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29_29on Uber made nearly $500M from a 'safe rides fee' – money went to company

Since there is no profit, the money certainly isn't going to shareholders. And I wouldn't be surprised if Uber actually does spend 500m/year on trust and safety.

29_29on Bernie Sanders unveils $16T 'Green new deal' plan

"planet Earth doesn't care" - The printed money will end up in retirement and transfer funds. Put another way if San Francisco can't even control the human feces, homeless and needle problem - how on earth can liberals control something complex like CO2 through non market legislative means?

29_29on China’s assault on Cathay Pacific

The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era

https://www.amazon.com/China-Dream-Thinking-Strategic-Post-A...

On China by Henry Kissinger:

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/on-china_henry-kissinger/26645...

Destined for War - Graham Allison:

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/destined-for-war_graham-alliso...

Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World:

https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Kuan-Yew-Insights-international/d...

See China with your own eyes!

I also recommend traveling to China. I found this to be very eye opening, and to be honest, despite all of our great problems it made me so thankful to live in a free country.

29_29on Bernie Sanders unveils $16T 'Green new deal' plan

No it's not. What do you think trees do?

29_29on Information operations directed at Hong Kong

I did, but I feel like this could be solved with machine learning.

29_29on Information operations directed at Hong Kong

You could probably still view these using any geotag of a major Chinese city.

29_29on Information operations directed at Hong Kong

I was recently in Beijing and noticed when posting on Instagram many bot accounts posting "Shame on Hong Kong" in Chinese.

This is a Facebook problem too. If you work at facebook please help!

29_29on Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is buying promoted tweets

I was recently in Beijing and noticed when posting on Instagram many bot accounts posting "Shame on Hong Kong" in Chinese.

This is a Facebook problem too.

29_29on Police arrest student leader over laser pointers in Hong Kong

I support Democracy in HK. Please contact your representatives to support Democracy too

29_29on Lambda School fined $75k by CA for operating without state approval [pdf]

Many states are light touch. California is a heavy touch state. Our hands are everywhere and all over you.

29_29on Ohio passes energy bill that bails out nuclear and coal plants, guts renewables

How do you save the planet by ignoring the fact that this bill strongly supports 2 nuclear power plants - the only technology we have today that produces abundant energy carbon free?

29_29on Ohio passes energy bill that bails out nuclear and coal plants, guts renewables

This is dangerously fake opinion piece.

To reiterate another persons point:

"Nuclear energy is the only practical and CO neutral way of energy production that we have now"