binarray2000

9 ms·

1. 151.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   Why can't they just ask other more friendly countries (Russia, Norway, maybe China) for the expertise in exchange for oil? Should be an easy solution, or am I missing something in my oversimplification? (And, please, don't blame i
2. 152.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   Same here. It's disguisting what the "Beacon of Democracy and Freedom" does to those who break the law to expose much bigger crimes. If you're in the US you can write to your representative. Or organise a movement. But,
3. 153.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   Is that the same Kenneth Rogoff who co-authored a study about "Growth in a Time of Debt" which turned out to be full of faked data? And, curiously, EU/ECB/MMF (the infamous "Troika") and, most prominently, Germ
4. 154.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   I hope someone knowledgable will help me here. Do I get this right: US taxpayers are giving their hard earned dollars so that a government agency CIA can take it and, throu their venture capital firm (!), invest it into something that might
5. 155.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   Great writeup! Very enjoyable read but, at least for me, the last part "Thoughts on the Van Life" was the best. All the best!
6. 156.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   (Disclaimer: I am writing about 0.1% of Americans/Germans, not about 99.9%. And I assume you do to.) > So next time someone tells you that american banks are responsible for screwing up the world. Point them at the Germans and the S
7. 157.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   This. Further: US oligarchy[1][2]/establishment/(self proclaimed) elite blames Russia for every leak where they look bad. As if there are no real US American patriots who, unsatisfied with the course that same oligarchy has taken
8. 158.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   Nitpick: Position of "mal" in the German sentence is wrong. "Leih mir mal ein Dollar" is the right one.
9. 159.▲
   by binarray2000 10y ago

   Re Crimea: International laws forsee referendum as a legal mean of separation. And that is what people of Crimea did. Re Syria: NATO was bombing in Syria for years and it didn't have (and still doesn't have) any legitimacy to do s
10. 160.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    Yes, those ruskies! How dare they react to the coup in Ukraine? How dare they save their naval base in Sevastopol? Base that is longer there than the US of A exist. How dare they, among other things, react to the request to tender [1] by th
11. 161.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    Can it get more silly? Russia, after disintegration of the Soviet Union, has not moved an inch to the west. NATO, on the other hand, is nearer on Russia than ever. And does military exercises near the Russian border. And builds launching pa
12. 162.▲
    How the US Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes(propublica.org)

    10 points by binarray2000 10y ago|1 comments
13. 163.▲
    Hacked Emails Reveal NATO General Plotting Against Obama on Russia Policy(theintercept.com)

    11 points by binarray2000 10y ago|0 comments
14. 164.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_European...
15. 165.▲
    Americans' Confidence in Newspapers at New Low(gallup.com)

    2 points by binarray2000 10y ago|0 comments
16. 166.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    Fascinating hardware with great processing speed. One question for the knowledgeable: Why are speeds for PostgreSQL hashes so high (~ 25k MH/s) compared with, say, MSSQL(2012) (~ 1k MH/s)?
17. 167.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    (1) The main link is for the article from 19th, September 2000 which predates Brexit by 16 years. (2) Telegraph is "just" a messenger. Main source are documents that "were found by Joshua Paul, a researcher at Georgetown Univ
18. 168.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    A few more infos: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/27/the-european-...
19. 169.▲
    EU creation financed by CIA (declassified US docs)(telegraph.co.uk)

    6 points by binarray2000 10y ago|3 comments
20. 170.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    Yeah... Cojones :-) Or coincidence: 2015-11-23: US air force general and the second-highest ranking military officer visits Turkey "to discuss the Russian airstrikes on Turkmen-populated areas in Syria. http://www.dailysabah
21. 171.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    > Turkey makes the claim that insulting the head of state is a 'crime against humanity'. Turkey is a corrupt country and is committing 'crimes against humanity' on a daily basis. [...] All true. But it doesn't st
22. 172.▲
    The.SD.TV.x264.Releasing.Standards.2016-SDTVx264(scenenotice.org)

    3 points by binarray2000 10y ago|0 comments
23. 173.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    Upvoted! (And I don't know, why you were downvoted) If we're doing software the open source way (and thus securing the sustainability of the software "eco" system), why not do the same for food production (and secure the
24. 174.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    (1) Has Ghaddafi really threatend to "decimate Benghazi"? "Contrary to Western media reports, Qaddafi did not initiate Libya’s violence by targeting peaceful protesters. The United Nations and Amnesty International have docum
25. 175.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    'None of these "revolutions" started as US+European backed.' Really? Clinton on Qaddafi: https://youtu.be/mlz3-OzcExI ADDENDUM regarding "US+European" involvement in Libya and Syria (as I was
26. 176.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    Well, he is a tool. But, I think that those e-mails are just a "limited hangout": They are exposing just so much to let us think that there is not much to see anyway. Stratfor does "consulting" as well and those e-mail c
27. 177.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    I assume, you are reffering to this: https://youtu.be/QeLu_yyz3tc Chilling insight into foreign policy of a superpower (an euphemism for "empire"). Not that he says something new (if you've read Carroll Quigl
28. 178.▲
    by binarray2000 10y ago

    Let's put it like it is: Infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. We can not infinitely polute air, water, soil. We can not infinitely extract all crude materials from the Earth. We can not infinitely exploit most of the other
29. 179.▲
    by binarray2000 11y ago

    Also, Business Insider is owned by Axel Springer.
30. 180.▲
    by binarray2000 11y ago

    Not only giving advice: "Deutsche Bank boss throws party, Merkel foots the bill" ( http://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-bank-boss-throws-party-merkel-... ).