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by generic_user 7y ago
> The world trade order is tilted in favor of the US, as are IP rules (favoring the incumbent power, with a head start of several decades). This is not a US only issue. the only incentive to create IP whether its scientific, technology,
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by generic_user 7y ago
> What are those issues? The issue is certainly not that China wants to advance there local industries. The US has spent the last 40 years+ helping china develop its industry and technology. The Issue is that China was obligated to dev
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by generic_user 7y ago
The fundamental issues surrounding China 2025 which has prompted a shift in trade posture between the United States and China affect every other developed manufacturing nation in the world. Including Germany and the rest of the EU Nation
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by generic_user 7y ago
thats a good summation, it's important to note that the "Made in China 2025" is the explicit Official policy issued by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. So this is not interpretation or exaggeration. The official policy of The Peo
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by generic_user 8y ago
Commercial farms generally have some form of Crop insurance along with equipment insurance etc. I don't think very small one man farms that sell directly at farmers markets are eligible for most of the programs. But most of those peopl
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by generic_user 8y ago
Its not objective criteria that is the problem. Its the interpretation and misrepresentation by ideologues that is inadequate. 'just having the right parents will push your sores up on average' That has little to do with the obje
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by generic_user 8y ago
The idea of 'Over representation' of a certain racial group based on there percentage of the population is entirely subjective and racist. At Cal Tech Asians are roughly 50% of students. Cal Tech does not consider race in admissi
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by generic_user 8y ago
I think this is going to be a watershed case that shows that race based admissions and affirmative action programs no matter the intent are socially and morally regressive. They inevitably lead to racist polices and race based favoritism of
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by generic_user 8y ago
Harvard is being sued for racial discrimination against Asian Americans in there admissions policies. They created set of personality criteria for admissions. The criteria was entirely subjective, things like 'positive personality&#x
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by generic_user 9y ago
The promise of a post industrial society was always that western countries would be able to have smaller families with more highly educated children who were more productive and innovative. Future generations could reduce resource usage but
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by generic_user 9y ago
It only takes one lawsuit that goes to the supreme court to turn this whole debate into a federal legislative debate about civil rights or some other expansive constitutional issue. When your in a situation where domain registrars and other
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by generic_user 9y ago
Ok then, lets give Trump, the DOJ and Jeff Sessions the impetus to start drafting legislation to fight 'internet hate speech' and see what they come up with. edit: > That's a slippery slope argument Its not. These discussi
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by generic_user 9y ago
We have to be steadfast to the idea that defending the free speech that you might find repulsive is defending your own right to free speech.
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UC Berkeley chancellor unveils 'Free Speech Year' and campus events(latimes.com)
2 points by generic_user 9y ago|0 comments
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Fighting Neo-Nazis and the Future of Free Expression(eff.org)
233 points by generic_user 9y ago|180 comments
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by generic_user 9y ago
I think your statement is very short and in the flow of the thread reads poorly if your intention was to say that committing violence can be done by people other then fascists. It reads as an implicit moralization. But your correct that it
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by generic_user 9y ago
Americans are legally armed and have the right to defend themselves under the constitution. This ideology that Antifa is going to use physical violence to stop people in America from exercising there constitutional rights to free speech is
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by generic_user 9y ago
Please do not condone the use of violence against (insert bad people) on HN. That is totally beyond any legitimate conversation and is illegal and morally repugnant.
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by generic_user 9y ago
Antifa in the US use potentially deadly violence against people they target. There is a growing body of lawsuits and criminal convictions that will most likely have them declared as domestic terrorists at some point. http://www.
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by generic_user 9y ago
The lesson to take away from this regardless of your political leanings is that whatever power you give the state to go after a group you may disagree with will always, eventually be used against you. It makes no difference if the target gr
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“March on Google” Protest in Mountain View Postponed(mercurynews.com)
2 points by generic_user 9y ago|0 comments
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by generic_user 9y ago
This is a particularly ridiculous straw man because a good portion of the critics of cultural marxism are Jews.
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by generic_user 9y ago
Or you can just move most of your operations to Asia or Eastern Europe where they don't have these western liberal ideological impediments to business. And Ironically provide a higher percentage of highly qualified Women in STEM profes
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by generic_user 9y ago
So basically its ok to discrimate against Men because Women are 'opressed'. Thats not an acceptable argument imo.
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by generic_user 9y ago
> There are many people who believe he should have been fired anyway for offending his female coworkers and perhaps making them feel unsafe. I feel unsafe as a Man when people advocate that employers should engage in gender discriminatio
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by generic_user 9y ago
Simply stating that 'its the current year' you can not have those opinions, is not addressing the issue or argument. Its an attempt to shut down debate and silence people. The article was about techniques you can try to engage peo
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by generic_user 9y ago
The bigger problem now is that some of the platforms themselves have chosen to take sides on contentious debates and engage in unfair treatment of the other side. This has the effect of emboldening the most radical players on both sides and
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by generic_user 9y ago
Its a question of degree. Yes you have to have 'some' people skills to be a programmer in a team but its a small amount of skill. In a group of people that probably has more in common with you than any other group you have to inte
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by generic_user 9y ago
I think this this is the talking points for the Democrats but its not very convincing. > The way the swings on the special elections are going, which are all violently swinging away from the Republicans. The Republicans won all 6 specia
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by generic_user 9y ago
Most of the skills that you listed only start to really matter if you try to move into a management position. No company or project wants rank and file programmers (which is the vast majority of any project) who think there also managers an

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