decebalus1 (u/decebalus1)

decebalus1 commented on Russia prepares to formally annex 15% of Ukraine reuters.com/world/europe/... · Posted by u/nop_slide

yucky · 3 years ago

I seem to remember we "oversaw" a number of referenda in Afghanistan and Iraq during our years of occupation. I don't think that makes it right, but it probably doesn't give us a leg to stand on.

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

Not sure if it's the same thing here. The US didn't attempt to turn Afghanistan or Irak into a US state, have them fly the "Old Glory" and their kids recite the pledge of allegiance when school starts.

decebalus1 commented on The Book of Swarm (2020) [pdf] ethswarm.org/The-Book-of-... · Posted by u/kristianpaul

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

For people who don't know the context for this (like I did not), I think this helps: https://medium.com/ethereum-swarm/this-is-book-of-swarm-e7ba...

decebalus1 commented on CIA doctor hit by Havana syndrome edition.cnn.com/2022/09/2... · Posted by u/Bender

KaoruAoiShiho · 3 years ago

I'm not exactly an expert at this so maybe this got debunked somehow but I've seen consistent reporting on MRI showing brain damage.

Here's a mention of it in this article. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-blood-and-bure...

Another report, or is it the same one as referenced above?

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2673168

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

thanks!

decebalus1 commented on CIA doctor hit by Havana syndrome edition.cnn.com/2022/09/2... · Posted by u/Bender

freyr · 3 years ago

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/25/politics/havana-syndrome-...

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

Not sure if you're comment is condescending or I've asked the wrong question. Probably a bit of both. I did read the article but I was asking more along the lines of actual evidence. This being a new and highly publicized phenomenon, I'd expect this to be a goldmine for research clinicians so I'd expect quite a lot of chatter in the form of articles or case studies.

decebalus1 commented on CIA doctor hit by Havana syndrome edition.cnn.com/2022/09/2... · Posted by u/Bender

whywhywhywhy · 3 years ago

Convinced it's just CIA mass psychosis, just same thing as that sudden Tourettes-like outbreak with those school girls.

Wouldn't be shocked if the fact they see themselves as different from normal people is contributing to it.

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

Just the fact that the government seems to bend over backwards to accept this Havana syndrome narrative while in the past being extra skeptical about all sorts of occupational hazards (like the Iraq burn pits or Agent Orange) is enough to make me super-extra skeptical that this condition being nothing other than some psychosomatic freak incident.

Funny enough, I posted 3 comments about this in the span of 8 minutes and Hacker News is saying 'You're posting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks.'. Tinfoil hat ON!

decebalus1 commented on CIA doctor hit by Havana syndrome edition.cnn.com/2022/09/2... · Posted by u/Bender

sp332 · 3 years ago

How does a mass psychosis physically damage the vestibular system?

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

Evidence for damage found in the vestibular system found by independent clinicians?

decebalus1 commented on CIA doctor hit by Havana syndrome edition.cnn.com/2022/09/2... · Posted by u/Bender

KaoruAoiShiho · 3 years ago

There is proof, the people effected have physical damage as shown by radio imaging.

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

Source for those statements? I've been following this since it appeared in the news cycles but I don't recall any evidence of physical damage. There were some inconclusive physical changes (keyword changes, not damage) but that doesn't really constitute as any form of proof that the condition is not psychosomatic.

_dw7s commented on Google CEO tells employees not to ‘equate fun with money’ in heated meeting cnbc.com/2022/09/23/googl... · Posted by u/kjhughes

_dw7s · 3 years ago

> Pichai was asked, in a question that was highly rated by staffers on Google’s internal Dory system, why the company is “nickel-and-diming employees” by slashing travel and swag budgets at a time when “Google has record profits and huge cash reserves,” as it did coming out of the pandemic.

I find it hard to believe that workers of Google caliber can't fathom the golden rule of capitalism.

decebalus1 commented on Google Surveys Sunset support.google.com/survey... · Posted by u/ubershmekel

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

Nothing spells 'Care for customers' like pulling the plug and allowing 2 whole months to get their data out.

decebalus1 commented on Russia strikes nuclear plant in south Ukraine, damaging power plant buildings binsider.bond/russia-stri... · Posted by u/west38

pydry · 3 years ago

It's probably not a popular view, but I suspect if the West or IAEA condemned Kyiv's shelling of Zaporizhia NPP in the last couple of months this probably wouldnt be happening.

Russia was publicly furious about the shelling. The western reaction was either a perplexing "Russia shelled themselves" or "they asked for it by having their military there / shelling across the river from that location".

IAEA, as a supposedly independent agency, was invited in to have a look and they said nothing about the shelling of the plant at all in their report. Again, Russia was furious.

So, it's not really a surprise that theyve declared open season on nuclear power plants.

decebalus1 · 3 years ago

> So, it's not really a surprise that theyve declared open season on nuclear power plants.

So getting butthurt is an unsurprising justification for attacking nuclear power plants?

Don't store materiel inside the nuclear plant. Don't fire missiles from the nuclear plant. Don't use the nuclear plant for cover. Don't invade Ukraine. Problem solved.

I don't understand how any position Russia has in this context, matters at all. Just fucking go away. None of this would have happened if Russia didn't start a war of aggression against its neighbor.