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hurrdurrmeh t1_jeat2us wrote
Reply to comment by Professional-Can1385 in Russian secret service seizes Wall Street Journal journalist who wrote about Wagner Group by 9lobaldude
and afghnistan
Leg_Named_Smith t1_jeat1j9 wrote
Reply to comment by RushingTech in Russian secret service seizes Wall Street Journal journalist who wrote about Wagner Group by 9lobaldude
I don’t know how WSJ made that choice. Having worked on HR at a journalism company the worker comp and other insurance costs alone for having someone reporting in Russia would be off the charts. Let alone the humane side of the matter.
missingmytowel t1_jeasxmr wrote
Reply to comment by Alarmed-Accident-716 in Russia detains WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges by jack_lafouine
>Also im no way they sell the Pens for carts over there, they are only legally sold everywhere in the usa because or CBD, which is also illegal in russia.
This is completely wrong. You obviously have zero clue how they convert marijuana concentrate, edibles and other forms of THC into flower weight.
They take the amount/potency and convert that into what it would be in similar flower weight. On average a typical cartridge is seen as a quarter ounce of marijuana. This conversion ratio is also the same throughout Europe and other places where marijuana is legalized
Here in Colorado when you visit a shop you're only able to buy 1 oz of product per visit. So if you buy a cartridge you're only allowed to get three quarters of an ounce of actual flower on top of it.
Gain a little bit of knowledge before speaking out of your ass to somebody who has direct information related to the topic at hand
Shuber-Fuber t1_jeasxdl wrote
Reply to comment by Deimos_F in Kabul’s only library for women closes due to Taliban threats and harassment by SinbadMarinarul
It's a sort of proxy to quality of life.
While a good economy doesn't necessarily mean high quality of life, it's sort of a pre-requisite.
Culverin t1_jeasseh wrote
Reply to comment by Arretu in Russian secret service seizes Wall Street Journal journalist who wrote about Wagner Group by 9lobaldude
So you're saying he should already have known the consequences better than all of us, and still did it anyways?
Does that make him brave or stupid?
monkeywithgun t1_jeasp19 wrote
Reply to 'We've made it clear that Russia is a friend': Pandor doubles down on SA's Ukraine stance. by tandemuis365
SA's alliance with evil practices has a long history. This is just their latest foray into being on the wrong side of history yet again.
IwishIcouldBeWitty t1_jeasnz8 wrote
Reply to comment by shor_yuken in Four bankers who helped Putin’s friend set up Swiss bank account convicted by BezugssystemCH1903
We already know your grandma was the town bicycle....
Revrak t1_jeasn9l wrote
Reply to comment by FamiGami in Giant meatball with woolly mammoth DNA unveiled by cultured meat startup by sleepysnowboarder
You mixed “of the animal” with “from the animal” you’re the only one using the latter
Cognomifex t1_jeaskzq wrote
Reply to comment by Phriend_of_Phoenix in Pro-Russian hackers target elected US officials supporting Ukraine by konorM
> It kind of is though?
If anything it's person hacking. There are still plenty of ways to go after the tech directly, but as you say generally the weakest point in a system from a security standpoint is the bag of meat operating it.
Wwize t1_jeaskd2 wrote
Reply to comment by SlapThatAce in Antarctic ocean currents heading for collapse by mvanigan
Yeah, but then he wouldn't get his paycheck from the fossil fuel industry.
Arrrrrr2D2 t1_jeasgyb wrote
Reply to comment by TestaOnFire in Israeli scientists develop drought-resistant tomatoes by TheLieDetectorBro
I live on a farm. So I can skip the supermarket at will and it is that easy.
"We" is a collective of people.
I am aware of famines. I am also aware of governments playing their part in the bounty of food not reaching those in need. While I don't agree with farming methods or gmo, I do know there is more than enough food to feed people.
What I am calling out as extremely foolish is getting rid of farms (which are the reason you are even alive currently) and believing that a city run industrial farming system will sustain you. What happens when something contaminates or corrupts the food systems? Talk about a food crisis. And that is besides the fact that the food will be extremely unhealthy and cancer causing to the human body.
The truth speaks for itself, and one day you will see the system you are fighting for let you down.
almightySapling t1_jeas7fq wrote
Reply to comment by freecodeio in ‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics by pipsdontsqueak
It was already a losing battle just due to the time cost of debunking things over the internet.
I'm hopeful we will adapt. I mean, it wasn't that long ago that I remember being told to never trust what you see on the internet. That never really stopped being good advice, soon it will be gospel.
NETSPLlT t1_jeas7dg wrote
Reply to comment by tewnewt in In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up by I_call_it
Not everyone wants to share their wife with a group
me77purple t1_jeas5ng wrote
Reply to comment by Varjohaltia in Four bankers who helped Putin’s friend set up Swiss bank account convicted by BezugssystemCH1903
The misdeeds are way too many and deep to one to account. Most of them get trough unpunished
GldnRetriever t1_jeas4zo wrote
Reply to comment by P3RM4FR057 in Four bankers who helped Putin’s friend set up Swiss bank account convicted by BezugssystemCH1903
As far as I can tell, helping rich people protect their money regardless of its source is one of the economic pillars that makes Switzerland function. Isn't that most of their whole deal?
autotldr t1_jeas37k wrote
Reply to 'We've made it clear that Russia is a friend': Pandor doubles down on SA's Ukraine stance. by tandemuis365
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 84%. (I'm a bot)
> "There are some who don't wish us to have relations with an old historical friend. We have made it clear that Russia is a friend, and we have had cooperative partnerships for many, many years," Pandor said.
> Pretoria has doubled down on its relations with Moscow amid growing calls to isolate Russia following its deadly invasion of Ukraine.
> In the meeting with the Russians on Thursday, Pandor highlighted South Africa's long-standing diplomatic relations with Russia.
Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: South^#1 Russia^#2 Africa^#3 Pandor^#4 Relations^#5
longleaf4 t1_jearxsq wrote
Reply to comment by NKinCode in Russia detains WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges by jack_lafouine
How would we get any verifiable information without reporters there? It seems like we would be handcuffed to only reading g russian propaganda if they're the only ones left reporting on the ground. Then they can easily turn public opinion into forcing us to release all of the high value prisoners. There are a lot of politically established protocols for allowing journalists to pursue their work that Russia is just trashing.
Bob_Juan_Santos t1_jearx6y wrote
Dear leaders of the motherland,
Look man, you've already beaten the KMT asses like 70 years ago and drove them to that tiny island, just let it go man.
Sincerely,
A Han living not in the motherland.
IwishIcouldBeWitty t1_jearnoc wrote
Reply to comment by cah11 in Four bankers who helped Putin’s friend set up Swiss bank account convicted by BezugssystemCH1903
You're not getting the concept. I'm sorry I did a poor job explaining it.
Money's fake. It's made of paper. It has no true value. You can maybe light it on fire and gain some heat from it. It's actually uses are very limited.
What you explain to me was how money evolved to exist in the first place. Yes we all had to agree on the price of something and that's how money came about. Thanks for the history lesson that I already understand.
But listen to this. Im going to continue to say money is worthless. What is money backed in. It used to be backed in gold and other precious metals or other precious items I should say. But who determined the value of these precious metals and items as well. Back in the day. Why was gold so valued?? It's a weak metal? It only looks pretty kind of... It doesn't rust so that's nice.... But there aren't a lot of practical uses for gold either other than.... It looks good. So why do we have the gold standard or at least used to have the gold standard? All this was agreed upon by rich people in the past who had all the gold and set the standards. It was based off of people wanting that rare metal and willing to exchange other goods for it.
All we have to just do as a society is say Bitcoin is our new currency f*** the American dollar and everybody's dollars in the bank would be absolutely worthless. Are you not understanding now what I'm trying to get at??
Money doesn't matter. Only assets matter. And when it comes to assets, only assets that can return a positive yield matter. So gold and other precious metals. Probably not so much. Well gold is getting more valuable as days goes on because we use it in electronics now but back in the day they didn't do that. When they decided gold was really expensive they didn't have electricity. I did it solely on supply versus demand because it looked pretty and there's not a lot of it.
If you're trapped on an island with all this money and another person but the other person has knowledge about how to survive and you don't. Who's going to survive? you with all the money or the person who knows how to survive but can only sustain themselves? Surely they're not going to accept your worthless money on this island where they can't spend it. So who has the power in that situation? The person with the money or the person with the knowledge? F*** what if you had money but they woke up 6 hours before you and collected all the food on the island? Who has the power then the one with the money or the one with the food?? Everything is circumstantial, you don't get it. We allow them to have power because we allow them to. We are sheep get it through your head? Actually, if you can't understand this concept, you are quite the genetically modified sheep like you are so domesticated it's not even funny. And yes I did. Just refer to human as a domesticated animal.
Shall we talk about the arbitrary laws that lock up breeding males during their prime breeding ages?? Specifically, males that are you know not fully domesticated to our society. Then if we think a bigger picture about genetics and eugenics and whatnot and how we domesticated regular livestock if all these males of breading age are locked up. They won't breed and pass on that non-compliant genetic material. Whereas the good little compliant boys will be out free passing on their genetic material and their "nurturing" bringing up their children to be just as naive and stupid as themselves.
aneeta96 t1_jearcfh wrote
Reply to comment by TheDarkestWilliam in Russia detains WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges by jack_lafouine
So journalists should just report when it's safe? I would argue that it's more important than ever for him to be there.
Bad_Mad_Man t1_jearb5u wrote
Reply to comment by SinbadMarinarul in Kabul’s only library for women closes due to Taliban threats and harassment by SinbadMarinarul
DeSantis furiously taking notes.
Bad_Mad_Man t1_jear77b wrote
Reply to Kabul’s only library for women closes due to Taliban threats and harassment by SinbadMarinarul
At the same time the GOP establishment came in unison. Oh how jealous they are.
bolaobo t1_jear58s wrote
Reply to comment by Shuber-Fuber in In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up by I_call_it
No, a dowry is brought from bride to husband.
theymademechoose t1_jeatewy wrote
Reply to comment by Hungry_Coyotes in Antarctic ocean currents heading for collapse by mvanigan
All signs indicate that there is a high likelihood that the direction you are going, the time of day, the street that you are walking down, the demographics you are surrounded by and the choice of colors you chose to wear today could result in you getting shot by end of day. “CoUlD” see that’s you, that’s how you sound…