lingben

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by lingben 3y ago
What you write is correct, except for this part: The IRGC is not a 'special wing' of the Iranian military. They are a completely separate organization which has no equivalency in Western societies or defense departments. The IRGC
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by lingben 3y ago
GAMAAN has provided insight into Iranian opinions with intelligent polling and verification methods that correct for the Islamic theocratic regime's authoritarian control over society. The coles notes are that the majority of Iranians
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by lingben 3y ago
> Ever wondered how these “small group of extremists” came about holding the entire country hostage? That’s because US nation state apparatus decided to overthrow democratically elected government there for their own interests. It is tir
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He Predicted the Fake News Crisis Now He's Worried About Information Apocalypse(buzzfeed.com)
18 points by lingben 9y ago|3 comments
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by lingben 9y ago
why would they push back on the most successful scheme since MtGox' willy bot?
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by lingben 9y ago
exchanges clients on exchanges sell BTC and buy USDT thinking they are buying USD not realizing they are buying tethers think of it this way, you can easily put money into the system but you can't get it out, instead you get funny mone
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by lingben 9y ago
> Are people getting into cryptocurrencies really that clueless? short answer is YES, people getting into cryptocurrencies really are that clueless. take for example that the vast majority who opened new accounts at coinbase didn't
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World's largest advertiser cut spending on digital ads by +$100M – sales up(businessinsider.com)
2 points by lingben 9y ago|2 comments
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by lingben 9y ago
I've observed that Trump and his supporters live in a childishly simple world where anything and anyone who says "good" or supportive things is hailed and anyone who criticizes or questions Trump is derided and held in contem
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How the Trendiest Grilled Cheese Venture Got Burnt(backchannel.com)
4 points by lingben 9y ago|0 comments
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by lingben 9y ago
I find these social memes fascinating. I wonder if any sociologist has made a serious study of how they start and spread. There is another town in India dedicated to weightlifting and working as bouncers: http://www.cnn.com/
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Telegram was app Iranians talked politics on, then the government caught on(latimes.com)
2 points by lingben 9y ago|0 comments
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The Hidden Dangers of Linear Thinking in a Non-Linear World(thelowdownblog.com)
2 points by lingben 9y ago|1 comments
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by lingben 9y ago
for a fantastic expose of how facebook is riddled with fraud and bots, check out veritasium's two videos: facebook fraud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfHeWTKjag the problem with facebook https://www.yout
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by lingben 9y ago
no, they are an asset manager, not bank or other credit/lending inst
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by lingben 9y ago
unfortunately the article doesn't mention what if any consequences there are for the student who falsely accused this teacher and ruined his life
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by lingben 9y ago
because there is so much opacity that they don't realize there's no there there https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/business/chase-ads-youtub...
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Moore’s Law: Knowledge Economy Firmly on Track(blog.knowledgeleaderscapital.com)
2 points by lingben 9y ago|0 comments
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by lingben 9y ago
and looking outside the US, Australia hasn't had a recession in more than 25 years
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Why I dissented(medium.com)
2 points by lingben 10y ago|0 comments
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Both geniuses and madmen pay attention to what others ignore(nautil.us)
248 points by lingben 10y ago|193 comments
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by lingben 10y ago
> Editor’s Note: The following piece is based on an error. The Times did not in fact change the headline of a January 19 article after its publication as was alleged. Andrew C. McCarthy acknowledges and explains the error in this post. T
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How BBC Persian Is Using Instagram and Telegram to Bypass Iranian Censorship(niemanlab.org)
1 points by lingben 10y ago|0 comments
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by lingben 10y ago
the ones with pulp are still providing you with a massive amount of sugar relative to pulp you can easily drink the equivalent of 12 oranges, in one drink but very very few people can eat 12 oranges in one sitting there is wisdom in that na
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How Technology Hijacks Peoples Minds – from a Magician and Googles Design Ethicist(medium.com)
2 points by lingben 10y ago|0 comments
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The Secret Agenda of a Facebook Quiz(nytimes.com)
268 points by lingben 10y ago|106 comments
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by lingben 10y ago
exactly, Veritasium covers this in meticulous detail in his two videos on facebook fraud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfHeWTKjag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ZqXlHl65g
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by lingben 10y ago
great spreadsheet, one small error: in the "[high ret] 0.5 / 25%, 6% hurdle" spreadsheet, column R references the "[high ret] 0.5 / 25%, 6% hurdle" spreadsheet (rather than itself)
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by lingben 10y ago
I'd love to hear his rational as well, in the meantime, here's what I've found: https://www.elmfunds.com/blog/video-the-most-important-numbe...
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HyperNormalization – BBC Documentary by Adam Curtis(youtube.com)
1 points by lingben 10y ago|1 comments

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