>> It turned out that my subscription, which had been going since 2013, > I am reading this and I am thinking god I am old. Don't worry, while 13 years seems long enough to make you feel old, you're not old. You'll know…
> so they're creatively interpreting their Parliamentary Rules to accuse Farage of violating them You seem deeply ignorant about the rules UK politicians are bound by. The Parliamentary Standards investigation doesn't…
I see from the comments here many Americans especially are confused by this situation. Some background might make help. Farage seems to have broken Parliamentary Rules (laid down after the cash for questions scandal in…
> This is all from the perspective of people who already oppose Farage, though Actually, you seem to be the one ignoring data out of partisan prejudice. The polls are quite clear Farage's shady finances are damaging…
What a bullshit list this is. It's high time we grew out of this myth that 'wealth creation' comes from capitalists. Any list like this first needs to make some effort to quantify how much of that 'wealth' is being…
How poorly informed you are. A significant portion of Ukraine's manufacturing now happens abroad, out of Russia's reach. Meanwhile, a large part of its domestic production is decentralized and widely distributed. (You…
There were no airlifts into Ukraine, arms had to cross the border as they have since. The supplies were in small quantities up to the invasion. They were an important help to Ukraine, but you are overstating how crucial…
Russian logistics failed because of Ukrainian resistance. The NLAWs and stingers were extremely useful to Ukraine, but the more important fact is that the Ukrainian army was prepared, disciplined, and didn't melt away…
> Gameification of war is the literal worst thing I ever heard. Lords of War, eat your heart out. What 'clear moral objection' did you make? You talk in cliches so it's hard to tell.
Gemini 3.5 Pro hasn't been released yet.
Culture is "a tool, a means to an end. It’s to transmit information from one to another"?
Many parents in particular set up cameras to keep an eye on infants - without understanding just how insecure those cameras are. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51706631
I've been reading a set of bloggers for 20 years and all but one are all still at it, though one moved a few years ago onto Substack, which ended his RSS feed. They don't seem to receive high traffic, but they're damn…
> That's easy to say when you aren't the one considering adding a huge liability to the companies bottom line. Obliging companies to make repairable products? Removing their right to lock everyone into disposability and…
The bedrock of economic trust and co-operation that only ever served the USA's interest. What do you imagine the new coolness towards US companies or US lobbying is going to do to US GDP longterm? You actually typify…
"I can beat the shit out of the weakling in the school yard. Behold my superiority!"
> Nato membership requires 2% of GDP to be spent on military. No, actually it isn't a condition of NATO membership to spend 2% on defense. This is a myth. > It's one thing if a democratically elected president who will…
It definitely is a reputation issue: unless I'm misunderstanding something, you are using this data to suggest a greater incidence of violent sexual behavior among young men as a result to their exposure to ugly types…
> Many young boys now think it’s normal to ask girls for sexual acts before having ever kissed a girl. This is a common media talking point, but are there any hard figures for this 'many'? The type you're describing…
Russia's meddling is malign. But did Russia send the USA's Vice President to Hungary to campaign on behalf of Viktor Orban?
Seeing the word 'cope' lobbed out is usually a sure sign a poster is projecting, and so it is here. What exactly is there in the USA's destruction of the economic norms that have always served it, or in the pointless…
Europe may face technological and economic challenges, but one thing it isn't suffering is 'an identity' crisis - except in the daydreams of right wing propagandists. The EU's identity is represented in its charter and…
It's still clickbait and a good example of how infantile these publications are today. Ars and Nature really should be above all these bullshit headline games, but the fact they aren't explains a large part of their…
> but at the same time it can’t be good for society that so much capital is localized with a few people (bezos, musk etc.). Besides the tendency to absolute oligarchy, there's the small matter of wholesale resource…
> Considering how necessary economies are and how economists claim economists are unnecessary to run an economy, I wonder why economists even exist. Biological processes are also 'necessary', and work just as well…
>> It turned out that my subscription, which had been going since 2013, > I am reading this and I am thinking god I am old. Don't worry, while 13 years seems long enough to make you feel old, you're not old. You'll know…
> so they're creatively interpreting their Parliamentary Rules to accuse Farage of violating them You seem deeply ignorant about the rules UK politicians are bound by. The Parliamentary Standards investigation doesn't…
I see from the comments here many Americans especially are confused by this situation. Some background might make help. Farage seems to have broken Parliamentary Rules (laid down after the cash for questions scandal in…
> This is all from the perspective of people who already oppose Farage, though Actually, you seem to be the one ignoring data out of partisan prejudice. The polls are quite clear Farage's shady finances are damaging…
What a bullshit list this is. It's high time we grew out of this myth that 'wealth creation' comes from capitalists. Any list like this first needs to make some effort to quantify how much of that 'wealth' is being…
How poorly informed you are. A significant portion of Ukraine's manufacturing now happens abroad, out of Russia's reach. Meanwhile, a large part of its domestic production is decentralized and widely distributed. (You…
There were no airlifts into Ukraine, arms had to cross the border as they have since. The supplies were in small quantities up to the invasion. They were an important help to Ukraine, but you are overstating how crucial…
Russian logistics failed because of Ukrainian resistance. The NLAWs and stingers were extremely useful to Ukraine, but the more important fact is that the Ukrainian army was prepared, disciplined, and didn't melt away…
> Gameification of war is the literal worst thing I ever heard. Lords of War, eat your heart out. What 'clear moral objection' did you make? You talk in cliches so it's hard to tell.
Gemini 3.5 Pro hasn't been released yet.
Culture is "a tool, a means to an end. It’s to transmit information from one to another"?
Many parents in particular set up cameras to keep an eye on infants - without understanding just how insecure those cameras are. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51706631
I've been reading a set of bloggers for 20 years and all but one are all still at it, though one moved a few years ago onto Substack, which ended his RSS feed. They don't seem to receive high traffic, but they're damn…
> That's easy to say when you aren't the one considering adding a huge liability to the companies bottom line. Obliging companies to make repairable products? Removing their right to lock everyone into disposability and…
The bedrock of economic trust and co-operation that only ever served the USA's interest. What do you imagine the new coolness towards US companies or US lobbying is going to do to US GDP longterm? You actually typify…
"I can beat the shit out of the weakling in the school yard. Behold my superiority!"
> Nato membership requires 2% of GDP to be spent on military. No, actually it isn't a condition of NATO membership to spend 2% on defense. This is a myth. > It's one thing if a democratically elected president who will…
It definitely is a reputation issue: unless I'm misunderstanding something, you are using this data to suggest a greater incidence of violent sexual behavior among young men as a result to their exposure to ugly types…
> Many young boys now think it’s normal to ask girls for sexual acts before having ever kissed a girl. This is a common media talking point, but are there any hard figures for this 'many'? The type you're describing…
Russia's meddling is malign. But did Russia send the USA's Vice President to Hungary to campaign on behalf of Viktor Orban?
Seeing the word 'cope' lobbed out is usually a sure sign a poster is projecting, and so it is here. What exactly is there in the USA's destruction of the economic norms that have always served it, or in the pointless…
Europe may face technological and economic challenges, but one thing it isn't suffering is 'an identity' crisis - except in the daydreams of right wing propagandists. The EU's identity is represented in its charter and…
It's still clickbait and a good example of how infantile these publications are today. Ars and Nature really should be above all these bullshit headline games, but the fact they aren't explains a large part of their…
> but at the same time it can’t be good for society that so much capital is localized with a few people (bezos, musk etc.). Besides the tendency to absolute oligarchy, there's the small matter of wholesale resource…
> Considering how necessary economies are and how economists claim economists are unnecessary to run an economy, I wonder why economists even exist. Biological processes are also 'necessary', and work just as well…