rccrv

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by rccrv 8y ago
Why does astroturfing need to come from a large organization? A bunch of like-minded users could be enough depending on the volume of commenting or voting. They also don't need to be paid and even have centralized management. I've
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by rccrv 8y ago
Oh great another attempt at the daily China thread on HN. With both the whatabowtists and the anti-China hawks trying to outplay each other in the moral outrage game. There are plenty of subreddits for those who like to astroturf about Chin
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by rccrv 9y ago
This is a very common oversimplification of how Brazilian society works that's popular among many who didn't really spend too much time studying Brazilian or American history. The justification goes like this: Brazilian society wa
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by rccrv 10y ago
They own the company that develops their software[1] as far as I know. It's a subsidiary. [1]: This company: https://www.rdisoftware.com/
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by rccrv 10y ago
BMW, McLaren and friends probably simply buy all the carbon fiber they use from Toray. Just like Boeing do. If McLaren has some production, it's probably not more than a pilot plant.
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by rccrv 11y ago
That is a good equivalent and it gives some idea of what happened for those familiar with the concept. Thanks for the clarification.
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by rccrv 11y ago
It wasn't Congress that decided that. It is a single judge that gave an order to block the service for 48 hours. It can be reversed if another judge decides the "liminar" (I don't know how to say this in English, it&#x27