decebalus1

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by decebalus1 4y ago
Not sure if it's the same thing here. The US didn't attempt to turn Afghanistan or Irak into a US state, have them fly the "Old Glory" and their kids recite the pledge of allegiance when school starts.
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by decebalus1 4y ago
For people who don't know the context for this (like I did not), I think this helps: https://medium.com/ethereum-swarm/this-is-book-of-swarm-e7ba...
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by decebalus1 4y ago
thanks!
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Not sure if you're comment is condescending or I've asked the wrong question. Probably a bit of both. I did read the article but I was asking more along the lines of actual evidence. This being a new and highly publicized phenomen
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Just the fact that the government seems to bend over backwards to accept this Havana syndrome narrative while in the past being extra skeptical about all sorts of occupational hazards (like the Iraq burn pits or Agent Orange) is enough to m
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Evidence for damage found in the vestibular system found by independent clinicians?
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Source for those statements? I've been following this since it appeared in the news cycles but I don't recall any evidence of physical damage. There were some inconclusive physical changes (keyword changes, not damage) but that do
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Nothing spells 'Care for customers' like pulling the plug and allowing 2 whole months to get their data out.
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by decebalus1 4y ago
> So, it's not really a surprise that theyve declared open season on nuclear power plants. So getting butthurt is an unsurprising justification for attacking nuclear power plants? Don't store materiel inside the nuclear plant.
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Wait until you hear about Staff engineers.
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by decebalus1 4y ago
> Do you really think Russia will ever pay reperations? Yes. One way or another, Russia will pay. If only through discounted gas or indirectly after becoming China's puppet.
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by decebalus1 4y ago
It's 'Qui bono' or more accurately and less pretentious: 'who benefits'
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Nothing spells 'success' like having to buy ammo from North Korea.
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by decebalus1 4y ago
> colleagues quickly became disgruntled towards the person taking mat/pat leave because that meant more workload for them That's not really a place you'd want to work anyway, as this reeks of both bad management and bad co
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by decebalus1 4y ago
[Ben rushes up to Paul's room after Jelly throws a hit man off the balcony onto the wedding party] Boss Paul Vitti : Hey, people get depressed, they jump. But that ain't my fault. Dr. Ben Sobel : Oh, so you're telling me it w
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Cut the crap, paganel (lasa vrajeala). You're completely off topic and just wrong. The transition to the market economy for Romania was indeed painful in the 90s but that's primarily because the exact same communist apparatus was
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by decebalus1 4y ago
> the government's goals are not necessarily aligned with your own. as opposed to the private sector? > But if the government is also providing the healthcare services "for free" to individuals, then there is an incenti
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Fair enough. Based on Zbigniew Brzezinski and Carl Friedrich, totalitarianism has 6 characteristics which makes it a particular extreme form of authoritarianism. The definitions relate to state level politics, so I agree it's a bit of
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by decebalus1 4y ago
> You're the one claiming "totalitarian". But when someone brings in real totalitarian, you say "hey, that's too extreme". I was referring to the comparison itself to be extreme. There's a difference. C
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by decebalus1 4y ago
There's no point in getting defensive, that's not my favorite book and nobody expects you or anyone to actually read it, let alone before replying. It's just a reference to the ideas I mentioned, put in a more academic format
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Do you have any say in employee compensation? Do you have any say in employee perks/benefits? I mean a real say, not preferences which are allowed by some benevolent analyst from HR. If the CEO goes rogue and the company is private, ca
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by decebalus1 4y ago
I find it funny when people who spend most of their waking hours under a de facto totalitarian leadership (the workspace) expect that companies extend the same rights to their userbase as the US constitution.
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by decebalus1 4y ago
I agree with you. Avid Stephenson fan, I read all of his works but 'The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.' was the last novel I actually enjoyed..
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Unfortunately that's not what he did. I also can't FOIA the documents he took, can I?
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Wow, didn't know John Bolton was on hackernews!
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Ugh.. I personally hate these lists. Absolutely no value added, nobody is going to remember these, they're gonna learn them the hard way and most importantly, if they don't work directly with the timekeeping infrastructure, probab
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by decebalus1 4y ago
> That's the point of a boss. I disagree. The point of a boss is to squeeze as much productivity as possible from contributors in order to meet business goals. If they do that as a humane understanding collaborator or as a micromana
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Those hypersonic missiles are really turning the tide in Ukraine /s
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by decebalus1 4y ago
Same here. I only get delivery if the restaurant has their own delivery operation. Never had a good experience with any of the delivery apps, to the extent that I've been wondering who the hell is using them and how are they still oper
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by decebalus1 4y ago
I think you'd be interested in this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32335165

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