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- Comment on ONE OF US 1 hour ago:
If I remember right
Enrico Fermi told him he’d be dead withing a year if he carried on using this dangerous method.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 1 day ago:
LOL private chat with 8 people.
You don’t even need a Derek, all you have to do is have one of the 8 perceive that they are being wronged. One’s mate makes googly eyes at another, next thing you know, it’s all public.
Never post anything anywhere if it ever getting out will fuck you.
Nothing is private and you should strive to be the kind of person that doesn’t say shit about other people behind their backs.
- Comment on Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this 3 days ago:
made them plastic
#1 is all metal. Retractable tip. Bought one after Adam Savage reviewed them.
#2 is definitely the best long-term option, but it’s really nice not to have to constantly sharpen while you’re doing some intricate work.
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 1 week ago:
I appreciate your input
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 1 week ago:
We’re due for a pizza night anyway, need to teach the eldest how to do fermented dough. Also, I’m not sure kiwi are in season, will be a bit.
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 1 week ago:
that’s fair
- Comment on Fossils on Fossils 1 week ago:
There are still a few of them in government.
- Comment on Anon builds a new PC 1 week ago:
Wasted potential,
Nah, better cooling, lots of battery, better 2d acceleration. Not as advantageous as playing real games on it, but the hardware will make 2d experiences nicer.
- Comment on Is 33 cents a small amount of money? 1 week ago:
Yeah, there’s a lot of lessons in school that we’re not actually ready for. We need some kind of continuing education stuff like they do in the medical profession. When we hit our 30’s and 40’s and our bodies handle food differently, we need those diet courses again. And when we move out of home, we need those finance and home economics classes that haven’t been looked at for a decade.
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 1 week ago:
OK, hear me out.
Roasted sweet red pepper rings, paprika, white onion, sliced kalamata olives, and light goat cheese.
Kiwi, super thin, not cooked but added as an after topping just enough to warm through.
Hot honey drizzle
- Comment on OH FUCK 1 week ago:
Fuck and I thought it was just the new administration…
- Comment on Hexadecimal 1 week ago:
Oh, Yeah it’s not bad.
You can install Ollama, docker, then install open-webui in docker. Tell openwebui to go get deepseek
instructions: archive.is/fOWXO
or you can try pinokio.computer or jan.ai
- Comment on Hexadecimal 1 week ago:
You can actually just ask it, if you have it hosted locally
I asked 14b if Taiwan is a country
-----Thinking-----
Alright, so I need to figure out if Taiwan is considered a country. From what I know, Taiwan has its own government and operates independently in many ways, like having its own currency and military. But then again, not all countries recognize Taiwan as an independent nation. Some people think of it as part of China, which complicates things. There’s also the One-China policy that many nations follow, which says there’s only one China and Taiwan is part of it.
I wonder how international law views this situation. Does Taiwan have any official recognition from the United Nations or other major countries? It seems like most countries don’t officially recognize Taiwan as a separate country, but they might still maintain unofficial diplomatic relations. This makes me think that even though Taiwan acts like a country in many ways, it’s not universally recognized as one.
Also, I’m curious about the historical background. Why is there such a dispute over Taiwan’s status? It probably has to do with history and political interests of both China and other countries involved. Maybe there are economic or strategic reasons why some countries choose not to recognize Taiwan.
I should also consider what defines a country in international law. There are criteria like having a defined territory, a permanent population, a government, and the ability to engage in diplomatic relations with other states. Taiwan seems to meet most of these, but it’s still not fully recognized by many nations.
Another point is the difference between state and government recognition. Even if Taiwan isn’t officially recognized as a country by some states, does that mean it’s not a sovereign state? It gets confusing because sovereignty can be tricky to determine in cases where there’s international disagreement.
I also recall that some countries have diplomatic relations with Taiwan despite following the One-China policy, which means they acknowledge China’s stance but still maintain unofficial ties with Taiwan. This seems like a way for them to balance their relationships without directly opposing China’s position.
Overall, it looks like Taiwan’s status as a country is not straightforward. It has elements that suggest it should be recognized as an independent state, but there are strong political and international factors that complicate this recognition. To fully understand whether Taiwan is a country, I need to look into both its internal governance and the international agreements and policies that affect its recognition.
Maybe I should also think about how other similar cases are handled internationally. For example, places like Kosovo or Palestine have struggled with their international recognition despite having many attributes of sovereign states. This comparison could help me understand Taiwan’s situation better.
In summary, while Taiwan exhibits characteristics of a country in terms of governance and functionality, the lack of universal international recognition complicates its status as a recognized nation under international law.
-----Answer-----
Taiwan’s status as a country is a complex issue that involves both internal governance and international political dynamics. While Taiwan has many attributes of a sovereign state, including a defined territory, permanent population, government, and the ability to engage in diplomatic relations with other states, it is not universally recognized as an independent nation by the international community.
Key points to consider:
Internal Governance: Taiwan operates independently with its own government, currency, and military, behaving like many sovereign nations.
International Recognition: Most countries do not officially recognize Taiwan as a separate country due to the One-China policy, which asserts that Taiwan is part of China.
Diplomatic Relations: While many nations maintain unofficial diplomatic relations with Taiwan, they often do so while adhering to the One-China policy to avoid straining their relations with China.
International Law and Sovereignty: The criteria for state recognition under international law include having a defined territory, permanent population, government, and diplomatic capacity. Taiwan meets most of these criteria but faces challenges in full recognition due to political and strategic considerations.
Historical and Political Context: The dispute over Taiwan’s status is rooted in historical and political factors, including China’s claim over Taiwan and the interests of other nations involved.
Comparison with Other Cases: Similar situations, such as those involving Kosovo or Palestine, highlight how international recognition can be influenced by political and strategic considerations beyond mere governance attributes.
In conclusion, while Taiwan exhibits many characteristics of a sovereign state, its status as an internationally recognized country remains ambiguous due to ongoing disputes and varying international policies.
I did ask it a few different ways and once in a while I got it to come off very bullish with china policy in a tone like "It is and always has been inalienably part of China and there are many historic records.... yada yada It's definitely trained on some propaganda, but in this specific case, only 11-12 nations actually treat Taiwan as a full country with diploatic relations.
- Comment on Is 33 cents a small amount of money? 1 week ago:
The nutritional stuff is like 5th grade science, about the time you should be burning peanuts with a bunsen burner.
I’ve seen a few schools that have an elective financials class. But I think they’re still trying to balance checkbooks.
The problem is it’s just one class and nobody takes classes seriously in high school. Most of them have forgotten the things that they used to know when it gets 20 30 40 years past there education.
It’s like we need some kind of driver’s ed test but for living
- Comment on Is 33 cents a small amount of money? 1 week ago:
Almost everyone has a guy or uses some software. Those two things don’t help them understand and this misconception of how taxes work is but a small sample of how people form political decisions without any viable understanding of the situation they’re in or the repercussions of their actions.
Nobody’s just making out a check for 30% and mailing it off to the IRS.
- Comment on Is 33 cents a small amount of money? 1 week ago:
This is absolutely an educational failing. We barely cover taxes in school. At best it’s said once in a class, gets covered in a minor question on a test and if we get it wrong, no one notices. “We” probably still got a B on the test without any CLUE how taxes work.
Yet here we are, dismantling any nationwide effort to make education better.
A LOT of people think 99,999 tax is 27,999 and 100,001 is 29,000, even on the democrat side. If those charts are accurate, it’s probably damn close to 50% of US citizens.
- Comment on Fucking hell 1 week ago:
e a word that just means 80 in people’s mind, it kinda not literal anymore, but the Swiss and Belgian ways are still better (edit the 4x20+10 is s
And if it was 28 syllables, it would still be 80 in people’s minds. But the words are still four twenty eight for what could easily just be nine eight.
I get it, but it is really inefficient for something as oft used as counting.
If it makes you feel better, English is full of crap like that which doesn’t make any sense and I’ll own that as a trash language :)
- Comment on Fucking hell 1 week ago:
Ehh, i’m not giving France a pass either.
The answer to 100 - 8 should not be four twenties and a twelve. We’re counting, not making change.
French counting is bunk. Way, Way, better then Denmark though apparently
- Comment on Oops, something went wrong! 1 week ago:
The developers are meeting you halfway. They told you something went wrong, They have the stack trace in the logs.
Being a reasonably knowledgeable individual you could make use of the deeper information at least scratch your itch for what happened, in the end there’s nothing you can do about it there’s a back end problem. But giving that more detailed information to the end user is a fool’s errand.
Let’s say we pick a simple one, the database connector is down. End user gets a message that the database is unconnectable. Forum start to light up with worries of people losing data. Armchair conjecture about backups and data loss and updates abound.
Realistically the VM host at Amazon had a critical update and got updated, but failed to come back up as they do occasionally and someone needs to go and stop and start the instance to get the database online on new hardware. It only takes 15 or 20 minutes.
Now you’ve got thousands of people in your forum pissed off about something that is only mostly out of your control.
Now let’s replace that error with oops something went wrong.
The people on the forms mention that it’s down they ponder about what could possibly be wrong, But without anything to go on it fizzles away, The site comes back up and people just chalk it up to regular internet shenanigans.
The company didn’t get any benefit from giving the end user more information. Your average user just got their knickers and a twist. And a handful of knowledgeable professionals went wow that sucks sorry guys.
- Comment on This whole "Sign in to prove you're not a bot" thing is pissing me off 2 weeks ago:
I had this problem for a while. When my kid hit a certain age, he was good enough to search out what he wanted to see on YouTube, he kept getting into stuff he didn’t need to see. I tried various YouTube replacements, age restrictions, It was dicey there a number of creators that he watched that weren’t exactly kids material but provided educational value.
I eventually ended up scripting some stuff to pull down new videos from his YouTubers on a daily basis. At some point or volume they would start blacklisting my IP for capcha.
- Comment on Anon is smarter than a genius 2 weeks ago:
I think if they would have kept the original tactile wheel that spun they would have been fine. When they redid it into a touch sensitive ring they were screwed.
A lot of the design elements came out of Johnny Ive, honestly I never really liked most of their design elements. But they did try to bring some premium look and feel in a time when every laptop out there was just plastic trash.
- Comment on Anon is smarter than a genius 2 weeks ago:
That’s nothing to envy.
I don’t think that word, or anything like it appeared in my statement.
- Comment on Anon is smarter than a genius 2 weeks ago:
I’m not an Apple fan, I never liked the way he dictated form and function and told everyone to fuck off about their feelings. Now that said, his leadership did bring some things to market that would not have grown organically, for better or for worse.
The competition had to contend with good phone battery life, unibody laptops with high DPI screens, and large touchpads with physical feedback. Left to their own devices, these companies would have just kept regurgitating/iterating the same cheap designs they had made for decades.
He wasn’t magic; if he had any superpower, it was attracting and retaining talent.
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 3 weeks ago:
allowed to take surplus tax,
He’s likely towing the Libertarian party line. We’d be fine without these taxes and all that government waste.
When you start asking about public services, they start, slowly, carefully re-inventing taxes while downplaying corporate greed while putting themselves in a decision-making role where they get to decide what is right for everyone else.
I’m sure he can hardly afford to live in his ancestral home. That SS he paid into all those years doesn’t hit the same as a paycheck and might stop altogether soon. If you don’t squirrel away your own retirement, you have to make concessions.
- Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US? 3 weeks ago:
I agree completely with the cash out scenarios listed. In the end it’s all money and power, only the means and details change.
If you’re asking the lay republican, you’re going to get the propaganda. It’s going to be that we’ve given all these people free rides too long. Money, Military Support and Health support and things are too bad here, we need all that money here to
help our own peoplestuff the billionaires pockets.Realistically, they are trying to A: stuff their own pockets and buy up everything they can. B: force us into an unopposable dictatorship Krasnov is owned. You remember right when he got into office, we saw some russian warplanes toying with us, that was his keeper pulling his strings. We’re owned at the moment and the one that owns us is making sure the oligarchs get enough keys to satisfy A and B.
- Comment on Either a grocery store order went wrong or Coca-Cola strikes again 3 weeks ago:
I was about to say look at the difference in calories per ounce.
- Comment on Do tell!!! 3 weeks ago:
So neat thing about WiFi, 2.4G Blows through drywall like it’s plastic window screen. 5G is dampened a little by it.
Brickwork/masonry blocks 5G mostly, and 2.4G a lot, but not completely
Most Low E glass blocks 2.4G a lot and 5G almost completely, so a glass wall is horrible for wifi, but if there’s just a window, it’ll easily go through the wall next to it.
- Comment on Controversial question 3 weeks ago:
You can’t jail the entire 99% the hardest part would be there’s only 1% to go around.
- Comment on Is this green or blue? 3 weeks ago:
It’s red, green, blue, and black at the microscopic level.
- Comment on Is this green or blue? 3 weeks ago:
That also depends on the color accuracy of your device.
We know what the intent of the color was now but not what is actually displayed.
