There is no "obvious" here. The talking point that Europe is "overly dependent" on Russian gas is just that - a talking point. The fact is that Russia is at least as much dependent on European money and tech that it gets in exchange for its gas, and that the gas trade has done much more for improving the strategic safety of Europe than, for example, the US military presence.
That's a nice piece of fake news, on par with the oft told story about the Soviet "peace" tractors that allegedly "destroyed" a million-strong Chinese invasion force in the 60s with megalasers from low Earth orbit.
I'm sure, however, that had such a thing as you described happened, it would have received ample coverage by the Indian press.
In the absence of a public political mechanism to consider the risks in advance, enough people have to be on the receiving end of the problem so that their costs are high enough for them to be willing to do work to create such pressure. Usually that happens long after an industry is established, and has moved into profitable and arrogant mode of operations, where it can comfortably allocate resources for lobbying against public effort.
So, you may need to wait a bit before legislation will do for you half of what reasonable personal hygiene habits can.
My comment is a response to the baseless OP argument that paying more money is the same thing as caring for your privacy.
However, there is no need for "technical literacy", just for an average ability to read and follow instructions. The hard technical work has been done and is wrapped in convenient apps that are either free, or cost less than 4-5 bucks.
The price of the phone doesn't matter at all. You can have a great Android device with super-tight privacy almost for free if you learn how to do it. It doesn't even take a lot of work, just a bit of reading and following a few basic steps.
Sadly, this seems too much work for the average slashdot "nerd" of year 2018.
Socialism is a bunch of measures, which have made the capitalist societies pleasant to live in. Without them, you'd be the proletariat from the Communist manifesto instead of the slashdot troll out of your mother's basement.
The countries which seriously consider UBI are the "rich" countries, whose governments are deep in red and whose populations have fallen in the low-tax-high-spending-huge-income-disparity spiral from which there is no clawing back without a revolution.
The first line is written by some illiterate idiot who also does not understand how radiation regulations work. You just regurgitate it because you're no better.
Radiation safety legislation is not specific to foods. It basically establishes maximum activities above which any substance, be it food, drink, baby toys or industrial equipment needs specific, strict and hard to obtain license to handle. The recommendations come from the above organizations, and are enacted in the radiation protection legislation.
In Japan, the Radiation Protection Law was enacted in 1957, and in 2001, when I last needed to know about it, was in sync with the ICPR recommendations from 1990.
Until Fukushima Japan had no limits on radioactivity of foods.
Complete bullshit. Japan has had the limits that are recommended by the IRCP, ICRU and IAEA and their predecessors in its national laws since about the time it became a member of these. The laws are regularly updated to reflect the most recent recommendations.
First, it is hard to argue it was a necessity. The GP post upthread is correct to point out the role of the US in jump-starting the whaling industry (the US even outfitted and managed the first whaling fleet of postwar Japan), but the story doesn't end there. Whaling provided protein to Japan in the first two decades post-WWII, while it was too poor to import meat. Consumption peaked out around the late 50s and early 60s, after which it declined sharply to nearly zero today.
What happened in the meantime? Correct, a Marshall-like event. Because of its use of Japan in the Korean and Vietnam war, the US poured an enormous amount of money on Japan after 1955. Japan recovered economically very quickly and began to import meat - poultry, pork and beef. This spelled the end of the whaling demand. Had the US occupational administration been less racist, and acted as they did in Germany, there would be no whaling industry and no problem to discuss.
Now, your second question, why does whaling continue today, given the lack of demand?
It is a very simple thing - a lot of money is being poured on the industry by the politicians who own it. The current PM, Shinzo Abe's base is in whaling country. A large group of politicians close to him also has a significant interest in receiving those subsidies. They get the votes from the area, which are guaranteed, and in exchange, guarantee the subsidies, a large part of which they receive anyway.
In other words, the Japan whaling fiasco is a classical public finance failure, started by an irresponsible, short-sighted policy.
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Except that the US isn't "refusing to trade", they are threatening with criminal prosecution and extraditions from a bunch of other countries.
When was that different before Trump? At which point in its history has the United States been altruistic? Can we see some examples, please?
There is no "obvious" here. The talking point that Europe is "overly dependent" on Russian gas is just that - a talking point. The fact is that Russia is at least as much dependent on European money and tech that it gets in exchange for its gas, and that the gas trade has done much more for improving the strategic safety of Europe than, for example, the US military presence.
Yes, wars tend to antagonize the governments that fight them. News at 11.
This is true of any cellphone, and has nothing to do with Android or Google.
That's a nice piece of fake news, on par with the oft told story about the Soviet "peace" tractors that allegedly "destroyed" a million-strong Chinese invasion force in the 60s with megalasers from low Earth orbit.
I'm sure, however, that had such a thing as you described happened, it would have received ample coverage by the Indian press.
Care to find some links?
Legislation is the outcome of political pressure.
In the absence of a public political mechanism to consider the risks in advance, enough people have to be on the receiving end of the problem so that their costs are high enough for them to be willing to do work to create such pressure. Usually that happens long after an industry is established, and has moved into profitable and arrogant mode of operations, where it can comfortably allocate resources for lobbying against public effort.
So, you may need to wait a bit before legislation will do for you half of what reasonable personal hygiene habits can.
My comment is a response to the baseless OP argument that paying more money is the same thing as caring for your privacy.
However, there is no need for "technical literacy", just for an average ability to read and follow instructions. The hard technical work has been done and is wrapped in convenient apps that are either free, or cost less than 4-5 bucks.
The price of the phone doesn't matter at all. You can have a great Android device with super-tight privacy almost for free if you learn how to do it. It doesn't even take a lot of work, just a bit of reading and following a few basic steps.
Sadly, this seems too much work for the average slashdot "nerd" of year 2018.
You do realize most of these apps are using basic OS functionality - the Linux ip filtering and the VPN stack - to manage connections, right, nerd?
Funny how I don't seem have any of these installed, or in my library. Maybe minimal app selection hygiene is important if one cares about privacy?
Nobody cares. On a rooted Android phone with a privacy guard, firewall and a good blocklist, no app can get or send data anyway.
Socialism is a bunch of measures, which have made the capitalist societies pleasant to live in. Without them, you'd be the proletariat from the Communist manifesto instead of the slashdot troll out of your mother's basement.
The countries which seriously consider UBI are the "rich" countries, whose governments are deep in red and whose populations have fallen in the low-tax-high-spending-huge-income-disparity spiral from which there is no clawing back without a revolution.
Well, it is hardly my fault that you're illiterate, but you started the argument with your fake news article.
Next time you try to make a witty comment, pick a subject you know something about.
Although it is obvious why this may be hard for you :)
Of course I have links, you can start reading here:
http://www.rist.or.jp/atomica/...
The first line is written by some illiterate idiot who also does not understand how radiation regulations work. You just regurgitate it because you're no better.
Radiation safety legislation is not specific to foods. It basically establishes maximum activities above which any substance, be it food, drink, baby toys or industrial equipment needs specific, strict and hard to obtain license to handle. The recommendations come from the above organizations, and are enacted in the radiation protection legislation.
In Japan, the Radiation Protection Law was enacted in 1957, and in 2001, when I last needed to know about it, was in sync with the ICPR recommendations from 1990.
Until Fukushima Japan had no limits on radioactivity of foods.
Complete bullshit. Japan has had the limits that are recommended by the IRCP, ICRU and IAEA and their predecessors in its national laws since about the time it became a member of these. The laws are regularly updated to reflect the most recent recommendations.
There is no demand. This is a simple fact. Nobody in Japan likes whale meat, even the whalers prefer other meats.
https://i.imgur.com/rUybGN4.pn...
You're somewhat ignorant of US foreign policy and its motivation.
Also, reserves is not the same thing as affordable oil.
The US has a long-standing policy of installing (or trying to) friendly terrorist regimes where cheap, easy to extract oil is available.
Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, most of the small Gulf "countries" which only have oil wells and US bases, etc.
Two things.
First, it is hard to argue it was a necessity. The GP post upthread is correct to point out the role of the US in jump-starting the whaling industry (the US even outfitted and managed the first whaling fleet of postwar Japan), but the story doesn't end there. Whaling provided protein to Japan in the first two decades post-WWII, while it was too poor to import meat. Consumption peaked out around the late 50s and early 60s, after which it declined sharply to nearly zero today.
https://i.imgur.com/rUybGN4.pn...
What happened in the meantime? Correct, a Marshall-like event. Because of its use of Japan in the Korean and Vietnam war, the US poured an enormous amount of money on Japan after 1955. Japan recovered economically very quickly and began to import meat - poultry, pork and beef. This spelled the end of the whaling demand. Had the US occupational administration been less racist, and acted as they did in Germany, there would be no whaling industry and no problem to discuss.
Now, your second question, why does whaling continue today, given the lack of demand?
It is a very simple thing - a lot of money is being poured on the industry by the politicians who own it. The current PM, Shinzo Abe's base is in whaling country. A large group of politicians close to him also has a significant interest in receiving those subsidies. They get the votes from the area, which are guaranteed, and in exchange, guarantee the subsidies, a large part of which they receive anyway.
In other words, the Japan whaling fiasco is a classical public finance failure, started by an irresponsible, short-sighted policy.
Indeed.
Can't live without it. Now give us some stoned demigot shittweets while you're at it.
when it takes three times longer than usual to get ass-raped by tsa WTF is a "tsa" and why are you ass-raped by it at the airport?
I watched it back in 1975. It was called "The Network", and it even had a great explanatory speech in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...