7.1 Earthquake in Japan • Hacker News Board

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by ulfw » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC

zuzululu wrote: post #249

ulfw wrote: post #247

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Please educate yourself about the Korea border. It's an actual real thing and has zero resemblance to Quebec/Ottawa

I am well educated on the topic, I'm pointing out your ignorance since you genuinely appear to be fearing a North Korean invasion and when the probability is as low as Quebec to rise up against Canada.

I am such an ignorant idiot. You are right. God my ignorance. 1.3 MM North Korean soldiers, nuclear bomb. 500,000 standing troops South Korean forces. 28,000+ US troops station in South Korea. A demilitarized zone. All there for pure funsies and out of nothing but boredom.

You are right. It's much better than Quebec's big riiiiiiiise against the evil English-speaking Canada... which... checks atlas... oh... Quebec is a part of? Wait... what?

God if only I wasn't so ignorant!

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by jambalaya8 » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC

jambalaya8 wrote: post #210

toast0 wrote: post #140

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Where I live in the US (near Seattle), there's no piped natural gas, most detatched houses have a 250-500 gallon propane tank. Seattle has piped gas, but my county never had the density to justify the expense to install distribution piping and now its disfavored. My house has a second tank for a backup generator. We use the main tank for our stove/range, water heater, clothes dryer, and a decorative fireplace that's…

Were you there for the earthquake in 2001? I was. I still find it surprising there hasn't been another large quake in Seattle since then. Pretty fortunate.

I guess, a little. But you need to be in an earthquake in Seattle before you get the different way it feels from one in, say, California.

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by queenkjuul » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

w7 wrote: post #159

reducesuffering wrote: post #158

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If anything that should warrant more attention...

The few socialist papers that I've read make the claim that there is nothing to pay attention to, and that the event is "American Propaganda" to try and make Venezuela look weak. The government attempts to control and suppress videos of the event. Following the event involves trying to see past the state's narrative and take in anything that trickles through. Combine this with the fact that it's likely far easier for…

I have to know what socialist papers you're referring to