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Slavvy posted:Historical precedent indicates the western bourgeoisie would prefer a war of annihilation first tell that to tim cook etc. some def will, and they may even launch the nukes, but others will take the buyout
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May 24, 2023 22:23
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/goldencaskcap/status/1661271644839583745?t=xb-vIN3_JSlEQYcD4rtmxw&s=19  If the global times published this article verbatim people would say it was ccp propaganda to embarrass the independence movement
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May 24, 2023 23:20
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Centrist Committee posted:tell that to tim cook etc. some def will, and they may even launch the nukes, but others will take the buyout One thing I find interesting is that some industries in the US have huge influence on the US foreign policy (oil/MIC/wall street/steel), some industries almost have no influence (IT/retail). Like if Beijing wants to proxy lobby the US foreign policy they have to spend money to bribe the big financial firms. Getting Walmart or Apple to speak for China does nothing.
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May 24, 2023 23:37
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Are you saying Facebook and Twitter have no effect on American foreign policy
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May 24, 2023 23:58
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Well until Tictok gets banned in the US, I am not convinced any of the IT companies has strong influence. Did Blinken fly to EU to pressure them not to fine google and facebook?
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May 25, 2023 00:04
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stephenthinkpad posted:While on the subject of Thai election, why do Thai people keep voting for billionaires and even worse, children of billionaires who didn't even do anything to make those dirty money, they just born into it. https://twitter.com/foreignpolicy/status/1661507446941073411
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May 25, 2023 00:33
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Quality of living in the US has been worse than a lot of the rest of the west for decades; reality doesn't matter.
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May 25, 2023 00:44
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Haven't the Thai military "solved" this problem dozens of times already?
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May 25, 2023 02:21
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crispyseaweed posted:Haven't the Thai military "solved" this problem dozens of times already? Yes (bot script activated) but at what cost?
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May 25, 2023 02:25
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they seem to be pretty good at solving the problem
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May 25, 2023 02:56
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crispyseaweed posted:Haven't the Thai military "solved" this problem dozens of times already? i think the issue is that their attempt at managed democracy couldn't last more than one election. like yes they could try to round up the royalist parties and the senate and seat a minority government, use the courts to dissolve opposition parties and imprison leaders, etc, but they would be guaranteeing a huge wave of protests and unrest. which again yes they could probably quell, but "violently crushing pro democracy protests" is probably not what anyone in the military considers a good option compared to what i am sure they were hoping for before the election, pro-military and royalist parties getting enough votes to get in government and business as usual. on the other hand move forward agreed to drop its demand to reform the lese majeste laws so maybe some kind of accommodation can be reached, pay people off, etc. guess we'll see. i suspect that even ratfucking and subverting the opposition that way is just going to lead to trouble at the next election though.
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May 25, 2023 03:48
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I applaud the fact almost nobody talks about the US influences in Thai domestic politics. The interest just isn't there.
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May 25, 2023 04:23
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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/chinese-state-hackers-infect-critical-infrastructure-throughout-the-us-and-guam/quote:A Chinese government hacking group has acquired a significant foothold inside critical infrastructure environments throughout the US and Guam and is stealing network credentials and sensitive data while remaining largely undetectable, Microsoft and governments from the US and four other countries said on Wednesday. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sec...and-techniques/ quote:In this blog post, we share information on Volt Typhoon, their campaign targeting critical infrastructure providers, and their tactics for achieving and maintaining unauthorized access to target networks. Because this activity relies on valid accounts and living-off-the-land binaries (LOLBins), detecting and mitigating this attack could be challenging. Compromised accounts must be closed or changed. At the end of this blog post, we share more mitigation steps and best practices, as well as provide details on how Microsoft 365 Defender detects malicious and suspicious activity to protect organizations from such stealthy attacks. The National Security Agency (NSA) has also published a Cybersecurity Advisory [PDF] which contains a hunting guide for the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) discussed in this blog. LOLBins LMAOBins Oglethorpe has issued a correction as of 04:42 on May 25, 2023 |
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May 25, 2023 04:39
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stephenthinkpad posted:While on the subject of Thai election, why do Thai people keep voting for billionaires and even worse, children of billionaires who didn't even do anything to make those dirty money, they just born into it. Same as it ever was. To borrow a line from Moneyball, there's the old nobility, there's the new money, the bankers, the popstars, the farmers, the chefs, the craftsmen, the truckers, fifty feet of crap, then there's us in the slum. It's an unfair game. The world economy is too dogshit for the Generals to have a coup in this moment. That can change in even a year but not now. The top three vote-getting parties are all still essentially pro-business liberals. The old nobility already has a large chunk of influence built into the current constitution thanks to the Judiciary and the Senate. When Thailand gets a new constitution like it does every decade, it slows down the Ministries that actually take on important duties of running a country. Flood prevention, safe electrification, down to motor bike lanes, the price of rubber and palm oil. All of these issues are sort of under the purview of politicians, but currently mostly in the hands of competent technocrats, the kind that sailed us through Covid: I believe the military government deserves some praise for handling that well, not terrible not great, we'll see. Reform of Article 112 is quite popular in the metropole and if Royalists consider that to be a wall the size of a shipping container, they need to mete out a few more concessions: the liquor industry is one area I saw floated for example. Local greymarket yadong and laokhao moonshiners that tithe to village chiefs and police can grow into legitimate distilleries. These new distilleries, if successful in creating delicious new wines and whiskeys, can promote new methods of cooking AND more provincial tourism. Thailand has a lot to offer both the United States and China. Modern Thailand sits on the fence. Thailand is in a spot where it can improve quality of life for their own subjects and the international community at large. I would hope everyone involved internally and externally could avoid drilling holes in the barge. DancingShade posted:I applaud the fact almost nobody talks about the US influences in Thai domestic politics. The interest just isn't there.
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May 25, 2023 05:03
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Oglethorpe posted:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/chinese-state-hackers-infect-critical-infrastructure-throughout-the-us-and-guam/ conspiracy theory: The news about China taking over EV car markets was knowledge way before the articles about their sales were published. "Volt" All the major outlets reporting this mention Guam. Guam is a major US military installation. And guess what just happened yesterday. "Typhoon"
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May 25, 2023 06:08
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OhFunny posted:. Follow up of this news https://twitter.com/ZEUS_PSF/status/1660709632732528641?t=B8w1WIkoBVjGquOKkQRpkA&s=19 Modi kinda played himself, now that other countries say they are not attending the G20 meeting. Brics countries AND Mexico
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May 25, 2023 07:23
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BRIMCS
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May 25, 2023 08:03
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And if this summit here should slide into the ocean Like the MESTIC say, the Status Question kills I predict this Modi will be standing until it's time to pick his hill UNGH Don't the Sun look red in Chinese? Don't Chinese have a saying in Kyrgyz? Heavens help The Road to Türk_iye
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May 25, 2023 08:41
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/goldencaskcap/status/1661271644839583745?t=xb-vIN3_JSlEQYcD4rtmxw&s=19 i doubt the guardian's interpretation of these events. i'm guessing that since the story got a lot coverage, it just reminded people that they were meaning to get off the donor list with the anti-mainlander minority being made to look like the majority as usual
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May 25, 2023 10:35
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HiroProtagonist posted:BRIMCS SCRIMB
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May 25, 2023 10:46
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Spergin Morlock posted:SCRIMB MCRIBS are back
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May 25, 2023 12:55
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TDepressionEarl posted:All of these issues are sort of under the purview of politicians, but currently mostly in the hands of competent technocrats, the kind that sailed us through Covid: I believe the military government deserves some praise for handling that well, not terrible not great, we'll see. 
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May 25, 2023 14:50
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Lol, was trying to figure out why Pakistan had so much debt and it shot up around the time the war on terror started. 👍
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May 25, 2023 14:57
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stephenthinkpad posted:Follow up of this news lol
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May 25, 2023 15:03
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stephenthinkpad posted:Follow up of this news also double lol at this
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May 25, 2023 15:03
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stephenthinkpad posted:Follow up of this news “Mexico”
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May 25, 2023 17:34
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Are the wierd CIA funded Balochistan groups who were busy killing Chinese people doing anything during this crisis in Pakistan?
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May 25, 2023 20:06
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Weka posted:"Juangroongruangkit" juanguaidogkrit
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May 25, 2023 20:49
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ughhhh posted:Are the wierd CIA funded Balochistan groups who were busy killing Chinese people doing anything during this crisis in Pakistan? the BLA is a marxist group lol. They are pissed because all the economic development being done in gwadar will go to a bunch of urdu/punjabi speakers living high off the hog in islamabad. stephenthinkpad posted:Follow up of this news lol if you think he cares. Modi will go visit the US one more time and everyone in the country forget it. The man has several more elections coming up and a lot of BJP members that would be instrumental in him winning upcoming state elections are either staying home or leaving the party.
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May 25, 2023 21:25
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im reading this book review of the new maxine hong kingston collection and theres a quote in here where she says that theres a chinese word for the female i which is slave can uh anybody authenticate this because ive never heard of it before
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May 25, 2023 21:53
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奴？ But you can use it as male "I" in front of the emperor. 奴才
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May 25, 2023 22:01
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media's being aggressive on the chinese hacking stories https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chinese-hackers-attacked-kenyan-government-debt-strains-grew-2023-05-24/
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May 25, 2023 22:03
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stephenthinkpad posted:奴？ what is the context that you would use this word for like a slave referring to themselves in the first person is it only female in the sense that it uses 女 as a component character so it would kind of be like saying any complex character that includes 男 as a component character is a male word
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May 25, 2023 22:12
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Some Guy TT posted:what is the context that you would use this word for like a slave referring to themselves in the first person 奴家 wife or handy woman (what's word for this?) refer to self in front of husband, very common usage in old novels. 奴才 male subordinate refer to himself in front of higher official or emperor in Qing dynasty, pretty sure no used in other dynasty, don't quote me for it. China don't really have slave since many dynasties ago so. I didn't realize this character use the 女 component for both male and female until today. stephenthinkpad has issued a correction as of 22:26 on May 25, 2023 |
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May 25, 2023 22:22
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A comparable example is 吗 which makes a statement a question, vs 马 which means horse. You can reach for etymological explanations having meaning connection, but the reality is they sound similar. That's it.
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May 25, 2023 22:28
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Words or characters created a thousand years ago don't always have the same meaning today as they did then.
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May 25, 2023 22:32
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Throatwarbler posted:Words or characters created a thousand years ago don't always have the same meaning today as they did then. Nope, slavery still refers strictly to people who speak a Slavic language.
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May 25, 2023 22:39
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjrIwnffyLY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF0JdAim6Pc
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