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What is "China" in this case? Its government is the Communist Party. It's not going to abolish itself!

The question to ask, if you want China to change, is to ask how would the Chinese Communist Party lose its grip on power. That would probably need to happen following an economic crisis. However, looking at how badly the Chavistas are driving Venezuela into the ground these days, and how much they're able to hold onto power, you can see that it's not easy to get rid of a government with a lot of resources. The boiling frog theorem applies here. A sudden shock, sudden famine, sudden economic turmoil is what's most likely to create the conditions of regime change.

frandroidon Afrostream is shutting down

Question from non-american to non-american: What do you find different from American shows to shows from your country? Apart from the funny words?

frandroidon Twitter Suspends 300k Accounts Tied to Terrorism in 2017

I understand that, but an IP address doesn't make an account an ISIS account. An ISIS supporter might also be a Galatasaray SK supporter...

frandroidon Twitter Suspends 300k Accounts Tied to Terrorism in 2017

> Twitter said about 75 percent of the blocked accounts this year were spotted before a single tweet was sent

Fascinating... Just based on the username and the user's self-description?

frandroidon Two top Equifax execs to retire after security breach

NOT SO FAST!!1

frandroidon EFF, ACLU Sue Over Warrantless Phone, Laptop Searches at U.S. Border

So you're taking the "pro-corporate control" position instead. Brilliant.

frandroidon The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels

https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/western-euro...

https://www.voanews.com/a/un-accuses-turkey-massive-destruct...

http://www.dw.com/en/unprecedented-destruction-of-kurdish-ci...

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/09/destruction-s...

On the executions: References 56, 57, 58, 59: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdish%E2%80%93Turkish_confli...

There's way more, these are just the top google search results on each of these claims.

frandroidon The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels

Because NATO.

frandroidon The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels

Did you miss the part where the U.S. has been giving tremendous support to the SDF/YPG in its fight against ISIS?

frandroidon Show HN: Using Google Sheets to create a survey chat bot without a server

Yeah, these are more chat wizards than chatbots... I think we should distinguish that.

frandroidon Undercover in a Toronto factory where a temp worker died

That's the point of the article, I think. Because Fiera doesn't have an employment relationship with the employee, their workers' comp rates will never increase, no matter what happens to the workers. So they don't take the kinds of precautions which would have prevented this worker from dying. I mean, it also severs to human connection between workers and managers, where they just see workers as a dispensable resource, so there also less every day care about safety.

frandroidon Undercover in a Toronto factory where a temp worker died

Catering companies, sports venues, etc. can still have you on-call. The difference between a temp agency and a catering company is that it completely severs the employment relation which protects the workers by law.

frandroidon Chrome's Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates

Why create a new word when we can just add a new adjacent meaning to an existing nearby word...

frandroidon Criticizing Google got me fired

I think they're afraid some of the cost would be dumped onto them.

frandroidon Quebec reaches lodging tax deal with Airbnb

Merci.

frandroidon Quebec reaches lodging tax deal with Airbnb

The neighbourhood is still a lot of fun, but there are fewer merchants now then when I moved to Toronto in the early 2000s. There used to be 3 fishmongers, now there is only one; there's about 3 produce stores left, there used to be many more. A bunch of knick knack stores have closed. Back when I moved here, there were two (!) separate anarchist spaces; there hasn't been any in years now. On the upside, it's becoming the veg*n restaurant quarter of the city...

frandroidon Quebec reaches lodging tax deal with Airbnb

The community that get uprooted from one neighbourhood doesn't reform in a new sui generis neighbourhood in the city to reconstitute itself whole; its members get scattered across the city. In Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood, in a 5 by 5 street area, there are somewhere around 250 airbnb units available, and the area is turning from a traditional market into a bar and restaurant area. The residents are pushed away and the local merchants are pushed away.

frandroidon Quebec reaches lodging tax deal with Airbnb

It's mostly a double-tax grab: 1st, the hospitality tax, and 2nd, when Revenue Québec goes after hosts' undeclared income. This will have the effect to dissuade the small hosts due to government harassment, while the larger hosts will pay the income tax and still make bank. Exactly the outcome that is undesirable.

frandroidon Quebec reaches lodging tax deal with Airbnb

The "one host, one home" deal is a much better way to deal with the downsides of Airbnb: https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2017/06/19/toronto-to...

frandroidon Why successful startups stumble at 40 employees

Most managers can'd manage much more than 10 people, then you have to delegate to other managers...

frandroidon Why successful startups stumble at 40 employees

I understand 100 is double 50, and where you go from "a few teams" to "departments", but what's so different between 100 and 150?

frandroidon Stanford Dropout Says Blood Startup Won't Be Another Theranos

After "Uber for..." startups, we now get "Not-Theranos for..." startups :D

frandroidon Naval Vessels, Shadowy by Intent, Are Hard for Commercial Ships to Spot

My theory is this is a covert operation by the Chinese to disable the U.S. 7th Fleet, one merchant ship collision at a time. :)

frandroidon Naval Vessels, Shadowy by Intent, Are Hard for Commercial Ships to Spot

And you know, turn on the lights if necessary...

frandroidon Ask HN: What online communities offer a high level of discussion?

It can't be truly automated, so the valley isn't interested.

frandroidon Water Found Deep Inside the Moon

It would be quite difficult to burn oil without oxygen.

frandroidon Water Found Deep Inside the Moon

If the one specialist in your mission dies and it takes 8 years to send a new one, that's not called an effective replacement.

frandroidon JavaScript is Eating the World

Crockford proposes DEC64: http://dec64.com/

frandroidon Susan Fowler files amicus briefs to challenge class action waivers

Susan Fowler: a hero the Valley doesn't deserve, but one it sorely needs.