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They are not unsubstantiated comments. They are well based in fact. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ezj3km/gandhi-was-a-racis...

> What basis do you have for saying that Gandhi was a 'horrible individual'

I'm surprised this is not more well known.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ezj3km/gandhi-was-a-racis...

> you see yourself as a far finer human being, is that right

Yes. I do as I believe most people are better than Gandhi, simply by virtue of not abusing children the way Gandhi did, and numerous other crimes that he committed.

well, people do portray Gandhi and Mother Teresa as saints whereas the reality turned out that both of them were horrible individuals.

I am thankful to people who share their insightful viewpoints which in many cases have been significantly different than mine and led to me changing my opinion on issues.

already happening

You are here now supporting past actions and intentions.

You clearly missed my point. But that's okay since I presume your intentions and support of colonialization is clear.

> I recommend you to read history. There was no genocide in Cuba

Perhaps your history is written by Spaniards. I notice you didn't give any specific books to read. I'll do you a favour. Here's one: https://www.amazon.com/Brevisima-relacion-destruicion-Humani... The cover is "A 16th-century illustration by Flemish Protestant Theodor de Bry for Las Casas's Brevisima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, depicting Spanish atrocities during the conquest of Cuba"

500 years of foundation? I guess the history of the Mesoamericans who lived there prior to their genocide by the Europeans isn't available?

> Calling an accusation "fair" is not the same as admitting the accusation is correct.

Disagreed. Context is key in this.

" When asked if he feels responsible for writing Muyembe out of history, Piot pauses.

"I think that's a fair comment," he says

what was your comprehension of those sentences?

> when you lack the ability to read four sentences.

please reread because I believe you've misread the sentences.

> This article seems to be extremely one-sided. They don't bring up views from the "white scientists" they blame for racism and who helped during the discovery.

Which article did you read? Because the article linked in above explicitly provides the views from Peter Piot who admits he wrote out the African researcher and by the way, admits to racism. People with bias or prejudice often have difficulty seeing data that contradicts their desired view point. It is nice to see that Peter was able to get past his prejudice, better late than never.

" When asked if he feels responsible for writing Muyembe out of history, Piot pauses.

"I think that's a fair comment," he says. "But my book was not an attempt to write the history of Ebola, but more my personal experience." "

Piot says at the time of that first Ebola outbreak, African scientists were simply excluded. White scientists — with a colonial mentality — parachuted in, took samples, wrote papers that were published in the West and took all of the credit.

> What does that say about the other 99% of projects that aren’t even worth mentioning?

At least one other major project, the OLPC from media lab and the infamous Negroponte gang was a total failure. Negroponte was back in the news recently due to the whole Joi Ito-Jeffrey Epstein pedo funding debacle.

Factor of 4 difference between Eliud and the average human male. Factor of 4!

> In our society, it still matters that people can tolerate other opinions.

Who is "our" in this? If you mean USA, then are you sure about your claim? Eg: "Guy chooses to kneel on the field because kids were getting shot, guy gets canned.". How is that significantly different than what is happening in this case?

> That's really the only way to get to the root of this, but it can't be financial penalties to Apple. That would create perverse incentives and moral hazard.

I don't follow. What perverse incentives and moral hazard?

That sounds really interesting. If you're willing to share photos, I would really love to see them. Thank you.

> a post mortem fracture can be distinguished from one that happened just prior to death

My understanding is that ante mortem and post mortem fractures can be distinguished by bone marrow oedema. Presumably, if the post is an extremely long period and there's no bone marrow present, then there would be other substantially different fracture patterns.

> In both countries disregard for enviroment and citizens health is just sad. Toxic haze, toxic water, pollution, trash.

That was trash that was illegally dumped there by UK, Australia, and other Western countries, right after China stopped accepting Western trash. https://asklegal.my/p/waste-dumping-malaysia-canada-pollutio...

You use a strong sentence "disregard for environment". What facts lead you say that? Wouldn't the behavior of the Western countries shipping trash over to poorer countries indicate a much stronger disregard for the environment? Or are you implying the environment/nature can be split into one that is local to Western countries and another that is present in developing/poorer countries?

Design. Architecture. Usage model. Let me summarize in a short point. Have you ever had the misfortune of having to use it? It died out and never caught on for good reasons. It certainly played a role in turning lots of OLPCs into less useful devices.

> There are many conflicting beliefs and values held and no way to keep everyone happy

Lets have a look at how history has gone. "We need a nuclear test site. The French decided Tahiti would be the best place". "We need a site to test the hydrogen bomb. The Americans decided Marshall islands would be the best place". Both those victim populations now suffer the consequences of those actions of a much more powerful country. Hawaii's history is also muddied with colonialism. Perhaps having a shred of empathy and respect might be a better way to start engaging with them about building a telescope rather than using the "tried and true" "fuck them" approach you're implying is appropriate.

> What sort of pollution does that blogger think is coming out a nuclear plant?

If it's an effluent or sewer pipe, do you think "it's just water"?

> Naval can sometimes make things sound grander than they are.

Please share a specific thing. Just curious.

> portray Huawei as a desirable and capable but non-threatening partner

Out of curiosity and for the purpose of expicitness, are you implying a mirroring of what is often alleged to be China's geopolitical strategy, ie: appear to be a non-threatening generous partner right up until the last moment? This is what is often portrayed in the recent debt-trap descriptions of China's activities in Africa, South and South-EAst Asia.

> If it gains any traction of social media, the comment will probably be deleted.

Please elaborate on why you think this. Is there past history or evidence of this type of behavior?

Unlike "us", we never rewrote our history, right?

I wish I could understand this article better. I'm wondering how does this material compare to regular coolants like R22? If I used 1000 watts to compress this solid versus 1000 watts for a traditional compressor/coolant scheme, which would generate a lower temperature?

> Apple's microarchitecture expertise makes it entirely likely that their fabled next Mac Pro is entirely ARM-based

I would like to understand this statement better. In 2012, I read this article saying ARM chips were matching x86 chips and that we'd be seeing ARM desktops, ARM servers, and ARM laptops within 2-3 years. https://liliputing.com/2012/02/fastest-arm-chips-are-compara...

But it is now, 2019. Aside from my phone, access point, and tablet which are ARM based, everything else is still x86-64. Am I an outlier? What data leads you to believe that "entirely likely that their fabled next Mac Pro is entirely ARM-based"?

> does Apple have enough economy of scale just on the high-end desktop compared to Intel? Doubtful

I don't understand this statement. Is the volume of chips "manufactured" by Apple significantly lower than the volume of chips manufactured by Intel?

"There is no connection between hyder ali and American revolutionaries."

I am curious why you say this despite all the evidence they shared in the article. I focus on just one of the items, the ship, Hyder Ally. https://historyofmysuru.blogspot.com/2017/11/when-america-ce... "a single mast ship named Hyder Ally gave the fledgling navy of United States of America one of its greatest victories". Seems like there was enough a connection if people were naming warships after the guy.