teresonos

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by teresonos 9y ago
This seems to be one of those "dark patterns" in design, where they try to persuade someone to perform a certain action. At the very least, change it to "Save to Cloud" and "Save to Disk." But to be really clea
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by teresonos 9y ago
Thank you for taking the time to respond. The problem is that "factual information" can have a narrative that changes how events are interpreted [1]. An additional question: suppose you could limit the power of the alt-right, neo-
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by teresonos 9y ago
Students in China are definitely taught about "figures are famous for the strength of their moral beliefs, the brutality they endured as a result, and their perseverance despite such adversity." But considering that Liu Xiaobo pre
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by teresonos 9y ago
The US can extradite foreign citizens for committing crimes against American interests. Whose to say that China can't do the same one day? Maybe the US would never agree, but imagine you are vacationing in some country that has good re
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by teresonos 9y ago
But how you report the factual information is important. For example, suppose a ship with 1000 people was sinking. - 800 lives saved by swift action and heroic first responders. - Botched government response results in 200 dead.
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by teresonos 9y ago
Assuming you are an American, you have people in your own country that don't have the same values as you. Question 1: Since they have the same access as you to "truthful history" why are their values different? Question 2: Do
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by teresonos 9y ago
Things got better eventually, but at the start of colonization it was basically like Jim Crow era for Hongkongers. And even up till the 1980s, there was an undertone of white privilege, especially in Central (the business district).
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by teresonos 9y ago
> There is a commonly held belief (which I haven't researched and thus don't know if true or not) that they didn't make nearly as much of a ruckus when they were under British colonial rule During the early years of coloni