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amn't is absolutely a word. It's the standard contraction of "am not" in Hiberno-English. Wiktionary says it's used in Scotland as well: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amn't

I'm sorry, but I don't think it's fair for you to imply that I'm posting in bad faith. The link I posted is not a "random" link, and whether you click on it or not is up to you, bu…

Post about US funded biological weapons labs in Ukraine. I've seen half a dozen Twitter accounts banned and subreddits quarantined/banned over posting on that issue alone. I'm not …

> I'm always surprised how little interest there seems to be from the international muslim community in the Xinjiang situation, given that at least parts of it really blow up over …

Check out XY Tech who build and distribute modified ThinkPads. Xue Yao, the person behind it, intends to build a motherboard that will fit into an X220 case soon, possibly this yea…

China is actually interested in helping people in Afghanistan. They sent aid[1] during the winter crisis and they have called for the return of the assets of the Afghan people that…

It's a completely fair question to ask what is the Chinese justification. I found this documentary[1] by CGTN about the recent history of extremism and terrorist attacks in Xinjian…

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> CCP has proven to us that we can't trust their word. Over and over again. Are you able to substantiate that claim?

> Writing my own docx parser? Sure, that will be one mythical man century of work. I'm not sure that's actually a great example. I had a project a while ago where I needed to extra…

Okay, I think we can all agree this guy is an asshole, and surely doesn't represent the views of most techies in San Francisco, right? Obviously it's fucked that so many people are…

> Let's face it, humans need somebody to be on top. We don't know how to function otherwise. At least not for very long. What's your basis for saying this? Do you have any way of v…

> If you want real understanding of music in a useful way for real people, I recommend Bob Snyder's book "Music and Memory: An Introduction" which was actually written to teach cre…

Communism is not the opposite of individualism, that's nonsense. Have a look at "The Right to be Greedy: Theses on the Practical Necessity of Demanding Everything". Greed in its fu…

No, not at all. I would argue that one implies the other. Historically, and still to this day in much of Europe, the term "libertarianism" is a synonym for anarchism, i.e., liberta…

You could make it work for any colour with: color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);

> We have a democracy, and obviously only a minority consider this to be an issue of concern. > > If you have a problem with it, stand for election. There must be a name for this k…

I agree that people should earn a living wage that enables them to live in the community that they serve, but all cops are bastards[1]. [1]: http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/atoz/fu…

I completely agree, except I am advocating shoplifting. I also wish there were more hackers who would use their lockpicking skills for more than just recreation. I feel like the id…

Shoplifting can be a bit of an art. I agree with you that the “hacking” thing is overused, but I think it makes sense to call something like booster bags a “hack”, for example. The…

Would would a perfect drone make the world a better place? What would be better about that world?

Could you explain to my why being “anti-GMO” necessarily implies being “anti-science”? What definitions of “GMO” and “science” are you using to make that proposition true? I actual…

Haha, good troll. GMOs = science. Anti-GMOs = anti-science.

“I own property”

Are you saying that the political left would be more effective if it never used violence ever?