Google is going to have to wait the same as everyone else.
Only if the election is really close. That is unlikely.
Here is a quick cheat sheet: If Donald wins in Pennsylvania, Hillary is in trouble. If Hillary wins Florida, she will likely win the election. If Hillary carries North Carolina, she almost certainly will win the election. If Hillary wins in Ohio, she will likely win by an Electoral College landslide.
How do you feel about Russia meddling with the elections?
You mean when the Russians gave the American people accurate information that America's own leaders were trying to hide? Is that the "meddling" you are referring to?
a fully agreed-to and signed pre-nup would be invalidated if it included language describing prostitution.
I don't think so. Courts have ruled that "pay-4-play" is not illegal if it is part of a relationship that has other aspects. This is why sites like Seeking Arrangements are legal, even though they are clearly selling sex. If my wife offers me a blow job if I wash the dishes and take out the trash, she is not breaking the law.
A contract cannot require someone to have sex, but our prenup doesn't do that. It just specifies the financial sanctions if she does not.
And in China, there's likely quite enough Chen Dongs that the realname policy translates quickly to "yeah... whose real name?"
Name collisions are no more common in Chinese than they are in English. Just because their names sound the same to you, doesn't make them the same. In your example, "Dong" can be spoken with four different tones, and can be written with dozens of different hanzi.
You should get some perspective. Americans are FOUR TIMES more likely to be arrested and imprisoned by their government than Chinese are. Sure, America is better if you want to publically criticize the ruling party, but in many other ways, China is better.
Know what I do about it? I don't go there.
I go there one or twice a year on business. Know what I do? I don't loudly criticize the ruling party in public. That is partly because it will get me arrested, but also because it is none of my business. As a foreigner, it is not my place to try to "fix" China.
Until the definition of "bad guys" changes, stupid.
See if you can spot the difference: 1. Country C is censoring speech. 2. Country A might censor speech someday. These are not the same thing, and it is absurd to suggest they are.
How is this so different from what the US government says they need to do to "keep us safe"?
Ah yes, the old "Everybody does it" fallacy... and from an AC, which is illegal in China. Look, America has some government overreach, but we have no "real name" requirement, there are no "prohibited" topics, and data localization is not required. The objectives as well as the methods differ: America's monitoring is designed to catch bad guys, not to suppress discussion or prevent the flow of information.
Most women would leave you before accepting those terms.
The terms are not so bad. If she meets her obligations every day of the month, she gets 3% * 30 = 90% of my income. I keep the other 10%. That is okay with me, because I really don't have much need for money. I already have a nice computer, and I don't mind driving a junker car. We both get what we want. She has a nice house and a Tesla, and I get laid everyday. It is win-win.
So some of the worst civilian working conditions in China
Foxconn factories are nowhere near the worst conditions in China. Has your flabby white ass ever done16 hours of stoop labor in a 102F mosquito infested rice paddy? For most Foxconn workers, that is the alternative.
name for me just one majority-black nation that is a pleasant, safe, prosperous place to live.
The important point is whether you got laid. I mean, if you're going to engage in the undeclared prostitution that is many marriages...
It is only "undeclared" by default. I have a prenup with a specific QoS guarantee. For each day that she breaches her contractual responsibility, I can legally keep 3% of my monthly income for my personal use.
A marriage without a prenup is inherently unfair. Your wife can compel you to financially support her, while you get nothing in return. So instead of letting your state legislators decide how your marriage will work, you and your spouse should decide that for yourselves.
The demand is there. I looked at diamond prices last month, and "cultured" diamonds cost more than natural diamonds, for similar C4 (clarity, cut, carat, color). I was planning to buy a cultured diamond, specifically because of the environmental and human rights aspects, but I was put off by the prices. So I bought my wife a new Macbook Pro instead. Working conditions in Chinese factories are certainly better than in African mines.
Of course not, because they are nonsense. These bullet points are copied verbatim from a viral image that has been circulating among alt-right kooks, including my idiot brother-in-law. All of these claims have been thoroughly debunked.
In N.C. the feds struck down our law to require ID because it discriminated against those wanting to commit voter fraud.
It was a bit more complicated than that. NC Republicans hired consultants and statisticians to analyse voting patterns, and then legislated restrictions on early voting, closed polling places in minority neighborhoods, and yes, instituted voter ID requirements. All of this was carefully planned and scientifically designed to suppress minority voting. Basically, NC Republicans Moneyballed racism.
The USA burned through 7000 million barrels of crude oil in 2015, so 32 million from sewage conversion is just a rounding error.
If you need to walk a kilometer, each step is only 0.1% of that distance, so there is obviously no point in taking a step. Thus, walking a kilometer is impossible.
This is only a temporary problem. In a few years, USB-C will be the standard, and monitors, keyboards, mice, thumb drives, etc. will use it. Dell, HP, etc. will follow Apple's lead, and all the old ports will fade away. But if Apple provided legacy ports, the device manufacturers would continue to use them, and there would be no movement to a better standard.
the risk of the US gov defaulting on their debt is considered very low.
It is sovereign debt, issued by the US government in a currency the government controls. So the USA can just print dollars to monitize the debt. The risk of default is essentially zero. The real risk is that the value of the dollar may fall, but there is no sign of that happening.
When countries default on their debts, like Argentina and Greece, it is because the debt is denominated in a currency that they do not control, so monetizing the debt is not an option. Argentina's debt was in US dollars, and Greece's debt is in Euros.
if China stopped investing in US Treasury notes and bills, do you really think that that nobody else wouldn't be having the same thoughts and start unloading their holdings?
I don't think so. If China dumped, the price would fall, raising the effective interest rate. So others would see a really good deal, and buy. In fact, the Fed might just buy it all. $1.185 trillion is about the same as one year of QE2 ($80B/month). It would hurt the USA somewhat, but it would hurt China far more. Not only would they lose billions on their investment, but the weakened dollar would depress American imports, putting millions of Chinese into unemployment.
Most published social science experiments are not reproducible, and I expect this is one of those. A basketball team is going to score 30% higher because they glimpsed a slogan on a t-shirt? I don't think so. This doesn't pass the smell test.
thinking most families could get by with that set up is foolish.
It depends on what they are trying to achieve. If you want to go 100% off-grid, then this system will require you to change your usage patterns. But if you remain grid-tied, then you can just pull from the grid to cover any peaks. It is important to remember the 80/20 rule. When generating your own power, the first 80% is much easier than the last 20%, because handling baseload is easier than peaks.
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Google is going to have to wait the same as everyone else.
Only if the election is really close. That is unlikely.
Here is a quick cheat sheet:
If Donald wins in Pennsylvania, Hillary is in trouble.
If Hillary wins Florida, she will likely win the election.
If Hillary carries North Carolina, she almost certainly will win the election.
If Hillary wins in Ohio, she will likely win by an Electoral College landslide.
No other states matter.
How do you feel about Russia meddling with the elections?
You mean when the Russians gave the American people accurate information that America's own leaders were trying to hide? Is that the "meddling" you are referring to?
What is it they are doing?
They are reporting the truth. Most ideologues consider that "meddling".
a fully agreed-to and signed pre-nup would be invalidated if it included language describing prostitution.
I don't think so. Courts have ruled that "pay-4-play" is not illegal if it is part of a relationship that has other aspects. This is why sites like Seeking Arrangements are legal, even though they are clearly selling sex. If my wife offers me a blow job if I wash the dishes and take out the trash, she is not breaking the law.
A contract cannot require someone to have sex, but our prenup doesn't do that. It just specifies the financial sanctions if she does not.
And in China, there's likely quite enough Chen Dongs that the realname policy translates quickly to "yeah... whose real name?"
Name collisions are no more common in Chinese than they are in English. Just because their names sound the same to you, doesn't make them the same. In your example, "Dong" can be spoken with four different tones, and can be written with dozens of different hanzi.
I find China an abhorrent, awful place,
You should get some perspective. Americans are FOUR TIMES more likely to be arrested and imprisoned by their government than Chinese are. Sure, America is better if you want to publically criticize the ruling party, but in many other ways, China is better.
Know what I do about it? I don't go there.
I go there one or twice a year on business. Know what I do? I don't loudly criticize the ruling party in public. That is partly because it will get me arrested, but also because it is none of my business. As a foreigner, it is not my place to try to "fix" China.
You can easily disguise Country A as Country C by also censoring the fact that you censor speech...
... and you, of course, have zero evidence that this is actually happening.
that's the problem with censorship, you can't just "do a little bit" without having the capability to do a lot more
The capability to do something, is not the same as ACTUALLY DOING IT.
I own a knife. That doesn't make me a murderer.
Until the definition of "bad guys" changes, stupid.
See if you can spot the difference:
1. Country C is censoring speech.
2. Country A might censor speech someday.
These are not the same thing, and it is absurd to suggest they are.
How is this so different from what the US government says they need to do to "keep us safe"?
Ah yes, the old "Everybody does it" fallacy ... and from an AC, which is illegal in China. Look, America has some government overreach, but we have no "real name" requirement, there are no "prohibited" topics, and data localization is not required. The objectives as well as the methods differ: America's monitoring is designed to catch bad guys, not to suppress discussion or prevent the flow of information.
You mean like when they use Muhammad Ali instead of Cassius Clay? SJWs did that?
They also use Michelle Obama rather than Michelle Robinson.
Most women would leave you before accepting those terms.
The terms are not so bad. If she meets her obligations every day of the month, she gets 3% * 30 = 90% of my income. I keep the other 10%. That is okay with me, because I really don't have much need for money. I already have a nice computer, and I don't mind driving a junker car. We both get what we want. She has a nice house and a Tesla, and I get laid everyday. It is win-win.
So some of the worst civilian working conditions in China
Foxconn factories are nowhere near the worst conditions in China. Has your flabby white ass ever done16 hours of stoop labor in a 102F mosquito infested rice paddy? For most Foxconn workers, that is the alternative.
name for me just one majority-black nation that is a pleasant, safe, prosperous place to live.
I have been to Ghana. It is a pretty nice place.
The important point is whether you got laid. I mean, if you're going to engage in the undeclared prostitution that is many marriages ...
It is only "undeclared" by default. I have a prenup with a specific QoS guarantee. For each day that she breaches her contractual responsibility, I can legally keep 3% of my monthly income for my personal use.
A marriage without a prenup is inherently unfair. Your wife can compel you to financially support her, while you get nothing in return. So instead of letting your state legislators decide how your marriage will work, you and your spouse should decide that for yourselves.
The demand is there. I looked at diamond prices last month, and "cultured" diamonds cost more than natural diamonds, for similar C4 (clarity, cut, carat, color). I was planning to buy a cultured diamond, specifically because of the environmental and human rights aspects, but I was put off by the prices. So I bought my wife a new Macbook Pro instead. Working conditions in Chinese factories are certainly better than in African mines.
And you have actual citations for these claims
Of course not, because they are nonsense. These bullet points are copied verbatim from a viral image that has been circulating among alt-right kooks, including my idiot brother-in-law. All of these claims have been thoroughly debunked.
In N.C. the feds struck down our law to require ID because it discriminated against those wanting to commit voter fraud.
It was a bit more complicated than that. NC Republicans hired consultants and statisticians to analyse voting patterns, and then legislated restrictions on early voting, closed polling places in minority neighborhoods, and yes, instituted voter ID requirements. All of this was carefully planned and scientifically designed to suppress minority voting. Basically, NC Republicans Moneyballed racism.
The USA burned through 7000 million barrels of crude oil in 2015, so 32 million from sewage conversion is just a rounding error.
If you need to walk a kilometer, each step is only 0.1% of that distance, so there is obviously no point in taking a step. Thus, walking a kilometer is impossible.
This is only a temporary problem. In a few years, USB-C will be the standard, and monitors, keyboards, mice, thumb drives, etc. will use it. Dell, HP, etc. will follow Apple's lead, and all the old ports will fade away. But if Apple provided legacy ports, the device manufacturers would continue to use them, and there would be no movement to a better standard.
If it were me, I'd just shut down local operations in Germany, block '.de'
It is not just Germany. Most European countries have laws against hate speech, and many specifically outlaw Holocaust denial.
Americans often assume that the free speech guarantees in our Constitution are the default, at least in Western countries. That is not true.
Sure you can - keep letting them do it.
That doesn't work. By the time the cigarettes kill them, they have already reproduced.
the risk of the US gov defaulting on their debt is considered very low.
It is sovereign debt, issued by the US government in a currency the government controls. So the USA can just print dollars to monitize the debt. The risk of default is essentially zero. The real risk is that the value of the dollar may fall, but there is no sign of that happening.
When countries default on their debts, like Argentina and Greece, it is because the debt is denominated in a currency that they do not control, so monetizing the debt is not an option. Argentina's debt was in US dollars, and Greece's debt is in Euros.
if China stopped investing in US Treasury notes and bills, do you really think that that nobody else wouldn't be having the same thoughts and start unloading their holdings?
I don't think so. If China dumped, the price would fall, raising the effective interest rate. So others would see a really good deal, and buy. In fact, the Fed might just buy it all. $1.185 trillion is about the same as one year of QE2 ($80B/month). It would hurt the USA somewhat, but it would hurt China far more. Not only would they lose billions on their investment, but the weakened dollar would depress American imports, putting millions of Chinese into unemployment.
The alt-right is whatever the left defines it as.
Actually, the term "alt-right" comes from ... the alt-right. It is a term of self-identification, not something imposed by "the left".
Most published social science experiments are not reproducible, and I expect this is one of those. A basketball team is going to score 30% higher because they glimpsed a slogan on a t-shirt? I don't think so. This doesn't pass the smell test.
thinking most families could get by with that set up is foolish.
It depends on what they are trying to achieve. If you want to go 100% off-grid, then this system will require you to change your usage patterns. But if you remain grid-tied, then you can just pull from the grid to cover any peaks. It is important to remember the 80/20 rule. When generating your own power, the first 80% is much easier than the last 20%, because handling baseload is easier than peaks.