It is widely regarded by historians that The Great Leap resulted in tens of millions of deaths. A lower-end estimate is 18 million, while extensive research by Yu Xiguang suggests the death toll from the movement is closer to 55.6 million. Historian Frank Dikötter asserts that "coercion, terror, and systematic violence were the foundation of the Great Leap Forward" and it "motivated one of the most deadly mass killings of human history".
Odd that an editor would put "leap forward" in the title of an article about China. Was he trying to be funny?
Just youngsters who don't know.
They probably think you're some evil right winger for even mentioning communism in a negative way...
(In addition, at least 90% of parents didn't understand what measures to take to protect their children from cyber-bullying.)
Like we do??
Kids everywhere have pocket internet connected computers, social media accounts, etc. and the vast majority of first world parents don't care (or don't have a clue that this kind of exposure is optional).
We don't let our kids have them and we are considered weirdos by our society.
A lot of motorcycle accidents happen at road junctions where the bike is not noticed by drivers of larger vehicles crossing its path, or when vehicles change lanes without their drivers properly checking for a bike already in the other lane. You can ride defensively to mitigate some of these risks, but ultimately if a driver in a larger vehicle does something dangerous because they didn't look properly and see you, there is only so much you can do, and you're inherently in a much more vulnerable position on a motorcycle.
Well, yes... in addition to being more vulnerable to damage, you are, while piloting a MUCH smaller vehicle, much harder to see in general.
I suppose that could be construed to be everyone else's fault, but that isn't really systems thinking...
If it had said "features", it would have been less misleading, because people would have immediately realized that there must be multiple parts to full self-driving capabilities, and they're just getting some of them.
Yes. Missing, for example, are the "full" and "self" parts...
Facebook also didn't address Democratic Sen. Patrick J. Leahy's concerns. He asked Facebook to detail if the Obama campaign in 2012 had violated "any of Facebook's policies, and thereby get banned from the platform." Facebook said: "Both the Obama and Romney campaigns had access to the same tools, and no campaign received any special treatment from Facebook."
Leahy's "concern" is clearly to try to exonerate the Obama campaign and get the "Trump used teh (now) evil Facebook data slurping" weapon back.
"The storm's atmospheric opacity -- the veil of dust blowing around, which can blot out sunlight -- is now much worse than a 2007 storm that Opportunity weathered," reports NASA.
The storms are getting worse... what do you Martian "deniers" say now, eh???
STOP consuming copyrighted works. STOP going to movies, STOP steaming music, STOP going to concerts, STOP the support of these 'artists'.
That is, I am afraid, the only solution at this point.
The social contract of copyright has been violated so completely that it should now be seen as void, however as the force of state will still uphold it,
the only other choice is to avoid it altogether. Violate as you want and at your own risk, but stop giving money to these companies.
Society does not need THESE 'arts', they are not contributing.
This.
There is a wealth of great literature that even these lawfare clowns can't claim is under copyright. And great music too.
Also, get a @$^& fiddle like Pa Ingalls and make your own music.
(**bwahaha you don't think corporate America welcomed a massive influx of women into the workplace out of "repentance for sexism," do you? They found religion on "equality" because adding tens of millions of working women to the economy crippled the ability of the men and lower class women to negotiate with them a la wages.)
Oh, you caught on to that, did you?
You mean they aren't doing all this "teach/force everything with a pulse to code" just because of "you go girl"?
Seattle which has a hot tech job market is befuddled with a growing number of unhoused jobless people living in tents on the sidewalks. Amazing.
"Unhoused"? Did the euphemism treadmill advance even further while I wasn't looking?
Anyway, are you suggesting that the "unhoused" people should be hired for the hot tech jobs? But what if they aren't up to speed on the latest JavaScript frameworks?
My grandparents said the same thing. They used to ride horses to school and go fishing at lunchtime. We were slackers that bludged along on those new fangled bicycle thingies and simply ran around a field with a ball at lunch instead of having real fun. Nothing good would ever come from that apparently...
This doesn't change the fact that clinical depression is the chief driver of suicide.
Most of us cling tenaciously to life, no matter how much things suck. We all have negative things happen to us; most of us do not react by taking to our beds or deciding that everything is hopeless. It's not the external event; it's the resilience against it. (A good popular work on this is Against Depression, by Peter Kramer.)
As others have pointed out, suicide rates were higher 90 years ago.
*allegedly*
I understand that the lying new-speak fascists and bible-banging evangelical death cultist fucktards now run the US, but we still have the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"
You've... got a little froth right there... on the corner... thought you might want to know.
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China's Ambitions To Power the World's Electric Cars Took a Huge Leap Forward This Week
Not to be confused with the Great Leap Forward:
It is widely regarded by historians that The Great Leap resulted in tens of millions of deaths. A lower-end estimate is 18 million, while extensive research by Yu Xiguang suggests the death toll from the movement is closer to 55.6 million. Historian Frank Dikötter asserts that "coercion, terror, and systematic violence were the foundation of the Great Leap Forward" and it "motivated one of the most deadly mass killings of human history".
Odd that an editor would put "leap forward" in the title of an article about China. Was he trying to be funny?
Just youngsters who don't know.
They probably think you're some evil right winger for even mentioning communism in a negative way ...
(In addition, at least 90% of parents didn't understand what measures to take to protect their children from cyber-bullying.)
Like we do??
Kids everywhere have pocket internet connected computers, social media accounts, etc. and the vast majority of first world parents don't care (or don't have a clue that this kind of exposure is optional).
We don't let our kids have them and we are considered weirdos by our society.
I'd say the 90% figure applies here equally well.
And this is why I just play retro Atari 2600 games on a cheap handheld with an AV out cable.
One Meeeelllion dollars!
Wow, it's like they're a communist country or something!
operating in the Communist-led country
"Communist-led"? Is that like "Nazi-led" early 40's Germany?
A lot of motorcycle accidents happen at road junctions where the bike is not noticed by drivers of larger vehicles crossing its path, or when vehicles change lanes without their drivers properly checking for a bike already in the other lane. You can ride defensively to mitigate some of these risks, but ultimately if a driver in a larger vehicle does something dangerous because they didn't look properly and see you, there is only so much you can do, and you're inherently in a much more vulnerable position on a motorcycle.
Well, yes ... in addition to being more vulnerable to damage, you are, while piloting a MUCH smaller vehicle, much harder to see in general.
I suppose that could be construed to be everyone else's fault, but that isn't really systems thinking ...
If it had said "features", it would have been less misleading, because people would have immediately realized that there must be multiple parts to full self-driving capabilities, and they're just getting some of them.
Yes. Missing, for example, are the "full" and "self" parts ...
It will fully self drive you into the barrier ... you won't have to lift a finger! (or be able to, afterwards)
Facebook also didn't address Democratic Sen. Patrick J. Leahy's concerns. He asked Facebook to detail if the Obama campaign in 2012 had violated "any of Facebook's policies, and thereby get banned from the platform." Facebook said: "Both the Obama and Romney campaigns had access to the same tools, and no campaign received any special treatment from Facebook."
Leahy's "concern" is clearly to try to exonerate the Obama campaign and get the "Trump used teh (now) evil Facebook data slurping" weapon back.
"The storm's atmospheric opacity -- the veil of dust blowing around, which can blot out sunlight -- is now much worse than a 2007 storm that Opportunity weathered," reports NASA.
The storms are getting worse ... what do you Martian "deniers" say now, eh???
How do you even count this?
Is watching Amazon video on the PC "TV"? On your phone?
Old sitcoms on YouTube?
When it comes to the UK and "grooming", I don't think it's the West (wild or otherwise) that's the main problem ...
But don't worry; they are very efficient at locking you up for saying not nice things like that. 'cause that's the important thing.
he answer is simple.
STOP consuming copyrighted works. STOP going to movies, STOP steaming music, STOP going to concerts, STOP the support of these 'artists'.
That is, I am afraid, the only solution at this point. The social contract of copyright has been violated so completely that it should now be seen as void, however as the force of state will still uphold it, the only other choice is to avoid it altogether. Violate as you want and at your own risk, but stop giving money to these companies.
Society does not need THESE 'arts', they are not contributing.
This.
There is a wealth of great literature that even these lawfare clowns can't claim is under copyright. And great music too.
Also, get a @$^& fiddle like Pa Ingalls and make your own music.
Cue the chorus ... "you're not doing it right!"
But in the US only the cool kids get stuff like that. The tech industry would never trial anything in backwards rural America.
How else will they be able to have their legal weed and Doritos delivered? /s
The tech industry, or rural America?
(**bwahaha you don't think corporate America welcomed a massive influx of women into the workplace out of "repentance for sexism," do you? They found religion on "equality" because adding tens of millions of working women to the economy crippled the ability of the men and lower class women to negotiate with them a la wages.)
Oh, you caught on to that, did you?
You mean they aren't doing all this "teach/force everything with a pulse to code" just because of "you go girl"?
Seattle which has a hot tech job market is befuddled with a growing number of unhoused jobless people living in tents on the sidewalks. Amazing.
"Unhoused"? Did the euphemism treadmill advance even further while I wasn't looking?
Anyway, are you suggesting that the "unhoused" people should be hired for the hot tech jobs? But what if they aren't up to speed on the latest JavaScript frameworks?
And why are there (more than ever) unhoused people living in the streets which society has decided to take a giant dump on?
I think you have who is taking dumps on who reversed ...
My grandparents said the same thing. They used to ride horses to school and go fishing at lunchtime. We were slackers that bludged along on those new fangled bicycle thingies and simply ran around a field with a ball at lunch instead of having real fun. Nothing good would ever come from that apparently...
Good example - nothing good did come from it :)
This doesn't change the fact that clinical depression is the chief driver of suicide.
Most of us cling tenaciously to life, no matter how much things suck. We all have negative things happen to us; most of us do not react by taking to our beds or deciding that everything is hopeless. It's not the external event; it's the resilience against it. (A good popular work on this is Against Depression, by Peter Kramer.)
As others have pointed out, suicide rates were higher 90 years ago.
Stop trying to make everything about politics.
Because if that's the experience he's drawing from, the results he's expecting aren't going to come about.
Well, so far the track record of these "Trump will fail because idiot" predictions is pretty poor.
Just from the man from Mars perspective.
... on the one hand, practically speaking it makes no difference. You could even get a better view, or every seat could be a "window" seat.
OTOH, paranoia ... the windows show us going to NY, but we are really going to Cuba!!
*allegedly* I understand that the lying new-speak fascists and bible-banging evangelical death cultist fucktards now run the US, but we still have the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"
You've ... got a little froth right there ... on the corner ... thought you might want to know.
... fining a company and getting it into compliance is bad, because?
Except the Democratic party actually finds ways to pay for what they spend.
Um, no, they don't. Nobody does.
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