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Well, is China a nation-state or a multi-national state, or essentially just a country(state)? English is my third language, so I just wonder do I miss some nuance here.

I always wondered - why people use a nation-state notion? Why not just a state or a country? USA is not a nation-state, or UK, or India, or Russia, etc. Does your question imply that none of these countries are capable of orchestrating this and only nation-states can do it?

Income from Social Security benefits and 401(k)s are taxable.

already occupied by wsb members.

This is so fucking sad. As a russian american who lived through russian transition from relatively free country to an authoritarian one I'm getting dejavu vibes here(Putin started with taking over of all independent news sources like newspapers/tv and radio channels etc). This is not up to the government or some other people to decide what I read, what I watch where I get my information/news from. America has a beautiful concept of free speech, stick to it. I personally think that TikTok is a brain rot, but I still don't want any government involvement into this. Don't like it? - Don't use it.

prev discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42489600

Nearly 40 years ago, I typed these lines from a manual:

10 CLS

20 FOR I = 1 TO 10

30 R = 10 * I

40 COLOR I

50 CIRCLE (320, 240), R

60 NEXT I

70 END

I didn’t understand a single symbol, but when I saw the output, I was instantly hooked — it felt like magic. This was during the twilight years of the Soviet Union. Fast forward to today, and I’m now in the U.S., working in a FAANG company.

I really doubt that they in support(low paid, hourly wage, with no 401K or any sensible benefits) care about a good customer.

Yeah, thank you for reminding that the most of simple solutions are wrong usually.

so the actual workers [s]are harmed[/s]held responsible, not the companies.

Everything is a push for outsourcing. Workers rights is a push (looking at you Boeing, moving from WA to SC). Ecological rules - looking at all toxic production which had been moved to the places with less accountabilities instead of fixing it. I'm pretty sure there're more examples.

I only have one proposal. If a company has a layoff in number of thousands, then the company should be barred from h1-b for a certain number of years.

I have paper appreciation but very real tax increase. My taxes almost 3 times higher now comparing to what I paid when I bought the house.

Coming soon to your iPhone.

we've got quite a lot of humans already.

is it even countable?

I'd probably just create a config file, where I'd store all known Easter dates for the next 50 years. If software still works 50 years later, they can extend the config file.

I was swimming with my Apple watch in Hawaii, after a couple of days of swimming the side button sank into the case and got stuck. Now the fun began, long press on that button is an automatic call to 911. I had several calls happened and had to explain to a 911 operator why I'm calling but eventually I was able to turn off (shut down) the watch completely.

какой ж ты все таки долбоеб.

nah, it's good, it has a PIN number so I can put something there to be out of touch for the kids.

it's not scam, they're inflating their profits (and prices for everyone else). Look up 80-20 insurance rule.

they used a Thule or Yakima (don't remember) car roof box (something like that) https://www.thule.com/en-us/cargo-carrier/car-top-carrier/th... as a casket :D

paying customers is the most desirable target audience for Ads.

yes, the same way they went with Siri.

yes, a good example for a bad question.

it still contains plastic, right? I wonder what are the proportions though.

Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming is also a great book.

Delivering microplastics right into the food since 19xx.