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basementcat commented on Gold Is Worth More in New York   bloomberg.com/opinion/art... · Posted by u/ioblomov
csomar · 10 months ago
> Or how most of that gold is STILL buried in the Philippines— And how Taiwan is a distraction while China builds a massive Navy to take it back?

That's enough X for me today.

basementcat · 10 months ago
Wasn’t that part of the plot of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon?
basementcat commented on     · Posted by u/myroon5
basementcat · 10 months ago
So $55 billion in exchange for denying life saving medication to 20 million souls.
basementcat commented on Net neutrality under Trump? Not so neutral   computerworld.com/article... · Posted by u/CrankyBear
like_any_other · 10 months ago
Lawfare is hardly new - Vdare was forced to close due to it, despite not being charged with any crime: https://vdare.com/
basementcat · 10 months ago
For those who aren’t familiar, VDARE is "an anti-immigration hate website" which "regularly publishes articles by prominent white nationalists, race scientists and anti-Semites" according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDARE

basementcat commented on     · Posted by u/ipython
basementcat · 10 months ago
What level of financial savings would justify threatening the lives of 20 million souls?

https://pepfarreport.org/

basementcat commented on     · Posted by u/wahnfrieden
basementcat · 10 months ago
> throwawaydpresd 1 minute ago [dead] | root | parent [–]

> I feel guilty that I'm still using hacker news. I feel like I'm supporting the regime

Can someone explain why this is downvoted?

basementcat commented on Ask HN: Is This Normal?    · Posted by u/eat-darich
eat-darich · 10 months ago
The only issue I see with protests are they can be simply ignored by people in power.

But when you boycott, you are doing that very thing to the people in power. Ignoring them. It's the reverse uno card if you will.

basementcat · 10 months ago
I would agree that protests alone are less effective than if they are combined with other things.
basementcat commented on Ask HN: Is This Normal?    · Posted by u/eat-darich
basementcat · 10 months ago
If the number of threats of physical harm (death, disfigurement, rape, etc) my colleagues are receiving are an indication, I feel the protests are having an effect.

u/basementcat

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