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You’re a nosy little bastard aren’t you.
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specializeded··on Ask HN: What 'product' have you done for your own use?
Why a website if you don’t mind me asking?
specializeded··on Liu Xiaobo, Nobel laureate and political prisoner, dies at 61 in Chinese custody
That might be because China hasn’t been a superpower for very long, they’ve literally not been able to project that sort of force.

Bit disingenuous to imply that’s solely because of policy, not reality and vice versa.

specializeded··on NASA admits it doesn’t have the funding to land humans on Mars
Opposite of what lots of us want too, kumbaya circles didn’t fuel the space race!
specializeded··on UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia ruled lawful
I disagree with having to research it on your own. It’s a common enough theory thrown around on reddit, Twitter, fb groups etc on the daily without any further thought required on one’s part. Search petrodollar on any of those sites and see.

To make it fun, drink every time you see mention of the Jews, Masons, and NWO while looking through the results.

specializeded··on How Nature Solves Problems Through Computation
Thank you very much!
specializeded··on How Nature Solves Problems Through Computation
Please come back and share some resources if possible, googling variations of “centralization” and “information/graph theory” as we speak!
specializeded··on The Miseducation of Henry Adams
To be fair,

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

Is inscribed on his grave!

specializeded··on US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows
I mean, agreed and understood.

This is bad in the sense pro-military influence & "rub my back I'll rub yours" is bad in general, but I'm not seeing the directed efforts that would justify the tone or title of the article. It smells like clickbait, and now I smell like military apologism from saying so!

specializeded··on US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows
That stood out to me as well, but not in a positive way. Their sole example of the sort of proactive scheming and weaving I was expecting from our spooks, and it happened in the 40s/50s? Again it sounds scary on the face of it, but I'm just not quite feeling it.
specializeded··on Chinese plan for “traffic-straddling bus” ended after 32 people were arrested
Still have them today... Driving home last night, I tried to imagine how many of the people next to me on the road were drunk while riding their 2 ton steel horses home.
specializeded··on US military intelligence agencies have influenced over 1,800 movies and TV shows
So in exchange for production support, DOD and IC reserve the right to back out if certain topics are broached, or if they’re represented in a way they don’t approve of.

The movies and tv shows come to them, and they’re subsequently influenced as part of the deal.

Am I reading this correctly? They’ve really tried to make it scary but I’m left feeling “well, yeah I guess that makes sense, sucks tho I guess”...

specializeded··on More Millennials Are Having Strokes
It’s “click bait”, and what a sad, sad view to have on addiction. I hope it never affects you or anyone you care about.
specializeded··on What it feels like to get hit by a pitch
You were knocked unconscious? That’s quite scary, I’ve always imagined the helmets and low velocity prevent that :(
specializeded··on India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green
The article is comparing India to India, the commenter is comparing India to India, you're not.

A country having less output compared to more developed countries isn't surprising, nor the issue.

specializeded··on Science was ignored today
Is it right to subject the rest of the world to our 8 year administration cycle, from the sort of leadership position the US holds?
specializeded··on Science was ignored today
Should we work to lessen our importance on the world? At some point we need to realize wherever we go, they go as well.
specializeded··on Paris climate agreement: Trump withdraws US from global accord
Resist.
specializeded··on How jeans conquered the world (2012)
Oh man, LA high schools circa 2009 would have loved you!
specializeded··on How jeans conquered the world (2012)
That does sound boring... I see black jeans, all shades of blue jeans, white jeans and gray jeans on a v regular basis. High waisted, cut off, slim, baggy, "jorts" & their modern, slimmer variants etc

A few years ago there were even lots of very loud turquoise, red and yellow ones around for a time, and honestly I think we're all a little glad that's ended :)

specializeded··on Net neutrality is in jeopardy again
A free market solution to net neutrality is a talking point, regardless of how a specific comment is formatted.

You missed this part: "without feigning this absurd obtuseness".

And for the record I'm addressing the dopey false concern, not your stance on net neutrality.

Have an honest day.

specializeded··on Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker
It's so simple and pretty that it makes me sort of angry.

Thanks for the inspiration (and app) Kushagra!

specializeded··on ESPN Can't Afford to Go on Like This
Oh man absolutely! That's why I used college sports, I think they're our closest equivalent to club culture like that. Figured they were American and tried to make it relatable
specializeded··on ESPN Can't Afford to Go on Like This
American sports commentary focusing on politics may be relatively new, but sports and politics have always been friends.

I think in terms of pro sports in America everything's a bit artificial (maybe because of being regional entities) and less political, but at the collegiate level the politics fly.

Who you support says a lot about your family and background, especially if you all aren't direct grads. Compare fans of Georgia Tech vs Georgia, or Texas vs Texas A&M. California vs Fresno st, etc.

specializeded··on We Can Do Better
Disgusting company, disgusting "apology".

Add the specific names involved (e.g. Jojo Hedaya) to a list in your head, they'll inevitably be involved in more shadiness throughout the years and it's fun to reminisce.

specializeded··on Uber CEO Plays with Fire
(From unroll.me's copy on their front page)

Instantly see a list of all your subscription emails. Unsubscribe easily from whatever you don’t want.

Unroll.Me is a free service

So they analyse an inbox, and siphon the data in the process.

specializeded··on We’re dropping Google Ads
Have you tried Blendle? It's exactly as you say towards the end, articles are ~20 cents each with lots of good publishers.

I've been using them since they launched in the US and couldn't be happier, they even offer refunds for clickbait!

specializeded··on Why Is the Pentagon a Pentagon?
They're more than likely American, I know me and a few others have gone through phases of randomly pointing out common "misconceptions" like that to my fellow citizens! Mostly harmless
specializeded··on Head of US military testing slams F-35, says it's unfit to fly
*retired
specializeded··on How to Be Someone People Love to Talk To (2015)
For sure keep the talkative ones around, they rub off. You might notice you naturally take the "lead" in convos with people like you as time goes on :)
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