YinLuck-

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by YinLuck- 5y ago
People rarely like or dislike a place for its nature, buildings, food, etc. That's all BS we tell ourselves. People connect with people. I can see how a military base is conducive to forming the kinds of personal bonds that are so rare
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by YinLuck- 6y ago
That CGP Grey video is 6+ years old already and none of its claims have come to pass. That video and this blog post both seem like the usual techno-utopian fluff -- a sermon to the already converted. Here's the truth: life expectancy i
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by YinLuck- 6y ago
>(For context, I see globalization as a means of maximizing profits, not about politics) Globalization is just a euphemism for hegemony. First it was the British Empire, then the American Empire.
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by YinLuck- 8y ago
Uighur separatists would gain significant leverage in their calls for autonomy/independence if billions of dollars of unguarded infrastructure are built across their land. Derailing a single piece of train track in the baron desert wou
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by YinLuck- 8y ago
Half a billion foreigners should be worth less than 1 Briton to a British leader.
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by YinLuck- 8y ago
>It gas been definitely easier to setup a viable business in China than in US for a few years now. Where are you getting that information? Every international index disagrees with that assertion.
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by YinLuck- 8y ago
Because you will be buying it for less than the cost of the equipment in that plant + some of the best talent + their domestic customer list thrown in for free.
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by YinLuck- 8y ago
Connections between neurons, the synapses, are encoded. So much so that they are given individual names. This is a fun one to read about to get an idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calyx_of_Held