yesforwhat

> It's stock will continue to go up with Wall Street. It just isn't the place it used to be - Though, like all nostalgia, I wonder if it ever was.

Well then who the hell cares, besides you?

"Step down, join the party. You won't get another offer."

This is a weird consequence of getting airpods, but now that I always have the ability to listen and talk I am speaking a lot more with friends that I used to.

Yeah butwhatabout... (is the response here). You nailed it, either pick a 100% compromised device or a possible one.

> China seems to have a world wide plan for the next century.

If their government doesn't collapse first.

> I did read somewhere that one of the founders said the aim was to integrate apps/companies into Whatsapp, but for me "No!".

Everyone on WeChat claims it's amazing, I hated it.

> the darkness isn't that dark.

Give it a few years. Or read a history book if you are impatient.

If NYC becomes a monoculture like SV than it truly is a big deal.

Social media is like alcohol, enjoy it for what it is and don't abuse it.

If you become hooked don't be surprised when it's a net negative in your life.

So does England. One has the ability to enforce them, the other doesn't. The point you are implying, that gun laws do nothing, is ridiculous.

"What Happens If China Called in Its Debt Holdings"

China would be hurt gravely.

and inaccessible to the majority of people

including state owned companies, which is really just government assets themselves, isn't really relevant.

Not by European standards

also curious

Thank you for this

You can also launder money after swapping it, doesn't make it anonymous either.

> As an anecdote, of the three first friends/acquaintances of mine that came to my mind that seem to have strong interest in cryptocurrencies, two are past 45 years old.

Boomers know bubbles.

Then Hong Kong will no longer be Hong Kong.

Per capita they are also the largest arms dealers in the world. Per capita doesn't say much about a country overall.

> >BGI in Shenzhen has a staff of nearly 2700: scientists, lab workers and clerks. The average age is 27, and the atmosphere is university/YWCA/science club. Two-thirds of the employees live in sex-segregated dormitories near the BGI building [...]

Sounds like a nightmare.

It's not abuse, it's what the platform was built for. Calling it "abuse" it following the spin, don't do it.

really?

Highlighting the crimes of actor B to excuse the crimes of actor A is not "pointing out hypocrisy", it's an attempt to excuse a crime and confuse the conversation.

I missed out on a friend's wedding announcement, but I see posts from people I barley know. It's overblown

China, too

> You are proving my point

You are ignoring mine. Never taking responsibility means things will never get better in Iran. It's the conservatives that blame the US so they can keep control, it's the reformists that realize it's Iranians that will make change, and that can't happen until their admit they are in charge of their own fate.

> Then I can rule as long as you want.

Wrong. North Korea is the longest standing "authoritarian" state, and they are barely surviving. Their days are numbered.

> Have you been in middle East?

I live in the ME, and the refusal of anyone to look at themselves in the mirror when discussing the very real problems in their society is universal. Everything is a conspiracy, nothing is their fault.

You aren't wrong in saying the west has been a negative influence in the region for peace and stability, but they are not in control anymore. Iran is a mess b/c of the fundamentalism at the core of Iranian society.

For how long, give a number of years. Forever?

and how does embracing this help Iranians? It only serves to excuse why things never get better, and offers no solution

I'm aware of a coup in 1979. I'm also aware that a government cannot last 5 years, much less 50, without popular support. The actions of Iran, in 2016, are the responsibility of Iranians.

By all means, join your fellow MEers by blaming the west, blaming everyone except for yourself for your own fate.

US Pols are responsible for the government setup and administrated by Iranians. Do tell.