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bushinon Amazon worker chat app to ban words such as “union”, “pay raise”, “slave labor”

"It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter."

bushinon Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine

No need to imagine: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/26/europe/ukraine-zelensky-e...

bushinon Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into effective propaganda

I think they meant books like this one: https://market.yandex.ru/product--romanov-german-ivanovich-t...

"Comrade Hitler. Part II. Hanged Churchill"

bushinon Some Americans are breaking out of political echo chambers

> Not sure what the Eastern Roman empire was doing with respect to conquering and Christianizing, but if they converted anyone, I don’t think those pagans contributed imagery back to Christian holidays as we know them in America.

Carol of the Bells

bushinon Moore's Law for Everything

Labor force participation rate: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.ACTI.ZS?location...

bushinon Bitcoin’s Overnight Collapse Probability Is About 50%

"Can't retire. Not worth it to work. Five will drive you un poco loco, my fine feathered friend. The poorest rich person in America. The world's tallest dwarf. The weakest strong man at the circus."

bushinon New six-film series from Adam Curtis

It's not 20 dimensional chess. It's simple Chapayev[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapayev_(game)

bushinon Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road Founder

Bullshit. There was no investigation. No one investigated Trump.

bushinon Morgan Stanley to Shift About $120B of Assets to Germany

Judging by Brexit, 50 years is a reasonable timeframe.

bushinon When tipping was considered un-American (2015)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-caf%C3%A9

bushinon Army wants smaller brigades, stronger divisions and lots of robots

Your reply lacks empathy for Ukrainian side.

bushinon No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This

Through no fault of your own, powerful and/or discontent people in your country can significantly alter your purchasing power.

bushinon Turkish Ultranationalist Group on the “Hunt for Armenians” in France

I just hope Turkey and Azerbaijan restore their territorial integrity.

bushinon EU shoots for €10B ‘industrial cloud’ to rival US

There are only so many turnips you can eat but Apple's Stand is $1000 everywhere.

bushinon Assange Trial Day 18

It’s European court, not EU. So far only Belarus is not a member state.

bushinon From context collapse to content collapse

Putin is infamous for speaking like a low-class thug cos that's how he spent his youth.

bushinon Coronavirus Is Making Universal Basic Income Look Better

He is a political activist now.

bushinon How do you know if you’re living through the death of an empire?

no we have not

bushinon Hague court orders Dutch state to pay out over colonial massacres

> we should study Lithuania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania

bushinon Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaibatsu

bushinon Apple changes Crimea map when viewed from Russia

The earlier Ukrainians had started kicking out Russian agents the lesser loss of lives and territories they would've suffered. They hesitated because they didn't see Russia as an enemy.

bushinon Apple changes Crimea map when viewed from Russia

Ukrainians didn't think that Russians are evil boogiemen and look what happened to them. Better safe than sorry.

bushinon Starship Prototype Unveiled

it's $42/barrel, the difference from the market price goes into their war chest

bushinon Xi’s Dilemma: Send Forces into Hong Kong, or Wait Out Protesters

Yep, I dismiss your incorrect comment.

bushinon Xi’s Dilemma: Send Forces into Hong Kong, or Wait Out Protesters

Wrong. Soldiers and weapons came from Russia.

bushinon The land that no country wants (2016)

China got half of Bolshoy Ussuriysky island and Tarabarov island on Amur river in 2004.

bushinon Why Generics?

"protocol can only be used as a generic constraint because it has Self or associated type requirements"

bushinon YC's request for startups: Government 2.0

People don't want to be "the poor".

bushinon 25M Brits would struggle in a cashless society

You can have a local virtual currency and good ol' US dollars.