need a therapist, not financial advice. You know what you're doing is unhealthy but you can't stop. A good mental health pro…

The US's EPA discovered the cheating and leveled multi-billion dollar fines and indicted executives.

All tribes were being pushed westward by white settlers and it inevitably led to conflict among the tribes. But Lakota definitely did not "genocide" the Cheyenne as is obvious by t…

From the above WaPo article: > Native Americans have always contended that the Black Hills of South Dakota belong to them, and that the sacred land was stolen after gold was discov…

And maybe she thinks she's been forgotten and erased but would be happy to know her contribution is being recognized? We'll never know which it is if we don't ask. If she asks to b…

Here is a better example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-2... However, this won't fit those looking for a "all people/parties are the same" narrative. O…

The report you link says the same thing: > Emissions trends for 2019 suggest clean energy transitions are underway, led by the power sector.

Trump's trade war was an attempt to pressure China to reduce the trade deficit and help him in the 2020 election. It had absolutely nothing to do with human rights. If anything, Tr…

I also struggled with the decision whether to have kids. I don't generally like kids or kids stuff. I was very happy with how I spent my time. It seemed like huge sacrifice and als…

If withdrawal symptoms were really the main reason addicts continued to use drugs then relapses would be rare. I recommend reading about the Rat Park experiments: > In another expe…

I'd say opportunity, physiology and personality. Telling someone who is already in more pain than they can handle that they are sick, weak or immoral is not a good idea. After all,…