homo_ergaster

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by homo_ergaster 4y ago
> The lame social media posts from fellow tech workers about how things "should" be regulated gets tiresome. The real solution is to simply not work for them. If you’re calling something a “real solution” it should have at leas
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
> indoctrinated against any form of nationalism In America? Every morning in school they make all the kids stand up and recite a pledge of allegiance to the nation
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
You think it’s irrational for employees to object to a reduction in pay? That seems rational to me
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
Why is a state that builds settlements in other countries’ land a settler colony? Seems very obvious, I don’t really understand your point?
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
I don’t think anyone denies that Israel is building settlements in internationally recognized Palestinian and Syrian land. They don’t hide it, there’s a lot of very recent news online about it e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
Are you asking which country enables Israel to continue to violate international law in the longest occupation in modern history (the West Bank)? That would be the US, who gives them $4 billion dollars each year and prevents them from being
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
? Israel continues to build and operate settlement colonies in the West Bank in internationally recognized Palestinian land. I’m not sure how you can get around calling it a settler colony without some impressive mental backflips
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
You can google settler colony. I’m not suggesting anything in this comment other than that settler colonies with apartheid policies tend to be unstable throughout history. But since you asked, I don’t think citizens of Israel should have to
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
Where did you get that from? I wrote two specific criticisms which are quite different from your characterizations, maybe you should reread the comment?
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
> given their precarious situation in the Middle East That’s an interesting choice of words but I guess settler colonies with apartheid policies do tend to be precarious
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
Yeah I see your point. I think what I and others are saying is that given the US’s 70+ year track record at serving their own interests at the detriment of foreign people, there is no reason for them to completely change their goals with no
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
> Shouldn't the US try to improve China? The goal of US foreign policy has never been to improve the lives of people anywhere outside the US. A sibling comment points out that one of our closest allies in the Middle East is Saudi Ar
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
That’s a cromulent usage of decimate https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-original-d...
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
I can’t really tell if you’re saying it’s not possible to solve homelessness by giving people homes or if doing that is politically difficult. I would agree very much that it’s politically difficult to do, but a solution being politically d
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
1) Cleary the policy is massively successful and the trends are pointing towards it being solved in the next few years. I don’t read Finnish so I can’t provide a better source, but you could probably find one looking online if you don’t lik
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
>now hoping to get traction Not even just that, they also want us to donate to cover the costs for the good work they’re surely going to be doing
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
How is it not? They solved homelessness
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
>That's false What part of my comment are you referring to? I can’t really tell from what you wrote
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
> The only reason I see expenses really causing massive debt is if you choose to accept/request medical procedures you can't pay for Have you ever been to a US hospital? They don’t have a menu where you browse treatments and pr
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
Finland’s recent policies are a good example https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-edition-for-janua...
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
Yeah I’m just saying they have a close relationship as evidenced by the location of us-east-1. How far that relationship goes you or I do not know, but clearly there is a close relationship
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
> The reason so much telecom infrastructure terminated in that region was due to proximity to the government center of gravity Yeah, that’s what I said. You could have just upvoted the comment ;)
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
“Government involvement” is not a boogeyman that makes everything bad. The UK government is very involved in the NHS. The NHS provides completely free care and gets better public health outcomes than the US with less spending. The source of
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
There is a reason AWS’ first and largest region is in Northern Virginia
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
In the same way I should be credited for buying an expensive couch
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Will the Media Finally Learn Something from Its Fake “Havana Syndrome” Debacle?(jacobinmag.com)
2 points by homo_ergaster 5y ago|1 comments
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by homo_ergaster 5y ago
If a teacher was telling you they’re exhausted from work would you smugly point out that ditch diggers have it harder? Physical labor and non-physical labor can both be demanding work, it’s not a competition and you’re not doing the physica