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This is exactly the argument propaganda in Russia and Belarus brings forward again and again — that it’s bystanders and outsiders that attempt to shame people into violence and gra…

Navigating canals and major harbours requires a pilot. Pilot was on board, but there seems to have been some kind of conflict between Master and Pilot that resulted in high tension…

There are multiple creationist theories. The one you described is close to sanctioned Roman Catholic view, for example. Since _Humani Generis_ by Pope Pius XII, the accepted view i…

I don’t argue that it happened the same way. Impact sure took longer than what we can achieve with modern technology, but the fact remains. Humans arrived into the last jungles of …

They still ate all the megafauna within a couple thousand years of their arrival, and, arguably, significantly contributed to deforestation of the continent. So, not that different…

Genre-binding naming conventions are exactly the problem. "Blog" originally stood for "web log", and as such didn't put any constraints or expectations on the media format, length,…

Missing the Mobile boat is a major blow to blogging, the way I see it. Self-hosted blogging had passed on the format of ad-hoc notes while on the move, and basically ignored the en…

VPN, or any other network segmentation does, indeed, just shift the attack surface, and often creates a false sense of security behind a network perimeter. Google, for example, pro…

If anything, armed conflict in space will likely play out with autonomous and remotely controlled weaponry and might as well be death-less. There’s absolutely no reason to launch h…

Why not? Markets are interested in capital gains and profit sharing, not necessarily steering the wheel directly. How is it wrong for a founder to take a smaller cut of the profit …

Fortune Magazine is owned by the same family that owns CP Group, Thailand’s largest conglomerate. Their economic interests in China are clear. Hear them boast on Wikipedia: “When C…

Not if it’s your ride waiting for you in short-term parking space, or a food delivery person at your doorstep.

“Always been a better experience” is just a personal experience. Uber launched in SG before Grab did. Many drivers preferred Uber - they’re payout schedule and incentive structure …

Mediation is exercise for the mind. One exercises the body to better control their bodily functions, like movements, breathing, heartbeat, etc. One meditates to develop better cont…

Compelling telcos to do that is the regulator's job. Not sure about the US, but in most of the rest of the world regulators come up with new rules and regulations requiring some fo…

I'm not in NZ, but seriously considered it as a destination. I agree with you, the article has nothing to do with reality and is just wishful thinking or, more likely, a PR shill p…

Many would love to see a single US official going to jail for starting wars under false premise, installing puppet regimes and ruining whole ecosystems to support business interest…

In the 150 years before WW II ended there has hardly been 20 years of peace in Europe in one stretch. Domestic European squabble developed into bloodiest conflicts the world had se…

Robots just kept dying in there all those years [1]. I reckon they are disposable, in effect. [1]: http://mashable.com/2017/03/03/fukushima-robots-fail/

No intent to belittle any nation’s effort, but technology doesn’t spread evenly. Technological advances secured West’s domination over much of the world for centuries, despite havi…

Prosecution cannot claim anything without evidence. Now there’s only evidence of obstruction of justice by some IT manager, but no evidence to support charges of election fraud by …

I’m Russian living in Asia now and I agree with this hypothesis. Soviet education and propaganda both nurtured collaboration over competition. “Individualsist” was definitely a bad…

Technically you could have a single URL that returns any manifest based on user-agent or whatever player info is available in the GET request. But yeah, JS players make life a whol…

Nah, but was until not very long ago. Thanks, I contemplated whether I should disclose it, but given that I have currently have no stakes in the game, decided it's unnecessary.

CloudFlare is entering a very crowded space. With YouTube and Facebook owning an overwhelming majority of video hosting market, what’s left is shared between Brightcove, The Platfo…