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jamesredd··on Apple now valued at more than Amazon, Alphabet and Meta combined
I actually like waiting a few more days though, it decreases my tendency towards impulsive buying.
jamesredd··on Apple now valued at more than Amazon, Alphabet and Meta combined
Amazon has free delivery over 25$. I cancelled prime a few years ago and don’t miss it at all. You just have to wait a couple more days at most.
jamesredd··on Oracle started as a CIA project (2014)
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If there were no CIA agents inside Google that would be a cause for concern.

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If the CIA did not control Google that would be a cause for concern.

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jamesredd··on Russia Defaults on Foreign Debt for First Time Since 1918
Technically the West defaulted on Russia's debt by seizing Russian assets and blocking their use of Swift. Russia delivered the obligation of its debt payments to the West and the creditors had their assets stolen by Western governments who continue to withhold the payments.
jamesredd··on Moderna says new Covid-19 variant shot will be ready by August
I'm quadruple vaccinated, I got COVID again. It was.. Thankfully..

I'm quintuple vaccinated...

jamesredd··on Russia’s Oil Revenue Soars
Look at the USD/RUB, look at the US stock market, and look at the US bond market.
jamesredd··on Russia’s Oil Revenue Soars
Irrespective of what leaders in the West think, there was a titanic reorientation when the West weaponized their financial markets against Russia with the implicit threat that they will do so to others. The world took note and acted accordingly.
jamesredd··on AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer breaks the exascale barrier
China has two exaflop supercomputers. It's doubtful whether this is the world's most powerful supercomputer.

https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/10/26/china-has-already-re...

jamesredd··on DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Thought
This site says otherwise.

https://privacytests.org/

jamesredd··on DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Thought
I switched over to Brave Browser and Brave Search, both more than sufficient to meet my needs.
jamesredd··on Why All Cryptocurrency Should Die in a Fire
This guy calls Elon Musk a "walking talking Dunning-Kruger syndrome". That's the level of discourse you can expect from him.
jamesredd··on Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold
The whole stock market is plunging, is this also a “_direct_ result of his actions”?
jamesredd··on UTSW genetic study confirms sarin nerve gas as cause of Gulf War illness
The gene in question is implicated in other functions as well.

PON1 was first discovered through its ability to hydrolyse and therefore detoxify organophosphorus compounds which are widely used as pesticides and nerve gases. Despite decades of research it is only now becoming clear that PON1 protects humans from the acute and chronic harmful effects of these compounds[20][21] Low PON1 activity found in children may increase their susceptibility to organophosphates.

Oxidised-lipids are the major cause of inflammation and are responsible for the initiation and/or propagation of several inflammatory diseases including atherosclerosis (heart disease and stroke), diabetes, liver and kidney diseases, rheumatic diseases, eye diseases (macular degeneration), cancer and HIV infection[citation needed]. Because of its ability to destroy oxidised-lipids PON1 appears to play some role in all these diseases. However, the greatest research interest has been the role of PON1 in atherosclerosis, where, because of its ability to remove harmful oxidised-lipids, PON1 protects against the development of atherosclerosis[22] Oxidized polyunsaturated fatty acids (notably in oxidized low-density lipoprotein) form lactone-like structures that are PON substrates.[23]

jamesredd··on “It Is Getting Worse. People Are Leaving”
Maybe the problem is that the workers are worse, including management and CEO's. The quality of the American workforce is declining. This also puts a burden on unions because qualified and motivated people do not want to unionize with lazy and unproductive people.
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