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by cfadvan 8y ago
Many great ideas fail at first, and for a long time, because they’re massively ahead of their time. The helicopter, airplane, submarine, gun, and many more are fine examples. The submarine though has literally hundreds (or thousands if you
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by cfadvan 8y ago
People seem to easily forget the American government reaction to the civil rights movement, anti-Vietnam War movement, and so much more. Violence, coercion, intimidation and breaking its own laws without consequence are the American modus o
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by cfadvan 8y ago
I think they wear it to protect their skin from the sun first and foremost, and the choice of fabric is then designed to alllow for good air circulation and evaporation. At least, that’s the point during the day, but it’s worth remembering
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by cfadvan 8y ago
To be totally fair, FTL implies time travel, and even sub-light (but hefty fractions of light) lead to staggering time dilation effects. None of this is ever touched in most sci-fi and certainly not Star Trek. Everyone is sipping around a
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by cfadvan 8y ago
But... why? If this isn’t peak “because we fucking can, that’s why,” then what is?
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by cfadvan 8y ago
I think you haven’t kept track of the discussion or are intentionally arguing in a very narrow manner to nitpick. I’m not interested.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Were having this discussion on an international forum, online. People are making blanket statements about language without a scrap of distinction as to background or locale, just “white” and “black” and little else. Further back in this thr
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by cfadvan 8y ago
D.A.R.V.O. Deny Accuse Reverse Victim and Offender It’s a playbook that’s as old as people, and sadly it works, especially when there’s a significant power asymmetry at play. That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Americans really do think they own not only the world, but the language too, don’t they? I’m not arguing for the wisdom of insulting people, it’s just that it’s so arrogant to assume that one group in one country can declare a word belongs
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by cfadvan 8y ago
The problem is that like “Black people” the phrase “White people” is meaningless. Plenty of people who Americans would lump together as “blacks” were never enslaved ( or had ancestors enslaved). Plenty of people Americans would lump togethe
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by cfadvan 8y ago
This may come as a shock, but neither group is really cohesive and homogenous, and therefore each present a multitude of opinions on the topic ranging from permissive to prohibitive.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
To be fair, Snow Crash has megacorps, oligarchs like L. Bob Rife and David, racism galore (New South Africa franchlettes anyone?) and the plot is literally all about using tech to seize power and splinter opposition. The whole system of FOQ
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Why would a company care about people who only play Fortnite? They’re not going to be buying anything other than those games, and when the fad dies away, they will too. It’s one thing to cater to casual players, who will buy lots of differe
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by cfadvan 8y ago
It’s distressing how much life is starting to resemble a Harry Harrison novel. All were missing are porcuswine served at these establishments and well hit the high notes.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee#Legal_issues
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Thanks for the info, and I hear you about the lack of research.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
What’s the proportion of people who are trans vs intersex?
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Is he seen as eccentric? I see him as a stimulant-addled psychopathic killer with the conscience of a starving shark. Otherwise I’m in agreement with the rest of your post.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Financial services? The vampire squid does a brisk business. Fossil fuels, and some pharmaceuticals.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Nukes have their own issues. See Chernobyl and Fukushima...unless you build them 1000 miles away in a desert (not feasible--water and transmission issues.) This is like saying that airships have a lot of issues because of the Hindenburg d
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by cfadvan 8y ago
I demand there be a similar 7% cap for Africa and Europe too. Africa is a continent, India is a country. The cap isn’t based on diversity, but a country. The reason being the same as several people including myself have stated, namely so
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Cars of all kinds definitely catch fire, but other than some Italian supercars, don’t they tend to be old cars in poor repair? This is a very new car. How many of the yearly fire stats apply to a luxury car in its first two years or life?
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by cfadvan 8y ago
What percentage of those cars were less than three years old, or a supercar?
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by cfadvan 8y ago
It’s literally a 10 second series of clicks on the “orders” section of your account, no call required.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
They didn’t commit them in the name of atheism, they committed them in the name of economic and social revolutions of which atheism played a relatively small part compared to communist ideology. By comparison with “in the name of god” there
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by cfadvan 8y ago
The issue isn’t just “is it possible” given your formulation, it’s “is it possible to do anonymously?”
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by cfadvan 8y ago
You didn’t even remotely answer my question. There's a difference between displacing the local population (which you imply) and moving somewhere there's better opportunities (jobs, housing, &etc). As long as there's no c
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by cfadvan 8y ago
Honest question, why do you think that there should be totally free movement? Let’s say the US economy implodes, should a few hundred million Americans be allowed to pick a country to take over by default and sheer strength of numbers? What
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by cfadvan 8y ago
What makes you think that it would be possible to invade a Moon base, or hack it anonymously? We’ve gone past sci-fi here and into fantasy.
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by cfadvan 8y ago
I’m Irish and live in Dublin, so there is no “me” in this scenario. I’m just stating how the system works, which as far as I know would easily absorb everyone from Tuvalu, because yes, there aren’t many of them. It’s not Tuvalu’s fault that

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